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amputatioii and presented to the museum by the opera- 

 tor. I 'ro lessor Quicke (Fig. 50). 



Anesthetic Leprosy. — A dissection of a leprous foot 

 made by the late Dr. Van Dyke Carter. The nerves 

 are considerably thickened, especially on the plantar 

 surface. The great toe has been lost, and all the digits, 

 except the middle one, are partially absorbed. 



Fig. 51. — Keloid of punctured lobe of ear. Excision, with good 

 cosmetic results, by Professor Quicke. 



Guinea Worm. — This is a long, thin worm from 12 

 to 40 inches long. The female only is known as a 

 parasite in the human body. It wanders into 1 the loose 

 subcutaneous tissues of the leg, scrotum and sometimes 

 the upper limb, and there generally forms an abscess 

 or it may form a vesicle from which the extremity pro- 

 jects, when it can be gradually removed by slow trac- 



