Word: bartholin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lethal Vagina. A major controversy in female physiology has concerned the source of the all-important vaginal lubricant. Some authorities have traced it to the uterine cervix; others, to the Bartholin glands flanking the vagina. In fact, says Dr. Masters, the normal cervix secretes nothing of any importance; the Bartholin glands secrete only a minute quantity of lubricant. According to Dr. Masters, the vaginal walls themselves supply nearly all the vaginal lubricant. How they do so is unclear, since there are no glands in the vaginal walls, and this is a subject of continuing study...
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