SPURIOUS OR PSEUDOPREGXANCV. 



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the uterus. With rej^ard to the tumour itself, it is generally easy to 

 distinguish the distorted remains of an embryo — sucli as skin, bones, 

 muscles, and even organs of sense in some cases. These anidian 

 monsters have not attracted much attention ; though several instances 

 of their occurrence are publishfd in veterinary literature. 



Kainard and others mention having found fibrous moles {inula 



Fig. Q^. 



Hvi'ATui Cyst or Molk : Himan. 



Thi- f'y'<t, which filled the I'UruM, has bten opened, and gives exit t<> a number 

 of Hydatid Veaiclef. The Section Hhown two Membranous Layers, the first 

 of which, a, a, a, is external, and is analogous to the Kpichorion or Decidua ; 

 while the second, h, h, h, is a fine transparent Membrane, apparently the 

 remains of the Chorion, r, r, r, flranular Vesicles ; */, >/, il. White ^'ef*^<»•ls, some 

 of which appear on the Surface as (Granulations, and others act as Pedicles to 

 the Globules at their extremity ; f , r, < , Oblong Vesicles which app»'ar to Ije 

 Constricted or Dilated Vesicles ; f,f,f. Budding Vesicles. 



raceinosa) in the uterine comua of the Bitch, Pig, and some other mul- 

 tiparous animals during gestation, and most frequently in the last dilata- 

 tion of one horn, rarely in both ; sometimes they were between two of 

 the dilatations which contained living foetuses. Tliey are spheroidal, 

 soft, irregular in shape, and look like flesh ; they appear to be composed 

 of fibres running in every direction. In the dilatation of the horn con- 

 taining them, traces of a zonular uterine placenta have been obse^^•ed. 



