Guinea-Worm Infection: A Personal Experience
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As guinea-worm infection of the upper extremities, and especially of the eye, is rare, the following notes on my own personal case history may be of interest to the medical profession in this country. As is well known, the disease is contracted by drinking or bathing in water containing infected Cyclops, and where the same source of drinking and bathing water is used by several members of a family, some or all of them may become infected. 1 first suffered from guinea-worm infection in 1908, when two worms appeared in the right lower extremity, one in the lower part of the right buttock and one in the middle of the right thigh. Both came out in pieces and caused suppuration. Later, in 1912, when in charge of the Shree Raghunath Dispensary in Pratabgarh State, Malwa, I was again attacked with the disease in the middle of the dorsum of my left foot. The worm was palpable under the skin from the left knee to the ankle, and the whole of the -leg was swollen and subsequently suppurated.. After an illness of about three months the worm was slowly discharged, its exit being hastened by pouring hot water over the part. With the help of my compounder, who kept pouring hot water over the part, I finally extracted the worm after some three-quarters of an hour's effort. The worm was entire, about 2\ feet in length, with head and tail. It was afterwards burnt in grass.
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