282 MALL. [VoLt. XIX. 
from the embryo. The embryo is pushed to one side of the 
chorion and is pretty well dissociated, but the tissues are 
sharply enough defined to recognize that the embryo is not 
over six weeks old. They are well infiltrated with round 
cells which extend into the surrounding magma; there is no 
epidermis present. 
No. 289. 
Embryo of the fourth week, 8 mm. long. 
Dr. Brille, Baltimore. 
The specimen is distorted and macerated and it is impos: 
sible to determine definitely whether or not it is normal. 
No. 290. 
Mole, 50 x I5 x 10 mm. 
Dr. Warren, Portland, Me. 
The specimen is said to be from a six weeks’ gestation, and 
the abortion is believed to have been induced by some emmen- 
agogue. Sections were cut from different portions of this 
Fic. 290.—Photograph of the mole. XX 2 times. 
irregular mass and the remnants of a few villi were found, 
which were more or less infiltrated with leucocytes. The bulk 
of the mole is composed of decidua, mucous membrane of the 
uterus, blood, fibrin and pus. 
