[wimpycat]

Back in medieval times, this sort of thing wasn't unusual. People back then would get worms that would crawl around inside your body and come out of your eye. I can't remember the type of worm it was, though.

Gross, huh?

[mystery-ak]

...thanks for sharing...yuck!

[clamper1797]

maul (sp?) worm

[aruanan]

People back then would get worms that would crawl around inside your body and come out of your eye. I can't remember the type of worm it was, though.

You're probably thinking of the Guinea Worm. It's still endemic in parts of Africa. It used to be in China, India, and, I believe, even in the Western hemisphere. It can come out of your body anywhere, though it seems to favor the lower extremities. The caduceus of the medical profession is actually a depiction of Guinea worms being slowly wound out of people on sticks after they first emerge from the skin. I posted a description of it in some thread. Let me look. Nope, I can't find it. I have it saved on another computer. I'll post the relevant portions later.

[Young Werther]

Legend has it that a particular member of the Earwig family , (a wormlike insect. check out the picture below), would be placed in an enemy's ear. The worm would then travel to the eardrum and would then begin to eat its way trough the brain until it emerged from the other ear! Quite an excruciating experience, especially if the earwig turned around and retraced its passage!

They are considered garden pests and you can read up on them at

EARWIG!