Cases and observations illustrating the history and pathological relations of two kinds of hydatids, hitherto undescribed / by Dr. Gairdner and Mr. Lee ; with microscopical observations by Mr. H. Goodsir.

  • Gairdner, John, 1790-1876.
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[1844]
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Credit: Cases and observations illustrating the history and pathological relations of two kinds of hydatids, hitherto undescribed / by Dr. Gairdner and Mr. Lee ; with microscopical observations by Mr. H. Goodsir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^ ■ ’ 3 CASES AND OBSERVATIONS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY AND PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF TWO KINDS OF HYDATIDS, HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED. By Dr Gairdner and Mr Lee, WITH MICROSCOPICAL OBSERVATIONS By Mr H. Goodsir, (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. ] 61.) 1. Case of Abdominal Disease, in which the substance of va- rious viscera was destroyed by an entozoon, not hitherto described. Read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, on the 1st of May 1844 By John Gairdner, M- D. F. R. C. S. E. Early in 1843 I was consulted by a respectable tradesman, then in his 69th year. He complained of a deficiency of power in his lower limbs, affecting both of them equally; and also of some slight pain or uneasy feeling in his back, about the region of the lower dorsal or upper lumbar vertebrae. These, so far as I remember, were his only complaints. I was, at the time, of opinion that the loss of muscular power might be owing to some disorder, functional or organic, of that part of the spinal cord which corresponded with the seat of his uneasiness; and, in the hope that it w'as only functional, prescribed that he should apply towels dipped in very cold water to that part of the spine, evening and morning, for some minutes each time, and that he should afterwards A