THE FILIARIASES 



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THE LIFE-HISTORY. 



The Adult. — The males and females, from three to four inches long, 

 may be found coiled together in the lymphatic glands, or in the lymph- 

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of the cord; rarely in the lymphatics of the pelvis and abdomen. 



The males are less numerous than the females. 



The Ovum. — The intra-uterine egg, 50 /^ by 40 /y, coniaining a 

 coiled-up embryo, becomes elongated by the embrvonic movements. 

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