EN
Children (55) from the Parasitologic Centre of the II Pediatric Clinic of the Medical School in Łódź were treated with the juice from fresh fruits of Oxycoccus quadripetalus Gilib.; the preparation (40-60 drops) was given before meals three times daily for 7 days, in a small amount of water or tea. The therapeutic course was repeated 3 times at weekly intervals. After the first therapeutic course a recovery was observed in 23 children out of 48, who were followed-up (48±10%); the second therapeutic course resulted in the recovery of 22 children (56±10%) and the third one in the disapearance of parasites in 18 children (78±10%). As cured were regarded the children in whom 3-fold examination at 10-15-day intervals according to Hall's, Rivas' and Faust's method failed to show the eggs of the parasite. An improvement in the general hea1th was found to follow the treatment.