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To the Editor:Ìý —I²Ô The Journal, February 18, I note an article on Wohlfahrtia Myiasis in North Dakota. Since the authors state that the search of the literature fails to reveal another identified case involving the eye, may I call attention to the fact that in the American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology, volume XII, page 9350, is an article I wrote on parasites.This states that the oldest recorded case of ophthalmomyiasis was recorded by Salzman in 1718. It gives a brief account of a child whose eyes had both been destroyed by maggots. More recent cases in 1853 and 1903 are briefly described with references in that article. Others might be cited concerning Wohlfahrtia. All these cases are in children and involve the eye.This flesh fly is widely distributed, violent in its attacks, and not infrequently chooses the eye. Reported cases are frequently in children; however, others on record