Removal was advocated, as applications of iodin had failed; but she would not consent to operation.

For eight years the hypertrophy remained constant, but, despite this fact, she found a husband.

After marriage the breasts diminished, but she was unable to suckle either of her three children, the breasts becoming turgid but never lactescent.

The hypertrophy diminished to such a degree that, at the age of thirty-two, when again pregnant, the circumference of the right breast was only 27 cm.

and of the left 33 cm.