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CHAPTER V
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The penises were 4 cm.

apart and the scrotum divided, containing one testicle in each side.

Each penis was provided with a urethra, urine being discharged from both simultaneously.

In a similar case, spoken of by Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, the two organs were also separate, but urine and semen escaped sometimes from one, sometimes from both.
The most celebrated of all the diphallic terata was Jean Baptista dos Santos, who when but six months old was spoken of by Acton.

His father and mother were healthy and had two well-formed children.


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