ioo THE PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION 



more .specially in dealing with tin- development and retrogression 

 of the corpus luteuni (p. :57-'!). Tin- niaiiiinary changes are also 



correlated (p. til 7). 



TIIK CYCLE IN I!MKNTS 



Considerable attention has recently been paid to the uterine 

 changes in Undents. In the rabbit it had long ago been noticed that 

 the uterus is swollen and c -nngpsted during "heat," and the same 



Ki.. 1'.'. S.-rtion through potion of priMfstfoiis uterine inncosa of rabbit, 

 .-lii.wiii^ trlandular activity, with leucocytes inside gland and passing 

 through L'land epithelium. (From I'.lair 1V1I, in /'/<. It,,,/. ,v y r. M,,l.) 



observation was made in themurmut (Spermophiliuoitittvs). 1 Lataste 2 

 i-ibed prod-strous ^mwth and enn^estion in the uterus of several 

 Murida-, and this was stated \<> be folli.wed by a sanguineous discharge 

 from the vaginal ojiening. I^itaste also dcsei'ibed desquamation of 

 the uterine epithelium, but hi- appears t< have regarded this process 

 as taking place independently >!' "boat." 



More recently Kr.nigstein ;; has n-cmded cyclical changes in 



i.-i <> an die Uteruswand, 

 ," .lr.7.. /". .V//r. Aunt., vol. Ixiii., 



-k. . \nlifftiiiiu' Iinplantatiuii 

 insl*--nnl.-i'- (1. - Kit-s \i.n Sper 



- Li' /..('//</</'// .01 ,-/'.< . M nnin'tt, >. < / I'm-ilf' '/>:< 



887. 



K j :n, "hi.- \".-i :inl.-i nir_''-ii '! i ' nitalschleinihaut wiihrend der 

 litiit Mini r.inii-t l..-i -IT ii. /'////./.'- .!/-//.. vol. cxix., 1907. 



