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disease is kept up by the " cycle " of infection which 

 subsists between dogs and the animals I have men- 

 tioned, and sheep. 



It follows, therefore, that for the prophylaxis of the 

 echinococcus in man, it will become absolutely 

 necessary 



1. To prevent dogs, or any other pet or household 

 animals, from feeding on the ottal of sheep, lamb, or 

 other animals infested, or supposed to be infested, by 

 " hydatids." 



2. Dogs, and all other animals (as far as able), ought 

 to be rigidly excluded from slaughterhouses, butcl 

 shops, and the knacker's yard. 



3. "Dog's meat and <-at's meat" in any form ought 

 to be WKI.L i;<>iL[.;i) ; ; U i<l no "tit-bit" of fresh meat, 

 particularly " liver," should be dropped into Carlo, 

 or Lilley's mouth when <"".k g"'* to ]>ay the butc: 

 weekly bill. Against this practice a "dead stand' 1 

 slmuM be made by every Lady Uountiful, unless de- 

 sirous of bring invaded and overrun byth ese ]>arasites. 



A pet nightinuale is to my knowledge daily fed on 

 nw meat : Hit- : owner, a line i invalid ; she 



. and is out of sorts ; who knows but what she is 

 a victim to an echinococcus, which is gradually and 

 imperceptibly robbing the bloom from her cheeks, 

 innocently conveyed to the fair jailer by that match- 



\varbler of the hiak> : -.st? I know another 



lady who has adopted a guinea-pi^ as her "darling 



' she coos and caresses him, takes him to bed, and 

 allows him to nestle on her bosom. She feeds him with 

 all sorts of food raw meat, green food, and fruit of all 

 kinds. Tliis lady is " embonpoint : " she complains but 



