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a pruritus ant. He pafled generally a* 

 bouL twenty worms by ftool every day, 

 always living ; and fometimes they crept 

 out into his breeches, eljpecially after 

 walking much. After the firft year and 

 a half, beiides the above fymptoms, he 

 had likewife a giddinefs, general weak- 

 nefs, and palpitations, with timorouf- 

 nefs, and an intermitting pulfe, (efpecial- 

 ly in the morning). He had ufed many 

 different vermifuge m.edicines, without 

 any fuccefs ; fuch as the pwvis ftanni, li- 

 matura ?«i3r//j, mercurial purgatives, lime- 

 water, (which, upon firll ufmg it, pur- 

 ged him;, juice of tanfy, and the pul-u, 

 'uermifugus of the Edinburgh difpenfa- 

 tory. After w^hich, he tried the corrofive 

 fublimate after Dr Gardiner's method, 

 taking at firft one pill evening and morn- 

 in"", and afterwards two at the fame 

 times, and continued them for three 

 weeks. After the firft four days, he took 

 a dofe of pilulae cocciae ; and at the end 

 of all, a fecond. During this courfe he 

 pafled great numbers oitYit venues cucur^ 



bitini ; 



