94 THE INTERNAL PAEASTTES OF 



CHAPTER, X. 



Parasites op the Dog continued — Importance op the 

 Study op the Canine Oestodes — The Cucumerine 

 Tapeworm — Its Larv^i reside in the Louse op the 

 Dog — The Gid Tapeworm — How Dogs become in- 

 fested- — Parasitic Diseases can be either promoted 

 or cut short at our pleasure— -how to increase the 

 number op Tapeworms and Bladder Worms — The 

 Margined Tapeworm — The Hydatid producing Tape- 

 worm — Source and Development explained — Extra- 

 ordinary Provision made por its Propagation — Parity 

 op the adult parasite in england the liarvie are 



DESTRUCTIVE TO HUMAN LlPE THE EnTOZOON POUND 



by Dr. Maddox. 



Although the lumbricoid worms of the dog constitute an 

 important section of the canine parasites, the practical 

 interest attaching to them is scarcely so great as that 

 which appertains to the tapeworms. 



If, on the one hand, it be allowed that the canine 

 cestodes are not so numerous as the nematodes, it must 

 on the other hand be admitted that (as regards public 

 health and the propagation of parasitic diseases amongst 

 animals) the part these tapeworms are destined to play- 

 in the economy of life is not merely remarkable, but 

 altogether unique. 



The first cestode which I have to notice is the cucu- 



