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heady even to the maxilla inferior. This head- 

 ach was intermittent ; sometimes the patient suffer- 

 ed uninterruptedly for two or three months, and 

 at others the pain was but slight. During this pe- 

 riod the patient not only felt a dryness in the nos- 

 trils, but also a very trouljlesome sensation of an 

 entire stoppage in these parts. 



The physicians being now of opinion that all 

 possible remedies had been exhausted, she was ad- 

 vised by one of them only, to take a pinch of snuff 

 frequently. This soon caused a very moderate 

 secretion of phlegm, for which reason the palient 

 resolved to heighten the irritative power of the 

 snuff, by mixing it with a little marjoram and assa- 

 foetida, both of which irticles she had in the house. 



Soon after the use of this sternutatory, on blow- 

 ing her nose, a living worm dropped out, which, ac- 

 cording to her description, perfectly resembled the 

 common grub. The complaint still continuing with 

 equal violence, she concluded perhaps still more 

 worms might exist, and therefore resolved to in- 

 crease the portion of assafoetida in the snuff, when, 

 soon after, live more worms, similar in every re- 

 spect to the above, issued from the nose ; and some 

 days after, three more made their appearance ; and 

 in short, forty eight worms were gradually voided 

 through the nose ; then followed a vast quantity of 

 phlegm, and even several pieces of pseudo-mem- 

 branes : the headach was, for the most part, gone ; 

 only a painful sensation remained for some time, 



