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EXTERNAL GENERATIVE ORGANS, BY E. KLEIN. 



the urethra, and was first observed by Kobelt. It extends also 

 between the corpus cavernosum penis and urethrse, and appears 

 to constitute a separate erectile body, since smooth muscular 

 fibres are also present in its trabeculse, and it is not unfre- 

 quently bounded by a thin tunica albuginea. 



The mucous membrane of the glans is covered by laminated 



Fig. 216. 



Fig. 216. Transverse section of the injected glans penis of a new- 

 born Child, a, Epithelium of the urethra ; 6, mucosa ; c, corpus 

 cavernosum urethrae ; d, corpus cavernosum glandis ; e, mucous 

 membrane of the glans ; /, epithelium of the glans . Seen with Hart- 

 nack's objective system No. 2, ocular 3. 



pavement epithelium, having a thickness of 0'12 to 0'14 of a 

 millimeter, which is distinguished from that of the urethra 

 by its less transparency, and by the circumstance that the 

 cells of the most superficial layer of cells are much flattened 



