422 ANIMAL PARASITES. 



appearances followed the administration of an electuary of 

 Dolichos pruriens. 



After administering the celebrated black protoxide of copper 

 of Rademacher for four days, the worms remained uninjured in 

 the intestine. On the contrary, when I administered castor oil 

 with santonine for several consecutive days, Ascarides always 

 passed off in abundance, but certainly with strong purging. 



With this result, obtained by^experiments, I now passed to the 

 discovery of the remedy most to be recommended in practice, and 

 was directed to the preparations of santonine, as is especially 

 shown by the last experiment. 



Before I describe my observations and mode of treatment, I 

 must, from the fame which the Semina Cinse have especially en- 

 joyed, even for ages, refer to these above all, as an introduction 

 to santonine. It must be confessed that the old practitioners 

 sometimes produced very definite results with their electuaries 

 of cina. The best known formula of these cina-worm-electuaries 

 are the following : 



1. Bremser's. I Semiuum Cinse vel Tanaceti vulgaris 

 ruditer contusorum, 3 SS ; Pulv. rad. Valerian., ^\j Pulv. rad. 

 Jalappse, 9iss ij ; Tartar, vitriol., ^iss ij ; Oxymel Squill., q. s. 

 ut fiat Electuarium. M. D. S. A tea-spoonful to be taken two 

 or three times a day. 



After taking two spoonfuls daily for three to four days, more 

 slime, and frequently also worms, pass off, as Bremser says, with 

 a more abundant stool. If the worms do not pass off, Bremser 

 either administers some more of the electuary twice, or gives 

 one spoonful three times. If the first pot of electuary does not 

 suffice for complete recovery, a second is taken, but, according to 

 Bremser, watery stools must never be produced. He never 

 allowed more than two potsful to be taken, and it did not matter 

 to him whether worms did or did not pass duriny its use. 



To relax the bowels once in the midst of the treatment, he 

 administered a weak purgative, according to the following prescrip- 

 tion : R Pulv. rad. Jalappse, 3j ; Pulv. fol. Senna3, ^ss ; Tartar, 

 vitriol., 3J. M. f. pulv. divid. in iij vel iv part. seq. D. S. Half a 

 powder to be taken every half to two hours, until it operates. 



If Bremser had leucophlegmatic individuals under him, he em- 

 ployed the OJeum Chaberti against relapses. This oil is prepared 

 in the following way. One part of stinking hartshorn oil is mixed 



