A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . Fig. 9.—Trichocephalus of Man.—1, female: a, ce- Fig. 10.—Oxyurus Vermieularis.— 1, male ofnatu-phalic extremity; b. caudal extremity and anus; ral size ; 2, female, ib.; 3, cephalic extremity, c, d, digestive tube and ovary: e, orifice of sex- magnified. ual apparatus. 2, isolated egg. 8. male : a, ce-phalic extremity; &. anus; c, digestive tube; d,spicula or penis; e, sheath into which it is with-drawn. only one half the size of the female. The female worm is scarcely ahalf inch (nine to twelve mm.), and the
A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . Fig. 9.—Trichocephalus of Man.—1, female: a, ce- Fig. 10.—Oxyurus Vermieularis.— 1, male ofnatu-phalic extremity; b. caudal extremity and anus; ral size ; 2, female, ib.; 3, cephalic extremity, c, d, digestive tube and ovary: e, orifice of sex- magnified. ual apparatus. 2, isolated egg. 8. male : a, ce-phalic extremity; &. anus; c, digestive tube; d,spicula or penis; e, sheath into which it is with-drawn. only one half the size of the female. The female worm is scarcely ahalf inch (nine to twelve mm.), and the male is about one fourth of aninch (three to five mm.) in length, cylindrical, tapering to both ex-tremities, but the cephalic end is blunter. The ova are contained in astout envelope which resists considerable heat as well as cold, but soft-ens in the intestinal canal of man, and discharges its embryo, whichindeed may be discerned in the mature eggs, already in process of de-velopment. The habitat of the oxyurus is the large intestine of man,especially the rectum, a
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