This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...through the stomach unaffected, but is dissolved in the alkaline secretions present in the duodenum and upper part of the jejunum, which are the habitation of the round worms. Upon these it exerts a deadly effect, and I have seen large evacuations of these worms, after a single dose of 2 grains of Santonine. It never ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...through the stomach unaffected, but is dissolved in the alkaline secretions present in the duodenum and upper part of the jejunum, which are the habitation of the round worms. Upon these it exerts a deadly effect, and I have seen large evacuations of these worms, after a single dose of 2 grains of Santonine. It never (so far as I can learn) causes the expulsion of tape-worms; and it has little or no purgative action, so as to empty the rectum, and thereby expel thread-worms. It sometimes causes slight nausea but not vomiting, and it seldom gripes. It sometimes occasions the patient to see objects as if they were coloured green. Dose, gr. ii every other night, until three doses have been taken; or gr. i twice a day or oftener for two days; after which a purgative is often useful, though it is frequently unnecessary. It has little taste, and may be easily given to children in sugar. It is sometimes given in half-grain doses every three hours. I have not found it necessary to increase the dose materially, even for an adult, and round-worms are not so common in grown-up persons as in cluldren. The Santonine ought to be very carefully preserved in a dark cupboard. SCAMMONII RADIX--Scammony Root.--This root is often in pieces of a foot or more in length, and from two or three inches in diameter at the thickest end. It tapers very slowly and slightly. It has a dirty brownish appearance externally, and is white within, having a slight odour, but no taste. It is brought from Smyrna for the purpose of yielding a purer form of Seammony than that which is generally imported. SCAMMONIjE RESINA.--This is obtained by the action of Rectified Spirit upon powdered Seammony root, and is intended to represent a very pure form of Virgin Seammony; an object which is accomplished...
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