CHAPTER XIV 



NASAL POLYPUS AND MUSCLE PARASITES 



T)ARASITES affect peculiar situations at times, 

 JL and while many of them have the power of invad- 

 ing almost any organ, a few seem to be restricted to 

 very limited situations in which they can develop. 

 One such situation is found in the septum nasi of 

 man, for small masses protruding from the nasal 

 partition of natives of India have been found to con- 

 tain the parasite known as Rhinosporidium kinealyi. 

 How the parasite reaches this position is still un- 

 known, though the cases have been increasing in 

 number since details of the organism were set forth 

 in 1905. Rhinosporidium is probably not absolutely 

 restricted in its distribution to India, for similar 

 structures have been found in South America, and 

 a short mention of an organism, described in 1900 

 under the name of Coccidium seeberi, may have related 

 to the same organism, though detailed examination 

 shows that there are a number of differences between 

 the two. 



The Rhinosporidium polypi are said not to be 

 particularly painful, but it is obvious that they must 

 interfere with health to some degree, if only from 



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