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Almost every European at Yakusu suffered. Clinical data. 

 Several cases of Loa briefly noted. Letter gives further his- 

 tory of Robertson's patient, including extraction of parasites 

 • not in eye. 



Harrison, J. H. H. 



1904. Filaria loa (?). Selected Colon. M. Repts., 1901-2, 

 London, p. 46. 

 Not seen. Cited from Index Medicus. 

 Henry, F. P. 



1896. Remarks on Filaria. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1896: 

 271-75. Rev. in Zool. Jahresb., 1896, Vermes, p. 44. 



Cites cases and data from Manson and Robertson; rejects Man- 

 son's view that F. loa is adult of the embryonic blood worm 

 known as F. diurna. 



HiRSCHEERG, J. 



1895. Ueber einen aiis dem menschlichen Augapfel entfernten 

 Fadenwurm. Berliner klin. Wochenschr,, 32 19 56-58, 971. 

 Rev. in Zool. Centr., 3:233; CB. Bakt. u. Par., 18:755. 

 Also 1896, Verb. Berlin, med. Ges., 26, pt. 2:287-94; 

 Centralb. prakt. Augenbeilk., 20:27-32, 4 figs. 



Female F. loa taken from eye of negro in Cayo, French Congo. 

 Review of earlier cases. 



HUBER, J. Ch. 



1898. Bibliographie der kliniscben Helminthologie. Supple- 

 mentbeft. Inbalt: Filaria (excl. F. sanguinis bominis), 

 Strongylus, Gnatbostoma, Strongyloides, Rbabditis, Pen- 

 tastomum. Jena, 22 pp. 



F. loa (pp. 3-5) ; doubtful cases (p. 6). References arranged 

 by countries, brief annotations. 



Joseph, E. 



1903. Medizinische Mittbeilungen aus unseren westafrik- 

 aniscben Kolonieen. Dtscb. med. Wocb., 29:145. , 



Describes Kamerun swellings as occurring anywhere, but espe- 

 cially on extremities. Not painful, no temperature, cure 

 spontaneous in few days. 



Kerr, T. S. 



1904. Calabar Swelling and its Relationship to Filaria loa and 

 diurna. Jour. Trop. Med., 7:195-96. 



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