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351 



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Helmarecht records the case of a man who 



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having previously suffered from an inflammatory af- 

 fection of the eyeSj became rather suddenly troubled 

 with images of a constant character floating before 

 the left eye. On examination^ a morbid product was 

 found suspended in the posterior chamber just in front 

 of the lens. Soon afterwards the lower part of the 

 cornea was punctured^ with the hope that the sepa- 



be washed out v/ith the 

 This actually occurred^ 

 and it was then found to be a minute confervoid- 

 looking growth^ bearing series of spores arranged in 

 chaplet-like fashion \ We will merely mention the 

 fact of the existence in India of a terrible disease 

 known by the name of ^ Madura foot/ in which a fungus, 

 closely allied to some Mucors, seems to extend outwards 

 from the bones and ligaments, growing destructively 

 through all the tissues of the part. In exhibiting a 



rated foreign body might 

 evacuating; aqueous humour. 



meeting 



of 



the Pathological 



specimen at a recent 



Society, Mr. Jabez Hogg expressed his belief that this 



fungus takes origin from some altered tissue-elements 



^ See Robin's ' Vegetaux Parasites/ 1S53, p. 370, He adds : — ' Apres 

 I'operation le malade se trouva bien, ct continua ses occupations sans 

 gene.' Robin also mentions a case (p. 364) in which a larger though 

 somewhat similar growth was met with by M. Gubler growing beneath 

 the skin of the back of the hand of a young man suffering from a gun- 

 shot wound. Several w^hite bleb-like elevations of the skin were pro- 

 duced, which were found to have been occasioned by the growth in 

 question. 



