Book - Contributions to Embryology Carnegie Institution No.56

Studies on Abortuses: A Survey of Pathologic Ova in the Carnegie Embryological Collection

By Franklin Paine Mall and Abthxtb William Meter.

With twenty-four plates, five text-figures, and one chart.

Preface. By A. W. Meter 5-11

Chapter I. Origin of the collection. By F. P. Mall 13-24

II. Care and utilization of the collection. By F. P. Mall 25-40

III. Classification. By A. W. Meyer 41-49

IV. Analysis of abortuses classed as pathologic. By A. W. Meter. (Plates 1-6.) 51-170

Group 1 : Specimens composed of villi only 51-69

Group 2: Chorion without amnion or cyema 60-69

Group 3: Chorion with amnion 69-74

Group 4: Chorionic vesicles with nodular cyemata 74-81

Group 5: Cylindrical cyemata 81-85

Group 6: Stunted cyemata 85-92

Group 7: Fetus compressus 92-102

Summary 102-107

Protocols 107-170

V. Relation of cyemic to chorionic size. By A. W. Meter 171-176

VI. Sex incidence in abortions. By A. H. Schultz 177-191

VII. Occurrence of locahzedanomalies in human embryos and fetuses. ByF. P. Mall. (Plate 7.) 193-202

VIII. Hydatiform degeneration in uterine pregnancy. By A. W. Meyer. (Plates 8-12.). , . . 203-231

IX. Hydatiform degeneration in tubal pregnancy. By A. W. Meyer (Plate 13.) 233-242

X. The alleged occurrence of superfetation. By A. W. Meyer. (Plate'l4.) 243-250

XI. Ovarian pregnancy. By F. P. Mall and A. W. Meyer. (Plates 15 and 16.) 251-266

XII. Lysis and resorption of conceptuses. By A. W. Meyer 267-279

XIII. Post-mortem intrauterine changes. By A. W. Meyer. (Plates 17-19.) 281-300

XIV. Hofbauer cells in normal and pathologic conceptuses. By A. W. Meyer. (Plate 20.) 301-314

XV. The vim in abortuses. By A. W. Meyer. (Plates 21-23.) 315-326

XVI. Villous nodules. By A. W. Meyer. (Plate 24.) 327-331

XVII. Changes suggestive of lues. By A. W. Meyer 333-338

XVIII. Some aspects of abortion. By A. W. Meyer 339-356

Bibliography 357-364