Transduodenal expulsion of tapeworms in children

The wide application that the duodenal probe has found in clinical studies recently is well deserved. There is no need to dwell in detail on the great importance of this method in diagnostics, it is only necessary to note that in the therapeutic context, the clinic has been able to use a duodenal probe for the administration of a number of drugs, acting directly, in an unchanged form, on the 12-duodenum and neighboring organs (liver, bile ducts, pancreas). According to some authors, the duodenal probe was used to expel ribbon worms Gantt and West1), Schottmfiller 2), Schneider3), Kurakin4), Shafir 5) , etc. One of the first were the American authors Gantt and West, who used large doses of fern with great success. Schneider received a positive result out of 87 cases in 62 cases, he attached great importance to preliminary training and diet. The dose did not exceed 3.0 extra, fern. Kurakin-out of 88 cases, 83 received a positive result, the hoax was detected in 66 cases. The dose did not exceed 2.5 ferns. The day before, a laxative, an enema in the morning, then a duodenal probe was inserted and, when the olive was in the 12-duodenum, 25.0 inf was injected. Sennae, after ¼ hours of extr. fil. maris and then again 25.0 inf. Sennae. Kornev used large doses of extr. fil. maris up to 8.0; preliminary preparation lasted 2 days, and the removal of the worm was observed after 20-40 minutes. Shafir out of 40 cases in 100% showed the removal of the worm in an average of 2 21/2 hours. There was no preliminary preparation. The dose of fern in most cases did not exceed 4.0.