Carbon Tetrachloride in the Treatment of Uncinariasis
Wm. W. Cadbury
Canton Christian College Canton, China
1. A group of 172 Cantonese farmers working in the AgriculturalDepartment of the Canton Christian College showed infectionwith Uncinaria of 69 per cent.
2. One treatment with 3 cc.of oil of chenopodium caused a curein 58 per cent of cases.
3. One treatment with from 3 to 6 cc. of carbon tetrachloridecaused a cure in only 36.1 per cent of cases.