LUMBRICOIDES. m' 



that the lumbrico'ides had assembled at this point, 

 and were attempting to perforate the intestines. (^37) 



The worms should then be expelled immediate- 

 ly, and this may be effected by rubbing the part 

 with petroleum, and applying, between two pieces 

 of linen, a cataplasm, prepared with the tops of 

 absinthium, garlics, rye meal, and the fresh gall of 

 an ox. f 238) 



5. For some days before the commencement of 



this course, the patient should abstain from every 

 article of diet containing milk, using only the gross- 

 er, hard, and salted aliments, as onion pottage, and 

 aromatic dishes ; if practicable, he should take, the 

 precediug evening, a piece of herring, without, 

 drinking after it. 



This sort of life fatigues them, and they re- 

 tire to the lower intestines, whence they are more 

 easily expelled. The salt herring contributes to 

 make them suck up the medicines with more avidi- 

 ty and in greater quantity. (S39) 



§ CLXX. The semen contra vermes mixed with 

 jalap,(S40) the seeds of thechenopodium anthelmin- 

 ticum,(34!l) the bark, of angelica, (242) assafoeti- 

 da,(243) the geofifroya suvinamensis,(244) the po- 

 lypodium filix mas,(345) the spigelia anthel- 

 mia,(S46) Valeriana officinalis,(347) the anthelmin- 

 tic drops of ^arf7naw??,(24i8) the preparations of 

 iron,(249) mercurials,(250) sulphur,(251) are reme- 

 dies which experience has demonstrated to be effi- 

 cacious for the destruction and expuUion of lum- 



bricoides. 



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