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THE SEX-COMPLEX 



Ovarian 

 transplanta- 

 tion. 



albuginea be employed the uterus will often continue its 

 normal activity in spite of the absence of Graafian 

 follicles. As already described, I have found experi- 

 mentally that an autogenous graft of interstitial cells 

 alone from a rabbit's ovary (fig. 23, facing p. 49), which are 

 easily isolated, is capable of maintaining the activity 

 of the uterus. 



Transplantation may be made anywhere, but the 

 more vascular the site the better. A good plan is 

 partly to bury the wedge-shaped piece of ovary in the 

 fundus of the uterus ; and if the surface of the graft 

 be uncovered it is unnecessary to remove the capsule. 



Excess of 



ovarian 



secretion. 



Effects of 

 excess of 

 ovarian 

 secretion 

 on sexual 

 activity. 



Excess of Ovarian Secretion. — The question of 

 excessive ovarian secretion in the human subject has not 

 been established with any degree of scientific accuracy. 

 A certain number of observations, however, tends to 

 show that such a condition may occur. 



The clinical effects that appear to be produced by 

 excessive ovarian secretion may be discussed under two 

 headings : — 



(1) Effects on the sexual functions, characteristics 

 and psychology. 



(2) Effects on the general metabolism. 



It must not be forgotten, however, that the effects 

 mentioned in the first group are primarily dependent 

 on alterations in the general metabolism. 



(1) An excessive ovarian secretion leads to an increase 

 in sexual activity both locally and generally. The local 

 effects may be seen in more profuse and protracted 

 menstruation. 



This condition occurs chiefly in girls about and just 

 after puberty, in whom the correlations of the internal 

 secretions in regard to the altered conditions have not 

 been finally adjusted. 



It may also be seen in those who indulge in mastur- 

 bation or are sexually insane, in unmarried women over 

 30 years of age, and in persons whose married life is a 

 failure from a sexual point of view. These patients 



