Account of a remarkable production, resembling a tail, which was attached to the extremity of the vertebral column of a man / by Arthur Jacob.

  • Jacob, Arthur, 1790-1874.
Date:
[1827]
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Credit: Account of a remarkable production, resembling a tail, which was attached to the extremity of the vertebral column of a man / by Arthur Jacob. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE PRODUCTION, RESEMBLING A TAIL, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE EXTREMITY OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF A MAN. By ARTHUR JACOB, M. D. ( , ■-» -iff . , - . . - V, I &C. &C. I am indebted to my father for the specimen of remarkable monstrosity which forms the subject of the present notice. In the course of last summer a young man presented himself at the Queen’s County Infirmary seeking relief, on account of a tumor which projected between the nates, and caused much inconvenience from its bulk, especi- ally in the sitting posture. It had existed from birth, was about the size of the closed hand of a large man, and was situated upon the lower part of the sacrum, apparently involving the os coccygis. Upon its most convex part was an orifice through which the finger could be introduced, and passed round an irregular resisting body, which partly projected through this opening. The surface was covered by sound skin, furnished with a consider- able quantity of hair. The operation of removing it was performed by my father. On dividing the external layer, it appeared that this was