No. 1.] ORIGIN OF HUMAN MONSTERS. 257 
The ruptured and distorted foetus, which no doubt had been 
dead for a long time, is imbedded in a mass of granular 
magma. 
Sections of the placenta show that the villi and chorion are 
very fibrous and almost devoid of syncytium. The umbilical 
cord is somewhat fibrous, with blood-vessels within filled with 
Fic. 261b.—Fecetus within its membranes. - Reduced. 
blood. The decidua contains large sinuses and is also well 
filled with round cells. 
The tissues of the hand and skin are somewhat infiltrated 
with round cells, but other changes within them are not 
marked. It appears as if the embryo died quite suddenly, and 
therefore there are no marked tissue reactions. 
No. 262. 
Mole, 80 x 15 x I5 mm. 
Dr. Giering, Baltimore. 
The specimen was several days old when it came into my 
hands and was then hardened in formalin. The interior is 
