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which I have observed, both in my published and 

 unpubHshed cases, incHne me to the opinion that 

 santonine is one of the most perfect anthelmintics 

 which we at present possess, seeing that it combines 

 the advantage of smallness of bulk, as regards the 

 dose in which it is taken, and of absence of un- 

 pleasant taste, or serious complications, with con- 

 siderable certainty of action. The high price which 

 santonine commands, unfortunately leads to great 

 and frequent adulterations of this drug, to which I 

 believe that the disappointment complained of by 

 many in the results procured by the administration 

 of santonine is chiefly due. 



Saoria. 



This is the fruit of the Mcesa picta, an 

 Abyssinian plant, and is used by the natives as an 

 anthelmintic, both in the fresh and in the dried 

 state. 



When dried, it is given in one ounce doses, 

 powdered, and mixed with a quantity of gruel. 

 Schimper says that it produces purging, and expels 

 the taenia dead and whole, without the risk of the 

 injury to the patient's health, which occasionally 

 follows the administration of Kousso. Although its 

 efficacy is most shown in cases of taenia, it is 

 deserving of a trial in the treatment of lumbrici and 

 oxyurides. 



It has been tried by several European medical 

 practitioners, and Strohl, of Strasburg, speaks very 

 favourably of it, in some cases of taenia, which he 

 treated with this remedy. The chief objection to 

 its use is that, although the body of the worm is 



