Hirudinea as Human Parasites in Palestine

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Author: Masterman, E. W. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1908
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; Animal Science and Zoology; Parasitology; Leech; Traveller; The Throat; fratercula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003118200000336x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003118200000336X

Leeches are common in the fountains and pools of Palestine, particularly in the northern parts, known to us familiarly as ‘Galilee,’ and further north in the district of the Lebanon. In the later summer and autumn months they are so plentiful in places that almost every horse and mule passing throug...