The anatomy of the humane body abridged; or, a short and full view of all the parts of the body. Together with their several uses drawn from their compositions and structures / [By J. Keill].

James Keill

Date:: 1731

Credit: The anatomy of the humane body abridged; or, a short and full view of all the parts of the body. Together with their several uses drawn from their compositions and structures / [By J. Keill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$as. 2 Bien. VL : OF the Parts of Generation proper te Women. Aving in the firft Chapter defcribed H the Figure and Situation of the. ex- ternal Parts of Generation proper to Wo- men; [I fhall here’only examine their Sub- {tance and Ufe, and then procéed to the internal Parts. ~ The Clitoris, which is in the fore Part of the Cis of the Vz/va, is a long and round Body, “tis naturally about the Bignefs of the Uvala: . Jt lies within the Skin; nor does any Part. of it appear outwardly, except its Extre- mity, which is cover’d with a Folding of the Skin, made by the Union of the Nym- phe, call’d its Preputiam. The Subftance | of the C/itoris is compofed of two fpon- geous Bodies, fuch as thofe of the Yard; _ they rife diftin@tly from the lower Part of ‘the Os Pubis, and approaching one ano-. ther, they unite and form the Body of the ‘Clitoris, whofe Extremity, which is of an exquifite Senfe, is called its Glaus. The two fpongeous Bodies, before they unite, ‘are called the Crura Clitoridis ; they are ‘twice as long as the Body of the Clitoris. ‘Ithas two Adufeles, which rife from the %: Mufeles. *Protuberance of the J/chzam, and are in- | ferted in its {pongeous Bodies. ae ere$