TRICHINIASIS OF MAN AND ANIMALS. 9 



According to Gerlach : * 



One jj:raiii of flesh taken from tlio 



Psoas luuscle coutuiued IGl tricluuo). 



Diaphragm muscle . " 129 '' 



Laryngeal " " 120 " 



Tongue " " 105 " 



Orbital " " C4 



Abdominal " " 54 " 



Mas.-^etor " " 45 " 



Lips, near snout '• 43 " 



Serratus magnns " 39 " 



Pectoralis major " 33 " 



CEsophagus, anterior to the diaphragm " 31 " 



" posterior " " 1 " 



Pelvi-femoral muscle " 20 '' 



Tibial " " 26 " 



Longissimus-dorsi muscle " 20 " 



Soapulo-humeral " " 18 " 



Radio-ulnar " " 17 " 



Metatarsal " " 9 " 



Intercostal " " 8 " 



Small muscle of ear " 2 " 



" tail " 1 " 



Kriimerf gives the following as the results of examining one 

 gramme of tiesh from different parts : 



From the biceps contained 420 trichina). 



" raasseter " 213 " 



" genio-glossus " 188 " 



" gastrocnemius " 186 " 



" sterno-mastoid " 171 " 



" pectoral " 148 " 



'• diapliragm " 129 " 



" crico-tliyroid " 124 " 



" intercostal " 113 " 



" rectus abdominis " lOO " 



'* psoas " 105 " 



" tongue " 58 " 



" laryngeal " 21 



Not having any opportunity to make detailed examinations of 

 the muscles of any whole or single hog, I could not make any per- 

 sonal observations of the percental di^-jK^i'sion of the trichinae over 

 the different muscle-groups or parts of the organism. 



Coming upon a piece of a pillar of the diaphragm which was 

 wonderfully infected, I made the following numerical observation 



* " Die Trichinon." f " Deutsche Klinik," July and August, 1872. 



