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VIII. PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT. 



§ CLXXVIII. After expelling from the hu- 

 man body, the worms, by which its orgaag were 

 injured, either locally, or sympathetically, and 

 consequently its functions deranged, we are not to 

 regard the cure as complete, till the slightest dis- 

 position to a new development of them is removed. 



We have before remarked, that the atony of 

 the solids, and of the whole body,(268) is one of 

 the most essential circumstances, which favour the 

 production of worms. For this reason a universal- 

 ly stimulant regimen, invigorating particularly the 

 stomach and intestines, by giving activity to the 

 solids, by diminishing the morbid dissolution of the 

 mucous fluids, by opposing the degeneracy and 

 consumption of the parts of the body, and by giv- 

 ing strength to the organs destined to carry on the 

 animal functions, must necessarily incommode the 

 worms, destroy them, and at the same time excite 

 the actions requisite to expel them, and to prevent 

 their reproduction. (:i69) A stimulant regimen 

 therefore, adapted to the debility of those who 

 have been freed from worms, is of the highest im- 

 portance. 



This mode of treatment corrects the predisposi- 

 tion to worms, by giving vigour and healthy ac^ 

 tioa to the stomach and intestines.(^70) 



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