Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. 1, Sexual inversion / by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds / by Havelock Ellis.
- Havelock Ellis
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. 1, Sexual inversion / by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds / by Havelock Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![artistic temperament. She is of good intelligence, and always stood well in her classes, but the development of the intellectual faculties is somewhat uneven. While weak in mathematics, she shows re- markable talent for various branches of physical science, to which of late years she has devoted herself, but has always been hampered by this deficiency in mathematics. She is small, though her features are rather large. Medical examination shows a small vagina and orifice, though scarcely, perhaps, abnormally so in proportion to her size. A further more detailed examination has recently been made in connection with the present history (though not at my instance) by an obstetric physician of high standing, and I am indebted to his kindness for the following notes : — Anatomically Miss M. is very near being a normal woman. Her pelvic measurements are about normal, being— Bis-ant. superior spines gh in. Bis-iliac crests 10^ in. Bi-greater trochanteric 12 in. External conjugate ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 in. Height 5 ft. 4 in. _ _ , I Around its base 13^ in. Neck 1 I On level with cricoid cart n£ in. Measurements J A, . .u 1 7 • [ About the larynx .... ... ... 113 in. Sexual Organs—(a) Internal: Uterus and ovaries appear normal (b) External; Small clitoris, with this irregularity, that the lower folds of the labia minora, instead of uniting one with the other and forming the fraenum, are extended upward along the sides of the clitoris, while the upper folds are poorly developed, furnishing the clitoris with a very scant hood. The labia majora depart from normal conformation in being fuller in their posterior half than in their anterior part, so that when the subject is in the supine position they sag, as it were, presenting a slight resemblance to fleshy sacs, but in substance and structure they feel normal. The deviations mentioned are all I am able to note from the strictly normal form and shape of these organs. The general conformation of the body is feminine. But with arms, palms up, extended in front of her with inner sides of hands touching, she cannot bring the inner sides of forearms together, as nearly every woman can, showing that the feminine angle of arm is lost. The breasts are of fair size, and the nipples readily respond to titillation. Titillation of the sexual organs receives no response at all. [This does not show that the sexual sense is lost, but proves the absence of any habits of excessive sexual excitement leading to sexual hyperesthesia.] I am persuaded, however, that Miss M. possesses the sexual sense to a very marked degree.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2041996x_0110.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
