Tag: intestinal parasites
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Of vermicide and vermifuge: A history of intestinal parasites at sea
Richard de Grijs Sydney, Australia Sea surgeon P. Power’s reported length of the helminth (top) passed by his young patient Ellen McCarthy, compared with other instances of his hand-written number “7”. The inset shows one of the few other instances of Power’s hand-written number “½”in this journal. (Power, 1825: ref. 2; reproduced under Open…