The next nematode of general interest is the pinworm (Oxyuris curvula).
The Oxyuris vermicularis is by no means confined to young persons, seeing that adults are infested even to old age.
Similar experiments with the ova of the Oxyuris vermicularis and of the Toenia solium afforded corresponding results.
The most frequent intestinal parasite of rodents is probably Oxyuris ambigua, but Strong.
He describes the oxyuris vermicularis with knowledge manifestly derived from personal observation.
