CLITORIS

CLITORIS, in anatomy, is a part of the external pudenda, situated at the angle which the nymphæ form with each other*. Like the penis it has an erection, and it is thought to be the principal seat of venereal pleasure. The clitoris is of different sizes in different women; but in general it is small, and covered with

the labia. The preter-naturally enlarged clitoris is what constitutes an hermaphrodite. When the clitoris is too large, it may be so extirpated as to remove the unnecessary part; but this requires much care, for a farther extirpation subjects the patient to an involuntary discharge of urine.