ON 
SOME PARASITES IN THE MUSEUM OF 
THE SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, 
LIVERPOOL 
BV 
Dr. A. LOOSS, 
PROFESSOR 11K PARA.SITOI.OGY, SCHOOI. Oh MEDICINE. ■ \IK«* 
WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON 
A CASE OF DISTOM1ASIS OF THE LIVER AND 
THE RECTUM 
BY 
EDWARD CUFFEY, 
PHYSICIAN TO TUI BRITISH HOSPITAI. PORI SAII> 
During a visit i recently paid to the School of Tropical Medicine 
in Liverpool Dr. .Stephens showed me a number of parasites which 
had been sent to the Museum of the School from various places 
1 nfortunately, some of the bottles bore no indication whatever as to 
the locality from which the specimens were obtained ; others were 
labelled, but an inspection of their contents with the naked eye or 
pocket lens raised within me strong doubts as to the correctness of 
the respective identifications. I o make things sure Dr. Stephens 
kindly agreed that 1 should take with me. of those forms of which 
several were present, a few specimens for a more careful examination 
and possible identification of the species. The results of this invest i 
gation are given in the following pages. 
Fasciolopsis buski (Lank.), 1857. 
About a dozen specimens from Hong-Kong in a jar labelled 
Distoma crassum.” Rather large and fleshy, apparently sonu 
what contracted worms of about 30 mm. in length, 13 to 16 inn. in 
breadth and nearly 4 mm. in maximum thickness. Bodv mode rat el\ 
elongated, rather regularly oval, its surface marked with numerous fine 
transverse ridges brought about by contraction. Both suckers vcr> 
dose to the anterior end of the body ; opening of the anterior sucker 
