1884.] 
Correspondence. 
113 
of Organic Nature,” says, “ The tape-worm exists in the human 
intestines, so that the fewer there are of men the fewer there will 
r e fl e dfr 0 n G "per ha d s °Jw b ® in ^, alike - U is a humiliating 
enection, perhaps, that we may be classed as dirert heloers tn 
the tape-worm ; but the fail is so. We can all see that if the ° 
'nr T nnf°'f l ^ n tIler ? wou ^ be no tape-worms ” (p. 122). Whether 
or not it is received as a biological fart, that the tape-worm 
to be° drawn from' ' th T’ 1 d ° n0t know ’ Clearl y the inference 
10 oe drawn from the above quotation is, that such is the fart 
to rth 0 at h the°f >ini0n 1 have an obse ™ ti °" of my own 
besides’ man , h ‘ape-worm is present with other animals 
oM wasTadlv t n a 1, temer whlch ' when about nine «>™th s 
On three selem o“ * • h W ° r , mS ’ USUally ma gS°‘-like creatures, 
n iniee seveial occasions, under my notice, the dog voided tane 
worm from 6 inches to a foot in length. g P 
viz "asto^he q r UGSt f ion in Physiology there appears to be a fog- 
viz as to the creatures which are hermaphrodite. The snail I 
L heTiLUmd^ 66 ’ ^ ^ COmmon ear th-worm. This ’is 
nermaphrodite , each worm impregnates the other bv a donhlp 
with , both - . «» be 1 1 !* 
P iested in the subjert in the evenings of August The 
headS “ taik > ba “ them 
se.en wTi U t r g se P arated the distinct organs may be 
know • T V fi h n e , ther thlS f fadb h / s been observed by others I 17 not 
oossTble tW n ° r tlce ° f 11 in hooks. I do not suppose it is 
possible that my dog and my worms are isolated farts 
cordin- 'aJid 11 } 6 fadts are new or not 1 have thought them worth re- 
cording, and hence the reason for my troubling you.-I am, &c„ 
S. Billing. 
thfj Ttkinoc^rz r iCh ° CCUr /" 
These e di i dl from (lie spec , e rXbhing man KS 
j. s ] WhlCh thC earth - wo ™ belongs is hemaphroditic.-Ec. 
