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and had suffered at times from a troublesome cough. Her 

 appetite was fickle and capricious, and her sleep restless.. A 

 gland at the side of the neck was much enlarged, and had 

 ulcerated ; and a surgeon who had had charge of the case 

 had operated upon it. 



I ordered general constitutional remedies ; and, a fortnight 

 later, the mother informed me that the child had threadworms. 

 She complained of great irritation, and was always scratching 

 herself. As usual, in such cases, the mother anticipated that 

 the worms would take a long time to expel. 



TREATMENT : The tincture was given as in case I., and 

 constitutional treatment continued at the same time. 



RESULT : The irritation ceased after two or three doses, 

 and the child slept much better. She passed a very large 

 number of worms, all dead ; but, after taking the tincture for 

 three days, she passed no more. This was in October. About 

 a month or six weeks later, it became clear that re-infection 

 had taken place, as several more worms were passed. The 

 medicine was, accordingly, given again for one day ; after 

 which, no more worms were seen. 



At the end of four months, the gland in the neck had 

 practically healed, and, in all probability, would leave no trace 

 of a sinus ; and the child looked so well that the surgeon, who 

 had operated upon her before, was astonished at the alteration. 

 In short, she appeared perfectly healthy in every way ; and 

 was developing into a strong child, from whom every 

 indication of tuberculous disposition had been eradicated. 



Case of the Sister of above, aged 1 li- 



HISTORY : Shortly afterwards the mother of the above 

 patient consulted me about her elder daughter, a child of 

 11 J years old, of a very reserved and shy disposition. The 

 little girl was distinctly backward in growth. She did not 

 sleep or eat well, was very pale and thin, and generally 

 spiritless. No threadworms, as far as the mother and the 

 nurse knew, had ever been passed. 



TREATMENT : -I prescribed appropriate measures, and in 

 accordance with a rule I have followed in such cases with much 

 success, gave the child a few doses of my tincture for thread- 

 worms. 



