JO THEPHILOSOPHY 



are two foft convoluted bodies fituated between the rectum and blad- 

 der, and unite at their lower extremity: From thefe refervoirs the fe- 

 men is occafionally difcharged through the fhort canals which open 

 into the urethra. The penis is a cavernous and fpungy fubftance 

 perforated longitudinally by a canal called the urethra, which, by 

 communicating with the bladder and feminal veflels, anfwers the 

 double purpofe of difcharging both the urine and femen. 



With regard to the female organs, the uterus and its appendages 

 merit a principal attention. The uterus is a hollow mufcular body 

 fituated between the redlum and bladder, and, when not in an im- 

 pregnated ftate, refembles a pear, with the thickeft end turned to- 

 ward the abdomen. The entrance into the cavity of the uterus 

 forms a fmall protuberance, which has been compared to the mouth 

 of a tench, and from this circumftance it has received the name of 

 OS tincae. The uterus is conneded to the fides of the pelvis by two 

 broad ligaments, which fupport it in the vagina in a pendulous fitu- 

 ation. From each fide of the bottom of the uterus the two Fallo- 

 pian tubes arife, pafs through the fubflance of the uterus, and ex- 

 tend along the broad ligaments till they reach the edge of the pelvis ; 

 from whence they are refleded backward, and turning over behind 

 the ligaments, their extremities hang loofe in the pelvis. Thefe ex- 

 tremities, becaufe they have a ragged appearance, zre czWe A fmbriae, 

 or morfiis diaboU : Each Fallopian tube is about three inches long. 

 Their cavities are at firft very fmall, but become gradually larger, 

 like a trumpet, as they approach the fimbriae. Near the fimbriae 

 of each tube, about an inch from the uterus, are fituated the ovaria, or 

 two oval bodies, about half the fize of the male tefiicle. They are co- 

 vered with a produQion of the peritoneum, and hang loofe in the pel- 

 vis. In their fubftance there are feveral minute veficles filled with lymph. 

 The number of thefe veficles feldom exceeds twelve in each ovarium. 

 In mature females, thefe veficles become exceedingly turgid ; and a 

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