Human parasites: a manual of reference to all the known species of entozoa and ectozoa which (excluding the microphytic, confervoid, and simple sarcodic organisms) are found infesting man / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

  • Cobbold, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1828-1886.
Date:
1882
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Credit: Human parasites: a manual of reference to all the known species of entozoa and ectozoa which (excluding the microphytic, confervoid, and simple sarcodic organisms) are found infesting man / by T. Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAEASITES OP MAN INTRODUCTOEY. For tlie purpose held in view, an elaborate classification is unnecessary; therefore I arrange the various creatures, more or less commonly spoken of as parasites, under seven headings. Though not of equal value, either from the scientific or practical standpoint, these seven groups are perfectly distinct and natural. I. Trematoda ; flukes. II. Cestoda j tapeworms. III. Nematoda ; roundworms and threadworms. IV. AcANTHOCEPHALA; thom-headed worms. V. SucTORiA; leeches. VI. Arachnida (parasitica) ; mites. VII. Insecta (parasitica) ; insects. Employing the term parasite in a far wider sense than that usually adopted, I have placed in this list many creatures not usually classed as parasites. The creatures in question supply instances of partial ]