Get the worms out of your butt!
Correspondent:: drdark@37.com
Date: 27 Dec 2004 08:35:58 -0800
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Human Parasites.--Worms in the human body are of interest on
account of the immense length some species attain, the anomalous
symptoms which they cause, or because of their anomalous location
and issue. According to modern writers the famous Viennese
collection of helminths contains chains of tenia saginata 24 feet
long. The older reports, according to which the taenia solium
(i.e., generally the taenia saginata) grew to such lengths as 40,
50, 60, and even as much as 800 yards, are generally regarded as
erroneous. The observers have apparently taken the total of all
the fragments of the worm or worms evacuated at any time and
added them, thus obtaining results so colossal that it would be
impossible for such an immense mass to be contained in any human
intestine.
The name solium has no relation to the Latin solus, or solium. It
is quite possible for a number of tapeworms to exist
simultaneously in the human body. Palm mentions the fact of four
tapeworms existing in one person; and Mongeal has made
observations of a number of cases in which several teniae existed
simultaneously in the stomach. David speaks of the expulsion of
five teniae by the ingestion of a quantity of sweet wine. Cobbold
reports the case of four simultaneous tapeworms; and Aguiel
describes the case of a man of twenty-four who expelled a mass
weighing a kilogram, 34.5 meters long, consisting of several
different worms. Garfinkel mentions a case which has been
extensively quoted, of a peasant who voided 238 feet of
tapeworms, 12 heads being found. Laveran reports a case in which
23 teniae were expelled in the same day. Greenhow mentions the
occurrence of two teniae mediocanellata.
The size of a tapeworm in a small child is sometimes quite
surprising. Even the new-born have exhibited signs of teniae, and
Haussmann has discussed this subject. Armor speaks of a
fully-matured tapeworm being expelled from a child five days old.
Kennedy reports cases in which tapeworms have been expelled from
infants five, and five and one-half months old. Heisberg gives an
account of a tapeworm eight feet in length which came from a
child of two. Twiggs describes a case in which a tapeworm 36 feet
long was expelled from a child of four; and Fabre mentions the
expulsion of eight teniae from a child. Occasionally the tapeworm
is expelled from the mouth. Such cases are mentioned by Hitch and
Martel. White speaks of a tapeworm which was discharged from the
stomach after the use of an emetic. Lile mentions the removal of
a tapeworm which had been in the bowel twenty-four years.
The peculiar effects of a tapeworm are exaggerated appetite and
thirst, nausea, headaches, vertigo, ocular symptoms, cardiac
palpitation, and Mursinna has even observed a case of trismus, or
lockjaw, due to taenia solium. 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. Pare speaks of a case of this kind during a long
illness; and there is mention of a man who voided a worm half a
yard long from his bladder after suppression of urine. The
Ephemerides contains a curious case in which a stone was formed
in the bladder, having for its nucleus a worm. Fontanelle
presented to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Paris several yards
of tapeworm passed from the urethra of a man of fifty-three. The
following is a quotation from the British Medical Journal: " I
have at present a patient passing in his urine a worm-like body,
not unlike a tapeworm as far as the segments and general
appearance are concerned, the length of each segment being about
1/4 inch, the breadth rather less; sometimes 1 1/2 segments are
joined together. The worm is serrated on the one side, each
segment having 1 1/2 cusps. The urine pale, faintly acid at
first, within the last week became almost neutral. There was
considerable vesical irritation for the first week, with abundant
mucus in the urine, specific gravity was 1010; there were no
albumin nor tube-casts nor uric acid in the urinary sediments.
Later there were pus-cells and abundant pus. Tenderness existed
behind the prostate and along the course of left ureter.
Temperature of patient oscillated from 97.5 degrees to 103.2
degrees F. There was no history at any time of recto-vesical
fistula. Can anyone suggest the name, etc., of this helminth?"
Correspondent:: asscoassc@aol.comBLOWME (AssCo Assc)
Date: 27 Dec 2004 18:06:16 GMT
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<< Can anyone suggest the name, etc., of this helminth?">>
The Tingler.
ooOOoo
It petrifies the tongue. . .
Shoots arrows through the lung. . .
Guttural rending pain . . .
. . . and next it Sclerotifies the brain
-- Copyright 2004 Ilya Shambat
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 06:08:15 GMT
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In article <20041227130616.11961.00002118@mb-m16.aol.com>,
asscoassc@aol.comBLOWME (AssCo Assc) wrote:
> << Can anyone suggest the name, etc., of this helminth?">>
>
> The Tingler.
Rumsfeldia Nensleticus carnivosa.
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Correspondent:: Rev DJ Epoch
Date: 28 Dec 2004 13:05:21 GMT
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HellPope Huey wrote in news:NoRestraint-
E95012.00084628122004@news1.west.earthlink.net:
> In article <20041227130616.11961.00002118@mb-m16.aol.com>,
> asscoassc@aol.comBLOWME (AssCo Assc) wrote:
>
>> << Can anyone suggest the name, etc., of this helminth?">>
>>
>> The Tingler.
>
> Rumsfeldia Nensleticus carnivosa.
>
Just reading that descriptive made me claw at the tranquilizers. Cheesus
Crackwhores, if some evil nazi cloning lab ever got ahold of DNA samples
from both Rummy AND Nenslo... and threw a rabid badger into the mix just
for shits and giggles... <<>>
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