. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . be exposed to extremes of temperature, while anabundant supply of oxygen must be afforded her, and care be takenthat nothing interferes with the mechanism of respiration. In classifying abnormalities in the development of the human beingSaint Hilaires is adopted by the greater number of writers upon thesubject. He places such abnormalities in one of four divisions By hemiteratic are understood variations in volume, form, color,structure, position, number, and existence of the organs n
. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . be exposed to extremes of temperature, while anabundant supply of oxygen must be afforded her, and care be takenthat nothing interferes with the mechanism of respiration. In classifying abnormalities in the development of the human beingSaint Hilaires is adopted by the greater number of writers upon thesubject. He places such abnormalities in one of four divisions By hemiteratic are understood variations in volume, form, color,structure, position, number, and existence of the organs normally foundin the body. It will be observed that while the foetus may have theorgans always found in the normal being, that these organs vary fromthe normal in some of the particulars mentioned. There will be pres-ent, however, in the individual no distinctly foreign arrangement of ABNORMALITIES OF THE FCETUS. 497 structural elements, sufficiently differing from normal to cause the indi-vidual to be considered as a monster. Literally speaking, the hemi-. The Siamese of a cast in the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia. teratic foetus is remarkable for its close resemblance to the normal,while the monster may be so misshapen that it may be difficult torecognize the various organs of the body. 32 498 INFANCY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. As examples not infrequently seen of this class of abnormality wehave the dwarf, the giant, diminutive size of the breasts, or partialdevelopment of the vagina, or excessive size in the mammary glands, Fig. 216.
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