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A Medieval Painting Depicts the Chilling Image of a Worm Eating Its Way Out of the Body of a French Saint

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 18:01
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A painting of 14th century St. Roch shows the dracunculiasis worm exiting the upper part of his leg.

Imagine a 2- to 3-foot long (0.6- to 1-meter) worm slowly working its way out of your body… with the possibility of other worms doing so in the future. Such is the horror of the guinea worm, which has been plaguing mankind for millennia.

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