. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. CESTODES 35. Fig. 554.—(a) Scolex,(b) egg and (c) of Teniasolium. {Pribram andWood, modified segments.) Tenia Solium.—The tenia solium or pork tapeworm, is common in Europeor Asia, but infrequent in this country. It is shorter than the tenia saginata,seldom exceeding 12 feet in length. The head issmaller, rounder, and provided with double circlet orhooklets in addition to its suction discs, the neck isnarrow and threadlike. The segments measure 1 7 to 8 mm. The structure of the uterus andgeneral form of the worm is shown in the accom-
. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. CESTODES 35. Fig. 554.—(a) Scolex,(b) egg and (c) of Teniasolium. {Pribram andWood, modified segments.) Tenia Solium.—The tenia solium or pork tapeworm, is common in Europeor Asia, but infrequent in this country. It is shorter than the tenia saginata,seldom exceeding 12 feet in length. The head issmaller, rounder, and provided with double circlet orhooklets in addition to its suction discs, the neck isnarrow and threadlike. The segments measure 1 7 to 8 mm. The structure of the uterus andgeneral form of the worm is shown in the accom-panying illustration. In man and pigs the ova de-velop and the free armed embryos pass to differentparts of the body and develop as cysticerci. Dibothriocephalus latus.—This cestode, thoughlargely confined to Switzerland and Japan and thecoast of the Baltic, is occasionally encountered inimmigrants and has recently been found in Minnesotain a number of cases reported by the late Frank It is conveyed by the pike or other fish;the adult worm meas
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