A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint

by J. H. Craven

Tapeworm

Meat infection may result in two species of tapeworm, the tænia saginata and the tænia solium. The tænia saginata is due to infection from beef, which is known in lay terms as measly beef. The tænia solium is due to infection from pork, which is known in lay terminology as measly pork. The larva of the tænia solium appears in hogs and is known as bladder worms, from the fact that it is found incased in small cysts in the intestines, the muscle fibers, brain and other parts. The larva of the tænia saginata is found in the muscular fibers and connective tissue of cattle and when ingested in man develops into the tænia saginata.