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those inveritiu-ntor« more Ihvoiinibl}' situated th:in we are with respect 

 to liter:itiire :iri(l s])ecimens to compüre with. 



We owe our material to the com-tesy of Mr. Soiclnro Xakamura, 

 who, in 1(SÎ)2, while acting as physician to the hos])ital attached to the 

 Takashima Coal Mines, near Nagasaki , ol)tained the worm from one of 

 his patients. 



I'articnlars concerning this p'ltient, partly furnished us Ijy Mr. 

 Nakamura and partly obtained by one of us from the patient's family, 

 run to the following effect: 



Taniaji Murazato, male, born 1865, at Taira-mura (a village on 

 the Ariake-Sea, near the town of Shimabara) in the Province Hizen. 

 In boyliood healthy but never muscular. Remained in his native 

 village until 1879, when he went t(j Nagasaki. Here attacked by 

 cholera but recovered. Up to 1892 resided at several places in the 

 ijeighlxjurhood of Nagasaki • and other sea-side localities witliin 

 the Province Hizen, outside of which he seems to have ne\er 

 travelled. Calling : emanuensis, post-office clerk, school-teacher, 

 &c. 1891 settled at the Takashima Coal Mines, where he had been 

 engaged in Ijook-keeping business until his death by accident in 

 November of the following year. Some hve years ])revious to this 

 period, lie liegan to suffer occasional dizziness and colic. Medical help 

 h;id not mucli effect, beyond palliating the latter. Gradual anaemia 

 su]>er\ened. During October 1892, a piece of tape- worm about one 

 foot lono- was disdiaro'ed. About this time violent colic is said to 

 have returned. He was then taken into the hospital before mentioned 

 and submitted to medical treatment by Mr. Nakamura, whose notes 

 taken at the time are as follows : 



" Initient aged 28 years. Medium bodily constitution. Badly 

 nourished, weary. Symptoms of cyanosis on face. Liable to fdl 

 into insensibilitv while sitting or otlierwise occu])ied. l^ilse weak 



