KAMALA AS AN ANTHELMINTIC. 



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the case of soldiers stationed at Peshawur, tapeworm is so 

 common, that it is believed that every third man suffers from it 

 during the two years that the regiment usually remains there. 

 To give Dr. Gordon's own words : 



"Those who have escaped the misfortune of having had to 

 pass some years in India, can form no idea of the vast herds of 

 lean, half-starved pigs that roam over the fields and waste 

 grounds in the \icinity of villages ; neither can they have any 

 conception of the nature of the food on which these pigs sub- 

 sist." 



After some revolting details as to the habits of swine in India 

 Dr. Gordon continues : 



" Pigs, however, are not the only animals that live in this 

 filthy manner in India. Cattle and sheep, that are so particular 

 in their food in Britain, acquire degenerate tastes in India ; and 

 it is needless to enter into similar particulars regarding ducks, 

 fowls, turkeys, and pigeons, all of which are more or less used 

 as food by our countrymen there." 



The dose of Kamala may be stated as from a | drachm to 3 

 drachms suspended in water : a single dose is frequently found 

 sufficient, and in general it is not necessary to give any other 

 medicine before or after. In some cases, however, where but a 

 small dose of Kamala has been administered, castor-oil has been 

 afterwards given with good effect. Dr. Gordon has prescribed 

 Kamala in the dose of 1 drachm, repeated at intervals of three 

 hours. 



Karnala may also be given in the form of Tincture ; the for- 

 mula for which, recommended by Dr. Anderson, is as follows : 



1 Kamalae, svj. 



Spiritus rectificati, f^xvj. 

 Macera per biduum et cola. 



An ethereal tincture may be prepared of the same strength, 

 but it is said to offer no particular advantage over the alcoholic. 



The dose of Tinctura Kamalce is from 3j to 3iv, diluted wkh 

 some aromatic water. [N. Kepert. f. Pharm. vii. 145.] 



1858. 



Habits of 



swine and 



cattle in 



India. 



Dose. 



Tincture 

 of Kamala. 



