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DOSES OF THE
^klEDICINES.
Pilules, or
POE AN ADULTTwo
Six Globules.
FOE A CHILD Half the quantity. FOE AjN" INFANT One-third the quantity.
Pilule or
Drop of Tincture
is easily
Two Bpoonfids
and
It
CONTENTS.
PART
Preface.
List of Medicines prescribed in this
I.
INTRODUCTION.
Work.
,,^ ^^^^
I
i
2
3
The Dilution of Medicines The Small Dose The Investigation of Disease Its Causes, Character and Symptoms The Pulse The Method of Feeling the Pulst The Healthy Standard The Quick Full Pulse The Tongue The Breathing The Breathing in Health The Skin The Thermometer in Disease The Natural Heat of the Body
Right Method of applying the Thermometer
Pains, Character of
4
{,
6
7
9 9 9
10 10
10
ii
;
Thirst
12
The Appetite
State of the Bowels
12 12
12
Constipation
Diarrhoea....
13
VUl
CONTENTS.
PAGE
its
Indications
13 13
character of
,,
,,
average quantity of
specific gravity of
13
13
,,
variations in
13 13
pain in passing
its
Cough,
,, ,,
Character
it
14
indicates
derangements which
sympathetic
14 14
,,
lung
inconsistent with perfect health
to
14 14
15
15 15
,,
,,
short dry
,, ,,
painful
and hacking
predisposition to
15
15
IS
chronic dry
,,
loose
of
15
15
contracted
16
languid
squinting or distorted
'
16
16 16 16 16
,,
staring
,,
,,
sunken
pearly whiteness of
protruding or prominent
16 16 16
17
Aliments allowed
Regularity of meals
17
17
17
Aliments Prohibited
17
17
17
'
,,
,,
much
17
18
..;
^^
18
!
?
Absorption of liquids
.^. .
..
,18
CONTENTS.
IX
PAGE
The chyme
Condiments,
effect of.
i8
l8 i8
Alcohol, effects of
Mastication, necessity for
i8
iS 19
19 19
The
Effect of rancid
Water-brash,
how
on digestion
of
19 19 19 19
Cooking of food,
Boiling
,,
,,
effects
Roasting
19
19 19
19
Frying
,,
Baking
Additional
Pastry, indigestibility of
list
20 20 20 20 20 20
21
young
girls
,
and ladies
for
Winter
in
22 22
22 22 22
...,.,
S accharated Extracts
and Globules Directions for mixing medicines The administration and repetition of medicines. The Dose of Homoeopathic medicines
Pilules
22
23
24
25
On
25 27
29 29
,i ,.
Lotions
Fomentations
29
29
-,
Compresses
Oiled Silk, use of
..
30 30
Spongio
Piline, use of
,...,,i
.'.
X
Poultices
COITEENTS.
PAGE
,,
Bread, of
30 30
30
suet, of
Bran, of
Bread and
Carrot, of
Fig, of
30 30
30 30
31
if
,,
Linseed Meal, of
Yeast, of
,
,, ,,
Charcoal, of
31
,
Mustard, of
31
Mustard leaves
Spongio Piline
Simple Liniment, preparation and uses of
Glycerine
31
31
31
32
32
32 32
32
33
how
to
make
Enemas
Nutritive
Enemas
33
Uses of Baths
Ac*:ion of
,,
..
33
33
33
Pack
Bath Sitz Bath Foot Bath
relief
34 34 34 34 34
34 34
35
Warm
,,
Sponging,
from
35
35
35
35 36 3^
Rules
Caution in taking
Great Britain in
Constituents of
37 37 37
CONTENTS.
XI
PAGE
Classification of Baths
=
37
Seltzer
38
38 38
Enis
Apollinaris
Krahnchen
Carlsbad
38
38 38 38 38
Marienbad
Pullua
Friedrichshall
Kissengen
38
38 38 38
Epsom
Cheltenham Leamington
Burton Spa
Cherry Rock
"Wiesbaden
38 38
39
:
Baden-Baden
. .
39
Homburg
Woodhall Spa
Ki'euzuach
39
39
39
39
,
Bath
Weissenburg
39 39
39
Lucca
Pisa
.:
Buxton
Clifton
39 39
39
Gastein
Teplitz
39
39
Wilbad
Ido-bromine Springs
39 39
39
Hot
Chalybeate
,, ,,
Sulphurous
39
39
39
Schwalbach
Spa Harrowgate
Franzensbad
Booklet
Aix-la-Chapelle
39 39
39
39
39
Xli
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Bareges
Sandefiord
39
39
PART
II.
40
41
41 41
Causes of
General Treatment of
Diet in
Simple Fever
42 42
43 50
53
55
Typhus Fever Enteric or Typhoid Fever Relapsing or Famine Fever Yellow Fever Intermittent Fever or Ague
Eruptive Fevers
Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina
60
65
65
After Effects of
PuflEiness
69
69 69 70
70 70
71
Throat Symptoms
Deafness
Diet after Scarlatina
Measles
After Effects of Measles
78
73
Cough
Inflammation of the Windpipe
Diarrhoea
74
74
74
74
COl^TENTS.
Xlll
PAGE
Tenderness of the Skin,..
74
74
7^
Small Pox
Confluent Small Pox
or Varioloid
:
79 79
8i
85 88 92
94
94, 95
97
loi
Mumps
THE Digestive Organs.
The
Process of Digestion
103
107, 117
107, 117
Indigestion or Dyspepsia
Summary
117
117, 124
Waterbrash
Acidity
Flatulence
117
117, 119, 122 in the
Cramp
Stomach
117
122
Flatulence
122
of the Stomach,
Spasm
or
Cramp
&c
124
Water-brash
124
,
Heartburn
126
127
in a Carriage,
Swinging or Travelling
xiv
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Constipation
136 139
145
down and
Protrusion of the
Lower Bowel
,.
147
Intestinal
Worms
:
149
151
Offensive Breath
Diarrhoea
English Cholera
153, 159
Dysentery
Asiatic Fever
157 160
165
1 65
Cholerine
Liver Complaint
,,
Acute Inflammation of
Chronic
166
169
,,
Jaundice
Gall-stones
170
173
174
177, 178
179 180
iSi
Bladder
Chronic, or Catarrh
182
182 183
183
Irritable
Gravel
Nephritic Colic, or Fit of the Gravel
184
Common
Cold
^
185
Influenza
188 192
Cough
Hoarseness
Bronchitis
,,
Chronic Chronic
196 I97
I97
Winter Cough
01
201
206
'
209 212
CONTENTS.
Xr
PAGE
214 216
Windpipe, Inflammation
Pleurisy
of,
Chronic
220 222
223 225
235
,
Hectic Fever*
Asthma
Fever
235 238
239 240
,.,
Angina Pectoris
Neuralgic Angina
Functional Disorder of the Heart
Palpitation
Aneurism
Inflammation of the Veins
Varicose Veins
,,
246 246
248
Ulcers
Head
248
251
Apoplexy
Sunstroke
Paralysis
252
256 25S
,
260
261;
Headache
Sleeplessness
274
276
277
Nightmare
Hysteria Fainting
Chorea.
St Vitus Dance
for Stimulants
280 282
281:
Cramp
in the legs
287
Lock-jaw
288
291
Dipsomania or Craving
Delirium Tremens
202
XTl
CONTENTS,
PAGE
Stammering
Neuralgia, Tic-Doloreux
295 297
300
Erythema Eczema
Lichen, Pimples or
Red
Gum
Skin
Herpes or Tetter
ShinglfcS
Ringworm Ringworm
Boils
Grubs of the
"Whitlow
313
Abscess
Ulcers or Sores
314 316
319 320
321
Varicose Ulcers
Chilblains
Corns
Warts
322 322
,
The
Itch
324
326
326
329
329
333 335
335, 337
Lumbago
StiffNeck
Sciatica
336 338
341
Cancer
Scrofula
343
343
343
345
CONTENTS.
Xvii
PAGE
White Swelling Dropsy
Sweating Feet
,
347 34S
351
Ophthalmia
,
352
253
Weeping
Stye
354
355
355
Ear-ache
Wax
from Hardened
,,
,,
,,
Enlarged Tonsils
after Measles,
&c
Diseases of the Nose.
Deaf-Dumbness
360
361, 394
Nose
361
Diseases of the
Canker
Inflammation of the Mouth
Mortification or Gangrene of the
3^4
Cheek
3^5
Cancrum Oris
Gum-boil
Offensive Breath
PART
Introductory Observations
III.
How
to
Wounds
3^9
XVIU
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Abrasions of the Skin
Bruises
Wounds
Being Stunned
370 372
373
Rupture
Sprains
Strains
374
373 376
How How
to
Apply a Bandage
to Treat
Wounds
,,
Incised
Lacerated
,,
,,
,,
Contused
Punctured
380
380
380
Gunshot
Poisoned
,, ,,
380
of.
Face, wounds
Head
,,
Fire-arms from
Bullets and Slugs from
384
385
385 387
Animals Bites
of.
Putrefied Matter
Wounds from
Stings of Insects
How
How
to Treat Bruises
390
390
391
,,
,,
Black Eye
Bruises, Swelling after
to Stop Bleeding
,,
391
,,
,,
393
,,
,,
394
394, 361
,,
after
Tooth Extraction
394
395 396
How
to Treat Dislocation
,,
,,
,,
,,
,,
,,
Broken Bones or Fractures Burns and Scalds Hydrophobia Suspended Animation, as after Drownirs
CONTENTS.
XIX
PAGE
How
to Treat
Suffocation
,,
M
Poisoning
Hanging Choking
,,
405 406
Over-Fatigue
410
411
>>
Being Over-heated
PART
Introductory
IV.
DISEASES OF FEMALES.
413
Suppression or Delay of the Monthly Period
414
417 420
Change of
Life or Leucorrhoea
The Whites
Diseases of the
Womb
,,
Congestion of
Ulceration of
Down
of
Bearing
down
of (actual)
Pregnancy
Marriage, Right
Age
for
442
,1
Duration
of.
Quickening during
Influence of Sights and
Emotion during
Medicinal Treatment of
XX
Pregnancy, Constipation during
,,
CONTEIJTS.
PAGE
446
447 447 448
448
Diarrhoea during
Fainting and Hysterical Fits during
,,
,
449
during.-.
Longings or Fancies
Miscarriage, or Abortion
Term
Nurse, Choice of
Doctor, Choice of
Lying-in
Room, Requirements
False Pains during
Progress of
for
457 458
Infant
458 460
461
After Pains
Milk,
Management of Coming of
Depressed or Sunk
Milk, the,
How
to get rid of
Management
Hand
Weaning, Rules
for
470 470
471
PART
Infant
V.
472
CONTENTS.
