Excerpt from On Hydatids of the Lung: Their Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment, and Observation on Their Relations to Pulmonary Consumption, and Other Diseases of the Chest The subject of hydatid cysts in the lungs is one of great interest to Australian practitioners, both from the frequency with which the disease is met with, especially in Victoria, and also from the fact that its successful treatment is still to some a problem or a subject of dispute, while its diagnosis often requires from all both Skill, acumen, and experience. Indeed it is upon personal observation alone that we can rely for the recognition and cure of this parasite, as it is probable that any medical man in considerable practice in Victoria has had the opportunity of seeing many score of times more cases than any of the leading authorities on chest diseases in Europe. The question of the origination of hydatid in the human body, though a question of vast interest, cannot be more than glanced at here. The researches of Cobbold, Kuchenmeister, and others, show that the ova of the Toenia Echinococcus, a parasite which infests the bowels of the dog, will, if introduced into the human body and that of some other animals, develop into what we know as the hydatid cyst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.