. Virginia medical semi-monthly . s, and restores the haemoglobinand red blood cells more rapidly than any otherpreparation I have tried. Beginning with fif-teen drops, I gradually increase to a teaspoon-ful dose. The following is a brief report of my firstand most severe case—a little girl nino vearsof age. Four years ago, she had around that time, she was in good health. Ina short time, she becran losing weicht and Grad-ually grew worse till she weiehed only thirty-nine pounds—having every svmptom of hook-worm in its worst form. Tier average pulserate was 140; hsesinic murmurs ve
. Virginia medical semi-monthly . s, and restores the haemoglobinand red blood cells more rapidly than any otherpreparation I have tried. Beginning with fif-teen drops, I gradually increase to a teaspoon-ful dose. The following is a brief report of my firstand most severe case—a little girl nino vearsof age. Four years ago, she had around that time, she was in good health. Ina short time, she becran losing weicht and Grad-ually grew worse till she weiehed only thirty-nine pounds—having every svmptom of hook-worm in its worst form. Tier average pulserate was 140; hsesinic murmurs very pro-nounced: shortness of breath; faintino spells,indigestion, and passage of blood in stools. Fora year she had spent two-thirds of her time in bed and for the last four months of her illnesswas nractically an invalid, being unable to situp. It might be well to mention that for fouryears, she had been treated for cirrhosis of theliver. I was called in the case and after a hardfight persuaded the family to allow me to have. a microscopical examination of the feces revealed the presence of eggs in abund-ance. She was so weak that I gave only fivegrains of thymol at first dose, which broughta few worms. I gradually increased the dos-sage each week afterwards till twenty grainscould be given. After a few treatments she be-gan to improve and since has been improvingrapidly. She now weighs fifty-five pounds andis enjoying perfect health. After giving eight treatments, the familycounted more than nine hundred worms, andI am quite sure that several hundred passedunnoticed. The worms I have with me wereobtained from this case; I also have her pic-ture which was taken a short while after treat-ment was begun, which will give some ideaof the appearance of these patients. MUSINGS OF A MEDICAL MAN.* By R. H. BARTHRIGHT, M. D., Vinton, Va. For years we have met regularly together toread and discuss medical and surgical it occurred to me that perhaps it would
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