No. 1.] ORIGIN OF HUMAN MONSTERS. 361 
with round cells. However, all of the organs are recog- 
nizable. The umbilical vesicle is necrotic and filled with a 
mass of broken-down cells. 
No. 402. 
Ovum, 40 x 25 x 20 mm.; embryo, 4 mm. long. 
Dr. O’Shaughnessy, New Canaan, Conn. 
“The woman, age 30, from whom the specimen was ob- 
tained is well built, strong and healthy. Menstruated regu- 
larly, but was married 3% years before she became pregnant. 
After the birth of this child she had a slight discharge and 
was attended by a physician, who stated that she had an 
ulcerated cervix, for which he made local applications. 
Shortly after this, two years after her first confinement, she 
became pregnant again. This confinement, which was at- 
tended by me, was rapid and normal in every respect. She 
remained in bed for 15 days, the uterus not reducing in size 
as it should normally. 
“Since the second child was born she has had some dis- 
charge, but became pregnant again about six or eight weeks 
ago. This time, however, she aborted. She has never done 
anything to prevent pregnancy, and both she and her husband 
are anxious to have a large family. The patient is at present 
unwell and still has her chronic discharge.” 
The villi of the ovum are not well developed, being irregu- 
larly distributed over its surface. Within, the ccelom is well 
filled with reticular. magma. The embryo is club-shaped, its 
head being much too large for the body, the external form 
being very much like that of No. 399. The umbilical vesicle 
is of normal size and shape, the heart is well outlined and the 
extremities are just beginning to develop. 
