Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-10-11
Tape Worms and Meagly Pork.

Tape Worms and nGeasly Pork.
At the risk of turning the stonachs"
Of some Of cur readers, we are morally
obliged to publish the following highly it,
article:
In Boston there is very learn Ger
man, D. +. " einland, Phi. d. (Ducter of
Philosophy who is deycting bis lie to tho
study Of tapeworms. DuIiug. the last ten
} ears he has dissected more than five hun
dred animals in search of these singular
parasites, and the acts wbich lie and lis
eolaborers in the field Of Investigation have
ascertained ave exceedingly curious.
Iapeworms are found in all classes of
vertehrated animals, fishes as well as land
animals, that Of the horse differing from
that of the ass that of the sin ep from
that of the goat; the rat from that Of the
mouse.
Tie common human tapeworm lives and
grows in tie stomach lis head is pruvi-
ded with four suckers with cluster of lit
tie hooks, by means OF which it attaches
itself to the intestine, the body fl atine 2
or three yards down, and ahsuI biug the
nourishing juice either through small pen
iugs or through the skin The body con-
sists OF several kundrcd rings or sections
which grow out Of tie head, So that those
nearest the head are the youngest aud the
oldest are at the end IF the tail The crea-
ture IS a hgIlnaphrndi:e and as the Joints
mature the sexual organs are develuncd.
the male and female both in the same IL ut
The joints then break off and each Gre Is a
con plete living animal, preserving It's exis-
tcnce frequently fer considerable fine. and
Of. So . u '"S"
The eggs pass out by the fmaos. ard
never hatch unless they eutes the stomach
OF hng, or ii the eggs fad their way into
water that is drunk By swine, the eggs
hatch III tie hog stomach. producing au-
mas 81 small as to bc Invisible to the MS
kcd eye, but which, under tie micrnsc.pr,
are seen 70 nave three pars % sniurs, hy
means Of winch obey b1e their sax t.la
. the wall Of the blood vessels and enter Ia-
to circulation. Here they are carried IL
to the muscles Of the hog. who're tLcy
grew into a curious animal. having the
head anil neck # human tappwo ~, with
a round bladder tail, and pcducirg tie dis
ease called measles 1t has long been
| known that measl : pork was caused by
this little bladaeI-iailed animal. but it is
only within few years Il at the curi, us
fact has been ascertaIned that this aAiR al
is the larva Of the commou human tape
worm. 1t is DOW proved by care Vi elsrr-
Walton, that # one u these animals Is ia
ken into the human stomach tie IladGcr
ike tail is digestcd, while a living head
and neck pass down into the intestine.
where they hook on and the rings bcgin
rapidly to grow out into the well known
tape worm,
Other species Of tapeworms. living in
other aHinals have a natural history SIM
liar to the human ia eworm. They all
! live in the intesines Of ycrtebratcd ami
mails (animais with backbunes) and each
/ species must be iatchcd in the stomach Of
some animal different from that IL which
it is developed. For instance. che Of the
! tapeworms OF the dog Is batcIed il. tie
stomach Of hare, a d another in that Of
an OK; and the lapeWoIm OF a catis batch
ed IN the stomacis Of a and mice
| About two hundred species Of tape
/ worms have been described, FIVE of them
being found in man. There are only TIVE,
however, that are at all common. One Of
these Is narrow worm, with books On rs
head found in the Teutonic natinus-Ger-
man, In, lish and Am ri, al and the ro:d
tareworm without books which sens To
live almost solely in the Swiss and Sclavu-
nic matt lis. The former AID mere ct.n.-
| mon OF these two species. has head all az
the size OF Il pins head. and tic body
gradually wiGens to about quarter ot an
Inch, sometimes reaching a let 9Th Of u
feet. Tapeworms have been found in sheen
IG0 feet long
1t is doubted by sane physicians wbofIr-
er tapewerns are Injurious 10 health, tho
1t seems probable that the are. TAey
are accompanied with cerehro-spiral aftec-
tlors, OF nausea, or Indigestion. If rEpl.c.
The great remedy is pomegrau1te baik.
Here are four orders f irtrl the worms
on helminthes, and The several species o.,
tapeworms constitutes ne ot these orders
The name given 10y natulalists 10 tins Or
der Is Cestoila, from cesrcs g,rdle @. Tc-
nus.
We have obtained the curious facts Civ
en- above from pamphlet published 6v
DIR. Neimland. sometime since, at Cana
bridge ,Scienf5t.c An.egfcoa.
A Coon APPOINTMENT -Lysander .Ioak
OF this city, generally known as Sandy
Moak, bas been appointed Suher Of the
9Th Regiment. He has been fer scmc
time past, clerk in Hum & Croshl's or
Gerry store and IS u well posted business