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This bein^ admitted, it follows that nothing 

 more is requisite for the expulsion of the tricocepha- 

 lus, than to cure the disease with which it is usually 

 associated. 



But if these worms being in great numbers, 

 should contribute to reduce the patient, we should 

 prefer the use of those stimulants, which we have 

 noticed as proper for the expulsion of worms, such 

 as camphor, assafoetida, valerian, muriate of ammo- 

 nia, and others. 



V. TREATMENT OF THE ASCARIS VERMICULARTS. 



§. CLXIV. We sometimes sooth the itching 

 and irritation excited by these worms, collected in 

 the rectum, by introducing through the anus a piece 

 of bacon tied to a thread, which, after some time, is 

 to be withdrawn, and with it all the ascarides ver- 

 miculares attached to it. This method is repeated 

 several times, till the worms are destroyed. 



^ CLXV. Clysters of geoffroya surinamen- 

 sis,(^i5) of as8afoetida^[2i^) of veratriim sabadil- 

 Za,(317) of tepid milk well salted, or of simple wa- 

 ter salted. (218) are the best remedies to drive these 

 worms from the large intestines. Enemas of ole- 

 um ricini, and plugs of soap smeared with this oil, 

 are very useful. Tenesmus, hemorrhoids, swell- 

 ing, tension and inflammation of the anus, symp- 

 toms sometimes occasioned by ascarides vermicu- 

 lares, particularly when there is inflammation of 

 the intestines, ought to be treated with clysters and 



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