CYSTICERCI

These parasites are embryo tænia or tapeworm, infesting the bodies of men and different animals. One variety of the cysticerci has its habitat in the organisms of men, pigs, oxen, horses, camels, sheep, and roe-deer; another in the muscles and internal organs of cattle; a third is found in cattle, sheep, horses, the reindeer, squirrels, certain kinds of monkeys, and occasionally in man; whilst a fourth—the Cystercus cellulosæ —is more especially met with in measly pork. Profe or Gamgee believes that probably 5 per cent. of the pigs in Ireland are affected with this last cystercus . The following figure represents a piece of measly pork infested with cysticerci. Profe or Leuckart seems to have shown pretty conclusively that man may become infested with a certain form of tapeworm by partaking of imperfectly cooked veal or beef, infested with the second variety of the parasite. IMG:596405606043057898_i541.png: