PARASITES 



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PARASITES 



oculi, Owen, Moquin-Tandon ; Filaria oculi humani, 

 von Nordmann (1832), Gescheidt, Amnion; Filaria 

 des Auges, Ger. This is found in the crystalline lens 

 of the human eye. — Filaria leporis pulmonalis, 

 Frohlich, Diesing. See Strongylus commutatus, Dies- 

 ing. — Filaria lienalis, Stiles. See Spiroptera reticu- 

 lata, Creplin. — Filaria loa, Guyot (1778). See Dra- 

 cunadus loa, Cobbold (1864). — Filaria lymphatica, 

 Moquin-Tandon (i860). Syn. , //anntlaria lymphatica, 

 Treutler (1793) ; Tentacularia sub-compressa, Zeder 

 (1800) ; Himularia subcompressa, Rudolphi (1810); 

 Filaria hominis bronchialis, Rudolphi (1819) ; Filaria 

 hominis, Diesing (1851) ; Strongylus bronchialis or 

 Strongylus tracheo-bronchialis , Cobbold (1879) > 

 Filaire branchiate, Fr. A parasite first observed by 

 Bianchi, Treutler, and Brera, and afterward by Zahn 

 and others, in the tracheal and peribronchial lymphatic 

 ganglia of man. Diesing, Weinland, and Cobbold at 

 one time believed this worm to be identical with 

 Strongylus longivaginatus , Diesing, while Leuckart 

 held Treutler' s worm to be the male of Ascaris mystax, 

 Rudolphi, and Brass that it was the larva of a fly. 

 The Filaria hominis, Leidy (1850), and Filaria 

 labialis, Pane (1864), may perhaps be identical with 

 this parasite. — Filaria mansoni, Cobbold. This is 

 found in the eye of the domestic fowl in China. — 

 Filaria medinensis, Gmelin (1789). See Dracun- 

 culus medinensis, Cobbold (1864). — Filaria megas- 

 toma, Rudolphi. See Spiroptera megastoma, Ru- 

 dolphi. — Filaria microstoma, Schneider. See 

 Spiroptera megastoma, Gurlt and Schneider. — Filaria 

 multipapillosa, Condamine and Drouilly. See Fi- 

 laria hemorrhagica, Railliet. — Filaria muscae, Car- 

 ter. This was found in the horse-fly of India by H. J. 

 Carter, who suggested that it might be the larva of the 

 Guinea-worm (Dracunculus medinensis, Cobbold) of 

 man. — Filaria nasuta, Rudolphi. See Disparagus 

 nasutus, Rudolphi. — Filaria niellyi, Moniez. See 

 Rhabditis niellyi, Blanchard. — Filaria obtusa, 

 Schneider. Syn. , Spiroptera obtusa, Rudolphi; Spi- 

 roptera murina, Leuckart. This is found in the 

 stomach of the brown rat (A/us decumanus , Pallas) 

 and of the house mouse (A/us musculus, Linne). — 

 Filaria oculi, Owen. See Filaria Units. — Filaria 

 oculi, Gervais et van Beneden (1859). See Dracun- 

 culus loa, Cobbold. — Filaria oculi humani, von 

 Nordmann (1832). See Filaria lentis, Diesing. — Fila- 

 ria osleri, Cobbold. Syn., Strongylus bronchialis cam's, 

 Osier. A parasite found by Blumberg Rabe, Renault, 

 and Osier in tubercles of the trachea and bronchi in 

 dogs, producing a bronchitis fatal in a large proportion 

 of cases. — Filaria palpebralis, Pace (1867), Wilson. 

