Predacious Mosquito Larvæ

Creeping Eruption Produced by Hookworm Larvæ

^ c. r>ri find described Dalgetty (1901) defined ' Bentley ' water-itch' in tea-garden ^ ^ subject (1902) wrote a valuable PaP?^, Qn acc0unt of which it is proposed to abstr ^ appears its historical interest ana bee . WOrkers to have been overlooked by nios^ during recent years. _ weU The condition of ' water-itch or ^lCjiaT) and Sylhet, recognized in tea gardens in Assam, sugar plantaand a sim...

Physaloptera Larvæ in the Peritoneum

Sir.?Major Milne ends liis interesting article in the September number of the Indian Medical Gazette hv ask innmo to account for the presence of Phy.tafnnf.era larva; in the peritoneum. As Major Milne states, I received from him for identification a piece of peritoneum from a squirrel containing a number of cysts in each of which lay a Physn'optera larva; and shortly afterwards some adult, memb...

On Stereotropism in Tenebrio Larvæ

Larvae of Tenebrio while creeping show homostrophic responses, and stereotropic orientation to lateral contacts. Homostrophic orientation is inhibited by stereotropism. Both depend upon the anterior portion of the central nervous system. Stereotropic orientation due to unilateral contact, particularly at the anterior end, persists briefly after the cessation of the contact. Equal posterior bila...

Soil Acidity and Survival of Hookworm Larvæ

Dipterous Larvæ in the Human Alimentary Canal

These cases are sufficiently rave, I think, to merit report with a view to inviting the experiences of others in regard to them. Medical literature, so far as it is within my reach, or within the reach of medical friends, makes no reference to such phenomena. The occurrence of dipterous larvae in man is hinted at (nothing more) under the heading diptera, in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. I had e...