xii Contents 



The Clinical Examination of the Female Genitalia ... 79 



The Examination of Vulva and Vagina 84 



Rectal Palpation 89 



The Examination of the Cervical Canal and Douching of the 



Uterus 99 



The Diagnosis of Estrum in 



The Diagnosis of Pregnancy 113 



CHAPTER III 

 ARTIFICIAL INTERFERENCES WITH REPRODUCTIVE 



FUNCTIONS 140 



The Induction of Estrum 140 



Artificial Insemination 143 



Artificial Abortion 146 



CHAPTER IV 



ARRESTS AND ABERRATIONS IN GENITAL DEVELOPMENT 151 



Asexual or Bisexual Aberrations 151 



Neuters or Freemartins 151 



Hermaphroditism 157 



Arrests in the Development of the male Genitalia ... 160 



Arrests and Aberrations in the Development of the Testes . . 160 



Cryptorchidy r6o 



Aberration in Position of Scrotal Testes 161 



Arrest in Functional Development of Scrotal Testes, Fetal 



Testes 161 



Aberrations in the Development of the Penis 163 



Congenital Defects of the Female Genitalia 163 



Uterus Unicornis 165 



Double Uterus, Double Cervix 165 



Persistence of Median Walls of Muellerian Ducts in Vaginal 



Area, Double Vagina 167 



Imperforate Hymen, Persistent Hymen 169 



CHAPTER V 

 MISCELLANEOUS DEFECTS AND DISEASES INTERFERING 



WITH FERTILITY 172 



Umbilic Hernia 172 



Ventral Hernia 174 



Horizontal Vulva 174 



Stricture of Vagina and Vulva 175 



Diseases of the Feet and Limbs 177 



Paralysis, Plumbism * " 179 



Torsion of the Testicle 180 



Traumatic Orchitis 181 



Tubal Pregnancy 185 



Vaginal Hernia 185 



Torsion of the Uterus 189 



Pelvic Tumors and Calluses 190* 