 This is found beneath the eyelids or in the lacrymal 

 canal of horses, causing at times severe conjunctivitis, 

 with opacity of the cornea. R. Blanchard holds this 

 to be identical with Filaria conjunctiva , Addario 

 (1885). — Filaria papillosa, Rudolphi. A term 

 applied to the filaria of horses and cattle before Ales- 

 sandrini indicated specific differences. See F. cervina 

 and F. equina. — Filaria pellucida, Kennedy. This 

 is considered by Neumann as a young form of F. 

 equina, Abildgaard. — Filaria peritonei hominis, 

 Babes (1880). This was found encapsulated in the 

 gastrolineal ligament of man by Babes in Budapest. 

 — Filaria piscium, Rudolphi, Siebold, Schneider 

 (q. v.). A parasite held by some to be the larva of 

 Eustrongylus gigas, Diesing. It is a parasite very 

 abundant in many maritime fishes, particularly in the 

 haddock, but never in the human being, in whom it 

 was held to occur by Lawrence and others. — Filaria 

 recondita, Grassi and Calandruccio, a name given to 

 the adult form (yet undiscovered) of ILcmatozoon 



lewisii, Grassi. — Filaria restiformis, Leidy (1880) 

 This was found in the human urethra. — Filaria rhyti 

 pleuritis, Deslongschamps. This is found in thi 

 stomach of the brown rat (A/us decumanus, Pallasi 

 The larva is found in the cockroach (Periplaneta ori 

 entalis, Linne). — Filaria romanorum orientalis 

 Sarcani. See Dracunculus medinensis, Cojbok 

 (1864). — Filaria salisburyi. See F. sanguinis horn 

 inis, Lewis. Filaria sanguinis, Lewis. v 

 Filaria sanguinis hominis, Lewis. — Filaria sangui- 

 nis equi, Sonsino. The name given to the filaria 

 larvae found in the blood of the horse. The adult fonr 

 is unknown. — Filaria sanguinis hominis, Lewi; 



Filaria sanguinis hominis, Lewis. (Front 

 Leuckart, after Lewis.) 



1872), Cobbold. Syn., Filaria bancrofti, Cobbold 

 1877) ; Filaria sanguinis hominis agyptiaca. ~ 

 (1874) ; Filaria sanguinis, Bancroft ; Filaria salt, 

 buryi ; Filaria wuchereri, Silva Aranjo (1877); F\ 

 aria cystica, Dobson ; Filaria dermathemica, 1 

 Aranjo (1875); Filaria sanguinis hominum, H 

 (1885); Trichina cystica, Salisbury (1868, 

 female adult worm was discovered by Bancrofl 

 bane, the male by Aranjo and Dos Santos of bra 

 and Sibthorp of Madras, and the embryo by Dema 

 quay, Wucherer, and Lewis. Bernard gives the life- 

 history of the parasite as follows : — 



Embryo. 

 1. Parasite of 

 the blood of 

 man. 



Larva. 



2. Parasite of Culex 

 mosquito. 



3. Free in water. 



4. Parasite of the 

 alimentary canal 

 of man. 



Adult. 

 5. Parasite 0! 

 ' the lymphatic 



man. 



Manson, judging this parasite from the widen 

 distribution and the grave character of the dis 

 produces, holds it to be infinitely the most importan 

 the animal parasites attacking man. Filai 

 eluding lymph-scrotum, chylous dropsy, and hems 

 chyluria, due to this worm is a malady of the ti 

 up to about the 38th parallel, X. latitude, but 1 

 the East. Many cases present lymphatic varix of t. 

 groin and scrotum, the extirpation of which is strew 

 recommended by Maitland. Hydrogen is recommend 

 as a therapeutic agent of great efficacy. -Filara 

 sanguinis hominis aegyptiaca, Sonsino (it 

 Filaria samfuinis hominis, Lewis. — Filaria sangu> 

 nolenta, Grassi (1S88). See S/>inpt, 

 tenia, Rudolphi. — Filaria scutata cesoph.i 

 vis, Miiller. See Myzomitnus scutahts. Still 

 — Filaria smithii, Cobbold (1882V This »-.i- f> 

 in the walls of the stomach of the Indian el 

 Filaria sp., Drechsler. This is found encapsal 



