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only one basin of meat broth, with white bread. At night he 

 has a clyster of warm milk. On the fourth day he takes also 

 eight cups of black coffee with plenty of sugar, and 2 — 3 large 

 herrings in the form of salad with plenty of vinegar, pepper, oil, 

 and onions. On the fifth day he takes, alternately, every two 

 hours, one third of a herring, and a heaped-up tea-spoonful of 

 Pulv. Rad. Filic. Mar., and with this 2 — 3 cups of coffee. At 

 night a milk clyster and a dessert-spoonful of American castor 

 oil. On the sixth morning, fasting, two tea-spoonfuls of Filix 

 powder ; an hour afterwards two table-spoonfuls of castor oil, and 

 the same quantity every two hours until the worm is expelled. 

 During this he drinks tea, and, lastly, for the subsequent treat- 

 ment, iron is used. 



The fern powder alone is given by (a.) Ullersperger. — Without 

 any previous treatment he gives ^iij — iv of the roots freshly 

 peeled, treated with alcohol the day before, and lets the patient 

 lie in bed. When no vomiting takes place within two hours, 

 an aperient of 6 gr. Calomel and 3j Sapo Jalapp. in pills is 

 given. This is a very celebrated, rapid method. 



b. Mayer. — On the day when fragments pass off spontaneously 

 the patient takes a herring salad at night. At six o'clock the 

 next morning 3iij of Filix powder, with 5 v j Aq. Flor. Tiliae, is 

 given in tea-spoonfuls without stopping, and immediately after 

 this a table-spoonful of castor oil, and then a cup of thin broth. 

 The oil is then continued every half hour until ^'j are consumed. 

 For any sensation of fulness and nausea hot black coffee is 

 given. About twelve o'clock the greater part of the worm is ex- 

 pelled, and the head passes at one or two o'clock. For subsequent 

 treatment an Amarum. 



c. Karsten. — A mild aperient and scanty diet the day before. 

 Early in the morning giij of fern root in tea-spoonfuls. In case 

 of sickness, thin broth is given. Between eleven and one o'clock 

 the worm is expelled without any further treatment. 



Besides the methods just described, other medical men have 

 also employed the Extractum Filicis. Thus, Peschier gives the 

 following prescription : R: Extr. Filic. Mar. iEth., 3j — 3SS ; 

 Pulv. Rad. Filic. Mar., q. s. ut fiant pill. 20. D. S. in two portions, 

 half an hour before bedtime, after fasting from five o'clock in the 

 evening; next morning an aperient. Tott, Schoenemaun, and 

 Von Haselberg also gave the remedy before bedtime with good 

 results, in the same way as Peschier. Nicolai also has given 3j 



