Show Overcoming Pin W Worms One of the distressing ailments of children and often of adults also is pin worms also called and thread The pin worm warm is a small worm which looks like a small piece of white thread found mostly in lowest part of the bowel The symptoms are usually usually usually ally worse at night disturbing the sleep burning pain feeling that bowels bowels bowels bow bow- els want to move frequent desire to urinate and loss of appetite For many years the treatment was by the use of small pills or tablets containing and cal cal- omel However as the worms are situated in rectum rectum injections injections of an infusion of chips has been the routine treatment for years in inmany inmany inmany many childrens children's hospitals Two ounces of chips are placed in a quart of water and the water allowed to boil down to a pint The chips are strained off and the pint of water is used as an ene ene- ma This is repeated every morning morning morning morn morn- ing for six days by which time the pin worms have been destroyed An easier method of treatment for child and mother or nurse has been the recent use of gentian violet in tablet form the amount being in proportion to the age of the child chUd The tablets have a heavy cov covering ing or coating which prevents them being being being be be- ing dissolved until they reach the lower part of small intestine and upper part of large intestine Gentian Gentian Gentian Gen Gen- tian violet is usually given every everyday everyday everyday day for five days then a rest of one day and then every day for another five days In the Canadian Medical Association Association Association tion Journal Drs Max J. J Miller and Della Delia Allen Ste. Ste Anne de Bellevue Quebec report their findings with still another treatment zine zinc the dosage being in proportion to the age of the child In one experiment experiment experiment ex ex- 50 children were given one gram of the drug every day for six seven and eight days according according according accord accord- ing to age 64 per cent were cleared of the pin worm infection |