VERMINOUS DISEASES. sir 



also been used in convulsive affections arising from 

 worms, and vvitli some success, according to the 

 experiments of Dr. JIartini^[ii8) of Monckf[ii9) 

 and of Storke.{i^O) 



It is ordered for children in doses of half a 

 grain, to one or two grains, in a little sugar, two or 

 three times a day. 



For adults the dose is increased in proportion 

 to the age and irritability of the individual. It is 

 very useful in the treatment of the ascarides ver- 

 micHlares.(lSl) 



§. CXXXVII. Sulphur. The property of sul- 

 phur is to destroy the insects which infest different 

 parts of our body. It has been remarked that the 

 combination of sulphur and mercury, is an excel- 

 lent remedy against worms. (122) 



We derive the same advantage from the use of 

 sublimed sulphur, administered in doses of ten, 

 twenty, or even thirty grains, etc. It is also united 

 with camphor, or assafoetida, to form pills. Tis- 

 sotf Van-Swieten, and Van-Doeveren employed 

 it against worms with the most perfect success. 

 Persons predisposed to worms find themselves 

 well after the use of the cold sulphureted wa- 

 ters,(i23) and by this means are secured against 

 the evils which worms produce. 



II. TREATMENT OF TAENIAE. 



§ CXXXVIII. The difficulty of expelling these 



worms from tiie intestinal tube is often very great. 



The enormous length of these worms,^^l-Ji4) and 

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