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Symptoms. The 



symptoms are still less 

 marked than in the pig, 

 and in ordinary cases of 

 infection always escape 

 observation. Stiles, how- 

 ever, gives the following 

 account of a case experi- 

 mentally infected : — 



"Symptoms. Four 

 days after feeding seg- 

 ments of T. saginata to 

 a healthy three-months- 

 old calf, the patient 

 showed a higher tem- 

 perature (the normal 

 temperature was 39'2" 

 C). The calf ate but 

 little on that day, showed 

 an accelerated pulse, 

 swollen belly, staring- 

 coat, and upon pressure 

 on the sides showed signs 

 of pain. The next day 

 the animal was more 

 lively, ate a little, and 

 for nine days later did 

 not show any special 

 symptoms except pain 

 on pressure of the abdo- 

 minal walls, and a slight 

 fever. Nine days after 

 the infection the tem- 

 perature was 40"7° C, 

 pulse 86, respiration 22 ; 

 the calf laid down most 

 of the time, lost its ap- 

 petite almost entirely, 

 and groaned consider- 

 ably. When driven it 

 showed a stiff gait and 

 evident pain in the side. 

 The fever increased 



D.C. 



