J. A. Innes and a. E. Campbell 



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thirteen cases. From his examination of appendices removed for 

 appendicitis, he found 10 cases out of 27 infected with Oxyuris 

 <37 %). 



In the same way Railliet (1911) found the worm 14 times in 33 cases 

 of appendicitis (42 %), and also 58 times in a series of 119 cases (48 %) ; 

 Schloss (1910) found the threadworm present in 7 % of healthy children 

 living on the east side of New York City. Russell and Bulkley (1912), 

 from a study of 148 unselected appendices from appendicectomies of 

 children between the ages of two and fifteen, state that of these 19 were 

 normal, and of the remaining 129, parasites were found in 19, of which 

 17 had Oxyuris infection, and two had Trichocephalus infection. The 

 number of worms present varied from one to thirty-five. In eight 

 <5ases the males outnumbered the females. Out of 19 normal appendices, 

 parasites (Oxyuris) were found in three. Four adult cases of Oxyuris 

 appendicitis were also examined. They classify their cases in the 

 following manner : 



Oxyuris Trichoceph. No Infection Total 



24 



126 



152 



Ney (1912) cites two cases of appendicitis in which there were in the 

 one case, two, and in the other, five Oxyuris in the appendices. He 

 also reports that in a series of 100 appendices removed at the Hebrew 

 Hospital, only three contained threadworms. 



In the Clinical Records of the Edinburgh Medical Journal (1913) 

 details are given of 14 cases in which various nematodes were found in 

 the appendix. These cases may be summarised : 



Ten Cases of Appendicitis. 



No. Sex of patient Age (years) No. of Oxyuns found Type of appendicitis 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 



M 

 H 

 M 

 M 

 F 

 M 

 K 

 F 

 M 

 F 



8 

 14 



8 

 38 

 15 



9 

 18 

 15 

 19 

 21 



Large number 



20-30 

 Large number 

 Several worms 



7-8 

 Numerous worms 

 Large number 



Numerous worms 



Acute 



Recurrent 

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