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interesting, for the anomalies were found at the junction of 

 the ectoderm and endoderm. The post-mortem description is as 

 follows : 



In the pubic area is a sac covered with skin resembling a 

 scrotum. In the midlateral portion of this on the right side is 

 a slitlike fold of the skin with the convexity upward, from which 

 there exudes pale, turbid fluid on pressure of the sac. The caecum 

 is beneath the margin of the liver, and the appendix is lying on 

 the anterior surface of it. 



The oesophagus is of normal caliber and is lined by a pale 

 mucosa, but it ends in a blind pouch at its mid portion. The 

 cardiac end seems to be of normal caliber and appearance and 

 passes directly into the lower end of the trachea between the 

 primary bronchi. The mucosa of the bronchi is continued on 

 to that of the trachea, on its anterior wall especially showing the 

 longitudinal striations of the mucosa. 



The stomach is small and empty. The opening of the oesopha- 

 gus into the stomach is normal, but the pyloric end of the stom- 

 ach forms a blind pouch, which does not communicate with the 

 duodenum. 



The right lung has only two lobes. 



The ductus arteriosus is widely open, forming a canal about 

 0.5 centimeter in diameter. The foramen ovale is also patent. 



The kidneys are fused into one, forming a horseshoe, the 

 junction between them being placed at the lower poles and over- 

 lying the lumbar vertebra. There are two ureters. 



The lower part of the abdomen is occupied by a large, hollow 

 mass, which extends into the pelvis. This is attached to the 

 urachus, and passing over it from the right to the left is a thick, 

 but partially patent, hypogastric vessel. This sac has a thick 

 wall, about 0.5 centimeter in thickness, and is lined by mucosa 

 which is hemorrhagic in its upper portion and looks similar to 

 that of the urinary bladder. Entering this sac are the ureters, 

 which are laterally placed, and posteriorly and internally to the 

 entrance of the right ureter at a point about the right margin 

 of the promontory of the sacrum there enters the lower end of 

 the dilated large intestine; this is very much constricted at its 

 opening into this sac. From the lower portion of the sac, pass- 

 ing beneath the symphysis pubis, is a narrow canal which 

 almost immediately bulges out to form a large sac, this sac being 

 in the interior of the sac which was described as occupying 

 the scrotal region. It is lined by smooth pale mucosa and a 

 small circular orifice which just admits a small probe communi- 

 cating with the slitlike opening, which was described on the right 



