CESTODE CYSTS IN THE FLESH OF MARINE 



FISH AND THEIR BEARING ON 



FOOD VALUES 



By Edwin Linton 



i. popular interest in pure food topics 

 One will look far to find a subject upon which the general 

 public is more sensitive, or to which it reacts more readily 

 than those matters which relate to its food and drink. A 

 little knowledge of the subject matter of bacteriology, for 

 example, while it may not become exactly dangerous, may 

 easily become inconvenient and trouble producing. The 

 public is justly sensitive to the adulteration of its food and, 

 very rightly, is ready to visit swift and sure punishment on 

 those who for increase of their own profits make the article 

 which they sell different from the description which appears 

 on the label. 



II. PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER 



There is a class of facts, however, that is related directly 

 to our food supply, which man's cupidity has not originated 

 and concerning which the public is very imperfectly in- 

 formed. This is the class of facts that may be introduced at 

 this point under the caption of animal parasitism. It is my 

 purpose in this paper to discuss the question of animal para- 

 sites, but in so doing I shall aim not so much to impart 

 information as to disclose points of view that should go 

 some way toward dispelling prejudice. Some attempt of 

 this sort seems to be made necessary in order to prevent 

 misapprehension concerning the food value of those species 

 of fish which are liable to be parasitized in portions that are 

 used for food. 



III. GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF ANIMAL PARASITISM 



It does not require much experience in the classification 

 of living things to teach one that the boundaries of what at 



