VERMINOUS DISEASES. ii35 



potnegranate decoction was repeated, and he pass- 

 ed an entire taenia alive, fifteen feet long, since 

 Which he has been in perfect health, and is at this 

 moment a very fine boy. He is a son of Edward Da- 

 ly, a private soldier in his majesty's 53d regiment. 

 Merat, 7th January^ I8I4.3 



TREATMENT OF THE VESICULAR WORMS. 



§. CLX. I doubt very much whether the mate- 

 ria medica can furnish any good remedy for the 

 expulsion of vesicular worms, especially those in 

 the substance of the brain. 



Sheep recover from these worms when they 

 feed on elevated mountains, and in a pure and dry 

 atmosphere. 



This rural observation teaches us that an invig^ 

 orating regimen is the only means of destroying and 

 disorganizing these worms. All those remedies 

 which exercise and excite the solids, and at the 

 same time invigorate the lymphatic system, and di- 

 minish its mobility, should, in my opinion, be pre- 

 ferred, because by confirming the course of the 

 lymph, and the cohesion of the solids, and by ex- 

 citing the irritability of the lymphatic vessels, the 

 vesicular worms, which we have said are always 

 attached to this system of vessels,(S09) will be de- 

 prived of their necessary nourishment, and thus 

 •cease to live. 



§ CLXI. It would be fortunate if we could set- 

 tle the diagnosis of those complaints which arise. 



