When the correction of the position is manifestly impossible, however, when distortions and Monstrosities of the fetus successfully obstruct delivery, when the pelvic passages are seriously contracted by fractures and bony growths, when the passages are virtually almost closed by swelling, or when the calf is dead and excessively swollen, no other resort may be available.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
On the contrary, degeneration is as definitely established a fact as growth, and it is of the utmost importance, in studying the problem of human happiness and how to make it, to get clear the fact that nature has produced, and continues to produce, all kinds of Monstrosities and parasites and failures and abortions.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
These last berries when ripe, as we afterwards found them farther north, are a revelation to the palate, being quite small, but of exquisite flavor, recalling the tiny wood-strawberries of New England, which were of such exquisite flavor and dainty aroma before we cultivated them into Monstrosities.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou