. Fig. 39.âAnatomy of the Cysticercus celluloscB (after Robin). A, Cyst; B, scolex with hooks ; C, hooks ; D, magnified fragment of cyst. inhabitants are of nomad habits, and consequently disregard the most elementary rules of public and general hygiene. Furthermore, cattle in the Sahara, in Senegal and in the Indies, have a very marked habit of eat- ing ordure, and as no attempts are made to prevent it, the risk to these animals is greatly increased. As in the pig, the embryos which reach the stomach and intes- tine penetrate into the circulatory system, and are thereby distributed throughout


. Fig. 39.âAnatomy of the Cysticercus celluloscB (after Robin). A, Cyst; B, scolex with hooks ; C, hooks ; D, magnified fragment of cyst. inhabitants are of nomad habits, and consequently disregard the most elementary rules of public and general hygiene. Furthermore, cattle in the Sahara, in Senegal and in the Indies, have a very marked habit of eat- ing ordure, and as no attempts are made to prevent it, the risk to these animals is greatly increased. As in the pig, the embryos which reach the stomach and intes- tine penetrate into the circulatory system, and are thereby distributed throughout the entire organism. The development of the cysti- cercus is complete in forty days, and if swallowed by man in infected meat after this period it again gives rise to the Tcenia saginata. The age of the animals seems of less importance than in the case Fia. 40-Section of a beef tongue heavily ^^ ^^^^ â ^^^, ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^.^^ mfestecl with beet measles, natural size -^ '=' â â , n i ⢠(Stiles, Annual Report Bureau l^'^ve seen cases ot beef measles ni of Agriculture, 1901). animals of ten years old.


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