Identifier: surgeryitsprinci04keen (find matches)
Title: Surgery, its principles and practice
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Keen, William W. (William Williams), b. 1837 Da Costa, J. Chalmers (John Chalmers), 1863-1933, joint ed
Subjects: Surgery General Surgery
Publisher: Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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Fig. 253.—Undevi:loped Pknis; Unde-veloped Testicle.Female attribute showing by breast, pel-vis and thighs, and falsetto voice. 484 SURGERY OF THE PENIS AND URETHRA. adolescence is likely to remain undeveloped throughout life. A reversionfrom the male type is occasionally seen, manifesting itself in unusualbreast development, absence of hair on body or face, and a soft,effeminate voice. Treatment.—A penis that is unusually small at birth requires notreatment: development generally takes place at the time of puberty.In young adults the organ may attain normal proportions ^^hen physicalactivity is established. Various forms of apparatus have been devised for developing the
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Fig. 254.—Hypertrophy or the Penis with Multiple Papilloma. organ, and although in several instances gratifying results were ob-tained, in others no Ijenefit followed their use. Megalopenis.—Occasionally the penis is so large as to prevent coitusand be a source of annoyance and discomfort to its possessor. There is no treatment for this condition. Double Penis.—Cases of doul^le penis have occasionally been re-ported. The records show that urine can be discharged from eitherorgan, and that both can be emploved in coitus. Tumors of the Penis.—Tumors of the penis differ in no essentialway from similar growths in other portions of the body. They may beeither benign or malignant. Those most frequently encountered are MOEBID CONDITION OF THE PREPUCE AND PENIS. 485 papilloma and carcinoma. A few cases of lipoma, adenoma, angeioma,chondroma, and osteoma have been reported. Papillomata, or warts, are more frequently seen on the externalgenitals of the male than on those of the female.

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