WORMS. 911 



For tape-worm, take four ounces powdered pumpkin-seeds and 

 a half to one pound of veal, cooked together until the substance is 

 out of the meat. Make into a soup. 



How to use : Fast for twenty-four hours, then eat one-half ; 

 after an hour take the other half, then take a brisk cathartic. 

 This is the proportion for a man. For a horse, one pound pump- 

 kin-seeds to one pound veal, and give as a drench. 



This treatment was given by Dr. Meyer, who claims it is 

 specific. Said he had one case of tape- worm in a horse, and it was 

 the means of making a cure. 



A few years ago, a gentleman who had been in the treasury 

 department at Washington, informed the writer that he had suf- 

 fered for years with tape- worm, and was entirely cured by taking 

 pumpkin-seeds masserated, and he knew of a number of friends 

 who had been cured by the same remedy. 



This remedy is introduced mainly for the benefit of those who 

 may be afflicted with tape- worm. 



The following was given the writer by a special friend (a vet- 

 erinary surgeon of high standing), as the treatment he would ad- 

 vise for the cure of worms ; and though in part a repetition of 

 what is given, it is so good that I include it: 



First, Lambricoids can be removed by drastic purges of aloes, 

 or aloes and calomel. If calomel be given in from two to four 

 drachm doses, on a fasting stomach of twelve hours, then fast from 

 ten to twelve hours afterward, after which give small doses of 

 aloes or saline purges, it will destroy nearly all traces of worms or 

 parasites in the stomach and intestines, even clearing out bots. 

 The best general treatment advised is santonine, areca nut, and 

 male fern. Of santonine, better known as worm seed, the dose is 

 from one to four drachms, according to the size and temperament 

 of the horse. For the small, nervous, well-bred horse, the smallest 

 dose would be sufficient ; while for a large coarse-grained cart- 

 horse the larger dose of four drachms will be necessary. Of the 

 same quantities of powdered areca nut and male fern, about one 

 ounce is the average dose. All vermifuge medicine should be 

 taken while fasting, as better results will thereby be obtained; let- 

 ting the horse fast ten or twelve hours before giving the medicine, 

 and nearly as long afterwards. It is not necessary to give physic 



