174 PARASITOLOGY. 



The condition of the muscle being infested by 

 these cysts is called measly pork; the cyst or 

 larva cysticercus cellulosae. 



Symptoms. — In badly infested cases the cysts may 

 be found bulging from the mucous surface of the 

 sides of the tongue or phrenum, or from the conjunc- 

 tival or rectal mucous membrane. When the cysts 

 in the tongue are numerous they may cause partial 

 paralysis, and as a result, difficult prehension of food. 

 If the cysts are formed in the brain or spinal cord 

 various nervous disorders, as vertigo, convulsions, 

 etc., may be observed. When generalized the ani- 



Fig. 65 —Cysticercus Cellulosae of tongue, (measly pork), 

 a, Muscle fibers. b, cyst showing larva within. 



mal is unthrifty, weak and emaciated. In post mor- 

 tem work the meat from such infested hogs should 

 be condemned as unwholesome and dangerous. In 

 man the adult worm causes disturbance in digestion, 

 nausea, uncomfortable fe'^^Hng in the abdominal re- 

 gion, loss of flesh, etc. 



Taenia Saginata (Saginatus — to make fat) . 



Synonym. — Taenia Mediocanellata. 



DistribiUion. — More common in the United States 

 than the preceding species ; also common in other 

 countries. 



