 ... pea, causing no further pain than a disagreeable itching. In process of time, its operation appears in the form of a small bladder, in which are deposited thousands of eggs, or nits, and which, if it breaks, produce so many young chigoes...  Travels in South America - Page 1781822 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mayhew - 1864 - 480 pages
..."this is a kind of small sand-flea, which gets in between the skin and the flesh without being fell, and generally under the nails of the toes, where, while it feeds, it keeps growing till it becomes of the size of a pea, causing no further pain than a disagreeable itching. In process of time its operation... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...Sand-flea, common' in Surinam, which gets in between the skin and the flesh without'iti' being felt, and generally under the nails of the toes: where, while it feeds, it keeps growing till it becomes of the size of a large pea, causing no further pain than a disagreeable itching. In process of time... | |
 | 1896 - 428 pages
..." is a kind of a small sand flea, which gets in between the skin and the flesh without being felt, and generally under the nails of the toes, where, while it feeds, it keeps growing, till it becomes of the size of a pea, causing no further pain than a disagreeable itching. In process of time its operation... | |
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