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BULLETIN 



OF THE 



COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



EuiTKD KY PAUL M. REA 



CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM AND PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY 



Vol. 1 Charleston, S. C, October 1905. No 3 



PARASITES, nOSQUETOES AND DISEASE. 



The lifetime of most animals, including man, is spent in 

 a struggle for food and a constant warfare with enemies. 

 Some animals, however, have a very lazy way of getting 

 through life. Like somie men, they depend upon the activi- 

 ties of others for their livelihood. The animals thus im- 

 posed upon are called hoets. The "hanger-on" or parasite 

 obtains its food supply without labor on its own part, and, 

 often living within the body of the host, secures protection 

 from its natural enemies. The host usually suffers incon- 

 venience, often bodily harm, and the lazy manner of living 

 is not without cost to the parasite. Work, activity is as 

 necessary for every minute part of the bodily mechanism as 

 it is for the whole organism, be that organism lower animal 

 or man. Degeneration follows close upon laziness. And 

 so, when the parasite ceases to struggle for its food, when, 



* Abstract of a public lecture delivered by Professor Rea in Mani- 

 gault Hall, Monday evening, October 30. 



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