Exactly as printed, 1851
Worms in Children. - Steep or boil in a pewter vessel, over a moderate fire, very strong, the bark of spotted alder or witch-hazel. For a year old, a table spoonful; increase the dose according to age. Give four or five times a day, for several days. It is sure and safe. Or fine powdered sage, mixed with honey; a teaspoonful for a dose. Sweetened milk, with the addition of a little alum, will turn the worms. Flour of sulphur, mixed with honey, is very good. Heat very hot, in a smith's furnace, a piece of steel; lay on it a roll of brimstone, melt the steel, let it fall into water, and it will be in round lumps. Pound them very fine, mix the dust with molasses. Give half a teaspoonful night and morning, fasting. Or, give as much as will lie on a six-pence, of dried mandrake roots, powdered and mixed with honey, in the morning, three or four times successively. If a child have fits proceeding from worms, give as much paragoric as it can bear; it will turn the worms and ease the child. To prevent worms, let children eat onions, raw or cooked. Raw are the best. Salt and water will turn worms, and a dose or two of flour of sulphur after, will bring them away, without any other medicine.
The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor, 1851. Public domain; transcription unaltered.