CONTENTS XV11 



CHAPTER LIX 



PAQK 



REPRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AND DEATH .... 858 



The New-born Child and its Development ..... 862 



The Male Reproductive Organs . . . . . .863 



The Female Reproductive Organs . . . 867 



The Physiology of the Reproductive Organs .... 872 



Spermatogenesis ........ 872 



Oogenesis . . . . . . .873 



Menstruation ........ 873 



Maturation of the Ovum ...... 875 



Internal Secretions of Ovary and Testis . . . .878 



Fertilisation ......... 881 



Segmentation . . . . . ... .883 



The Decidua and the Foetal Membranes ... .887 



The Foetal Circulation ....... 891 



Parturition ......... 893 



Death .......... 895 



INDEX 897 



COLOURED PLATES 



VARIETIES OF COLOURLESS CORPUSCLES .... to face page 456 



PLATE or ABSORPTION SPECTRA . . . . . ,, ,, 466 



SIMULTANEOUS AND SUCCESSIVE CONTRAST . . . ,, ,, 845 



