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XXXVII.—On the Development, Structure, and Economy of the Acephalocysts of Authors; with an Account of the Natural Analogies of the Entozoa in General

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Harry D. S. Goodsir
Affiliation:
Conservator of the Museum of theRoyal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

Extract

The Acephalocyst, or simple Hydatid, is composed of a vesicle, containing a watery fluid, which, in the normal state of the creature, is quite transparent and colourless (Pl. XIV., fig. 1.) The internal surface of the vesicle is generally studded with numerous cells of various sizes, many of which are found detached and floating loose in the fluid contained in the vesicle. These are the young Hydatids. Their development will be described when we come to that portion of the present paper, which has been set apart for that purpose.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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References

page 561 note * Vide Monro's Morbid Anatomy of the Gullet, Stomach, and Intestines, p. 198; also Dr John Hunter's paper, in the 1st vol. of the Transactions of a Society in London for the Advancement of Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge.

page 561 note † Hodgkin. Transactions Medico-Chirurgical Soc. London, vol. xv. p. 266. Hodgkin. Lectures on Morbid Anatomy, vol. i. p. 180, Lecture VII.

page 562 note * A cluster of these Hydatids, where there were large and small ones grouped together, resembled very much the ovaria of the common fowl when in a state of activity.

page 562 note † The disease had proceeded to such an extent, and the abdomen was so distended, that this fact could only be observed in two places.

page 562 note ‡ In cases like that mentioned in the text, what, on a superficial examination, appeared to be one tube only, was afterwards found to be a fascicle of smaller tubes.

page 565 note * These different parts of the ovule are probably only analogous to those of the higher animals.