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largest of which were about 10 mm. in diameter. One of these 

 which was a trifle larger than the rest contained the conceptus. 

 The cavity of the chorionic vesicle was filled with a homogeneous 

 substance containing degenerate cells and portions of disinte- 

 grated chorionic membrane. The villi are only about .5 mm- 

 in length and are covered with trophoblast and syncytial buds. 







FIG. 3. Sections through the decidua and conceptus No. 970, showing a slightly 



bulging but intact capsularis. 



No trace of the embryo or of the amnion was found, although 

 the whole conceptus is covered still by the capsularis, which, 

 like the rest of the decidua, is infiltrated. Although lysis and 

 absorption did not progress so far in this as in the previous 

 specimen, the process nevertheless is far advanced. It proceeded 

 no further probably because the mother committed suicide, 

 although the multiple hemorrhages in the decidua would seem 

 to suggest that abortion nevertheless was seriously threatened, 



