ON A HYPOSPADIC PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC ELK. 5 



The sulcus mentioned extends inwards on the ventral 

 side of the wide sinus urogenitalis for about 4 cm. and meets 

 then the deep and about 2 cm. long sHt into which the 

 urethra opens. On either side of the median urethral sht 

 there are almost similar slits or deep folds in which numerous 

 orifices of glands are seen. Similar glandular openings are 

 also seen just in front of these slits and then follows proxi- 

 mally of the urethral slit a very wide portion which corre- 

 sponds to a vagina. Tt has a smooth but somewhat longi- 

 tudinally plicated surface. Four and a half centimetre inside 

 the proximal end of the urethral slit a transversely oblique 

 fold projects into the lumen of the vagina. It is difficult 

 to understand this fold to be anything else than the homo- 

 logy of a cervix uteri. It is too distant from the urethral 

 opening and the fold too thick and substantial to be the 

 remains of a hymen. Proximally of this lip-like fold a still 

 rather wide lumen continues forward measuring about 6 cm. 

 in length. In continuation of this hypothetical corpus uteri 

 two rudimentary cornua follow with narrow openings and 

 soon obsolete lumina. These cormia uteri are enveloped in 

 the ligamenta lata in which they gradually taper, and the 

 left disappears entirely. The right which is a little better 

 developed may the traced as a thin tapering string (rudiment 

 of an oviduct) joining another string, which corresponds to 

 a vas deferens, about 8 cm. from the proximal end of the 

 wide uterine lumen. The outside thickness of the cornua 

 uteri is at their middle about 4 mm. (maximum). 



On the inner side of the ventral wall of the vagina a 

 string-like callosity is seen extending in the median line 

 from the glandular region in front of the urethral sht to the 

 obliquely transverse fold which has been regarded as repre- 

 senting cervix uteri. The thickness of this callosity is about 

 2 Vä nim. If it is cut it proves to contain a narrow lumen 

 and it represents evidently a vas deferens. At the opening 

 of cervix uteri it leaves the median line and turns to the 

 right. It can thence be followed on the right side of the 

 whole uterine cavity as a prominence or callosity adherent 

 to the uterine wall. Its dimensions are larger in the ute- 

 rine region the diameter partly amounting to nearly 7 mm. 

 It is more thinwalled here and contäins a clear gelatinous 

 matter. The lumen is thus not quite open. Beyond the uterine 

 tract it can be traced on the right side of the right uterine 



