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become hardened with calcareous deposits. The 

 effects and symptoms are the same as in other 

 acute diseases or abscesses in one of the kidneys. 

 The only positive evidence of the presence of the 

 worm would be the discovery of the eggs in the 

 urine. It is probable that no remedy can be ap- 



Fig. 21— Perfoliate Tapeworm. 



plied when the parasite is once lodged in the 

 kidney." (Verrill.) 



"Tape- Worm of the Horse (Taenia perfoliata 

 Goeze). — This is a small species, seldom becoming 

 more than three inches long and a third of an inck 

 broad. The head is rather square, with four prom- 

 inent suckers, but without a proboscis and hooks. 

 There is no distinct neck, the first joints behind 

 the head being broad, but short. There are abomt 



