THE TESTICLE AND THE OVARY 



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but they did not apijear to Ije so powerful. Since Browu-Sequard's 

 time ovarian preparations have Ijeeu used medicinally in a large 

 number of cases with more or less successful results. The fresh 

 ovaries ai-e themselves taken, or ovaiian tissue is gi\'en in the form of 







Fig. 96. — Transvei'se section through uterus of rat aftei' ovaiian 

 transplantation. The uterus is normal. 



(See text and cf. Figs. 94 and 95. From Marshall and .Tolh*.) 



fluid or powder (ovarine, oophorine, ovigenine, etc.). The fresh o\-aries 

 or ovarian powder are eaten, Ijut the fluid can be administered either 

 by the mouth, by the rectum, or ])}' hypodermic injection. These 

 methods of treatment are said to have met with consideral )le success 

 in cases of amenorrhea, chlorosis, and menopause trouldes, both 

 natural and post-operative. Some physicians, howe^'eI■, report only 



