264 WORMS. 



tions, cannot submit them to so long a re-i 

 spite from business as is necessary for a re- 

 gular course of purging rnedichies, it will na- 

 turally be expected an effectual substitute 

 should be held forth for the gratification of 

 all parties. 



To those therefore who cannot render the 

 administration of mercuuial purgatives a 

 matter of perfect convenience, the following 

 course may be adopted with the greatest cer-? 

 tainty of equal efiect : 



Take of /Fihinp's mineral six ounces ; 

 Lcvificated antimony four ounces ; 

 Sulphur, prepared steel, and aniseed powder, each 



tlirre ounces ; 

 Honey sufficient to make a massj Mhich divide jntQ 

 nine balls. 



Of these let one be given everij iiiorniug for 

 three in su cession : tlien omit three, and re- 

 peat for three more in succession ; then omit 

 for three mornings, a second time, and repeat 

 your remaining balls on the three successive 

 mornings, when the ivhole nine will be con- 

 sumed, and certainly productive of the pur- 

 pose for which they are intended. The great 

 advantage attending this method of destroy- 



