84 ENTOZOA FOUND IN MAN. 



which can be seen, such as the lips, are of a deadly- 

 pale hue. 



The other symptoms and complications of anaemia 

 follow in quick succession ; and the sufferer dies 

 either of exhaustion, of dysentery, or of dropsy, 

 accompanied by albuminuria. 



Medical treatment alone, even when wine and 

 powerful tonics are administered, often fails to check 

 the progress of the disorder ; and the hopes of a cure 

 must depend chiefly upon a change of climate and 

 of diet. 



The morbid appearances which are found after 

 death are serous effusions into different cavities, 

 softening and discoloration of the muscles, general 

 deficiency of blood, which is most evident in the 

 brain, lungs, stomach, and mucous membrane of the 

 intestines ; the heart is pale, loaded with fatty 

 deposition, and hypertrophied ; the endocardium and 

 the valves of the heart are irregularly thickened ; 

 the Uver is almost uniformly atrophied, whilst the 

 spleen is much increased in size. 



Chapter IX. 



THE ASCARIS LIJMBEICOIDES. 



Synonyms : — Lumhricus Teres, Lumbricus Rotundus. 



The ascaris lumbricoides usually inhabits the small 

 intestine. Sometimes it may get into the stomach, 

 or the large intestine, but it soon perishes or is 



