September 9, 2010

Bringing Home the Bacon

Ocular myiasis - don't use bacon for this.  judging by the banded spicules on the larva, my guess is that it's the New World Screwworm (Cochlimyia hominovorax)

In addition to some good suggestions for the removal of tar, there was at least one important food item missing from ‘Food for Emergencies’…. A food, that for anyone who needs it, must surely rank as a truly essential emergency remedy. Bacon is the food.
What is bacon used for? If you need to ask you’ve probably never suffered from furuncular myiasis.

You don't know about the stones?

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I really like the tropical tales (“parasites and people”) of the late Dr Robert S. Desowitz, who was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Hawaii and worked with the World Health Organization. His writing often emphasized the role of human factors in the health problems of the world. Human behavior always contributes to [...]