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as this effect has been produced — so soon as any 

 portion of the turpentine has been discharged per 

 anuiD; whether the worm appear or not, the patient 

 should be permitted to drink freely of any bland, 

 suitable liquid. I have known the patient to be 

 restrained from drinking for six or nine hours, 

 and to suffer much in consequence of this useless 

 restriction. 



The larger the dose is, the sooner it passes 

 through the body, and the less is the chance of its 

 being absorbed, and of thus incommoding the urina- 

 ry organs. 



This last effect I have never seen but once ; that 

 was not severe, and I believe it very rarely occurs. 



In one instance we are credibly informed that 

 the turpentine operated on the bowels, bringing por- 

 tions of a worm with it, in fifteen minutes ; in anoth- 

 er instance the remedy was discharged, with an en- 

 tire taenia, in twenty minutes. 



When one dos^e, properly administered, does 

 not prove curative, it is better to suspend its further 

 use for one or two days, or till the patient has re- 

 covered from any inconvenience attending its exhi- 

 bition, than to give a second or third quantity in 

 the same day.* 



Foicler^s mineral solution of arsenic* 



This medicine I have known to destroy the 

 taenia in several cases. 



* If the turpentine sliould not move the bowels in three 

 hours, it should then be followed by a liberal dose of castor oil* 



