mi: . i i in KIDDLE OBRM I.ANKIC. &STS 



In it- lasi -t;iL r '-- Hie descent in the female mpli>heii in 



a manner dillerent from that in the male. For in-i e.-id uf ad\ ancing 

 like the teste^ toward the inguinal region, the n\;irie>, \\h--n tin- 

 development i- normal, sink down in . i he t rue pel\ i I 

 they are endowed between Madder and rectum ill the I. load ligament, 

 which is de\eloprd out of the peritoneal folds, and in which originally 

 the primitive kidney-, the and the Miillerian ducts are 

 imbedded. 



Naturally the round ligament cannot be of influence during t his 

 6 of the ile-eent in the female, because it can exercise a 

 traction only in the direction of the inguinal region, whe 

 attadii d. The d >c> nt in'o ihe true p:-lvis seems rather to be d 

 the conversion of the lower region of the Miillerian ducts into the 

 uterus. At any rate, t he ovaries are joined to the uterus by means 

 of a linn cord of connective tissue, 

 the ligament inn ovarii. 



In rare cases in the female the 

 o\aries can continue to change their 

 position in a manner corresponding 

 to that in the male. They migrate 

 then toward the inguinal region up 

 to the entrance into the proressii- 



xa-inalis (divertirulum Nurkii); Or- ^ 228. -X)ro.s action through the geni- 



tal cord, after T>' 

 casionallvthev here cease to advance. Th* eras Mottoa ,,f the 



but sometimes theventer fart her into * t,ll,rian duct. <.); ,.,. nu w ,,,,,,hri,. 



the abdominal wall thnn:ijh the in- 

 guinal canal ; indec d. as has been observed in several instances, they 

 ran pass quite through the wall of the abdomen and at last imbed 

 themselves in the labia majora. The latter then acquire a great 

 similarity to the scrotum of the male. 



(i) The Development of the External Sexuxl 

 The M'ciion which deals with the urinary and s. : xuai < 



really the most suitable jdare at which to introduce the development 



of the external >e\ual organs, notwithstanding they do not arise 

 from the middle ;,.,-,,, layei-. but in part from and in part 



from the inner .L'erm-layer. I n order to give an exhaust ive account 

 of them, we must go kick to rat her early Mnu'ex ,.f development 

 to the time when in the embryo the \Yoltlian and .Miillerian ducts 

 are tstal.lished. Havinir first arisen in the most anterior part of the 



