Volume 1

Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum.
Date:
1846-9
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    exactly circular and uniform. These have been formed by the insertion of the eggs of an insect [^Ci/nips Quercus folii~\ into the leaf; and I cannot but think the process would have been different if any substance not possessed of the vital principle had been inserted.—Hunter s Lectures: Works, vol. i. p. 391. 62. A needle passing from the second stomach (reticulum) of an antelope through the diaphragm and pericardium.—Hunterian MS. Catalogue. 63. A portion of the second stomach of an ox, with pins sticking through its sub- stance, without having produced inflammation. Hunterian MS. Catalogue. Two large pins are shown which have penetrated through the bases of the partitions of the cells. All the tissues around them appear quite healthy. 64. A dried portion of the second cavity of the stomach of an ox, with a long nail which has passed through the bases of the partitions of several cells, but has produced none of the usual effects of inflammation. Hunterian. 65. A portion of the [second cavity of the] stomach of a camel, to show that its being wounded by an iron wire has produced no inflamma- tion.—Hunterian MS. Catalogue. 66. A portion of the stomach of a cod-fish ( Gadus Morrhud), through the coats of which a large sharp fish-bone has protruded. None of the bone is now within the stomach, and of that which projects from its external surface, part is covered by tissue like false membrane, which was formed, probably, from lymph effused in consequence of the irritation attending the passage of the bone. Hunterian. 67. Part of a woman's breast removed on account of what was supposed to be a chronic tumour. A needle two inches long is imbedded in the mammary gland, the surrounding substance of which is indurated: the needle is covered with rust, but is in other respects perfect. From the Museum of Sir A. P. Cooper.