A View of the upper Side of the Clitoris and Labia, the under Parts being hid. FIG. II. The Pudenda turned upward, and laid open. 1. The Umbilical Rope. 2. The Clitoris. 3. The Labia. 4. The Nymphæ. 5. The Orifice of the Vagina and Anus.] But having understood that some were particularly of Opinion, that such as have the Clitoris long have no _Uteri_, I opened the above-mentioned Fœtus, and found the Uterus in it’s natural Situation, with every Appendix proper to it, in their Places; which, with the Dissections made by several Anatomists upon such Occasions, will be very prevailing, to manifest the Existence of an Uterus in every _Macroclitoridea_, whether any Thing be contained in the Labia or not. 1. _De Graaff_’s Dissection, mentioned before, is no insignificant Proof of this Assertion. 2. Another made, and related by _Columbus_, will be also as corroborating, of one whom he calls a Woman (and, indeed, without any Mistake) he introduces the Description of her in these Words[120]: ‘Formerly I happened to see a Woman, who, besides the Vulva, had also a Penis, which was not very thick.’ This Membrum virile is (beyond all Dispute) the Clitoris, because he says _præter vulvam_; and, I hope, from what has been said before, it is plain, that no Male Parts can possibly grow with the Feminine in the same Body; however, this Author proceeds to describe the Blood Vessels, _&c._ to which I refer the Reader, and shall only pass on to observe what is to my Purpose here, which is contained in his following Words[121]: ‘The Uterus and Cervix did not in the least differ from those of other Women, but there was a Difference in the Testes, for in this Subject they were thicker than in others, but their Situation was the same. There was no Scrotum at all, and the Penis had two Muscles, not four, as in perfect Men; besides, the Penis of this Hermaphrodite was covered with a thin Skin, but had no Præputium, _&c._’ From which Words it is obvious, what was the Sex of this Subject, without any further Observations on it. EXPLANATION OF TAB. I. [Illustration: Tab. I.] As Dr _Douglas_’s Plate only shews the _Labia_ of the Parts of the _Angolan_ Woman opened, it was necessary that a Figure of the same should precede it with the _Labia_ shut or closed; that the Reader may the better understand, how easily the ignorant or superstitious might be deceived at the Sight of such Parts, when in the same Circumstances with this Subject, and the _Labia Pudendorum_ not separated; of which the following is the Explanation, _viz._ 1. The _Clitoris_. 2. The Right _Labium_, which contains the Tumour. 3. The Left _Labium_ in a natural State. 4. The Tumour above the Left _Labium_. 5. The two _Labia_ below the Tumour near the _Perinæum_. _FINIS._ [Illustration] FOOTNOTES [1] Mechanical Account of Poisons, _Pref._ [2] Democrit. in Geoponicis. l. 19. c. 4. Brodæus com. in Oppian. de venatione. Bodinus.