Xxi
PAGE
Infant, Inflammation of
,,
,, ,,
,, ,,
,)
Eyes
....
,, ,,
Regurgitation of Milk
Acidity Flatulence
;.....
,,
,,
,,
Thrush
Constipation
,,
Bowel Complaint
Diarrhoea
Teething, Derangements during
,,
,,
,,
,,
,,
,,
483 4S5
485
,, ,,
Emaciation
General Wasting
Convulsions
Feverishness
, ,
,,
Infantile Remittent
496
501
501
504
504
5^4
5^4
507
5^7 508
High Shoulders
Pigeon Breast
5^
Bowed Legs
Left Handedness
509
5^9
Ungainly Habits
51
XXll
CONTENTS,
PAGE
Squinting
Paralysis in Children
5^*^
S^^
512
5^3
514
PART
VI.
PART
1.
ElxttG^XXCtlOlL
HOMCEOPATHY
A wore:
IN THE DISEASE.
TREATMENT OF
who
consult
it,
have
heard of the advantages of homoeopath}', and are inclined to make trial of it, for themselves and their families.
in its
appearance, nor
and
yet, as far
be.
as it goes, perfectly
epsom
salts,
of
greatly
Few
mothers
able to
take,
more promptly
efficacious,
and always at
hand.
also incontestibly
superior to all
recommended, and however sweetened and disguised. Opium, or its equivalents, and deleterious substances, in considerable quantities,
rNTEODTJCTIOlT.
Xo
wherever there
there
is
is
feverishness.
glassful of
water
a teaspoonful
or
pilule, crushed
allay
modification of
after-affection.
It
is
Children have
is
there
no scolding,
How
is
accounted for
work.
Light
is
adjusted to the eye, nor sound to the ear, than Aconite to the
circulation.
and then meet with mothers who keep homoeopathic medicines, who use them, and, up to a certain extent, have confidence in them, but
We now
who
allow a
little
little
ones
illness,
Where homoeopathic
it is
rSTTEODTJCTION.
and symptoms
of the affection.
mend
For the sake of her children, and her own comfort, we recomevery mother to have recourse to homoeopathy.
Acute pain can be assuaged, violent inflammation subdued,
by no other means
"No
more
effectually
one
is
treatment
inaccessible to its
power
whilst
many
The mediresem-
individualised
many have
it
strong
family
blances, but no
two
the right
act.
Common
relief
demand that
as small a dose
should be employed as
"We want
and curative
is
and
distress.
The
and
tendency
low
dilutions,
large doses.
frequently,
is
so quickly followed
result.
Hahnemann,
employed
;
made
brilliant cures
it is,
though
they
find, as
a dilation
effects as
much
dilution will
whom
a strong tincture
injure.
4:
INTRODFCTION.
all
Sepia, and
nervous filament
and
microscopic
cell
is
attained
-with
the
try to get
;
as,
;
Nux
a fair
Gradually
make
work.
and the
Here the homoeopath works upon secure ground, and sparing The
homoeopath does not absolutely require to determine the subsequent course of the disease, because his treatment can never
either so stimulate or depress the circulation, injurious.
as
to
become
prostration,
homoeopath
has
to
consider
whether the
;
symptoms
fever,
them accordingly
whether
by
Aconite,
he
neither provokes
nor prostrates
fever,
the
vital
powers
but,
he necessarily
n^IKODUCTION.
controls the result.
5
of disease, therefore,
The investigation
may
be limited to the consideration (1) of the causes ; (2) of the character of the disease ; (3) of its characteristics, as com-
(4) of the
symp-
toms
tions
which
comprehend the
;
and indicaof
the discharges
and that
the
THE
CAirSES
OF DISEASE.
These are either Constitutional, for which the reader should consult the section on " Constitution," or they are Immediate.
First.
may
be
traced to individual exposure or excesses, or to particular conditions of locality, dwellings, atmosphere, circumstances, habits,
of constitutional strength,
patient,"
which will be referred to presently. Causes which are peculiar to a district, country, Almost every climate, or locality, and which are endemic.
Secondly.
for
marshes with
where dry, cold, and searching winds prevail, and the water is hard, and generally impregnated with mineral substances for sudden and
no drainage
;
for
winds of a particular
;
whether inland or
coasting
or fields
and
ill-ventilated.
6
These, and
INTE0DTJCTI02?.
many
Thirdly.
Causes
as heat, cold,
cases of famine, or
various kinds.
those which
occur regularly
and those, more properly and exactly epidemic, which appear under particular electric, and other conditions, from time to time, scouring whole regions and
;
entire
continents,
wherever the
like
circumstances tend to
management, by the removal of the by the preparation of the system, by means pathic preservative and eradicative remedies.
judicious
and
homoeo-
Pain
;
is
by the pulse
nor
is
the
digestion, secretions,
often,
without re-
THE PULSE
Determines
disease,
(1)
(2)
;
the nature
of
the
the
INTKODrCTIOlf.
7
streno-th
disease,
of
superabundant
depressed condition
(4)
the
effect of
powers, and consequently the greater or less degree of danger (5) in critical cases the appropriate remedy ; (6) according to
the impression
selected,
pulse,
and how
we
medicine.
apply the
thumb
and that, having a considerable length of the artery under the fingers, you may not only
can be modified or increased
distinguish the
character.
number
of beats in the
The
and
but moderately
;
even, regular
young infants
100 to 120.
full pulse
;
Is indicative
of
inflammation
subsiding
rapidity, the
re-
moval
of the irritation.
crisis,
or return after a
effoit of
more
difficult
to subdue
8
with strength.
rXTRODUCTION.
is
points to the
is
also imperfect,
and
it
someanalo-
An
may be conveyed
The
;
a torpid condition
brain
is more serious than the slow pulse. The intermittent pulse may denote organic
disease of the
THE TOXGUE.
Tongue, thickly furred, dirty white, or brownish, without dryof th ness, enlargement, or redness, indicates derangement
lining
of the stomach,
and
that not of a serious character it is A slimy tongue, with red tip and edges, also indicates affection nature. of the lining membrane, but of a more serious
Yellow tongue, indicates that the liver is implicated. prominent, indiClean tongue, bright red, moist, but papillae stomach, but recent. cates derangement of the nerves of the affection, but severe, Dry, red, glazed tongue points to the same
and
of long standing.
represents nervous deSwollen, red tongue, with white fur, the brain, and rangement of the digestive organs, reacting upon
producing congestion.
tongue indicates severe Cracked, furrowed, fissured, swollen derangement of the stomach. bright red at the Swollen tongue, thinly coated, white, but
tip
of the lining
membrane.
rNTRODUCTION.
and the nerves of the stomach. Often irregular affection of the with despondency, and nervous irritability. brain, is connected
Tongue indented on the sides is a modification of the swollen tongue, associated with derangement of the nerves of the
stomach.
Tremulous
drunkards
;
tongue,
when
protruded,
is
common amongst
typhoid
it also
form
of indigestion,
and
condition.
Blackish, dry,
furred,
is
severe
symptom
in
THE BEEATHTNG.
In some diseases of the respiratory organs, the manner of breathing, the pains developed, and the sound emitted, are the
signs on
which we
;
the
nature of
the affection
not to be overlooked.
character
In
all
inflammatory affections
much
of its
may
may
result
from hysteria.
BREATHING IN HEALTH,
There should be four pulsations to every respiration.
health, the average
In
it
number
is
fifteen a
minute.
and
full
then
may
THE
SJON,
Actual increase of heat denotes increased circulation that is, fever, more or less inflammatory, as the heat is greater or less
or
indicates inflammation, of particular parts, or generally of This heat, may or may not be externally the whole system. apparent, it is sufficient that it is felt by the patient ; in deterit
10
INTEODUCTION.
without actual
cold, is
an indication of nervous
fever, possesses
irregularity.
Chill or coldness
significations.
many
If
there be inflammation
we may
anticipate
exists,
symptoms are favourable, the approach of a crisis, the development of an eruption, or copious perspiration, followed by
general abatement
arrest takes place
;
when inflammation exists, and an abrupt we may anticipate transition to other organs
or
;
or the
chill
may
forebode ague.
THE
OfflllEirOMETEE,
The thermometer is now employed as more delicate and reBy it liable than the hand for testing the heat of the body. distinguish between affections which are transient, and we
those which are likely to be lasting and serious
;
we
detect the
or
existence of consumption
alleviation or remission,
its The thermometer should be warmed application. The arm-pit is the best part of the body to apply The natural it, and two or three minutes are long enough. all deviations from this heat would be 9 8 "4 Fahrenheit should be noted. It is advisable to make two applications in
succession, in order to
result.
Note the
is
INTRODTJCTION.
11
register
a day.
An
intelligent
of
variations.
PAKf
Pain, as a symptom,
is
ITS
CHAEACTEE.
an
nervous
by pressure, or warmth, or friction, often intermittent, and irregular, and rarely continuous, is spasmodic.
Pain in the chest may be caused by an overloaded stomach, or
be rheumatic, spasmodic, or inflammatory
of blood to the
stiff
;
or from determination
;
membrane
is
a bruised or
sensation,
;
the chest
pain, it
is
if
the pain
but
not
returning
regularly,
or
caused by breathing,
are
neuralgic.
membrane
of the lungs.
fever, preceded
by
chills,
with more or
will be
it,
less
the bowels
is
nervous,
is
when
:
it
fugitive,
returning
when the
attention
directed to
aggravated by
relieved
spasmodic,
by pressure by
of every kind,
inflammatory, when
Colic is
marked
spasmodic pain,
long continued.
inflammation,
is
Absence,
or
it
ominous
still
may
of the inflammation, in
requires
12
bilifcy,
rNTEODUCTION.
by
some-
susceptibility, is nervous in
character.
THIEST.
Usually, continued
thirst
indicates
fever or inflammation
but
it
Deficiency of
denotes an
inflammatory or feverish
condition
when
will be continuous
thirst.
may be
;
in
smallpox,
it
may
throat,
THE APPETITE.
The
appetite
may
The appetite
of health is
aj)petite
even, regular
fails,
not capricious or
fitful.
In disease the
or
is
excessive or craving.
worms, to over-rapid
some
the
and
nutriment of
body.
STATE OE THE BOWELS
Constipation
may
;
be the
inflammation, muscular
debility, or paralysis
or altered bile, or general debility and poverty of blood or arise from mechanical obstruction. Constipation is sometimes but an
effort of
INTKOPFCTION.
13
Diarrhoea
odour.
It
is
may
irritability
THE
straw colour,
The"
30 to 40 ounces,
by the quantity
specific
Urea is the principal constituent which the kidneys remove from the blood. It is derived from the waste of muscular tissue. Besides urea,
tion.
