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these sacks of eggs, these objects are seen in various stages 

 of growth. In the mass of the ovary are small cavities 

 in which one or more of the eggs are placed somewhat 

 as we see seeds in a pod. The ova, as these eggs are 

 technically termed, count by thousands. At certain 

 times in the life history of the human female it is 

 estimated there are as many as 70,000 ova in the two 

 ovaries. 1 An incipient population for a town ! During 



Fig. 10. Very thin section of parfc of the ovary of a newly-born child, 

 highly magnified, d. d. e. e. Nests of forming eggp. c. f. Eggs of the 

 human being. (From Quain's "Elements of Anatomy," vol. i., part 1, 

 Embryology. 1892, p. 125.) 



the life history of the human being, these sacks of 

 human eggs are in a constant state of change. The 

 eggs groups of molecules are constantly being cast 

 away and new ones maturing. 



" A continual change seems to be taking place in the 



1 Quain's "Elements of Anatomy," 10th edition, 1892, vol. i. 

 part 1, p. 125. 



