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what broadened, but with an antero-posterior septum dividing its 

 cavity into two. This form of uterus generally has one cervical 

 opening, but it may have two. 2. Uterus arcuatus has the middle 

 of the fundus depressed, and more or less of a septum exists. 3. 

 Uterus hicornis, the two horns are more or less perfectly separated, 

 but are joined to the cervix. 4. Uterus duplex, the two horns are 

 completely separated, and there are two separate cervices united at 

 the vagina, the junction being by a band of connective tissue. 5. 

 Uterus didelphi/s, the separation of the two uteri is complete, a very 

 rare form. Civatte (Ivii.) describes a case of absence of the uterus 

 in a female aged 41. The ovaries were of the usual size and tlie 

 tubes ran as usual, but there was no true uterus, tbe only representative 

 of this organ being a fusiform swelling on the end of the left tube, 

 about 1^ inches in length. This represented one cornu and half tbe 

 body of a cervix of a uterus, there being traces of an arbor vitse. 

 This swelling was not connected with the right tube. Both tubes 

 were patent only in their outer half. There was an accessory ovary 

 connected with the left tube. 



VIT, EXTRExMITIES. 



RiEDER (Iviii.) gives a very interesting history of a family affected 

 with three-^ilialanrjed ^^oUices. The wife and two of the children 

 were normal, the husband and the remainder of the family 

 presenting the following conditions. Husband, left pollex normal ; 

 right has a small ossicle between the ungual and the next phalanx. 

 Children — 1. F., ffit. 19, a well-marked extra phalanx in both 

 pollices. 2. F., ivt. 13, normal. 3. F., set. 12, left pollex has a 

 small ossicle between the ungual and other phalanx, very similar to 

 that found in the father's right hand. On the right side there was a 

 distinct extra phalanx. 4. F., Pet. 11, same as the last exactly. 6. 

 M., 3et. 7, normal. 6. M., ret. 4, on the left, a partly divided extra 

 middle phalanx, also a double ungual phalanx, the additional member 

 lying beside the normal. The ungual phalanx of the index was also 

 double. On the right side, syndactyly, not osseous, of index and 

 medius, with a high web between medius and annularis. The author 

 concludes that it is the middle phalanx which is missing in the normal 

 pollex. Klippel and Eabaud (lix.) describe a case of Iracliydadylij 

 occurring in the fourth digit of each hand in a male and due to 

 shortening of the metacarpal bone. His father presented the same 

 condition, but the grandparents were free from it. The man married 

 a normal woman and had three sons and two daughters, all of whom 

 were similarly affected. 



RiEDER (Ix.) adds another to the list of cases presenting hraduj- 

 dadyly and hyperj^halavgy in the same hand. Pfitzxer (Ixi.), in a 

 long and valuable paper, sums up all that is known about the acces- 

 sory ossicles of the human carpus, concluding with the following 

 useful list of all the elements : — A. Antibeachial row : 1, Trian- 



