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Title: Medical adviser & marriage guide : representing all the diseases of the genital organs of the male and female
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Larmont, M. (Martin)
Subjects: Marriage Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases, Female
Publisher: New York : Warner
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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those in whomthe malformation consists of the opening or mouthof the penis terminating any considerable distancefrom the end of the organ, are rendered impotent;from the fact simply that the condition of the penisprevents the semen from being thrown directly intothe womb. PASSAGE OF THE OVUM INTO THE WOJIB. The human ovum reaches the uterus in from oneto two weeks after impregnation. The embryo isenclosed in a membraneous sac which nature hasformed for nourishing and protecting it. Whenthe blood vessels of the embryo have reached itssurrounding membranes which have been developedfrom cells, and participate in the active propertiesof cells, it absorbs the nutriment. The nutritivematters thus absorbed are supplied by the bloodof the mother in the human placenta. The ab-sorbed nutriment enters directly into the blood ofthe fcetus. The process thus maintained betweenthe foetal and maternal blood, supplies the processof respiration to the fcetus, or an equivalent, forthat process. PLATE 7.
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C^Iaitata tf flak ? anb ;igro 15 anb Iff. Fro. 15.—Represents a foetus of two months gestation(growth), surrounded by its uterine membranes, attachdby the umbilical cord to the placenta (after-birth), andfloating in fluid (amnial), and is the most perfect one ofthis period I havo ever seen ; (a) the pellucid membranes,(ft) the accumulation of vessels forming the placenta ; (c)the embryo seen through the membranes. Fig. l(j.—Displays a foetus of five months within thewomb, which has been laid open ; blood vessels are seenrunning through the various textures, and the cord is seentwisted around the neck and left ancle. Below is seen thepostern surface of the vagina, and on each side of the wombis seen the fallopian tubes terminating in many finger-likeprojections, and between them and the womb the ovaries. REMARABLE CURES. June, 1858.Sir :—As we have arranged the fee for mycure, now for the desired explanation. Withouthaving heard of Masturbation, or its conse-quences, and wholly u

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