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hole of what appears, for it can't be extracted with too much caution ; and, if 



pt to raife great inflammations in the parts about 



fhould chance to break, it is 2 



which is frequently the occafion of very difmal confeq 



This in feci: is not pecul 



the coafls of Guin 



{ten in different parts of Europe: It is commonly found in il 

 fwims with great eafe, appearing generally of the 

 flender, and about twelve or filteen inches in length 

 low pools where rocks and weeds mod: abound. 



but may be frequently 



ill waters, in which it 



fize and form of a horfe-hair 



It is mofl common in (hai 



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ASCARIS 1. Cylindracea, utri?ique attenugta, albida. 

 Afcaris Couleti C? omnium authorum. 



The round Worm. 



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This fpecies infefts the human body more frequently than any of the other forts, 

 and, without exaggeration, may be deemed the moft fertile fource of difeafes 

 among the negroes and poorer fort of white people, in all the fugar colonies; nay, 

 is often the caufe of more than three-fourths of all their complaints: nor are the 

 ladies, who generally live very temperate in thofe warm climates, and often indulge 

 themfelves in the ufe of the richefl fruits, always free from their attacks. They 

 are frequently the occafion of general complaints in clofe moid feafons, which are 

 commonly attended with anomalous fevers, or other irregular complaints accompa- 

 nied with fpafms and convulfions : but thefe I hope I may be able to give a more 





fatisfadtory account of hereafter, which, if leifure permits, I purpofe to publifh 

 in a particular diflertation at the end of the work. 



LUMBRICUS I, *T err ejlrh minor vulgaris. 



The Earth- Worm. 



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Though mofl forts of infects feem to profper in warm climates, the Earth- 

 Worm grows but rarely to any confiderable fize in thofe parts of the world. I 

 have obferved a few of this fort in Jamaica, where they continue the fame habit 

 and appearance with which they commonly fhew themfelves , in Europe, 



Ti*E N I A 1 . Comprejfa oblonga. 



Taenia. L. S. N. & Taenia paludofa. Fn. 

 Lumbricus latus Tulp. & Coul. 



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The Tape- Worm. 



This, like mod other infects that infefl the human body, is no where more com- 

 mon than in Jamaica-, where it is frequently obferved to grow to a monflrous 

 length. The appellation proceeds from its flat narrow form, for they generally 

 come away in continued heaps, many of them being commonly linked together into 

 one body of a narrow, flat, and lengthened fhape. 







FASCIOLA 1. Minor, capitefufco, ore fubhirfuto. 



The Gourd- Worm with a dark-brown head. 



This fort is not common in America : I have feen it but once in thofe colon 

 and then it was found flicking to the uvula of a young boy. It feldom exceeds 

 inch in length. 



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