I30 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES. 



This, the Asiatic lung fluke, is of frequent 

 Paragonimus occurrence in human beings in China, 

 Japan, Korea and Formosa, causing the 

 disease known as pulmonary distomiasis 

 or parasitic haemoptysis. In the United 



(Distoma) 

 Wester 



MANII. 



Fig. 13. — Paragonimus westermanii: (ventral view). ioXi--4>oral 

 sucker; B, ceca; D, acetabulum; E, genital pore; F, uterus; G, ovary; 

 H, testicles; I, vitelline glands; K, excretory canal; L, excretory 

 pore. (Braun, after Leuckart.) 



States it is known only as a parasite of the dog, cat, 

 and hog. The adult worm is from 8-10 millimeters in 



