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person uninformed as to the true cause of the disorder might 
be led to treat the symptom as arising from a totally different 
source. In female patients the nervous symptoms display 
features more or less peculiar to the sex. The restlessness 
and anxiety are excessive, and at times accompanied by cho- 
rea and fits of hysteria. In the worst cases, in both sexes, 
the cerebral disturbance may show itself in convulsions and 
epileptiform seizures. I regret tohave to add that in nota 
few instances even mania itself has been entirely attributable 
to the presence of. tape-worms in the intestinal canal.” Such 
are the usual symptoms, according to Dr. Cobbold. Many un- 
usual and remarkable cases are on record. In one instance, 
mania of eight years duration was completely ‘cured by the 
removal of the parasite. In another, hysteria was caused by 
eighteen tape-worms in one patient. Many cases of insanity, 
due to this cause, are also on record. The best and perhaps 
only sure evidence of tape-worms is the passage of the joints 
from the intestine. 
Remedies. 
The remedies for tape-worms are numerous and, if fresh 
and pure drugs be used, there are several that appear to be | 
perfectly reliable in most cases. These remedies should, how- 
ever, beadministered with proper precautions. Therefore, pa- 
tients afflicted in this way should immediately place them- 
selves under the care of a reliable and competent physician. 
The remedies chiefly used are the oil or root of male-fern, 
kousso, kamala, oil of turpentine, panna, pumpkin-seeds, and 
pomegranate-root bark. These are generally administered 
while the patient fasts. The pumpkin-seeds are perhaps the. 
most domestic remedy, as well as one of the best, and safest in 
the hands of inexperienced persons. The fresh seeds may be 
bruised or pounded in a mortar, and mixed with water into a 
paste, of which the patient may eat freely, morning and even- 
ing, at the same time fasting, or eating sparingly soups or similar 
food. The root of the male-fern (Aspidium filix mas) is gen- 
erally regarded as the most certain remedy, if fresh and pure. 
The dose for an adult is ten to fifteen grammes of the powder, 
morning and evening, followed by a purgative. The etherial 
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