anencephalous

In a former article I alluded to encephalous and anencephalous cases, where there were either no heads or heads without brains.

Buhring relates the history of a case somewhat analogous to viability of anencephalous monsters.

Not by the side of this lovely anencephalous monster.

Nicoll and Arnold describe an anencephalous fetus with absence of spinal marrow; and Smith also records the birth of an amyelitic fetus.

Of anomalies of the head the first to be considered will be the anencephalous monsters who, strange to say, have been known to survive birth.