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Mr. Home's Observations on the 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Tab. XVIII. 
Fig. 1. a posterior view of the uterus, and its appendages, 
the rectum being removed. The parts are represented of their 
natural size. 
a, the clitoris, inclosed in its praeputium. 
b b, the ducts of Cooper's glands. 
c c, the internal surface of the vagina. 
d 9 the meatus urinarius. 
e e, the canals leading from the vagina to the uterus. 
ff, two natural constrictions in the canals. 
gg , the canals terminating in the uterus. 
h h, the uterus, seen through the membrane to which the 
lateral canals are attached. 
i i, the fallopian tubers, forming two oval swellings before 
they enter the uterus. , 
k k 9 the course of the fallopian tubes. 
l, the ovarium of one side, slit open. 
m, the other ovarium, with the fimbriae spread over it. 
n n, the ureters, passing to the bladder behind the uterus. 
Fig. 2. the false belly, of its natural size in the virgin state, 
containing the two mammas, each of them having two nipples, 
scarcely projecting above the surface. The lining of the bag 
has a dark-coloured cuticle, thinly covered with short hair, ex- 
cept at the root of the nipples, where there are tufts of some 
length. 
