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duly considered. The Buriites are herdsmen, and feed almost ex- 

 clusively upon flesh, especially that of calves, sheep, camels, and 

 horses ; they neither clean the meat of these animals properly, nor 

 cook it completely, and, moreover, they eat from tables which im- 

 mediately before have served for the purpose of cutting up the 

 flesh. The tables are just as httle familiarized with the application 

 of water, as are the dishes and the people themselves ; in other 

 words, they are never cleaned. Fat, liver, and kidneys are eaten 

 quite raw, and diseased animals are as much rehshed as half-rotten 

 carcases. Moreover, these Burates are so voracious that any two 

 of them can demolish a one-year old lamb at a single meal!" 

 Kaschin supposes these tapeworms to be referable to T. solium, 

 but in this, as Leuckart points otit, he is evidently mistaken : for 

 not only are the , ruminants the principal source of their food, but 

 they comparatively rarely partake of pork. The Burates not un- 

 frequently also suffer from hydatid disease. 



Leuckart also mentions that Dr. Krabbe of Copenhagen finds 

 the T. mediocanellata quite as frequent as the T. solium in 



Fig. 53 — Free proglottides of Teenia mediocanellata in various states of contraction. — Leuckart. 



Denmark. Out of thirteen tapeworms in Krabbe' s possession, no 

 less than seven belonged to the former species. This agrees with 

 my own experience ; for, on looking over our museum specimens at 

 the Middlesex Hospital, I was surprised to find at least half the 

 worms referable to T. m,ediocanellata.* Leuckart also, to whom I 



* Out of five tapeworms since submitted to my examination, four are of this species. 

 One very fine example, from Dr. Greenhow, has the head perfect, and consists of about 

 1000 joints, or, without reckoning the first inch, where it is difficult to count them, of 

 946 easily recognized segments. — T. S. C, June 20, 1864 



