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draclims ; a decoction has also been prepared, but 

 the extreme bitterness of this preparation renders 

 the powder a preferable form for the administration 

 of tliis remedy. 



Musenna. 



This is the bark of a leguminous plant, 

 which grows upon the shores of the Red Sea. It is 

 given in doses of from half an ounce to an ounce, or 

 more, carefully powdered, and mixed with some 

 semi-fluid vehicle, such as honey. 



M. d'Abbadie, who has had numerous oppor- 

 tunities of observing the action of this remedy in the 

 fresh state, considers it to be superior to Kousso, 

 both in its anthelmintic property, and the fact that 

 musenna does not produce any marked disturbance 

 of the digestive functions, like Kousso does. He 

 also remarks that musenna should be given about 

 two or three hours before a meal, and that the taenia 

 is usually expelled upon the following day, without 

 the occurrence of severe purging, or of coHc. 



Owing to its losing its vermifuge property 

 through being kept, its administration in EurojDe 

 has not been attended by such results as would lead 

 to its adoption in preference to some of the other 

 anthelmintics in ordinary use. 



Nitrate of Silver, 



Injections of water containing nitrate of 

 silver, in solution, in the proportion of about two 

 grains to one ounce of water, have been favourably 

 spoken of by Schultze, of Daidesheim, in the treat- 

 ment of oxyurides. The first enema is commonly 



