l anointed with
vaseline, lard, oil, or fresh butter, after each movement of the bowels.
Whatever injection or remedy is used, it should be followed by the
application of some ointment to the anus, otherwise they will continue
to deposit their eggs about that orifice and multiply there.

Various remedies have been used to destroy tape-worms. Among others we
may mention the old and time-honored remedy, which consists of two or
three ounces of the oil of turpentine, taken in castor oil or some
aromatic tincture.

A decoction made by boiling two or three ounces of freshly powdered
pomegranate bark in a pint of water was used by the ancients, and is now
highly recommended as a remedy.

Some American physicians have used an emulsion of pumpkin seeds with
marked success.

Twenty or thirty grains of the extract of male fern, followed by a
cathartic is highly recommended for the destruction and removal of
taeniae.

TRICHINA SPIRALIS.

In 1835, Owen discovered a peculiar parasite, which sometimes infests
the human body, and is termed the _trichina spiralis_. The presence of
these parasites has given rise to morbid conditions of the system,
followed by the most serious results. They are developed in the
alimentary canal, and then perforate its tissues and enter the muscles.
Twelve trichinae have been found in a section of human muscle only
one-twelfth of an inch square and one-fifth of an inch in thickness.

The early symptoms of trichinae are very uncertain, being the same as
those of some other disease. The patient complains of severe pain in the
abdomen and is troubled with diarrhea. When the trichinae pass into the
muscles, they occasion great suffering. There are sharp pains in the
muscles, the perspiration is profuse, and the patient becomes exhausted.

CAUSE. Nearly every case of trichinae, which has been brought to the
notice of the profession, has been attributed to the eating of raw or
improperly cooked pork. The parasites can only be detected with a
microscope.

TREATMENT. The impossibility of removing the trichinae after they have
passed into the muscles is apparent; and, as yet, no special remedy has
been recommended to remove them from the alimentary canal. The only
safety lies in prevention. Hence raw or imperfectly cooked pork should
never be eaten.

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DYSPEPSIA.

It is generally conceded that a multitude of human ailments arise from
_indigestion