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" Subsequent Treatment. None, except tonics in 

 cases .of great weakness. 



" Preliminary Treatment. At the season of fresh 

 strawberries and grapes, I give Oss of the fresh fruits 

 every morning, fasting, for six to eight days ; and, on 

 the evening before the expulsion, a herring salad, with 

 plenty of vinegar, onions, raw and boiled ham, and 

 plenty of oil, and to very costive persons j of Castor 

 oil ; after which, the patient may drink a large glass 

 of light Rhenish wine, or a glass of Bavarian bitter 

 beer. If the fruits cannot be had, the salad alone 

 must suffice " (Kiichenmeister). 



* For very obstinate cases of T. mediocanellata (which 

 he considers the most difficult ones to expel), Kiich- 

 enmeister recommends " so much of the ordinary 

 electuary lenitive of the English Pharmacopoeia (Con- 

 fectio Senna?, U. S. Br.), with the addition of Extract, 

 tanacet. vulg., 5ij to the j of the electuary as will 

 produce a couple of soft motions daily ; and then to 

 take the mixture, but not before. Fasting the night 

 before is bad : the medicine does not agree well with 

 an empty stomach. 



" If, after this treatment, portions of the worms 

 should depend from the anus, a cup of strong, black 

 coffee should be given, and, if needful, an aperient of 

 calomel and jalap." 



Pumpkin Seed (the seed of Cucurbita pepo). 

 The method with this drug is one much used in this 

 country, and has been well spoken of. The best 

 method of administering it is as follows : 



