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VARIOUS FORMS OF TAPEWORMS. 



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

 lysed. 



T(enia solium = Cysticercus celluloses 

 (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 



Fig. 13. — Fragment of Measly Pork. 



c, c, Cysticeroi ; v, alveolus, from wliich a blaJder-worm has been taken. RaiUiet. 

 (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 off several together 

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



