- THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



B. Medical Sciences 



Vol. VI JUNE, 1911 No. 3 



DAVAINEA MADAGASCARIENSIS (DAVAINE) IN THE 

 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



By Philip E. Garrison.' 



The worms studied in tlie present paper were received from Dr. Vernon 

 L. Andrews, of the department of bacteriology and pathology of the 

 College of Medicine and Surgery, University of the Philippines, who 

 collected them at autopsy from the small intestine of an adult, male 

 Filipino, at the morgue in Manila in March, 1909. Doctor Andrews's 

 specimens a.re of particular interest because the last finding of Davainea 

 madagascaiiensis (Davaine) was fourteen years ago, and this is only the 

 sixth which has been reported. Infection with this species has been 

 observed only ten times, and the occurrence which forms the subject of 

 this paper marks the Philippines as a new locality in tlie interesting 

 geographical distribution of this parasite. This new material offers 

 an opportunity for a further study of the anatomical characters of the 

 species.- 



HISTORY OF THE SPECIES. 



In 1867, Dr. Grenet obtained the first specimen from a male child eighteen 

 months old, at Mayotte, Comoro Islands. This child had landed five months 

 before from the Antilles. Later, Dr. Grenet secured a second specimen from 

 a girl two years old, native of Reunion Island, who had been in Mayotte 



' Passed assistant surgeon, United States Kavy, formerly detailed medical 

 zoologist for the Bureau of Science, Manila. 



- 1 am indebted to Dr. Ch. Wardell Stiles for access to a part of the original 

 papers consulted, and to Dr. Brayton H. Ranson for several suggestions regarding 

 the interpretation of certain anatomical characters. 



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