| Description Of Item | From the collection of Samuel Kinner Wilson. The envelope is labelled 'I) Pseudo hypertrophic - paralysis[?] ii) Myasthenia gravis III) Functional hemiplegia IV) Ellen Sturt[?] Cerebral degeneration V) Tetany VI) Rheumatic Arthritis VII) P[_?] Cairns - sense IX) [?]'. Photographs of patients some of them children and a few with the patient's names and ward on the reverse. Conditions named are functional hemiplegia, cerebral degeneration and myasthenia gravis. Includes a letter to Dr Batten from J A Davidson, Cults dated 12th February 1909 concerning his thesis on congenital hypertrophy of the pylorus and enclosing two 'microphotographs' to illustrate the difference between the normal and hypertrophied pylorus. He also offers a bowel sample with Hirschsprung's disease and to photograph any slides Batten might require. |