Some New Cases of the Occurrence of 

 Bothriocephalus liguloides Lt. 



By 



Isao Ijima, Riéakushi, Ph.D. 

 and 



Kentaro Murata, liakushL 



With Plate V hh. 



As fur as we are aware, that larval Cestode parasitic in man, 

 first described liy Cobljold as Li(jula Mansoni and renamed by Leuckart 

 as Bothriocephalus li'juloides, has hitherto been found in only two cases 

 (Leuckart: die menschlichen Parasiten des Menschen. II Anfl. 

 p. 941-951). The one case was that of a Chinaman, in whose corpse 

 Dr. Manson of Amoy found no less than 12 pieces, one free in the 

 pleural cavity and all the rest in the sub-peritoneal connective-tissue 

 in the region of Fossa iliaca behind the kidneys. The other case 

 was that of a Japanese and was observed by Dr. Scheube, then of 

 Kyoto Hospital and was communicated l)y him to Prof. LeuHcnrt. 

 In this case the worm was discharired from the urethra. 



Of late we have come to know of at least six new cases of the 

 occurrence of Bothr. liguloides. Notes on them have already appeared 

 in some medical journals written in Japanese, but we believe, no 

 apology is needed for the reproduction here of the accounts of these 

 cases with such additional remarks as susTc^est themselves to us. The 

 six cases are as follows: 



