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face. b. Another, the cysticercus tenuicollis, has been met 

 with in the pericardial sac of a calf (Reed), c. A third, the 

 cysticercus cellulosa infests the muscular structure of the heart 

 of measly pigs. d. The heart like other voluntary muscles of 

 hogs occasionally contains trichina spiralis, e. Rainey's cysts 

 (sarcocysts) are microscopic ovoid bodies usually found in the 

 hearts of oxen and other animals. /. A round worm , filaria immi- 

 tis. first described as filaria papillosa haematica by Delafond and 

 Gruby, lives in the blood of the dog, is one millimeter thick by fif- 

 teen to 30 centimeters long. It may obstruct the pulmonary artery 

 (Serres) or the mitral orifice (Silvestre). It may cause various 

 nervous disorders and even sudden death. Its mode of entrance 

 is unknown, g. Strongylus Subulatus, i to 2 mm. long by 

 70 to 90 //. in thickness was found in numbers in a nodule of a 

 dog's lung, and the dorsal vein of the penis of a dog (Leisering). 

 h. Strongylus Vasorum in the right auricle and ventricle of a 

 dog, in pea-hke blood clots. It is 14 to 21 mm. long by i m. in 

 thickness (Serres). 



