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CHAP. X. Of Worms.
WOrms are deservedly reck∣oned among those Dis∣ases which frequently afflict In∣••ants and Children, seldom, though sometimes, troubling people of ••ears.
2. I will not here recite all the ••••rts of Worms, but long and smooth Worms, which afflict us all our Childhood.
3. They are altogether against Nature, seeing they ought not to be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 us, and do us harm; biting, boring ••nd consuming the body, and often causing Fevers, the Falling-sickness, ••nd sometimes Death.