508 PROFESSOR BEKTKAM C. A. WINDLE. 



Other parts of the os innominatiim on tlie same side were imperfectly 

 developed. There Avas only one imibilical artery, the right iliac 

 vessels and the kidney of that side were absent, as were the right horn 

 of the uterus, the right Fallopian tube, and round ligament. Gourdon 

 (Ixiv.) narrates another case of edromelia. There were slight abnor- 

 malities of one hand ; the other forearm and hand were nearly com- 

 pletely absent. As shown by the X-rays, the femora were represented 

 only by small spheroidal masses of bone. The child in whom these 

 abnormalities were observed was aged twenty-two months and quite 

 healthy. Wood (Ixv.) places on record two further cases of ahsence 

 of the fibula. Morestin (Ixvi.) records a case of congenital lipoma of 

 the second rigid toe in a child aged three. The toe was superficially 

 eight to ten times the size of the great toe, but there was no alteration 

 in the phalanges. Morestin also (Ixvii.) gives a case of lymphavgi- 

 ectatic enlargement of the left arm, congenital in its nature. The length 

 of the member and of its parts scarcely differed from those of its 

 normal fellow ; the muscles were but little modified, and the lesion 

 was confined to the subcutaneous tissue. Scholten (Ixviii.) describes 

 a congenital tumour of the little finger. The tumour, which in form 

 and appearance resembled a small white grape, consisted mainly of 

 oedematous connective tissue, embedded in which was a nucleus of 

 cartilage cells. This appears to be a case of imperfect Polydactyly. 

 FiJRST (Ixix.) contributes a paper on a case of absence of the pecforalis 

 major and other muscles. Pectoralis major and minor were completely 

 absent, and the following were imperfect : serratus magnus, obliquus 

 abdominis externus, rectus abdominis, latissimus dorsi, and inter- 

 costals. The breast and subcutaneous fat of the thorax were wanting. 

 The fingers were webbed, and there was brachydactyly. Bothe (Ixx.) 

 in a thesis records the following defects in the forearm. Case 1 — 

 There was no family history of importance. The right arm was 

 shorter than the left. The right radius was bent, and, measured over 

 its convexity, was 1'9 cm. shorter than the left. The right ulna was 

 5 '95 cm. shorter than the left. The carpus was normal on the right 

 side, and the cuneiform was 3 cm, distant from the distal end of the 

 ulna. The distance would have been greater but for the curvature of 

 the radius. The power of pronation Avas considerably decreased. Case 

 2 was of a similar nature. Here the left ulna was 5'0 cm. shorter 

 than the right. 



REFERENCES. 



i. CuTORE, G., Anat. Anzeiger, xviii, p. 391, 



ii. MiTROPHANOw, P., Arch. f. Enhvicksmech., Bd. x. lift. 1. 

 iii. YfAit, Ch., 6'. R. Soc. de Biol., 7th July 1900. 

 iv. Ibid., Vol. Jubilaire de la Soc. de Biologie, 1899. 



V. Ibid., Jl. de VAnat. ct de la Phys., 1900, }-. 210. 

 vi, Ibid., C. R. Soc. de Biol., March 18, 1900. 

 vii. Mall, F. P., Johns HojjJcins Hospital Reports, ix. 



