WORMS IN CHILDREN.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 37, Issue 9612, 29 November 1907, Page 4

WORMS IN CHILDREN.

A Very Prfy/'ifcnt Complaint. Although intestinal anil ntnmnuli 'worms are ono of thn most common ai'ments in children, yot. thero uro lint fmv mothers who jmdorstand its nature or realiao its seriousness, or h*v« any idea ai to its ciiusp. It is ■ot alone thn irriution and annoyance caused by these pnrimitioil nriiurils- that inf ufc the Mtomaoh and Imwols, lmfc the more serious oonsoquoiiooH wlii' h w II follow that must be kept in vie'p. From tho highly organised and sensitive juris wli oh they occupy, •worms give rise to creat constitutional derangement" and p-ndiice a variety of ■ympfcom*, more parVien arly affective the ■famnch ami the head. Miwiy nines of convulsion*, <"pil<'pßy, kystiria, -St. Vitu«' Dunco, ■nUncholia, nervous di-easee, Iksuaity havo resulted from th a ••hiist. Griadlag of the tueth, vi 'lent move •'cuts of the le** and arnn, and excrssivn 3 .w of ■aliva, whioh eanses frequent efforts to ■wallow during d«i'ote the r>r»sonce of worms. When >wake ther n enns' mt desire to pick th« nn<c and Nont.cli iini, The bowels are ir'-f aid frrque ly tho movement) of »h» w-.rms oaus s il ar 'rei, alternating with o •*»'■ i>n<»Ks. The l>r">Ui is nsually fonl, and tie- child is ImguM nnd peevish. The t'-iu'im preternaturiOly r-'d or alternately'olunn, and oovsred with a w'i'e slimy mucus. A Khort, dry oough ; fruquftitly slimy stools (oxoretion from tho bowels); emaciation: slow fever; irregular pulsA ; and enmeUmi's convulsions. Loss of appetite alternates withaoraving for fo 'd, Worms require a speoifin m'dio.ine, and tli-ro i« no remedy so effnai'ive as Oomstoek's " D-'id aiint - ' VVcm P«1l«t«., A. pur»lv veßetuMn preparation, comnounded on a scientific principle 'or the eradication of worms which infest tho intestines. Obtainable at all chemists and stores. Price, 1/15 (0 boxes fi/ti), or direot from tho W. H. Comstook Co. Ltd., 58 Pitt-street, .Sydney,and Fariah-street, Wellington,N Z , no reoelpt of remi'tanoo. Wrrto for vnw booklet.