Guinea-Worm Treated by the Local Application of Carbolic Acid

some parasite were treated during the past year at the Khundwa Dispensary, by the local application of carbolic acid. Of these, 57 were cured, and 3 ceased to attend. The averago duration of the treatment was about ten days, but, in some fortunate cases, the worm was extracted entire after the first or second application. The following are the details of treatment :? Many of the patients come when the presence of the worm is merely indicated by the appearance of a bulla of variable size ; at the outset, poultices arc usually applied, and the bulla allowed to burst, or, if of large size, opened with a lancet. At first a thin, thread-like portion of the worm protrudes, and with this it is found best not to interfere, as it readily breaks off. As soon, however, as the thicker portion becomes visible, it is seized with a pair of forceps, and treated with a drop of pure carbolic acid, applied with a little cotton