266 Mifcellaneous Difcoveries 
without the Body, and get into it by AccL 
dent, either in the Egg or any other State, 
v/here are thofe Parents found?—This feems 
a very ilrong Objection ; but the Micro/cope, 
I believe, can enable us to anfwer it. 
Worms found in the human Body are of 
three Kinds, namely, the A/carides , or little 
Ihort (lender Maggots , fo nearly refembling 
a Sort frequently met with in warm mold; 
Places, under rotten Wood, &c. that they 
may reafonably be fuppofed the fame,—The 
c Teretes rotimdi , or long round Worms , which 
are evidently the Species of Earth-worms, 
found commonly in Dunghills and Hot¬ 
beds ; whofe Degree of Warmth is pretty 
equal to that of the human Bowels. And 
the Lati, Fafcice, 1 l ape-worms, or Joint- 
worms, which are broad, dat, full of Joints, 
and fometimes of a mondrous Length, ex¬ 
tending many Yards along the Inteflines.— 
This is the Animal faid to be found no where 
elfe ; but the Microfcope has very happily 
difcovered Worms of the fame Figure ex- 
adtiy, and different in Size only, in the In- 
teftines of Eels, fo fixt as not to be removed 
without great Difficulty, but contracting and 
dilating themfeives very agreeably'*. They 
are of an incredible Length in comparifon of 
their Breadth, and when contracted become 
f Ac, Nat . Tom. IV. p. 367, 
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