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166 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
pended on. Ova may be prematurely ripened by
excitement of the ovaries, caused by sexual indulgence.
The menstrual evacuation, which degenerates into a
real hemorrhage, becomes irregular and uncertain, as
well as depraved in its character. Consequently, the
rule that sexual union, to produce impregnation, must
take place either immediately before, or a few days
after, menstruation, admits of exceptions. It is a safe
rule for those who desire to procreate ; but not entirely
safe for those who would avoid it, as many, for good rea
sons, may
Fig. 49.
RIPE OVUM OF THE RABBIT.
Fig. 49 shows an ideal section of an immensely magnified ripe ovum
Of a mammal, the rabbit, still contained in the ovary, a, a, is the sub
stance of the ovary, b. The double tunic of the graafian vesicle that con
tains it c. Contents of the vesicle, joining at d, d, a granular disk, in
which e, the ovulum, is imbedded. /, is the yolk. g. The germinal
vesicle, with its spot just perceptible.
Menstruation appears to be a throwing off of the fluids
concerned in the ripening and expulsion
of the ova. In
a perfectly healthy state, the menstrual fluid is very