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IN the recently issued third volume of βThe Practice of Medicine in the Tropics,β edited by Byam and Archibald, Drs. Clayton Lane and Low call in question (on pp. 1821β2) the one-host account of the life-cycle of the well-known tapeworm Hymenolepis fraterna, Stiles. This account is principally based upon the work of Grassi and Rovelli and Joyeux, and it is of considerable interest and importance to be certain of the facts, not only because the vast majority of tapeworms in the higher animals most certainly require two hosts in order to complete their life-cycle, but also because these facts have a practical bearing upon the problem concerning the mode of transmission of Hymenolepis nana in man.
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WOODLAND, W. The One-Host Life-Cycle of Hytnenolepis fraterna, Stiles, of the Mouse. Nature 112, 436 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112436b0
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