510 Dr. wright’s Defcription of 
A youth, three table fpoonfuls of the decodtion or fy- 
rup, two grains of extradt, or twenty grains of powder. 
A perfon of ten years of age, two table fpoonfuls of 
the decodtion or fyrup, one grain and a half of extra#, 
or fifteen grains of the powder. 
Children of two or three years old, a table fpoonful of 
the decodtion or fyrup, one grain of extradt, or ten grains 
of the powder. Children of a year old, half the quantity. 
Thefe may he increafed, as above oblerved, till a nau- 
fea is excited, which will depend on the ftrength, fex, 
and habit of body of the patient. 
Care muft be taken that cold water be not drank during 
the operation of this medicine, as it is in this cafe apt to 
occafion ficknefs, vomiting, fever, and delirium. When 
this happens, or when an over large dofe has been given, 
the ftomach muft be wafhed with warm water : the pa- 
tient muft fpeedily be purged with Caftor-oil and ufe 
plenty of lime-juice beverage for common drink; vege- 
table acid being a powerful antidote in this cafe, as well 
as in an over dofe of -opium. 
The decodtion is what is moftly given here, andfeldom 
fails to perform every thing that can be expected from 
an anthelmintic medicine, by deftroying worms in the 
inteftines, and bringing them away in great quantities. 
55y frequent ufe, however, thefe animals become famfe 
liarized, 
