Observations on filariae / by Patrick Manson [and others] ; communicated, with an introduction, by the president.

  • Manson, Patrick, 1844-1922.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Observations on filariae / by Patrick Manson [and others] ; communicated, with an introduction, by the president. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    lash was quite visible by a low power. Many short fibres T^Tth in length were also visible—possibly the enclosing tube of collapsed embryos. “ This morning the coagulum which had formed by last night in fluid drawn the previous forenoon, had completely disappeared; a flocculent sediment lay in the glass, and in this great abundance of F. S. II. “ May 11th.—Scrotum removed under chloroform—it weighed l^lb. ; there was considerable bleeding and also escape of lymph from two dilated lymphatics, one on either side just external to the cords ; by pressing firmly on the enlarged inguinal glands lymph could be made to well up from these two points. “ Scrotum placed in spirit and sent to Dr. Cobbold. “ The patient recovered perfectly from the operation. Being anxious to ascertain if I might assure you that the scrotum sent contained the parents of the embryos I had found in the blood, I have kept this man under daily observation since the operation. But unless the examination of the blood was made during the after- noon, it has invariably been found to swarm with embryos. The inference from this is that there are parent F. Fancrofti in the patient still, and that probably you will fail to find any in the scrotum, though you will undoubtedly come across many embryos, especially if you search the sediment of the spirit. “ The following is the record of the daily examination of a drop of blood placed between two slides :— May 12 12 embryos. June 1 6 embr 11 13 15 II II 2 11 ,, 11 14 13 II II 3 0 „ II 15 35 II II 4 0 „ II 16 52 II II 5 36 „ II 17 62 II 1) 6 6 „ 1* 19 2 II II 7 15 „ >1 20 4 II II 8 6 „ II 21 12 II II 9 32 „ II 22 18 II II 10 12 „ II 26 42 II II 11 0 „ >1 27 2 II II 12 0 „ >1 28 3 II 11 13 9 .. ll 29 0 II II 14 56 „ 1) 30 1 II