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REMOVAL OF ASCARIDES. 
[It is well known that fortunately every bite of a rabid 
animal does not necessarily communicate the disease ; yet it 
is always desirable that measures should be immediately re¬ 
sorted to, so as to prevent so fearful a malady supervening. 
We have seen worse expedients than the above advocated. 
By most persons it is conceded that extirpation of the 
wounded part, and a free use of caustic agents afterwards, 
are the most effective means as preventives. 
The compounds of chlorine may very possibly possess 
some advantages over others of this last-named class of agents, 
inasmuch as it has been ascertained, by experiment, that if 
the virus of glanders be subjected to the influence of chlorine 
it becomes perfectly innocuous. 
It is true that we know not the peculiar constituents 
existing in the saliva of a rabid dog which renders it poison¬ 
ous, although some have thought it to be an excess of 
Sulpho-cyanogen in combination with a base. Now, should 
this base be potassium, which is most probable, chlorine will 
decompose the sulpho-cyanide thereof, throwing down a 
yellow powder, which is insoluble in water, alcohol, and 
ether, and being insoluble it will be comparatively inert. 
The composition of this, according to Parnell, is C 12 , H 3 , 
N 6 , S 12 , O, or it may be regarded as a compound of sulpho- 
cyanogen, hydrosulpho-cyanic acid, and water. 
The late Mr. Youatt almost relied on the use of the nitrate 
of silver as a preventive.] 
REMOVAL OE ASCARIDES. 
M. Bourgeois d ’ Etamps asserts that the introduction 
of a small quantity of mercurial ointment into the rectum is 
an effectual means of destroying these parasites. It has 
never failed to do so in almost all the cases he has tried it. 
The quantity necessary is not large, and it may call for repe¬ 
tition. 
Lately, for the removal of these tormenters, Dr. Comperat 
has recommended an injection of water containing from five 
to twenty drops of ether, which, according to him, has a 
double advantage. First, it destroys the larvae; and secondly, 
by its antispasmodic properties, allays the irritation pro¬ 
duced by these parasites. 
Oleaginous injections, consisting of olive oil and turpen¬ 
tine, have long been successfully employed. 
