Volume 1

A manual of pathological anatomy / translated from the German by W.E. Swaine, E. Sieveking, C.H. Moore and G.E. Day.

  • Carl von Rokitansky
Date:
1844-52
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of pathological anatomy / translated from the German by W.E. Swaine, E. Sieveking, C.H. Moore and G.E. Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    14. Multiplicity of kidneys, probably due to arrest of development. 15. Double or triple ureters. 16. Double bladder. 17. Triple testicle (?). 18. Double penis and clitoris (?). 19. Double uterus (U. duplex, bicornis, bilocularis); to be regarded altogether as arrest of development. 20. Testicles and ovaries, seminal ducts, seminal vesicles, Fallopian tubes, uterus, &c., in the same individual. 21. Supernumerary mammae. 2d order.—Twin monstrosities, with double head and trunk. («.) Double formation of the upper portions of the body. Heteroprosopus. Two countenances; the one perfect, the other imperfect. Dicrcinus. Double skull; countenance either single, or double and conjoined; lower jaw single. Monocrcinus. Single skull; countenance partially double; brain double, but unequally so; three or four eyes. Diprosopus. Double countenance; the faces and heads are completely separate, or the separation affects the faces to the zygomatic arches only; lower jaw invariably double. Dicephalus. Two entirely separate heads, with two (seldom three) upper, and two (seldom three) lower extremities. Thoraco-gastrodidymus. Two heads and necks, thorax and abdomen united into one; four upper and two or three lower extremities. (The Sardinian twin sisters.) Gastrodidymus. Twins united at the lower part of the belly; the four inferior extremities branch off from the sides in pairs, at right angles. Pygodidymus (Gurlt), Pygopages (G. St. Hilaire). Two completely distinct bodies, conjoined at their ossa sacra or coccygis. [The well-known Hungarian sisters, Helena and Judith, born in the year 1701, who survived their 22d year.] (/;.) Double formation of the nether parts of the body. Dipygus or Monocephalus (Gurlt), Thoradclphus (G. St. Hilaire). Head, neck, and thorax single; abdomina and pos- terior parts separate; two or four upper, always four lower, ex- tremities.