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Plate XIV of Reinier De Graaf's De mulierum organis in generationi inservientibus tractatus novus.

Fig. I. Displays a cow's 'testicle'.
AA The testicle opened along its length.
BB The glandulous substance, with the found in 'testicles' after the expulsion of the egg, divided through the middle.
CC The cavity, which contained the egg almost obliterated.
G. The hole in the extremity of the tube.
H Part of the Fallopian tube cut.

Fig. II.Displays a 'testicle' not yet opened.
B The glandulous substance protruding outside the 'testicle'.

Fig. IV.Displays the glandulous substance of a globule removed from a ewe's 'testicle' while it still contained an egg.
B The place from which the egg was taken.
C The egg taken from its place.

Fig. V.Displays a ewe's 'testicle' from which an egg was expelled some days ago.
B The glandulous substance of the globule with its cavity almost obliterated.

 

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