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Members of the Onchocerca expedition included Dr. J. C. Bequart, assistant professor of Entomology at the Department of Tropical Medicine, Dr. M. M. Ochea chief of the parasitological division of the Department of public health of Guatemala and B. Rennett, a technician of the department of Tropical Medicine

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Expedition to Guatemala Evolves Cure For Tropical Disease--Source of Infection is Traced to Flies | 3/1/1932 | See Source »

Worms, with the help of the gnats, make gnomes of these mountain peoples. The worms are a species of Filariae, called Onchocerca caecutiens, about one and one-quarter inches long, slimmer than a hair and white. When they get into the skin and breed, they soon form a network of colonies on the skull, resembling sodden felt and causing cranial protuberances. Wandering worms and their excrement give rise to the other gnomelike appearances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Wormy Gnomes | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

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