Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Netley / by Sir William Aitken.

  • Aitken, William, 1825-1892.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Netley / by Sir William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    3. The Bodies of Foetuses at diliferent ages. 4. Preparations of the Lymphatics, Arteries, and Veins. 5. Coloured casts of wax to show the surgical relations of the great blood-vessels and nerves, or of any other important object. In Pathological Anatomy. 1. Diseases of the Urinary or Generative.Organs, male and female. 2. Injuries of the bones, and of the joints. 3. Hernise of both sexes. 4. Monstrosities. 5. Diseases of the eyes and ears. C. Tumours and all kinds of adventitious formations. 7. Drawings and wax casts, particularly of the different patho- logical conditions of the brain, eye, and other parts, of which colour is one of the principal characteristics. In the Natural History Branch of the Museum. 1. Marsupial animals from Australia, preserved in spirits. 2. Snakes and lizards from the Colonies, preser ved in spirits. 3. Fish, dried, or preserved in spirits. 4. Shells and Crustacea. 5. Crania of different animals. 6. Small skeletons, natural or articulated. It is particularly desirable that all those who mean kindly to become contributors to the Museum will have the goodness to attend to the following circumstances :— When a pathological specimen is obtained it ought to be considered whether the colour is the most essential character to be preserved. If so, the object should immediately be put into a jar of pure alcohol, and, being hung in a suitable position, the evaporation of the spirit is to be prevented by tying two layers of bladder over the rim of the glass. Afterwards, the whole is to be enveloped in brown paper so as to exclude the light. But in cases in which it is chiefly desirable to preserve the forms and relations of objects, the specimen should be macerated in water, till free of blood, and then put up in a glass jar containing equal parts of water and strong alcohol. It will materially add to the value of any pathological preparation if it is accompanied by a document, containing a minute detail of all the symptoms to which the diseased condition gave origin before the death of the patient. A much lamented deceased Member has bequeathed his books to the Library of his brother OflScers, but hitherto no bequest has been