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The child was an encephalous monster, with the extremities rigidly flexed and the fingers clenched, the feet almost sole to sole.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock

In a former article I alluded to encephalous and anencephalous cases, where there were either no heads or heads without brains.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)