inch iu extent;
no testes could be found in the there labia, any traces of uterus. From the above I came to the conclusion that it most likely was an example of. male hermaphroditism. The child died on the 38th day after its birth, and unfortunately I had no opportunity of making a pout mortem examination aud verifying the presence or absence of the uterus. A case similar to this is given by Dr. F. Barnes in the 24th vol. of the Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London, p. 188. As very few cases of the kind have been brought to the notice of readers of: the Jndian Medical Gazette, I send this paper for record iu your widely circulated journal. nor
CASE OF SPURIOUS
HERMAPHRODITISM
MOOTOOSWAMY, G. m. M. C., F. L. S., Fellow of the Obstetrical Society, London ; Retired, Native Surgeon, Tanjore. the 3rd February 1888 by a on I was culled native gentleman from a village, about 30 miles north-east of Tanjore, for the identification of It was on the 3rd a case of hermaphroditism. of the child, the first born birth after the day dark and delicate looking; mother aged about 18. On examining the child, it was of doubtful The following marks were observed on the sex. genital organs:?A prominence over the pubis representing the mons veneris; a slight enlargement of the glands of the groin; a large clitoris three-fourth of au inch in the By P. S.
penis, simulating length ; prepuce open, encircling the glands with a depression on it., indicating the meatus urinarius, while the urethral opening, very narrow,
was found at the root of the penis. There was a sulcus between the labia or scrotum, about an
were
no testes could be found in the there labia, any traces of uterus. From the above I came to the conclusion that it most likely was an example of. male hermaphroditism. The child died on the 38th day after its birth, and unfortunately I had no opportunity of making a pout mortem examination aud verifying the presence or absence of the uterus. A case similar to this is given by Dr. F. Barnes in the 24th vol. of the Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London, p. 188. As very few cases of the kind have been brought to the notice of readers of: the Jndian Medical Gazette, I send this paper for record iu your widely circulated journal. nor
CASE OF SPURIOUS
HERMAPHRODITISM
MOOTOOSWAMY, G. m. M. C., F. L. S., Fellow of the Obstetrical Society, London ; Retired, Native Surgeon, Tanjore. the 3rd February 1888 by a on I was culled native gentleman from a village, about 30 miles north-east of Tanjore, for the identification of It was on the 3rd a case of hermaphroditism. of the child, the first born birth after the day dark and delicate looking; mother aged about 18. On examining the child, it was of doubtful The following marks were observed on the sex. genital organs:?A prominence over the pubis representing the mons veneris; a slight enlargement of the glands of the groin; a large clitoris three-fourth of au inch in the By P. S.
penis, simulating length ; prepuce open, encircling the glands with a depression on it., indicating the meatus urinarius, while the urethral opening, very narrow,
was found at the root of the penis. There was a sulcus between the labia or scrotum, about an
were
