A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or cowhage, (the Dolichos pruriens of Linnaeus) internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms : to which are added, observations on other anthelmintics of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.

  • Chamberlaine, William, 1749-
Date:
1792
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Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or cowhage, (the Dolichos pruriens of Linnaeus) internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms : to which are added, observations on other anthelmintics of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ * ] WORMS may be divided into three fpecies. 1. The Teres, or long and round Worm which are mofr, common. 2. The Afcarides which are fmaller, and chiefly feated in the rectum. 3. The T^ccnia, or ape-worm, which is fometimes called alfo Solium, from a fuppo- fition that there is feldom more than one of the kind in the body; though others will have it to be rather a chain of many worms of the fame fpecies fattened to each other.— However this be, the matter is not here worth farther difcuffion. Many inftances have been adduced, of other kinds of worms found in different parts of the human body ; but the three fpecies above enumerated are the mofr. com- mon. The Teres, or long and round Worm, is found in the fmall interlines, particularly the jejunum, and fometimes in the ftomach. The ftomach, however, does not appear to be their natural place of refidence; but being irritated, they are liable to be diflodged from thence, and not unfrequently thrown up by