AN CHYLOSTOM A IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES. By J. K.
anchylostoma is.
The accompany ing table is
summary of the results
Males. Females.
CLOSE, Anchylostoma found alone in and round worms in ,, and Tinea medio,, canellata in Anchylostoma, round worms and ... Distoma crassum in ??? Round worms alone in Tinea mediocanellata alone in No parasites found in ...
CAPTAIN,
Civil Surgeon, Bijnor.
...
the occurrence of other intestinal parasites are taken from the records of 81 consecutive postmortem examinations which I made while Civil Surgeon of Budaon in 1897. They are interesting as showing how common a parasite the
The
following anchylostoma and
notes
on
a
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Total
22 4
i) 7
1
0
1 ^ 0 11
0 1 1G
41
40
May
ANCHYLOSTOMA
1899.]
Total
cases
toma were
in which
found
anchylos...
...
Total of both groups ... Anchylostoma in
...
...
28
=
IN N.-W. PROVINCES?URETER STONE.
68% 16=40/ 81 44
=
54% were
In most of the cases few anchjdostoma found; in only six were there more than twent}^ it appear that specimens, and in no case did In was the cause of death. anchylostomiasis 20 than the six cases where there were more worms death was due to wounds in two, hanging one. in one, poison in one, and dysentery in in The cause of death could not be ascertained decommuch the sixth, as the body was very
posed.
not conThese parasites (anchylostoma) were found in were but fined to any one locality, distiict. bodies sent in from ever}7 part of the castes, low They occurred in all classes, high and Since the as poor. and in the well-to-do as well in found anchylostoma have I coming to Bijnor three out of seven bodies examined. was In the case where tinea mediocanellata found along with anchylostoma, two complete '
tapeworms
were
present.
The presence of Distoma
case crassum in one o
I cannot find any reference vvlieie found nearer than Assam the In piesen Giles. a case was described by flu ces. instance there were eleven of these large So ai colour. They were of a deep orange in whose inas could be ascertained, the man ie out or testine they occurred had never been is its