64 ENTOZOA FOUND IN MAN. 



ing, hiccough, and impairment of the powers of 

 speech ; palpitation of the heart, and hard, frequent, 

 or intermittent pulse ; the abdomen is swollen, and 

 the patient complains of frequent, nauseous eructa- 

 tions, and griping pain ; the appetite is occasionally- 

 lost, and at other times it is greatly augmented ; 

 there is a sensation of pricking and tearing which is 

 not fixed to one spot, but shifts about the whole 

 cavity of the abdomen, and which is increased when 

 the stomach is empty, and lessened after food has 

 been taken ; heart-burn, diarrhoea, or constipation 

 are present, and the urine is limpid; the body 

 becomes emaciated ; violent itching or cramps are 

 felt in the neighbourhood of the anus ; there are 

 lassitude, anxious and restless manner, and some- 

 times more or less disturbance of the mental functions. 



These phenomena occasionally become so severe 

 as to induce or to simulate epilepsy, tetanus, hysteria, 

 strabismus, amaurosis, paralysis, coma, or even 

 insanity. The best proof which can be given that 

 such affections may be caused by the presence of 

 intestinal entozoa, consists in the fact that they 

 disappear immediately after the expulsion of the 

 worms either accidentally or by the administration of 

 proper remedies. 



None of these symptoms, taken singly, furnish a 

 decided indication of the existence of worms in the 

 intestines ; but the occurrence of several of them, 

 conjointly, in the same person, renders a thorough 

 investigation into the case necessary. 



The expulsion from the bowels of some oxynrides, 

 or of a portion of tape-worm, or of an ascaris lumbri- 

 coides (of which species, however, only a single worm 



