The male generative organs in health and disease, from infancy to old age : being a complete practical treatise on the anatomy and physiology of the male system adapted for every man's own private use / by Frederick Hollick.

  • Hollick, Frederick, 1818-1900.
Date:
1853
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Credit: The male generative organs in health and disease, from infancy to old age : being a complete practical treatise on the anatomy and physiology of the male system adapted for every man's own private use / by Frederick Hollick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.

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    conception has no chance to occur. Some females can only retain the egg a few hours, or perhaps for a day, and if not impregnated during that short time they cannot be so during the rest of the month. The most probable time for conception is from the first to the fifth day after the cessation of the men- strual flow. The actual process of conception is in itself very simple, and may be explained in a few words. The semen, or male principle, is deposited, during as- sociation, in the Vagina, and from thence conveyed upwards, through the Os Tincse, into the cavity of the woi$b. If it reaches the upper part, and the egg be there, conception may occur; but there are many causes operating both to prevent its transit and also to destroy its power. The upward passage of the semen is accomplished by a peculiar vital power in itself, which will be explained when we describe the male system. The place of union of the two principles is therefore usually in, the upper pari of the womb, or possibly also at the uterine end of the Fallopian Tube. Immediately after impregnation has been effected the egg attaches itself permanently to the walls of the womb and begins to develop into a human being, the womb expanding to allow of its doing so. When fully grown the walls of the womb begin to contract and eventually expel it from the body, by way of the'vagina. During its growth the nutri- ment required is obtained, in some way not very well understood, from the mother's blood, the com- munication between the Foetus and its parent being of the most wonderful and mysterious character. Instances have been known of the egg, after its im- pregnation, being taken back again, by a reverse