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Friday, December 15, 2017

Ancient Faeces Reveal Parasites Described by Hippocrates

“The Helmins strongyle worm in the ancient GREEK texts is likely to have referred to roundworm, as found at Kea. The Ascaris worm described in the ancient medical texts may well have referred to two parasites, pinworm and whipworm, with the latter being found at Kea,” said study leader Piers Mitchell, ...


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