| Description Of Item | A lecture about coccyodynia by James Young Simpson, printed over four pages in the Medical Times and Gazette. The medical history and eventual tailbone removal of a 40-year-old washerwoman called EF are described before the lecture moves to discuss coccyodynia in more general terms regarding symptoms, pathology and treatment. Injuries to the tailbone (including injuries sustained during childbirth), issues in the development of the tailbone and tumours are discussed and accompanied with illustrations.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |