Report of the case of a patient from whose subcutaneous tissue three larvae of a species of dermatobia were removed : with remarks / by Rudolph Matas.

  • Matas, Rudolph, 1860-1957.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889?]
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Credit: Report of the case of a patient from whose subcutaneous tissue three larvae of a species of dermatobia were removed : with remarks / by Rudolph Matas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    RERORT OK XHK CASE OF A Patient from Whose SubcutaneousTissue Three Larvae of a Species of Der- s. matobia were Removed, , WITH REMARKS.* / By RUDOLPH MATAS, M. D.. ' Visiting Surgeon, Charity Hospital, New Orleans; Demonstrator of Anatomy, Medical Department, Tulane Universit>% etc. On the morning of June 27th H. T. McC., an English- man, aged 38, presented himself at my clinic in ward 8, Charity Hospital, stating that he had arrived in this city, one week before, from an extensive trip to Spanish Hon- duras, where, on or about the iith of this month (June), he had been stung, while bathing, by a peculiar fly, which was well known in that country, as it was a veritable nuisance, if not a scourge, because it attacked man and beast alike—the white foreigners especially—and deposited its ova in the sting, wherein the “ worms” (larvae) developed until they attained considerable dimen- sions—half to three-quarters of an inch in length, accord- ing to the patient’s statement. He further stated that he remembered the moment when the fly stung him, for he heard it “ buzz,” and “ sting ” him in three distinct places *Reail before the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Association. I