Case of cysticercus cellulosæ in the anterior chamber of the human eye.

  • Mackenzie, William, 1791-1868.
Date:
[1848]
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Credit: Case of cysticercus cellulosæ in the anterior chamber of the human eye. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CASE OF CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSE IN THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF THE HUMAN EYE. By WILLIAM MACKENZIE, M.D., SURGEON-OCULIST IN SCOTLAND IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Received Oct. 24tli.—Read Nov. 28tli, 1848. Elizabeth Gordon, aged 16 years, applied at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary, on the 26th September, 1848, on account of obscurity of vision in her left eye. In the anterior chamber, close in front of the pupil, which, in a bright light, it completely covered, lay a spherical body, about one eighth of an inch in diameter, semi-transparent, and having a good deal the appearance, at first view, of the nucleus of the crystalline lens. On observing it for some little time it was evident that it was a vesicle, changing occasionally its form and position, and protruding by times from its lower edge an opake white filament. The part first mentioned was, in fact, the tail-vesicle of a cysticercus cellulosse, and the latter its body and head. The head was seen to be occasionally thrust down nearly to the bottom of the anterior chamber, and then drawn up completely into the tail-vesicle. The patient stated, that about the middle of June the left eye had been affected with inflammation, which continued for about three weeks, and was removed after the application of a poultice of rotten apples, immediately after which the hydatid was noticed. She seemed in good health, but stated that she had never been robust, and when a child had been troubled with ascarides and lumbrici.