WORMS, INTESTINA. i6. Gordius. 
57 
Furia. 
Amoen. Acad. 3, p. 3 “> ■f'** 
Siland da. Aps. t,n. 6 . Pall.ncrd.Beytr. 
inhabits the vali marfhy plains of B tbma and Finland , 
it crawls ap fhrubs and fedge grafs, and being earned for- 
wards by the wind, penetrates fuddenly into fuch expoled 
parts of men and horfes as are not pc rpendiciilarly fuuated. 
It quicldy buries itfelf under the (kin, leaving a black point 
where it had entered, which is foon fucceeded by the molt 
excruciating pains, inflammation and gangrene of the part, 
fwooning and death. This all happens in the courfc of a day 
or two, Ircqaently within a few hours, unlef- the animal be 
immediately extraaed, which is effeded with great caution 
and difficulty, by applying a poultice of curds or cheele ; or 
carefully difieiSing between the mufeies where it had entered. 
16‘ GORDIUS. Body rounds filiform, equal, 
Anooth. Hair-worm. 
"^t^aticus Pale brow'U with dark extremities. 
ntar, Mi/ccll. iv, tab izi- 
plane. conch, app, c, 22, tab. 5. y. F, , . , ^ -- 
Inhabits foft ilagnant waters, and is 4—6 inches long; it twifts 
itfelf into viriiu-- contortions an l knots, and if incautioufly 
handled will inflict a bite at the end of the fingers, and occa- 
fxon the complaint called a Whitlow, ft is vulgarly iuppofed 
to be produced by horfe-nairs accidentally dropped into the 
water. 
\ 
Body uniformly yetlowi fir. t- e • - 
Found in clay at the bo tom of Ilagnant waters, which it pierces 
through : and is hardly diltinguiihable from the laft. 
Body filiform, vrhitifh and hyaline. 
M.tdl. iLp.l^crm.UZ, p. ll, n i6z 
Found in the bark ot old wooden pipes which have been placed 
in the ground, for the purpofe of conveying ftreams of water ; 
is extremely llender and a little tapering at one end. 
Body uniformly white and opake. 
Mull. Hid.P'erm. i 2, p. 32, ri. 163. -.rif In n 
Found in ftagnant^waiers: when touched contrafts itfelf in a 
moment, and aftervvards expands. 
Body fulvous and obtufe. 
Mull, Hifl, Perm. 1,2, p. . 
InhabUi'the fandy h-ifom uf Chil/ilaii 1 Blip in Norway. 
YOL. IVV-H' 17. BUM- 
