. Virginia medical monthly . had no chance to examine his discharges, and suspectingnothing of the kind, he never discovered any until 10, 1877, when it become necessary to put hippingsto him to receive the discharges from the bowels. On re-moving the first cloth, he discovered one of the small grubsspoken of above, and the patient has been discharging themever since. This grub is about one-fourth of an inch long,about the size of a small goose quill, and perfectly white. OnThursday, July 12, 1877, the fellow I now send was dis-charged, accompanied with severe dysenteric pains. Af
. Virginia medical monthly . had no chance to examine his discharges, and suspectingnothing of the kind, he never discovered any until 10, 1877, when it become necessary to put hippingsto him to receive the discharges from the bowels. On re-moving the first cloth, he discovered one of the small grubsspoken of above, and the patient has been discharging themever since. This grub is about one-fourth of an inch long,about the size of a small goose quill, and perfectly white. OnThursday, July 12, 1877, the fellow I now send was dis-charged, accompanied with severe dysenteric pains. Afterits discharge the pains entirely ceased. On Friday he dis-charged another one-third larger than the one I send, but itwas mashed between the patients hips and the bed, andSawyer threw it away. You will notice at the caudal end of the beast somethinglike a sting. When first expelled this could be ejected by itat will, and by worrying it such would be the case. On Sat-urday (July 14), when I saw Wesley, the insect stuck its. CORRESPONDENCE. 987 sting (?) into a piece of juniper wood with such force that itsweight could be raised by it. I regret very much that I cannot give you a more detailedaccount of the case, but from this time, I intend to watch it,and if anything more of interest occurs, I will report it. The young man is troubled with an involuntary dischargefrom his bowels, with no dysentery, except when one of thesebeastsw is being discharged. There is a pulmonary abscess in the right lung, which ap-pears externally just between the lower extremity of thescapula and spine. When this rises up in the form of a tu-mor his cough ceases; but when his cough breaks loose, thetumor subsides, and he expectorates quantity of pur-ulent matter. Yours, very respectfully. South 3fills, Camden Co., N. C. Jno. , M. D. [Note by the Editor.—This letter was not promptly pub-lished on receipt, because, in a private letter from Dr. Pool,the Doctor anticipated the early deat
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