FOURTH LECTURE. rf4t 



is not attended with any incovenience. Tlie third 

 day a powder composed of twelve grains of pul- 

 verized gamboge, thirty grains of carbonate of po- 

 tass and two grains of turpentine soap, dissolved to- 

 gether in a cup of tepid water, is to be administer- 

 ed fasting. This powder usually produces two or 

 three vomitings, and as many stools in the space of 

 two or three hours. These evacuations are ren- 

 dered more easy by drinking, after each vomiting, 

 a cup of luke warm water, or two cups of tea. 

 Three hours after, an ounce of American oleum ri- 

 cini is to be administered in a cup of broth ; the 

 American oil is far preferable to ours, though that 

 will suffice if the other cannot be had. This dose 

 of oil is repeated in an hour ; and if the worm 

 should not appear, another ounce of oil is to be 

 again given in two hours after. But if the worm 

 be not discharged, a clyster of equal parts of milk 

 and water, and three ounces of oleum ricini, must 

 be injected toward evening, by which means the 

 worm will come away entire and with ease, 



(1«>4) The armed human taenia; ste^XIV, 

 and pi. I, fig i, ii, iii. The unarmed human tae- 

 niae ; see §. XIX, pi. I, fig. v. 



(16,1) In Russia it made a great noise. Prince 

 Barantinski, treated by M. J\rouffer, was twice 

 cured of taenia. The Swiss were in a condition, 

 to experience every day the happy effects of these 

 two methods. The repeated success obtained from 

 ^ouffers method, published by the French phy- 

 sicians, effectually contributed to its reputation in 

 France; 



