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other hai^d, in those animals in which ovaries had been success- 

 fully transplanted on to abnormal positions (s\ich as on to the 

 ventral peritoneum or into one of the kidneys) the uterus was 

 found undegenerated. If, however, the ovarian graft failed to 











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¥w. 71. — Transverse sccUun throuL^li normal uterus of rat, 

 {Cf. Figs. 72 and 73. From Marshall and Jolly.) 



" take," or was only partially successful, the uterus presented 

 undoubted signs of degeneration. In the cases of transplanta- 

 tion from rat to rat, as in homoplastic transplantation, uterine 

 degeneration was found to be arrested by a successful ovarian 

 graft. 



