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the necessary quantity of jalap, is administered, so that several 

 soft motions may follow. By this means the worms usually 

 pass off alive, of course if any were there ; or these remarkable 

 guests wander forth subsequently singly, and without motions. 

 In short, they wander out because we have made their dwelling- 

 place disagreeable to them. It only matters to us that they go; 

 whether living or dead signifies little to us. 



I shall be excused from giving individual cases. I may just 

 mention that I had to treat a woman in her fiftieth year who 

 had suffered for weeks with worm-vomiting and the most violent 

 disorders, when she came to me. The treatment immediately 

 commenced in the above manner, ameliorated the symptoms 

 almost on the spot after the first administration ; some worms 

 (of which I received four) passed off with the fasces, and all suf- 

 fering ceased. A fresh employment of the remedy in eight days, 

 in order to see if any stragglers were left, furnished no more 

 worms. The woman has since remained healthy. 



Dr. Pockels, of Holzminden, who has observed a blackish colora- 

 tion of the tongue after the administration of santonine, praises, 

 as a remedy for Ascaris lumbricoides , the root of Aspidium filix 

 mas, in conjunction with purgatives. Panna and the flowers of 

 Kousso are also to be recommended. 



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