TRICHINAE. 
447 
and a width of 1 ctm., were taken from the flesh of several hogs 
by which trichinae had been constituted. 
80 specimens from hog No. 1 gave the following : 
a. From pillars of diaphragm.12 tiichinae. 
b. “ muscles “ .4 “ 
c. “ “ of larynx. 1 “ 
d. “ “ “ ribs." 
e. “ “ “ tongue.. 
f. “ “ “ neck. { None. 
g. “ “ “ eye and overarm.J 
60 preparations from swine No. 2 gave the following : 
a. From 
b. “ 
c. “ 
d. “ 
/• “ 
pillars of diaphragm. 
muscles “ . 
laryngeal muscles. 
intercostals. 
tongue musculature. 
muscles of eyes and overarm and 
neck.. 
10 trichinae. 
6 “ 
2 “ 
j> None. 
J 
40 preparations from swine No. 3 gave as follows : 
a. From pillars of diaphragm.40 trichinae. 
b. kt muscles “ .25 “ 
c. “ laryngeal muscles.4 “ 
d. “ intercostals. 6 “ 
e. “ tongue musculature. 7 “ 
f. “ muscles of neck, eye and overarm... 2 
40 preparations from swine No. 4 gave as follows: 
a. From pillars of diaphragm.40 trichinae. 
b. “ muscles “ .30 “ 
c. u laryngeal muscles.10 “ 
d. “ intercostals.10 “ 
e. “ muscles of tongue. 6 “ 
f. “ “ overarms. 2 “ 
More striking, however, than the dispersion of the parasites 
over the various muscles of the organism, is the extreme multi¬ 
tude which have been estimated as infesting one organism. Leuc- 
kart estimates that in some of the cases which have come to his 
observation, that a single gramm of flesh lodged from 1,200 to 
1,500, and assuming the muscles of a man to weigh forty pounds, 
