Case of Filaria loa

BY D. ARGYLL ROBERTSON, M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed., OCULIST TO H.M. THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND; PRESIDENT OF THE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; LECTURER ON DISEASES OF THE EYE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, ETC.
Reprinted from the ‘Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society.’
LONDON: PRINTED BY ADLARD AND SON, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, E.C., and 20, HANOVER SQUARE, W. 1895.
PLATE VI
Illustrates Dr. Argyll Robertson’s paper on Filaria loa.
Male Filaria Loa.
Fig. 1.—The whole worm. Portions of the testicles and alimentary canal protruding through a rupture of the wall of the parasite.
Fig. 2.—The head of the worm.
Fig. 3.—The curved tail of the worm with its papillæ.
Fig. 4.—The ruptured part of the worm with protruding alimentary canal and testes.
Case of Filaria loa, in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva.