TURPENTINE. 239 



Tatze, 



The fruit called Tatze, or Zatze, is obtained 

 from a plant which grows in Abyssinia, at the Cape 

 of Good Hope, in Algeria, and some other parts of 

 Africa. 



It is used in the treatment of taenia, and is very 

 similar in its effects, to Kousso and Saoria ; but it is 

 said to be more apt to produce vomiting and cohc 

 than the latter remedy. 



The dose in which it is given is from two to six 

 drachms, powdered and dissolved in water. 



Turpentine. 



The oil of turpentine is very efficacious in 

 the treatment of taenia, and, were it not for the dis- 

 tressing complications often produced by it, would be 

 one of the best anthelmintics. 



It should be administered in the morning, whilst 

 the patient is fasting, in doses of from two drachms 

 to an ounce and a half, and castor oil should be given 

 in combmation with it, or within the space of about 

 two hours after the administration of the turpentine. 

 The patient should not be allowed to drink any fluid 

 until the medicine has operated, lest nausea and 

 sickness shou.ld be induced. 



In the majority of cases, the oil of turpentine 

 gives rise to severe vomiting, strangury, headache, 

 and a species of intoxication. The bowels ought 

 always to be kept freely open by the administration 

 of castor oil until the peculiar violet-like odour of 

 the urine, which is indicative of the presence of the 

 oil of turpentine in the circulation, has completely 

 disappeared. 



