IHK OCCUKKEXCE Oï LüTHlilUCEi'PIALUS LIGULOiDES LT. \ ')'•'> 



Case III. — Bothr. lifjuloiiks fruiu ihr turllira. — Tlii.s case wa.s ul)- 

 served by Mr. To} oda, a .'ï[)ueialiat in lu'lmiiiLhiasl.s in Kyoto. lie 

 has published a note of tlie case in Iji-U ijoron. \i-. 2. 1888. 



The patient was a citizen of Osaka, 12 years old. On the morn- 

 ing of May 8th 188-1, he began to disscharge Mood with urine, and in 

 the afternoon a white worm appeared from the urethra wliile urinal - 

 inij". Tovoda was immediatelv e;illed for. lie succeeded in iiiillin"' 

 out the worm entire. This measured alxMit olJl mm. in Jength and 

 about \2 mm. in breadth. l*ut in a vessel (with water?) it continued 

 to contract and stretch and nio\e about for ncarlv two hours. It was 

 then put into glycerine for preservation. As ihe woi-m was new t(j 

 Toyoda, he tried various means to identify it l)nl in \ain. 



As we read Ids note, there was scarcely an\- douljt as to the 

 identity of the worm with lîothr. liuuloides. \n compliance with (,)ur 

 request, Toyoda has kindly sent us the specimen for inspection. 

 Exammation of it showed the correctness of our assumption. 



The specimen (in glycerin) is tleshy and well preserved but had 

 been colored by carmine and oit open at some places, probably in 

 attempt at dissection. It is lîgured in Fuj. o. The length Avas about 

 105 mm. and the greatest breadth, 0.5 nun. Both ends are natural 

 so that the diminution in size, as compared with Toyoda's measure- 

 ment, is entirely due to contr.iction. Tiie bodv was narrower near 

 one end than the other. The narr(jwer end was no doubt the head, 

 the configuration of which could not howevei' be definitely ascertained 

 on account of an lud'ortunate cut at this j)lace. 'Idie broader hind-end 

 showed a shallow indentation at the ndddle-line. 



The two surfaces presented the folh)wiiiii' ditference, distinctly 

 for the most part. The one surface had a distinct depression, runninü* 

 longitudinally at the median line. Most of the irregidar transverse 

 depressions proceeded from this median line (see tiie upper part of 



