Archives of internal medicine . y^., c-iijj Fig. 7.—Larva coiled ii]) in an air-vcsiclf. Iditions of two coils Fig. 8.—Larva in the interlobular connective tissue of the lungs. JOE^ Q. GAGE 573 and develop rapidly in both directions until there are sometimes as manyas twenty-six, closely packed and lying transversely, which is quite dif-ferent from the arrangement of the eggs in the body of the parasiticmother worm in the intestine. Those nearest the vulva are most devel-oped and often contain embryos, and one can trace all stages of segmen-tation as either extremity is approached. The
Archives of internal medicine . y^., c-iijj Fig. 7.—Larva coiled ii]) in an air-vcsiclf. Iditions of two coils Fig. 8.—Larva in the interlobular connective tissue of the lungs. JOE^ Q. GAGE 573 and develop rapidly in both directions until there are sometimes as manyas twenty-six, closely packed and lying transversely, which is quite dif-ferent from the arrangement of the eggs in the body of the parasiticmother worm in the intestine. Those nearest the vulva are most devel-oped and often contain embryos, and one can trace all stages of segmen-tation as either extremity is approached. The eggs when laid usuallycontain embryos. Unfertilized eggs segment to the mulberry-mass stagebut no further. The females produce but one batch of eggs and I havenever seen them couple the second time. Free-Living Adult Males.—The males are shorter and thinner than the females,measuring from about to 1 mm. long by to mm. wide. The esopha-gus is a little shorter than in the female. The caudal extremity measures about70 microns; it tapers quickly and is curved on itself in a manner quite differentf
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