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  tine, 
  wliilst 
  it 
  is 
  inconceivable 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  pupal 
  period 
  could 
  be 
  

   passed 
  in 
  the 
  human 
  interior. 
  It 
  seems 
  much 
  more 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  

   beetles 
  themselves 
  efiect 
  an 
  entrance 
  through 
  the 
  anus. 
  In 
  this 
  connec- 
  

   tion 
  it 
  is 
  suggestive 
  that, 
  of 
  seven 
  specimens 
  so 
  far 
  recorded, 
  no 
  less 
  

   than 
  six 
  are 
  females. 
  If 
  the 
  specimens 
  had 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  intestine 
  one 
  

   would 
  expect 
  a 
  more 
  equal 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sexes. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  

   suggestive 
  that 
  this 
  infection 
  has 
  only 
  been 
  noticed 
  in 
  hot 
  and 
  damp 
  

   areas 
  of 
  the 
  plains, 
  where 
  the 
  bodies 
  of 
  the 
  persons 
  infected 
  are 
  likely 
  

   to 
  be 
  left 
  at 
  night 
  unprotected 
  by 
  any 
  covering. 
  

  

  Speaking 
  medically, 
  beetles 
  could 
  only 
  crawl 
  up 
  the 
  anus 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  Major 
  Christophers. 
  

   with 
  an 
  anaesthetic 
  injury. 
  The 
  disease 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  definite 
  one 
  

   for 
  which 
  there 
  might 
  be 
  an 
  explanation. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  understand 
  how 
  

   the 
  younger 
  stages 
  can 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  intestine. 
  The 
  larvie 
  are 
  probably 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  Except 
  in 
  a 
  pathological 
  condition 
  

   faeces 
  would 
  not 
  remain 
  sufficiently 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  intestines 
  for 
  the 
  life- 
  

   cycle 
  to 
  be 
  completed. 
  

  

  These 
  observations 
  are 
  very 
  interesting 
  from 
  a 
  medical 
  point 
  ; 
  but 
  Major 
  deMello. 
  

   is 
  the 
  disease 
  common 
  or 
  an 
  accidental 
  one 
  ? 
  If 
  the 
  former, 
  then 
  the 
  

   infection 
  probably 
  occurs 
  through 
  eggs 
  taken 
  orally. 
  We 
  want 
  statis- 
  

   tics 
  of 
  frequency 
  of 
  occurrence 
  and 
  experiments 
  as 
  to 
  causation. 
  

  

  Could 
  infection 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  pupal 
  stages 
  ? 
  Handfuls 
  of 
  dirty 
  rice 
  Mr. 
  Andrews, 
  

   are 
  often 
  swallowed. 
  

  

  In 
  Mesopotamia 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  stool 
  sent 
  in 
  containing 
  houseflies, 
  blue- 
  Mr. 
  Beeson. 
  

   bottles, 
  their 
  eggs, 
  and 
  a 
  cockroach, 
  all 
  well 
  preserved 
  and 
  obviously 
  

   passed 
  cjuickly. 
  They 
  had 
  all 
  been 
  swallowed 
  probably 
  in 
  dirty 
  water. 
  

  

  Intestinal 
  myiasis 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  well 
  worked 
  out 
  in 
  India. 
  There 
  Major 
  deMello. 
  

   are 
  two 
  kinds, 
  one 
  accidental 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  specialized. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  only 
  put 
  forward 
  these 
  remarks 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  attention 
  Mr. 
  White, 
  

   of 
  Medical 
  men 
  in 
  India 
  to 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  and 
  to 
  invite 
  

   their 
  attention 
  to 
  its 
  investigation. 
  

  

  