The average
gravity
is
10-20.
sudden
Certain vegetables of
a
;
excess of
pale
and copious
it
will
commonly be
is
Amongst
:
is
The urine
;
and
may
bladder, distinguishable
discharge.
of the
14
it
"will
DJTEODFC'TO:?.
bottom
blood, or be followed
if
the
will be accompanied
;
discharge of matter
if
chiefly in
the
loins
and back
if
by bending the body forward, and pressing the hands upon the lower part of the abdomen.
COUGH
Coughs are of various
ITS
CHAEACTER.
significance,
which precede, accompany, or follow them, or by which they are brought on. They are manifestations which should not be overlooked, because
rangements, according to the conditions
affections
irritability,
and susceptibility to
;
disease
or some
or reaction from
other parts.
be sympathetic, from irregular digestion, chronic derangement of the stomach, or impure substances in the
If cough
stomach or bowels
it
be
it
may
lead to congestion.
may
from
by common catarrh, or
cold.
is
inconsistent with
irritation,
either local or
sym-
INTKODXJCTION.
15
no
cou2:h,
may
tained for some seconds in the lungs, without the slightest disposition to cough.
If the habit be such as to lead to the suspicion that there is
if it
be manifested by affections of
or gums, cough
may
be of momentous importance
its cause,
it
without
delaj", lest it
run on to consumption.
usually foretokens measles.
may
indicate
Predisposition
to
congh, as the
result of
exertion,
rapid
Chronic loose cough attends chronic bronchitis, and is sometimes denominated " Winter Cough." It is sometimes mistaken
and treated and cured as such, especially by advertised medicines and ignorant persons.
for Consumption,
from irritation of the brain may be associated stomach and bowels or affection of the brain itself, as inflammation of the membranes, and is then the result of pressure upon the brain ; or it may result from
pupil,
A dilated
16
inaction of
tlie bo"we'j,
;
IXTPvODTJCTIOX.
when
it
demonstrates s^'mpatlietic
affec-
which communi-
when
it
is
purely local.
contracted pupil
may
it
inflammatory tendency.
light,
If
accompanied by insensibility
to
and
Languid
eyes,
may
indicate
over-loaded
;
stomach, or the
and
;
then
;
it
forebodes vomiting
if
cold sweat be
on the forehead
if
associated
with
general
or
is
distorted
sight,
is
Or it may denote sympathetic affection of the brain, arising from irritation of the stomach and bowels, especially if there be worms. Staring expression, with or without raving, or mutl ering, if
cation of water on the brain.
or
if
consciousness
be not absent,
if
momentary
suspension of consciousness,
an indication of delirium.
debility.
if
glittering
and
red,
mark
Diet
and Regimen.
flour,
All kinds of light bread and biscuits, free from soda or alum,
;;
IKTRODTJCTIOlJr,
17
from the whole corn finely ground down, as in Chapman's entire also cakes, of flour, flour, and Huntley and Palmer's biscuits or light puddings, as eggs, sugar, and a little butter meal, bread, rice, sago, tapioca, macaroni, or vermicelli, without wine,
;
;
must be rejected. Regularity as to meals should be observed, and too long fasting, as well as too much food at a time, should
be avoided.
It
is
wholesome food
digestion
if
an error.
The
impede
craving
;
It
is
better to leave
the
table
appetite
quires
excessively, is unhealthy
it
re-
The
others
selection of medicines.
pork, young or salted meat, ducks and must be avoided, particularly by those liable to indigesgeese, Beef, mutton, venison, most game, if not high, and fowl, tion. Pish is wholesome, and may be partaken of, are admissible. with the exception of eels, salmon, or shell-fish, and salted, pickled, potted, or smoked fish. Eggs, when they agree ; butter,
Of animal food,
if
fresh
directed to
lining.
whilst the
from
its
mucous
if
it
producing
much
c
liquid be taken
with the
18
food, tlie gastric Juice is
INTKODTJCTION.
unduly diluted
if
food or liquids
sodden, weakened
condition of
be a Food
Pood should
not be taken into the stomach at a shorter interval than threehours, so that sufficient time
of the previous meal.
may
Any cramped
movement
dross, such as
of
the
and
and necessarily produce indigestion. meal should not be taken near bed-time, because duringdormant, and consequently^
does not supply the stomach with the required nervous force.
change
so the
are retained.
juice,
is gradually, by the action of the gastrie and the churning movement of the stomach, made into a
The food
The
hence,
a when
is
;
or
defective
collects.
Some
considerable heat
it
;
cold checks
altogether.
Condiments in
;
moderate quantities promote the flow of gastric juice in excess they impede digestion. Alcohol, by its action on the peptones.
of the stomach, retards rather than promotes the formation of
thyme, though
juice.
it
down by the
broken down.
The fibre
is
;;
'
INTKODrCTION.
19
and
the
dissolved,
wMlst albumen,
casein,
In
may be regarded
and pancreatic
is
juice,
fats
and
are
Kancid and
stomach naturally
"Water-brash
is
may sometimes be
so accounted for
at others it
thought to
is
active,
and in proportion to
;
its
chill
the
somewhat
debilitated
appetising and
digestible
qualities
well-cooked food
relished,
In boiling meat,
or
made
much
close
In
set the
albumen.
heated,
is
In frying,
fat needs to
be
employed, which,
stomachs.
when
necessarily
less
In baked meat, the flavour is inferior, as it is somewhat sodden from steam, but it is richer and easy of digestion. The paste of pies and puddings, if light,
its richness
;
if
heavy, from
its
positive
or
made
dishes
are
opposed
to
thickened with
veal
20.
INTPwODTJCTION.
salt,
are allowable.
Amongst
are prohibited
mint,
cresses
sage,
;
mushrooms, tomatoes,
and carrots may be used. Still any that are known to disagree Lemon or orange-peel, in a particular case must be avoided. laurel leaves, bitter almonds, fennel, and aniseed, are objectionand condiments, as pepper, mustard, pickles, and salads, ought to be sparingly taken, and entirely abstained from by persons disposed to indigestion. Salt and sugar may usually
able
;
acids
be taken.
Acid or unripe fruits are clearly objectionable; and nearly Melons, uncooked pears all ripe fruits allowed in moderation.
and
apples,
dress should be a protection against the variations, the cold winds and chills of our climate. To leave the chest and shoulders
bare,
an outrage on a delicate constitution robbed of protection In winter, warm under-vests, stockjust where it is needed. ings, and drawers should be worn, with clumped-soled boots
is
;
for out-doors
The
every limb
organs of digestion.
when loose,
considerably lessens
man, when
;
dressed,
when
undressed,
is
The
interference of stays
very
much
greater.
is,
in
many ways,
INTKODUCTION.
21
The compression ultimately borne is surprising if it were not attained gradually, it would be fatal. What is considered perfection is hideous deformity, accompanied by serious displacement and derangement of organs whose due
most injurious.
working
is
essential even to
effect is delusive
it is
they
office it is
erect.
It
is,
usual
size,
girls get
Compression, however,
aimed at
is
standard of deformity
attained
The
possible,
is
considerably quickened.
is
a lessening of the
power
fit
of the constitution
re-oxygenised, and
made
want
a waste
and
spirits
heart,
whilst by
As regards the general and daily habit, it may be that a regular method of living, avoiding ill-ventilated
dissipation, over-study,
anxiety,
and
22
rNTEODTJCTIOX.
Medicines
Their
a,re
Form and
Administration.
forms.
The medicines
1.
prepared in
five distinct
Tinctures, in
jjlants
which the medicinal virtues of the various have been extracted by maceration. They are procurable
from the
first
in such dilutions,
shown
They
be generally used.
insoluble substances.
to prepare,
as to
and,
when
of trituration
A grain
who
and
They
hot climates, as
all
They may be procured in any strength in which tinctures are kept and used. 4. Pilules and Globules. Pellets of different sizes, impregavoided.
a grain, or
as
much
as can be taken
up on the point
be either
distilled, or soft
filter,
The
INTEODTJCTION.
23
Earthenware spoons are
Eottles,
if
used,
an oven
must not only be well washed, but dried in all if oils, spirits, scents, acids, or any
twelve moderate-sized
teaspoonfuls.
wine-glass
may be
used
in every case,
when
name
Homoeopathic
written
Medicine,
or
Lotion,
the case
may
be,
legibly
thereon
an awkward
now
may be most
over the cork by holding the bottle between the finger and
thumb
of the right hand, the cork in the left hand, brought just
of the bottle,
number
of drops
may
be employed.
ADMnsriSTEATION AND REPETITION OF MEDICINE.
In severe disease we
guided by them
;
two or three
hours.
selected
afford
If the medicine
only partial
relief,
select
Carefully
watch the
effects of
may set
We
24
rNTRODUCTION.
Slight diseases are often removed by a very few doses of a
well-cliosen medicine
is
required.
given
number
of repetitions,
more or
less,
according to
tlio
severity of the case, will serve to place the patient under tbe
after
In
vary
critical,
the intervals
may
;
from
and when
important organs are involved, and fever runs high, the intervals
then,
if
we
gradually
increase the
or
give
needful.
If ameli-
follow
each administration,
;
before repeating
and
still
When
a course
interrupted by a
new
affection
when
this
is
must be resumed.
THE DOSE.
The dose
of homoeopathic
medicines opens up
subject
pilules, or tinctures.
The
homoeopathy
it
is
which
It
is really
no more globules or
rule
for
pilules
than
tinctures.
gives us a
the
selection
of
medicines in "
Bimilict,
n^TRODTJCTION.
2p
by
like," bufc
Similihus
Curantur"
or,
" Like
is
to be cured
what precise form or strength of tho medicine we please, as globules of high or low dilution, pilules, or tincture in material doses, or diluted in drops. Homoeopathy
leaves us at liberty to adopt
by
disturbing,
much
of
The action
its
specific,
and
follows that
small.
Metallic
and insoluble
by the minute
follicles
and glands
of our organism.
On
The importance
to health.
it
Bad nursing
is
and with
cases,
all
Nor
is it
at
difiicult
homoeopathic treatment.
It is not, however, possible in all cases to employ trained
for the
attendants
sick,
nor
is
it
a large
demand
THE
for
NTJESE.
To be
Those who
26
INTRODUCTION.
mean
if
value.
they
may
admit,
it is
An
up
experienced
eye can
is
to her work.
foot.
;
she
want
if possible,
pate
it.
into the sick-room see the patient at his best, she at his worst,
that
it
involves,
intensified
the contrast.
She must have a deep interest in the progress of her patient. She should have a tolerable constitution, to bear the constant
strain and confinement of the sick room.
Order
it
is
is
well
for
the
not only a
or drink
INTRODFCTION.
27
must
in
make
it.
herself, be
in perfect keeping
soft material
neat
dress of
some
never.
every movement.
natural liveliness
considerable
aid in
sustaining the
infl.uence
monotony
no mean
on
the invalid.
