Elements of pathological anatomy . onthe buttocks, twelve on the thigh,two on the knee, two on theham, one on the leg, and threeon the foot. They have also beenseen on the scrotum, the backof the hand, and on the pavilionof the ear. Although the re-verse has been asserted, they ap-pear with nearly equal frequencyin both sexes, during the periodwhich intervenes between theages of forty and seventy : in afew instances they have beenmet with in young children. The magnitude which some ofthese excrescences attain is sur-prising. (Fig. 93.) Batemanstates that there is one in theBritish Museum, whic
Elements of pathological anatomy . onthe buttocks, twelve on the thigh,two on the knee, two on theham, one on the leg, and threeon the foot. They have also beenseen on the scrotum, the backof the hand, and on the pavilionof the ear. Although the re-verse has been asserted, they ap-pear with nearly equal frequencyin both sexes, during the periodwhich intervenes between theages of forty and seventy : in afew instances they have beenmet with in young children. The magnitude which some ofthese excrescences attain is sur-prising. (Fig. 93.) Batemanstates that there is one in theBritish Museum, which is eleveninches in length by two and ahalf in circumference. Fromthree to six inches is by nomeans an unusual size. Theirdirection is generally somewhatspiral, twisted, or bent; and, intheir appearance, they often bearthe closest resemblance to thehorn of the sheep, being markedby rough circular rings with in-tervening depressions, indicativeof the successive steps of theirdevelopment. In color, theyvary from a dingy yellow to a. A remarkable horny excrescence grovvin. from the ec^H.
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