Notes on intestinal worms / by J.T. Calvert ; compiled for the use of hospital assistants in accordance with the instructions of T.H. Hendley.

  • Calvert, John Telfer, 1864-
Date:
1902
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Credit: Notes on intestinal worms / by J.T. Calvert ; compiled for the use of hospital assistants in accordance with the instructions of T.H. Hendley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Treatment.—The most efficacious drug to effect the expulsion of the Ascaris Lumbricoides is santonine. It is used twice daily in doses of from 1 to 3 grains for children, and from 3 to 6 grains for adults. It is best given combined with a purgative. If preferred, the purgative may be given aloue after the second dose. The patient or his attendant should be warned of the curious temporary disturbance of vision which some- times follows the administration of santonine, objects appearing of a yellow, green, or blue colour. Also note that the urine may assume a greenish-yellow, red, or purple tint. For mil Ice— [Children two years old and upwards.] R Pulv. santonin „ calomel • it gr. [Children four years old and upwards.] R Pulv. santonin ... ... 2 grs. „ scammon. co. 2 ,, „ calomel ... ... i. gr. Oxyuris VermicuIaris—The Thread worm—Is a very common parasite. It chiefly affects children and young adults. In this country it is frequently met with in older people: thus in the Darbhanga Jail the eggs of this parasite were found in the stools of 9 per cent, of the prisoners. Seen with the naked eye, the adult worms look like short pieces of fine white thread. The female is about half an inch long, the male only one-sixth of an inch in length. The eggs, of which enormous numbers are developed in the uterus of the female measure of an inch long by r^th of an inch broad. _ In shape they are oval, but unsymmetrical, one side being flatter than the other. The shell is thin, and has a double outline; the eggs generally contain a well- developed embryo.