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the more so as lie was suffering from an attack of 

 chorea, which first appeared during the previous 

 summer. Advising the parent to dismiss from his 

 mind the notion of tapeworm, I strongly insisted 

 that, for the present at least, the administration of 

 vermifuges was entirely contra-indicated. I pre- 

 scribed tonics, and an immediate change of scene, 

 with temporary cessation from school or other 

 work; but, from what I have already advanced, 

 it will scarcely surprise you to learn that my 

 advice was received with marked tokens of dis- 

 satisfaction. To have given powerful anthelmiutics 

 would, in my judgment, have been cruel and 

 useless: yet such advice, if tendered, would 

 not only have harmonized with, the preconceived 

 opinions of the parent, but would also have secured 

 his entire confidence accordingly. 



CASE XXXV. S. L. J., a captain in her Ma- 

 jesty's Indian army, called upon me in the spring 

 of 1870. He was under the impression that he was 

 still infested by a tapeworm, for which disorder he 

 had been treated some three years previously, whilst 

 he was under the depressing effects of an attack of 

 jungle fever. On questioning him as to the passage 

 of proglottides I arrived at the conclusion that he 

 had already been effectually cured ; so far, at least, 

 as the mere expulsion of the parasite was concerned. 

 This view of his case, however, was received by 

 himself with considerable reluctance ; and therefore, 



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