INDEX 



Egg, see Ovum 



Einstein, Albert, 62 



Elephant shrew, 262 



Embryo, attachment (implanta- 

 tion), 57, 257-259; aquatic en- 

 vironment, 217; human, 146, 148; 

 of mammals, 48, 51, 66, 57; 

 metabolism, 201 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 62, 216 



Endocrine glands, see Internal Se- 

 cretion, glands of 



Endometrium, in cycle of non-men- 

 struating animals, 144, 145; of 

 menstruating animals, 146-159; 

 effects of progesterone on, 107- 

 113; function, 64; grafts in eye, 

 151, 152; structure, 50-54 



Engle, E. T., 164, 165, 185, 191 



Epididymis, 220, 224-226 



Epinephrin (Adrenalin), as drug, 

 126; effect on blood vessels, 28; 

 effect on uterine muscle, 123; not 

 implicated in menstruation, 172 



Epithelium, germinal, 34 



Equilenin, 86, 88, 249 



Esters of estrogenic hormones, 88 



Estradiol, 86, 88, 248, 249 



Estrane, 244, 245, 247 



Estratriene, 247 



Estrin, 86 



Estrin-deprivation bleeding, 161- 

 172, 189-191 



Estrin-deprivation hypothesis, 162- 

 167 



Estriol, 86, 249 



Estrogen, see Estrogenic hormones 



Estrogenic hormones, action of, 93- 

 9Q, 254, 257; administration, 91, 

 92; in adrenal gland, 98; in blood, 

 84; relation to cancer, 99, 100; 

 chemistry, 86-89, 247-249; in 

 corpus luteum, 84; discovery, 82- 

 86; esters, 88; in Graafian follicle, 

 83, 84; effect on growth of uterus, 

 80, 82, 85, 93-95, 204, 205; effect 

 on mammary gland, 95, 208, 213; 

 names, 84, 86; output, daily, of 

 monkey, 192; output of woman, 

 90, 194, 268; in parturition, 206; 

 pellets, 91, 92; in placenta, 85, 92; 



in plants, 84; potency, 90; proes- 

 trous bleeding induced by, 176; 

 pubertal changes induced by, 94- 

 96; purification, 85, 86; rate of 

 secretion, 189-194; in reproduc- 

 tive cycle, 75, 96-98; series of 

 estrogenic compounds, 88; effects 

 in sex urge, 97, 98; source of in 

 ovary, 34, 92; effects on uterine 

 muscle, 124, 125, 205; in treat- 

 ment of menstrual disorders, 98, 

 99; in urine, 85, 203; effects on 

 vagina, 93 



Estrone, administration, 91; chem- 

 istry, 86, 87, 248; international 

 unit, 90; isolation, 86; name, 86; 

 potency, 90; synthesis, 87, 88 



Estrous cycle, see Cycle 



Estrus, 63, 64, 69, 70 



Ethinyl estradiol, 91 



Ethinyl testosterone, 260 



Eunuchoid state, 238, 239 



Evans, H. M., 69, 73; opposite p. 

 74; 141, 156 



Excretion, of androgenic hormone, 

 234; of estrogenic hormone, 86; 

 of progesterone, 120, 121, 185, 

 204 



Experimental menstruation, see 

 Menstruation, experimental 



Fallopian tube, see Oviduct 



Fallopio, Gabriele, 45 



Father, biological utility, 25, 26 



Fellner, O., 82, 84, 85 



Fels, E., 104, 115 



Female sex hormone, see Estrogenic 

 hormones 



Fertilization, in Hydra, 10; in gen- 

 eral, 16; in sea urchin, 17; in 

 mammals, 55, 66; meaning of, 18 



Fevold, H., 104, 113-115 



Fieser, L. F., 243 



Fishes, mating in, 23; viviparous, 

 24, 25 



Fission, reproduction by, longi- 

 tudinal, 3; transverse, 6 



Follicle, ovarian (Graafian), 33-35, 



12, 66 



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