Filix Mas

Authority. 4, Dr. E. P. Scales, Pub. Mass. Horn. Med. Sac., vol. iv, p.

A woman about thirty-five years of age complained of bloated abdomen, with more or less pain ; she insisted upon it that she had a tapeworm. I gave the tincture of Filix mas, 15 to 20 drops at a time, at first two or three times a day, on an empty stomach, and then early every morning.— The bloating of the abdomen diminished, but there was developed, as I think, in consequence of the Filix mas, a severe prolapsus of the vagina, and pain and tenesmus of the bladder, with copious and frequent emission of urine, with intense pain, which continued until after I abandoned the use of the Filix and gave Chimaphila, and those painful symptoms of vagina and bladder did not return, except in consequence of great fatigue, as long walks, much standing, etc.,k