Obstetrics and Gynæcology

of lectures on the above subject. The importance of the subject warrants the following abstract : Causation? Every pregnancy is the result of the impregnation of the ovum of the female by the spermatozoon of the male, and the normal place for the development of the impregnated ovum is the cavity of the uterus, while the channel through which the ovum must pass from the ovary in order to gain the uterine cavity is the Fallopian tube. The tube may be regarded as specially fitted to be this channel for the reception and transit of the ovum. The