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more in the light of curiosity than of science, and I consider it 

 worthy of reexamination, since I enjoyed the privilege of examin- 

 ing the parts carefully and histologically, and was thus enabled 

 to determine their nature pretty satisfactorily. 



The individual from whom the parts were taken was a male, 

 twenty-eight years of afje. He was of English origin, but nothing 

 further is known of his early life ; he was of rather a simple 

 mind, and an ostler by occupation. The last eighteen months of 

 his life were spent in the service of a physician, in Cleveland, 

 Ohio. During this time he disclosed nothing about his sexual 

 peculiarities, and it was not even suspected that he was not a 

 well-formed man. It was perceived, however, that he was 

 strangely unwell every month regularly. He manifested an 

 aversion to female society, and appeared to be rather free 

 from sexual passion. He died from cerebral congestion, during 

 one of his monthly attacks. His body was examined, and then, 

 for the first time, his sexual anomaly was discovered. At that 

 time the female organs appeared like those of a normal female 

 during menstruation ; the uterus was filled with blood, as well as 

 the vagina and penis. The parts, with all their contiguous 

 tissues, were immediately dissected out with care from the 

 body, and preserved. The pilose system of this individual 

 was feebly developed ; the beard scanty ; the pelvic and thoracic 

 osseous formation, female ; the mammal, male. Such is the 

 account kindly furnished me by Prof. Ackley, of Cleveland, in 

 whose possession the preparation now remains. 



The following is an account of what I found from an anato- 

 mical examination of the organs : 



Male Parts. — Penis of normal size and structure, presenting 

 the appearance of that of an adult rather than of a boy before 

 puberty. Scrotum, normal, but empty. The urethra, prostate 

 gland, vesiculse seminales, and bladder, in structure and situation 

 were like those of a well-formed male. The testicles were 

 situated in the locality of their primitive formation, and as 

 before descent in the fcstus. They were of about half the 

 usual size of a man of that age, and their real testicular struc- 

 ture was so apparent, that it seemed unnecessary to subject the 

 tissue to a microscopical analysis. From the epididymis of each 



