THE PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION 



uterus after transplanting the ovaries to new situations. Other 

 experiments were undertaken in which the ovaries were simply 

 removed without being transplanted. The rats were killed at 



FIG. 70. Section through ovary of rat after transplantation on to peritoneum, 

 showing corpora luteum and small follicle with ovum. (From Marshall 

 and Jolly.) 



intervals varying from one to fourteen months after the opera- 

 tion. In the control animals pronounced fibrosis or other 

 atrophic appearances were always found in the uterus. On the 



