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and tonics. In both cases the treatment proved 

 decidedly beneficial. 



CASE LVIII. C. M., a young gentleman nine 

 years of age, residing in the suburbs of London, 

 was brought to me on the 24th April, 1868. 

 Here also, in addition to the extreme pallor and 

 some emaciation, there was the usual restlessness, 

 with disturbed sleep and convulsive startings at 

 night. He had been treated with ordinary pur- 

 gatives and saline injections. These remedies had 

 evidently done good service; nevertheless the at- 

 tacks recurred from time to time, and he con- 

 tinued to pass threadworms "by hundreds and 

 thousands." Under my instructions the ad- 

 ministration of jalap and santonin powders, 

 followed by a senna mixture, and the use of 

 ether enemata, had the effect of once more 

 restoring him to a state of comparative com- 

 fort at least such was the case when I last saw 

 him, at the expiration of a month only after his 

 first visit. 



CASE LIX. E. T., a young gentleman, fifteen 

 years of age, consulted me on the 8th April, 

 1868. The irritation arising from the presence of 

 worms was excessive, producing nervousness, head- 

 ache, gnawing pains across the abdomen, and a 

 continual craving for food. In this instance I pre- 

 scribed an active powder, containing jalap, santonin, 

 and rhubarb, followed by an aperient of senna, and 

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