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On proofs of virginity
1888
Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
ALTHOUGH the chief interest of the cases I have the honour to submit for the consideration of this Section is chiefly medico-legal, yet one of them is worthy of record as being a decidedly successful gynrecologicaloperation. Great reliance is placed on the presence of a perfect hymen as proof of virginity. Thus: "Of late years experienced obstetricians, such as Barnes, Oldham, and Tyler Smith, have sworn to the fact of females being virgines intactaJ, chiefly on the ground of the integrity of
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