. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . upon the front of whose sternuman adeno-carcinoma developed. He attributed its position to an antecedent aberrantlobe of mammary tissue. V. Supernumerary Glands are a Freak of Nature.—This was the first and the originaltheory. It is doubtless only our ignorance that causes us to cling to it as a means ofexplaining the cases which, since they conform to no theory of distribution, are oftendescribed as Mammje erraticas. Upon what other theory are such cases as the follow-ing to be explained? Mammary Glands in the Flanks. Adams.—Lan
. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . upon the front of whose sternuman adeno-carcinoma developed. He attributed its position to an antecedent aberrantlobe of mammary tissue. V. Supernumerary Glands are a Freak of Nature.—This was the first and the originaltheory. It is doubtless only our ignorance that causes us to cling to it as a means ofexplaining the cases which, since they conform to no theory of distribution, are oftendescribed as Mammje erraticas. Upon what other theory are such cases as the follow-ing to be explained? Mammary Glands in the Flanks. Adams.—Lancet, 1895, II, 462. A Hindu pundit, a man aged 35, had a well-developed mammaabove the left hip. It proved upon examination to be a fully developed mamma, the con-sistency and appearance being exactly like the gland of a virgin. The nipple was smalland somewhat flattened but the surrounding areola was perfect. No milky fluid could beexpressed. It developed at the time of puberty. The man declined to have it removed,as it had never caused him any
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