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Subject Index 



Corticoid hormones, effect on liver 



glycogen in foetus, 24 

 Cortisone, effect on liver glycogen in 

 foetus, 24 

 on placenta, 141 

 on rat foetus, 18 

 foetal development of rat after 

 administration of, to the mother, 

 167-172 

 production of cleft palate in foetus 

 by, 18, 19 

 Crystalloids of Reinke, 92, 94, 95 



Decapitation, changes in glycogen 

 storage following, 24, 25 

 in foetal rat, 12 

 of foetus, 20-23 

 Deer, masculinization in, 180 

 Deer antlers, blood supply of, 177 

 endocrine factors controlling 



growth of, 179-183 

 growth of, 177, 178 

 growth cycle of, 176-187 

 histology of, 176, 177 

 innervation of, 178 

 Deer testis, seasonal changes in, 179, 



180 

 Diabetic mothers, children of, 162, 



167 

 Dictyosomes, 88 



Diphosphopyridine nucleotide, 142 

 DOCA, effect on liver glycogen in 

 foetus, 24 



Electron microscopy, of human 

 testis, 86-99 

 of mitochondria, 100-102 

 of placenta, 107 

 of spermatid, 87-96 

 Endocrine glands, in relation to 



ageing process, 161, 162 

 Enzyme content of red blood cells, 235 



Foetal development in rat after ad- 

 ministration of growth hormone 

 or cortisone to the mother, 161- 

 175 

 gigantism, 162, 164, 166, 167, 171 

 rat reproductive tract, organ cul- 

 ture studies of, 3-17 

 Foetus, decapitation of, 20-23 

 endocrine events in, 18-30 



Follicles, redundant, history and fate 

 of, 59-68 

 ruptured, fate of, 75-78 

 Follicular activity, and the induc- 

 tion of ovulation in pregnancy, 74, 

 75 

 Follicular atresia, effect of hypo- 

 physectomy on, 60-65 

 effects of oestrogen on, 60-65 

 in guinea pig, 60 

 in ovary of pregnant guinea pig, 

 59 

 Freezing as method of red cell 

 preservation, 215, 216, 236, 237 



Germinal epithelium, proliferative 



powers of, 38 

 Gigantism, foetal, 162, 164, 166, 



167, 171 

 Glucose metabolism in placenta, 



135-137 

 Glucose-6-phosphate, 136, 137 

 Glycogen content of placenta, 133, 

 134 



storage in liver, 23-25 

 Goat, development of placentome in, 

 155-158 



placenta of, 155-158 



uptake of radioactive potassium by 

 uterus and placenta in, 148-160 

 Golgi complex, 88, 89 

 Gonadotrophin, effect on ovarian 



secretion, 49 

 Growth hormone, foetal develop- 

 ment of rat after administration of, 



to the mother, 161-175 

 Guinea pig, corpus luteum of, 69—85 



Head cap, formation of, 88, 89 



Hormones, effects on placenta, 141, 

 142 

 sex (see Sex hormones) 



Hydatid mole, 141 



Hydrocortisone, effect on liver gly- 

 cogen in foetus, 24 



Hypophyseal function, in rabbit 

 foetus, 20-23 



Hypophysectomy, effect on embry- 

 onic growth, 166, 167, 171 

 in foetal rat, 12 



Hypophysis, effect on follicular 

 atresia, 60—65 



