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Topics from the archives of the Mad Science Museum related to the study of parasites. Arranged in descending chronological order.

Grassi Eats Worms (1879)

Giovanni Battista Grassi
Worm Incubator
On 10 October 1878, the Sicilian doctor Giovanni Battista Grassi was conducting an autopsy when he found the large intestine of the corpse to be riddled with tapeworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) and their eggs. Grassi immediately realized he could ingest some of the eggs and prove it was possible to infect oneself with tapeworms in this way.
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