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few hours, and then went on with their military duties 

 as if nothing had happened ; while, as I afterwards 

 ascertained, considerable numbers did not think of 

 ' troubling the doctor' at all, but, on suffering from the 

 characteristic symptoms of the worm, applied for the 

 Kamela to the apothecary, and always with the same 

 effect. With Kamela, there is no unpleasant effect. 

 It is not even necessary to take a dose of purging 

 medicine as a preparative ; and, beyond a trifling 

 amount of nausea and griping in some instances, no 

 unpleasant effects are experienced ; while by far the 

 greater number of persons to whom it is administered 

 suffer no inconvenience whatever, beyond what they 

 would from a dose of ordinary purging medicine. 



" It was usually given as a spirituous tincture, by 

 adding to iv of the powder Oj of alcohol, and then fil- 

 tering. In this manner vi were obtained, and of this 

 from j to iij were given in a little mint-water. It sel- 

 dom happened that more than j was found requisite ; " 

 and Dr. Gordon says " he has never seen the remedy 

 fail in removing the worm in a case where there were 

 unequivocal symptoms of its presence." The worm 

 was always discharged dead ; but it was at times diffi- 

 cult to state with certainty whether the head was in 

 all cases passed with the rest of the body of the ani- 

 mal, although the Doctor is almost positively certain, 

 so far as the eye could judge, that it was. (" Medical 

 Times and Gazette," May 2, 1857). 



Male Peru (Root of Aspidium filix mas). This 

 root is more efficacious as a remedy for the Bothrio- 

 cephali than for the Taenise. The best form to give 



