Worms : a series of lectures on practical helminthology delivered at the Medical College of the Middlesex Hospital : with cases illustrating the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of internal parasitic diseases / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

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1872
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    LECTURE XV. Salines with Enemata constitute tlie most effective Treatment— Saline Mineral Waters especially recommended—Some Patients cannot bear vigorous Treatment of any kind—Cases LX. to LXV. — Personal Cleanliness is the best Preventive against Infection pp. 102—110 LECTUEE XVI. The Ascarides properly so-called—Lumbrici not common in Eng- land—Ascaris mystax still rarer in Man—Eggs of the Round- worm ejected from the Stomach—Ascarides common Abroad— Symptoms similar to those produced by Oxyurides—Singular Habits of A scans lumbricoides—Often solitary in this Country— Cases LXVI. to LXX pp. 111—120 LECTURE XVII. Value of Santonin in Ascarides, or Lumbrici—Trichiniasis first discovered in the Living Subject by Zenker—Symptoms of the Trichinous Disease—Recent Outbreak in England—Home-fed Swine generally free from this Parasite—Dr. Dickinson's pub- lished Cases—His claims as being the First Person to recognise and treat the Disease in England alleged to have been dis- puted—Further Explanation required .... pp. 121—127 LECTURE XVIIT. Imaginary or Spurious Instances of Parasitism—Pseudhelminths sometimes real—Bots, Maggots, and other Larva of Insects— These Cases often connected with Hysteria—Cases LXXI. to LXXV. . pp. 128—135 LECTURE XIX. Bots from the Human Intestinal Canal—Difliculties may arise as to the means of distinguishing Genuine from Spurious Cases— Maggots may lodge beneath the Skin—Cases LXXVI. to LXXV]II.—The Larvas of Flies may give rise to disagreeable Symptoms—Cases LXXIX. to LXXX.—The Harvest Bug and the Gigger pp. 136—142