Descriptions of three Chinese brains presented by Dr F.W. Mott, F.R.S., to the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons / by E.H.J. Schuster.

  • Schuster, E. H. J.
Date:
[1908?]
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Credit: Descriptions of three Chinese brains presented by Dr F.W. Mott, F.R.S., to the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons / by E.H.J. Schuster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE CHINESE BRAINS PRESENTED BY DR F. YV. MOTT, F.R.S, TO THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.1 By E. H. J. Schuster, M.A., D.Sc., Fellow of New College, Oxford. (From the Pathological Laboratory, Claybury Asylum, Essex, and the Department of Comparative Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford.) Part I. 1. Material. Case No. I.—Male Chinese, aged 40; occupation, coolie; weight about 8 stone; body well developed; previous illness, chronic bronchitis. P.M.: Right lung consolidated ; liver markedly diminished in size, several small cavities in substance all containing liver flukes ; Distoma Sinensis ? Cause of death, pneumonia. Case No. II.—Male Chinese, aged 40 ; occupation, coolie ; weight about 9 stone; previous illness, nil. P.M.: Spleen much enlarged; liver do. Cause of death, malaria. Case No. III.—Male Chinese, aged about 40; occupation, coolie ; body development fair; died day of admission. P.M.: Old pleurisy; spleen enlarged; kidneys enlarged and congested, capsule strips readily; 6 oz. of semi-purulent fluid in pericardial sac; pericardium thickened, vascular, shaggy ; here and there spots of pus. Cause of death, pericarditis. II. Dimensions of Brains. (1) Weight after hardening in 5 per cent, formalin, Membranes removed. Case No. I. „ No. II. „ No. III. Medulla, pons, and cerebellum. 156 194 172 grammes if Right hemisphere. Left hemisphere. 510 grammes 648 633 )) )) 490 grammes 659 631 )> ' Council ot the Royal College of Surgeons kindly contributed ten pounds towards defraying the expenses of the illustration of this paper. VOL. XLII. (THIRD SKR. VOL. HI.)—JULY 1908. 25