ETJLES POR
THE SICK-EOOM.
must not talk much to the invalid, and must not speak about him in his hearing, nor with each
Visitors to the sick-room
still less in
an
Nor
An
freshened.
slightly
of the
down
day
may
be, the
window.
create a
change in the
not sufficient.
feelings of the
the chimney.
This outlet of
itself,
however,
is
The
light admitted
patient.
a strip of carpet at the bedside, and here and there in the room, for quietness' sake, may be allowed ; then the floor of the room
room, and Condy's disinfectant kept in all utensils for their Condy's fluid should be added to the water used to reception.
damp
the
floor.
sick.
They may
room
if
28
powerful
for the
;
rNTEODtrcTioJT.
Scents are,
it
same reason, often overpowering. Food should be made as tempting and appetising as possible should be freshly and thoroughly cooked, and presented only
may
be expected to
want.
much
them
in illness as in health
Both food and drink are best brought they must never stand in the hope of into the room as wanted
allowed to accumulate.
;
is left
be allowed to stand
An
eat
have food or
when he
has taken
he can
it is
in a little time.
AYhen there
selected.
is
couch
stairs, in riding or
walking out.
Illness not
duces to a condition of almost infantine weakness. Change of scene, if it be only into the next room, after long
illness, is relief
;
it is something not to be haunted by the same have a different pattern of paper to look at. It is a furniture to yet further advance to get out of an ordinary bed-room to mix
;
ao-ain
however
slightly,
life.
Some-
lisTRODtrCTIOlS".
29'
gaze on the
new
aspect
familiar, then
usually wear.
ACCESSOEIES TO TEEATlilENT.
LoTiOTs^s.
Any
remedy which
is
may
be applied
water.
FoME]S"TATioifs.
As
an
application
the
action of
medicine,
when
local irritation
and welcome relief. Fomentation flannels are thus made Four pieces of soft old flannel, eighteen inches long and nine broad, covered by a piece of scarlet flannel the same size, stitched round the edges, and
:
make
one.
When
overlap.
used,
Wring one
place
it
water as hot as
can be
bring
borne
first
one end of the blanket and then the other over the pad,
get another pad ready to put on as In changing the pad do it as expeand let in as little cold air as you can.
;
gets cool.
ditiously as possible,
is
and
for the
ad-
visable to put
sizes of
80
INTEODUCTIOU.
in
which there
extracted,
is
where suppuration is not sufficiently forward, tepid compresses covered with oiled silk, may be used, or spongio either will be much better than poultices. All bleeding, piline
or,
:
cupping,
leeching,
blisters,
heads or turpentine
old practice,
prohibited.
and
all
all
Poultices.
purposes
as they
combine
both
warmth and
to the surface.
few minutes,
stirring con-
add a
applied.
Bran poultice.
affected,
till
Make a
loosely
and
fill it
with bran.
it
Apply
suet,
Bread and
grated
Equal
little
parts
of bread-crumbs
stir
and
in a
add a
fire,
boiling water,
them
till
Por
longed
admirable.
The
carrot poultice.
:
Boil
excellent in
scrofulous, cancerous,
and unqualities.
boils,
from
its
drawing
The Jig poultice, to relieve the pain, and hasten the discharge Apply the heated surface of a cut fig to the part. of a gum-boil. The linseed-meal poultice is the most common and most soothing
;
it possesses
nearly
little
all
Scald
rNTRODTJCTION.
31
pour a
little
hot water on
;
it,
incorporated
add a
little
round briskly until well more meal and a little more water,
stir it
and
then
stir again.
Do
stir well,
Take
as
much
out as you
of
may
require, lay it
on a piece
of flour
let
Prom
its antiseptic
valuable as
an application to inflamed surfaces assuming a dark low type. Charcoal poultice, is made by stirring in finely powdered
animal charcoal into a linseed-meal poultice, and
absorption and correction of foetid discharges.
is
Mustard poultice.
of flour
de-
then
well reddened
Some
persons-
much more
must be taken that they do not blister. Mustard leaves, are often used as convenient substitutes for mustard plaisters they are easily procured and are always ready for use, as their efficacy is not injured by damp.
care, therefore,
;
to remain
after they get cold, nor continued long after matter has
begun
to discharge.
Spongio Piltne.
is
method of
is
frequently of
;;
32
service,
INTKODTJCTION.
as of Arnica,
KuiV
Belladomia, in
Qelseminum in
neck.
Glycerine
hibition of
may many of
be
as
for in-
Glycerine and in the same way alone, or mixed with Tincture of Phytolacca, is most useful as a local application (by means of a camel's hair-brush) in diphtheria it also forms, with starch, one of the best appliances for chapped hands or sun-burn, and with Hydrastis and
to prevent bed-sores.
;
water for the sore mouth of nursing mothers and of the consumptive
;
fissure
of the
rectum, and
often of use as a
in piles,
Hamamelis
and
ulcers.
capital as a disinfectant,
and as an appli-
wetted with an affected surface, securely covered by a water, applied to thicker and dry piece of linen, flannel, or oiled silk, to prevent
The Compress,
is
evaporation.
Enemas, in cases of obstinate constipation, are cometimes and should consist of tepid water, of gruel, or soup and gruel
in some cases
olive
oil.
it
may
The quantity
twelve ouncea
INTROLTrCTION.
33
for an adult
In
faecal inpaction,
panied by kneeding of the bowels. The Nutritive Enema, of oatmeal gruel, beef-tea, or eggs
beaten up,
is
life.
essential to health.
It
is is
almost as necessary as
essential,
food or clothing.
It involves
what
cleanliness
For persons
free
from
power of youth in age, as the regular bath. Bathing the whole body daily with a sponge or wet towel, with cold or tepid water, and the use of the flesh brush, are strongly to be recommended. The too frequent use of hot baths is injurious. The idea that
sea-bathing
is
always beneficial
is
erroneous
there are
many
constitutions on
is
which
;
it
acts prejudicially.
Cold sea-bathing
a powerful tonic
it
on
first
plunging
glow be long in making its the patient do not get warm in the
To
come out and dress before the glow goes off. The skin is endowed with an absorbent as well as an exhalent property; it absorbs oxygen hence one advantage of daily
tion, should
tepid
absorption and
allays
34
INTEODFCTION.
It cleanses the
and promotes
its
action
made
eating or drinking.
in
Tejnd sponging
and
is
when may be
circulation,
and a tranquiliser
;
of
it is also
a gentle stimulant to
the
womb and
menstrual
A warm
for sleep.
warm
sitz
headache or neuralgia
menstruation,
gall-stones.
in
colic,
inflammation,
and
the
passing
of
A
colds,
warm
foot-hath,
with mustard,
is
of service in ordinary
Sponging the
it
n^TPvOBTJCTION.
35
A
bring
may be used
It
must be
must not be continued until faintness ensue. The hot-air hath is used to promote free perspiration in congestion of the liver, paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica, and scaly and scurfy skin diseases it ought never to be resorted to by
It
;
those
who do not
haths
perspire readily, as it
may cause
determination
Vapour
may be
They do not
much
much
less depressing,
as serviceable,
more
readily applicable,
and more
managed
baths.
thermometer should always be used to test the heat of "Where one cannot be obtained, the hand should not be
but an immersion of the elbow.
relied on,
is
given below.
to 92.
warm
92
98
98.
112.
The Rules
The general
his earlier
for
DietUnder Homoeopathic
Treatment.
down by Hahnemann and the guidance of those who are under
disciples, for
30
INTEODTJCTIO]S-.
of
With
him that the homoeopathic medicines are, as a whole, by no means so readily interfered with by errors of diet, or ordinary
external agents, as
is
generally supposed
at the
same time,
as
it is
and in diseases
course
is
of a nervous
character,
to
enjoin
strict
impede the curative process. Whilst unwilling to deny the rationality of these rules, the opponents of homoeopathy have, at
the same time,
the merits of
them as a means of detraction from the system itself, by attributing the cures effected
made use
of
wholly to
of
cases
diet.
Many
of
by homoeopathic medicines, during the treatment of which no alteration was made in the accustomed diet of the
patients, have still refused to give credence to the evidence of
their senses,
and allopathic physicians, we append a summary of the constituents of the most important. Mineral waters are largely imported, and are taken by those who have been to the various baths, or by such as have been ordered various springs, but who, from different reasons, cannot go to the springs themselves. In this way they are procurable
in the greatest purity, and so taken, under advice and judiciously,
still
it
must bo
rNIEODTJCTIOX.
37
with
all
who have
the regular habits, and rest, with which they are associated.
It
is
with high-sounding names and mysterious and cannot by any chance do harm
tain
ai;e
:
must do good,
if
may
aggravate
re-
or render inveterate
lieved
most
divided.
which the waters and baths are these and others on the Conare ordered mineral waters to
all
who
who may
require, to
have a somewhat
medicine consist
of,
intelligible idea
of
to
Mineral waters
what they
contain, or
from the
salt
soil
or rocks
through
which they
flow.
Mineral
common
(Natrum Muriaticum)
silica,
bonate of magnesia,
bromine, iodine,
salts of
and alumina
acid, sulphuretted
In a
classification
we
at
Yichy
affec-
and other
38
INTEODIJCTIOIf.
common
salt, In
Ems
and stimulant in
and uterine
disease.
The ApoUindiffers in
Spring
may
Seltzer and
Krahnchen
of its
it
mainly
the proportions
there
is
constituents.
Ems
It
but the
of great
quantity
is
waters, so that
gives it
no disagreeable
flavour.
is
of
respiratory organs
or
as
and aperient, in
neuralgia,
Those which contain sulphates of soda and magnesia, or the mineral bitter waters, as those of Pullna, Sedlitz, Priedrichshall,
Kissengen, Epsom, Cheltenham, Leamington, Purton-Spa (near
Swindon), and Cherry Kock (near Kingswood, in Gloucestershire) ; purgative and alterative in dyspepsia with constipation,
liver, or
when
it arises
from over-work
in
sciatica,
and
scrofula.
INTBODTJCTION.
39
Kissingen,
useful
in dyspepsia,
constipation,
of
the liver
of
Baden-Baden
for
as Woodhall-Spa,
;
in Lincolnshire,
Prussia
glandular
syphilis,
enlargements,
white
swelling, skin
disease,
and uterine
tumours.
Springs containing earthy
salts, as
neuralgia,
sciatica,
and
lumbago,
contracted
joints,
Hot
in
springs, as at
(85*^),
Gastein in
Wurtemberg
(110)
in
(h),
the
Harrowgate, Franzensbad
;
in Bohemia,
and
Bocklet in Kissingen
Norway
gic,
recommended
and skin
stitutional impregnation
PART
Jgm^t0m
aitir
II.
