The seeds of Cucurbita Pepo, or ordinary pumpkin, are useful as a remedy for tapeworm, being considered more efficient than Felix mas, and quite harmless. The dose of the expressed oil is half an ounce, given in three doses on an empty stomach, the patient having fasted on the day before; or two ounces of the seeds may be beaten into an emulsion with sugar and water and taken with the same precaution. A cathartic follows.