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VARIOUS FORMS OF TAPEWOEMS. 



the so-called " lumbar-gid " — the hindquarters becoming para- 

 lysed. 



To&nia solium = Cystieercus cellulosm 

 (the Human Tapeworm and Measles in pigs). 



Tmnia solium is a tapeworm found in man, in some parts of 

 Eui'ope in great abundance, but comparatively rarely now in 



PiQ. 13.— rRAOMEKT Or MeASLY PobK. 



c, c, Cystioerd ; v, alveolus, from which a bladder-worm has been taken. Railliet. 

 (From Par, Dis. Ani., Neumann.) 



England. It is creamy white in colour, and reaches from six 

 to ten feet in length, often being composed of as many as eight 

 hundred segments : the scolex is provided with a large circle of 

 hooks. The ripe segments become pinched oif several together 

 and are passed out, when they may find their way on to some 



