344 NOTES TO THE 



and with a begiuniug paralysis of the lower extrem- 

 ities. In less tlian a week, we succeeded in curing 

 liim of this terrible disease ; one singular fact oc- 

 curred, which was, that his urine deposited a 

 drachm, and even more, of a very white powder, 

 which being attentively examined, was found to be 

 a true white oxide of tin. The tin he had taken 

 was not pure, but coutainsd lead, though in very 

 small quantity. 



(196) See § CLIV. 



(197) Traite de la gen. des vers, etc. p. liO. 



(198) Versuch. J\*aturges, etc. p. ^77* 



(199) See Med. Observations and Enquiries, 

 hy a Society of Physicians , London, vol. iv. 



(SCO) With this remedy, I have hitherto cured 

 of taeniae, four individuals. 



(iOl) See Block, the work cited. 



(20^) Mi^ observata cliirurgica, Fasc. ii, p. 

 127. 



(SOS) Bilfingerf de Tetano^ lib. singul. Lin* 

 davae, 17^3, 8^. 



(SO-i) Fordyce, Fragmenta chirurgica et medi' 

 ca, Londini, 1784, 8°. 



(205) Guy^s Poicder of Etiiiopia. Take seven 

 ounces of pure rasped tin, an ounce of mercury, a 

 drachm of sublimed sulphur, triturate the whole 

 thoroughly in a mortar, to a very fine powder. 

 The dose is from twenty to thirty grains twice a 

 day. The auriim musivum, is one of the most effi- 

 cacious remedies employed against taeniae, partic- 

 ularly the armed taenia. This preparation, more 



