. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. 228 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. As in the accompanying drawing (Fig. 27), such a demon- stration may display a bunch of young tapeworm heads, one or all of them showing the crown of hooks («), the. FIG. 27. TAPEWORM-LIKE HEADS OF THE GID-HYDATID. (nEWMAN.) four suckers {p\ and a multitude of minute oval caJcareous particles {c), which the old naturalists formerly supposed to be eggs. The common bladder vesicle, from which the heads project, exhibits cellular markings. The above figures are copied from Newman's treatise, and I can test


. The management and diseases of the dog. Dogs. 228 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. As in the accompanying drawing (Fig. 27), such a demon- stration may display a bunch of young tapeworm heads, one or all of them showing the crown of hooks («), the. FIG. 27. TAPEWORM-LIKE HEADS OF THE GID-HYDATID. (nEWMAN.) four suckers {p\ and a multitude of minute oval caJcareous particles {c), which the old naturalists formerly supposed to be eggs. The common bladder vesicle, from which the heads project, exhibits cellular markings. The above figures are copied from Newman's treatise, and I can testify to their perfect accuracy of detail. In one remarkable instance, recorded by Eichler, as many as 2000 heads were displayed by a single coenurus. Dr. Cobbold proceeds to speak of the measures to be taken in such cases, and advocates the destruction of the tapeworms in their ova. He points out the necessity of the sheep-owner and grazier seeing that no dog, either belonging to himself or his neighbours, is permitted to go about the land distributing the eggs of tapeworms with every act of defaecation, as well as by dropping the ova oft its coat.* If a dog harbouring tapeworms be allowed to * Easier to advocate than adopt. To prevent dogs trespassing cc some portion of land would necessitate a staff of watchers far beyond the ordinary &"—/ber of farm Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, John Woodroffe, d. 1909. London, S. Sonnenschein & Co. , Lim. ; New York, The Macmillan Co.


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