iRemedy for the Tape-'worm, 1S5 



^uft ht poured over the rematining parts of the beets; Or, 

 a few beets alfo may be rafped, and the expreffed juice tnav 

 be brought to fpiritous or rather acid fermentation in the 

 ufual way, that the fugar it contains may be decompofed. 

 When the femichtation is over, pour off the clear liquid and 

 evaporate it to dryilefs at a gentle heat ; and heat over the 

 rcfiduum, iti a retort or other convenient veffel, rccSlificd 

 fpirit of wine till it begin to boil. Then decant ti\e clear 

 fpiritous liquid, and depo(it it in a cool place, where this 

 cornponent p^vt will cryftallife frorh it. To obtain the cry- 

 ftallifed part perfetftly fi*ee from fpirit of wine, the latter may 

 be made to evaporate in a g-entlc heat/' 



MEDICINE. 



Th& Allgemeins Medizintfche Ajiiiaien, publiflied at Alteri- 

 burg, for the rtionth of June i8oo> contains the following 

 article, in a letter dated from Brunfwicl#: — ^^ The fecret 

 remedy for the tape-worm, for the difcovery of which 

 M. Mathicu, formerly an apothecary at Berlin, received an 

 annuity from the prefcnt king of PruilRa, with the title of 

 aulic counfelior, is as below: 



i. 



fie. Uimatur, Stiinnt AngL pur. icnc. unam.. 

 Pulv. rad. jilich maris drachmas fex\ 

 — Sefnin, cyn^ unciam dimuUajn, 



— Uadic, jalapp, refinofcu'^ 



Salis polychrejH ana drachmam tinavi. 



Mifc. Fiat cum mellis communis fufficiente quantitate eleC' 

 tuarium, 



ii. 



R. Pulv. rad. jalapp. rejinofis, 



Salis polychrejL ana fcrupuhs duos. 



— Scarnmonci Aleppenjis fcrupul. nnzim. 



■— ^-- — Gummi guttle grana decern. 



Mifc. Fiat cum melle coWimuni eleBuartum. 



*' I ft, In employing this remedy for the tapc-vworm, it 



is eflential to make the patient obferve, during feveral days 



before, a ftri^l regimen, and to life, above all, failed food, fuch 



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