On the origin, structure, and mode of development of the cystic tumours of the ovary / by Wilson Fox, M.D.

  • Wilson Fox
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[1864]
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Credit: On the origin, structure, and mode of development of the cystic tumours of the ovary / by Wilson Fox, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Plate VHI—(continued). Fig. 8. Eepresents a Bection through four growths (/,/,/,/), the adjacent walls of which have met superiorly, and enclosed the spaces a, a\ c. From a' and c prolongations of these processes have been formed as described in the last, and continued into the stroma. At e another, which had apparently been previously in connection with c, is almost completely separated as a cyst; and the same may be seen with respect to the connection between d and a. Chromic acid prep. X 250 diam. Fig. 9. Represents a section through portions of three or four growths, slender and pedunculated, which have united above, and left in- feriorly the spaces d, e, e, still covered by epithelium. Above, similar spaces are also left at a, b, c, in all stages of more or less complete conversion into closed cavities. Chromic acid prep. X 250 diam. Fig. 10. Represents a section of a portion broken off, and free in the field of the microscope, from the end of one of these cauliflower growths. It is seen to be giving off two offshoots, and in its interior are seen two spaces (a, a), both lined by epithelium, and produced in the manner last described. Chromic acid prep. X 250 diam. Fig. 11. Represents the stroma of one of these masses. a. Showing at their free extremities a delicate hyaline, finely striated structure, enclosing a few nuclei; deeper in the tissue the stroma is more striated, and lines of nuclei mark the course of the vessels. The more fibrous tissue passes by insensible gradations into the comparatively structureless extremities of the growths. b. Represents the stroma of a commencing growth. Both a and b have lost their epithelium. Recent prep., without reagents, X 460 diam. Fig. 12, The end of one of these growths magnified 250 diam. Recent prep. In some cases, where the growth is very rapid, the epithelium attains a very large size, as seen in fig. 2, d, d. Figs. 13 and 14. Show the commencement of one of these growths from the cells of the connective tis.sue. It is probable that there is a great increase at a later stnge of the intercellular substance, in which the cell-walls become merged, while the nuclei of the cells represent the nuclei seen in the delicate stroma of the growth. At first the cells are closely packed, and lie thick together. Recent prep., without reagents, X 460 diam.
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