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Experiments in which, on the third day after impregnation, the ova of rabbits were found in the Fallopian tubes, and on the fourth day after impregnation in the uterus itself, with the first appearances of the foetus.
Phil. Trans., 87,197-214. 1797.
Cruikshank showed that the impregnated ovum stayed in the Fallopian tube for a period before implantation in the uterus.
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