text_original: Filaria perstans was discovered in 1891. It was first recognised in the blood of a negro dying from Sleeping Sickness in a London hospital. The concurrence of a strange parasite and a strange disease naturally suggested a connection between them.
text_transcription: VALERIA PER STANDS WAS DISCOVERED IN EIGHTEEN NINETY ONE IT WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED IN THE BLOOD OF A NEGRO DYING FROM SLEEPING SICKNESS IN A LONDON HOSPITAL THE CONCURRENCE OF A STRANGE PARASITE AND A STRANGE DISEASE NATURALLY SUGGESTED A CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM
phonemes: fɪlˈɛɹiə pˈɜːstənz wʌz dɪskˈʌvɚd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn. ɪt wʌz fˈɜːst ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd ɪnðə blˈʌd əvə nˈiːɡɹoʊ dˈaɪɪŋ fɹʌm slˈiːpɪŋ sˈɪknəs ɪn ɐ lˈʌndən hˈɑːspɪɾəl. ðə kəŋkˈɜːɹəns əvə stɹˈeɪndʒ pˈæɹəsˌaɪt ænd ɐ stɹˈeɪndʒ dɪzˈiːz nˈætʃɚɹəli sədʒˈɛstᵻd ɐ kənˈɛkʃən bᵻtwˈiːn ðˌɛm.