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a case in the private practice of Mr. Crosse of Norwich, where a 

 young woman tried to deceive that distinguished surgeon by plac- 

 ing one or two Gordii in the chamber-pot ; and, only very recently, 

 another similar case has been brought under my notice by Dr. 

 Bree of Colchester. I have no doubt many such cases have oc- 

 curred in the experience of those of our medical brethren who are 

 occupied with country practice. The worm has a deep chestnut- 

 brown or blackish colour, is usually about a foot in length, and 

 scarcely more than ^o" in breadth. It has the peculiar habit of 

 coiling itself into knots, whence its generic name. The sexes are 

 distinct, the male being easily recognized by its bifid caudal ex- 

 tremity. The tail of the female is simple and rounded. 



Before concluding, it remains for me to notice categorically, and 

 with the brevity they deserve, the following so-called parasites : — 



1. Gercosoma, Canali and Brera; Bremser; Rudolphi ; Siebold; 

 Diesing. This is the larva of Eristalis tenax, or E. pendulum, 

 which had accidentally got into the urine. 



2. Ditrachyceras rudis, Sultzer ; Bremser ; Eschricht ; Diesing ; 

 Lerreboullet ; = Diceras rude, E-udolphi ; Lamarck ; = Gijsbicer- 

 cus bicornis, Zeder. This turns out to be a carpel of the mulberry 

 (Morus nigra), which had been " macerated and deprived of its 

 colour by digestion !" 



3. Sagittula hominis, Lamarck; Chiaje; Blainville; Siebold; 

 Diesing (gen. fict.) ; = Animal bipede, Bastiani. According to 

 Yon Siebold, this is a fragment of the hyoid bone of some bird which 

 was passed with the foeces. 



4. Biacantlius polycejphalus, Stiebel; Bremser; Rudolphi ; Die- 

 sing (gen. fict.). The illustrious Blumenbach determined this to 

 be a raisin-stalk which had been evacuated per anum. 



5. Acephalocystis racemosa, Cloquet. Under this heading we 

 may place all those grape and current-like hydatigenous formations 

 so frequently present in certain morbid affections of the chorion. 



6. Ascaris conosoma, Jordens and Lenz ; Brera ; Bremser ; 



