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ment, and we had indications afforded us that it would 

 be three months, so at the expiration of three months 

 the calf, which was now a strong animal, was slaughtered 

 in the cause of science and humanity, and when we re- 

 moved the external parts it was found that the muscles, 

 especially the superficial one, were filled with the 

 higher larvae of this parasite. The larva measle or 

 bladder worm is called, scientifically, the cysticercus 

 bovis ; thus we reared in this calf many thousands of 

 these parasites. Supposing we had sent this calf to 

 market, what would have been the result? Every 

 individual who partook of the veal, and who did not 

 in cooking, raise the temperature to 1450, would, 

 undoubtedly, have been liable to have developed in his 

 interior the adult form of this particular parasite. 

 How do we know that ? We have experimental proof 

 in various ways. A gentleman in India has lately had 

 the courage to induce a Mahommedan boy to swallow 

 some under-done meat of this description purposely, 

 and the result was that the boy had the privilege of 

 playing host to as many tapeworms as he had 

 swallowed examples of this little cysticercus. Dr. 

 Joseph Fleming brought over from India the largest 

 S2}ecinien ever seen, which was taken from meat served 

 out to our troops as rations. What happens when the 

 measles are swallowed is this, the bladder-like part is 

 immediately digested. These latter pass down from 

 the stomach into the alimentary canal, a process of 

 budding commences, and in three months the worm 

 is fully developed. Such astonishing phenomena as 

 these, are not the result of disease or accident; they 



