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pulled it out until it tore off leaving a part »^f the body l)eliind. The 

 piece obtained measured then 2 feet in length, about 6 mm. at the 

 broadest and about 1.5 mm. a^^ tlie narrowes!: part. For two days 

 afterwards tlie patient felt pain in passing urine, which moreover con- 

 tained 1)lood. The frequent but scanty discharge of urine continued 

 lono"er. When Saito examined him some time after, the urine was 

 transparent and amiier-colored, without precipitate or other al)normality. 



We do not know what had since become of the piece of the worm 

 that was left in the urethra nor of the complaint in urination. 



Through the kindness of l^akushi Saito we were enabled to ex- 

 amine the piece (_%. 2) of the worm extracted hy Ogino. It was pre- 

 served in spirit, very much twisted, rather tougii and greatly shrunken, 

 probably the effect of having been thrown into strong alcohol. It was 

 245 mm. lonof. The one end was torn and the other, with which the 

 worm undoubtedly first protruded itself from the urethra, was natural. 

 The latter was no d(mbt the head-end. At this end the body had 

 very much contracted, farming in contrast t(^ the long-drawn part 

 that followed, a rounded disc about 3 mm. br<iad and about one- 

 tliird as thick. On its surfaces fine transverse wrinkles were dis- 

 cernible and at the middle of the anterior margin, there was a small 

 but distinct indentation, showing the position of withdrawn rosterum. 

 r)ehind this disc-like portion, the body was very thin, almost thread- 

 hke (1 mm. in breadth) for some distance and then gradually broadened 

 toward the hind end. where it was thin ;md measured aliout o mm. 

 in breadth. Transverse wrinkles were especially abundant near the 

 maro'in and numerous lono-itudinal ones in the median i)ortion. At 

 some plar-es, rhree longitudinal grooves (one median and two lateral 

 on tiie one siu'faoe and two (lateral) on the other, were more 

 prominent than (ùhers. In view of the shrunken state of the 

 specimen, n<nm])orhmce ran be attached to these grooves. 



