No. 1.] ORIGIN OF HUMAN MONSTERS. 183 
Fic. 104.—Photograph of the embryo within the chorion surrounded by 
magma. Natural size. 
The main walls of the chorion are fibrous. The amnion 
is intact. The brain and spinal cord of the embryo are 
dilated and dissociated,—probably macerated also. The out- 
lines of the organs and body cavity are obliterated. The 
boundaries of the liver can no longer be determined. The 
tissues of the body are generally dissociated and they, with 
the umbilical cord and magma, are infiltrated with migrating 
cells. The heart, large veins and aorta are greatly distended 
with blood. The head is atrophic. 
No. 110. 
Ovum, 46 x 30 x 30 mm.; embryo, C. R., 8 mm. 
Dr. West, Bellaire, Ohio. 
“The last period of the woman began September 22, 1897, 
and lasted five days. On December 8 there was a slight flow 
which continued until the 13th, when the abortion took place. 
Hardened in alcohol.” 
The shape of the ovum is oblong and its walls are fleshy, 
the villi having all disappeared. Within there is a clear fluid 
with a granular deposit covering the embryo. The embryo is 
greatly macerated and is but slightly attached to the chorion. 
At the point of attachment there is an elevated mound of 
necrotic tissue, to which the embryo is stuck. There is no 
distinct cord and the amnion is wanting. Evidently both 
chorion and embryo have been dead for a long time. 
