Word: colics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Seven inches long, first cousin to the earthworm but with livelier ambitions, Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the commonest parasites found in the intestines of man. The worms, which usually plague children more than adults, enter the body in infected vegetables, may cause diarrhea, colic, convulsions. Standard anthelmintic (worm-killer) for ascarids is bitter oil of chenopodium (wormseed oil), usually given in capsule form. Last week in Science, Chemists Julius Berger and Conrado Frederico Asenjo of the University of Wisconsin stood up for a primitive worm-killer which is sweeter, cheaper, and just as powerful: fresh pineapple juice...
...once have visited Bardstown where it is reported he spent one colic-racked day in bed. But his first meeting with Father Joseph Flaget probably took place in 1799 in Havana where Louis Philippe was raising money to return to France. Havana's French colony got together 14,000 francs and Father Flaget made the presentation; Louis Philippe thanked him and sailed away...
Lead is a cumulative poison, long exposure to which destroys nerves; makes wrists droop; puts a blue-black margin on the gums; causes colic. Chronic lead poisoning is hard to cure. At the Cleveland meeting of the American Medical Association (TIME, June 25), however, Dr. Irving Gray of Brooklyn recounted his success in expelling lead...
...records, had a full set of quintuplets survived that long. But Dr. Dafoe did not yet consider himself out of the woods. The weakest of the trio in the incubator again turned blue. She revived after two more drops of rum. She and her two companions then developed colic and constipation. Milk of magnesia and warm water enemas made them comfortable. Then all five turned yellow with jaundice. Dr. Dafoe overcame that, put them in the pink again...
Nutmegs, or castor beans, around the neck or in the pocket to prevent indigestion and colic...