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instances, but we have omitted to mention the observation made by 

 Bertrand 1 (Scolopendra in sinus maxillaris) and that made by Berg- 

 mann 2 (Scolopendra in sinus frontalis). In the same chapter some 

 remarks are made as to the occurrence in the nose of earwigs, cater- 

 pillars, scorpions and termites, as well as of animals which have not 

 been identified. 



The larvae that develop in the auditory meatus penetrate the 

 membrana tympani, destroy the middle ear and may produce menin- 

 gitis and intracranial suppurations. In one case Vesescu 3 extracted 

 seven living larvae from the ear with the aid of a thin pair of pincettes. 

 Kohler 4 recommends the infusion of drops of ol. terebinth, to destroy 

 the larvae, Ouintano 5 the insufflation of the following powder : Oxid, 

 hydrarg. rubr., sulfur., aa 1*0 gnu., pulv. gi. arab. 8*0 grm. ; Lesbini 6 

 recommends tincture of iodine. In the case reported by Henneberg 7 

 the larvae were those 'of Lucilia cccsar. 



Eye affections due to Lucilia macellaria are very uncommon ; the 

 literature relating to the lesions of the eye produced by the larvae of 

 flies has been collected in Kayser's 8 work. In the cases under the 

 observation of Schultz-Zeyden 9 both the eyes of a female tramp were 

 destroyed, and quantities of larvae were also found in the nasal fossae 

 and in the ears. 



The Lucilia is found relatively seldom on the cutaneous surface. 

 Henneberg's 10 case was that of a neglected girl, aged 20, in whom 

 countless larvae (L. ccesar) were found in a plica polonica ; after the 

 plica polonica had been removed the scalp was found to be covered 

 with a large quantity of ulcers which swarmed with larvae, large and 

 small. The skin of the trunk was also much macerated and covered 

 with larvae. Death resulted from sepsis ; Westenhoffer 11 remarks on 

 this case that a lesion of the head from which the patient had suffered 

 previously and the perpetual state of intoxication in which she was 

 had probably given rise to the lodgment of the fly larvae. Whether 

 the communications made by Munk 12 of maggots in the mouth 

 relate to Lucilia I do not know. Vesescu, 13 in one case with extensive 



1 Bertrand, Soc. med. de Bologne, 1839. 



2 Bergmann, Korrespondenzbl. d. deutsch. Ges. f. Psych., Neuwied, 1859- 



3 Vesescu, Riv. sliintelor med., February, 1906. 



4 Kohler, Monatsschr. f. Ohrenheilk., 1885. 



5 Quintano, see Seifert, loc. cit. 



6 Lesbini, La Argent. Med., 1905. 



7 Henneberg, BerL med. Ges., February 18, 1903. 



8 Kayser, Klin. Monatsbl. f. Augenheilk., 1905. 



9 Schultz-Zeyden, BerL klin. Wochenschr., 1906. 



10 Henneberg, Berl. med. Ges., February 18, 1903. 



11 Westenhoffer, Verein f. innere Med., Berlin, May 7, 1906. 



12 Munk, Wien. med. Presse, xxi. 



13 Vesescu, loc. cit. 



