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The latter, situated in the suhontaneons tissue, was traverserl by 

 trabeculne of connertivo tissue in varions tdirections. The Avnll of the 

 cavitv was at some phices smooth, as if lined by serosa. 



The worm is nndouhtedly l>othr. lignloides. The specimen (in 

 spii'it) was about 88 mm. long and 3.5 - fi.o mm. l)ri^ad. The head- 

 end is represented \\\ fuj. 5, twicemagnitied. The other end was torn. 

 The involution at the front apex was distinct. Nmnerons irregular 

 furrows, both transversal and longitudinal, were present as usual. 

 Of longitudinal furrows, the two that divide one of the surfaces into 

 three longitudinal areas, were unmistakeal)ly recognizable (see ^<V/.). 

 When fresh, the body was soft and translucent. 



The removal of the worm, which was undoubtedly the cause of 

 the almost annual swelling, took place just nine years after this 

 occurred for the first time. 



To the above six cases we might add one more which however 

 couhl not be tested ])y us. Once during the dissection of a subject in 

 the Anatomical Institute of the Universitv, Dr. Disse found a worm 

 imbedded in the subcutaneous connective-tissue of the h'ft ino-uin:d 

 region. According to our iiiformant, Mr. Takesaki of the ])athoIogical 

 Institute, wlio was the eve-witness of tlie disroverv, the worm was 

 about one foot and a half long and tapeworm-like hut unsegmented. 

 It was new to Disse. Takesaki, whom we have shown specimens of 

 Ijorhr. liguloides, believes that it was the same WDi-ni. It is said 

 that the worm was preserv(Ml. but unfortunateK- it coidd nowhere be 

 found. 



AVe have then before us n\ least 7 sui'c cases (the cmsc of Scheube 

 inclusive) of tlie occurreiK'c of jîi^fhr. liguloide< in J;i])an. The 



