Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-18

INSECTS AID rHBIR HUxAH PREY.-There q
gentleman in schenectady, says the Star. 8
resident OF cabe who was Afflicted with sin
guar disease, which bafled the skill Of several
medical men He finally eonsultsd . physician
IN New York, who, AFTER much research. up-
raveied the case. 1t il believed to be unioue
In the annals of medicine. A small red swellspe
appeared on the lower part Of the abdomen'
wnfch was the seat Of pain and uneasiness: IL
gradually shifted its position and reached tho
chest The New York doctor suspssted that
there was . living insect In the Aesh. and the
gentleman one day scratched the swelling.
when he observed something moving In the
fuid which escaped, and found II 10 be a Hvino
insect, one eighth Of an inch in length: under
the microscops it appeared to b covered with
scsie, with sersted edges: It IL probably the
Ahigoe, an insect resembling dea, found in
the West Indies, which penetrates the skin-it
sometimes produces fatal cancer t1l- :
In Africa there u worm called the Guinea
worm, which buriss itssIf in the fesh Of man.
and gives rise to symptoms similar 70 those Of
this gentIem.r; but thi. Is peculiar to Guines,
ane y iong, slender, and round, like . fddle-
string ITS length vsries from inches to -
feet. The British soldiers Stationed Il Bombav
are frequentiy attacked By Il; out Of $40 men.
lS we're attacked by It. When IL Introduce
itself into the fesh it Is q very minute parss;ts
net more than one sixtieth part of an iucb in
length, and very slender, and exists on low.
muddy snores- This little intruder now grows
immensely, and becomes the parent of nm
merous ofspring. 1t produces itching and =
craving sensation, and finally q boil forms.
and when Il breaks the head Of The anim.I ,,s,'
trudes, which is then caught and eenflv ~.
traeted, care being taken not to break it othsr-
wise serious and even fatal effects are kDt "a
ensoe. The extraction is very tedious vork :
The natives cut the skin when they are re-
the surface, and then extract them y -
MEDICAL writer's describe no les than sho.,t
twenty varieties Of parasites which ipfest fhs
nem.n yssem- says recent writer: aIt Is =
noeofioes Lscs that numerous parasites crawl
osGroar surface, burrow beneath the skinc
nesee IN our entrsils. and riot and prons gsts
their kind in every corner of our frs,nIs .s
scarcely hssure or m organ but il occas;on-
ally profsned BY their inreads. Each has slso
its parasite or special domicils one specis.~.
OF arongfs chooses The heart for its pIace a.
abode, another inhabits the arteries. 4 th;rJ
the Kidney Myriards of minute worms have
been found eoiled mp In the museles. A iiffle
nuke, very nnch like q miniature aous<ier >.
nyss stssFe ed In gali, In the liver II the hin
% tse nose be squeezsd cheesey matter viii
sxaae' and exsminsd By the microscope ten
~ sssersi animalcules, extremely minute,
~ eom piicatsd structure, will be seen..
ps1sans. II u less than one hu1drr3th MT -
ae meh IN length, has head. chest. sb3omen
III nas sgns legs and very movable laws u
By recent researches Il has -, n,c,.. L.
yoea ocuot thst small insect q The es.ss r.
fes8 the Insect, By skilfuI mansremevt -. ~
canght and seen under the 6icrcs.sr - n n
seams . strange and humilistinr f.cs ~ - 49,
human body should provide food and k.hies
ton pr % many and such varieties Of these IN