TABLE OF CONTENTS. xvii 



BOOK I r.— OBSTETRICAL PHYSIOLOGY 

 KEPKODUCTION - 



53 



CHAPTER I.— GENERATION - - - 57 



Section I. — Puhkrty - - - 57 



Section II.— CEstrum or Menstruation - 5'J 



Section III. — M.vti'r.xtion of the Graaki.vn Vesicles (J;-} 



CUAPTER II.— FECUNDATION -04 



CHAPTER III. -STERILITY - 65 



CHAPTER lA'.-CHANGES IN THE OVUM - - 08 



Section I. — Development of the Embryo - 71 



Section II. — Api-endaoes of the Foctus - li) 



Chorion - - - -lb 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare - - 77 



Ruminants - - 77 



Pig - - - - 78 



Bitch and Cat - - - ■ 78 



Amnion - - - - 79 



Liquor Amnii - - - - - 80 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare - 81 



Ruminants - - - - - 81 



Pig ■ ■ - - - 81 



Rilrh and Cat ■ - - - - 81 



AUantois - - - - . - 81 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare 84 



RuininantH - - - . - 84 



Pi;, ■ . . . - 84 



Bitrh and Cat - - - - - 84 



Umbilical Vesicle - - - - -84 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare - 85 



Rtimiiianl:( and Pif/ - - 85 



The Placenta - 85 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare - 86 



Cow - -86 



Sheej) and Goat - - . . . yo 



Pig - - - - - 92 



. Bitch and Cat ■ - 92 



Functions - -93 



Umbilical Cord .... ii;{ 



Differences in other Animals than the Mare 94 



Ruminants - - -94 



Pig • ■ - - - - 95 



Bitrh and Cat - ■ ■ ■ - 95 



Section III. — Development of the F<etus - - 96 



The Nervous System - -97 



The Organs of Sense -98 



The Skin and its Appendages - - - 100 



The Locomotor}- Apparatus - . . . 101 



