At the
apex of the glans opened a canal about 12 cm. long, through which
escaped monthly a serous fluid. Smith mentions a man who had two
penises and two bladders, on one of which lithotomy was
performed. According to Ballantyne, Taruffi, the scholarly
observer of terata, mentions a child of forty-two months and
height of 80 cm. who had two penises, each furnished with a
urethra and well-formed scrotal sacs which were inserted in a
fold of the groin. There were two testicles felt in the right
scrotum and one in the left. Fecal evacuations escaped through
two anal orifices. There is also another case mentioned similar
to the foregoing in a man of forty; but here there was an osseous
projection in the middle line behind the bladder. This patient
said that erection was simultaneous in both penises, and that he
had not married because of his chagrin over his deformity. Cole
speaks of a child with two well-developed male organs, one to the
left and the other to the right of the median line, and about 1/4
or 1/2 inch apart at birth. The urethra bifurcated in the
perineal region and sent a branch to each penis, and urine passed
from each meatus. The scrotum was divided into three compartments
by two raphes, and each compartment contained a testicle.
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