CONTENTS. IX 



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Pentastomes in the air Passages — True nature of the so- 

 called Maw-worms explained — Suitable Treatment — Para- 

 sites of the Horse — Why so little regarded by Veterinarians 

 — Enumeration of equine Entozoa — The Palisade Worm — 

 Produces Aneurism in the Horse and Ass — History of its 

 development — A simple Means of Diagnosis — Literature of 

 Equine Parasitism — Its Importance in Eelation to Hygiene 

 — Interesting Cases of Wandering of the Armed Strongle 

 —Worm in the Eye 106 



CHAPTER XII. 



Internal Parasites of the Hog— The Pork-tapeworm not so 

 Common as the Beef-tapeworm — Measly Pork — Cysticerci in 

 Westphalian Hams — The Crown-tailed Strongle — 

 Thousands of Swine are infested by the Stephanurus — Its 

 original Discovery in Brazil — Occurs in the United States 

 and in Australia — Enterprise of the Public Press in the 

 Cause of Parasitism considered as Useful Knowledge — The 

 Spiral Meshworm, or Trichina — English Outbreak of 

 Trichiniasis — Development of the Fleshworm — Other 

 Parasites found in Swine — Entozoa of the Cat — Lumbricoid 

 worms of the Cat — Trichiniasis and Olulaniasis compared 

 — Tapeworms of the cat — Conclusion 117 



