There are a few instances recorded of bifid clitoris, and Arnaud
cites the history of a woman who had a double clitoris. Secretain
speaks of a clitoris which was in a permanent state of erection.
Complete absence of the ovaries is seldom seen, but there are
instances in which one of the ovaries is missing. Hunter, Vidal,
and Chaussier report in full cases of the absence of the ovaries,
and Thudicum has collected 21 cases of this nature. Morgagni,
Pears, and Cripps have published observations in which both
ovaries were said to have been absent. Cripps speaks of a young
girl of eighteen who had an infantile uterus and no ovaries; she
neither menstruated nor had any signs of puberty. Lauth cites the
case of a woman whose ovaries and uterus were rudimentary, and
who exhibited none of the principal physiologic characteristics
of her sex; on the other hand, Ruband describes a woman with only
rudimentary ovaries who was very passionate and quite feminine in
her aspect.
At one time the existence of genuine supernumerary ovaries was
vigorously disputed, and the older records contain no instances,
but since the researches of Beigel, Puech, Thudicum, Winckler, de
Sinety, and Paladino the presence of multiple ovaries is an
incontestable fact.
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