Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . ce until accidentally discovered in the stools. Among the signswhich are otherwise said to indicate their presence are the fol-lowing: A pale complexion, blackrings under the eyes, fceter ex ore,capricious appetite, picking at the nose,recurrent urticaria, colic, headache,vertigo, apathy, mydriasis, pavor noc-turnus, grinding of the teeth, and drycough. Some authors claim to haveobserved divers neuroses, convulsions,chorea, trismus, epilepsy, amblyopia,strabismus,
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . ce until accidentally discovered in the stools. Among the signswhich are otherwise said to indicate their presence are the fol-lowing: A pale complexion, blackrings under the eyes, fceter ex ore,capricious appetite, picking at the nose,recurrent urticaria, colic, headache,vertigo, apathy, mydriasis, pavor noc-turnus, grinding of the teeth, and drycough. Some authors claim to haveobserved divers neuroses, convulsions,chorea, trismus, epilepsy, amblyopia,strabismus, and the like. The majorityof the reported cases of this sort, how-ever, do not bear close scrutiny andare readily traceable to other actual harm done by some of theworms has been mentioned under eachheading. Diagnosis.—The diagnosis can read-ily be made by macro- and micro-scopicexaminations of the stools and sputum(echinococcus hooklets) for worms ortheir ova. The finding of intestinalparasites may be facilitated by theadministration of anthelmintics. Treatment.—Santonin and calomelin thread- and Examina-tion ofstools andsputum. Fig. 59.—Taenia , The whole worm (X9). b, Head (X 50). c,Hooklet (X 300). d,Segment (X 50). e, Egg(X 125). (After Leuck-art.) act very efficiently B Santonini, Hydrargyri chloridi mite aa gr. vj | M. et div. in pulv. no. vj. Sig.: One powder to be given every morning, on an empty stomach,for a child 3 years old. To expel taeniae the following is a very useful combination:— IJ Ext. fd. mar. seth 3iij Emulsi chloroformi 3iv Emulsi amygdalarum q. s. ad 3ij M. Sig.: Two teaspoonfnls as a dose for a child 3 years old;lministered as follows : 121560to be The day before the diet should be restricted to fluids. In theevening the patient is given a few pieces of salt herring, fol- Mode ofadministra-tion of malefern. INTESTINAL PARASITES. 227 lowed an hour later by a purgative (castor-oil or calomel). Thenext morning th
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