Tractus de Hermaphrodites - Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites by Giles Jacob
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its Spirits, and altering considerably in changing of Place? And if such
a Thing were possible, the Temperament that engenders Masculine Seed might as well engender Feminine, and produce the Terms at the same Time or something else in proportion to it. Women having Beards, and being a large Masculine Size, have been sometimes, by the Ignorant, accounted Men, tho' they were true Women; and it cannot be said, that one Sex is chang'd into another, for we never heard of Men that became Women, and that their, privy Parts were abolish'd; or turn'd within, in order to form the Genital Parts of a Woman. The Hermaphrodites of _Licetus_, which conceiv'd and brought forth Children, were real Women taken for Men, by reason of the length and bigness of their _Clitoris_: And the Fisherman's Wife, mention'd by _Antonius de Palma_, was only a Male, call'd the third sort of Hermaphrodites undiscover'd, which was afterwards manifested in the coming out of the Parts of a Man, when she had been fourteen Years married. The Case was the same with _Emilia_, marry'd to _Antonius Sperta_, mention'd by _Potanus_ who was accounted a Woman twelve Years, but was afterwards reputed a Man, and married again to a Woman. For the Discovery of the Male and Female Hermaphrodite, these Observations will be serviceable: A Person that is bold and sprightly, having a strong Voice, much Hair on the Body, particularly on the Chin and privy Parts, with the rest of such Signs as discover Manhood, are certain Demonstrations that the Hermaphrodite has the privy Parts of a Man in a more predominant manner than those of the other Sex; and contrarywise, if an Hermaphrodite has good Breasts, Skin smooth and soft; if the Terms appear at their due Intervals; if there be a sparkling and agreeableness in the Eyes; and if other Signs are observ'd, that commonly distinguish a Woman from a Man, these are |
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