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Brazil and various other tropical and sub-tropical regions, it was subsequently identified, chiefly through the labours of Bilharz and Griesinger in Egypt (18J4), as being due to the presence in the See also:

INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine of nematoid See also:

WORMS

worms (Ankylostoma duodenalis) from one-third to See also:

HALF

half an See also:

INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch See also:

long. The symptoms, as first observed among the negroes, were See also:

pain in the See also:

STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

stomach, capricious appetite, See also:

PICA

pica (or dirt-eating), obstinate See also:

CONSTIPATION (from Lat. constipare, to press closely together, whence also the adjective " costive ")

constipation followed by See also:

DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

diarrhoea, palpitations, small and unsteady See also:

PULSE

pulse, coldness of the skin, pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, diminution of the secretions, loss of strength and, in cases See also:

RUNNING

running a fatal course, See also:

DYSENTERY (from the Gr. prefix Ova-, in the sense of " bad," and Evmpov, the intestine)

dysentery, haemorrhages and dropsies. The parasites, which cling to the intestinal mucous membrane, draw their nourishment from the See also:

BLOOD

blood-vessels of their See also:

HOST

host, and as they are found in hundreds in the See also:

BODY

body after See also:

DEATH

death, the disorders of digestion, the increasing anaemia and the consequent dropsies and other cachectic symptoms are easily explained. The disease was first known in See also:

EUROPE

Europe among the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian workmen employed on the St Gotthard See also:

TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel. In 1896, though prev iously unreported in Germany, 107 cases were registered there, and the number See also:

rose to 295 in 1900, and 1030 in 1901. In England an outbreak at the Dolcoath mine, See also:

CORNWALL

Cornwall, in 1902, led to an investigation for the See also:

home See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office by Dr See also:

Haldane F.R.S. (see especially the See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary See also:

Paper, numbered Cd. 1843), and since then discussions and inquiries have been frequent. A See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the See also:

BRITISH

British Association in 1904 issued a valuable See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the subject. After the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

War American physicians had also given it their attention, with valuable results; see See also:

STILES, EZRA (1727–1795)

Stiles (Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin, No. to, See also:

Washington, 1903). The American See also:

PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food)

parasite described by Stiles, and called Uncinaria americana (whence the name Uncinariasis for this disease) differs slightly from the Ankylostoma.

The parasites thrive in an environment of dirt, and the See also:

main lines of precaution are those dictated by sanitary See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science. Malefern, santonine, See also:

THYMOL, C

thymol and other anthelmintic remedies are prescribed.

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