The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . Between the two very distant eyes there was some indication ofa nose, which was very large and flattened (Fig. 42), and indeedonly shown to be such by the two nostrils. The mouth was largely opened, forming an ellipsis with thereturned interior surface of the lips, and surrounding the alveolarparts of the two jaws and the tongue, which was much thickened;in the upper jaw the rudiments of the incisor teeth were very appa-rent ; at each angle of the lips there were three cutaneous fissures ;and in the same manner there was one on each
The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . Between the two very distant eyes there was some indication ofa nose, which was very large and flattened (Fig. 42), and indeedonly shown to be such by the two nostrils. The mouth was largely opened, forming an ellipsis with thereturned interior surface of the lips, and surrounding the alveolarparts of the two jaws and the tongue, which was much thickened;in the upper jaw the rudiments of the incisor teeth were very appa-rent ; at each angle of the lips there were three cutaneous fissures ;and in the same manner there was one on each side of the upper lip. The neck was short and broad, and consequently the head wasclose to the thorax; the breast and abdomen were almost of thesame size, and very different in their appearance from those of well-formed subjects of the same age; the upper and lower extremitieswere so far natural, but the hands and feet were swollen, and coveredwith a fissured skin, and the fingers and toes were so disfigured thatthey resembled claws; the natural thickening
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