186 MALL. [Vou. XIX. 
No. 122. 
Ovum, 20 x 16x 6 mm.; embryo, Cha s5 tum: 
Dr. J. W. Williams, Baltimore. 
“Last period began April 19, 1898, and the abortion took 
place on June 23. Continuous bleeding for eight days before 
the abortion.” 
The transparent and fibrous chorion is covered with a few 
scattered villi of irregular length. The embryo is atrophic 
with a club head, large heart, stump tail and no limb buds. 
Fics. 122a and b—Two halves of the ovum, showing ccelom and embryo. 
xX 2 times. 
The nervous system is greatly distended and dissociated. 
The front of the head and the branchial arches are atrophic. 
The liver is small, the Wolffian body well marked and the 
body cavity sharply defined. The large veins of the body and 
of the liver are greatly distended with blood, the aorta being 
much enlarged and empty. The tissues of the entire embryo 
are partly filled with loose round cells. The chorion is thin 
and fibrous. 
No. 123. 
Ovum, 17 x 14 mm.; vesicle within, 1.8 x 1.5 x I mm. 
Dr. H. J. Boldt, New York. 
“The last menstrual period prior to the abortion occurred 
August 14 or 15, 1898. Abortion, September 10. The whole 
ovum was placed in 95 per cent alcohol within 10 minutes 
after the abortion.” 
