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From Embryology
Table 1 Showing the frequency of the occurrence of middle lobes
SPECIMENS
NUMBER OF DEFI- QUESTIONABLE NITE MIDDLE LOBES MIDDLE LOBES
MIDDLE LOBE DEFINITELY ABSENT
Twenty cadavers in Dr. Mall's laboratory Ten fetuses Thirty-three enlarged prostates, Dr. Young's clinic Forty autopsy specimens of enlarged prostates, Guy's Hospital, London
20 9 31 37
2 3
1
Total :
97
5
1
Reference to table 1 shows that there is a definite absence of glandular tissue in the middle lobe region in one specimen out of one hundred and three studied, and five specimens in which it was not determined whether there was glandular tissue there or not.
