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On an English case of an intramedullary spinal Coenurus in Man, with some remarks on the identity of Coenurus spp. infesting Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Hilary Crusz
Hilary Crusz
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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In February 1947, Mr. D. W. C. Northfield, M.S., F.R.C.S., of the Neuro-surgical Department of the London Hospital, removed by operation a small coenurus from the spinal cord of a 14-year-old girl of Gillingham, who had developed symptoms of paraplegia in December 1946. The girl, who has never lived outside Britain, is presumed to have become infected during a period of evacuation in Wales in 1943–45, where she had had contact with a dog. Professor J: J. C. Buckley, who secured the coenurus through the kind offices of Professor Dorothy Russell, has already made a brief report on it (Buckley, 1947) and has placed at my disposal the original material for detailed study and identification.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 1948 , pp. 73 - 76
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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