6rZ ENTOZOA. 



drug which appears to be very valuable, because it exerts a specific 

 action on the parasite. It is, in point of fact, a true Oxyuricide ; 

 and Dr. Bradley states (according to Waring) that " the natives 

 squeeze the juice of the plant into wounds, to kill worms or 

 maggots." It is the Aristolochia bracteata of Roxburgh, and 

 others ; by the Hindoos being termed Keera-mar (worm-killer) . 

 It is given in the form of infusion, and seems to be very efficacious, 

 not only with Oxyuris vermicidaris, but also in cases of Ascaris 

 Jambricoldes. 



