CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



I. A SIMPLE CURE VERSUS DRASTIC TREAT- 



MENTS ....... 1 



II. THE THREADWORM IN MEDICAL LITERATURE 6 



III. THE THREADWORM IN ZOOLOGY . . . . 14 



IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE THREADWORM . . 23 

 V. LIFE HISTORY OF THE THREADWORM . . 28 



VI. INFECTION AND RE -INFECTION . . . 32 



VII. PREDISPOSING CONDITIONS . . . 34 



VIII. SYMPTOMS OF THREADWORM DISEASE 7" ^ . 39 



IX. DIAGNOSIS . . . . . 44 



X. COMPLICATIONS . ... . . . 47 



XI. DANGERS AND DEFECTS OF RECOGNISED TREAT- 



MENTS . . . V* 51 



XII. THE SIMPLIFIED TREATMENT, AND A FEW 



TYPICAL CASES 59 



