e, and she was
amply able to nourish both children from the breasts. Lachausse speaks
of a woman of thirty who bore one child on April 30, 1748, and another
on September 16th in the same year. Her breasts were full enough to
nourish both of the children. It might be remarked in comment on this
case that, according to a French authority, the woman died in 1755, and
on dissection was found to have had a double uterus.

A peculiar instance of superfetation was reported by Langmore in which
there was an abortion of a fetus between the third and fourth months,
apparently dead some time, and thirteen hours later a second fetus; an
ovum of about four weeks and of perfect formation was found adherent
near the fundus. Tyler Smith mentions a lady pregnant for the first
time who miscarried at five months and some time afterward discharged a
small clot containing a perfectly fresh and healthy ovum of about four
weeks' formation. There was no sign of a double uterus, and the patient
menstruated regularly during pregnancy, being unwell three weeks before
the abortion. Harley and Tanner speak of a woman of thirty-eight who
never had borne twins, and who aborted a fetus of four months'
gestation; serious hemorrhage accompanied the removal of the placenta,
and on placing the hand in the uterine cavity an embryo of five or six
weeks was found inclosed in a sac and floating in clear liquor amnii.
The patient was the mother of nine children, the youngest of which was
three years old.

Young speaks of a woman who three months previously had aborted a three
months' fetus, but a tumor still remained in the abdomen, the
auscultation of which gave evidence of a fetal heart-beat. Vaginal
examination revealed a dilatation of the os uteri of at least one inch
and a fetal head pressing out; subsequently a living fetus of about six
months of age was delivered. Severe hemorrhage complicated the case,
but was controlled, and convalescence speedily ensued. Huse cites an
instance of a mother bearing a boy on November 4, 1834, and a girl on
August 3, 1835. At birth the boy looked premature, about seven months
old, which being the case, the girl must have been either a
superfetation or a seven months' child also. Van Bibber of Baltimore
says he met a young lady who was born five months after her sister, and
who was still living.

The most curious and convincing examples of superfetation are those in
which children of different colors, either twins or