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rebinthini however, to this time, the patient's health 

 was on the whole very considerably amended ; she 

 recovered her appetite, rested at night without opi- 

 um, and was so much relieved from the feelings 

 about the bladder, that she could remain up four or 

 five hours in the day. Mr. B. now injected into 

 the bladder equal parts of the oil of turpentine and 

 water, which produced only, according to the pa- 

 tient's expression, an increased fluttering in the 

 worms. On withdrawing the catheter, four worms 

 came away. The repetition of this injection pro- 

 duced the same constitutional irritation and erysip- 

 elatious inflammation, as the internal use of the 

 medicine had before done. The fits which had be- 

 fore so much distressed her, were again renewed. 



" As these means had failed, Mr. B. introduced, 

 on the 3^d of February, a very large catheter, 

 opened at the end, and furnished with a stilette, 

 that filled the orifice when it was introduced ; on 

 withdrawing the stilette, a free passage was left 

 for the contents of the bladder. In less than half 

 an hour, nine worms came through, with a table- 

 spoonful of sandy matter. Four of these were five 

 inches and a half in length." In this way the pa- 

 tient continued to discharge worms, till Mr. jBar- 

 nett supposed that as many as six hundred had 

 been voided. Twenty two were disciiarged ..tone 

 time. Mr. B. tried olive oil as an injection ; af- 

 ter its use the fits were less violent. October, Ibl 1 ; 

 a large abscess formed near the vagina in June last 

 attended with severe constitutional symptoms, and 



