An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . thrioeejjhalus latus,is found only in certain parts of the continentof Europe. The beef and pork tape-worms (Figs. 5 and6) are easily distinguished by their heads, andless readily by the sexually mature pork tape-worm has a circle of hard chiti-nous hooks on the head, with four suckingdisks, and the head itself is somewhat
An American text-book of the diseases of childrenIncluding special chapters on essential surgical subjects; orthopaedics, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat; diseases of the skin; and on the diet, hygiene, and general management of children . thrioeejjhalus latus,is found only in certain parts of the continentof Europe. The beef and pork tape-worms (Figs. 5 and6) are easily distinguished by their heads, andless readily by the sexually mature pork tape-worm has a circle of hard chiti-nous hooks on the head, with four suckingdisks, and the head itself is somewhat head of the beef tape-w^orm is not pointed,and is provided with four suckers only, beingdevoid of the circle of hooks. This species mayalso be distinguished by the sexually maturesegments or proglottides which are passed fromthe anus. In the pork tape-worm the lateralbranches of the uterus (Fig. 6, b), are onlyeight to twelve in number, and quite thick,while in the beef tape-worm the side branches are finer and are much morenumerous, being twenty or thirty in number (Fig. 5, b). These can be seenby flattening out the segments between two microscopic slides and holding themup to the light. The addition of glycerin makes them more Tsenia Solium. Head and MatureSegment, Enlarged. (Beneden.) 534 AMERICAN TEXT-BOOK OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN. Taenia nana has of late years been found to be very numerous in Italy,particularly in Sicily. It has been found in Egypt, and also in so many Italians of the poorer class constantly coming to this country,its occurrence here is to be expected. It especially attacks children, and mayoccur in great numbers in one individual. It is very small, being only ten tofifteen mm. in length. The head is armed with four suckers and a rostellumwith hooks, which can be protruded or entirely withdrawn. Severe nervoussymptoms are sometimes caused by this worm. Tamia cucumerina is another rare form of tape-worm which especiallyinfects ch
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