3IG TREATME'NT OF 



At this period, which was in warm weather, 

 she was confined in a dark and dirty apartment. 

 At length the issue healed ; soon after which a tu- 

 mour rose at the part, hust and discharged a great 

 number of maggots or larvae ; it is said, a teacup- 

 ful. For several months these animals seemed to 

 be confined to the part, occasionally crawling out. 

 The sore healed a second time, soon after which 

 the patient felt these larvae to spread from the late 

 ulcer to the head, producing in their course most se- 

 vere pains, described by her as itching, biting, 

 stinging, and gnawing sensations. Some time after 

 these sufferings, the larvae were discharged, at 

 times, from the ears, eyes, nose, and mouth, vary- 

 ing in number and size, sometimes one hundred in 

 twenty four hours ; some as small as a hair, and 

 others almost as large as a pipe-stem, and two 

 thirds of an inch long. 



Dr. Dean, of Eeddeford, who gives me these 

 particulars, adds, " it is about four years since this 

 woman has been tormented with these vermin, 

 which still trouble her, May, 1816." Two of these 

 larvae came to me in good health, after having been 

 some weeks discharged, and travelling more than a 

 hundred miles. To one 1 offered the refreshment 

 of some new milk, passing it nearly round it on a ' 

 smooth piece of wood. When it first came to the 

 milk it was apparently tasted with pleasure, but on 

 advancing further and bringing its body into full 

 contact with the milk, the animal soon expired, 

 seeming to suffer paiu. The surviving traveller 



