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*.*e Eie. e.„,e>.ue. Au^.n ^ N.^n 
L“»rtunrer'w B- e,nem ^ j“hringen Knaben xjrde 
Hessen Zwischenraumen zahlrciche Eicr lagen. Kurth (Berlin;. 
T is , cidenta. or erroneous use of the name Filar,a .,.„.nUsi^ 
*e .orms, which as the original shows were Bilharr.ia, I’- Pf ab.> 
been the source of all the following erroneous 1 
any rate it ,s dear that in these cases there is no question of / ,lar,a 
but of Bilharz-ia. , .1 
To make quite certain of this 1 wrote to Mr. 
following is an extract from his reply to my letter . pu„ia I 
before that 1 was supposed to be the discoverer of ‘^is Jilaria.^^^ 
am quite bnocent of any knowledge of the said parasi . ^ 
^ f niiViaryia If vou can correcL 
paper you refer to was on some cases of - ' supposed 
the error, please do.' This then dispose 
"“^ally there is the record by Braun^ of the supposed occurrence 
of f. nnmUu in man. Braun’s words are the following 
hierbei dass im Jahre ,885, in Uorpat ,n der '-^’Y'Nematoden in 
zu Praparieriibungen benutzt wurde g habe die 
grosserer Zahl in "den Venen gefunden ^ Ihr^ 
wohl-erhaltenen Wurmer selbsl gesehcn un imstande 
Filarien natur ist nicht r.u r.weifeln, yedoch bin ich 
mehre ausrusagen, da ich die Parasiten n.cht inehi unte.suche 
In this case, however, as the species was not “e 
think we are at present justified in including . 
parasites of man. 
“•Braim. Max. Die liemclin. 
