Parasite Primer ... continued 
Innocuous In Appearance ... Unless You Look Closely  As we discussed on the first page of
this "primer," in the inset on Mansonella Perstans, even under the
microscope, nematodes can look like vegetable matter to the untrained
eye. The photo above is shot at just 10X, but it could easily be
mistaken for undigested vegetable matter. It most decidedly is not. |
And Bugs
Will Follow Many insects, nematodes, bacteria, and viruses --
though vastly different in size, taxonomical classication, etc. -- all take
part, in various degrees and extent, in the host community that we call
a human being (homo sapiens). The bug pictured above
[enlarge] literally
came out of the cotton ball mass in the left hand column after it had
been pushed around the pitre dish for a moment. Now we're not
certain what kind of insect it is (we never claimed to be
entomologists!) but the appearance of small insects in stool
samples along with the parasites is not uncommon. The shot above was
taken at 60X and was probably ingested from a piece of fruit
or vegetable. Insects and insect parts make up a sizeable
part of the human diet -- though few insects make it through
the GI tract this intact. When this insect emerged from the
mass of dead nematodes, it was actually still alive.
Once pushed out from under the parasites, it began to swim
around the dish.
The practitioner who took this photo then poured pure grain
alcohol (190 proof) into the petri dish, after which the insect
died 30 seconds later. |
