Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed, by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle ; with 295 illustrations in the text, and 12 half-tone and colored plates.

  • Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922.
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1898, ©1896
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Credit: Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed, by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle ; with 295 illustrations in the text, and 12 half-tone and colored plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CHAPTER VI. PAGES MINOR TERATA 213-323 Ancient ideas relative to minor terata, 213—Teratoscopy, 213—Congenital defect of the epidermis, 217—Elasticity of the skin, 217— Elastic-Skin Man, 217—Dermatolysis, 217—Ahnormal development of the scalp, 218—Impervious skin, 219—Albinism, 220—Partial albinism, 221—Melanism, 222—Human horns, 222—Anomalies of the hair, 226—Congenital alopecia, 226—Sexualism and hair- growth, 228—Bearded women, 228—Hypertrichosis, 230— Dog-face men, 231 —Naevus pilosus, 232—Hair and beard of great length, 234—Accidental growths of hair, 235—Anomalies of the color of the hair, 235—Sudden canities, 235— Temporary and partial canities, 238—Anomalous color-changes of the hair, 239 —Chemic colorations of the hair, 240—Curious causes of alopecia, 241—Anoma- lies of the nails, 241—Anomalies of dentition, 242—Triple dentition, 243—Eden- tulousness, 243—Excessive dentition, 244—Supernumerary teeth, 244—Extraoral dentition, 244—Anomalies of the head, 245—Life without a cerebrum, 246— Defective development of the cerebellum, 246—Microcephaly, 247—Artificial microcephaly. 248—Macrocephaly, 248—Largest healthy brains on record, 249— Hydrocephaly, 250—Deficiency of the cranial bones, 250—Anomalies of the maxillary bones, 251—Congenital absence of the nose, 252—Large and small noses, 252—Congenital division of the nose, 252—Macrostoma, 253—Microstoma, 252—Congenital atresia of the mouth, 253—Anomalies of the lips, 254—Hare-lip, 254—Congenital absence of the tongue, 254—Bifid and supernumerary tongues, 255—Large and small tongues, 256—Anomalies of the palate and uvula, 256— Of the epiglottis, 256—Double epiglottis and double voice, 257—Anomalies of eyes, 257—Absence of the eyes, 257—Living cyclopia, 258—Four-eyed man of Cricklade, 258-Anomalies of lids, 259—Of the iris, 259—Of the lens, 260— Heredity in the causation of congenital defects of the eye, 260—Anomalies of the ears, 261—Absence of the limbs, 263—Supernumerary limbs. 269—Anomalies of the feet, 270—Of the hand, 270—Absence of the digits, 271—Supernumerary digits, 273—Hypertrophy of the digits, 276—Talipes, 276—Anomalies of the vertebrae, 277—Human tails. 277—Vestigial remains, 279—Anomalies of the spinal canal and contents, 280—Supernumerary ribs, 281—Fissure of the ster- num, 282—Other thoracic defects, 284—Branchial fissures, 284—Anomalies of the esophagus, 284—Anomalies of the lungs, 285—Of the diaphragm, 285—Of the stomach, 286—Of the intestines, 287—Dilatation of the colon, 287— Bal- loon-man, 287—Imperforate anus, 288—Anomalies of the liver, 290—Of the spleen, 290—Transposition of the viscera, 291—Congenital extroversion or even- tration, 292—Anomalies of kidney, 293—Of the ureters, 294—Of the bladder, 295 —Exstrophy of the bladder, 295—Anomalies of the heart and vascular system, 296—Of the breast, 297—Amazia, 297—Micromazia, 298—Polymazia, 298— Anomalies of the hymen, 302—Of the female external genitals, 303—Absence of the vagina, 303—Duplex vagina, 304—Transverse septa of the vagina, 305— Anomalous openings of the vagina, 305—Anomalies of the labia, 306—Absence of the nyniphae, 306—Enlarged nymphae, 306—Hottentot women, 307—Ceremo- nial enlargement of the nymphae, 307—Anomalies of the clitoris, 307—Circum- cision of the clitoris in Egypt, 308—Absence of the ovaries, 309—Prolapse of the ovaries, 310—Supernumerary ovaries, 310—Anomalies of the Fallopian tubes, 311—Of the uterus, 311—Absence of the uterus, 311—Double uterus, 311—Preg- nancy with double uterus, 311—Triple uterus, 313—Hernia of the uterus, 313— Absence of the penis, 314—Rudimentary development of the penis, 315—Penis palme, 316—Torsion of the penis, 316—Ossification of the penis, 316—Absence of the frenum and prepuce, 317—Anomalies of the urethra, 317—Duplication of the urethra, 317—Hypospadias and epispadias, 318—Artificial penis, 318—An-