Practical treatise on the diseases of the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes / by A. Courty ; translated from the third edition ... by Agnes M'Laren ; with preface by J. Matthews Duncan.

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1882
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Credit: Practical treatise on the diseases of the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes / by A. Courty ; translated from the third edition ... by Agnes M'Laren ; with preface by J. Matthews Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It will readily be perceived, by the size, length, and tongue-like shape of the ovaries in the embryo (Eig. 8), by their diminu- Fig. 8.—The uterus and its appendages, and their relations with the neigh- bouring organs, at the end of the fifth month or beginning of the sixth, natural size. External view: 1, bladder, urachus, and umbilical arteries; 2, uterus; 3, rectum; 4, ovary, relatively very large, almost as long as the Fallopian tube ; 5, Fallopian tube, the broad portion of which is prominent from early life; 6, round ligament. Owing to the defective development of the pelvis at this age these organs are situated above the brim in place of being contained in the pelvic cavity. Cavities : 1, bladder; 2, uterus, on the anterior surface of which the trunk of the arbor vitae is seen extending to the fundus ; the isthmus, which ought to separate the cavity of the body from that of the cervix, cannot he distinguished; 3, vaginal orifice of the uterus ; 4, vagina, the folds of which are well marked ; 5, posterior surface of the uterus ; 6, rectum; 7, ovary; 8, Fallopian tube ; 9, pubic symphysis ; 10, labia minora and rnajora; 11, vaginal orifice ; 12, anus. Fig. 9.—Ovary and fimbriated extremity of Fallopian tube in a woman who died during menstruation (after Farre ad nat.) I, broad ligament; o, ovary; r, r, old yelloiu bodies, remains of Graafian follicles ruptured and cicatrised ; /, broad portion of the Fallopian tube; i, fimbriated ex- tremity applied to the ovary.