in whom the Ovaria were deficient, 227 
the uterus was of the common shape, and the Fallopian tubes 
were pervious to the fimbriae ; the coats of the uterus were 
membranous. 
The ovaria were so indistinct as rather to show the rudiments 
which ought to have formed them, than any part of their 
natural structure. All these appearances will be better under- 
stood by their representation in the annexed drawing ( Plate 
V. ) than from any description that can be given. 
The history of this case, with the account of the dissection, 
becomes valuable, as it shows that an imperfect state of the 
ovaria is not only attended with an absence of all the cha- 
racters belonging to the female after pub rty, but that the 
uterus itself, although perfectly formed, is checked in its 
growth for want of due structure of those parts. 
That there is an intimate connect on between the ovaria and 
uterus has long been ascertained ; but that ti e growth of the 
uterus should so entirely depend upon that of the ovaria, I 
believe to be a new fact ; at least it has not been published in 
any work that has come under my observation. 
G g 2 
