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or four cloves of garlic may be added to 

 advantage. Give alfo aa aloctic purge 

 between whiles. Ihe following (lands re- 

 commended. ^ 



TAKE fine Succotrine aloes, ten a purge 

 drams ; frelh jalap, one dram , aril- for v.orms 

 tochia, or birtiiwort and myrrh 

 pov/dered, of each two drams ; oil 

 of favin and amber, of each one 

 dram ; fyrup of buckthorn enough 

 to form into a ball. 



But as the fource of worms in gene- Thegene- 

 ral proceeds from a vitiated appetite and ral cure of 

 a weak digeftion, recourfe muft firft be ^^'^''^'^^* 

 had to mercurials, and afterwards to fuch 

 things as are proper to ftrengthen the 

 ftomach, promote digeftion, and by de- ' 

 ftroying the fuppofed ova, prevent the re- 

 generation of thefe animals. Thus, Mercurial 

 two drams of calomel may be g-iven with P^'S^^ 

 hair an ounce or diapente, and mixed up 

 with conferve of wormwood over-night; 

 and the next morning the above jjiirge : 

 thefe may be repeated in fix or eight 

 days. Or the following mercurial purge 

 may be given, which will be lefs troublc- 

 fome, and no lefs efficacious. 



TAKE 



