No. 1.] ORIGIN OF HUMAN MONSTERS. 283 
No. 291. 
Embryo, 5 mm, 
Dr. Wegefarth, Baltimore. Brodel Collection. 
The membranes are devoid of villi and very thin. The 
umbilical vesicle is necrotic and filled with an irregular mass. 
Fic. 291.—Embryo attached to the chorion. X 4 times. 
Sagittal sections of the embryo show that the specimen is 
pathological, its head being rounded and the epidermis having 
fallen off. The spinal cord is distended and the brain is solid. 
Veins and arteries are greatly distended with blood. Eye 
vesicles are atrophic, and the lenses are dissociated, but encir- 
cled by a sharply defined capsule. 
No. 292a. 
Ovum, 50 x 30 x 30 mm.; embryo, 3%4 mm. 
Dr. West, Bellaire, Ohio. 
“The ovum is from a woman thirty-one years old, who has 
been married for ten years, but never had been pregnant before. 
Last period November 10, and on December 24, after a hard 
day’s work, she had a sudden gush of blood, and since then 
has been wasting at times. The ova was expelled Feb- 
ruary 4.” 
