Treatise on gynaecology : medical and surgical . maphrodism.*—True hermaphrodism would be bythe presence in one person of the organs of both sexes in a conditionof perfect function; I will discuss the pretended cases of this kindfurther on, and demonstrate their folly. But the appearance of adouble sex may arise from malformations of the genitals or their arrestin the embryonic phase in the male, or their excessive development inthe female. The individuals of the first category are far more numer-ous than those of the second, and the great majority of the pseudo-hermaphrodites whi
Treatise on gynaecology : medical and surgical . maphrodism.*—True hermaphrodism would be bythe presence in one person of the organs of both sexes in a conditionof perfect function; I will discuss the pretended cases of this kindfurther on, and demonstrate their folly. But the appearance of adouble sex may arise from malformations of the genitals or their arrestin the embryonic phase in the male, or their excessive development inthe female. The individuals of the first category are far more numer-ous than those of the second, and the great majority of the pseudo-hermaphrodites which have been described have been males with hy-pospadias. The criterion of the sex in a doubtful case is the presenceof the testicles or ovaries, and the great difficulty in determining thesex on the living person is the impossibility of deciding what is thenature of the genital gland placed in the inguinal canal, or hiddenwithin the abdomen. To present the complete classification of hermaphrodism, it seems PLATE IX POZZIS 2 .. J-^
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