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head was also dislodged. Eventually it turned out 

 that a perfect cure had been accomplished, and that 

 the head of the worm had been passed ; doubtless, 

 at the time the very fine neck-segments had come 

 away. The child has since had no return of the 

 parasite. 



The above cases offer every encouragement to 

 those who administer male -fern remedies in a proper 

 manner ; for although in the treatment of the pork 

 and mutton tapeworms you may occasionally be 

 baffled, it is satisfactory to know that, with proper 

 care, you are not likely to be otherwise than suc- 

 cessful with the unarmed variety derived from beef. 

 This will be made more obvious immediately. 

 Meantime, let me call your attention to all the 

 more important drugs commonly employed. This I 

 shall do in terms very similar to those I have 

 adopted in the small treatise previously referred to. 

 " The remedies for tapeworm are male-fern, kousso, 

 kamala, turpentine, panna, pumpkin-seeds, and 

 pomegranate-root bark. The right administration 

 of any one of these is likely to produce the" desired 

 result ; but many other drugs have been and still 

 are employed with more or less success. Patients 

 have consulted me after trying five or six of the 

 above-named remedies, to say nothing of others not 

 worth mentioning. Some Practitioners, as I have 

 said, seem to think one vermifuge as good as 

 another. Because they find santonin a useful remedy 



