Worms : a series of lectures on practical helminthology delivered at the Medical College of the Middlesex Hospital with cases illustrating the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of internal parasitic diseases / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

  • Thomas Spencer Cobbold
Date:
1872
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Credit: Worms : a series of lectures on practical helminthology delivered at the Medical College of the Middlesex Hospital with cases illustrating the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of internal parasitic diseases / by T. Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. LECTURE I. Parasitism offers a new Field of Eesearch—Life, History, and Eco- nomy of the Entozoa—Teleological Inferences—Serious Maladies produced by Helminths—Demand for a Special Kecognition of this Class of Diseases—General Structure of the Tapeworms- Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of a Knowledge of the Major Facts of Development—Case I.—Tapeworms are derived from Mutton, Beef, and Pork pp. 1—6 LECTURE IL Necessity of distinguishing the various kinds of Tapeworm—Means of Identification—Diseases often produced by the Larvae of Para- sites — Cerebral Symptoms from Cysticerci—Natural Cures effected by Calcareous Degeneration of the Larvae —Duration of the Life-epoch of the Beef-measle—Hydatids apt to be con- founded with Cysticerci—Degree and Variety of Symptoms pi'o- duced by Tapeworm—The worst Symptoms may remain after a Cure has been effected—Case II pp. 7—13 LECTURE III. Nervous Symptoms erroneously ascribed to Tapeworm—Case III.— Necessity of being free from Doubt as to the Presence or Absence of Parasites—The Patient's Mind must be fully informed and satisfied—Cases IV. to VIII, serve to illustrate this Point— Supreme Importance of a Correct Diagnosis—Parasitic Diseases frequently overlooked—The Proper Remedies for Tapeworm— Anthelmintics to be employed with Discrimination—Prevalence of the Beef Tapeworm pp. 14—19
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