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

:?

.

...

...

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

interesting. having been

district.*

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