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TnoMrsTONE, S. W. 



1899. Calabar Swellings. [Letter with editorial additions.] 

 Jour. Trop. Med., 2 :89-90. 



Discusses fugitive swellings at Old Calabar. Editor notes sim- 

 ilar trouble in Robertson's patient with F. loa, but only 

 "since her return home." 



Trucy, Ch. 



1873. Remarques sur la Filaire de Medine et en particulier 

 stir son traitment. These (Fac. de med.) Montpellier, 

 No. 22, 4°, 42 pp. 



Regards F. loa as identical (p. 8) with Guinea worm and cites 

 one case by Maurel in Gaboon who extracted worm in 1868. 

 Complete recovery. 



TURNEULL, C. S. 



1878. Filaria in the Eye. Med. and Surg. Reporter, Phila., 



39:351-55- 



Only brief references to previous cases of F. loa. Case ob- 

 served was in eye of horse. 



Ward, H. B. 



1902. A Record of the Occurrence of Filaria loa, a Human 

 Parasite new to the United States. Science, n. s. 

 16:350. 



Brief announcement of the specimen of Milroy and of the 

 reading of this paper. No data given. 



1903. Nematoda. Wood's Reference Handbook of Medical 

 Sciences. Rev. Ed., 6 1205-25. 



Reference (p. 211) to case of Milroy and figure of posterior 

 end of this specimen ; spicules incorrectly reproduced. 



1905. The Earliest Record of Filaria loa. Zool. Annalen, 



1 :376-84, i fig. 



Shows that the illustration cited from records of early voyages 

 as evidence of the occurrence of F. loa is a fancy picture and 

 can not be interpreted in the manner suggested. 



1905a. Studies on Human Parasites in North America. I. 

 Filaria loa. .Studies from the Zoological Laboratory 

 No. 63. University Studies Vol. V, p. 271. 



The present paper. 



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