A descriptive catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the London Hospital.

  • London Hospital Medical College. Pathological Museum.
Date:
[1890]
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    2384. The skull of a Cyclops monster. The following points appear probable:—That the ethmoid bone is wanting, its position being occupied by membrane ; upon this membrane there rests a mass of cerebral substance about quarter of an inch in thickness and as large as a shilling, which is all that represents the hemispheres ; this mass is connected with the pons by a thin isthmus of cerebral structure, the whole resembling a broad-handled battledore in shape. The first and second nerves are wholly wanting; more or less slender filaments may be made out for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh ; the tentorium is to a large extent deficient; the cerebellum is small but of normal form, and six times as large as all the rest of the cerebral structures put together. The temporal bones are very small, the parietal and occipital large and expanded. The pons cor- responds in size with the cerebellum ; a canal, probably the iter, is seen opening into the arachnoid cavity; there is no trace of superior or inferior longitudinal sinus, nor of the falx; on each side a sort of falx passes up vertically from the base of the petrous bone up the middle of the parietals, and in this a sinus is present. There are no lateral sinuses. The foetus was a fiilly developed female. The limbs and trunk were perfect. The head was large, the fontanelles large, and the hones loose. There was a single small palpebral fissure in the middle line presenting a slight vertical notch in the middle. The mouth, chin, &c. were perfect. The sliuH contained a large quantity of clear watery fluid apparently in the arachnoid sac and surrounded with several layers of delicate membrane. Presented by Mr. Taylor. Malformations resulting from coalescence of two Foetuses or from EXCESS in number OF THE PARTS OF ONE FcETUS. Double Foetus. One perfect; the other an appendage. 2385. Monstrosity in a kitten, having the imperfect parts of another joined to its abdomen. 2386. Monstrosity in a kitten, having the hinder extremities of another attached to its abdomen, with some of the intestinal tube external. 2387. A chick, with the body and legs of another attached to its breast. Both more or less perfect. 2388. Two foetuses with perfect heads and limbs, but with their thoracic and abdominal cavities in common. The right flank of the left