VERMINOUS AFFECTIONS. 1^ 



occasioned by worms, and which have thence heeu 

 called gastric verminous fevers, muscous diseases, 

 and glandular diseases. 



the wall for fear of being pressed; he jumps on his bed and 

 then off' again, ahvavs because he thinks some one is driving 

 points into every part of his body, especially into the soles of 

 the feet and palms of the hands. 



For an instant he feels as if strangling, with pains of the 

 epigastrium. 



2. Idem. The next day he took boluses of jalap and sub- 

 muriate of mercury. Several liquid stools, the following days, 

 infusion of rhubarb. It was not ascertained tliat worms had re- 

 cently passed the bowels. 



From this time his countenance was less dejected, there 

 was no incoherence of ideas, nor raging ; his memory revived 

 and his strength improved. The patient inquired for some 

 books, attended to his dress, and desired to see his parents. 

 He was rather sad, and walked by himself. There was no 

 vestige of his malady, excepting great debility ; a heaviness and 

 confusion of his head : he was restored to his family, 



22. In the night he screamed out and had a syncope for two 

 hours; he took a purgative draught which procured a very black 

 discharge; no sign of delirium, some dejection of his spirits re- 

 mained, with an obscure pain of the liver. A blister was ap- 

 plied to the pained part. The healthy complexion of youth, 

 plumpness, habitual gaiety, the free exercise of all the intellec- 

 tual faculties, all announce a perfect convalescence, and this 

 young man has since enjoyed very good health. Our colleague 

 Giraudij, who is also successfully occupied in treating mental 

 alienation, informs us he has observed several cases of sympa- 

 thetic mania, caused by worms. We cannot too strongly in- 

 vite him to enrich the medical art by his observations on the 

 treatment of the diseases of the mind. Dr. liosqnUlon also 

 speaks of annnstance of lunacy produced by an insect lodged 

 in the frontal sinuses. /''. Trs. 



