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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