An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . thod of Infection.—As the ova are produced in such countless num-bers—Davaine having found some three thousand eggs in a bit of fgeces aslarge as a grain of wheat—and as they are so resistant to outside destructiveagencies, it is not surprising that they should be very common among the classesof individuals where personal cleanliness is not cultiv
An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . thod of Infection.—As the ova are produced in such countless num-bers—Davaine having found some three thousand eggs in a bit of fgeces aslarge as a grain of wheat—and as they are so resistant to outside destructiveagencies, it is not surprising that they should be very common among the classesof individuals where personal cleanliness is not cultivated. As children aregreater barbarians in their personal habits than adults, it is natural that ascari-des should be much more often found among them. The habit children haveof putting their fingers as well as toys and other objects into their mouthsmight easily lead to self-infection with ova from parasites in their own intestines,as well as with ova from elsewhere. In the country, infants creeping about thefloor may be infected by the dust brought in on the shoes from manure-heaps. Among the upper classes ascarides are certainly very much less common,and they are rarely seen in the adult. Here, where habits of cleanliness are Fig.
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