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withstanding her age, could not talk. There was a history of 
abdominal distention and occasional pain, but no symptoms re- 
ferable directly to the nervous system. The infections were 
fairly heavy, but an inquiry into the gastronomic history of 
this patient robs this condition of some of its significance. 
We learned that the child had been breast-fed up to the age 
of 10 months; between that time and the age of 18 months she 
had subsisted on linugao (a native dish consisting of rice cooked 
to form a sort of porridge) and gruel, after which she had 
received the same rations as the adult members of the family. 
It is cases such as this that increase the difficulty of determin- 
ing the symptoms referable directly to infestation with animal 
parasites. Case 99, infested with Ascaris, complained only of 
indigestion and slight distention. It had been breast-fed the 
first year and since then had received a variable diet including 
rice and bananas. Although it was 2 years old, the child was 
unable to talk. 
The other cases in this group were fed as follows: 
Case 2. Breast-fed for the first fourteen months; artificially fed there- 
after. 
Case 3. Breast-fed for the first five months; artificially fed thereafter. 
Case 5. Breast-fed the first month; received pasteurized milk there- 
after. 
With the exception of case 2, which was infested with Spiro- 
chseta eurygyrata, these three children were free from parasites. 
Case 16. Artificially fed “for a long time.” 
Case 32. Breast-fed for the first nineteen months; artificially fed 
thereafter. 
Case 35. Breast-fed since birth. 
Case 43. Breast-fed since birth, but lately it has been given an occa- 
sional artificial feeding. 
Case 44. No data. 
Case 52. Breast-fed the first ten months; artificially fed thereafter. 
Case 59. Breast-fed the first thirteen months; artificially fed there- 
after. 
Case 62. Breast-fed until recently, when it was placed on artificial 
feeding. 
Case 67. Breast-fed the first two months; since then the child has 
received condensed milk. 
Case 72. From the viewpoint of the parasitologist this was one of 
the most interesting cases in the series, but unfortunately 
we could obtain no reliable data as to the child’s diet. 
Case 74. Breast-fed for the first year; artificially fed since then. 
Case 76. Breast-fed since birth. 
Case 88. No data. 
Case 91. Breast-fed for the first eighteen months ; artificially fed there- 
after. 
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