The use of gentian violet in children infected with ascaris lumbricoides

Abstract

Summary 1. Gentian violet therapy for ten consecutive days did not produce findings suggestive of migration of A. lumbricoides or in intestinal or pharyngeal obstruction in twenty treated children. It appears, therefore, that gentian violet is not a specific irritant to Ascaris. 2. A 37 per cent reduction in the Ascaris egg count following gentian violet therapy suggests that this substance is slightly effective against Ascaris.