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...found was a worm which burrows into the human leg, like a hookworm. The boil-like infection which it causes finally breaks, leaves the head of the worm protruding. Any attempt to pull it out suddenly ends disastrously, as the worm breaks in the body. Natives draw out these entozoa, often ten feet long, a few inches per day, reeling them on sticks as they emerge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Jungle Surgery | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

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