Fereol speaks of a case of
vertigo, accompanied with epileptic convulsions, which was caused
by teniae. On the administration of kousso three heads were
expelled simultaneously. There is a record of an instance of
cardiac pulsation rising to 240 per minute, which ceased upon the
expulsion of a large tapeworm. It is quite possible for the
presence of a tapeworm to indirectly produce death. Garroway
describes a case in which death was apparently imminent from the
presence of a tapeworm. Kisel has recorded a fatal case of
anemia, in a child of six, dependent on teniae.
The number of ascarides or round-worms in one subject is
sometimes enormous. Victor speaks of 129 round-worms being
discharged from a child in the short space of five days. Pole
mentions the expulsion of 441 lumbricoid worms in thirty-four
days, and Fauconneau-Dufresne has reported a most remarkable case
in which 5000 ascarides were discharged in less than three years,
mostly by vomiting. The patient made an ultimate recovery.
There are many instances in which the lumbricoid worms have
pierced the intestinal tract and made their way to other viscera,
sometimes leading to an anomalous exit. There are several cases
on record in which the lumbricoid worms have been found in the
bladder.
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