Anomalies and Curiosities of MedicineGould, George M. (George Milbrey)
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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
Abnormalities, Human; Medicine -- Anecdotes
Fournier speaks of an individual in Lisbon in 1807 who was in the
highest degree graceful, the voice feminine, the mammae well developed,
The female genitalia were normal except the labia majora, which were
rather diminutive. The thighs and the pelvis. were not so wide as
those of a woman. There was some beard on the chin, but it was worn
close. the male genitalia were of the size and appearance of a male
adult and were covered with the usual hair. This person had been twice
pregnant and aborted at the third and fifth month. During coitus the
penis became erect, etc.
Schrell describes a case in which, independent of the true penis and
testicles, which were well formed, there existed a small vulva
furnished with labia and nymphae, communicating with a rudimentary
uterus provided with round ligaments and imperfectly developed ovaries.
Schrell remarks that in this case we must notice that the female
genitalia were imperfectly developed, and adds that perfect
hermaphroditism is a physical impossibility without great alterations
of the natural connections of the bones and other parts of the pelvis.
Cooper describes a woman with an enormous development of the clitoris,
an imperforate uterus, and absence of vagina; at first sight of the
parts they appeared to be those of a man.
In 1859 Hugier succeeded in restoring a vagina to a young girl of
twenty who had an hypertrophied clitoris and no signs of a vagina. The
accompanying illustrations show the conformation of the parts before
operation with all the appearance of ill-developed male genitalia, and
the appearance afterward with restitution of the vaginal opening.
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