| Description Of Item | Lecture notes by Thomas Laycock about thymic and thyroidal leukaemia and Graves’ disease. The anatomy, pathology and treatment are described in detail. The connection to chlorosis is discussed, and the work of Caleb Hillier Parry, James Begbie, Henry Marsh, Karl Adolph von Basedow is mentioned. A passage published in Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie in 1858 about experiments on the eyeball has been transcribed by Thomas Laycock and is included in the notes in English. |