Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine [3]
bibliographic index has been added at the end of the text. This contains the most important sources of information used, and each journal or book therein has its own number, which is used in its stead all through the book (thus, 476 signifies The Lancet, London; 597, the New York Medical Journal; etc.). These bibliographic numbers begin at 100.
Notwithstanding that every effort has been made to conveniently and satisfactorily group the thousands of cases contained in the book (a labor of no small proportions in itself), a complete general index is a practical necessity for the full success of what is essentially a reference-volume, and consequently one has been added, in which may be found not only the subjects under consideration and numerous cross-references, but also the names of the authors of the most important reports. A table of contents follows this preface.
We assume the responsibility for innovations in orthography, certain abbreviations, and the occasional substitution of figures for large numerals, fractions, and decimals, made necessary by limited space, and in some cases to more lucidly show tables and statistics. From the variety of the reports, uniformity of nomenclature and numeration is almost impossible.
As we contemplate constantly increasing our data, we shall be glad to receive information of any unpublished anomalous or curious cases, either of the past or in the future.
For many courtesies most generously extended in aiding our research-work we wish, among others, to acknowledge our especial gratitude and indebtedness to the officers and assistants of the Surgeon-General's Library at Washington, D.C., the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, the Library of the British Museum, the Library of the British Medical Association, the Bibliotheque de Faculte de Medecine de Paris, the Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
GEORGE M. GOULD. PHILADELPHIA, October, 1896. WALTER L. PYLE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGES I. GENETIC ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-49
II. PRENATAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-112
III. OBSTETRIC ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-143
IV. PROLIFICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-160
V. MAJOR TERATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161-212
VI. MINOR TERATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213-323
VII. ANOMALIES OF STATURE, SIZE, AND DEVELOPMENT . . . 324-364
VIII. LONGEVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365-382
IX. PHYSIOLOGIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . 383-526
X. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK . . . . . . 527-587
XI. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE EXTREMITIES . . . . . . . 588-605
XII. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE THORAX AND ABDOMEN . . . 606-666
XIII. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM . .667-696
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS SURGICAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . 697-758
XV. ANOMALOUS TYPES AND INSTANCES OF DISEASE . . . . . .759-822
XVI. ANOMALOUS SKIN-DISEASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823-851
XVII. ANOMALOUS NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES . . . . . . 852-890
XVIII. HISTORIC EPIDEMICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891-914
ANOMALIES AND CURIOSITIES OF MEDICINE.
CHAPTER I.
GENETIC ANOMALIES.
Menstruation has always been of interest, not only to the student of medicine, but to the lay-observer as well. In olden times there were many opinions concerning its causation, all of which, until the era of physiologic investigation, were of superstitious derivation. Believing menstruation to be the natural means of exit of the feminine bodily impurities, the ancients always thought a menstruating woman was to be shunned; her very presence was deleterious to the whole animal economy, as, for instance, among the older writers we find that Pliny remarks: "On the approach of a woman in this state, must will become sour, seeds
Notwithstanding that every effort has been made to conveniently and satisfactorily group the thousands of cases contained in the book (a labor of no small proportions in itself), a complete general index is a practical necessity for the full success of what is essentially a reference-volume, and consequently one has been added, in which may be found not only the subjects under consideration and numerous cross-references, but also the names of the authors of the most important reports. A table of contents follows this preface.
We assume the responsibility for innovations in orthography, certain abbreviations, and the occasional substitution of figures for large numerals, fractions, and decimals, made necessary by limited space, and in some cases to more lucidly show tables and statistics. From the variety of the reports, uniformity of nomenclature and numeration is almost impossible.
As we contemplate constantly increasing our data, we shall be glad to receive information of any unpublished anomalous or curious cases, either of the past or in the future.
For many courtesies most generously extended in aiding our research-work we wish, among others, to acknowledge our especial gratitude and indebtedness to the officers and assistants of the Surgeon-General's Library at Washington, D.C., the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, the Library of the British Museum, the Library of the British Medical Association, the Bibliotheque de Faculte de Medecine de Paris, the Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
GEORGE M. GOULD. PHILADELPHIA, October, 1896. WALTER L. PYLE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGES I. GENETIC ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-49
II. PRENATAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-112
III. OBSTETRIC ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113-143
IV. PROLIFICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-160
V. MAJOR TERATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161-212
VI. MINOR TERATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213-323
VII. ANOMALIES OF STATURE, SIZE, AND DEVELOPMENT . . . 324-364
VIII. LONGEVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365-382
IX. PHYSIOLOGIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . 383-526
X. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK . . . . . . 527-587
XI. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE EXTREMITIES . . . . . . . 588-605
XII. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE THORAX AND ABDOMEN . . . 606-666
XIII. SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM . .667-696
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS SURGICAL ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . 697-758
XV. ANOMALOUS TYPES AND INSTANCES OF DISEASE . . . . . .759-822
XVI. ANOMALOUS SKIN-DISEASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .823-851
XVII. ANOMALOUS NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES . . . . . . 852-890
XVIII. HISTORIC EPIDEMICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891-914
ANOMALIES AND CURIOSITIES OF MEDICINE.
CHAPTER I.
GENETIC ANOMALIES.
Menstruation has always been of interest, not only to the student of medicine, but to the lay-observer as well. In olden times there were many opinions concerning its causation, all of which, until the era of physiologic investigation, were of superstitious derivation. Believing menstruation to be the natural means of exit of the feminine bodily impurities, the ancients always thought a menstruating woman was to be shunned; her very presence was deleterious to the whole animal economy, as, for instance, among the older writers we find that Pliny remarks: "On the approach of a woman in this state, must will become sour, seeds