104 ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 



Hunter adds : " The animal had four teats, but the glandular part 

 of the udder was small." 



Hunterian. 



444. A similar but much smaller preparation, described as " Mr. 



Wells's Free Martin"*. 



The vesiculse and their ducts, as well as the terminal portion 

 of the vasa deferentia, are normal. Cowper's glands are present, 

 and there is a rudimentary penis retracted in sigmoid curves. The 

 sexual cord is solid, as are likewise its cornua. There is only a 

 trace of an epididymis on the left side ; but the cornua of the sexual 

 cord ends in a large thick-walled cyst : the vas deferens on this 

 side is deficient in several places. On the right side there is no 

 trace of a vas or epididymis, and a small oval body, more like an 

 ovary than a testis, exists in the place of the testis ; it consists of 

 tissue, however, which, on microscopic examination, appears iden- 

 tical with that of which the imperfect testes of these malfor- 

 mations usually consist ; there is no reason to regard it as other- 

 wise than an imperfect testicle. There is much fat in the neigh- 

 bourhood of these rudimentary sexual bodies. The animal from 

 which this preparation was taken was a "Free Martin." The 

 following history is given by Hunter in his ' Animal (Economy': 

 " It was between three and four years old, and had never been 

 observed to show any signs of desire for the male, although it went 

 constantly with one. It looked/, more like a heifer than Free 

 Martins usually do. The teats and udder were small, compared 

 to those of a heifer." 



Hunterian. 



c. Gynandry. 



445. A section of the pelvis of a Puppy, with a cloaca common 



to the rectum and urino- generative pouch. The sex is 

 uncertain; but the appearance of the glands is more 

 like that of ovaries than of testes. 



There is a large sinus with two cornua beyond the opening of 

 the bladder, but no trace of vas deferens, vesiculse, or penis. 

 There is no uterus, properly so called, and no vagina. The mi- 

 croscopic structure of the genital glands is more like that of an 

 ovary than of an abnormal androgynous testis. In their immature 

 state and extremely fibrous condition, however, it would be im- 

 possible to assert with any degree of certainty that the animal was 

 either a modified male or female. 



* 'Animal (Economy,' 2nd edit. p. 64, pi. xi. 



