Diseases & disorders of the Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery diseasesdisorder00gres Year: 1886 85 The)- \ ai)' much in size, sometimes being as small as a pea, and occasionally as large as a good-sized cocoa-nut. They may or may not produce symptoms, which vary according to the organ invaded, and the size and exact position of the cyst. This hydatid is common in man, being often found in the liver, and sometimes in other organs ; and it may attain in him a Aery large size. This hydatid or cyst in its early form is small and j,dobular, with transpa
Diseases & disorders of the Diseases & disorders of the horse : a treatise on equine medicine and surgery diseasesdisorder00gres Year: 1886 85 The)- \ ai)' much in size, sometimes being as small as a pea, and occasionally as large as a good-sized cocoa-nut. They may or may not produce symptoms, which vary according to the organ invaded, and the size and exact position of the cyst. This hydatid is common in man, being often found in the liver, and sometimes in other organs ; and it may attain in him a Aery large size. This hydatid or cyst in its early form is small and j,dobular, with transparent walls and finely granular contents. In its later stages, when it has much increased in size, the walls become thick, and tiie contents fluid. Sometimes these c}sts contain several ]:)ints of clear fluid. In the above picture B shows the echinococcus of the dog, magniflcd ; € is one of the little heads which are formed in the cyst wall : X is the part where the head is attached to the cyst wall.
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