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close examination. On applying
an acid to this material the cal
careous bodies gave off carbonic
acid gas, forming air bubbles
around the objects, and on pressure
the shell-like globular bodies
would on breaking make a plain
ly audible explosive sound and
crumble up into some dark.brown,
anonymous but crystalline power.
The parasites, found had no SINH
larity with common sarcoptes
hominis or itch parasite, and l
could not find any such mites
described in any authoritative
work at my disposal.
DR.. A. E. Booking who took a
great interse tthe matter, and who
is we'll posted on zoology and espec
tally on microscopic parasitic an
imalcules. cOncurred with me on
the subject as also did DIR. f.
Herff, whom the case interested
very much and who aided me with
literary material in which though,
l could not find such parasite
described, and, in order to be more
exact as to the classification Of
this parasite, 1 sent number Of
microscopic mountings to the
Microscopic Department of the
Smithsonian institution and the
following is the reply which will
interest my professional friends
in particular;
"The mite in glycerine marked
y is not sarcoptes but belongs to
the cheesemites and to the genus
Tyroglyphus; it represents some
what the figure Of Tyroglyphus
siro, though whether 1t is the
same or not we are unable to say
1t is stated by Murray
that Morizzio atti. Acad. Sci.
Torimno Italia, page 449, 1867
mentions and figures a mite I'M
der the name of "Acarus domesti-
GUS" and also a singular horny
excrescence growing from the
hand of a lady containing great
quantities of this mite in its cavi-
ties. He considers this acarus to
be identical with Glyciphagus
cursor Gerv."
"On page 279 he states that ely
ciphagus hoppopodos Herring, was
observed by Herring to infest the
hind feet of a horse to such a de-
gree that the animal, which in
other respects was sound, had to
be killed."
"Another mite the Glyciphagus
Bussi, was found by Professor
Bussi beneath the cuticle Of the
foot of a negro sailor, causing large
sores Of very peculiar character"
"Those cases show that Tyrogly-
phi may occasionally produces a
disease similar to the Sarcoptes
scabici."
"On the other preparation
marked ". we found, beside the
fragments of skin, ETC., one larva
OF this mite.
"The third preparation marked
II was spoiled during transit"
(This latter was an important one
showing numbers Of larva meas
ipgs, ova, etc. r. M
In a letter DR.. Fleming says
about the symptomatology OF his
patient: after a thorough investi-
CATION 1 find nothing in litera-
ture that throws any light upon
it. The patient is a man IA years
of age, a physician Of note, who
has filled the chair Of Demonstra-
tor of Anatomy in the school of
Anatomy in Philadelphia; also
Prof. of Science in the National
college of Peru, s. A. About
eight months ago he became af-
fiicted with this disease, and has
been a great sufferer ever SINCE"
The disease appears with small
pimples here and there, from pale
to a fiery red, and attimes under
treatment will appear apparently
we'll, but on application Of oint.
ments or lotions re-appear in great
er or less and larger and smaller
pimples. "The disease is not at
tended with itching but when
very red has a slight burning
The animaculi, il
seems, on maturing, emerges from
the skin, and in some cases seems,
to discharge germs covering a
space more or less dense from
half to two inches in diameter"
The various remedies j have used
have caused many of all sizes to
come to the surface, some bore I'M
der the skin again, and although
l have picked off thousands, 1
have never seen one move, yet one
Of the great annoyances to the
patient is their crawling on the
skin, and biting is much like
fleaor a chinch, and often so rapid
is it uone that q person has to be
quick or 1t will bore in before you
can pick it off with the point of a
knife. 1.-THE bites and pimples
never suppurate or exude ser
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