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caruncles which was 1/2 inch long, and another on a woman of twenty
which was four inches long, and remarks that they seem peculiar only to
women of distinct Egyptian origin.

Duhouset says that in circumcision the Egyptian women not only remove a
great part of the body of the clitoris with the prepuce, but also
adjacent portions of the nymphae; Gallieni found a similar operation
customary on the upper banks of the Niger.

Otto at Breslau in 1824 reports seeing a negress with a clitoris 4 1/2
inches long and 1 1/2 inches in the transverse diameter; it projected
from the vulva and when supine formed a complete covering for the
vaginal orifice. The clitoris may at times become so large as to
prevent coitus, and in France has constituted a legitimate cause for
divorce. This organ is very sensitive, and it is said that in cases of
supposed catalepsy a woman cannot bear titillation of the clitoris
without some visible movement.

Columbus cites an example of a clitoris as long as a little finger;
Haller mentions one which measured seven inches, and there is a record
of an enlarged clitoris which resembled the neck of a goose and which
was 12 inches long. Bainbridge reports a case of enlarged clitoris in a
woman of thirty-two who was confined with her first child. This organ
was five inches in length and of about the diameter of a quiescent
penis. Figure 149 shows a well-marked case of hypertrophy of the
clitoris. Rogers describes a woman of twenty-five in a reduced state of
health with an enormous clitoris and warts about the anus; there were
also manifestations of tuberculosis. On questioning her, it was found
that she had formerly masturbated; later she had sexual intercourse
several times with a young man, but after his death she commenced
self-abuse again, which brought on the present enlargement. The
clitoris was ligated and came away without leaving disfigurement.
Cassano and Pedretti of Naples reported an instance of monstrous
clitoris in 1860 before the Academy of Medicine.

In some cases ossification of the clitoris is observed Fournier speaks
of a public woman in Venice who had an osseous clitoris; it was said
that men having connection with her invariably suffered great pain,
followed by inflammation of the penis.

There are a few instances recorded of bifid clitoris, and Arnaud cites
the history of a woman who had a double clitoris. Secretain speaks of a
clitoris which was in a permanent state of erecti