Volume 3

Cyclopaedia of obstetrics and gynecology / edited by Egbert H. Grandin.

  • Grandin, Egbert H. (Egbert Henry), 1855-
Date:
1889
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Credit: Cyclopaedia of obstetrics and gynecology / edited by Egbert H. Grandin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    distinct orbits, two eyes in a single orbit, one orbit containing a single eye, often imperfect. (Fig. 233.) The middle parts present the anoma- lies which are found in case of the Cyclops. The mouths may be near together or separated; they may even form a single cavity. Whatever the disposition of the mouths, there is always fusion of the posterior part, and while anteriorly the tongue is double, it is always single posteriorly. In the opodymes, anencephalus or microcephalus often coexist, and usually in both heads. Complex Parasite MonsU'osities, In the case of all the monsters we have so far studied, the two indi- viduals, who by their union constitute the double monster, had about an equal volume. In those we are going to consider there is fusion of two beings, one of whom has undergone such arrest in development that it could not live independently of the other. Heteropage.—These are characterized by the presence of a parasite suspended to the anterior abdominal wall of the principal subject. There