1 62 Mr. Home's Account of the 
continued to the external orifice at the glans penis, the defi- 
ciency of the urethra behind the scrotum was so great, that 
every attempt to close the aperture necessarily left in perinaeo 
proved ineffectual ; and, under these circumstances, the person 
married. When he had connexion, the emission was com- 
plete, which proved that the testicles were perfect; but the 
semen always passed out at the perinasum. 
The late Mr. Hunter was consulted, to remedy, if possible, 
this inconvenience, and enable the person to beget children. 
After the failure of several modes of treatment which were 
adopted, Mr. Hunter suggested the following experiment. He 
advised that the husband should be prepared with a syringe 
fitted for the purpose, previously warmed; and that, immediately 
after the emission had taken place, it should be taken up by the 
syringe, and injected into the vagina, while the female organs 
were still under the influence of the coitus, and in the proper 
state for receiving the semen. 
This experiment was actually made, and the wife proved 
with child. Upon a subject of this kind it is proper to speak 
with caution; but, from all the attending circumstances, no 
doubt was entertained by Mr. Hunter, or the husband, that 
the impregnation was entirely the effect of the experiment. 
Spallanzani’s experiments on this subject, upon animals, 
were made several years after this proposal of Mr. Hunter’s 
had been attended with success. 
In the female, there are two malformations of the organs of 
generation, which give an appearance to the external parts, 
tending to mislead the judgment respecting the sex. One is, 
an enlargement of the clitoris ; which is stated by authors to 
grow to an immoderate size in warm climates, and to resemble 
