Hooper's physician's vade mecum, or, A manual of the principles and practice of physic . he intestines. Their com-mon habitation is the smallintestines. The size of theworm varies annexed woodcut showsit of a common size andproportion with the head, a,magnified about fourfold.(From a specimen in themuseum of Kings College.) wormswhen once proved to existmay generally be removedby appropriate remedies. Causes. — period of childhood andyouth. A cachectic stateof constitution; undigestedfood in the alimentary canal;unripe frait and vegetables ;b
Hooper's physician's vade mecum, or, A manual of the principles and practice of physic . he intestines. Their com-mon habitation is the smallintestines. The size of theworm varies annexed woodcut showsit of a common size andproportion with the head, a,magnified about fourfold.(From a specimen in themuseum of Kings College.) wormswhen once proved to existmay generally be removedby appropriate remedies. Causes. — period of childhood andyouth. A cachectic stateof constitution; undigestedfood in the alimentary canal;unripe frait and vegetables ;bad water. Exciting. It is probablethat the ova are introducedinto the alimentary canalwith the food or drink. Treatment. — Indica-tions. I. To cause the ex-pulsion of the woi-ms. improve the generalhealth and the functions ofthe alimentary canal, so asto guard against their re-currence I. The first indication isfulfilled (a) By the use ofbrisk aperient medicines.(6) By the use of anthel-mintics, (c) By the ad-ministration of anthelminticsfollowed by brisk aperient, (d) By aperients or anthelmintic in- 592 ASCARIS VERMICULARIS. (a). The best aperient medicines are calomel, jalap, scammony,colocynth, and aloes. A good combination for children consists ofcalomel and jalap in equal quantities, and in doses proportionedto the age; and for adults five grains of calomel with five grainsof extract of colocynth. The powder or pills should be taken onan empty stomach, and should be followed within two or threehours by a full dose of castor oil. Should these aperients fail,a table-spoonful of oil of turpentine may be substituted for the firstaperient, followed as before by a full dose of castor-oil. (6) Anthelmintics are of two classes, those which act mechanically,and those which act by poisoning the worm. To the first class be-long cowhage, and the coarse powders of metallic tin, iron, or zinc,with metallic mercury; to the second class belong the root of thespigelin
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