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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australian Medical Journal   [Nov 1887]1

[In a letter received from Baron von Mueller at the same time as the above,2 he informed us that he had received notice from Dr. Mortiz Herdegen, of Albury,3 that he had found in a patient suffering from diarrhoea and anaemia, both ova and adult specimens of Anchlyostoma Duodenale.4]

1

Letter not found. The text given here is from Australian medical journal, 15 November 1887, p. 524 (B87.11.03).

2

The present text is printed immediately after that of M to the Editor, Australian medical journal, November 1887 (in this edition as 87-11-00d).

3

Letter not found.

4

A species of hookworm. The report is followed by a comment by the editor:

Unfortunately, Dr. Herdegen's specimens had been mislaid during his absence from home, so that he could not forward them for verification. As this is the first occasion on which this parasite has been reported as existing in Australia, we have no doubt that Dr. Herdegen will see the desirability of obtaining fresh specimens, if possible, and submitting them for examination, that a discovery of such importance in practical medicine may be placed beyond all doubt. — Ed.

Please cite as “FVM-87-11-00e,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-11-00e