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menstrual flux. King relates that while attending a course of
medical lectures at the University of Louisiana he formed the
acquaintance of a young student who possessed the normal male
generative organs, but in whom the simulated function of
menstruation was periodically performed. The cause was
inexplicable, and the unfortunate victim was the subject of deep
chagrin, and was afflicted with melancholia. He had menstruated
for three years in this manner: a fluid exuded from the sebaceous
glands of the deep fossa behind the corona glandis; this fluid
was of the same appearance as the menstrual flux. The quantity
was from one to two ounces, and the discharge lasted from three
to six days. At this time the student was twenty-two years of
age, of a lymphatic temperament, not particularly lustful, and
was never the victim of any venereal disease. The author gives no
account of the after-life of this man, his whereabouts being,
unfortunately, unknown or omitted.
Vicarious Menstruation in the Male.--This simulation of
menstruation by the male assumes a vicarious nature as well as in
the female. Van Swieten, quoting from Benivenius, relates a case
of a man who once a month sweated great quantities of blood from
his right flank.
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