British medical journal . ear. They very rapidly hatch andcause great fnflamuiation and necrosis until they can bedischarged or removed. They have even been found intiic anterior chamber of the eye, and I have somemicroscopic sections showing the presence of theselarvae in that chamber, whither they had probably pro-ceeded from the nasal sinuses. But on the whole, cases of this sort are compara-tively rare, and cause butlittle trouble. (f1 The real difiiculty,and one which has alreadyproved a serious troubleto our army in the field,are the cases iu whichmaggots are found inneglected wounds. He
British medical journal . ear. They very rapidly hatch andcause great fnflamuiation and necrosis until they can bedischarged or removed. They have even been found intiic anterior chamber of the eye, and I have somemicroscopic sections showing the presence of theselarvae in that chamber, whither they had probably pro-ceeded from the nasal sinuses. But on the whole, cases of this sort are compara-tively rare, and cause butlittle trouble. (f1 The real difiiculty,and one which has alreadyproved a serious troubleto our army in the field,are the cases iu whichmaggots are found inneglected wounds. Here,however, we may takesome comfort in the factthat the trouble is for-timately much greater inthe tropical and sub-tropical regions than iumore temperate climates,and is likely to diminishas the cold weather drawson. Still, during the hotcases of wounded .soldierstwo or threo days who - „ in this way. One almost hesitates to offer suggestions to our heroes iu suchcruel conditions, hut ichcncrcr and ivhcrcvcr it can beC. Fig. 6.—Alxiomen of femaleliousc-fls. showiua thu extendedovipositor. Weeks of August there wereleft lying on the fields forwere found to be suffering
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