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Gowhatty, and the second set from the Pathological Museum of 

 the Calcutta Medical College. Dr O'Brien and Dr Curran 

 together procured their specimens, post-mortem, from an Assa- 

 mese. There were hundreds of worms present in the vicinity of 

 the ileo-colic valve. The museum specimens were procured from 

 a patient who died at the Tirhoot gaol hospital in 1857. They 

 were (say the authors) presented to the museum by Dr Simp- 

 son, and in the catalogue their history was briefly recorded as 

 follows : 



FIG 6 The human amphistome (Amphistoma hominis). Longitudinal section, a, Oral sucker ; 

 b, pharyngeal bulb ; c, nerve ganglia ; d, oesophagus ; e, genital pore ; /, vagina ; g, duct us 

 ejaculatorius ; A, ventral nerve cords; i, intestinal canal;.;', upper testis; k, water vessel; 

 I, lower testis (ovary according to Lewis); m, principal ducts of the vitellarium ; n, branches 

 of the vitellary ducts; o, ventral pouch or bursa; p, caudal sucker. Magnified 12 diameters. 

 After Lewis. 



" The caecum of a native prisoner who died from cholera in 

 the Tirhoot gaol hospital, with a number of peculiar and, 

 probably, hitherto unrecognised parasites, found alive in that 

 part of the intestinal canal." (Presented by Dr Simpson through 

 Professor E. Ooodeve.) 



In continuation of their narrative, Drs Lewis and McConnell 

 go on to say that, " with reference to this preparation, the follow- 

 ing very interesting particulars from the ' Annual Jail Eeport of 

 Tirhoot ' for 1857 have been very kindly placed at our disposal by 

 the Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department. The prisoner, 



