ANATOMY. 
< between the muscular and internal change takes place in the organization of 
tunics, before they penetrate the latter. 
The bladder is situated just behind the 
ossa pubis ;• and is partly covered by the pe- 
ritoneum. The urethra proceeds fi om its 
lower and anterior surtace, and this part 
is called the neck of the bladder ; it then 
goes under the arch of the pubis. It forms 
in the female a canal about an inch and a 
half, or two inches long, which opens in the 
cavity, left between the labia pudendi. 
In the male it is about nine inches in length, 
and runs along the under part of the penis 
to the extremity of that organ, where it 
opens. 
ORGANS OF GENERATION. 
The parts which the two sexes perform, 
in the important business of propagating 
the species, are so entirely different, that 
we shall not be surprised at finding that the 
male and female organs of generation are 
wholly dissimilar to each other. 
The germs or rudiments of the future 
beings are produced by the female, in or- 
gans* called the ovaria. But these remain 
inert and -useless, unless called into action 
by the fecundating influence of the male. 
The fecundating fluid is prepared in two 
glands, called the testes. When the germ 
has been acted on by this fluid, it passes 
through a canal called the fallopian tube, 
into the uterus, where it is retained until 
it has acquired a considerable magnitude ; 
and from which it is expelled at the end of 
nine months. The seminal liquor of the 
male is poured into the urethra, and is in- 
troduced by means of the penis into a 
membranous cavity of the female, called 
the vagina. 
External parts of generation in the female. 
Over the surface of the pubis, there is a 
greater accumulation of fat and cellular 
substance, than in the male ; and the pro- 
minence caused by this structure is called 
mons veneris. A longitudinal cavity ex- 
tends from this eminence in front to the 
anus behind; and the sides of it are 
boufided by two folds of the skin, called 
labia pudendi, or ate majores. The whole 
of these parts taken together constitute 
the pudendum, or sinus pudoris. The 
snons veneris, and the outer surface of the 
labia, are covered with hair to a greater or 
less extent. 
The parts contained within this longitu- 
dinal cavity are covered by a more delicate^ 
kind of integments, than that which com- 
poses the general surface of the body. A 
the skin, somewhat similar to that which is 
observed at the lips. Hence the surface of 
the parts contained within the labia has a 
red, smooth, and soft covering; which is 
besmeared with a sebaceous secretion of 
peculiar odour, furnished by numerous small 
glands, lying just under the surface. This 
unctuous matter is reqnired in order to de- 
fend the parts from the urine ; and also to 
obviate the effects of that rubbing on each 
other, which must be occasioned by the 
motions of the body. 
Towards the upper part of the longitudi- 
nal slit, left between the labia, a small pro- 
minent organ is discerned, called the cli- 
toris. This exactly resembles the male 
penis in structure. It only projects how- 
ever, about a quarter of an inch. We dis- 
tinguish in it a glans and preputium, which 
resemble, on a small scale, the parts of the 
same name in the male. 
Below the clitoris are two small folds, 
called the nymph*. , These are connected 
above, to the preputium clitoridis; they 
diverge from each other, as they extend " 
below. They vary much in size ; in a na- 
tural state they may measure about half an 
inch at the broadest part. They are of a 
much greater magnitude in the Hottentot 
female, and have given rise to the reports 
of travellers, that the sinus pudoris is co- 
vered in those persons by a curtain, or apron 
of skin. About three quarters of an inch 
below the clitoris, we meet with a round 
aperture, which is the termination of the 
female urethra : and just below this is tile 
opening of the vagina ; which opening is 
technically called os externum uteri. This 
has a very different appearance in a young 
girl, and in a married woman. In the lat- 
ter it is a large and free aperture, fully ade- 
quate in size to the admission of the penis ; 
in the former it is shut up in a great mea- 
sure by a thin membrane, called the hymen. 
This closes the lower portion of the os ex- 
ternum, to various extents in different sub- 
jects ; and it is tom and destroyed by the 
consummation of marriage. Some little 
excrescences, supposed to be the remains 
of the ruptured hymen, are called carun- 
cute myrtiformes. The anus is found about 
one inch behind the commencement of the 
vagina. 
The vagina, or canalis uteri, is a mem- 
branous canal, about five inches in length, 
extending almost, directly backwards from 
the os externum. Its sides are dense and 
tough ; and the surface is covered with nil- 
