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f spirit J of turpentine, and after standing four days, 

 the mixture is distilled. No species of worms can 

 elude the destructive force of this distilled oil. 



Under the direction of the celebrated Chabertf 

 I have seen it expel not only the large and small 

 ascarides, hut taeniae also, and innumerable hepat- 

 ic distomata. from a girl twelve years old. He 

 considers ti«e following doses sufficiently large ; 

 namely, for neat cattle from two to four ounces ; 

 for horses from one to three ounces ;* for colts, 

 calves, and sheep, one drachm ; for swine from half 

 a drachm to two scruples ; for dogs, according to 

 their age and size, a drachm, or a scruple, or half 

 of this quantity. 



Men indeed, from its unpleasant taste, sometimes 

 refuse it; but excepting this inconvenience, a better 

 anthelmintic cannot be used. Rudolj)hiy vol. i. p, 

 493. 



More reputed remedies for the lumbricoides 

 might be enumerated ; but with such as are alrea- 

 dy before the physician, or even with a part of them, 

 properly administered, I think he will have noth- 

 ing more to wish. 



Dr. C. Chisholm, of Bristol, England, has pub- 

 lished an instructive paper on the Malls Dracun^ 

 cuius, or Gruinea-worm in the eleventh vol. of the 

 Eiinb. Med. and Surg. Journal for 1815. 



Dr. C. concludes his communication in the fol- 

 lowing manner. 



* Has this medicine ever been given to the horse for bots 

 in the United States? If not, it well deserves a trial. Ji.T. 

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