LECTURE 11. 81 



is in general considerable and striking, and 

 denoted by circumstances very diversified, 

 but not reducible to any general rules. 

 Yet this diiference does not seem a conse- 

 quence of necessity, for there are some spe- 

 cies of animals in which it scarcely can be 

 said to exist, and in others the female is 

 the larger and stronger, partaking more of 

 what we usually deem the masculine cha- 

 racter. 



That the characteristic signs of either 

 sex are in general deficient, in proportion 

 to the deficiency of the most essential and 

 important of the sexual organs, must be ad- 

 mitted. Yet as the cases denoting this fact 

 in the female, are not common, it may be 

 proper to refer to some of them. Mr. Pott 

 removed the ovaries of a woman which had 

 been protruded from their natural situation. 

 into the groins, like hernia in common. 

 The uterus never afterwards menstruated, 

 the breasts wasted, and the body became 

 muscular and robust. Mr. Pears relates 

 the case of a woman born without ovaries, 

 in whom the other sexual organs were 



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