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The Animal Parasites of Man

Note 322 — ON PARASITES IN GENERAL. (continued 11)

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Parasitic or free-living Crustaceans may now and then invade man abnormally. Thus, according to Betten, Caligus curtus invade the cornea (Betten, R. A., “Par. Crust. as a Foreign Body on the Cornea,” Lancet, 1900, i, p. 1002; and Centralbl. f. Bakt. u. Par., xxix, p. 506). According to Laboulbène, also Gammarus pulex (Laboulbène, A., “Obs. d’accid. caus. par le G. pul. apport. avec l’eau de boison dans l’estomac d’un homme,” Bull. Acad. méd., 1898, p. 21).

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