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DISEASES DUE TO HELMINTHS 



TiENIA SOLIUM. 



The uterus consists of a central stem, with seven to ten lateral 

 branches on either side, each again branching-. 



Two fairly mature proglottids of Tania 

 solium, showing ovaries (one bi-Iobed), 

 vitellaria, central uterine stem, cirrus and 

 vas deferens (above), vagina (below), testes 

 (scattered), longitudinal and transverse ex- 

 cretory vessels 



Head of Tiznia solium. 4S/1. 



Large and small hooks of Tcinia solium. 

 (After Lfuckait.) 



280/1. 



T<rnia solium. 21, egg with external membrane; 

 22, without (embryophore). (After Leuckart.) 



Two mature proglottids 

 of Tania solium with fully 

 developed uterus. 2/1. 



This parasite is found wherever men and pigs exist. 



It is 2 to 3 metres long, it has reached 8 metres, and is about 6 mm. 

 broad. The scolex has a rostellum, armed with a double row of hooks 

 twenty-two to thirty-tw^o in number. There are four hemispherical 

 suckers. 



