FALSE PARASITES 



OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



Omitting those articulated animals which only 

 wound men when they are irritated, or do not live 

 at all upon its juices, we here give Dr. Kucheu- 

 meister's Report on the False Parasites of the 

 Human Body. These are : — 



1. The scorpions. The common European scor- 

 pion has six eyes, and can only produce local phe- 

 nomena, which are said to disappear by treatment 

 with oils or ammonia, and in which, perhaps, col- 

 lodion would prove useful. It is supposed that 

 the effects increase with the age of the animal, and 

 with more southern climates. The eight-eyed In- 

 dian species is said to be much more dangerous. 

 Only local phenomena can be laid to the charge of 

 the twelve-eyed species in Algiers. 



2. The true house spiders. Their bite scarcely 



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