. An address upon farm pests, including insects, Fungi, and animalcules . eirdestination, as hundreds of specimens have been seen to co-existentirely free from cysts. Fig. 38 shows the Trichina when thus in-cysted in the muscles (magnified). The number found in any one subject varies,but Leuckart estimated that one ounce of cat-flesh which he observed must have harboredmore than 300,000 parasites. Even if we as-sume that the forty-five pounds of musclewhich an ordinarily healthy man possesseswere infested with only 50,000 Trichinae to theounce, they would still contain more thanthirty millions
. An address upon farm pests, including insects, Fungi, and animalcules . eirdestination, as hundreds of specimens have been seen to co-existentirely free from cysts. Fig. 38 shows the Trichina when thus in-cysted in the muscles (magnified). The number found in any one subject varies,but Leuckart estimated that one ounce of cat-flesh which he observed must have harboredmore than 300,000 parasites. Even if we as-sume that the forty-five pounds of musclewhich an ordinarily healthy man possesseswere infested with only 50,000 Trichinae to theounce, they would still contain more thanthirty millions. Fig 38. The adult Trichina magnified is shown in TFig. 39- The sexually mature male Trichina, accord-ing to Cobbold, is about one-eighteenth of aninch long, while the adult female is one-eighth ;the body is rounded and slender, and the headvery narrow and sharply pointed. The modeof reproduction is viviparous. The muscularparasite, when introduced into the alimentarycanal of man or animal, is set free in theprocess of digestion, and in two days time reaches the adult.
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