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MEAT AND MEAT PACKING 



and its rdse-colored rash, as a form of measles, 

 but by most authorities it is recognized as a 

 separate disease. The rash, which may be lim- 

 ited to the face, neck and shoulders, or may 

 extend over the entire body, sometimes closely 

 resembles the measles rash and sometimes is 

 more like that accompanying scarlatina. The 

 disease is extremely infectious and most fre- 

 quently appears as an epidemic, attacking chil- 

 dren, especially. As a rule it is not dangerous, 

 but care in guarding against colds and eye- 

 strain is necessary. The patient should be kept 

 in bed, should receive only such light food as is 

 suitable in the case of most fevers, and should 

 be given a mild fever remedy. Unless those 

 in charge of the case are very familiar with the 

 disease a physician should be summoned. 



Consult Ruhrah's Manual of the Diseases of 

 Infancy and Childhood; Koplik's Diseases of In- 

 fancy and Childhood. 



MEASURE FOR MEASURE, a play of 

 Shakespeare's, called a comedy, but entitled to 

 that name only because it does not close with 

 the death of any of its characters; for it bears 

 throughout an atmosphere of almost unlight- 

 ened gloom. Indeed, it affords the reader less 

 of pleasure and cheer than most of his trage- 

 dies, so persistently does it dwell upon the 

 baser passions of its characters. Only 'Isabella, 

 sister of Claudio and chosen bride of the duke, 

 is worthy to rank with Shakespeare's other 

 heroines in goodness and in charm. 



MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE, 

 THE. See INTELLIGENCE, THE MEASUREMENT OF. 



MEASURING RESULTS OF EDUCATION. 

 See subtitle, in article EDUCATION, page 1933. 



MEASURING, mezh'uring, WORM, the cat- 

 erpillar of a moth belonging to the geometrid 

 (earth-measuring) family, sometimes called a 

 looper, because in crawling it brings its hind 

 feet up to the forefeet, thus making a loop of 

 its body and ap- 

 pearing as though 

 measuring the 

 surface over 

 which it travels. 

 It is also able to 

 hold itself straight 

 and motionless 

 away from a 

 branch, and being 

 of a greenish- 

 brown color, it 

 looks in this po- 

 sition quite like 

 a tiny twig. When the 

 grub comes from the egg 

 it eats greedily until it 

 splits its coat, which drops 

 off. This occurs several 

 times before the worm is 

 full grown. When it 

 reaches maturity it bur- 

 row^ into thP Parth nr At left ' Projecting 

 r at the same angle 



spins a silky cocoon on as a branch or twig ; 



. , , ... at right, the famil- 



the underside of a leaf, iar loop made in 



where it changes into crawlin s- 

 a winged creature. Some of the members of 

 this family, such as the cankerworms, are 

 serious pests, frequently laying waste whole 

 apple orchards or cranberry marshes. See 

 CANKER WORM. 



MEASURING 

 WORMS 



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THE STORY OF MEAT 



.EAT AND MEAT PACKING. Meat 

 is the flesh of those domestic animals raised for 

 the purpose of supplying man with food. The 

 people of the world eat forty-seven billion 

 (47,000,000,000) pounds of meat each year. 

 English-speaking people, especially Australians, 

 are the heaviest meat-eating people in the 

 world. However, the steadily-rising prices 



asked for meat have encouraged the use of 

 substitutes, and less meat is being bought per 

 person than formerly. 



Meat consists of muscular and connective 

 tissue and fat. It is more tender in younger 

 animals and in the parts of the body which do 

 not grow tough from muscular exertion. It is 

 most commonly eaten fresh, but is also used 



