The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-12
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~ - : - ,,sroan in schenectady says
~ Ss.r ~ssideut OF Cnpa, VINO ~. nm.S ss,s
Win singn s.s,esI men. He 6nAlly consulted
o. e ss.,s N New York, who After much re-
- reh aarAyeiled the case ~ pciaeSxa ~
- : ain no in the annals of medicine. 4 sm sh
s re- which was the seat Of pain aud Nm.
css,ness IL gradually shifted its position and
,s.sshed she cheat. The New York doctor sns-
pecsed that there was livinR insect an the mem
4 "a the gen tlesnan Que day scratched the SWELL
Ing. when he observed soSuethiu9 moving In
tho a u,d which eeeaped. and found II TO be a
living iasect, one-eikhth OF an inch IN length
uaser the microscopes II appeared to be covered
the Ahlgoe, an insect resem biiag nea, found
IN the West Indies, which penctIatce the skin
Ill sometimes produces fatal ulcers.
In Africa there n = worm called Guinea
worm. which buriea itselfin the flesh OF man
and gives rise 70 symptcms similar to those OF
this gentleman; but this is peculiar TO g uine:t
and Is long, slendcr and round, like fiddle
string its length vsries from inches .te -
feet The British soldiers stationed NJ BOMBAY
are frequently attacked by III out OF 800 meb,
100 were attacked by It. When 1t introduces
itself into the flesh tits very minute parastst
notpore than i-soth part Of an ,nsn IN reus
shores. This little fntruder now grows im-
mensely. and becomes she parent OF numer-
Gus sffsoring. IL produces itching and crawl
when il breaks the head of the animal pro-
tsnfses which 10 thea caught AID gently rS-
fracted, care being taken not 70 break II, other
wise scrious aud even fatal effects are apt 10
ensue. The extraction is very tedious work
The natives cut the skin when they are neal
the surface and then extract them.
Medical writers deseribe no lees thar about
twenty varieties cfparasites which latest ths
human sys.em Says = recent writer: "1t is
anotorious TACT that numerous parasites crawl
over our surface, barrow beneath the skin
nestle in our entraias, aud riot and propagai.
their kind in every corner of our frames; ane
scarcely a iiesure or an organ but is occasionally
& profaned by their inroads. Each has also lis
parasite or special domicile, one specimen Of
s,roaxfs choose the heart for its place OF abode
another inhabfts the arteries, third the kid
ueys Myriads of miaute worms have been
found coiIed up in the muscles. A little fak,,
very much like q miniature founder, lives
s,eepsd in gall, In the liver. II the skin of the
nose be- squeezed 8 cheesey matter will exude
and il examin,,d by the microscope ten TO one
several animalcnies, extremely minute. but Of
complicated structure will be seen. They are
at present in the majority of living persons -
life less than one hundred tn part of an inch
in length. has u head, chest. abdomen, 1t has
eight legs and very movable Jaws.
BY recent researches IL has been proven be-
nf Itch the insect, by skiiiful management car
he caught and seen under the microscope.
seems q arrange and humiliating fact that tn
human body should provide food and habita
ton for SO many and such varieties OF thes
inferior creatures.
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