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of the juice of the beet or beech, to procure a copi- 

 ous discharge. Some persons have highly recom- 

 mended injections of tobacco : but according to He- 

 berdeii'S observations(2S9) and my own, they have 

 been attended with more inconvenience than advan- 

 tage. The sulphuric elixir of Mynsichty{^30} ad- 

 ministered with the remedies already noticed, has 

 often produced wonderful effects, because, with this 

 remedy we give more tone to the first passages, 

 the solids regain their strength, and the supera- 

 bundant secretion of mucus of the intestines, which 

 is the vehicle and aliment of the ascarides vermic- 

 ulares, is diminished. (231) The inhabitants of 

 Abyssinia readily relieve themselves from these 

 worms, according to Bruce's account,(333) with a 

 spiritous infusion of the flowers of the Banksia Jibys^ 

 sinica,{2^.S) 



§ CLXVIII. To prevent the generation of the 

 ascirides vermiculares, it is useful to invigorate and 

 strengthen the abdominal viscera, especially the 

 large intestines ; conformably to this idea, besides 

 the articles recommended as purgative,(334^) the 

 patient, if in a condition to do it, should often mount 

 a horse, locally to strengthen the parts which give 

 rise to the development of this species of worm. 



[Mr. Charles M. Clarke, in his Diseases of Fe- 

 males, p. I67j says, " a strong decoction of the semen 

 santonici is the most efficacious of all the injections 

 in use. With this the rectum should be filled ; but 

 the quantity thrown up should never be so great as 

 to produce great distention of its cavity, lest the 



