The animal parasites of man : a handbook for students and medical men / by Max Braun.
- Braun, Max (Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl), 1850-1930.
- Date:
- 1906
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The animal parasites of man : a handbook for students and medical men / by Max Braun. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![with strong spines, work themselves into the nasal and frontal sinus, into the pharynx, larynx, &c., perforate the mucous mem- branes and even the cartilage, and may cause the death of their host (Coquerel, Philippi, Francius, Humbert, &c.). [This species, the screw worm fly, is known as Compsomyia maceilaria, F. It attacks animals as well as man, especially laying its eggs on wounds formed by barbed wire. It may also be found on dead flesh. Dr. St. George Gray sent me specimens from St. Lucia, from the nose Fig. 281.—The Screw Worm Fly {Compsomyia macellaria). and mouth of a patient in Victoria Hospital. Others were found in the vagina of another patient. Out of the four patients attacked two occu- pied the same bed, one after the other, and a third the next bed to it. The other case was in a more remote part of the hospital.—F. V. T.] 8. Lucilia nobilis, Meig. The larvae were observed by Meinert in Copenhagen in the auditory meatus of a person who, after taking a bath, fell asleep in the open air, and on waking felt singing in the ears, and had a sensation as if there were water in the auditory canal. During the next days severe pains set in, and there was a discharge of blood and pus from both ears, as well as from the nose. On washing out the meatus the maggots made their appearance.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29004755_0461.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
