LECTURE VII. 



Tapeworm Disorders rarely or never Incurable Medical Skill occa- 

 sionally baffled for a Time Mistakes made from Carelessness 

 in Diagnosis No Excuse for such Errors Remarkable Case 

 (XXVI.) in which a Lady was for Six Years treated for Tape- 

 worm when no Parasite existed Inferences and Suggestions 

 arising from the Consideration of the Facts of this Case Final 

 Reflections. 



I BELIEVE the cases already brought forward fairly 

 illustrate the amount of success which you may 

 legitimately expect when in future you are dealing 

 with these disorders ; but I would not conceal from 

 you the fact that you may occasionally encounter 

 instances where your skill may be baffled. I do 

 not mean to say that any case of tapeworm can be 

 called incurable ; but it sometimes happens that a 

 patient loses the necessary courage to continue 

 treatment after a few unsuccessful trials of the 

 most reputed drugs. At the worst, we need only 

 pronounce them to be obstinate, but certainly not 

 incurable. 



Easy of attainment as the necessary amount of 

 practical knowledge on this subject at first sight 

 appears, I can assure you that I have seen some 



