Moreover, as Cecca and Zappi found,
removal of the ovaries has exactly the same effect on the
abnormal development of the other ductless glands as has removal
of the testes. It is of interest to point out that the internal
secretion of the ovaries and its important functions seem to have
been suggested before any other secretion than the sperm was
attributed to the testes. Early in the nineteenth century Cabanis
argued ("De l'Influence des Sexes sur le Caractere des Idees et
des Affections Morales," _Rapport du Physique et du Moral de
l'Homme_, 1824, vol. ii, p. 18) that the ovaries are secreting
glands, forming a "particular humor" which is reabsorbed into the
blood and imparts excitations which are felt by the whole system
and all its organs.
FOOTNOTES:
[129] The composite character of the semen was recognized by various old
authors, some of whom said, (e.g., Wharton) that it had three
constituents, which they usually considered to be: (1) The noblest and
most essential part, from the testicles; (2) a watery element from the
vesiculae; (3) an oily element from the prostate. Schurig, _Spermatologia_,
1720, p. 17.
[130] See, e.g., C. Mansell Moulin, "A Contribution to the Morphology of
the Prostate," _Journal of Anatomy and Physiology_, January, 1895; G.
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