Her first child was a well-formed female, and the second,
the infant in question, cried much during the night, and several
times vomited dark-green matter. In lieu of one penis there were
two, situated near each other, the right one of natural size and
the left larger, but not furnished with a prepuce. Each penis had
its own urethra, from which dribbled urine and some meconium.
There was a duplication of each scrotum, but only one testicle in
each, and several other minor malformations.
Gore, reported by Velpeau, has seen an infant of eight and
one-half months with two penises and three lower extremities. The
penises were 4 cm. apart and the scrotum divided, containing one
testicle in each side. Each penis was provided with a urethra,
urine being discharged from both simultaneously. In a similar
case, spoken of by Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, the two organs were
also separate, but urine and semen escaped sometimes from one,
sometimes from both.
The most celebrated of all the diphallic terata was Jean Baptista
dos Santos, who when but six months old was spoken of by Acton.
His father and mother were healthy and had two well-formed
children. He was easily born after an uneventful pregnancy.
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