S^r^atmmt 0f
^iwrn.
FEVERS.
General Consideration of Fever.
In
all
is
present
in fever, propeily
so called, there is
The symptoms
pulse,
thirst,
are,
coldness or
restlessness,
and
Fever may also pass from one kind into another. Thus inflammatory fever may, by depleting measures, be altered or simple fever, by inj udicious treatment, into low typhoid
;
into inflammatory
or
it
may assume
Pever
is
some
malignant.
The average continuance of fevers is much shorter under homoeopathy than where they are treated by the old rule, or left to nature ; consequently, calculations based upon other than
I'EVER.
41
Watch
specially
the
disease
attentively,
and
apply the
remedies
indicated,
issue.
a satisfactory
CAUSES OP EEVEE.
Miasm,
effluvia,
of eruptions
in fact, anything
which de-
A horizontal
Pure
patient's
air
room
which
it is
W.
The
immediate removal of
stantly
all excreta. The hanging of a sheet conwet with diluted disinfecting fluid over the door of the
room
fection.
The admission
of fresh air
is
indispensable.
;
as
and
Diet.Nature
appetite
;
away
is
the
best drink
no
and the
;
should be
during
its decline,
may be
allowed
42
causes irreparable mischief
of deprivation
;
PETER.
it is
than indulgence.
or
other
;
fruit,
or orangeade,
may
be
allowed
beef-tea
when the
fever abates
may
short intervals.
when
there
is
no diarrhoea.
Simple Fever.
by heat, restlessness, thirst, quick pulse, general uneasiness, and lassitude. Usuall)- this fever comes on suddenly, sometimes preceded for a day or two by general
Shivering, followed
feeling of being out of sorts, pain in the
appetite,
Cat7&es.
loss of
and constipation.
chill,
above the
usual
standard (98).
is
assignable
it
to
some
be
known
cause,
and
may
Aconite.
of pulse.
dissipate it
and fulness
will either
if
check
it
A dose every
hour
or two.
somewhat graver
chilJ,
cause,
and
is
Symptoms.
Shivering or
more
persistent.
; ^
TYPHUS
TE^TEB.
43
skin,
by burning heat pulse strong, hard, and very quick ; dry mouth, and lips tongue bright red, or white thirst
;
:
constipation
respiration
hurried, like
the pulse.
It
occasionally it
shows
Causes.
Sudden
chill
damp
or
mental emotion,
mismanaged.
TREATMENT.
Chills, heat,
pains in
(Veratrum Viride)
two or three
Jiours,
aching pains
Typhus Fever.
The term Typhus
is
Typhus arises from specific poison. It is a disease of adult life, between fifteen and twenty-five, though cases occur up to It is most common in spring forty-five or fifty, and beyond.
and summer.
Causes.
Exposure
;
to cold
and wet
working population
It
is
moving
and destitution.
Typhus
44
spreads rapidly, and
TYPSTJS TETER.
may
;
readily be
transmitted by clotbes,
bedding, or furniture
same house or
it.
may
contract
may
lie
latent from a
The One
Symptoms.
chilliness,
of
appetite, or
which no warmth relieves unfitness for mental or The tongue dry, yellow-brown disrelish for everything except cold water nausea, constipation, but no swelling nor tenderness of the abdomen. Sleep is restless and
bodily exertion.
; ;
answer
arms
confusion of
memory
About the
fifth day,
first
a mottling
of the skin, spots, of a mulberry colour, then on the chest, back, arms, and thighs.
violent, or
on the bowels
noisy,
The delirium
muttering; duskiness of
countenance, varied by
flushes
crusts
bed
tive odour.
the patient
lies
baked
twitchings
;
deafness.
The
case
may end
in
;
engorgement
with
or calm sleep may come on, from which, cold, clammy sweat though utterly prostrate, the patient wakes with quiet pulse,
clean tongue, moist skin, and conscious.
subside, in temperate climates,
Typhus begins to
teenth day.
days.
In
warm
climates
consolidation, inflammation,
45
TEEATME^T.
LEABD^G INDICATIONS.
Aching
fuga.
in
Chilliness,
trembling,
nausea
Rhus,
Veratrum
Viricle,
Head symptoms,
trum Viride.
delirium
Bryonia,
Veratrum Viride.
Profuse perspiration
:
PJios^Tioric
Acid.
Sinking
body
linen.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Bryonia.
of posture
;
Aching
of the
by turning the
the patient
eyes
moans during
sleep,
when awake.
give
yellow,
relieve,
CiMiciPiJGA.
constipation.
If
three hours.
prostration,
Ehus.
tingling
giddiness,
inclination
vomit,
in
numbness,
and
drawing
stiffness
rigidity
Teratrttm Yieide.
Chilliness
46
more, and weak
;
rrPHTJs fevhr.
if
scalded,
con-
stipation.
Gelseminum.
suddenly sinks
The
;
symptoms
noises in the
wild look
;
head
or convulsive attacks
parched
lips
the mouth
red, dry
tongue
and dry
pressure
intense
at
thirst,
;
the
;
stomach
constipation
;
often
involuntary,
rapid respiration
Acid. ITuiiiatic.
ing during sleep
;
Weak, tendency
when
groan-
nearly impossible
great dryness of
the mouth.
A
;
Acid
Phosphoeic.
Excessive
;
prostration
delirium,
;
even
the
wben awake
low muttering snatching at the bed-clothes fixed look efforts black crust on the lips 5 to escape as from some alarming object A dose every dry, hot skin ; frequent, weak, intermitting pulse.
;
;
hour.
; ;
TYPHUS FEVEK.
47
ACCIESSORT MEASUBES.
as
remove
constantly admit
;
water
The patient
must be
The
Condy's
chloralum, or chloride of
Disinfectants
must
taken
off
at once.
ice
weak
tea
may be
When
brandy.
chicken-broth,
whole wheat
not too
much
sign.
and often
ing
if
by
is
wool in them.
hope; often, when
there
The back must be examined every day, to guard against bedcare must be taken that the water is passed at least twice in twenty- four hours if not, O^ium or Cantharides, with hot fomentation should they fail the catheter must be used.
sores
;
;
48
It
is
water or
relief of
the bowels
:
a slipper
must be used
fatal faintness
and the
degrees,
up, he should be
free ventilation
and a
warmth being
;
By
be particular against
damp
turning appetite.
of the
body
specially affected.
In enteric
;
the abdomen
diarrhoea.
fever, unlike typhus, is not confined to
Typhoid
over-crowded
all
ranks
Causes.
They
open ditches
:
open
closets.
Any
of
these
known
a house or
its
it
is
rare
49
the ears.
It runs a course of three, four, or five weeks, with
less
more or
and
is
they come in
colour,
by mottling
Symptoms.
appetite, thirst,
brown
diarrhoea.
The skin
is
is
clammy, moist, and cool at night dry, with quickened The pulse is variable from 90 to 120. The abdomen
tended and resonant
;
pulse.
dis;
the urine deficient, considerably loaded, and dark. ache and disturbed sleep gradually give
vivacious,
The headquestions, if
way
to sleeplessness and
active delirium.
when
asked.
The
pupils
but
distinct
red
patch
on
the
each
At
dry
intervals
slightly
the patient
confused.
appears
conscious,
though
lips
sometimes
After
teeth
time
tongue
become
with
in
and
crust.
cracked;
the
and
covered
dark
he
The diarrhoea
contains
shreds of membrane,
at the bed-clothes, and passing Death takes place from coma, or from inflammation, or perforation, or haemorrhage from the bowels, or from diarrhoea. In the course of enteric fever, inflammation of the lungs may manifest itself. Bleeding from
tremulous,
picking
evacuations unconsciously.
the nose
is
EecovePvY.
Gradual
and
;
tedious
often
difficult
;
to
say
when
relapse frequent
convalescence
^50
tedious,
:;
and
for
great
muscular weakness
tiously sitting up.
death
may
No
mental
is
The
intestinal mischief
of
by
cans
to
be estimated
by the severity
the
fever;
may
ensue in an apparent!}-
mild
case.
be exercised
and a cautious
TEEATMENT.
XEADI]!f& INDICATIONS.
Premonitory symptoms
Veratrum
Vir'ide.
Veratrum
Viride, Bryonia.
;
:
Heavy, dull feeling prostration, and rash Ba^tisia, Gelseminum. Stupor, with nervous symptoms
:
delirium
Belladonna^ Hyoscyamus,
Abdominal
swelling,
tenderness,
and
diarrhoea:
Acid,
Chest symptoms
Pliosphorus, Bryonia,
Veratrum
Viride.
Kapid sinking
compresses.
Arsenic Baptisia.
Accessory Measures.
Tepid
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Baptisia.
of
heavy dullness
;
confusion
ideas
frightful
;
dreams
foetid breath
;
and perspiration
rumbling
rose-coloured spots
brown,
in
liquid,
;
the bowels
urine foetid
pressure.
ENTEEIC OR TYPHOID TEVER.
; ;
51
YzRATumM: Viride.
in the
back
drowsiness
;
pulse fast
fever intense
tion
;
restlessness
Sometimes great
fluid,
irritability of
Gelsemintjm.
Heat
;
A dose
delirium
;
stupor ;
sunken eyes
patient
;
high fever
worse
in the afternoon or
towards night
rapidly
;
tion
or
sinks
great prostration
nervous
twitchings
Bella-DOnna.
Alternate
heat
and
;
chill
red hot
bloated
appearance
eyes,
with
convul-
parched
lips,
dry tongue or
foul,
yellow coating
intense
thirst, difficulty of
swallowing
nausea
;
stomach
watery motions
scanty
Peverish shuddering moaning during frequent waking dry tongue or tossing about abdomen tender on pressure and swollen with rumbling
Muriatic Aero.
;
red urine
rapid respiration
diarrhoea,
in
Stramonium.
Similar
symptoms
to
those
of
Belladonna^
suppressed urine,
smiling.
fantastic
gesticulation, involuntary
spasmodic
dose
every
hour.
Hyosctamxts.
Symptoms
similar
to
those
for Belladonna^
52
;; ;
urging to urinate.
BETOiSriA.
aggravated by movement
delirium
;
burning of the
head
;
and face
thirst, followed
by vomiting
ing.
Nitric Acid.
Bloody evacuations
diarrhoea
;
;
and throat
acrid,
sensibility of the
abdomen on pressure
;
slimy,
greenish
straining
intestinal
ulceration
tendency to collapse.
In some cases
enema.
Phosphorus.
or
mucous
rattling, stitches
in the
weeping, whimpering,
sudden
seat,
cries,
and
restlessness.
giddy, confused,
;
deafness
urine,
copious
with
Arsenic.
