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evenly, and divide into 10 powders. Dose — Give 1 powder an hour 'before 

 supper and 1 at bedtime; next day 1 powder before each meal and at bed-time, 

 and the following day the same, which uses up all the powders. Next morning 

 take an active cathartic, to carry off the worms. 



Remarks. — I recently took this remedy in just this way, realizing that I, at 

 nearly 68 years of age, had them. For the cathartic I took 2 blue papers of 

 seidlitz powders and 1 white paper, to be sure and get quick and thorough 

 action. It did act quickly, and brought tLem away. I have enjoyed better 

 health since. 



3. Worms, Allopathic Vermifuge lor. — Santonin and white sugar 

 (or sugar of milk), each 10 grs.; calomel and ipecac, eacli 1 gr. Directions — 

 Rub the two first well together; then rub in the two last, and divide into 10 

 powders. Dqse — For child, 1 powder, night and morning, till all are taten; 

 then an active cathartic, unless the worms pass off freely by this time. I should 

 give a cathartic of cream of tartar, or some mild one, at any rate. This is 

 the favorite, of an old friend of mine, of the allopathic school. 



4. Vermifuge or Vermicide— Extraordinary,— Dr. A. S. Sweet, 

 of Southhold, L. I., informs the readers of the Biief that he gave Mrs. C. the 

 following mixture as a vermifuge: Santonin, 16 grs.; fl. ex. of pink, 160 drops; 

 simple syrup, 2 ozs. ; mix. Dose — A tea-spoonful morning and night. She 

 gave it about equally between 4 children of her own and 1 of a neighbor's. 

 The result was the expulsion of 67 worms. As having a i)ossible bearing upon 

 the question whether worms cause any special symptoms by their presence in 

 the intestines, Dr. Sweet says that the child for which the vermifuge was par- 

 ticularly desired had, previous to taking it, several attacks of convulsions. 

 They ceased with the expulsion of the worms. 



Remarks. — Any person of common sense would say the worms caused the 

 convulsions, else their removal would not have stopped them. Dr. Sweet says 

 nothing about giving any cathartic; but as the Brief is taken only by physicians, 

 he leaves it to their judgment to direct it. I would say, give an active cathartic 

 on the third or fourth day, whether any worms have passed or not. In all 

 cases, after expulsion of worms, give a tonic to build up and strengthen the 

 general system, which will also strengthen the bowels, and thereby make it less 

 liable for another "crop" of worms. For, as a general thing, it is only the 

 weakly children who are troubled with worms, although sometimes adults ha^•e 

 them, as in my own case. 



5. Pin Worms, Remedy.— A ' ' Mrs .C." made inquiry in the Toledo, 

 O., Blade, for a remedy for pin-worms, receiving the following answers: A 

 Mrs. "A. P. A." (a pity that so many writers are ashamed of their names), 

 says: If "Mrs. C." vpill give the child a tea made of common spearmint, both 

 using it as a drink and as an injection, I am confident it will suffer no more 

 from pin- worms, as I have known a verj' bad case, of longstanding to be cured by 

 this remedy, when many others had been tried without success. If one triai 

 does not cure, repeat, as the remedy is harmless. 



Remarks. — The spearmint is safe, and quite a diiu-etic, with its other valu 

 able properties. 



