148 \TRMINOUS DISEASES. 



such force to the mucous membrane of the intestines^ 

 as to produce the most severe, and even deadly 

 8ymptoms,(i9) since the internal surface of the in- 

 testines is mangled ; inflammation soon follows, and 

 suppuration or even gangrene may be the conse- 

 quence. fSO) At other times fastening themselves 

 on the intestines, like leeches, they cause violent 

 pains of the abdomen, and terrible spasmodic con- 

 vulsions destroying the sufferer. (21) A singular 

 symptom of this taenia, is a frequent sense of ten- 

 sion or tightness in the nose. I once saw^ a pa- 

 tient who, every instant, complained of this extra- 

 ordinary inconvenience. (S3) Practitioners have 

 believed that these symptoms continue till the head 

 of these taeniae is evacuated. 



sympto:ms of the vesicular worms. 



^ LXXXIV. The symptoms of these worms 

 have not yet been precisely ascertained, because 

 we have hardly yet begun to make observations on 

 their existence in tlic different parts of the body. 

 These worms arc common, especially in persons of 

 a weak lymphatic system ; they adhere to the lym- 

 phatics and suck in their contents. (33) 



"Whether these vessels, being weak, favour the 

 development of these worms, or whetherthese small 

 animals, by consuming the lymph, procure a more 

 abundant nourishment at the expense of these parts, 

 it is certain that asthenia prevails in this system of 

 vessels, so soon as any disease appears which is 

 believed to be connected with it. Agreeably to the 



