Woman, her sex and love life.

  • William J. Robinson
Date:
1927
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Woman, her sex and love life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    virginity, so is the absence of the hymen no absolute proof that the girl has had sexual relations. She might have been born without any hymen, or it might have been ruptured by vaginal examination, by a vaginal douche, by scratching to relieve itching, or by some accident. The remains of the hymen after it is ruptured shrink and form little elevations which can be easilv %/ felt; they are known as caruncles. [In Latin, carun- culce myrtiformes, which means in English myrtle- berry-shaped caruncles; caruncle is a small fleshy elevation; derived from caro, which in Latin means flesh.] SUBCHAPTER B THE EXTERNAL GENITALS The Vulva. The external genitals of the female are called the vulva. The vulva consists of the labia majora (meaning the larger lips), which are on the outside and which in the grown-up girl are covered with hair, and the labia minora (the smaller lips), which are on the inside and which are usually only seen when the labia majora are taken apart. [Vulva in Latin means folding-door. The ancients Were fond of giving fancy names to things.] The Mons Veneris. The elevation above the vulva,
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