. Public health and preventive medicine. g the, pig or man for the ox, and the term Cysticercus celMosce (Fig. 23) fur C. horns. The cysticercus, besides occurring in the muscles, may be found in the human brain, eye, or subcutaneous tissue. It is rarely present in the lungs and heart. Geoqra piiica l DI ST rib utjon. T. solium is common in North Ger-many. It occurs also in SouthernGermany, France, Britain, and theUnited States. Its distribution corre-sponds to that of the domestic pig. Method of Transmission. —Man is liable to obtain the parasite—(1) as cysticercus in measly pork;(2) as eggs
. Public health and preventive medicine. g the, pig or man for the ox, and the term Cysticercus celMosce (Fig. 23) fur C. horns. The cysticercus, besides occurring in the muscles, may be found in the human brain, eye, or subcutaneous tissue. It is rarely present in the lungs and heart. Geoqra piiica l DI ST rib utjon. T. solium is common in North Ger-many. It occurs also in SouthernGermany, France, Britain, and theUnited States. Its distribution corre-sponds to that of the domestic pig. Method of Transmission. —Man is liable to obtain the parasite—(1) as cysticercus in measly pork;(2) as eggs in food or in water; (3) as eggs, by the introduction of soiledfingers into the mouth; (4) possibly by the ripe segments being passed intothe stomach during the strain of vomiting. Prevention of Origin and Spread.—Proper keeping of disposal of human excreta. Efficient cooking of pork. Cleanlinesson the part of the host. The use of anthelmintics. The other Tceniadce occasionally met with in the human intestine are—. Fig. 23. - Cysticercus cdhdosoe from measlyjiork, x 24 diameters. Name. Intermediate Host. Definitive Host in ad-dition to Man. T. nana (Fig. 24) . T. cucumerina (Fig. 25) . T. flavo-punctata T. madagascaricusis Probably insect or and cat , probably an Rat. Dog and cat. Rat. Unknown. Bothriocephalus latus (the Broad Pit-headed worm).—This herm-aphrodite tapeworm passes its mature stage in the human intestine, and has
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