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man ( Tmnia mediocanellata) is obtained by eating the young, 

 in the shape of "measles," in raw or slightly cooked beef and 



Eigure 57. Figure 58. 



Pigure 59. 



veal. And thus the presence of tape-worms in infants fed on 

 dried beef, as well as in Jews and others not guilty of eating 



Figure 57. — Tcenia mediocanellata, natural size. Hearth and Home, after 

 Leuckart. 



Figure 58. — Head of beef tape-worm, magnified. Hearth and Home, after 

 Leuckart. 



Figure 59. — A joint of the beef tape-worm, showing the ovaries, enlarged. Pleartli 

 and Home, after Leuckart. 



