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FIRST SERIES OF VERMIFUGE MEDICINES. 



§ CXII. The vegetable and mineral kingdoms 

 furnisli most of the remedies which have been pre- 

 scribed in verminous affections, and vvbicli physi- 

 cians have called vermifuge or anthelmintic. 



1 shall point out the vegetables under the Lin- 

 naean name, and the minerals by the new nomen- 

 clature introduced by the jb^reuch chemists. 



YEGETABLE VERMIFUGES. 



^ CXIII. Mlium cepa.{iQ) Onion. The fresh 

 roots, or the expressed juice which has a peculiar ve- 

 ry volatile odour and an acrid taste, are frequently 

 used ; this is however less efficacious than the com- 

 mon garlick. 



§ CXIV. Allium sativiim.{i'Y) Garlick. It? 

 recent bulb contains an oily volatile principle, 

 which is suited, like assafoetida, camphor, and sub- 

 limed sulphur, to strengthen the stomach and bow- 

 els, and thence to expel worms. The observations 

 0^ Jlosenstein,[i8) and of Tissof,( 19) leave no doubt 

 of its possessing this property, since these two phy- 

 sicians, having continued its use a long time, suc- 

 ceeded in discharging entire taeniae. We also 

 have examples of sympathetic convulsions, occasion- 

 ed by worms, and cured by garlick.(20) These arc 

 prescribed under different forms, and they are com- 

 bined with other remedies in their exhibition.*(21) 



* Our colleague M. Cadet, authoi' of the excellent Diction- 

 noire de Chimie, has extracted an essential oil from garlick, 



