Such cases are classed under the
head of neuter hermaphrodites, possibly an analogy of the "genus
epicoenum" of Quintilian. Marie Dorothee, of the age of
twenty-three, was examined and declared a girl by Hufeland and
Mursina, while Stark, Raschig, and Martens maintained that she
was a boy. This formidable array of talent on both sides provoked
much discussion in contemporary publications, and the case
attracted much notice. Marc saw her in 1803, at which time she
carried contradicting certificates as to her sex. He found an
imperforate penis, and on the inferior face near the root an
opening for the passage of urine. No traces of nymphae, vagina,
testicles, nor beard were seen. The stature was small, the form
debilitated, and the voice effeminate. Marc came to the
conclusion that it was impossible for any man to determine either
one sex or the other. Everard Home dissected a dog with apparent
external organs of the female, but discovered that neither sex
was sufficiently pronounced to admit of classification. Home also
saw at the Royal Marine Hospital at Plymouth, in 1779, a marine
who some days after admission was reported to be a girl. On
examination Home found him to possess a weak voice, soft skin,
voluminous breasts, little beard, and the thighs and legs of a
woman.
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