Reports Volume 40 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...DESCRIPTIVE LIST or SPECIMENS REVISED AND ADDED TO THE MUSEUM DURING THE YEAR 1904. SPECIMENS REVISED AND ADDED TO THE MUSEUM During the Year ending September 30, 1904. DESCRIBED BY F. W. ANDREWES, M.D., And H. THURSFIELD, M.D. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. The new specimens now added to the Museum are somewhat more numerous than has been the case in recent years. Amongst them will be found a series of seven fractures of the skull, part of those which illustrated Mr. Louis B. Rawling's Hunterian Lectures on the subject, and kindly presented by him to the Museum. An attempt has been made to fill up some of the gaps in the series illustrating Diseases of the Lungs, by the addition of a number of good specimens of common conditions. The series of new growths of the lung in the Museum is now a fairly complete one. The series to which the largest additions have been made during the past year are that of Diseases of the Brain and that of Diseases of the Uterus, to each of which thirteen specimens have been added. The gynaecological specimens generally have received considerable attention, largely owing to the activity of Dr. H. Williamson. In particular the series illustrating fibroids of the uterus and their degenerations has received noteworthy accessions. Amongst other important preparations added during the year are a heart and lung in which a primary hydatid cyst of the right ventricle gave rise to multiple secondary hydatids of the lung. Attention may also be drawn to three mixed tumours or teratomata, one of the testicle, one of the ovary, and one of the mediastinum; two out of the three had become malignant. The following is a list of the Donors whose names appear in this year's Catalogue: --During the year the following specimens, 136 in number, have been, with t...