Supposed encephaloid testicle : hermaphrodism / by J. Mason Warren.

  • Warren, Jonathan Mason, 1811-1867.
Date:
[1859?]
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Credit: Supposed encephaloid testicle : hermaphrodism / by J. Mason Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    exactly copied would answer fully as well as an actual inspection of the parts. It may not be considered inappropriate to append to this case the fol- lowing, reported by me to the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, in May, 1851, and extracted from their records :— The subject of this very uncommon deviation from nature, was 25 years of age, born in Maine, of healthy parents. He was by occupation a sailor; and the appearances to be described were only discovered when brought to the prison, where, on being undressed to put on the prison clothes, he was thought, from the large size of the breasts, to be a female in disguise, and was, therefore, transferred to the surgeon of the institution, Dr. Morris, for examination. On my visit to his cell, he seemed to have no object inn to having an examination made, when it was explained to him that it was for a scientific object. Beginning with the face, the features are soft, and the expression mild; there is no beard. The neck is of medium size and length, but rising toward the back, as in the female. The shoulders are sloping, round and smooth, the muscles not being prominent. The upper extremities are delicate, and the hands small. The breasts, which are the most striking feature in this person, are large, well developed even for a female, quite handsomely formed, with large blue veins running over them, as in a nursing woman ; the nipples being large, with a large, dark areola. The abdomen is quite prominent; the navel deeps the hips very broad, as in the female. There is a small penis. The scrotum and testicles are very small, the size of the latter being that of a bean. The legs are short, the middle of the body being, by measurement, half way between the umbilicus and the pelvis, instead of being, as in the male, at the pubic region. The voice is masculine; the sexual propensities normal. The interesting and remarkable feature of this case is the fact of the small male organs of generation implanted on a body almost entirely female. Cases constantly present themselves to the observation of medical men of malformed genital organs, having the appearance of a combination of the male and female; also of men with a large mammary organ. In this case there can be said to be no malformation. EXPLANATION OF PLATE. A. Right corpus cavernosum penis. B. Crura penis. C. Skin where it turns up over pubes. D. Glans penis. E. Distal extremity, or commencement of hypospadias. F. Triple row of nymph-c. G. A bristle inclining forwards, passing through the aperture at the proximate extremity of the hypospadias, and then coming out in the urethra directly in front of prostate gland. H. A bristle passing in at the same orifice, and coming out at the entrance of vagina close to the hymen. I. Hymen. J. Vagina slit open posteriorly, showing longitudinal and transverse rugae. K. Neck of uterus, showing the arbor vitae. L. Fimbriated extremity of left Fallopian tube. M. Left ovary. N. Diseased mass on right side, corresponding with left ovary and Fallopian tube. 0. Right Fallopian tube, partly impervious. P. Left Fallopian tube, at the beginning of its trumpet-shaped extremity. Q. Prostate gland. R. Uterus. S. Bladder with ureters.