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pulsion of intestinal worms, BZoc^(75) admits the mu- 

 riate of ammonia, combined with rhubarb or jalap.* 



sex, and strength of the patient, in order to discharge the dead 

 worms, whose continuance in the intestines might prove injuri- 

 ous, etc. The seeds of the papaya dried and pulverized, and 

 given in suhstance, are anthelmintic ; the decoction of these*^ 

 Avith the roots neitiier occasions nausea, sickness of the stomach, 

 nor colic ; they are rather insipid, hut not purgative. 



Our colleague Cossigni has further remarked, that the milk 

 of papaya, grown on dry ground, and in a warm situation, is 

 more active than that of the papaya, produced in opposite 

 circumstances, and that the milk of the former dries more readi- 

 ly and perfectly, than that from wet and cooler lands. For more 

 ample details, see the work of M. Cossigni, entitled, Moyens (V 

 Amelioration et de Restauration proposes au Gouvernement et 

 muv hahitans des colonies, chez Delaplace, libraire, etc. 



We ought however further to inform our readers that the 

 trials made in France of the juice of the papaya by professors 

 Corvisart and Lerou.v, conjointly with Dr. Graperon, had no 

 success. These experiments have been repeated by Dr. Mlhert 

 and M. Calvet, the nephew, at the hospital of Saint Lewis. Five 

 children, from five to six years old, troubled with worms, took, 

 for four succesteive days, the concrete juice of the papaya in 

 two drachm doses, and in the manner directed above, with mt 

 producing the expected effect. Dr. Alibert gave, on the fifth 

 day, three grains of the oxide of tin, combined with a sufficient 

 quantity of extract of juniper berries, and three of the young- 

 patients voided a number of lumbricoides. 



To render the history of the papaya complete, we want an 

 exact analysis of these different preparations. M. Cadet Gassi- 

 coiirt, an eminent chemist, has done us this interesting service. 



* Our fellow member Duval, equally commendable for hif- 

 learning and morality, has employed this remedy, against lum- 

 brrcoidcs, in his practice, with complete success. F. Trs. 



