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case was not unlike that of the one marked No. 

 III., the hypochondriacal symptoms being accom- 

 panied with anorexia, nausea, and vertigo. How- 

 ever, I was satisfied that this patient had really 

 suffered from tapeworm some time previously ; and 

 when I fully explained to him that the depression 

 under which he laboured was entirely due to other 

 causes, he was satisfied to adopt a simple restorative 

 treatment such as I then advised. 



CASE VII. R. J. J., a gentleman, residing at 

 the west-end of London (November 22, 1867), con- 

 tracted tapeworm about six years previously. He 

 had been treated for the disease, and although he 

 was not aware that he had passed any " segments" 

 for five months past, he was nevertheless convinced 

 that the creature was present internally. After a 

 thorough trial of appropriate remedies, I here also 

 fortunately succeeded in convincing the patient that 

 he laboured under a delusion ; and I have the satis- 

 faction of knowing that he has had no return of 

 the disorder. 



CASE VIII. H. H. W. is an Indian officer, who 

 contracted tapeworm in the Punjaub between three 

 and four years back. He consulted me (September 

 27, 1869), being at the time impressed with the 

 belief (which was also shared by his usual Medical 

 adviser), that he was still afflicted with the parasite. 

 Though suffering from pulmonary disease, much of 

 his debility was attributed to the tapeworm. In 



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