Crouch
reports a case of successful parturition in a patient who had
previously undergone ovariotomy by a large incision. Parsons
mentions a case of twin pregnancy two years after ovariotomy
attended with abnormal development of one of the children. Cutter
speaks of a case in which a woman bore a child one year after the
performance of ovariotomy, and Pippingskold of two cases of
pregnancy after ovariotomy in which the stump as well as the
remaining ovary were cauterized. Brown relates a similar instance
with successful delivery. Bixby, Harding, Walker (1878-9), and
Mears all report cases, and others are not at all rare. In the
cases following shortly after operation, it has been suggested
that they may be explained by the long retention of the ova in
the uterus, deposited them prior to operation. In the presence of
such facts one can but wonder if artificial fecundation of an
ovum derived from another woman may ever be brought about in the
uterus of a sterile woman!
Conception Soon After a Preceding Pregnancy.--Conception
sometimes follows birth (or abortion) with astonishing rapidity,
and some women seem for a period of their lives either always
pregnant or with infants at their breasts.
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