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SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 
the microscopical investigation of the contents of the intestine of corpses 
both in Alexandria and in Cairo. The worm is extraordinarily fine and 
delicate, and never more than a few individuals were found at once, the 
females being more common than the males. In all cases these parasites 
were confined to dwellers from the plains. The male has a length of 
from 4 to 5 mm., and the thickest part of its body has a transverse 
diameter of only • 07 mm. The female is from 5 to 7 mm. long, but is 
nowhere quite as much as * * * § 1 of a millimetre wide. The author gives a 
sufficiently detailed account of the anatomy of this worm, which appears 
to be of no special pathological significance, as few representatives are 
found in any one body. 
New Nematode.* — Under the name of Strongylus affinis M. P. Megnin 
describes a new Nematode found in Dolichotis patagonica , where it 
appears to produce a true gastritis which leads to death. On the whole, 
the new species would appear to be closely allied to S. strigosus. 
Nematode Larvse.l — Dr. R. S. Bergh has made a valuable resume of 
the recent knowledge which has been made public by Braem, Korschelt, 
Haecker, and Beraneck on Ophryotrocha and the Nematode larvae. These 
memoirs have already been noticed in this Journal, and it is sufficient 
to call attention to this general review of the subject. 
Embryos of Anguillula stercoralis in the Blood of Man.f — M. P. 
Teissier has proved the presence of these embryos in the blood of a man 
who had lived long in Guiana. He had suffered from anaemia, diarrhoea, 
and intermittent fever. Many of the Nematodes at all stages were also 
found in the faeces. The fever ceased as treatment lessened the vitality 
of the parasites, and when the fever had ceased, the embryos were found 
to have disappeared from the blood. The facts are of interest in con- 
nection with fevers in hot countries. 
Platyhelminthes. 
Dactylocotyle.§ — M. P. Cerfontaine, in continuation of his studies 
on Trematodes,|| gives now a monographic aocount of another genus of 
the monogenetic forms. These investigations are of some importance* 
as the earlier examination of Trematoda was made before there was any 
possibility of rendering them transparent. Four species have been 
studied, and a full account is given of Octobothrium denticulatum - 
Perhaps special attention may be drawn to the account of the nervous 
system. The genera Dactylocotyle, Octobothrium , and Pterocotyle appear 
to be synonymous, and the first of these bears the name which should 
stand. 
Stichocotyle nephropis.lf — Mr. W. S. Nickerson found encysted in 
the rectal region of the American lobster the parasite which Mr. J. T. 
Cunningham discovered (1884)’ in a similar position in Nephrops 
norvegicus. Out of 100 lobsters, two were infected, one with 60-70 
* Bull. Soe. Zool. France, xx. (1895) pp. 173-6 (1 fig.). 
t Zool. Centralbl., ii. (1895) pp. 257-63. 
X Comptes Rendus, cxxi. (1895) pp. 171-2. 
§ Bull. Acad. Beige, lxv. (1895) pp. 913-46 (2 pis.). 
|| See this Journal, ante , p. 536. 
^ Zool. Jahrb. Abth. Anat., viii. (1895) pp. 447-80 (3 pis.). 
