TRICHINIASIS 



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The female lives from about five to seven weeks doing this. 



The larv^ are carried by the blood and lymph stream all over the 



s d. 





Trtchinella spiralis. ? , mature female : E. embryos ; V, vulva : Ov, ovar)-. 3 , mature 

 male : T, testes, c newly born larva, d. larva in the muscles, c. encapsuled larva in the 

 muscles. Magnified. (After Claus.) 



body. They then leave the capillaries, burrow their way into the 

 tissues and in from nine to ten days become encapsuled in the muscles. 

 The muscle fibre infected degenerates, becomes inflamed, and a cyst 

 is formed from the inflammatory tissue. 