Sometimes
pressure
;
restores
extreme
prostration;
to
falling of the
jaw;
vomit
at
the stomach
of the bowels
flatulent
drowsiness
;
distension
burning thirst
parched,
;
cracked
sometimes
A
blackish-looking,
;
clammy
tongue
con-
ENTERIC OE TTrHOID FEYER.
53
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
The most valuable
judicious ventilation.
is
ample and
pure
;
Preservative
and
Measures.
Cool
air
thorough ventilation
the re-
moval of
spirits
all causes, as
;
animal matter
;
plain,
wholesome
diet,
total abstinence
from
real exertion
exercise,
damp
The absurd
and drugs to
to the disease.
infection.
Preventive Remedies.
"Whatever
dose night
remedy has
of
the
is
closest
resemblance
to.
fever
the
best
preventive medicine.
and morning.
The
choice
Wius, or Bryonia.
Hydropathic Applications.
washing
of the body,
Disinfection, diet,
consisting
of
milk,
eggs
mild yellow
and
gastro-hepatic fever,
is
as distinctly contagious
and
54
epidemic as
distinct.
typhus or enteric
fever,
though utterly
and
vice versa.
Relapsing fever
is
a disease of destitution
is
precarious,
Eeto its
exposure
contagion
is
and centres
itself
;
on the
liver,
It
is
when
retained uraea.
;
The
expression
of
the
different
there
is
from jaundice.
the pulse
There
liver
is
full and rapid (100 to 140) and pungent (102 to 107 Fahr.)
body considerable
the temples, avoidance of light, greenish bitter vomiting, pain in the back and limbs like rheumatism, restlessness, sometimes
The tongue is often white throughout, or brown down the middle. About the fifth day the symptoms subside in a free perspiration the patient improves gets well enough to
delirium.
;
is
seized as before,
time
such relapse
may
TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Chills
:
Aconite.
Viride,
Vomiting: Veratrum
Hamamelis, PodopJii/llum.
Head symptoms
Bryonia, ^x.
55
MEDICEN'AL TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
Eigors,
chills,
thirst
rheumatic pains.
taken
green.
A dose
Yeeatettm Yieide.
;
IS'ausea
what
is
the vomit
Hamamels. The vomit in consistence like hare soup grumous; and dark brown to black, the result of extravasated blood.
;
Beyonia.
Heat
;
constipation
;
the stomach
yellow complexion
high-coloured urine
severe
PoEOPHTLLEM.
back
;
Chill
;
Eching in
the
;
joints,
ankles,
;
and
dark
restless sleep
;
loquacious delirium
;
sallow skin
heat in
;
the stomach
nausea
thirst
up
fulness
side
scanty urine
yellowish-white,
Teeatment.
Tepid
compress,
body-pack,
tepid
Yellow Fever.
two
descriptions, both of
and
predisposed persons
who
are exposed to
is
This
variety
essentially a marsh-remittent.
The yellow
either.
suffusion
of the skin,
Peeeisposing Causes.
living,
In
the
first
variety, irregularity of
fever, the
;;;
56
TELLOW FEVEB.
;
it
attacks new-comers, or
Those
who
arrive
less liable
where yellow fever prevails, are than those who arrive from northern latitudes.
from other
parts,
may
attacks.
Euro-
who
liable
than newheated, or
comers.
Exciting
In the
first
variety, a chill
when
As regards the
if
marsh poison, or miasm. Age, Conkitioit. The young and robust are particularly liable recently arrived from a temperate climate. Geis^eral Symptoms. The subjoined symptoms include those
of both varieties, the difference being in the continuance and intensity of fever, or its temporary remission.
Premoiqtort Symptoms.
at the chest
Sudden
(First
debility
and
restlessness,
Characteristic
Symptoms
Stage.)
After
the
chill
more
intensely in the
The
;
respiration hurried,
the
the tongue
Burning pain at the pit of the stomach, with great tenderness, and under the ribs on right side. The stomach, becomes ex-
TELLOW FEVEE.
cessively
irritable
;
57
is
everything
of bile.
taken
almost immediately
rejected,
with a quantity
down
;
the thighs.
The pulse
varies
in
in others,
;
the patient
tosses
stage,
and
the
first
or inflammatory
and may
attack
;
last
to the
after
sations easy.
This remission
may
stupor
often
when
may
(Second Stage.)
Abatement
of preceding
confusion or delirium,
violent; the
The skin and eyes yellow, eyes look glassy. The vomiting more
awakes in fright
and
sometimes springs out of bed in delirium, but sinks to the ground with tremor and exhaustion the pulse flags, sometimes
;
soft, at
others high
the tongue
;
is
coloured, or moist
and dark
frequent hiccough
clammy.
the
first
;
is
and in these cases the patient passes directly from the remission to the third or exhausted stage. The duration of this
stage
is
twelve.
(Third Stage.) Insidious the pulse sinks, becomes irregular and intermittent, sometimes increased in frequency the pain and burning in the stomach often unbearably intense the vomiting
;
incessant,
coffee-
the tongue
58
TELLOW TEVER.
;
hiccough constant.
:
Oozing from
the discharge from the bowels black, often with effused blood,
sometimes takes
tight,
place
involuntarily.
of lethargy, or
sometimes sudden.
Issue
ai^^d
Eestjlts.
activity
second stage.
results
There
but
little
Fatal
in each
may
cases vomiting
TllEATMENT.
LEADING rtfDICATIONS,
Burning-hot skin
:
Aconite.
:
Mushed
Arsenic.
Lachesis.
Nitras., Sulphuric Acid.
Argentum
DETAILED TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
In
the early
stage.
In an attack the
prompt administration
benefit.
breathing becomes
laborious,
and
the pulse
more regidar.
If
YELLOW rEYER.
69
Aconite,
severe
symptoms
threaten^
notivithstanding
proceed
to
'promptly
case.
the
Belladoot^a.
Face very
;
red,
import.
Yeratetjm Yieide.
limbs
;
Eapid
pulse
congestion of
skin, flushed face, swollen tongue, red look of the eyes, nausea.
Aesenic.
Patient
;
restless,
sleepless,
;
miserable
;
pulse soft,
and compressible
head
;
skin perspiring
pinched face
pain in the
the centre
intense thirst
death-like nausea.
Lachesis.
offensive breath
Deadly nausea
;
; raw, burning sensation in the throat, and the feeling as of a lump ; or the fluid may be whey-coloured, claret-coloured,
pumped
thorough
feet,
black vomit.
Sulphueic Acid.
face
hands and
and forehead,
an hour,
marked
success, danger
Opium.
The
remission
characterised by stupor.
dose
every half-hour.
60
DSTTERMITTEin: PEVEK,
OR AGUE.
attacks.
Symptoms.
heat,
fit,
(2)
and
is
paroxysm
after
which
is
there
If the
Quotidian
forty-eight. Tertian
seventy-two a Quartan.
is
If
two
said to be
Ague
and
is
indefinite in duration,
is
and tedious.
be subject
An
is
individual
;
once attacked
be not eradicated
apt to
he
may
be
intermittent.
Ague
is
when
of long continuance
the injury
it inflicts
from the weakness which it occasions, and on the constitution it may lead to obstruc;
dropsy
ague
is
very fatal.
PEEMONITOEY SYMPTOMS.
Languor, general uneasiness, yawning, headache, stupor, pains
in the limbs or back, the toes
nails
blue.
1. Tlie
Cold Stage,
Coldness;
itself to
chattering
to
teeth
full
hurried
inability
draw a
breath
oppression
at
chest.
Sometimes pain
61
;
all
over
the tongue
:
the
and cheeks
oppressed, sometimes
and
often,
from the
of the
The heat
is
The duration
of
is
it
Hot, dry
and
liver
ance.
III.
The duration
fit,
profuse perspira-
commencing
itself
in the forehead
quickly
diffusing
over
body
as
soon
as
it
makes
its
symptoms begin
Marshy
;
In the tropics
apt to be con-
TREATMENT.
GE]!fEEAL DIKECTI0]S"S^
When
paroxysm,
subside.
the medicine
should
be
administered
when
the
62
XEADTNG DEDICATIONS.
FOT.
COLD, HOT,
AFD SWEATING.
Nux
Vomica, Pulsatilla,
AND HEAT.
Nux
Vomica,
Nux
Vomica.
together,
Arsenic,
"When the
shivering
and
heat
occur
If the
Pulsatilla,
heat
Vomica,
If
the
sweating follow
China, Ignatia,
3. CHILLS
AND SWEATING.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
China or Cinchona. This frequently abused remedy is cf great efficacy in ague from marsh miasm, at particular seasons.
The paroxysm preceded by little disturbance sometimes only The chill is severe and protracted, and paleness of the face. comes on suddenly. Each stage is the principal feature of the
;
attack, and
suffers
most.
Thirst variable,
complete want
The pains
IN^TERIIITTENT FEVER,
OR AGUE.
63
cliill,
The skin
usual
feels
little
employment.
dose
every
fits
prostratioij.
The
cold first
in the
flushes
fingers
of
shivering,
with
;
heat
burning
chest
;
the
joints
and limbs
breathing
constriction of the
oppression and
;
diffi-cult
small,
throughout the
whole unquenchable
followed hy two doses of Ipecacuanha at a like interval. Carbo Yegetabilis. Throbbing in the temples, aching in the
thirst only
fit
dose
during every
interval, then
morning
by and
by
Nux Vomica
lassitude,
and Ipecacuanha.
and
;
gastric disturbance,
chill,
for
paroxysm
scarcely any
The
or the
profuse
chill,
through.
and
ness
thirst
moderate
;
nervousfit,
drowsiness
indisposition to exertion
during the
the
application of external
shivering.
warmth
is
disagreeable,
A dose of Ipecacuanha repeated in followed hy two doses of Nux at the same interval,
Pulsatilla.
hours,
64
INTERSIITTENT FEVER, OR AGUE.
want
fit
;
simultaneous heat
and shivering
shivering
when uncovered
A dose
Diet.
digestion,
and administered
often during
animal food
Tor the first day or two avoid must not be taken within two or three
When
the intermission
is
com-
may
Preveisttive
Measures.
Bemoval from
damp and
an
aguish
district,
out-door exercise,
warm and
chills.
sufficient
residence
afford
it,
who can
In protracted
still
cases, a sea-voyage.
In warm climates,
It
is
level.
most frequented both morning and night. In exposed localities, no medicine will ward off fever and ague unless these regulations be attended to. If unavoidably exposed to the night or morning
air, it
when
when
fatigued
or exhausted.
of the
;
as, also,
heated,
or remaining in
by going to bed before the time at which it is expected, and keeping up the warmth of the body by hot-water bottles. Hot tea may be taken freely.
An
attack
may
be warded
G5
Eruptive Fevers.
