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two and sometimes three Successive mornings. The second 

 dose has commonly a greater effect than the first, and never 

 fails to expel round worms by stool, if there be any lodged in 

 the alimentary canal." 



For children a syrup has been recommended, made with the 

 expressed juice of the recent leaves moistened with vinegar, 

 which is supposed to correct the violent effects of the drug. 

 The dose of this syrup is a tea-spoonful at bed-time, and one 

 or two in the morning, on two or three successive days, for 

 young children, increasing or diminishing the quantity accord- 

 ing to the strength of the patient. Dr. Parr mentions that a 

 tincture is sometimes made of the leaves with cyder, but in 

 whatsoever manner prepared, no medicine acts with more cer- 

 tainty as an anthelmintic, than Bear's-foot. 



It has also been highly extolled in epileptic fits caused by 

 the presence of worms in the intestines, and in asthma and 

 hypochondriacal disorders, but it is a dangerous medicine in 

 tmskilful hands, and requires to be used with the greatest 

 caution. 



