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Credit: Principles of forensic medicine / by William A. Guy and David Ferrier. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![canal withdrawn into the abdomen; urachus visible; chorion touchius the amnion at the point opposite the insertion of the pJaceuta which begins to assume its regular form: umbilical vessels becoming twisted. Foints of ossification in frontal bone and ribs. Three months.—Length, variously stated at from 2 to 6 inches. Weight, Iroru 1 ounce to 3 ounces. The head voluminous; the eyelids and lips in contact; membrana pupillaris visible; fingers separated ; lower extremities longer than rudimentar7 tail; parts ot generation prominent, and the ses distinguishable by the lens ; thymus and supra-renal capsules present; the ventricles of the heart distinct. The decidua uterina and reflexa in contact; the funis containing umbilical vessels and a little gelatinous matter; placenta completely isolated; the umbilical vesicle, allantois, and omphalo-mesenteric vessels have disappeared. Four months.—Length, variously stated at from 4| to 8i inches. Weight, 2\ or 3, to 7 or 8 ounces. Skin rosy, and tolerably dense; mouth very large and open; membrana pupillaris very evident; nails appearing; sex distinct; gall-bladder forming; meconium in duodenum ; cascal valve visible ; umbilicus near the pubes. Complete contact of chorion and amnion; membrane forming at point of attachment of placenta to uterus. Points of ossification in lower parts of sacrum; ossicula auditoria ossified. Five months—Length, variously stated at from 6 to 10^ inches (a still-born male 13, female 13|; male born alive 9, female 10 inches). Weight, 5 or 7 ounces to 1 pound 1 ounce. (A still-born male, 1 pound 13 ounces [Schmitt] ; two still-born twin females, 1 pound 6 ounces, and 11 ounces [G]. Head still comparatively large and covered with a light down; nails very distinct; skin without sebaceous covering ; heart and kidneys very bulky; gall- bladder distinct; meconium of a yellowish-green tint at commence- ment of large intestines. Points of ossification in pubes and os calcis ; germs of the permanent teeth. Six months.—Length, variously stated at from 8 to 13| inches. Weight, 1 lb. to 21bs. 2oz. Skin, with some appearance offibi'ous structure, is covered with down and sebaceous matter; the body of the colour of cinnabar; eyelids still adherent; mem- brana pupillaris still existing ; funis inserted a little above pubes ; meconium iu upper part of large intestines ; liver dark-red ; gall- bladder contains insipid serous fluid ; testes near kidneys. Points of ossification in the four divisions of the sternum. Centre of body at lower end of sternum. Seven months.—Length, variously stated at from 11 to 16 inches. Weight, 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. 5 oz. Skin dusky red, thick and fibrous, and covered with sebaceous matter; hair about \ inch long; nails not reaching ends of fingers; eyelids no longer adliering; membrana pupillaris disappearing; meconium occupy- ing nearly all the large intestine ; left lobe of liver almost as large nsright; gall-bladder containing bile; brain firmer; testicles more distant from kidneys. Point of ossification in the astragalus. Centre of body a little below the sternum.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21965183_0098.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
