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uevertheless to notice the exception to which it is 

 subject; 1 am led to this by a practical case truly 

 singular. 1 report it because it seems well calcu- 

 lated to reconcile the two opinions given on the 

 method o^ JS^ouffer, and to settle with precision the 

 cases in which it may be crowned with success. 



Case. 



Jlntliony Arcova, of Pavia, of a tolerably robust 

 constitution, had no particular disease before the 

 age of 2'i years, if we except some attacks of an 

 autumnal intermittent fever, epidemic in this city, 

 and from which his health was soon reestablished ; 

 he was badly nourished, labouring more than usu- 

 al, preserving no proportion between his fatigue 

 and re[>ose. On the 9th of February, 1797, be- 

 ing occupied about his domestic affairs, before 

 breakfast, he was suddenly attacked with violent 

 pains in the abdomen, which soon subsided, but 

 afterAvard returned, accompanied with extraordina- 

 ry appetite, and an undulation of the belly. 



Small pieces of the armed taenia w ere observ- 

 ed in his excrements. At length, on the 17th of 

 February, toward night, such violent cutting pains 

 took place, that he was obliged to keep his bed, 

 and to have recourse to some bitter spirit of "wine 

 and good rura to repair his strength. The pains 

 abated, and the patient had a tranquil night. The 

 following day, he rose with an unusual appetite ; 

 during the day he had three discharges, and with 

 each voided a piece of taenia three metres eighteen 