Under
this head
we
which
pos.^ess
tie
common
which
is
such eruption
They comprise
and Erysipelas.
accompanied by swelling of
the face,
on
"VVe
it,
less deviation
Symptoms.
sore-throat
;
a uniform scarlet
it,
and leaving a
The tongue in measles is white and creamy. The rash disappears in five or six days, when the skin peels off. There is sometimes scarcely any, or no external redness, but, marked inflammation of the throat, and bright redness of the
tongue
;
they are
skin
the
GQ
that of measles rarely from twenty-four to forty-eight hours sets in before the third or fifth day. In Scarlatina there is also
:
an absence
of
catarrhal symptoms, as
congh,
sneezing,
of
and
skin,
watering eyes.
The greatly
is
up
TREATMENT.
lEADnfTG INDICATIONS.
For simple
Gelseminum.
cases
Belladonna,
Veratrum
Viride,
Malignant
cases
DETAILED TEEATMENT.
Belladonna
is specific
with smooth rash and sore throat. In cases with severe inflammation of the throat, intense fever, and more or less brain
affection, it is of the highest
importance.
Then
it
should be
Rhus may be
prostration,
there
is
elevations or points.
MEECTJEiirs
may
when
there
is
dose
Yeeateitm: Yieide
severity, or
is
of
great
its
BCABLET FETEE, OE SCAELATINA.
67
great dry-
weak
Meeciteiijs Iodidi.
tion
saliva-
and
hawking
constantly
of mucus,
A dose,
pack of
in
alternation with
tejpid
compress
the
round
and
tepid hydropathic
"When
very quick, get the system under the influence of this medicine
as soon as possible.
affec-
and
anxiety, or muttering, with sleeplessness and restlessness, dizziness, pupils dilated, dread of light.
The eruption
is
slow to
make
livid
;
its
in severe cases
if
valescence
is
fully
established.
A
;
a day.
;
Baptista.
Dry,
red tongue
dark
an
to the
Administer by spray as well, if possible. Lachesis. When all other means having
the throat-
poison
is fast
is
sinking.
an hour.
68
SCARLET PEYER, OR BOARLATINA.
Muriatic Acid.
about the nose and
red, intermixed
Severe
lips,
ulceration
of
the
throat,
foetid
redness
of the
fail
to
alsc-
A dose every
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
when
As soon
let
morning
and
as the
down
all drains.
As soon
which
all
who
are absolutely
The tepid body-pack every morning in severe and morning for half an hour at a time. When
cases night
this
cannot
is
a great
relief,
fever
is
more contagious
articles that
it
peeled
BCAELET rE7ER, OR SCARLATINA.
Diet.
G9
^During the
In severe
cases,
no other
and after the fever has abated, every care must be taken, and a return gradually made to more nourishing diet, as
water
;
may be
After-Effects of Scarlatina.
PUrPINESS AXD SWELLING OF THE FACE AND LIMBS.
Belladonna, in most
glandular enlargement,
cases, sufficient.
headache.
A close
Apis.
three times
evening.
Swollen
;
tongue
difficulty
A close
Arsenic.
Great
debility
face,
with
Hellebore.
hurried
;
Sudden
dropsy,
general
or
local
breathing
and rolling
from
or four hours,
of the glands
70
common
in
marked, and
for
the Mercurius.
lodidi twice a
then Calcarea.
THROAT SYMPTOMS.
Gelseminum, or Lachesis, at bed-time three times a week.
Por
Cough,
Belladonna,
Gelseminum,
Hejyar,
Sjpongia
Syoscyamus, Phosphorus.
DEAFNESS.
Diet.
stimulants;
abdomen or
air
swollen limbs
warm clothing,
change of
oil,
fre-
Cream, dugong
or pan-
may
when
there
loss of flesh.
MEASLES.
71
Measles
Prevails chiefly during spring
its
;
for the
most part
it
confines
it is
attacks to children.
in adults, it assumes a
much
more
time.
critical character.
Measles
is,
therefore, not so
;
much
as, for
Symptoms.
flow of
and
from
The
much
The eruption
small red
in the intervals
natural colour,
itself in
the
its first
appearance
on the face and neck, running into masses, and gradually over About the sixth or seventh day the eruption begins the body.
to pale on the face,
entirely
Occa-
may assume
to haemorrhage
or the
There
is
bronchitis.
TREATMENT.
LEADH^G
INDICATIOlirS.
thirst
Aconite,
72
MEASLES.
Basil, weakness of the eyes, loose cough Pulsatilla, Gelseminum, Euphrasia. Oppressed breathing, with nausea Tpec, Verat. Vir.
:
:
failing strength
Throat symptoms
Bell.,
:
Merc. V.
Bell.,
DETAILED TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
Dry hot
if
More
any
other remedy
hours.
A close
when the
cough
is
EmpHRASiA.
Severe
:
dose every
three
YERATRrM Yieide.
Hcavincss
head-
A dose every
two
Gelsemtnum.
"When
; :
Pulsatilla
the
eyes
very heav}'
the
lids,
seem
weighted down
day-time.
restlessness at night,
MEASLES.
73.
Kali Bicheomictjm.
one of
its
Eough,
constitutes
most distressing symptoms ; watery discharge from the nose, with soreness, much sneezing and snuffling obstruc;
tion
hours,
Gelseminum.
difficulty of breathing,
;
Phosphorits.
patient's strength
Yeratrum Yiride.
DIET.
The diet, when the fever is high should be water, toast-water, weak tea, barley-water, ripe fruit, and grapes, except where
there
is
and
jellies,
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
if
required,
often mani-
warm, and
and
chill carefully
guarded against.
COUGH.
74
MEASLES.
One
A
or
more
sliould
DIAERHCEA.
Siilj)hur,
,
China, Pulsatilla,
,
Ilercurius, Iris.
A
:
dose every
looming fasting as long as required. hoea " and " Mesenteric Disease."
rNELAMMATION
OP,
See the
article
on " Diarr-
DEAFNESS.
dose every
ten days.
GLANDULAR SWELLINGS.
Mercurius lod.
;
Arsen. Iod
Chamomilla
for a weelc
;
will generally
remove
this.
Sulphur, Arsenic.
ing rash, readily
One
or both,
when there
is
a burning, itch-
made
to bleed by scratching.
dose every
morning.
Smallpox.
Smallpox
presents
;
two
varieties
the distinct,
coalesce
pustules
clearly defined
the confluent,
when they
SMALLPOX*
75
When
it is
met with
in persons
who have
been vaccinated
which,
Symptoms.
Frequently
by
and
loins,
sudden in
languor,
its
shivering, followed
of
the back
weariness,
and
faintness
oppression at the chest, pain in the pit of the stomach, increased by pressure.
The eruption
day
first
want
mistaking smallpox
if
the symptoms
be duly considered.
The eruption
at first
About the sixth or eighth day, the watery and the depression disappears. "When the pustules are very numerous on the face, it beand
the eyelids
close
:
at
first,
small
may be
felt,
distinguishing this
eruption from
off,
whilst others
are filling.
The drying
off
in
and
falls off; in
a;
76
BMALLPOX.
stains left after the eruption,
Bed
if
no ulceration
lias
taken
Confluent Smallpox.
In this variety
all
In children
the eruption
is
violent delirium
tive or secondary
much resembling
that of typhus
it
sometimes carries off the patient on the eleventh day. Cases in which there is constitutional taint require the utmost skill to
ward
off
a fatal result.
freely employed.
When
be kept dark, without excluding the air, to prevent pitting precaution deducible from experience, as the parts exposed to Glycerine and Hydrastis, the light are always most marked.
glycerine and Thuja, have also been of service to the face. patient, after smallpox, should not mixwith other people, or
go out, until the face and body are free from scabs, and the body has been frequently washed. All articles of clothing worn during the disease should be destroyed. Attendants on those who are
eick should not see other
first
members
off
of the family
without going
there
is
infection.
Where
any
B3IALLP0X.
77
is
tlie
stupor,
or
much
on a water-bed.
do some
When
the fever runs high, a patient must not be left even for a
lest delirium set in,
moment,
of bed, or
injury to himself.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Hot, dry skin, feverishness
:
Aconite.
T.,
Antim.
Hydrastis, Sarracenia^
Typhoid symptoms
Delirium
:
Stram.
breath
;
Great flow of
Ars., Acid.
saliva, offensive
Mercurius, Bap.
T.,
Mur.
pitting
:
:
To prevent
Great prostration
Bap,
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Aconite
if
the fever run high, with thirst, skin hot and dry,
full,
or
is
hot and
dose every
them
to dry up.
Yeratrtjm Yiride.
After
Aconite, controls
arterial excite-
ment and
local inflammation,
78
SMALLPOX.
dose every
Intense
A
may
It applies
more
delirium, or stupor.
Bellauon^na
Stupor, or strong
hours,
inclination to sleep
or lethargy,
;
eyes,
or violent
dose
it
and load
smallpox,
of
Meecttrius.
Serviceable,
especially
in
confluent
the
tenderness of the stomach, looseness of the bowels, with straining, and, sometimes, blood.
Baptisia.
fails.
Same
condition as Mercurius
when
that remedy
symptoms.
A dose every
pitting.
hour or
tivo
hours.
effect in
dose every
mash
to
the face,
JS'ausea
and vomiting,
thirst
mouth, the tongue being foul and dark, and great prostration.
when
more
CHICKEJT-POCK.
i
i)
particularly
if
when symptoms
of
dose
every two
Acid. Miteiatic
is also
bad type
of a
when
down towards
urgency of the
and
is
the form
properly vaccinated.
;
being
In mild
cases,
when
there
is
Children's hands
must be
muffled, and
Ohicken-Pock
Is an eruptive disease, bearing a considerable resemblance to
its
diet
it
when extending
to the lungs
or brain.
The
fever
is
occasionally high.
of small-pox,
often mistaken.
It soon manifests
its real
character by
vesicles or
The
with watery
fluid,
80
CHICKEIf-POCK.
hence sometimes
constitutional
it
is
called stone-pock
and swine-
pock.
The
is
symptoms
The
characteristic odour of
smallpox
altogether wanting
it is
MEDICrSTAL TEEATMENT.
AcoKiTE
is
required
when
fever
is
present.
dose
every
if
A^TiMOxiiJM Tart.
To
if
it
be slow in
making its appearance. A dose every four hours. MEEcmius. If the secretion of the vesicles become thick and
j^ellowish,
as
in
smallpox
it
is
also beneficial if
there
be
Hydrastis
may usefully
accompanying chicken-pock.
A dose
CHECK OP THE
ERtrPTION".
when
the eruption
is
affected.
A dose
every hour, until the eruption begins to appear and the symptoms are modified ; then every three hours.
Brtoi^^ia,
affected,
A dose
Belladonna.
head, and
If
slight delirium.
or three hours.
NUTTLE EASH.
81
Nettle-rash.
