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that this remedy is particularly de- 

 figned againft the long round Worm; 

 whether it is equally deleterious to 

 the Afcarides, or whether it has ever 

 been ufed againft them, I am uncer- 

 tain. 



The Colica Pifionum, or Weft India 

 Dry Gripes, proceed from a painful 

 fpafmodic conftridtion of the inteftines, 

 inducing an obftinate coftivenefs, which 

 continues till the patient is either re- 

 lieved, or the difeafe tranflated on the 

 extremities. The caufes to which this 

 diforder is afcribed, are various, and un- 

 fatisfadtory *. Some years fince, Phy- 



* The ingenious Dr. Baker has lately pub- 

 lished an Inquiry concerning the Caufe of the 

 Endemiat Colic in Devon/hire ; a Difeafe which 

 has a particular affinity to the Weft India Dry 

 Gripes ; and the Doctor, in that Work, renders 

 it more than probable, that this Difeafe derives 

 its origin from Salt of Lead received into the body. 



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