A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . h is very satisfactory, is still more efficient if the use of the ver-mifuge is preceded by hydrocyanic acid (the officinal dilution), two orthree drops, three times a day, for two days. Next to santonine inpoint of efficiency is chenopodium or worm-seed, which is usually ad-ministered in the form of the oil. Its powerful odor and disagreeabletaste are strong objections. Five to ten drops can be given in anounce of castor-oil, or in the fluid extract of spigelia, also an efficientvermifuge. The fluid extract of
A treatise on the practice of medicine, for the use of students and practitioners . h is very satisfactory, is still more efficient if the use of the ver-mifuge is preceded by hydrocyanic acid (the officinal dilution), two orthree drops, three times a day, for two days. Next to santonine inpoint of efficiency is chenopodium or worm-seed, which is usually ad-ministered in the form of the oil. Its powerful odor and disagreeabletaste are strong objections. Five to ten drops can be given in anounce of castor-oil, or in the fluid extract of spigelia, also an efficientvermifuge. The fluid extract of spigelia (pink-root) may be givenalone in from one to four drachms at a dose, or in the officinal combi- INTESTINAL PARASITES. 129 nation, the fluid extract of senna and spigelia. Any of the remediesnamed are efficient against the round worm. OXYURUS VERMICULARIS.—THREAD-WORM. Description.—This parasite (Fig. 10) derives its common name—thread-worm—from its whitish apearance and size—like a bit of finesewing-cotton. There are two sexes, male and female, the male being.
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