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cesafully administered for the destruction and ex- 

 pulsion of taeniae. It will, we think, be found 

 equally effectual in killing all the species of this 

 worm, and the lumbricoides. Further experience 

 of its anthelmintic properties, either when taken in- 

 to the stomach, or thrown into the rectum, may 

 prove its sufficiency to destroy all the intestinal 

 worms. 



In two cases, where it was given to expel tae- 

 nae, I have seen a large lumbricoides discharged, 

 dead and entire. 



A year ago, a child six years old, having 

 most of the symptoms of lumbricoides, took six 

 drachms of the spirit of turpentine, without the least 

 inconvenience. 



No worms were voided; the signs of them how- 

 ever soon completely disappeared, and the little pa- 

 tient has since enjoyed uninterrupted, and unusual- 

 ly good health. 



Some years ago a woman took, by direction of 

 her physician, an insufficient dose of this remedy 

 for taenia. Becoming impatient, two days after^ 

 she took, without advice, six or seven ounces of it ; 

 this proved an effectual remedy, but was attended 

 by a severe inflammation of the rectum; this was 

 soon relieved by a few injections of flax-seed tea, to 

 which a small quantity of tincture of opium was 

 added. 



The best mode of giving it seems not yet to 



hare been fully ascertained. 

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