TABLE OF CONTENTS. xvii 



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BOOK II.— OBSTETRIC AL PHYSIOLOGY 53 



REPRODUCTION 53 



CHAPTER I .—Section I.— Puberty ; . 55 



Section II. — CEstrum or Menstruation 56 



Section HI. — Maturation of the Graafian Vesicles... 60 



CHAPTER H.— FECUNDATION 61 



CHAPTER III.— STERILITY 62 



CHAPTER IV.— CHANGES IN THE OVUM 64 



Section I. — Development of the Embryo 66 



Section 1 1. — Annexes of the Fcetus 70 



Chorion yi 



Differences 73 



Ruminants 73 



Pig 73 



Bilc/f^ and Cat 74 



Amnion 74 



Liquor Amnii 75 



Differences in the Amnion of other Animals ♦. 76 



Ruminants 76 



Pig 76 



Bitch and Cat. ...... 76 



Allantois 77 



Differences 70 



Ruminants 7q 



P'S V 79 



Bitch and Cat. 70 



UmbiHcal Vesicle , . , 70 



Differences go 



Ruminants and Pig go 



The Placenta go 



Differences gi 



Cow . . , gi 



Sheep and Goat g4 



Pig ^S 



Bitch and Cat Z^ 



Functions 85 



Umbilical Cord 86 



Differences ^y 



Ruminants • 87 



Pig ^7 



Bitch and Cat 88 



Section III. — Development of the Fcetus 89 



The Nervous System <y^ 



The Organs of Sense 91 



The Skin and its Appendages 92 



