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Subject: [OM] Re: (OT) Hitchhikers
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:11:20 -0700
I saw a film with one of those things in one of the aboriginal  
people. It was like a rope under the skin going around his waist.  
They removed it on camera. Disgusting.


Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA


On Sep 10, 2006, at 2:54 PM, USHER99@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
> My least favorite hitchhiker is Drancunculus medinensis known   
> since ancient
> times as the "fiery serpent" or guinea worm.  They live  under the  
> skin and
> can reach 2 1/2 to 4 ft in length.  A treatment still  used as  
> often the best is
> catching hold of the worm and slowly winding it on a  stick.  This  
> must be
> done slowly as if the worm breaks it retracts and  death can ensue  
> from
> anaphylaxis or secondary infection.  I'll take a  pass.
>
>
>
> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis)
>
>
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