Hare describes a woman of
thirty-seven who secreted normal milk from her axillae. Lee
mentions a woman of thirty-five with four mammae and four
nipples; she suckled with the pectoral and not the axillary
breasts. McGillicudy describes a pair of rudimentary abdominal
mammae, and there is another similar case recorded. Hartung
mentions a woman of thirty who while suckling had a mamma on the
left labium majus. It was excised, and microscopic examination
showed its structure to be that of a rudimentary nipple and
mammary gland. Leichtenstern cites a case of a mamma on the left
shoulder nearly under the insertion of the deltoid, and Klob
speaks of an acromial accessory mamma situated on the shoulder
over the greatest prominence of the deltoid. Hall reports the
case of a functionally active supernumerary mamma over the costal
cartilage of the 8th rib. Jussieu speaks of a woman who had three
breasts, one of which was situated on the groin and with which
she occasionally suckled; her mother had three breasts, but they
were all situated on the chest. Saunois details an account of a
female who had two supernumerary breasts on the back. Bartholinus
(quoted by Meckel) and Manget also mention mammae on the back,
but Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire questions their existence.
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