. Veterinary obstetrics; a compendium for the use of students and practitioners. Veterinary obstetrics. MONSTROSITIES. 87 The abdominal walls may be only partially developed, and the viscera floating about in the uterus. In other •cases the ribs may be wanting, with only the muscular tissue of the walls present. The ribs may be curved' upwards and inwards, and united above instead of below. The skin may line instead of cover the abdominal cavity. The diaphragm is often absent. A very common monstrosity amongst cattle, consists in. Fig. 36. Ectopia Cordis: Schistocormus Fissisternalis. the spin
. Veterinary obstetrics; a compendium for the use of students and practitioners. Veterinary obstetrics. MONSTROSITIES. 87 The abdominal walls may be only partially developed, and the viscera floating about in the uterus. In other •cases the ribs may be wanting, with only the muscular tissue of the walls present. The ribs may be curved' upwards and inwards, and united above instead of below. The skin may line instead of cover the abdominal cavity. The diaphragm is often absent. A very common monstrosity amongst cattle, consists in. Fig. 36. Ectopia Cordis: Schistocormus Fissisternalis. the spine being curved forwards, the coccygeal vertebrae terminating about the withers, and the ribs springing irom the spine upwards. This condition has received the name of "Schistocormus ; Sometimes the sternum is cleft in two throughout its length, this condition being termed " Schistocormus fissisternalisP The brain may be absent entirely, or partially, and, in some cases, is outside the cranial cavity. The sternal and thoracic ribs are sometimes absent, the heart and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dalrymple, William Haddock, 1856-. New York, W. R. Jenkins co
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