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STARFISH GALLERY, 



Nematode is the so-called Guinea- worm, or Dracunculus medinensis, 

 which is found beneath the skin of the leg; it is very possible that 



Gordius escaping from a Mantid. 



this worm was the cause of the illness which afflicted the Israelites 



in their journey through the desert from Egypt to the Promised 



Land. 



Fig. 51. 



Figure of Trichina spiralis, showing the worms encysted in muscle. 

 Of all Nematodes the most dangerous to man is the small worm 



