Memoirs of a Man’s Maiden Years: Epilogue
The memoir published here is a substantial and valuable addition to the scientific literature on cases of erroneous sex determination. For the first time, an intelligent person gives an exhaustive account of the deeply tragic results of an error for which we should make our weak human understanding responsible, rather than nature, which is so often…
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