The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . fied-look-ing portions, also irregularly fissured; the noseand ears were represented by mere tubercularknobs without apertures ; the eyelids were alto-gether undeveloped; red fleshy-like cushionsoccupied the eyeless orbits; the mouth seemedlarge and gaping; the tongue was voluminousand protruding, and their ill-starred owner, as ifto render his hideousness still more complete,was yelling most vociferously. The skin of the trunk and extremities wasequally hard and cartilaginous, though not sothick as that of the head and face ; the re
The obstetric memoirs and contributions of James YSimpson; . fied-look-ing portions, also irregularly fissured; the noseand ears were represented by mere tubercularknobs without apertures ; the eyelids were alto-gether undeveloped; red fleshy-like cushionsoccupied the eyeless orbits; the mouth seemedlarge and gaping; the tongue was voluminousand protruding, and their ill-starred owner, as ifto render his hideousness still more complete,was yelling most vociferously. The skin of the trunk and extremities wasequally hard and cartilaginous, though not sothick as that of the head and face ; the rents, orcracks, were so extensive on the abdomen, thatit appeared, in several parts, altogether void ofdermoid covering. The carpus and tarsus of the right extremi-ties were apparently somewhat diseased. The genitals, like the nose and ears, seemeda mere tubercular knob. The child was otherwise well formed, and,judging from its size and apparent strength,more especially of its vocal organs, appeared perfectly viable. It only, however, survived twelve Case II.—I saw three years ago, a foetus presenting the samedisease, in the Museum of Guys Hospital, London. The only noteof it to which I can refer, is a pencil jotting made at the time, tothe following effect: Foetus born with skin-bound disease, and in-teguments fissured in all directions. Case III.—In 1792, BAchter gave a very imperfect description ofan instance of the disease, in an appendix to an essay, entitled, Bis-sertatio de Infanticidio in Artis Obstetrician exercitio non semper evitabili. Case IV.—Another case, much more fully detailed, was pub-lished in 1802 by Hinze in his Kleinere Schriften. 350 DISEASES OF THE F(ETUS. Case V.—An infant, showing a well-marked instance of this formof disease, is preserved in the Berlin Museum. It was described in1826 by Steinhausen in a thesis, entitled, Dissertatio de SingulariEpidermidis Deformitate. Instead of giving a separate account of each of these cases indi-vid
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