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The best remedy is the preceding, though the following may 

 probably answer the purpose : 



Calomel, three grains 



jalap, twenty grains 



golden sulphur of antimony, four grains 



mixed up with butter or lard into one dose. Three of these 

 doses to be given one every other morning. 



A table spoonful or two of linseed oil given the first 

 thing in a morning will frequently bring away a quantity of 

 worms : but it can never be depended on as an effectual remedy 

 for the following reason : upon the linseed oil being swallowed, 

 those worms with which it comes in contact, that are not fas- 

 tened on the intestines, but loose as it were, in expectation of 

 food, will be brought away ; but such as are fast to the intestines 

 (and many will be always found so situated) stick like leeches, 

 and thus prevent the effects of the oil. There is nothing so ef- 

 fectual as calomel. Calomel administered externally, in toler- 

 able plenty, upon the human subject, will destroy worms in the 

 stomach. If the worms are situated near the anus, the calomel 

 may be so completely absorbed, when taken inwardly, as to lose 

 its effect before it reaches that part ; some tobacco smoke blown 

 up the anus (which may be easily done by inserting the thin end 

 of a pipe) will most completely destroy these noxious vermin, 

 and they will be voided most likely, in prodigious numbers. 



The remark which was made on the last article would equally 

 apply in this place, respecting the numerous remedies prescribed 

 for the same disease. What are mentioned throughout are 

 sucji as will be found to answer the purpose ; and to give a 

 number of doubtful and ineffectual recipes, for the sake of mak- 

 ing a long list, or giving a false air of importance to the subject, 

 would be as perplexing to the reader, as it would be contempt- 

 ible and even dishonest, in the writer. 



However, for uorms, generally speaking, the following may 



