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tonin and scammony, in the form of electuary, 

 further accelerated in its action by one-ounce doses 

 of castor-oil. These remedies, employed for three 

 successive days, produced excellent effects; lasting 

 for a fortnight, at the expiration of which period it 

 was found necessary to repeat them. More or less 

 perfect relief again followed, the good effects ex- 

 . tending over a period of at least six weeks. At the 

 next return of the parasitic symptoms, which was 

 in the month of July, I prescribed sulphur and 

 charcoal powders, followed by copious draughts of 

 the Saxe-Meiningen mineral waters ; this mode of 

 treatment proved most successful. When I last 

 heard from her the freedom " from any annoyance" 

 had become complete; the Friedrichshall waters 

 and other drugs having been found both " agreeable 

 and effective." 



CASE LXV. H. J., a distinguished man of 

 science and letters, of middle age, is subject to 

 occasional attacks of ascarides, which of late years 

 have become more frequent and severe. I first 

 prescribed for this gentleman in the month of 

 December, 1868 ; recommending podophyllin and 

 santonin powders with cold-water injections.' This 

 treatment proving altogether unsatisfactory, I lost 

 sight of the case for a considerable period, but in 

 the following year I had an opportunity of recom- 

 mending a modification of this treatment. Fresh 

 attacks, however, continuing to recur at intervals, I 



