372 



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 Eoxburgh, and 

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

 It is given in the form of infusion, and seems to be very efl&cacious, 

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

 lumbricoides. 



