Injurious to Man. 



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down, and had clearly been the first to be infected with the 

 disease. Fleas and numerous ticks of another species were, 

 however, also found on this rat. 



MYRIOPODA. 

 Class— CHILOPODA (Centipedes). 



In tropical regions some of the Scolopendridae reach a large 

 size, and their bite is much feared, for it is very painful. Some- 

 times the person bitten also suffers from symptoms such as 

 dizziness and headache. The bite of Scolopendra ci?igulata, 

 Latreille, a centipede common 

 in the south of Europe, is also 

 said to be painful and to cause 

 local swelling. The part bitten 

 should be bathed in a solution 

 of ammonia (about 1 in 5). 



The Pseudoparasitism of 

 Myriopoda in Man. 



Including the new case 

 mentioned below, there are 

 now fifty-one recorded in- 

 stances of the pseudoparasitism 

 of Myriopoda in human beings, 

 which seem to be well authenti- 

 cated. Prof. Raphael Blanchard 

 has made a special study of 

 this subject and gives references 

 to a large number of the earlier 

 cases, besides placing several 

 new ones on record. Other 

 cases of this kind are recorded 

 by Huber, Neveu - Lemaire, 

 Verdun and Bruyant, Shipley, 

 Laveran, Laurens, and Galli 



Valerio. Myriopods have been F , 9 . 



described as occurring thirty- Scolopendra morsitans. 



three times in the nasal cavities | uter Koch.) 



