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CONTENTS. 



Occurrence and Medical Significance — Multiple Echinococd — Etiology — 

 Distribution and Frequency of the Disease — Echinococcua in the 

 loelsmdera and Pastoral Peoples — Influence of Age and Sex — Growth 

 of the Parasite — Prognosis — Nature and Symptoms of the Disease — 

 Death of the Echinococcus, ...... 632-652 



Division II. — Ordinaby Tape-Wobms (Cystoidei). 

 General Characters — Larveil Stages — Number of Species, . . 652-656 



Subgenus Hymenolepis, Weioland, . . . . . 657 



Tasnia nana, von Siebold, ...... 657 



Definition^Development — Eggs, ...... 657-661 



Tffinia flavo-punctata, Weioland, . . . . 881 



Definition and Characters, ...... 661-663 



Taenia madagascariensis, Davaine, ..... 663 



Definition and History, ....... 663-665 



Subgenus DipylidiTim, Leuckart, ...... 665 



Taenia CTiCTimerina, Rudolphi, ...... 665 



Definition — Historical Account — Development — Melnikoff's Discovery 



Egg-Masses, 665-673 



Eamily II. — Bothwocephalid.s;. 

 Definition — General Characters— Head, Nerves, and Excretory Organs — Generative 



Organs — Number of Species, ••.... 674-682 



Bothriocephalias, Rudolphi, ■■.... 



682 

 683 



Bothriocephalus latus, Bremser, ..... 



Definition— Historical Sketch — Anatomy— Muscles-Vessels— Generative 



Organs— Male Organs— Eemale Organs— Their Development— Abnor- 



"^^t^f^s, 6S3-7U 



Occurrence — Historical Sketch — Braun's Discovery — Early Stages of 



Development — Ciliated Embryos — Metamorphosis, . . . 714-729 



Distribution and Medical Significance— Modes of Infection— Specific and 



Individual Differences, • • . . . 799-735 



Bothriocephalus cristatus, Davaiue, . 



Bothriocephalus cordatus, Leuckart, . 



Definition— Occurrence in Man— Description and Specific Distmctuess- 

 Peculiarities of Young Forms, 



Bothriocephalus liguloides, Leuckart, 



Definition — Historical Account — Occurreuco in Man — Anatomy- 



Disposition of the Organs— Sti-ucture of the Head, 



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