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FCETAL DYSTOKIA. 



maphrodism, and neutral hermaphrodism ; mixed ; complex — masculine 

 or feminine ; and bisexual — perfect or imperfect. The Monstrosities — 

 properly so called — exhibiting anomalies which are more or less serious, 

 either because of the injurious influence they exercise on the functions of 

 the individual, or the vicious conformation they give rise to — are divided 

 into two classes : Simple Monstrosities and Composite, Double^ or Triple 

 Monstrosities. 



The first class comprises three orders : i. Autositic Monstrosities (adroq. 



Fig. 8s. 

 Eciromelian Monstrosity (Saint-Hilaire) ; Nanotnelus Campylochirus (Gurlt) : Horse. 



self, G'iToz.^ nourishment) — whose organs are capable of maintaining them 

 for a variable period after birth. Only one or more regions of the body are 

 involved, the majority being little, if at all, different from the normal 

 standard ; the circulatory apparatus is always more or less complete, 

 particularly the heart ; the lungs, nearly all the digestive viscera, and at 

 least a portion of the head, are present ; and all the anatomical and 

 physiological characters are manifested externally by the general con- 

 formation, which, in the greater part of the body, remains symmetrical 



Fig. 

 Eciromelian Monstosity (Saint-Hilaire) ; Nanomelus Campylochirus (Gurlt) : Goat. 



and almost normal. 2. Omphalositic Monstrosities {diitpakoq^ umbilicus, and 

 (TtToz, nourishme?it)—r\hosQ which live imperfectly, being maintained by 

 the nourishment derived from the mother through the umbilical cord, 

 and dying as soon as the cord is ruptured. These omphalosites are 

 deficient in a large number of organs, and those which are present are 



