Gynaecology for students and practitioners . the condition is nowfairly large. There can be no doubt that it is very much lessfrequent than tubal pregnancy. In most cases the site of implan-tation appears to have been a Graafian follicle, which may beentered by spermatozoa through the site of rupture, or possibly bydirect penetration of the wall. It is, however, possible that the egg-cell may be impregnated when lying upon the surface of the ovaiy afterits discharge from the follicle, and may afterwards excavate a bed EXTRA-UTERINE (ECTOPIC) GESTATION 193 for itself in the ovarian tissues by i


Gynaecology for students and practitioners . the condition is nowfairly large. There can be no doubt that it is very much lessfrequent than tubal pregnancy. In most cases the site of implan-tation appears to have been a Graafian follicle, which may beentered by spermatozoa through the site of rupture, or possibly bydirect penetration of the wall. It is, however, possible that the egg-cell may be impregnated when lying upon the surface of the ovaiy afterits discharge from the follicle, and may afterwards excavate a bed EXTRA-UTERINE (ECTOPIC) GESTATION 193 for itself in the ovarian tissues by its remarkable powers of , however, the spermatozoa enter a Graafian follicle andfertilize an egg-cell therein, which has not been discharged along withthe fluid-contents of the follicle. In the cells which line the folliclethe fertilized ovum finds its nidus, and the early stages of develop-ment pursue the usual course. Fig. 100 shows the formation of thegestation-sac or maternal covering of the ovum ; this consists simply.


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