Vzrj Prevalent Complaint. Although intestinal and stomach worm* ar» one of the moat common ailments in children. y»t there are bat few mothers who understand its nstara or realise its seriousnew. or hare any idea as to its cause. It is not alone the irritation and annoy ance caused by these parasitical animals that infest the stomacn and bowels, bat the more serious c>n«equencea which will follow that most he kept in riew. From the highly organised and sensitive parts wh'ch they occupy, worms give rise to rreat constitutional derangements and produce a variety of symptom*, more particu'arly affecting the aton-ach and the head. Many cases of convulaion*. epilepsy, hyiteria, St Vitus' Dance, melancholia, nenroua diieases, and even insanity have resulted from this cause. Grinding of the teeth, violent movements of the leg* and arm*, and excessive flow of salivs, which canses frequent efforts to swaMow during sleep denote the prtaenoo of worm*. When awake there is a constant desire to p«ok the nose and scratch the anna. The bowels are irregular, and frequently the movement of the worms canses diarrhoea, alternating with ostivenesß. The breath to uan.Uy foul, and the child to languid and peevioh. The tongue preternaturaUy red or alternately clean, and covered with a white »imy mucus. A ahort, dry cough; frequi ntly slimy stools (excretion from the b we's ; emaciation i slow fever; irregator duU' : and fometimrs convulsions. Lose of »ppetite frequently alternatee *rfth a craving fo fo d. Worms require a specific medicine, and th r re ia no remedy «0 •® ec ' ,r " M fVm-to-k's "Dead Bhot* Warm Pellrts. A roHv preparation, compounded nn a tcirn*ific principle for the eradication nf "r«»m* which infest the intestines, ni -,m.We at all chemists end itoree, 1/fi (6 horea 8/8), or direct from » J l . Comatock O. Ltd., 68 Pitt-street, s ao.l Farish-etreet, Wellington, N.Z , •to "•cwipt of remittance, Wnte fer new | bo- kl V
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2660, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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317Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2660, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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