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" Procure sufficient of the seed of the pumpkin (those grown in 

 the West Indies are the best) to make ij, after the removal of the 

 outside shell of the seed ; put them into a mortar, and add Oss of 

 water ; pound them well up, and make a liquid orgeat of them, 

 which strain through a cloth. Drink this mixture in the morning, 

 on a fasting stomach. If it does not operate in the course of an 

 hour and a half, take j castor oil. Drink all the time as much 

 fresh cool water as the stomach can bear or contain ; that is, 

 drench yourself with water. After taking the orgeat, if the stom- 

 ach be well rubbed with ether, and an injection of about gtt. Lx 

 of it be taken, it will be found to assist the orgeat ; but this may 

 not be necessary. Should the first application of the remedy not 

 answer, repeat it the next morning, and there is no doubt your 

 complaint will be removed. The worm will leave the patient at 

 once, and probably entire" (Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 

 Oct. 3, 1851). 



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