24: SPECIAL SENSES. 



The venereal sense, which we shall not attempt to de- 

 scribe, is unlike any other sensation, and is general, as well 

 as referable to the organs of generation. In this connection, 

 however, it is interesting to note that the tactile sensibility 

 of the palmar surface of the third phalanx of the fingers, 

 measured by the sesthesiometer, compared with the sensi- 

 bility of the penis, is as 0-802 to 0*034, or between twenty- 

 three and twenty-four times greater. 



