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nearly perfect example of the beef-tapeworm mea- 

 suring nine feet in length. The neck segments, up 

 to within some three or four inches of the head, 

 had come away separately. In this instance I did 

 not obtain the head, but I have little doubt that 

 the cure was complete. In the hope of dislodging 

 the head separately, I prevailed upon this patient 

 to take a third prescription, which, curiously 

 enough, brought away a solitary specimen of 

 the so-called common whip worm (Tricocephalus 

 dispar) . 



The following is another remarkable case in 

 which a cure was effected ; the head of the worm 

 having certainly passed during the only motion 

 which was allowed to escape my examination and 

 scrutiny : / 



CASE XVII. L. A. J., a married lady residing 

 in Kent, consulted me in May, 1869. She has 

 for nine years been troubled by a tapeworm, which 

 has hitherto resisted the usual remedies ; male-fern 

 itself being included in the long list of drugs taken. 

 Among the more prominent symptoms are spas- 

 modic pains across the abdomen, nausea, sickness, 

 and loss of appetite. Here, although the doses of 

 male-fern given by me were unusually large, six or 

 eight separate administrations were necessary, the 

 parasite (Taenia mediocanellata) being only brought 

 away piecemeal. 



This is one of the most obstinate cases I ever 



