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made a post-mortem examination, and he found in one of these 53 
large worms, from eight to fourteen inches in length, and all the 
other children were similarly affected. ‘The children had been 
living principally upon turnips, and the worm had set up an active 
inflammatory action in the bowels which produced symptoms like 
to arsenical poisoning. 
Dr. Lancuester mentioned a peculiar case of tania which he 
had successfully treated, and stated that from his experience at 
the Croydon Hospital, he could say that very few cases of the kind 
occurred in this district. 
Dr. CarpPENTER said he believed that in some portions of Africa 
persons were much infested with entozoa through not having a 
proper supply of salt, and he understood, from one of our recent 
African travellers, that one of the punishments inflicted upon 
criminals was that they were confined in a certain place and 
deprived of salt. 
Mr. Martin stated with reference to the deprivation of salt 
producing entozoa, he believed it was a fact that in the old 
kingdom of Poland one of the means of punishment employed was 
the keeping prisoners without salt, so that they always died of 
_ entozoa in horrible agony in consequence. 
Mr. Asuzy ably replied to the various questions addressed to 
him, and stated that he had no intention of making an attack upon 
sewage-farms. The dangers of such farms had doubtless been 
exaggerated, and it was satisfactory to learn from Dr. Carpenter 
that tenia prevailed at Croydon to a very small extent. 
A cordial vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Ashby for his 
paper, and 
The Presipent stated that he had an apparatus at Brighton 
which he would place at the disposal of Dr. Carpenter for solving 
his experiment with the entozoa, and which could be submitted to 
the action of a running stream as long as might be necessary. 
Besides several specimens of entozoa in glass jars, Mr. Ashby 
exhibited some mounted under two microscopes. The following 
gentlemen also exhibited entozoa with their instruments :—Dr. 
Lanchester and Dr. Strong; Messrs. P. Crowley, C. W. Hovenden, 
0's. J ohnson, H. Long, K. McKean, G. Manners, and G. Perry. 
Mr. T. Hovenden, of Selhurst-road, South Norwood, and Mr. 
Edward Berry, of Park Hill, Croydon, who had been nominated 
for membership at the last meeting, were balloted for and declared 
duly elected. The undermentioned gentlemen were nominated for 
