Volume 1

The science and practice of medicine / by William Aitken.

  • William Aitken
Date:
1864
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    remains except fragments of the old cell-walls. The resinous matter is inflammable, but its exact chemical nature has not yet been ascertained. Fig. 45.* The fungus of the foot resembles closely the genus Mucor, but there is no columella in the sporangium—a character which accords with Chionyphe rather than with Mucor. Indeed, there does not seem to be a single character in which the fungus of the Indian disease differs generically from the Chionyphe. Hi- iflature form is seen to be composed of a thin filamentous stratum, spread- ing in every du^ection over paste, on which it may be propagated, so as to form little .shghtly raised patches. The species has been named by Mr. Berkeley as Chionyphe Cart&ri, the name serving to record the labours of the two Carters, united in their love of science, though not in consan- guinity. It is highly probable, as Mr. Berkeley observes, that many of our common moulds occasionally commence witli a similar condition. The first indications of vegetation on tainted meat or paste assume the form of little gelatinous spots, of various colours, consisting of extremely minute distinct cells, and these seem to be an early stage of a common species of Aspergillus and Peni- cillium, or other genera. If there be any truth in the notion • Structure of the truffle-like bodies, presenting the characters of Oidium falvum, —sliort-beaded threads arising from a common base, consisting of articulated fila- ments, having at their tijjs large spore-like cells.
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