d escaped into the abdominal cavity. The abdomen
was closed without drainage, and the patient placed in bed without
experiencing the least shock. Her recovery was rapid and uneventful.
She returned to her home in four weeks after the operation.

"The unusual feature in this case was the nature of the contents of the
sac. There was a large quantity of long straight hair growing from the
cyst wall and an equal amount of loose hair in short pieces floating
through the tumor-contents, a portion of which formed nuclei for what
were called 'moth-balls,' of which there were about 1 1/2 gallons.
These balls, or marbles, varied from the size of moth-balls, as
manufactured and sold by druggists, to that of small walnuts. They
seemed to be composed of sebaceous matter, and were evidently formed
around the short hairs by the motion of the fluid produced by walking
or riding. There was some tissue resembling true skin attached to the
inner wall of the sac."

There are several cases of multiple dermoid cysts on record, and they
may occur all over the body. Jamieson reports a case in which there
were 250, and in Maclaren's case there were 132. According to Crocker,
Hebra and Rayer also each had a case. In a case of Sangster, reported
by Politzer, although most of the dermoids, as usual, were like
fibroma-nodules and therefore the color of normal skin, those over the
mastoid processes and clavicle were lemon-yellow, and were generally
thought to be xanthoma until they were excised, and Politzer found they
were typical dermoid cysts with the usual contents of degenerated
epithelium and hair.

Hermaphroditism.--Some writers claim that Adam was the first
hermaphrodite and support this by Scriptural evidence. We find in some
of the ancient poets traces of an Egyptian legend in which the goddess
of the moon was considered to be both male and female. From mythology
we learn that Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes, or Mercury, and
Venus Aphrodite, and had the powers both of a father and mother. In
speaking of the foregoing Ausonius writes, "Cujus erat facies in qua
paterque materque cognosci possint, nomen traxit ab illis." Ovid and
Virgil both refer to legendary hermaphrodites, and the knowledge of
their existence was prevalent in the olden times. The ancients
considered the birth of hermaphrodites bad omens, and the Athenians
threw them into the sea, the Romans, into the Tiber. Livy speaks of an
hermaphrodite being put to death in