However, notwithstanding the strong recommendations of the remedy on the part of the above named practitioners and others, the Efficacity of it as a general remedy for scarlet-fever has not been confirmed.
"Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms"
Charles Munde
Here is the proof of the sudden Efficacity of those twitches, so mild in appearance: I take the Snail from the Lampyris, who has operated on the edge of the mantle some four or five times.
"The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles"
Jean Henri Fabre