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went to a trade school where she learned dressmaking. Memory and dis- 

 position have been normal. She lias never had any menstrual period, 

 nor any sensation suggestive of such. Her mother states that this condi- 

 tion is also present in the patient's maternal aunt. Three years ago the 

 patient weighed 150 pounds. She now weighs but 105 pounds. 



Present illness : Three months ago the patient began to have intermit- 

 tent p'ain in her back and on the left side of the abdomen. This gradual- 

 ly has become more severe so that for the past two weeks it has been con- 



Fig. 9. Case I. Male pseudohermaphrodite. 

 Note that the skeleton shows none of the 

 characteristics of the female. The breasts and 

 external genitalia, however, are of the female 

 type. (Original.) 



Fig. 10. Case I. From the 

 rear. ( Original. ) 



tinuous. During the last two weeks the left side has become very tender 

 to pressure so that she has been unable to tolerate a corset. During this 

 same period the patient felt very weak and has not been able to help with 

 the usual household duties at home. There have been no urinary symp- 

 toms. Appetite has been very poor. There has been some slight fever, but 

 no chills, There has been a slight cough during the last three months. 



Physical examination shows a colored girl who evidently has lost con- 

 siderable weight. The general outline of the skeleton shows it to be of 

 the infantile or undifferentiated type. There is no axillary hair and prac- 



