Flying Intestinal Worms
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Sir,?With reference to the letter of Babu Akshoy Chandra Dey, i,.m.p., in the Indian Medical Gazette of August last, regarding flying intestinal " worms," I wish to say that about IS years ago I came across a number of such cases, in a village in the district of Khulna, Bengal. The insects resembled those found in local mangoes and they used to fly immediately upon their expulsion from the intestines. Children of both sexes, of 3 to 5 years, were the victims, and the chief symptoms were diarrhoea, griping, and general emaciation. I sent one of these in-
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