On the Corpus Luteum of Menstruation and Pregnancy

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Excerpt from On the Corpus Luteum of Menstruation and Pregnancy: Prize EssayMontgomery], takes much the same view of the matter. He speaks of the maturation and discharge of an ovum, and the aecom panying growth of a corpus luteum as taking place on the occur rence of conception, and, though he acknowledges that bodies resembling corpora lutea may be produced in the ovary by other causes, yet the true corpus luteum, resulting from impregnation, may, according to him, be always distinguished from them. Such, he says (p. Is the result of my own observations on a very large number of bodies, both of women and animals, and in no one in stance did I ever find a true corpus luteum, except as the product of conception. He gives some marks by which the true corpora lutea are to be distinguished from the false, but his description, in this respect, must be regarded as somewhat imperfect. The yellow matter of the corpus luteum he considers to be surrounded by the outer membrane of the Graafian vesicle, while its cavity is lined by the inner, it being enclosed between the two.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.