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most advisable. It lias appeared to me lately that the addition 

 of Gi. Gutti, gr. iv viij, to this mixture, was better than that 

 of Natr. Sulf. 



3. This method is often sufficient even with T. mediocanellata, 

 especially when the above-mentioned calomel powder is given 

 afterwards as an aperient. 



4. In obstinate cases with one or more T. mediocanellata, the 

 method recommended by Thompson, arid not essentially modified 

 by me, which will be found at the close of the section of 

 " Methods with Turpentine/' is better than any other, except, 

 perhaps, the method employed by Becker with tin precipitated 

 by galvanism, the latter in such a manner that Dupuis's plan, 

 mentioned under b of the methods with tin, be modified by 

 giving, instead of Stann. Rasp. Angl., 9ss, the same quantity of 

 Stannum galvanice pra3cipitatum. 



5. Kousso has never answered with me so well, that I could 

 prefer it, when given alone, to the other remedies. It is, how- 

 ever, probably capable of giving good assistance. 



6. The other methods, but particularly Schmidt's, as also the 

 long fasting cures, deserve to be struck out of the resources of 

 the medical art. 



7. If the worms depend from the anus, a cup of strong black 

 coffee with plenty of sugar is given immediately, and, if neces- 

 sary, also an aperient of calomel and jalap. 



II. Immature Tcsnice inhabiting the human body exterior to the 

 intestine; Cystici and Acephalocystides of the older 

 authors. 



1. CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSE. 

 See the article Taenia solium, where this is treated of at length. 



2. CYSTICERCUS TENUICOLLIS (Eschricht) = CYSTICERCUS 

 VISCERALIS, autorum. PI. II, figs. 6 10. 



[Tsenia matura : Corpore crasso 4 ad 6' sen 6 ad 1200 millim. 

 long., Taenise solium corpori simillimo. Capite globoso-sphcerico , 



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