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Maesa picta or lanceolata ; Angogo or Ogkert, Szlene macro- 
solen ; Tatzé or Zareh, fruit of Myrsine africana. 
sS Kousso has been employed from time immemorial in Abys- 
' sinia ‘for the expulsion of tape-worms, which there prevail 
extensively. But itis stated by Johnson that its operation— 
18 SO severe that it often produces miscarriages, and even 
death, in pregnant women. In Europe it is. said sometimes 
~ to have occasioned severe colic, but generally its operation is 
not distressing, and consists only of slight nausea, followed by 
feculent and then by liquid stools. According to Arena, these 
differences depend upon an alteration which the resin undergoes 
by time. Of all the remedies for tape-worm (Tenia solium, 7. 
: bothriocephalus) none is more efficient or certain, provided 
_. that the flowers. are fresh, but they deteriorate rapidly. ‘The 
parasite is generally discharged dead. 
: The Abyssinian mode of using itis thus described: An 
. infusion is made with water or beer, or the flowers are mixed 
with honey to the amount of from 4 to 6 drachms, and the 
whole is taken in the morning, fasting, and no food is eaten 
during the day. ‘Generally, the worm is discharged in the 
Course of 24 hours without purging, pain, or colic. This 
& description by Aubert and by Engleman, contradicts the one 
_ given above. In Europe ‘and in this country an infusion is 
__ Prepared with 2drachms of the powdered drug in 4 fluid ounces 
of boiling water, which, when cold, is drunk without having 
_ been strained. Kraus recommends 25 Gm. ( 3vi) in lemonade - 
_ On an empty stomach, and followed an hour later by castor oil. 
As its taste and smell are disagreeable, resembling somewhat 
those of senna tea, it has been proposed to administer the 
; ‘powder in granules made with sugar and swallowed with 
_ Some aromatic infusion. The following mode of preparing 
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ounce of kousso in powder with 6 drachms of boiling castor oil 
~ and 13 ounces of bédiling water. Express the liquid, and make 
an emulsion with it and the yolk of egg; add 40 drops of . 
sulphuric ether, sweeten, and flavour with oil of anise. is 
emulsion should be taken, fasting, at one dose. In. all cases 
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