THE ANIMAL PARASITES OF MAN 



Strongyloides stercoralis, Bavay, 1877. 



Syn. : Anguillula intestinalis et stercoralis, Bavay, 1877 ; Leptodera intestinalis 

 et stercoralis, Cobb. ; Pseudorhabditis stercoralis, Perroncito, 1881 ; Rhabdonema 

 strongyloides, Leuckart, 1883; Strongyloides intestinalis, Grassi, 1883; Rhabdonema 



intestinale, Blanchard, 1886. 



In 1876, a number of French 

 soldiers returned to Toulon from 

 Cochin China suffering from 

 severe diarrhoea. Dr. Normand, 

 under whose treatment they 

 were, discovered a large number 

 of Nematodes in the evacuated 

 faeces, and Bavay described 



Oesophagus ;| 

 Intestine 



Excretory pore 



Ovary, anterior -- 



Ovary, anterior ' ^ 



Ovary, anterior 

 Ovary, posterior 



Testis 



Testis 



. Vesicula seminalis 



Bursal muscles 

 Anal papilla 



jji Papilla 



/ ' Spicule 



Ovary, posterior - 



^^ 2 ^ f ' Ovary, posterior 



FIG. 271. Strongyloides stcr- 



FlG. 270. Strongyloides stercoralis, female: parasitic coralis, male : free-living generation, 

 generation from gut of man. x 70. (After Looss.) X 170. (After Looss.) 



them as Anguillula stercoralis. Soon after Normand, at the post-mortem of five 

 patients who had died of Cochin China diarrhoea, found numerous other 

 Nematodes in the intestine, from the stomach to the rectum, in the bile-ducts and 

 in the pancreas, and these he handed over to Bavay. The latter diagnosed another 



