^28 TJte Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



Ks. in the accompanying drawing (Fig. 27), such a demon- 

 stration may display a bunch of young tapeworm heads, 

 jne or all of them showing the crown of hooks (a), the 



FIG. 27. 



TAPEWORM-LIKE HEADS OF THE GID-HYDATID. (NEWMAN.) 



"our suckers {h\ and a multitude of minute oval calcareous 

 particles {c\ which the old naturalists formerly supposed 

 ;o be eggs. The common bladder vesicle, from which the 

 leads project, exhibits cellular markings. 



The above figures are copied from Newman's treatise, 

 md I can testify to their perfect accuracy of detail. In 

 sne remarkable instance, recorded by Eichler, as many as 

 Jooo heads were displayed by a single ccenurus. 



Dr. Cobbold proceeds to speak of the measures to be 

 :aken in such cases, and advocates the destruction of the 

 ;apeworms in their ova. He points out the necessity of 

 [he sheep-owner aiid grazier seeing that no dog, either 

 Dclonging to himself or his neighbours, is permitted to go 

 ibout the land distributing the eggs of tapeworms with 

 ivery act of defaecation, as well as by dropping the ova oft, 

 ts coat.* If a dog harbouring tapeworms be allowed to 



* Easier to advocate than adopt. To prevent dogs trespassing on 

 >ome portion of land would necessitate a staff of watchers far beyond 

 .he ordinary number of farm servants. 



