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who was judged to have worms, but had taken Se- 
veral approved medicines for a considerable time with- 
out fuccefs. In a confultation with the other phy- 
sicians, the following form was prefcribed. 
$£• 01. Ohv. Ib.fs. Sp. vol. aromat . jij M. cap.. 
Cocbl. iii. mane et 11. S. 
The volatile fpirit was added here to make the oil 
Saponaceous, and by that means more eafily mil'cible 
with the juices in the Stomach and prim# via;. This 
medicine anfwered our expectations, and in a few 
days brought away feveral worms. 
- — Lacy, a poor boy of the parifh of Feck- 
enham in this county, aged 13 years, was, as I was 
infoi med, about three or four years ago feized with 
convulsive fits, which gradually deprived him of his 
fenfes, and reduced him to a State of idiocy. He had 
taken feveral anthelmintics and purgatives, particu- 
larly the Pulv. Cornachin. but never had voided any 
worms, though all the fymptoms feemed plainly to 
Shew, that they were the caufe of his diforder. ' As 
he greedily fwallowed any thing, which was offered 
him, without diftindtion, I at firSt ordered him a mix- 
ture of linfeed oil §vij Hindi, facr. : of which he 
took four large fpoonfuls night and morning. He per- 
sisted in the ufe of this one whole week without at 
all naufeating it, towards the latter end of which time 
he voided one round worm of a great length. He now 
began to Shew much averfion to. the medicine ; on 
which account the Hindiur.Jacr. was omitted, and he 
was ordered to take the oil alone in the fame quan- 
tities. This he continued to do a fortnight longer, 
during which time he voided 60 more worms, and in 
a great: 
