the
other with the corona in its most pronounced form, when in a state of
erection--the difference, either in the appearance of the two organs or
in the different philosophical action and results that must necessarily
follow the use of these two differently shaped glans, will at once be
apparent. Unfortunately--or, as many may consider it, most
fortunate--the female organs are not always so shaped as to be in
themselves wholly favorable to impregnation. The wearing of corsets, the
habitual constipation of females, the relaxed and unnatural condition of
the uterine ligaments and vagina in civilized women, all favor uterine
displacement, with any or all forms of uterine ailments. To this we may
add the effect of repeated miscarriages, application of astringent
washes, irregular menstruation, etc., all of which conditions often
result in an elongation of the neck, constriction of the cervical canal,
with the external os placed on the depended point of the sharply pointed
cervix, which is liable to point in any direction. Just imagine one of
these conditioned females and one of the mouse-headed, corona-deficient,
long-pointed glans males in the act of copulation! The conical penis
finds its way in the reflected fold of the vagina, while the point of
the uterus may be two or three inches in some other direction, making
impregnation wholly impossible; besides, in the normal-shaped penis, the
corona acting as a valve, behind which the circular muscular fibres of
the vagina close themselves, tends to retain the seminal fluid in front,
while the very shape of the organ assists in straightening out the
vaginal canal and to bring the uterus in proper position. In the long,
thin, narrow and pointed glans, devoid of corona, there is no mechanical
means to retain the seminal discharge. Some years ago some one
introduced the idea of postural copulation, to be tried in cases of
sterility, and it has been found that impregnation would take place in
some cases where it had formerly appeared impossible, this position
having the effect of righting malpositions during the act, which were
the cause of the sterility; but it stands to reason that, where the
shape of the organ is such that it further favors malpositions, as well
as where it offers no obstacle to the vagina immediately expressing or
dropping out all the seminal fluid, impregnation is more difficult, and
that, where the uterine deformity is coincident with this condition of
penis