A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine.

Date:
1785
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Credit: A practical treatise on the efficacy of stizolobium, or, cowhage, internally administered, in diseases occasioned by worms. To which are added, observations on other anthelmintic medicines of the West-Indies / by William Chamberlaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    DIRECTIONS Foy taking the Vermifuge Electuart^ . Vermifuge Gingerbread Nuts, af^dWoRU LozENGESj prepared from C O W H A G E. THE Operation of the Stizolobium, or Cowhage is mechanical; and this Medicine though as yet fo little known in Europe, is found to be fo far fuperior to all other Vermifuges, in thofe parts of the world where Cow- hage is produced, that fcarcely any other Remedy is there made ufe of for dejiroying Worms. Very little preparation is necelTary before taking the CowH.-.GE ; however, the Medicine is found to operate, in general, more efFeftually where a gentle Fomit has beeiv taken (provided nothing forbids) previous to the firll; dofe. A tea-fpoonful of the Electuary is to be given to Children, and two tea-fpoonfuls, or a table-fpoonful, to be Laken by adults, at night, going to bed ; and in the morning, an hour before breakfalt, for three or four Days; after which, fome gentle purgaiiTJe is to be taken, fuch as Salts, Rhubarb, Jalap, or Tinfture of JHiera Picra ; which will bring away the worms, if any ; afterwards the Electuary is to be continued as long as there may feem occafion, repeating the Jiurgc at intervals of three or four days. For thofe who prefer Pil/s to any other form of Medicine, the Cowhage may be had, made up in pil/i, either fimply, or combined with other Medicines. As fome Children are found to be exceedingly averfe from taking any thing that has the appearance of Medicine, the CowH AGE is lu be had made upinG;NG£RBREAD Nuts, and alfo in Caices, or Lozenges. Of thefc Nuts or Cakes, two, three, or four may be given at a time; or half a dozen may be eaten in the courfe of the day—-but cfpccially when the Homach is molt empty j and