An account of two cases of inflammatory tumour produced by a deposit of the larva of a large fly ( Œstrus humanus ) beneath the cutis in the human subject; accompanied with drawings of the larva

The first of these two cases is that of a soldier stationed on the banks of the Marawina river in Surinam, who had a large boil on the back, from which a maggot was pressed out. The second case, which occurred at Santa Anna, in the district of Maraquita, in Columbia, is that of a carpenter, who had for some months a large boil on the scrotum, from which a living larva was extracted. A description of this larva, drawn up by Mr. Curtis, is given by the author, together with a drawing of the specimen. The author proposes giving to it the name of theŒstrus humanus .