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recorded, and its solution would form a serviceable 

 enema in cases of oxyurides ; but its effects are not 

 sufficiently evident to admit of its being solely relied 

 upon in the treatment of any species of entozoa. 



Ether. 



Sulphuric ether has been advantageously 

 employed by several French practitioners in the 

 treatment of oxyurides ; it is used in the form of 

 an injection containing from half a drachm to two 

 drachms of ether in solution in water. According to 

 Comperat, this remedy possesses a double advantage, 

 as it destroys the worms, and acts as a sedative in 

 allaying the spasmodic and nervous complications 

 caused by the irritation of the oxyurides in the 

 rectum. 



It has also been successfully administered, in the 

 dose of a drachm in a glassful of the decoction of the 

 male fern, for the expulsion of taenia. 



Geoffreya. 



The bark of the Geoffrey a Surinamensis 

 and of the G. inermis is much esteemed as a vermi- 

 fuge in Surinam, where these two plants are indi- 

 genous. The fact of their properties, like those of 

 many other exotic plants, being impaired after 

 keeping for some time, has prevented their being 

 extensively used in this country or on the continent ; 

 the G. inermis is, however, included in the Dublin 

 Pharmacopseia. The powdered bark may be given 

 in half-drachm doses, in the form either of pills, or 

 electuary ; a decoction of it is occasionally employed. 



