A textbook of obstetrics . gland has been observed. 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 to


A textbook of obstetrics . gland has been observed. 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


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