long and slightly erectile at
times; it was imperforate and had a mobile prepuce. She had a
vulva with two well-shaped labia as shown by the accompanying
illustration. She menstruated slightly and had an opening at the
root of the clitoris. The parotid region showed signs of a beard
and she had hair on her upper lip. On August 20, 1864, a person
came into the Hotel-Dieu, asking treatment for chronic pleurisy.
He said his age was sixty-five, and he pursued the calling of a
mountebank, but remarked that in early life he had been taken for
a woman. He had menstruated at eight and had been examined by
doctors at sixteen. The menstruation continued until 1848, and at
its cessation he experienced the feelings of a male. At this time
he presented the venerable appearance of a long-bearded old man.
At the autopsy, about two months later, all the essentials of a
female were delineated. A Fallopian tube, ovaries, uterus, and
round ligaments were found, and a drawing in cross-section of the
parts was made. There is no doubt but that this individual was
Marie-Madeline Lefort in age.
Worbe speaks of a person who was supposed to be feminine for
twenty-two years. At the age of sixteen she loved a farmer's son,
but the union was delayed for some reason, and three years later
her grace faded and she became masculine in her looks and tastes.
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