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head of malformations, and yet closely allied to Double Monsters, 

 viz. Griants and Homologous Twins. According to the views 

 expressed in the first section, a little more formative material 

 plus equivalent division, or even the latter alone, would transform 

 the giant into a double monster, or the latter into a pair of homo- 

 logous twins. A few notes, then, upon these two groups are 

 quite pertinent to the subject in baud. 



Giants. — These are generally sterile, according to the best 

 authorities. I. Gr. St.-Hilaire says of them *: — " lis sont ordi- 

 nairement impuissants, et sont tres promptement enerves par les 

 plaisirs de I'amour. Le defaut d'aptitude des geants aux fonctions 

 generatrices ne saurait etonner chez des etres epuises et aifaiblis 

 par la rapidite et I'exces de leur accroissement." And in a foot- 

 note he adds, " chez quelques geants, I'erection est meme presque 

 completement impossible." Topinard f agrees with St.-Hilaire 

 on this point. Again, gigantic children are generally still-born 

 when the mother is of the ordinary size. Thus, Dr. Parvin t 

 states :— " Some women, though their labours are at the normal 

 period, give birth to children whose great development presents 

 a more or less serious obstacle to labour, and still-births are not 

 unfrequeut." Kormann refers to a case in which the child pre- 

 senting by the breech was still-born, and weighed 9' 8 kilos, 

 (normal weight 3-4 kilos.). 



With regard to the frequency of occurrence of large foetuses, 

 Jaggard says § : — " Variations in weight at term between six and 

 nine pounds are by no means rare — an infant over nine pounds 

 is not common; while heavier weights are progressively rarer. 

 Out of 1000 infants, Dr. Parvin saw but one that weighed eleven 

 pounds (Parvin's Obstet. p. 138). Of 1156 infants born in the 

 Maternity Hospital, the heaviest weighed 12 pounds." Griants 

 thus resemble double monsters in rarity, non- viability, and 

 sterility. Instances are, however, on record where giants have 

 borne gigantic children. Mrs. Bates was 7 ft. 9 in. in height, 

 and her husband 7 ft. 7 in. She bore him an infant which weighed 

 23f pounds (normal av. 7^ pounds) ; its height was 30 inches 



*^ ' Anomalies de I'Organisation,' vol, i. p. 183. 



t ' Elements d'Anthropologie generale,' p. 436. 



J ' American System of Grynecology and Obstetrics,' vol. i. p. 753. 



§ ' American System,' vol. i. p. 214. 



