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dated with a very viscid mucus ; these symptoms 

 made me suspect that the disease might originate 

 from worms, and be kept up by them. 



On administering suitable remedies, she evac- 

 uated nine large lumbricoides, and immediately the 

 appearance of arthritis disappeared. We meet 

 also in Rosenstein with two cases very similar to 

 the observation I have just given. Dr. Lindestolpte 

 was called to a girl of ten years, who complained 

 of a pain in her left side, with a dry cough, slight 

 heat, strong pulse, great thirst, and sometimes a 

 titing or pricking in the stomach ; she often lost 

 her speech, and had spasmodic contractions. 



He thouglit these symptoms arose from worms, 

 and prescribed some anthelmintic powders. 



After taking them twice, she was attacked about 

 midday with so violent contractions, that her feet 

 were turned toward her back. The convulsions 

 ceased ; she had ^o more pain, and fell asleep. 



Her mother, w ishing to raise her from the bed, 

 saw a round living worm fall on the floor, half a 

 metre and three decimetres* long, which turned it- 

 self about like a serpent. This worm passed from 

 the body during the convulsive struggles. 



After evacuating several pieces of worms, the 

 girl was cured. 



The other case is one of Br. Varelius, of a 



young man who suffered a very sharp pain of the 



* The decimetre is the tenth part of a metre, or 5,93710 in- 

 ches. The close of the note p. 161, on the word miUhnetre, 

 should he thus — or ,03937 of an English inch, uluchthe readei- 

 19 desired to correct, ^i. T. 



