STURDY, FROM TAPE WORM IN DOGS. 37 



The following remarks upon the disease and its treatment are 

 from "The Diseases of Sheep," by WM. COOPER & NEPHEWS: 



" The disease is due to the presence of the tapeworm in the 

 "brain of the sheep. Segments of the tapeworm, containing 

 " mature eggs, are picked up while grazing. The locality of the 

 " parasite can frequently be determined by pressing on the skull, 

 " which becomes softened over the spot where it is lodged. Here 

 " the skull may be incised with a trephine (an instrument made 

 " for the purpose,) and the parasite either removed bodily or its 

 "cyst perforated and the fluid allowed to escape. The wound is 

 "then closed by the application of a bandage or of tarred tow, 

 " and recovery follows if too much brain substance has not been 

 " destroyed." 



