In the Jaboo country on the Bight of Benin in West Africa, Daniell stated, it was considered ornamental to elongate the labia and the clitoris artificially; small weights were appended to the clitoris and gradually increased.
The labia pudendi correspond to the lips, and the clitoris to the tongue, which is more perfectly represented in the penis.
They were females, and had two vaginae, two urethrae four labia minora, and two labia majora, one anus, but a double rectum divided by a septum.
The labia were found well developed, but there was no vagina, uterus, or ovaries.
She had a vulva with two well-shaped labia as shown by the accompanying illustration.
Absence of the labia majora has been observed, especially by Pozzi, to the exclusion of all other anomalies.
Blumenbach and others of the earlier travelers found that the apron-like appearance of the genitals of the Hottentot women was due to abnormal hypertrophy of the labia and nymphae.
In this respect they present an approximation to the genitals of the anthropoid apes, among whom the orang-outang alone shows any tendency to formation of the labia majora.
The high heel of a French boot was driven through the perineum one inch from the median line, midway between the anus and the posterior commissure of the labia majora.
Debout has reported a case of absence of the vulva in a woman of twenty upon whom he operated, which was the result of the fusion of the labia minora, and this with an enlarged clitoris gave the external appearance of an hermaphrodite.
On the other hand, some of the lower African races have been distinguished by the deficiency in development of the labia majora, mons veneris, and genital hair.
The peculiar conditions under which the Chinese women are obliged to live, particularly their mode of sitting, is said to have the effect of causing unusual development of the mons veneris and the labia majora.
The external labia were divided, the left crus of the clitoris separated, the nymphae lacerated, and the vaginal wall penetrated to the extent of five inches; the patient recovered by the fourth week.
There is sometimes coalition of the labia and nymphae, which may be so firm and extensive as to obliterate the vulva.
The external labia and the vulva in all its parts were well formed, and the mons veneris was covered with a full growth of hair.
The mammae and labia had all the appearance of established puberty, and the pubes and axillae were covered with hair.
Circumcision of females is the removal of the clitoris and the labia minora; introcision is the enlargement of the vaginal orifice by tearing it downwards; infibulation is the closing of the labia just after circumcision.
Great tension of the lids demands free incisions in the long diameter of either, and the same surgical procedures are often demanded in erysipelas of the scrotum or of the labia in the female.
At the end of a week the swelling of the labia subsides, the discharge becomes thick, and ulcers, if present, begin to assume a healthy granulating appearance.
Encysted tumours of the labia are not uncommon, and sometimes solid swellings, varying in size and structure, grow from these parts.
Unnatural adhesions of the external labia occasionally take place, occurring in early life from the healing of excoriation and ulceration caused by neglect of cleanliness.
In neglected cases great tumefaction of the labiatakes place, along with excoriation of the neighbouring parts, patchy ulceration around, and swelling of the absorbents and of the inguinal glands.
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Dewees, that a set of absorbent vessels extend from the innermost surface of the labia externa, and from the vagina to the ovary, the whole office of which is to take up the semen or some part thereof, and convey it to the ovary.
These two prominences are called the Labia Externa, or external lips.
It is this, that there is a set of absorbent vessels, leading directly from the inner surface of the labia externa and the vagina, to the ovaries, the whole office of which vessels is to absorb the semen and convey it to the ovaries.
The most conspicuous part of the external genital organs consists of two large folds, situated on either side of the median line, and known as the labia majora.
Within these are two much smaller folds, the labia minora or nymphæ.
In girls, also, in numerous instances, masturbation is effected by stimulation of the labia minora, and I am inclined to believe that the importance of the labia minora is in this respect not inferior to that of the clitoris.
Thus, the condition of the reproductive glands may act as a physical stimulus to erection; also the touching of certain regions of the body, especially the clitoris, the labia minora, or other erogenic zones.
In the child, also, the labia majora are less developed, for as womanhood approaches a great deposit of fat takes place in these structures.
In a few cases this adhesion appeared to me to be the cause of the dysuria, which disappeared after the separation of the labia from one another.
This is also true of the occasional adhesion of the labia minora in little girls, like the similar adhesion of the foreskin in boys.
They are usually situated in the vicinity of the frænum, and, in women, about the labia minora or fourchette; they probably originate in abrasions in these situations.
Venereal warts occur on the genitals of either sex, and may form large cauliflower-like masses on the inner surface of the prepuce or of the labia majora.
If it is seen that a girl's labia are apart when she sits down on a stone, she is scolded, or even punished, as guilty of having had intercourse.
This slight survey of virginity would be incomplete without a reference to the operation of infibulation[18]--the artificial adhesion of the labia majora by means of a ring or stitches with a view to the prevention of sexual intercourse.
It is difficult to speak very decisively as to the function of the labia minora.
I did not fancy the odor of a girl's genitals, nor the appearance of the vulva when the labia were held apart.
There is no ground for believing that it has any such influence, though Morache found that the mons veneris and labia are largely developed in Chinese women, and not in Tartar women living in Pekin (who do not compress the foot).
The Talmud calls the labia minora the doors, the labia majora hinges, and the clitoris the key.
The outer sides of the labia majora are covered with hair, and on the inner sides, which are smooth and moist, but are not true mucous membrane, there are a few sweat glands and numerous large sebaceous glands.
From an examination of 2200 young Danish prostitutes Bergh has found that there are two main varieties in the shape of the labia majora, with transitional forms.
The old anatomists were much exercised in their minds as to the meaning of the name, but on the whole were inclined to believe that it referred to the action of the labia minora in directing the urinary stream.
The flow is slight, but the coloring lasts several days, and in warm weather the labia are much swollen.
I tell thee again, with Domine, labia aperies, If now to hear it be thine ease.
In the female the groove on the genital prominence gradually disappears, and the prominence remains as the clitoris, which is therefore the homologue of the penis: the two genital folds form the labia majora.
The large labia of the female develop from the sexual pads (tori genitales), the two parallel folds of the skin that are found on each side of the genital groove.
In nonnullis labiaexterna in orbem tres ad quatuor digitis transversos prominent; in aliis labia interna valde pendent; immo virorum ars in partibus ipsis figuras artificiose fictas format.
I told you that the labia secreted a lubricating material which kept the parts moist, but this secretion must not be allowed to accumulate.
The labia should be separated and every fold thoroughly cleansed.
Within the labia majora are two smaller folds called the labia minora.
This organ is situated near the upper and front part of the opening into the vagina and between the folds of the labia minora.
Among the Hottentots, the lips of the vulva (labia minora) in women are artificially elongated, and among the Orientals eunuchs are made.
Between the two lesser lips is the sexual aperture, which, with the labia majora and minora is called the vulva.
The clitoris of woman corresponds to the penis of man, the labia majora to the scrotum, etc.
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