Excerpt from The New Hampshire Journal of Medicine, Vol. 4: January and December, 1854

AN inquiry into the action or the anthelmintics. By Dr. Kuchenmeister, of Zittau. Dr. Kuchenmeister has examined the various vermifuges, by immersing the living intestinal worms of fowls, cats and dogs, in albumen, at a temperature exceeding 77° Fahr., and adding the anthel mintics in the form of infusion or of powder. In some cases a mixture of warm milk and water was substituted for the albumen. The experiments were not continued for more than from forty to forty-eight hours, if the worm had not been killed before the expiration of that time. Dr. Kiichenmeister made use of electricity as the most delicate reagent for proving the occurrence of the death of the worms. In the first place, electricity cannot be considered as a vermifuge. The author subjected a female Hetaralcis vesicularis, taken from a partridge that had been killed, to the action of a rotary apparatus, which was kept up with longer or shorter intervals during an entire day. The ani mal was not destroyed by the experiment. He next tried the remedies em ployed for the removal of taeniae, and first tested kousso in the following man ner A living Taenia crassicolis, procured from a cat, was placed at four o'clock in a mixture of albumen and dolichos pruriens. The worm appeared to be perfectly well in this mixture, and at two o'clock on the following af ternoon exhibited the mort vigorous. Movements. The taenia was now trans ferred to a vessel containing a mixture of infusion of kousso and some of the infused as well as some of the fresh powder with albumen. The temperature of the mixture was 30° R. F.) On its introduction the worm quickly extended itself; after some time it was found to be dead, its color having changed to a dirty reddish yellow. Two Taeniae serrate: were placed at about half-past one in the afternoon in a mixture of albumen and kousso at two o'clock they were dying, and at three completely dead. Two Taenioe serratae from the same dog were brought in centaet with kousso and milk, at half-past one in the afternoon, and at two o'clock were dead. Two Twniae serratae were placed at half past one in the afternoon in albumen, mixed with decoction of pomegranate root and with some of the powdered root; they died in three hours. Two others were placed in milk mixed with the decoction ally: they died in three an a half hours. A Taenia crassicolis was put into a mixture of albumen with ethereal extract of male fern it died gradually 1n fires hours and three quarters. A number of Taeniae cucumerinae were placed h a mixture of albumen and oil of turpentine: they were dead in an hour ml a quarter.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.