1 2 3. The lacerations in the ovarian envelope, through which the Ovum protruded. The omentum had contracted adhesions with the tumour.
Plate 10 (B)
(BEING PLATE VII. OF THE PHIL. TRANS. FOR 1820.)
PLATE X. (B).
(BEING PLATE VII. OF THE PHIL. TRANS. FOR 1820.)
Fig. Unica. Ovum ovaricum fœtiferum patefactum.
The cavity formed in the substance of the ovarium by the progressive advancement of the fecundated ovum, is here laid open, in order to exhibit how distinctly and perfectly the fœtus had, up to the time of the death of the mother, found station, nourishment and growth without the assistance of the cavity of the uterus, or of those membranes which physiologists are wont to look upon as essential to the development of the child in utero.
A placental mass with distinct cotyledonous vessels, connects the child with the inner covering of the ovarian cyst. The secreting or transparent involucra are quite distinct. The cortex ovi is almost wholly absorbed, as it ought to be at such an advanced period. The fœtus is perfect.
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE.
A, the amnion. B, the chorion. C C C, the placental cotyledons. D D D, fragments of the corpus luteum, which surrounded the ovum, and was broken to pieces by the enlargement of the fœtus. Some of these fragments adhere to the inside of the ovarian coat, others are among the placental cotyledons. E E E E the covering or coat of the ovarium; F the Fallopian tube, which passes behind the flap of the ovarian coat thrown back. G the omentum, &c.