346 NOTES TO THE 



The First Electuary, A, Take an ounce of 

 Tery fine English tin filings, six drachms of the 

 root of the polipodium filix mas, half an ounce of 

 semen santonicum, a drachm of the resinous root 

 of jalap, and of sulphate of potass, and of honey 

 sufficient to make an electuary. 



Secoml Electuary, B. Take two scruples of 

 the pulverized resinous root of jalap, and of sul- 

 phate of potass, one scruple of scammony from 

 Aleppo, ten grains of gamhoge, and of honey suffi- 

 cient to form an electuary. 



Those who may be inclined to adopt this meth- 

 od to expel taeniae, must observe the four follow- 

 ing rules : 



1. For some days previous, the patient is to be 

 confined to a suitable diet, that is, he is to eat salt- 

 etl substances, — for example, herrings, light por- 

 ridges and broths, and leguminous articles. 



2. The treatment is begun by administering to 

 the patient, every two hours, a teaspoonful of the 

 electuary A. This course to be continued two or 

 three days, till the worm is perceived to be in the 

 intestines, and then, 



3. The patient is to take electuary B, and of 

 this he also takes, every two hours, a teaspoonful, 

 till the worm is expelled. 



The discharge of the worm is facilitated by tak- 

 ing some spoonfuls of fresh oleum ricini, or by some 

 clysters of the same oil. 



4. The age, sex, and temperament of the pa- 

 tient may require a consitlerable modification of the 



