Case of Filaria loa in which the parasite was removed from under the conjunctiva.

First detailed description of Loa loa. See also Trans. ophthal. Soc. U.K., 1897, 17, 227-32.

Robertson first briefly mentioned this procedure and the Loa Loa worm in a brief article written for him by the editor of Lancet, entitled "Filaria loa - Tuberculous keratitis - Equatorial rupture of the chorid - Cataract", Lancet, October 27, Vol. 2 for 1894, 977-978. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for the 1894 reference.)