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BNTOZOA. 



but as Leuckart lias placed the results of his own inquiries in a 

 somewhat more detailed and exhaustive manner, I prefer to quote 

 the results, as he has himself recorded them : — 



1. " Trichina spiralis is the juvenile condition of a little round 

 wprm, hitherto unknown, to which, however, the generic name of 

 Trichina must remain attached." 



Fig. 75. — Sexually mature male Trichina spiralis. (Highly magnified.) — Leuckart. 



2. " The sexually-mature Trichina inhabits the intestinal canal 

 of numerous warm-blooded animals, especially mammalia (also of 

 man), and constantly in great numbers." 



