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

<s>that, cysticerci are produced from the ova of cystoid entozoa. And, thirdly, it is most improbable that the immense quan= tity of cysticerci including the perfect ani= malcules & those which are only in their vermicular form is at variance with the idea of their being developed from the ova of cystoid entozoa, & lastly it seems most improbable, if not impossible that a sufficient quantity of the ova of tape worms could come within the sphere in which even one pig, badly infested with cysticerci, derives its sus= tenance, to account for the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of these entozoa which exist in every cubic line of its entire muscular system, & this objection has more weight when it is recollected, that there are certain districts from which hun= dreds of such pigs are annually sent to the London market. Under the supposition that the Cysticercus cellulosae are produced from the ova of tape worms these ought to be in those districts in which so many hundreds of measley pigs are fed, a corres= ponding prevalence of intestinal tenia. If such had been the case, it could hardly have escaped notice. If then the disease in question is not produced from the ova of the cestoid ani= malcules which to my mind seems scarcely possible, the question then arises, from what does it proceed - At present I feel unable to answer this <\s>
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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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