. Fig. 47.—MAW-WORM. all are now said to be developed from the hydatid forms found in the livers of sheep, rabbits, etc. The peculiarity in the bothrioce- phalus consists in the shape of the head, which has two lateral longitudmal grooves, while that of the true taenia is hemispherical. Professor Owen says: " The Tmnia solium (Fig. 48) is several feet long. The breadth varies from one-fourth of a line at its anterior part to three or four lines towards the posterior part of the body, which then again diminishes. The head (fig. 49) is small, and generally hemispherical, broader than long,
. Fig. 47.—MAW-WORM. all are now said to be developed from the hydatid forms found in the livers of sheep, rabbits, etc. The peculiarity in the bothrioce- phalus consists in the shape of the head, which has two lateral longitudmal grooves, while that of the true taenia is hemispherical. Professor Owen says: " The Tmnia solium (Fig. 48) is several feet long. The breadth varies from one-fourth of a line at its anterior part to three or four lines towards the posterior part of the body, which then again diminishes. The head (fig. 49) is small, and generally hemispherical, broader than long, and often as truncated anteriorly ; the four mouths, or oscula, are situated on the anterior surface, and surround the central rostellum, which is very short,
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