Porneiopathology : a popular treatise on venereal and other diseases of the male and female genital system : with remarks on impotence, onanism, sterility, piles, and gravel, and prescriptions for their treatment . e ute-rus, two openings, which are the ends of two tubes or ca-nals, called the fallopian tubes. These tubes have their origin in the ovaria, which aretwo small bodies encased in the ligamentous band support-ing the uterus, and resembling the testicle of the male;hence they have been called the female testes. Theseovaria contain a number of little vesicles of the size ofmustard-seed
Porneiopathology : a popular treatise on venereal and other diseases of the male and female genital system : with remarks on impotence, onanism, sterility, piles, and gravel, and prescriptions for their treatment . e ute-rus, two openings, which are the ends of two tubes or ca-nals, called the fallopian tubes. These tubes have their origin in the ovaria, which aretwo small bodies encased in the ligamentous band support-ing the uterus, and resembling the testicle of the male;hence they have been called the female testes. Theseovaria contain a number of little vesicles of the size ofmustard-seeds, and some of the size of a pea, in numberfrom twelve to fifteen. These vesicles are denominatedthe eggs of the human species. Annexed to the ovariaare observed, surrounding the tubes, certain/im&n«, whichgrasp the ovaria during the copulative act, when prolific,and squeeze out, as it were, one of these little eggs, andpropel it into the uterus. Still further to facilitate the understanding of the struc-tures described in addition to the precedin? diagram, drawing is presented. It exhibits a section ofthe female pelvis, and explains more fully the relative po-sitions of its contents :—. a—The bony portion of the pel-vis separated from its junc-tion with its companion. b—The spinal column of theback. c—The bladder d—The orifice of the urethra,e—The body of the —The neck of the — The vagina. A—The rectum, or end of the intestines. ON VENEREAL DISEASES. 139 The subjoined drawing illustrates the shape and appear-ance of the womb detached from the body:—
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