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Pumpkin. 



The seeds of the pumpkin and gonrd were 

 recommended as early as 1683 by our countryman, 

 E. Tyson, for the treatment of taenia. This remedy 

 subsequently fell into disuse, but it has been recently 

 introduced again into practice by Cazin, Tameau, and 

 other French medical men, who state that its anthel- 

 mintic effects are very decided. 



The method in which the seeds are prepared for 

 use is by removing the husks, and then making tbe 

 seeds into an electuary by bruising them in a mortar, 

 and afterwards mixing them with sugar and milk. 



The dose in which they should be given is from 

 half an ounce to two ounces ; and in order that the 

 full benefit should be obtained, it is requisite that 

 they should be given when the patient is fasting, and 

 that some castor oil should be administered in about 

 two or three hours after they have been taken. This 

 remedy is said to possess the advantage of occasioning 

 neither nausea nor cohc. 



Salt. 



A solution of salt, used as an enema, fur- 

 nishes an excellent means of promptly expelling 

 oxyurides from the rectum or vagina ; and, if repeated 

 on several successive days, it sometimes effects a 

 complete cure. 



Salt has also been administered internally for the 

 cure of taenia, in the dose of a teaspoonfid. dissolved 

 in a glass of water, night and morning ; the quantity 

 being gradually increased. 



Saiitonine. 



The anthelmintic properties of the different 



