Tapeworms (human entozoa) : their sources, nature, and treatment / by T. Spencer Cobbold.

  • Cobbold, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1828-1886.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Tapeworms (human entozoa) : their sources, nature, and treatment / by T. Spencer Cobbold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    creature know the fact of their having tape- worm, many persons will not only endure any of these troubles, but even submit to the still more annoying inconveniences arising from the constant passage of the worm-segments. So revolting is it to human nature, especially to refined and educated minds, to be called upon to entertain the presence of such creatures, that only the gravest sufferings will induce some people to obtain medical advice. This applies not only in the case of tapeworms, but also to many other human parasites. Happily, but few individuals are dangerously affected by these unwelcome guests. In bad cases the foregoing symptoms become greatly aggravated. The headache is much increased, and often accompanied with vertigo or giddiness. The sight and hearing may be affected. Noises in the head, itchings at the nose and anus, obscure pains about the body and limbs, loss of appetite, and other dyspeptic symptoms show themselves in greater or less degree in different cases. One of the most common symptoms, however, which I have noticed, is the tendency to faintness. This