Cited (and translated) from Van den Bruel, W.E. |
Cited (and translated) from van den Bruel, W.E. in Collart, A. (1944:210):
"1896, FRECHE et BEILLE : un vieillard infesté pendant plusieurs années consécutives par un Sira sp., ou, plus probablement, de l'avis de HANDSCHIN, par un Lepidocyrtinus;"
van den Bruel, W.E. in Collart, A. (1944:210) Belgium: "- Mr. W E VAN DEN
BRUEL shows specimens of Lepidocyrtinus domesticus (NIC.) BÖRNER captured on
the tete of a child. It is the troisième case of alive Collemboles on the
Man known up to now (1896, FRECHE and BEILLE: an old man infested during
several consecutive years by Sira sp., or, more probably, opinion of
HANDSCHIN, by Lepidocyrtinus; 1926, HANDSCHIN: a child carrying Orchesella
cincta LINN.; 1928, COUTELEN: a sixty year old woman whose hair has been
invaded for two years by Lepidocyrtus curvicollis BOURLET). The case
observed in Brussels differs from the precedents by the following points: 1.
the subjects are town and either countrymen; 2. they live in apartment in a
new building offering of broad fenetres, furnished with a furniture modern
and deprived of plants; 3. there was contamination: several members of the
family (father, mother, a child) lodged Collembole, two children of it were
free; the 4. parents are young people, very clean, the children are well
looked after, the house is extremely well held." van den Bruel, W.E.
(1945:34-41) (Presentation submitted on June 26, 1943) Belgium: "p.35-36:
The new case of alive Collembole on the man come to our knowledge differs
somewhat from the precedents. It is about a nine year old small boy living
downtown full, in Brussels, with his parents, in a new house and in an
excellent state of maintenance. The restrictions due to the war generated an
abnormal increase in the cases of infection by the lice in the children. The
small boy in question was contaminated by these parasites at the school, two
months before the observations; he transmitted the infection to his young
mom. A suitable treatment put an end to this accident. However the child
then observes at the school, by twice, an insect jumping of his tete on the
desk. His/her parents do not pretent any attention with the account of the
incident until the day when the father notices Collembole which leaps on its
work table, in his own apartment. Then the mom notes by twice the fall of
Collembole in the wash-hand basin whereas it is capped, and it finds two
other insects while combing the small boy. The brothers and sisters of the
child, more young people, are not contaminated, but fifteen days later, a
sister-in-law, who recoit frequently the visit of the family and which
apprehended the contagion, at it also Collembole jumping to him of the tete
surprises on the table. Since, there was not apparently new contamination
any more. The people reached are very clean; they never felt an unspecified
prurit. Appatement is extremely well held and in excellent state, is lit by
large fenetres, extremement dryness and is furnished with a new furniture;
it does not contain crop plants out of pots. Mr. MARLIER, which we thank
here, agreed to determine the specimens of Collembole that we had; it is
about Lepidocyrtinus domesticus (NIC) BÖRNER. It captured itself on several
occasions of the individuals of this species in houses of the agglomeration
of Brussels." p.39: "For the case which occupied us, it is probable that the
place of infection is the residence of the patients and not, as those
believed it, the sand plain where the children played." p.40 (conclusion):
"Collemboles can be considerées up to a certain point like ectoparasites for
the people likely to be infested, because: 1. the infection is durable; the
2. insects return with obstinacy on these subjects; 3. they nourish peutetre
secretions of the scalp or same of the pellicular remains; 4. they are
likely sometimes to contaminate a new individual. Their presence cannot thus
be considerée like purely accidental. They are however hosts absolutely
pain-killers, incompetents to cause the least lesion of the scalp."
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