Tapeworms (human entozoa) : their sources, varieties, and treatment ; with one hundred cases / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

  • Cobbold, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1828-1886.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Tapeworms (human entozoa) : their sources, varieties, and treatment ; with one hundred cases / by T. Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of any kind was present, and advised accordingly. Delusion case. Cured. Case XCL—M. A. M. In the month of June 1874, I was also requested by a medical gentleman to prescribe for a lady in poor circumstances. She had been afflicted with tapeworm, it was supposed, for about seven months, but neither turpentine nor kousso had effected any other than a negative re- sult. I counselled delay, not being satisfied as to the evidence of the existence of any parasite. At a subsequent period, to satisfy the patient's mind, I prescribed male fern as a test, but was not informed as to the result, which, I have no doubt, was nega- tive. Delusion case. Case XCII.—B. V. This foreign physician, resident in London, consulted me in April 1875. His highly nervous and irritable state was partly attributed to the presence of a tapeworm which he had contracted about a year previously, and for which he had taken kousso and pomegranate re- peatedly. On one occasion he had parted with several yards of the worm. Having myself tried an extract of kousso without result, I resorted to male fern, which detached the entire body and neck, eighteen feet in length. The head not having been found, its expulsion was rendered doubtful. Case XCIII.—D. G. This gentleman, also in business, had contracted tapeworm in Germany. When I saw him in the month of September 1874,