Identifier: feminologyguidef00dres (find matches)
Title: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dressler, Florence
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Publisher: Chicago, C. L. Dressler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rd the womb, inorder to impel the ovum in that direction. And in thecervix the movement is toward the body of that organ,presumably to assist the spermatozoa in reaching it. The Fallopian tubes or oviducts are two conical canals,four or five inches in length, extending from the broad por-tion of the uterus as far as the brim of the pelvis. Whenstraightened, the shape of the tubes resembles a trumpet,the wider portion being the free end. This is surroundedby fringe-like processes called fimbriae. The uterine ex-tremity is very small, scarcely admitting a fine bristle, butan ordinary quill can be inserted at the free end. The REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 115 function of the tubes is to convey the ripened ovule to thewomb. When the egg is ready to burst from the ovary,the ringers of the tube are drawn toward that organ, andinclose it over that part where the Qgg is to be freed. Bywhat agency that action is impelled yet remains locked inthe vault of mystery. Once in the grasp of the fimbriae,
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Ovary and Fallopian Tube. Od, Fallopian tube; O, ovary; Oa, fimbriated extremity of the tube; Ut, section ofthe uterus, or womb. the ovule is urged toward the womb by the ciliated mem-branous lining. As before stated, these tubes are envelopedby the broad ligaments, except the funnel shape and fimbriae,which pass beyond the covering, in order to unite, period-ically, with the ovaries. The ovaries are often described as appendages of theuterus, but they are really the most important of all womansreproductive organs. The ovaries represent the bird that 116 FEMINOLOGY. lays the egg, and the womb, the nest that receives it. Theovaries generate the creative power in woman. The char-acteristics of the sex are contained in those minute, but stu-pendously wonderful bodies. No other generative organso affects the peculiarly feminine nature. Remove theovaries, and menstruation ceases, the appearance becomesmasculine, the voice coarse; in some instances a beardappears. With their removal goes th

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