174 PARASITOLOGY. 
The condition of the muscle being infested by 
these cysts is called measly pork; the cyst or 
larva cysticercus cellulosae. 
Symptoms.—In badly infested cases the cysts may 
be found bulging from the mucous surface of the 
sides of the tongue or phrenum, or from the conjunc- 
tival or rectal mucous membrane. When the cysts 
in the tongue are numerous they may cause partial 
paralysis, and as a result,di.ficult prehension of food. 
If the cysts are formed in the brain or spinal cord 
various nervous disorders, as vertigo, convulsions, 
etc., may be observed. When generalized the ani- 
Fig. 65 —CysricErcus CELLULOSAE of tongue, (measly pork). 
a, Muscle fibers. b, cyst showing larva within. 
mal is unthrifty, weak and emaciated. In post mor- 
tem work the meat from such infested hogs should 
be condemned as unwholesome and dangerous. In 
man the adult worm causes disturbance in digestion, 
nausea, uncomfortable feeling in the abdominal re- 
gion, loss of flesh, etc. 
TAENIA SAGINATA (Saginatus—to make fat). 
Synonym.—Taenia Mediocanellata. 
Distribution.—More common in the United States 
than the preceding species; also common in other 
countries. 
