Bilateral Polycystic Ovaries.

The writing of an article about this condition presents considerable difficulties. It is found in a numbet of separate disorders and is not therefore an entity in itself, though a common final mechanism may be typically involved. Moreover, a number of matters are involved about which knowledge is confused, fragmentary or uncertain. It is proposed to consider various aspects of the subject separately and then to attempt some synthesis of ideas in the final section on aetiology.