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accuracy of the original description. As regards the male 

 organs in the subjoined figure, it will be seen, by comparing the '**, 

 lettering and references, that I have in- 

 terpreted the facts of structure some- 

 what differently from Prof. McConnell. 



In the month of December, 1874, a 

 Chinese died in the Civil Hospital at 

 Port Louis, Mauritius, whilst he was 

 under the care of Dr William Mac- 

 gregor, chief medical officer of the 

 Colony of Fiji. The post mortem revealed 

 the presence of a very great number of / t 

 flukes in the bile- ducts. Dr Macgregor 

 described these parasites with great care, 

 and having favored me with a copy of 

 his manuscript I at once recognised the 

 worms to be identical with the species 

 discovered by McConnell. I also re- 

 ceived through Dr Henry Clark, of Glas- 

 gow, two Mauritius specimens, which 

 when compared with the Calcutta exam- 

 ples proved to be specifically identical. 

 Dr Macgregor' s paper, communicated to 

 the Glasgow Medico- Chirurgical Society, 

 gives full particulars of the helminthiasis 

 associated with this parasite, whilst both 

 his and Prof. McConnell' s account of the 

 structure of the worm are remarkably \ iny/ / _ 

 complete in details, and well illustrated. 

 It is not a little curious to notice thatFi 

 although these parasites were obtained in 

 countries far removed from China, they 

 were in both instances taken from 

 Chinese ; moreover, from the statements 

 of Macgregor, it appears very probable 

 that the parasites in question are a com- 

 mon source of liver disease. Without doubt oriental habits 

 are eminently favorable to fluke infection, for we are now 

 acquainted with four species of flukes whose geographical range 

 is limited to eastern parts. 



BIBLIOGEAPHY (No. 6). McConnell, J. F. P., " Remarks on 

 the Anatomy and Pathological relations of a new species of 



B. 3. The Chinese fluke (Dis- 

 toma Slnense) . a, Oral sucker ; b, 

 cesophageal bulb ; c, intestine ; 

 c 1 , csecal end ; d, ventral sucker ; 

 e, genital pore ; /, uterine 

 folds ; g, ovary ; h, vitellarium ; 

 i, vitelligeue duct; k, upper 

 seminal reservoir; I, testes; 

 m, lower seminal pouch ; o, 

 vas deferens ; p, pulsatile vesi- 

 cle; ', water vessel. After 

 McConnell. 



