Diseases of children for nurses . Fifteen minutes after thelast dose give castor oil. Milk should be the diet for therest of the day. It is absolutely necessary that the head of the wormshould be recovered, for even though all the body is passed,if the head remain the worm will grow again. Thesubsequent stools should be closely watched. The headis very much smaller than the body and is attached to theneck, which gradually grows smaller as the head is ap-proached. At the time of the expected passage of the wormit is well to half fill the receptacle with water. This per-mits the worm to float an
Diseases of children for nurses . Fifteen minutes after thelast dose give castor oil. Milk should be the diet for therest of the day. It is absolutely necessary that the head of the wormshould be recovered, for even though all the body is passed,if the head remain the worm will grow again. Thesubsequent stools should be closely watched. The headis very much smaller than the body and is attached to theneck, which gradually grows smaller as the head is ap-proached. At the time of the expected passage of the wormit is well to half fill the receptacle with water. This per-mits the worm to float and avoids the breaking from itsown weight. To recover the head a piece of muslin orfine mesh gauze should be stretched over a vessel and themovement poured into this. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT I49 Ascaris Lumbricoides (Round-worms).—These wormsare from five to ten inches in length and about as thick asa slate pencil. They are grayish-pink in color and arepointed at both ends. Usually six to a dozen are presentin the
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