XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE IV.— Cestoda. 



General considerations respecting the origin of human tapeworms — Kiichenmeister's 

 gi'eat merit in establishing the experimental method of research — The inferences of 

 MM. Pouchet and Yerrier successfully opposed by Van Beneden — Tcenia solium — 

 General and specific characters — Name and history — Anatomy of the strobile and 

 proglottis — Egg and sis -hooked embryo — Measle, or Cysticercus cellulosce P. 208 — 219 



CHAPTER v.— T^NiA solium. 



Development of the common tapeworm — The life-phases of Tmnia solium regarded as 

 parts of the "zoological individual "—Injurious effects upon man — Particular 

 instances — Frequency of Oysticerci in the human brain — Mr. Hulke's case — Pre- 

 cautions suggested — Statistics — Treatment 220 — 234 



CHAPTER VI. — TiENiA mediocanellata. 



General and specific characters of Tcenia mediocanellata — Feeding experiments of 

 Leuckart and Mosler — Acute cestode tuberculosis — Statistics — Kaschin's account 

 of the prevalence of tapeworm amongst the Cossacks of the Baikal — Tcenia acantho- 

 trias, T. Jlavopuncta, and T. nana — Probable identity of Tcsnia elliptica with T. 

 cucumerina — Structure of the so-called Cysticercus tenuicollis, or larva of Tcenia 

 marginata ............. 236 — 262 



CHAPTER VII.— TAENIA echinococcus. 



General and specific characters of the Tcenia echinococcus — Grounds for. disputing 

 Kiichenmeister's notion that there are two distinct forms of Echinococcus— Struc- 

 ture and development of the adult worm — Hydatids — Exogenous, endogenous, 

 and multilocular varieties — Growth and structure — Formation of the scolices 

 within brood capsules — Opinions of Owen, Wilson, Busk, Huxley, N^aumyn, and 

 Leuckart, severally contrasted 263 — 272 



CHAPTER VIJI.— TyiiNiA ECiiiNococmis. 



Hydatids considered from a professional point of view— Leuckart's condensed account 

 of Virnhow's so-called multilocular Echinococcns-growth— Its resemblance to 



