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Barkan, a. 



1876. A case of FUaria medinensis in the Anterior Chamber. 

 Arch. Ophth. and Otol., N. Y., 5:151-52. 



Filamentous object adherent to iris was removed from native 

 Australian and found on microscopic examination to be 

 "F. medinensis." Can hardly be F. loa, but the absence of 

 data leaves it permanently uncertain. Perhaps an Australian 

 filaria. 



1876a. Ein Fall von Filaria in der vorderen Augenkammer, 

 Archiv. f. Augenheilk., 2 :38i-82. 



Literal translation of Barkan, 1876. 



Barrett, J. W. 



1896. A case of Filaria oculi humani. Archives of Ophthalm., 

 N. Y., 25 1291-92. 



Worm removed in 1893 from eye of white male who had lived 

 on Gold Coast and had come to Melbourne four years before. 

 Identification probable. First case in Australia. 



1897. Ein Fall von Filaria im menschlichen Auge. Arch. 

 Augenheilk., 34:255. Cf. CB. Bakt. u. Par., 22:419. 



Literal translation of Barrett, 1896. 



Bernard, P. 



1898. Un cas de FUaria loa male. Archives d'ophtalmologie, 

 Paris, 18:604-6. Abst. in Jour. Trop. Med., i:iio-ii. 



Removed from white male who had lived in Congo (1894-96). 

 First seen about three years before removal. Identified by 

 Blanchard; second case, first male, of F. loa seen in France. 



Blanchard, R. 



1885-88. Traite de zoologie medicale. Paris, 2 vols. 8°. 



Exact account with full references to cases of F. loa (2:10-12). 



1886. La Filaire sous-con jonctivale (Filaria loa Guyot). Le 

 Progres medical, Paris, (2) 4:591-93, 611-12. Also in 

 Rev. clin. d'oculist., No. VII, p. 159 (after Kraemer, 

 1899:85). 



Fine record of earlier cases with discussion of structure, life 

 history, and relation to eye worms of other animals. Pres- 

 ence in American hemisphere attributed to slave trade. 



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