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  faeces 
  mostly 
  by 
  children 
  suffering, 
  it 
  would 
  appear, 
  from 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   form 
  of 
  diarrhcEa. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  in 
  Bengal 
  tbe 
  first 
  report 
  of 
  tbe 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  these 
  beetles 
  in 
  the 
  human 
  intestine 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  Indian 
  Medical 
  Gazette, 
  August 
  1919, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Dey, 
  Medical 
  

   practitioner 
  at 
  Barhamganj 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Faridpur. 
  Subsequently 
  

   in 
  the 
  April 
  1920 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  Journal, 
  he 
  again 
  reported 
  their 
  

   occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  boy 
  of 
  5 
  years 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  look 
  so 
  ill, 
  having 
  

   " 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  stools 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  the 
  insects 
  flying 
  out 
  of 
  them." 
  

   The 
  boy 
  had 
  good 
  appetite 
  " 
  his 
  meals 
  consisting 
  of 
  rice, 
  dal, 
  fish 
  and 
  

   milk." 
  A 
  similar 
  occurrence 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  was 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  a 
  

   village 
  called 
  Kalamridha, 
  about 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  miles 
  from 
  his 
  place, 
  but 
  

   the 
  people 
  reporting 
  it 
  failed 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  beetles. 
  The 
  author 
  remarks 
  

   that 
  the 
  insects 
  seemed 
  to 
  belong 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  class 
  as 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  

   mangoes 
  " 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  district. 
  But 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  reported 
  the 
  

   only 
  two 
  beetle 
  pests 
  of 
  importance 
  attacking 
  mangoes 
  in 
  Bengal 
  are 
  

   weevils 
  belonging 
  to 
  .the 
  genus 
  Crypionliynclms 
  (C 
  gravis 
  and 
  C. 
  mangi- 
  

   fercs). 
  Of 
  the 
  four 
  specimens 
  forwarded 
  by 
  him 
  one 
  was 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  

   2 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  Ceylon 
  species, 
  the 
  fourth 
  being 
  an 
  undetermined 
  

   species 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  {OntJiophagus). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  October 
  1919 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Medical 
  Gazette 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  C. 
  

   Sen, 
  L.M.S., 
  reports 
  having 
  discovered 
  a 
  similar 
  occurrence 
  of 
  these 
  

   beetles 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  1904, 
  a 
  specimen 
  being 
  forwarded 
  to 
  Lieutenant- 
  

   Colonel 
  Alcock, 
  I.M.S., 
  the 
  then 
  Superintendent, 
  Indian 
  Museum, 
  who 
  

   described 
  it 
  as 
  " 
  dung-eating 
  Coleoptera." 
  He 
  mentions 
  having 
  come 
  

   '' 
  across 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  cases, 
  in 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Khulna, 
  

   Bengal. 
  The 
  insects 
  resembled 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  local 
  mangoes 
  and 
  they 
  

   used 
  to 
  fly 
  immediately 
  upon 
  their 
  expulsion 
  from 
  the 
  intestines. 
  Chil- 
  

   dren 
  of 
  both 
  sexes, 
  of 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  years, 
  were 
  the 
  victims, 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  

   symptoms 
  were 
  diarrhoea, 
  griping, 
  and 
  general 
  emaciation." 
  He 
  adds 
  

   that 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  fifteen 
  years' 
  practice 
  at 
  Saharanpur, 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  

   come 
  across 
  any 
  such 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  Provinces. 
  Subsequently 
  in 
  

   the 
  December 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  Journal 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  N. 
  Chakravarti 
  reports 
  

   three 
  such 
  cases 
  from 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  Hoolarhat 
  in 
  the 
  Bakerganj 
  district 
  

   (Bengal), 
  the 
  victims 
  in 
  these 
  cases 
  being 
  an 
  adult 
  aged 
  40 
  years 
  who 
  

   had 
  been 
  suffering 
  from 
  " 
  black- 
  water 
  fever 
  " 
  and 
  his 
  two 
  children 
  who 
  

   were 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  room 
  and 
  " 
  the 
  insects 
  came 
  out 
  in 
  each 
  case, 
  

   after 
  the 
  rectal 
  saline 
  injections." 
  He 
  adds 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  were 
  " 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  quality 
  as 
  already 
  reported 
  " 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  doctors. 
  

  

  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  being 
  introduced 
  

   per 
  anum, 
  such 
  medical 
  opinion 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  consulted 
  thinks 
  that 
  the 
  

   sphincter 
  muscle 
  is 
  too 
  strong 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  beetles 
  of 
  

   this 
  size 
  and 
  the 
  theory 
  is 
  further 
  negatived 
  by 
  its 
  now 
  known 
  occurrence 
  

  

  