A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . Fig. 4.—a, Bostellum; &, crown of hooks; c. c,suckers; 1, scolex of the taenia solium ; 2. hooksexpanded; a, heel of the hook.— Van Beneden. Fig. 6.—Bothriocephalus latus, Van Bener 122 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE is derived from the embryos contained in pork, known as cysticercuscelhdosus, and T. saginata, from embryos found in beef. The bothri-ocephalus is supposed to be derived from an embryo found in fish,but not correctly so, as it occurs among peoples liv-ing on the seashore and at the bor
A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . Fig. 4.—a, Bostellum; &, crown of hooks; c. c,suckers; 1, scolex of the taenia solium ; 2. hooksexpanded; a, heel of the hook.— Van Beneden. Fig. 6.—Bothriocephalus latus, Van Bener 122 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE is derived from the embryos contained in pork, known as cysticercuscelhdosus, and T. saginata, from embryos found in beef. The bothri-ocephalus is supposed to be derived from an embryo found in fish,but not correctly so, as it occurs among peoples liv-ing on the seashore and at the borders of lakes, andin the interior of continents as well. Symptoms and Results.—The small intestine isthe abode of taenia, but when very long it mayreach into the large intestine. The head is fixedagainst the mucous membrane just below the pylo-rus. The T. solium is usually solitary, but not al-ways, and a number of them may be found in onehost. The immense length of the segments dis-charged often gives rise to the impression that theremust be several of them to produce such a quan-tity. Although more frequent in adults, no age isexempt, and infants at the breast have been in-fested after feeding on raw beef-pulp. Dr. Armor *Fig. t — Bothriocepha- reports a case of taenia in an infant five days old. l
Size: 1011px × 2472px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectmedicine, bookyear188
