 The first written record of "T. trichiura" was made by the Italian anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni, who identified the presence of the parasite in a case of worms residing in the colon in 1740.An exact morphological description and accurate drawings were first recorded in 1761 by Johann Georg Roederer, a German physician.Soon after, the name "Trichuris trichiura" was given to this species.