60 ENTOZOA FOUND IN MAN. 



in the S3mopsis, were discovered by Mr. Rainey, 

 during the examination of the body of a person who 

 had died of an affection of the lower extremities. 



The other entozoa which have been found in the 

 larynx, the trachea, or the bronchi in Man, were not 

 developed in those parts, but had been introduced 

 from elsewhere, either through the upper opening of 

 the larynx, or through a perforation of one of the 

 branches of the bronchi. 



The worms which may find their way through 

 the superior aperture of the larynx are the ascarides 

 lumbricoides, which have come from the mtestinal 

 canal ; and those which may accidentally pass into 

 the air-passages through a perforation of one of the 

 bronchial branches, are hydatids, which have been 

 previously developed in one of the viscera of the 

 thorax or of the abdomen. 



Little can be said of the treatment which should 

 be adopted in these cases until our knowledge of the 

 entozoa which occasionally affect the air-passages is 

 more extended. 



If the existence of any worms in the air-passages 

 should be strongly suspected, or completely diagnosed, 

 the most appropriate treatment will consist in the 

 administration of expectorants, together with the 

 inhalation of the vapour of assafoetida, of ether, of 

 spirits of turpentine, of tar, or of tobacco, most of 

 which plans have been found efficacious in the treat- 

 ment of animals affected with entozoa in the respi- 

 ratory passages. 



