HINDRANCES AND DISEASES. 



Ill 



United States Dispensatory, the treatment for a human 

 being is, for an adult half an ounce ; for a child of six 

 years, one-fourth ounce ; taken in the morning upon an 

 empty stomach. A previous evacuation of the bowels is 

 recommended, and should the medicine not act on the 

 bowels in three or four hours, a brisk cathartic should be 

 administered. One dose is usually sufficient to destroy the 

 worms. Should the quantity mentioned not prove effect- 

 ive, the dose may be doubled. Kousso seems to act only 



FIG. 35. TAPEWORM FROM A TURKEY. 



Illustration of one selected from about fifty found in a turkey three or four 

 weeks old. There is so little known about tapeworms of fowls, and so much 

 confusion as to description and classification, that experts have been unable 

 to identify it. a, beau; b, neck; c, d and e, segments in various stages of de- 

 velopment. The segments or joints are formed next to the head, are gradu- 

 ally pushed back by the growth of new segments, and finally become terminal 

 (e), where they mature, separate and pass away. Each adult segment con- 

 tains complete male and female organs, and when it separates from the main 

 body, is full of embryos, which are supposed to find their way into some tem- 

 porary host before they reach their final host, the turkey. Rhode Island Ex- 

 periment Station* 



as a poison to the worms, and is said not to seriously af- 

 fect the patient. Koussein or kosin, the active principle 

 of kousso, is highly recommended, two scruples being the 

 dose for a man. 



Male fern is an effective remedy, but an overdose is a 

 distinct poison. Six drams of the oil have caused the 

 death of a person. It has been known to cause blindness 

 in the lower animals, and should be used with extreme 



