anencephalous
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Saviard delivered an anencephalous child at term which died in thirty-six hours.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Lundie relates an example of protracted gestation of eleven months, in which an anencephalous fetus was born; and Martin of Birmingham describes a similar case of ten and a half months' duration.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Nicoll and Arnold describe an anencephalous fetus with absence of spinal marrow; and Smith also records the birth of an amyelitic fetus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
In a former article I alluded to encephalous and anencephalous cases, where there were either no heads or heads without brains.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
