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segments of the worm were passed at the end of three 

 months. Still, although he admits the efficacy of this 

 method of administering the drug, from the fragment- 

 ary state in which the worm is passed he cannot give 

 it the preference over Turpentine or Pomegranate 

 root. 



The method of Professor Raimann, of Vienna, is as 

 follows : " 5vj of Kousso are macerated for 24 hours, 

 and then boiled for half an hour. This infuso- 

 decoction is taken while fasting in two portions, 

 without straining, and therefore the flowers in it ; 

 and, two hours afterwards, j to ij of Castor oil" 

 (Kiichenmeister). 



From reports in Hebra's " Zeitschrift," the remedy 

 is well borne, and acts with certainty. 



Kamela (K. wurrus or Reroo, the powder adhering 

 to the capsules of Rottlera tinctoria) is another com- 

 paratively new remedy, and has received special notice 

 from Dr. Alexander Gordon, Surgeon of the Tenth 

 Regiment of Foot, who had used it in India. He 

 says : 



" The success and rapidity of effect of the Kamela 

 in removing tapeworms in the cases of soldiers of the 

 Tenth Regiment, to whom I administered it, were such 

 that I did not consider it worth my while to keep 

 notes of them after the first two or three. Nor, indeed, 

 were the men to whom it was administered latterly 

 taken into the hospital ; for they soon became aware 

 of the wonderful efficacy of the remedy, asking of 

 their own accord for a dose of it, after which they 

 invariably parted with the worm in the course of a 



