The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 531
carus, but underneath the belly; on ihe back is per- ceived a number of eccentric lines at short intervals, and having the appearance of joints; the belly presents several dark-coloured spots; the body and legs seemed furnished with a quantity of hair of unequal length." The following engraving… … Such is the appearance of the insect as it has been extracted from an im- mense number of itch patients, (who had not commenced any treatment — a necessary condition,) and as it has been seen and examined by several distin- guished medical men in the capital. There is some doubt as to the number of…
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