The parasites of meat and prepared flesh food : two lectures illustrated with ten woodcuts, together with an appendix containing a descriptive catalogue of one hundred drawings of parasites exhibited in the South Gallery, class VIII., No. 206 / by T Spencer Cobbold.

  • Thomas Spencer Cobbold
Date:
1884
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Credit: The parasites of meat and prepared flesh food : two lectures illustrated with ten woodcuts, together with an appendix containing a descriptive catalogue of one hundred drawings of parasites exhibited in the South Gallery, class VIII., No. 206 / by T Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LONDON, 1884. JUNE I8TH, 1884. FIRST LECTURE ON PARASITES OF MEAT AND PRET DP PLESH. ROOD. By Dr COBBOLD,. 1 Ks: SiR) JOSEPH Lisrer,Bart.. F.RIS., in the Chair I HAVE.the honour to introduce to your notice this after- noon a subject of high importance in relation to the public health, a subject too often disregarded on account of its supposed unpleasantness, but that is a prejudice which is entirely misplaced. In order to profit by these studies, it is important that we should dispossess ourselves of all pre- conceived opinions, and approach the subject in an attitude of simplicity, with an anxious desire to ascertain the truth ; for unless the mind be absolutely free and unbiased it is impossible to deduce conclusions which shall have sub- stantial and practical value. This afternoon I propose to deal with a group of little creatures, which we may call earthworm-like parasites, be- cause they happen to have the form and configuration of | earthworms. ‘They are for the most part minute. Espe- cially is this the case with the trichina spiralis, which will occupy a considerable part of our time. Now in the little trichina you have an admirable example of a parasite which is drectly injurious to man, and I hope before the close of the lecture to be able to find time to say a few words [Ee . Be —
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