278 Account of a Filaria in a Horse's Eye. 
Art. V.—An account of a Filaria in a Horse’s Eye, with re- 
marks on similar phenomena, and the mode of their origin ; 
by Cuarues A. Ler, M. D., of New York. 
Read before the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 
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Tne existence of parasitic worms in the interior of animals 
has been known from a very remote period. ‘They are mention” 
ed by Hippocrates, Galen, Celsus, Pliny and other writers ; and 
various speculations have been advanced in respect to their orl 
gin. It is only however within modern times that they have Te 
ceived much attention from physicians and naturalists, except es 
to their agency in the production of disease. Many different sen 
era and species have now been described by Linneus, Rudolphi, 
Bremser, De Blainville, Cruvelhier and others, and arranged ac- 
cording to their several characters. Indeed so numerous have 
