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having been detected by meat inspectors in England . 

 Abroad it is otherwise ; though in Germany, where the 

 adult parasites are quite as abundant as they are with our- 

 selves, they have only once or twice been seen in meat 

 about to be sold as food. Neither in France, Holland, 

 Denmark, nor Russia, do they appear to have been 

 encountered by inspectors ; and yet, in one and all of 

 these countries, the parasites in question undoubtedly 

 occur in beef and veal more or less copiously. " According 

 to our experience," writes Dr. Hewlett, "the buttocks 

 of the cattle are usually more infested than the rest of 

 the body, so that persons who are fond of rump steaks 

 should be more than usually cautious." Dr. Hewlett 

 ackowledges his indebtedness to the practical findings of 

 Dr. Yeale, who, " on more than one occasion," brought 

 to him portions of meat containing cysticerci; such 

 pieces having actually been sold as food in the Bombay 

 markets. 



None of our Indian professional investigators appear 

 to have discovered measles in mutton ; and it is probably 

 not known to them that I have observed them in joints 

 brought to table. The importance of this interesting 

 fact will appear more significant when we shall have 

 finally determined, by our experiments, the true form 

 and character of the tapeworm constituting the adult 

 representative of the mutton measle. 



The experiences of Dr. Joseph Fleming are so 

 remarkable and interesting, in connection with the 

 prevalence of measles and other forms of parasites in 

 the Punjab, that I am constrained to lay particular 

 stress upon them. He writes me word to the effect, 

 that during his seven years' service in India, he scarcely 

 ever inspected the body of a slaughtered ox or cow, 



