. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... this is the corona glandis, and behind this there is a depression calledthe cervis. About the corona and cervix there are many little glandular bodies.* The Pileputium is a loose prolongation of the integuments of the penis, whichhangs over and defends the delicate and sensitive surface of the glans. Its innersurface is continued from the common integuments ; this is again reflected over theglans. Upon the lower side and just behind the open


. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... this is the corona glandis, and behind this there is a depression calledthe cervis. About the corona and cervix there are many little glandular bodies.* The Pileputium is a loose prolongation of the integuments of the penis, whichhangs over and defends the delicate and sensitive surface of the glans. Its innersurface is continued from the common integuments ; this is again reflected over theglans. Upon the lower side and just behind the opening of the urethra, the prsepu- • Glandulae odoriferae of Tyson. See Morgagni Adversar. IV. Animad. XII. et sequent de tuber-cutis Corona penis. 28 THE URETHRA. tium is tied in a particular manner to the surface of the glans. This connexionlimits the motion of the prwputium, and is called frjsnum prjsputii. The whole integuments of the penis are of the same cellular structure with thoseof the rest of the body ; they are particularly loose and distensible, and unincumberedwith fat. We may see them in emphysema and in oedema, monstrously 20 21 EXPLANATION OF PLATE. Showing the Bladder and Urethra laid open in its whole length. 1. The bladder, with the anterior face removed. 2. The ureters. 3. Their entrance into the Neck of the bladder. 5. The superior fundus of the bladder. 6. The bas-fond of the Smooth centre of the vesicle triangle. 8. Verumontanum, or caput gallinaginis. 9. Orifice of theductus ejaculatorius. 10. Depression near the verumontanum. 11. Ducts from the prostate , 13. Lateral lobes of the prostate gland. 14. Prostatic portion of the urethra. 15. Membranousportion of the urethra. 16. One of Cowpers glands. 17. Orifice of excretory ducts. 18. Section ofthe bulb of the urethra, with erectile tissue. 19. Cut edges of the corpora cayernosa. 20. Cut edgesof the glans penis. 21. Prepuce dissected off. 22. Internal surface of th


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