Observations on corpora lutea. Part 1 [-2] / By Robert Paterson, M.D., physician to the Leith Dispensary.

  • Paterson, Robert, 1814-1889.
Date:
[1840?]
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Credit: Observations on corpora lutea. Part 1 [-2] / By Robert Paterson, M.D., physician to the Leith Dispensary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OBSERVATIONS ON CORPORA LUTE A. By ROBERT PATERSON, M. D. Physician to the Leith Dispensary. (From the Edin. Med. and Surg, Journal, No, 14,2, J On examining into the appearances which the ovaries present at different periods of life, and more especially during that period when the functions of these bodies are in a state of activity, a va riety of appearances present themselves, some evidently the re¬ sult of disease, while others are the result of natural processes, connected with the function of menstruation or the evolution of the ovule. In the last mentioned process, the evolution of the ovule, it is well known, that a yellow-coloured substance is formed in the place from which the ovule escaped. Many other bodies, however, which have also a yellow colour are formed in the ovaries; and hence have arisen the difficulties of medical men in distinguishing the bo¬ dies, which are the result of impregnation alone, and are consequent¬ ly to be considered true corpora lutea, from those objects which A \