VERMINOUS DISEASES. jgj 



au ingenious and boM expedient, that of adminis- 

 tering alternately a mercurial friction and a purga- 

 tive of calomel in a large dose ;(183) it cannot be 

 denied that worms have often been expelled by 

 the oxides of mercury (186) 



The method proposed however may readily oc- 

 casion diseases more intolerable and dangerous 

 thanthat of the worms. 



Besides, very few persons would willingly sub- 

 mit to a treatment altogether mercurial. In usino- 

 mercurials therefore, and especially the oxides! 

 which are useful only in certain cases, the practice 

 of Rather,, iS7) who assures us he prescribed the 

 following remedy with the best success, is prefer- 

 able: ta^.e twenty grains of savine rsaiiuej in 

 powder, fifteen grains of the seeds of rue, ten grains 

 of submuriate of mercury, twelve drops of the oil 

 of tansy, and of syrup of peach flowers sufficient (o 

 form he whole into a bolus. The patient should 



taUe half of It in the morning and the remainder 

 after dinner, drinking each time a glass of good 



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METHOD OF ALSTON. 



Tin. 



i CLV. Tin was regarded, even anciently, as 

 a very efficient remedy for the expulsion of intestinal 

 worms ;; 1S8) it was afterward proposed by Dr Al 

 «ton to expel taeniae. Several physicians have(i80) 



