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it was received in tepid water, and lived for sev- 

 eral hours after it was passed. Tlie following case 

 occuring in an infant, not two months weaned, ap- 

 peared to me to be very remarkable, in consequence 

 of which I reported it to you, and also sent a copy 

 of it to Dr. Fleming at the time it happened. That 

 it is a very uncommon occurrence, may be inferred 

 from an observation of Dr. Hamilton, in his most 

 valuable work on purgative medicines, where he 

 says, that the taenia is altogether unknown in in- 

 fancy and childhood. Peter Daly, aged 14 months, 

 S7th August, 1811, was weaned about two months 

 ago, and has since been gradually drooping, in 

 consequence, as was supposed, of dentition. He 

 is now excessively reduced, refuses all food, and 

 is harassed with a constant diarrhoea. His skin 

 is loose, dry, and shriveled, and he has the whin- 

 ing, fretful cry of a child who has been long sick. 



" Different medicines have been prescribed for 

 this diarrhoea without relief, and for several days 

 his stools have contained small fleshy shreds, some 

 of which considerably resemble half dissolved por- 

 tions of the tape-worm. Two ounces of water 

 were added to six of a decoction of the pomegran- 

 ate root, (prepared by boiling two ounces of its 

 fresh bark in a pound of water to nine ounces,) and 

 a table spoonful was ordered to be given tlie child 

 every half hour, unless sickness and vomiting inter- 

 vened. 



"28th. He took the whole of his medicine yes- 

 terday, without either sickness or vomiting, and in 



