2 and 3) has been noted in recent times by Virchow (Archiv fur path.Anat.xxx., p.

221), Gradenigo (Taruffi's 'Storia della Teratologia,' vi., p.

552), and others.

Generally some cartilaginous remnant is found, but on this point the Chaldean record is silent.

Variations in the size of the ears (Nos.