The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . agina, and atlength terminated, by very small orifices, in the vagina previous to enteringthe ligamenta lata, each vas de-ferens formed a number of con-volutions, conglomerated into amass resembling a vesicula semi-nalis. e. Steghlener1 has described atgreat length the case of an infantthat survived only for half anhour afterbirth, upon whose bodyhe found perfect external maleorgans (Fig. 28, a b\ and inter-nally two small elongated testi-cles, c c, with their epididymes,g g, and the convolutions of im-perforat
The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . agina, and atlength terminated, by very small orifices, in the vagina previous to enteringthe ligamenta lata, each vas de-ferens formed a number of con-volutions, conglomerated into amass resembling a vesicula semi-nalis. e. Steghlener1 has described atgreat length the case of an infantthat survived only for half anhour afterbirth, upon whose bodyhe found perfect external maleorgans (Fig. 28, a b\ and inter-nally two small elongated testi-cles, c c, with their epididymes,g g, and the convolutions of im-perforate vasa deferentia, b b, dis-tinctly marked. The testes were,as seen in the sketch, suppliedwith spermatic arteries follow-ing their usual course. Betweenthe rectum and bladder there wasplaced a very large pear-shapedbag or pouch, /, with firm, coria-ceous, but not thick, walls, and dis-tended with fluid. This bag or imperfect cystoid uterus terminatedinferiorly by a narrow neck in a vagina that opened into the urethra 1 De Hermaphr. Nat. p. II. 17. 258 MALFORMATIONS. in the situation of the verumontauum, and was there dilated into alarge bag or ampulla, occupying exactly the site of the prostategland, and resembling this organ also in its form and internal membrane of the uterus was collected at its neckinto numerous valvular-like folds, and that of the vagina had also arugous or plicated arrangement. From the fundus of the large sacof the uterus, and not from its angles, but from near its middle,two impervious solid ducts (vasa deferentia) arose, and after asomewhat flexuous course reached the testicle, e c, lying in thesuperior part of the iliac fossae. These ducts had attached to themat one or two points a number of small reddish nodules, b b, con-sisting, according to Steghlener, of glandular granules, and de-scribed by Ackermann in his case as vesiculae seminales. The canalof the urethra was obliterated for a short distance towards the fossanaviculars
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