A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 470.—Hypertrophy ofthe breasts in a young idioticgirl. 1 American System of gynecology, These de Paris, 1S75. 338- 41 642 /. / TU01. OG ) OF THE PL ERPERIL M. on the left shoulder over the prominence of the deltoid ; on theabdominal surface below the costal cartilages ; above the umbili-cus ; in the axilla ; in the groin ; on the dorsal surface ; on thelabium majus ; on the buttock, and on the outer aspect of theleft thigh. cases reported by Edwards l and Handyside, andin some others, including one of the authors, heredity seems tohave been a probable expl
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 470.—Hypertrophy ofthe breasts in a young idioticgirl. 1 American System of gynecology, These de Paris, 1S75. 338- 41 642 /. / TU01. OG ) OF THE PL ERPERIL M. on the left shoulder over the prominence of the deltoid ; on theabdominal surface below the costal cartilages ; above the umbili-cus ; in the axilla ; in the groin ; on the dorsal surface ; on thelabium majus ; on the buttock, and on the outer aspect of theleft thigh. cases reported by Edwards l and Handyside, andin some others, including one of the authors, heredity seems tohave been a probable explanation for the development of thesupernumerary mammae ; but in the vast majority of cases nohereditary influence can be traced. Ahlfeld 2 explains the presence of mammae on odd parts ofthe body by the theory that portions of the embryonal material. Fig, 47 j.—Polymastia : nine breasts and nipples. (Seen in consultation withJ)r. 1). E. Kercher. 1 entering into the composition of the mammary gland are carriedto and implanted upon any portion of the exterior of the bodyby means of the amnion. The woman represented in figure 471 is remarkable for thealmost unprecedented number of breasts and nipples that She has nine mamma all told, and as many nipples, 1 Medical News, March 6, 1886 (good bibliography). See also Goldberger(Archh f. < xlix, 11. 2, S. 272), who states that there are 262 cases recordedin literature. 2 Missbildungen der Menschen. » Neugebauer has reported a case of polymastia with ten nipples. Central-blatl f. Gyn., [886, No. 45- 4N0MALIES OF THE BREAST. 643 everyone of which secreted milk profusely. The two normalglands are very large. The nipple of the gland in the leftaxilla Is not shown very plainly in the illustration on account oi its situation, and it is not easy to see it in the woman h
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