Experimentson a Few Controverted Points Respecting the Physiology of Generation
James E. Blundell · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1819
AMONG the various questions which have been raised respecting the generation of animals, there is one, as yet undecided, which has not perhaps been hitlierto investigated with all the care it deserves.It may be demonstrated by experiment, that, in this curious process, the male firnishes the.semen, and the female the rudiments ; but whether these two substances must have access to each other, in order that the young animal may be formed, is a question which still admits of dispute.It is true,< indeed, that many naturalists have asserted, that contact is necessary; and Spallanzani lhas even VOL, X. S * I venture on the name with diffidence, but no preferable term occurs to mne; its etymology is obvious, and, I believe, le.gitimate and analogical.* Is this muscle allied in function to the round ligamentr of the humaN womb?249.* Is the transfer Df the semen beyond, the womb the cauw of e*ra-uterine pregnancy ?