164 Mr. Home’s Account of the 
The case above-mentioned, while it proves that the clitoris 
is sometimes of a very extraordinary size, also shews, that 
when so enlarged, it is unconnected with any mixture of the 
male organs. 
The other malformation is a protrusion of the internal 
parts, which may be considered a prolapsus uteri, and there- 
fore more a disease than an original malformation ; it is pro- 
bable, however, that if the parts had been perfectly formed, and 
acquired their due size, this change of their situation could not 
happen. The womb, thus displaced, has put on an appearance 
resembling a penis ; and has been actually mistaken for one, 
even by medical men of character, who examined the parts. 
The following case of this kind came under my own obser- 
vation. 
A French woman had a prolapsus uteri at an early age, which 
increased as she grew up; the cervix uteri was uncommonly 
narrow, and, at the time I saw her, (when she was about twenty- 
live years old,) projected several inches beyond the external open- 
ing of the vagina ; the surface of the internal parts, from con- 
stant exposure, had lost its natural appearance, and resembled 
the external skin of the penis ; the orifice of the os tineas was 
mistaken for the orifice of the urethra. This woman was 
shewn as a curiosity in London ; and, in the course of a few 
weeks, made four hundred pounds. I was induced by curiosity 
to visit her, and on the first inspection discovered the deception; 
which, although very complete to a common observer, must 
have been readily detected by any person intimately acquainted 
with anatomy. To render herself still more an object of cu- 
riosity, she pretended to have the powers of a male. As soon 
as the deception was found out, she was obliged to go away. 
