Virchow in 1872, Boddaert in 1875, and Marchand in 1883 report
cases of duplication of the genitalia, and call their cases true
hermaphrodites from an anatomic standpoint. There is a specimen
in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London from a man of forty-four,
who died of cerebral hemorrhage. He was well formed and had a
beard and a full-sized penis. He was married, and it was stated
that his wife had two children. The bladder and the internal
organs of generation were those of a man in whom neither testis
had descended into the scrotum, and in whom the uterus masculinus
and vagina were developed to an unusual degree. The uterus,
nearly as large as in the adult female, lay between the bladder
and rectum, and was enclosed between two layers of peritoneum, to
which, on either side of the uterus, were attached the testes.
There was also shown in London the pelvic organs from a case of
complex or vertical hermaphroditism occurring in a child of nine
months who died from the effects of an operation for the radical
cure of a right inguinal hernia. The external organs were those
of a male with undescended testes. The bladder was normal and its
neck was surrounded by a prostate gland. Projecting backward were
a vagina, uterus, and broad ligaments, round ligaments, and
Fallopian tubes, with the testes in the position of the ovaries.
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