XVI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER Xin.— Stbongylus beonchiaiis. 



General and specific characters of Strongylus bronchialis and Emtrongylus gigas—Orgam- 

 zation of the latter — Characters of Sclerostoma duodenale and Oxyuris vermicularis — 

 Conflicting statements respecting the anatomical peculiarities of the Oxynrides— 

 Opinions of Eberth, Kiichenmeister, "Walter, Schneider, Davaine, Claperede, and 

 others — Development — Injurious effects on man — Treatment. . P- 356 — 372 



OHAPTBB, XIV. — Dbacunculus mebinensis. 



Importance of the G-uinea-worm in reference to the disease termed dracontiasis — 

 Principal authors who have written on this subject — General and specific characters 

 of Dracunculus medinensis — Geographical distribution — Anatomical structure of 

 the adult female — Organization and development of the embryos — Treatment and 

 precautions to be observed — Summary — Brief notice of a second species. 373 — 389 



PART III. 

 SPUEIOUS HELMINTHOLOGY. 



OHAPTBK I. — Pentastoma TjBnioides. 



General and specific characters of Pentastema tcBnioides — Occurrence of this parasite 

 in the human subject in its larval condition — Structure of the so-called Pentastoma 

 denlimdatnm — How the eggs and embryos may gain access to our bodies — Pruner's 

 discovery of a second species of human Pentastome— Its characters contrasted with 

 those of the larva of Pentastoma ttenioides. 393 — 402 



CHAPTER II.— Dactylius aculeatus. 



Probable identity of Dactylius aculeatus with MncJiytraus alhidms — The so-called Spirop- 

 tera hominis referable to Filaria piscium — The Diplosoma crenatum or concrementa 



