The Influence of Fresh Bile on Guinea-Worm Larvæ Encysted in Cyclops
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of fresh fish bile on guinea-worm embryos and also on cyclops infected as well as uninfected. It was found that fresh bile of the following species of fish, Barbus puckelli, Barbus punctatus and Barbus gelius, exerts a definite lethal action on cyclops and also on guinea-worm embryos. When undiluted fresh bile was used, it was found that it took about one to two minutes to kill the cyclops and two to three hours to kill the embryos. When its effect on cyclops infected with guinea-worm embryos a fortnight before was observed, it was interesting
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