On the Structure and Development of the Cysticercus cellulosae, as Found in the Pig, by George Rainey

disarranging them, or disturbing their position by manipulation. Secondly, because the material of which they are composed is so dissimilar in appearance to that forming the adjacent tissue, & so characteristic that it cannot be confounded with the structures in their immediate vicinity. Thirdly, because at one view in a favourable specimen, hooklets can be seen in every stage of their formation, from the first grouping together of the masses of formative particles to the blending of them into perfect organs, & lastly, because it is not as if a mere thread of tissue were formed amongst other thread somewhat different in ap= pearance, as a fibre of elastic tissue for in= stance in a mass of connective sub- stance, but the part which is here examined is a perfect organ, & one, too which possesses a regular arrangement of parts connected together with order & remarkable regularity. So that under such circumstances, if these organs had been preceded by nucleated cells & these cells had been transformed into hooklets, neither these cells, nor their several stages of transformation could have escaped detection. The parts next to be noticed are the suckers. Indications of these are visible as soon as the hooklets. They appear as four circular spaces presenting a granular aspect about the size of perfectly formed suckers. The two sets of fibres
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- Author
- George Rainey
- Reference
- PT/56/8
- Series
- PT
- Date
- 1857
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On the Structure and Development of the Cysticercus cellulosae, as Found in the Pig, by George Rainey, 1857. From The Royal Society, PT/56/8
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