CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE. By A. W. METER 5-11 



CHAPTER I. Origin of the collection. By F. P. MALL 13-24 



II. Care and utilization of the collection. By F. P. MALL 25-40 



III. Classification. By A. W. MEYER 41-49 



IV. Analysis of abortuses classed as pathologic. By A. W. METER. (Plates 1-6.) 51-170 



Group 1 : Specimens composed of villi only 51-59 



Group 2: Chorion without amnion or cyema 60-69 



Group 3: Chorion with amnion 69-74 



Group 4: Chorionic vesicles with nodular cyemata 74-81 



Group 5: Cylindrical cyemata 81-85 



Group 6: Stunted cyemata 85-92 



Group 7: Fetus compressus 92-102 



Summary '. 102-107 



Protocols 107-170 



V. Relation of cyemic to chorionic size. By A. W. METER 171-176 



VI. Sex incidence in abortions. By A. H. SCHULTZ 177-191 



VII. Occurrence of localized anomalies in human embryos and fetuses. ByF.P.MALL. (Plate7.) 193-202 



VIII. Hydatiform degeneration in uterine pregnancy. By A. W. METER. (Plates 8-12.) .... 203-231 



IX. Hydatiform degeneration in tubal pregnancy. By A. W. METER (Plate 13.) 233-242 



X. The alleged occurrence of superfetation. By A. W. METER. (Plate 14.) 243-250 



XI. Ovarian pregnancy. By F. P. MALL and A. W. METER. (Plates 15 and 16.) 251-266 



XII. Lysis and resorption of conceptuses. By A. W. METER 267-279 



XIII. Postmortem intrauterine changes. By A. W. METER. (Plates 17-19.) 281-300 



XIV. Hofbauer cells in normal and pathologic conceptuses. By A. W. METER. (Plate 20.) 301-314 

 XV. The villi in abortuses. By A. W. METER. (Plates 21-23.) 315-326 



XVI. Villous nodules. By A. W. METER. (Plate 24.) 327-331 



XVII. Changes suggestive of lues. By A. W. METER 333-338 



XVIII. Some aspects of abortion. By A. W. METER 339-356 



BIBLIOGRAPHT . 357-364 



