Fungus Foot of India. 335 



9. Inflammation of Bone due to Actino- Mycosis. 



6. 348. Actino-Mycosis of Bone.— Section of the jaw of an ox, 



illustrating the above. 



From a slaughter-house in Berlin, where this disease is said to be 

 comparatively common in summer. 



The bone has been irregularly enlarged, and. is occupied by 



numerous cavities of varying size containing a caseous-looking 



material. The bone between these cavities is firm and dense. 



G. C. 3387. 



Presented by Edgar "Willet, F.R.C.S. Eng. 



10. Inflammation of Bone due to the Mycetoma Fungus. 

 6. 349. Mycetoma or Fung-us Foot of India— Black Variety. 



' — Foot of a Hindoo, aged 40, in section — mounted in spirit, 

 to illustrate the above. 



"1877, July 14. — Admitted on the 8th inst. for the above, which is 

 of ten years' duration. Before the disease manifested itself used to work 

 in the iields, the soil of which was not black cotton, but the ordinary red 

 soil of the country. Had no guinea-worm ; not pricked by a thorn. 



"The foot is now enormously swollen, especially in its posterior 

 two-thirds. The anterior part is narrow and contracted, due to the three 

 last toes being turned upwards, their plantar surfaces looking directly 

 outwards and forwards, caused by his resting the foot on the outer border, 

 and the pressure gradually raising the toes upward. There is a largish 

 tumour on the sole, at the base of the great toe, the under surface of which 

 is ulcerated. Characteristic tubercles are formed all over the foot, and 

 even up the leg as far as the upper third. The leg is slightly swollen. 

 There is a good deal of pain, attended with a burning sensation in the 

 affected limb. The tubercles discharge sago-like granules of a black 

 kind. His health is fair." 



The interior of the bones, as well as the soft parts, are 

 occupied by characteristic black granules of varying size. 

 These lie in spaces which formerly contained fluid, and which 

 are surrounded by more or less complete fibrous capsules. 



G. C. 2511. 



Presented by Surgeon Tyreell, H.ll. Madras Army. 



