cation of a
disinfectant ointment, or the local applications of ice may serve the
same purpose. After a thorough cleansing of the colon by an injection
of lukewarm water containing a teaspoon of borax to the pint in order
to remove the mucus, Doctor Holt suggests that after the discharge of
this borated enema, infusions of quassia are very helpful (See
Appendix).

Children suffering from roundworms experience a loss of appetite,
varying temperature from above normal to subnormal, with colicky pains
in the abdomen on coming to the table and beginning to eat. They are
pale and listless, or nervous and irritable.

Roundworms very much resemble earthworms in shape and color. While
their home is in the small intestines they often travel to other parts
of the body. They have sometimes crawled into the stomach and have
been vomited. The only definite symptom of worms is to find the eggs
or the worms themselves in the stool. No worm medicine should ever be
given by the mouth without being prescribed by a physician. Cases are
on record where well-meaning mothers have killed their children by
giving an over dose of worm medicine.

Tapeworms sometimes trouble children; their segments are found in the
stool, and look like small pieces of tape line. The segments are flat
and thin, one-fourth inch to one-half inch in width and three-fourths
to one inch in length. They are joined together and often their number
is so great the worm is many feet in length. The segments grow smaller
and smaller as they approach the neck, the head of the worm being a
mere point. As the worm is passing from the child it should never be
pulled, as the head is easily broken off, and, on remaining in the
bowel, it will grow to a full-sized worm.

Worms come from the eating of half-cooked meats; they enter the
stomach as eggs or tiny worms, and pass out into the small intestines,
where they begin to grow. They are a common parasite in the human
family and should be suspected in all instances where digestive
symptoms are masked or do not yield to treatment.

HOOKWORM DISEASE

This disease, once seen only in the southern part of the United
States, is leaving its former domains as the migrating population is
distributing it more or less widely everywhere. Sandy soil and country
districts are infected by a tiny worm which thrives in polluted soil
and enters the body through the skin of the feet. It also gets into
the body through the drinking water or f