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in Northern India — Experimental Besearches in England 

 and Germany — By whom conducted — Method pursued — 

 Scientific results — The so-called Oestode Tuberculosis — 

 Unscientific Persons should not be appointed as Meat-In- 

 spectors — Technical Information is necessary . . .19 



CHAPTER IV. 



Beef and Pork Measles contrasted — Essential Marks of the 

 Bovine Oysticercus — Character and Functions of the central 

 sucking Organ of the Head — English Meat Inspectors 

 unacquainted with the Beef Measle — Measly Beef sold in 

 the Bombay Markets — Extraordinary prevalence of Cysti- 

 cerci in the Flesh of Cattle in the Punjab— Explanation 

 of this Phenomenon — Its bearing on the Sewage Question 

 — Interesting Statements by Dr. Joseph Fleming — Disgust- 

 ing Habits of Native Cattle and Swine — A Question 

 of Diagnosis . 29 



CHAPTER Y. 



Propositions respecting the Causation of Measles in Cattle 

 — Indebtedness of Professional Men and Sanitarians to ex- 

 perimental Helminthology — Administration of Measles to 

 the Human Subject by Dr. Oliver — Cestodes have different 

 Periods of Maturation — The Tapeworm is a chain of Zooids 

 arranged in single File — Description of the Beef Tapeworm 

 — Dispersion of Eggs — Further Proofs of the Abundance 

 of Bladder Worms in the Cattle of North-western India — 

 Their comparative Barity in Calcutta — Measles found by 

 Dr. Lewis in a cold Sirloin of Beef — Ignorance of English 

 Butchers and Fleshes — The Welfare of Mankind is inti- 

 mately connected with the health of Cattle — Yalue of 

 Hygienic Measures shown by the Indian Sanitary Commis- 

 sioner's Seventh Annual Beport — Why Parasitism is less 

 prevalent in England than it is in India. . . . . 37 



