creophilae

Updated: May 12, 2025

In this country Allen removed such larvae from the skin of the neck, head, and arm of a boy of twelve. Bethune, Delavigne, Howship, Jacobs, Jannuzzi and others, report similar cases. These flesh-flies are called creophilae, and the condition they produce is called myiosis.

George M. (George Milbrey) Gould - Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine