2. Another made, and related by Columbus, will be also as corroborating, of one whom he calls a Woman (and, indeed, without any Mistake) he introduces the Description of her in these Words[120]:
‘Formerly I happened to see a Woman, who, besides the Vulva, had also a Penis, which was not very thick.’
This Membrum virile is (beyond all Dispute) the Clitoris, because he says præter vulvam; and, I hope, from what has been said before, it is plain, that no Male Parts can possibly grow with the Feminine in the same Body; however, this Author proceeds to describe the Blood Vessels, &c. to which I refer the Reader, and shall only pass on to observe what is to my Purpose here, which is contained in his following Words[121]:
‘The Uterus and Cervix did not in the least differ from those of other Women, but there was a Difference in the Testes, for in this Subject they were thicker than in others, but their Situation was the same. There was no Scrotum at all, and the Penis had two Muscles, not four, as in perfect Men; besides, the Penis of this Hermaphrodite was covered with a thin Skin, but had no Præputium, &c.’
From which Words it is obvious, what was the Sex of this Subject, without any further Observations on it.
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