. Internal medicine; a work for the practicing physician on diagnosis and treatment, with a complete Desk index. -^^ Fig. 304.—a. Patient aged twentj-three years, affected ?with elephantiasis arabum. h. Same patient,aged forty-seven years. {1 nternational Clinics.) perstans, the other slightly larger and likewise without a sheath. Danielsin 1898 found the adult worm, both male and female. The female is 70-80 mm. in length by mm. in breadth; the male 45 mm. by mm.;the embryos mm. in length by in breadth and possess no adult worms inhabit the connective tissue of t
. Internal medicine; a work for the practicing physician on diagnosis and treatment, with a complete Desk index. -^^ Fig. 304.—a. Patient aged twentj-three years, affected ?with elephantiasis arabum. h. Same patient,aged forty-seven years. {1 nternational Clinics.) perstans, the other slightly larger and likewise without a sheath. Danielsin 1898 found the adult worm, both male and female. The female is 70-80 mm. in length by mm. in breadth; the male 45 mm. by mm.;the embryos mm. in length by in breadth and possess no adult worms inhabit the connective tissue of the mesentery at itsspinal attachment. This parasite infests the tribes who dwell in denseswamps and deep forests. It abounds on the West Coast of Africa, inBritish Guiana, and in Porto Rico. It may be observed in the blood bothduring the night and clay. It is thought to be the cause of a pustular diseaseof the skin common among the negroes of the West Coast of Africa. Theintermediarv host has not been settled.
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