102 ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 



upper part of the Miillerian ducts, lie near the extremity of the 

 cornua. The left cornu and part of the corresponding vas has 

 been accidentally destroyed. The right testis is seen under the 

 pubic arch : a section has been made through it to show its struc- 

 ture. The left testis is elongated and atrophied considerably. 

 The vas deferens of the right side is impervious throughout a great 

 portion of its length. A clitoris-like fold at the orifice of the 

 sinus encloses a very diminutive folded penis in a small cyst-like 

 cavity. 



Hunterian. 



440. A section of the pelvis of a Sheep, from the West Indies, 



in which the generative organs closely resemble those in 

 the last preparation, except that the testes are both much 

 elongated and the uterus masculinus (or upper part of 

 the genital pouch) is perforated by two tubes, Miillerian 

 ducts. There are no cysts of Morgagni, or at least they 

 are not apparent *. Hunterian. 



441. The generative organs of a very young Calf, described as a 



" Palmer's Free Martin." They exhibit a highly andro- 

 gynous condition. The large urethral bulb is laid open 

 from above to show the orifices of the urethra and sexual 

 ducts. 



Just within the orifice of the bulb which forms the external 

 opening, and closely resembling the vagina of the female, a slight 

 depression is seen, and immediately beneath this, in the anterior 

 wall of the bulb, is an exceedingly diminutive penis ; it is retracted 

 permanently in sigmoid curves. The neck of the bladder opens 

 into the sinus of the bulb near its upper extremity, and just above 

 it are the openings of the vasa deferentia ; the bulb is prolonged 

 slightly above these, and ends in a thick solid- cord, the sexual 

 cord of the embryo. This terminates above in two solid cornua, 

 an inch and a half in length ; a pair of rudimentary testes are sus- 

 pended in a peritoneal fold at their extremities. The epididymis 

 is much larger than the gland, and this has given rise to the 

 opinion that both ovaries and testes exist : sections have been made 

 through these parts. The microscope shows that the testes con- 

 sist of dense fibrous tissue with cells ; their character is not that 

 of an ovary, but closely resembles the testes usually found in these 

 cases. The vasa deferentia are incorporated with the sexual 

 cord above, but are well formed below, as are also the vesiculse 

 seminales f. 



Hunterian. 



* See Hunter's * Animal (Economy/ p. 60. t Museum Drawings. 



