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 THECOKKELATION BETWEEN THU: CHEMICAL COMPOSITIOX OF ANTHELMINTICS AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC VALUES IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOOKWORxM INQUIRY IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY.

Hev. Father J. F. CAIUS. s.j., m.s.c.i. (Paris), Professor, .SV. Joseph's (.'oUege, TriehinopoUf,

Dk. K. 8. MHA8KAR. m.d., m.a., b.sc, d.p.h., d.t m. & ii.. Officer in charge, Aid'flostomidsis hiqniri/ in the Madnis Prcsidenrif. [Keceived for publication, February 1, 1021.] XI. EXTRACTU.M FILICLS LIQUIDUM. IIlSTOKY.

The rhizome of male fern has been a favourite i.nthelmintir .since the times of Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Pliny and Galen, it seems to have been generally admini.stercd in 3G grains doses, either alone or mixed with some other substance or substances. Valmont de Bomare (176i)» says that the root of male fern was very much U9«h1 by the ancients in chronic diseases as an aperient and antisplenic. He adds that it is also a powerful vermifuge and one of the greatest secret remedies of Empirics who cleverly atlminister it, along J. MR ( 101 ) ^