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Memoire sur les vers des yeux. Lu a rAcademie de chirurgie 

 en 1778; (p. 217) records the cases in St. Domingo known 

 to him and asserts that the Loa is a valid species distinct from 

 the Guinea worm. - Reproduces Bajon, 1777, and Guyot, 1805. 



AssENovA, Saba. 



1899. Etude sur la provenance des entozoaires superficiels. 

 These. Fac. med. univ. Nancy, No. 6. 



Cites verbatim the case of Lota as Obs. XXII, briefly that of 

 Robertson as Obs. XXIII, and notes in text few other cases 

 without details. 



Bachelor, H. M. 



1880. The Eye Parasite, Draciinailus loa. (Letter to the 

 editor from Gaboon, W. Coast of Africa. Dec. 15, 

 1879.) Med. Record, N. Y., 17:244. 



Specimen extracted from native young man. The first perfect 

 specimen sent to U. S. A. 



1881. Filaria loa and Pulcx penetrans. Med. Record, N. Y., 

 19:470-71. 



Case in white woman, missionary; three worms removed. Dr. 

 Nassau (cf. Morton, 1877) "had one in the areolar tissue 

 between the thumb and index finger." 



i88ia. Filaria loa and Pulex penetrans. (Trans. IV.=) Bull. 

 N. Y. Path. Socy., (2) 1:108-11. 



Identical reprint of Bachelor, H. M., 1881. 



Bajon, M. 



1777. Memoire pour servir a I'histoire de Cayenne et de la 

 Guyane francoise. Paris, 2 vols., 8°. Abstr. in Jour, 

 de med., (1778) 49:386-408, 481-97. 



Two cases (1:325) in negroes at Cayenne, in 1768 and 1771. 

 Quoted verbatim by Blanchard (1899) under date of 1778. 

 Also in Arrachart, 1805:217. 



1 78 1. Abhandlungen von den Krankheiten auf der Insel Cay- 

 enne und der franzosischen Guyana. Erfurt. Bd. I, 

 II. 



Not found. Cited after Kraemer (1899). Probably translation 

 of Bajon, 1777. 



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