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and omnivorous children. The creeper is the lianc vermifuge 

 of the Mauritius, where the drug has caused spasms and 

 other ill effects when given in quantities of more than four or 

 five fruits. According to Dr. Waring's account in the Indian 

 Pharmacopoeia, in the Moluccas the drug has long enjoyed a 

 high repute as an anthelmintic. He says that the scandent 

 shrub is met with in Burma, the Malayan archipelago, and in 

 gardens in India, where it is called the Rangoon creeper. He 

 recommends that four or five of the seeds be bruised and given 

 with honey or jam, as an electuary, which suffices to expel 

 the worms of children, especially lumbrici. The drug is cheap 

 in China ; but will scarcely supplant the more convenient and 

 equally effective santonin in hospital practice. 



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