The diseases of infants and children . llata;Beef Tapeworm (Fig. 267).—The head islarger than in the preceding species,pear-shaped, with 4 sucking mouths, butnot provided with hooklets or a tapeworm measifres 15 to 24 feet (456 to730 cm.) or more in length, % to % of aninch ( to 2 cm.) in length and about ^^inch (0. 85 cm.) in breadth. Toward themiddle of the worm the breadth is greaterthan at other parts. The uterus contains20 to 25 slender branches on each side, andthe eggs are oval and measure ^^oo to 3^^ooof an inch ( to cm.) in lengthby somewhat more than half thi
The diseases of infants and children . llata;Beef Tapeworm (Fig. 267).—The head islarger than in the preceding species,pear-shaped, with 4 sucking mouths, butnot provided with hooklets or a tapeworm measifres 15 to 24 feet (456 to730 cm.) or more in length, % to % of aninch ( to 2 cm.) in length and about ^^inch (0. 85 cm.) in breadth. Toward themiddle of the worm the breadth is greaterthan at other parts. The uterus contains20 to 25 slender branches on each side, andthe eggs are oval and measure ^^oo to 3^^ooof an inch ( to cm.) in lengthby somewhat more than half this in worm is acquired by eating the affected measly flesh of cattle whichhave themselves become diseased by ingesting the eggs of tapeworms uponvegetation which had come in contact with contaminated human or several worms may be present in the intestine at the same species is very widely distributed geographically, and, althoughless common in the United States than in many other regions, it is by far. Fig. 267.—T^nia SaginataDifferent portions ofNatural size. worm. T^NIA 825 the most frequent variety found. It is rare in infants, but is occasionallyacquired through the giving of scraped raw meat. I have observed thedisease developing from this cause in several instances under 2 years ofage. Taenia Elliptica or Cucumerina; Dog Tapeworm {Dipylidiumcaninum).—This is a small tapeworm common in the dog and cat, butrare in the human race. Zschokke^ collected 36 published cases, towhich he added another; and Lins raised the total number of reportedcases to 68. The majority of instances of tapeworm of this variety havebeen observed in children and infants. Usually-the parasite occurs singly, but Lins found from 20up to 200 present at a time. The second host is thelouse and the flea infecting dogs and cats, as wellas the human flea. The close contact which playoften brings with these domestic animals, and thenatural tendency of the infants to put t
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