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time, a proper, regimen. | When the root is 
given in infufion, 20 grains-of it make a fuf- 
ficient dofe for.a child of the fame age.. 
Ir has an advantage above all other anthel- 
mintics that! Iam) acquainted -with, | as it is 
lefs naufeous,) and: may.fafely be given in 
fevers: without! heating tooumuch:  likeways 
children, when they awake in the morning, 
may be’déceivéd with it; by giving the infu- 
fion with a‘little milky “and anfufficient.quan- 
tity of fagar,’ in place of ‘teat © 'Tho’ it does 
not’always'fucceed in’ expelling worms ;.:yet 
Ihave ‘obferved, that: children’s complaints 
were remarkably relieved after having g taken 
it for 'fomedays.. He 
T fhall only trouble ‘you ith one fhort hi- 
isis where I gave it the otherday with fuc- 
ees. Divas fent’for toa Negto-child ‘about 
four years “6f age, on'the feventh day of a 
continual fever: and, asl fufpected ‘that the 
fever was kept up by the irritation of worms, 
- Torderedithe following,.that mornings. R. 
ag. theriac. drach. ii. ag. font. une ifs. puly. 
vad. anthelmie (for fo Tecalled the Indian 
pink) tart, regenerat. ana ferup. i. pulv. croci 
_anglic. gr. v. facch. q. f- M. fumat cock. unum 
fecunda quaque bora. Next morning, I ordered 
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