Spots or weals,
flat or
prominent, of a dull-white
coloiir, like
appearing
in
in
cold,
appearing
Exciting Causes.
proper food,
as
Almost always
:
constitutional.
l^ot
infrequently indigestion
particularly
from
it
is
imalso
shell-fish,
mussels
prolonged exposure to
It
uterine derangement,
when
it is
Peemon"Itort Symptoms.
symptoms are somewhat relieved, though there is still considerable suffering from heat and itching, and usually swelling of the part affected.
TREATMENT.
AcoisHTE.
At the
outset, or subsequently
restlessness.
feverishness, pulse
and dry,
DuLCAMAEA.
limbs
damp
fever,
dose
Antimokium Ceudum.
duced by
shell-fish.
weals,
Belladonna.
A dose
^Most
arise
from
82
ERYSIPELAS.
dose
At
first ligtt,
then nourishing.
ACCESSOET MEASUEES.
Dusting with unscented violet powder, or bathing with warin Ledum lotion relieves the itching which attends this rash.
Erysipelas.
may prevail epidemically a man and his wife, for may suffer from it at the same time it may follow a wound or injury, especially of the head and face it may result
Erysipelas
;
example,
from
or
Arnica
Rhus
It
is
it
may
may
also follow
an ordinary cold.
a deep-seated specific
sometimes of great
Symptoms.
ness,
severity.
Heat,
followed
appearance
The
constitutional
symptoms
sleepiness^
succeeded
by
flushes;
wandering pains, dry tongue, nausea, oppression at the stomachy and headache;
increase of fever.
blisters
not
infrequently
rise,
attended by
The
skin,
when
as red
it
;
if
more
hue.
When
and
face,
the cheeks
ERYSIPELAS.
83
The
ears,
one or both,
are generally
implicated.
When
the
patient
is
in
considerable
danger.
may
leave
;
in
it
may, though
be attended by
to another, shows
to be a blood disease.
its
remarkably successful in
treatment.
powerful emotion
other shell-fish
;
or even strawberries
Constitutional sus-
met with
when
this is
known
TEEATMEJTT.
LEADIIs^a IlSTDICATIOISrS.
skin,
and restlessness
Aconite, Vera-
trum
Viricle.
:
Eor redness extending and deepening Belladonna. Eor swelling and puffiness Veratrum Viride, Belladonna^
:
Apis.
Eor
vesicles
Rhus.
Eor
infiltration or
oedema
Apis, Mercurius.
:
sliifting
Mercurius Apis,
^
84
:
ERYSIPELAS.
For delirium Yeratrum Viride, Belladonna, Blius. For er3^sipelas caused by food Nux Vomica^ Fulsatilla, Hhus,
:
Mercurius.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
AcoiTiTE at the outset, for hot, dry skin, or during the course
of the disease.
Belladonna.
;
The
redness
expands in rays,
\7ith
acute
shooting pain heat, tingling, and pain aggravated by movement. Erysipelas of the face, with burning heat, excessive swelling,
so that the eyes are almost closed, violent headache, thirst, dry
Belladonna
is
sometimes
Apis.
A
A
and
it
also
when
hours.
Yeratrum Yiride.
pain,
Pungent
more or less swelling and puffiness, sometimes small vesicles. Yery useful as a first remedy, or after Belladonna
and Bhus.
of a
water.
E/Htrs after
lotion
the application
'pint
the tincture to
of tepid
blisters
;
on the
inflamed part
tendency to
the scalp,
and
its
membranes
stiffness of
wandering or delirium.
from
particular food.
Mercitritjs.
bilious
Erysipelas
;
especially in
highly
constitutions
apt to
;
chilliness
infil-
or vesicles
constipation, dark-red
and hard,
EETSrPELAS.
85
ACCESSOET TBEATMENT.
When
If the fever be
of a typhoid kind,
or is
weak
or, if
Itching
by finely-powdered starch, lightly dusted on, covered by cotton wool. In slight cases, lint moistened with lotion and Calendula cerate, Causticum lotion, or limecovered by flannel.
water and
oil,
may
EKTSIPELAS PEOM
OR
RHnJS.
successfully con-
arises
from
cold,
may
A tooth
should never be
stopped whilst
it is
aching.
used as a stopping.
Gutta-percha or white
wax make
good
temporary expedients.
8(j
TOOTHACHE.
is
remedied,
medicines
fail to relieve
The
difficulty of obtaining
is
from a patient a
clear description of
his sensations,
TEEATMENT.
AcoN"iTE.
relieved
by the open
air,
or sitting
The pains
shift rapidly.
The
or bright-red.
ment.
A dose ever?/
air, light
Throbbing, burning,
stinging,
with inflammaand
tion,
Sensitiveness to cold
noise.
when they
different pains
make
their
appearance elsewhere.
directly
sleep, or it
comes on
on waking.
Chamomilla.
toss
Yiolent drawing,
;
succeeded by a
numbed
feeling.
Irritable
whining mood
warm
dose every
The pains
;
waking patient
and thirst
up out
midnight
ears
to frenzy
humming
in the
failure of strength
when standing
Comes on
warmth
lying down, or
excited by conversation.
S7
TOOTHACHE.
OiMiciPFGA.
Pure
haustion
nervous
weakness
tired
feeling
restlessness
GELSEMEsmir.
Acute
darting,
or in
contraction and
pains,
The
when
they go
hours.
off,
MeecuPvITTS.
Tearing
warm
and
The pain
ear.
The gums
anything
or cold
intolerable in bed.
is chilly,
The gums
is
The patient
and
troubled
saliva.
to the neck
movement
head painful
chilliness
;
Aggravated by
by cold
air,
or water
pain
goes
off
A dose every
two or
three hours.
I^trx
Drawing,
abated by wrap-
water, or by crumbs getting into the teeth or it may be brought on by warm drinks, or the warmth of a room looseness of the
;
accessoet meastjees.
Chills, draughts,
and damp, coffee, or stimulants of any kind, weak, very hot and very cold drinks, sweetmeats,
; ;
88
acids,
and Condy's
employed in
and
A cold,
few drops
tepid,
The tooth-brush should not be too hard. or hot compress, as most agreeable, on which a
be of service
with the medicine, placed in the tooth, or the medicine sprayed on the face. Galvanism sometimes relieves, and, if continued,
is
Change of
air
and scene
is
required, in
some
"When there
is
a tooth,
anything
At the same
time, do not
Inflammation,
fever.
if
difficulty of
swallowing, alteration
and
At
first,
becomes
foul,
;
yellow points
thirst
In quinsy, the tonsils swell to a considerable size swallowing becomes almost impossible, the patient being unable to lie down, from an intense suffocating feeling, and a constant disThe pain and discomfort are tressing hawking of mucus.
;
Many
persons
is
are subject to quinsy with every cold they take; this liability
BOEB THEOAT AND QUEfS"?.
89
In every sore throat, not only examine the tongue, but the throat also, frequently and thoroughly, to ascertain if ulceration, quinsj'-, or chronic sore throat
must be taken
Sore Throat."
accordingly.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Chill,
followed by
fever and
slight
sore throat
Aconite,
belladonna.
of the
Stiffness
saliva
Mercurius,
QUINSY.
Belladonna llERCTrEiTrs, Hepae, Silicea, and Aesenio. Belladonna and Meecueius not only cure quins}^ but frcquentlj^ prevent an attack. Hepae and Silicea hasten the processes of suppuration or
,
resolution.
ulcerated throat
Hydrastis.
:
Acid. Nitric.
:
Marked
foetor
and prostration
JBaptisia.
Vegetalilis,
Should these
Carho
and
LacJie&is.
EELAXED
1.
SOPJS
THEOAT.
The
dyspeptic.
Nux
milla.
90
2.
The
chronic.
Lacliesis, Sulphur^
DETAILED TEEATMEISTT.
AcoxiTE.
Eever,
enough
thirst,
of the
swallowing,
when
speaking.
A dose
every
two or
tliree
hours.
Comp-ess or
as often as
ivet
times, large
dry flannel,
Menewed
BELLADOis'iirA.
ment
stant
to
thirst
dryness of
the
it
throat,
occasions.
Sometimes
complete inability
to
On examination,
and
with swelling
tonsils
accumulation of
;
severe head-
in very
If in
Violent
ears,
extending to the
obstruction
and muscles of the neck, and of the back part of the tongue
unpleasant taste in the mouth,
saliva
:
which
is
filled
with thick
Belladonna
chills
and shivering
sweating at night.
prevent quinsy.
suffice to
dose every
Hepar.
Yaluable
when
resolu-
91
tion
when the
is
bursting
desirable,
suffocation produced.
DuLCAMAEA.
After
who
given without
delay,
ward
off
an attack.
A dose every
to
three hours.
Lachesis will be found of great use when, though Belladonna and Mercurius have afforded relief, there is an increase of the
pain in the throat on the slightest pressure
feeling worse on
;
waking out
of sleep.
AesenicThe
strength
hour,
is
the
dose every
ACCESSOEY MEASUEES.
and
covered by flannel.
The
feet should bo
Condy's fluid to
is
tumbler
filled
with water
if
swallowing
may
is
so
much
92
SOKE THROAT AND QUINSY,
ERADICATIVE MEASTJEES.
It
is
of great importance
is
muffling
up
dose night
and morning.
when
;
it is,
any sore
Symptoms.
the chest
;
nausea
red cheeks
pulse
swallowing painful
the
foetid.
is
When
great.
rarely
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
When the fever runs high from the beginning. A dose every hoo hours. the patient complains dryness, Belladonna. As soon
Aconite,
as
of
difficulty
it is
Mecurifs Corrosivfs.
thickened
;
Unpleasant
saliva
;
more or
less
offensive
odour
"FLCERATED SOEE THEOAT.
93
speaking, and
; ;
from
heat
tlie
mouth
;
in the evening
;
chills
night sweat.
Acid. Kiteic.
After
Aesenic.
in a
ulcers livid or
more advanced stage the ulcerations covered with dark sloughs, and livid the teeth and lips covered with brown crust the pulse small and irregular foetid discharge delirium or muttering laborous resjjiration eyes dull and glassy the skin hot and dry thirst. A dose every hour. In serious cases,
;
every
ten, fifteen,
or twenty minutes,
Lachesis.
seem indisposed to
Htdeastis.
hesive
cast off
ulceration
;
ad-
mucus
foul taste
constant hawking
pain in swallowing
the
:
and troublesome
is
simply
dose
Its efficacy
much
of a
increased if used as
gargle or spray.
low type, the foetor almost intolerable, the patient tremulous and excessively languid;
Baptisia.
or after
Arsenic. A
ACCESSOEY MEASTJEES.
The utmost
94
pose of removing
all
and
thereby
and
Condy's
fluid,
by spray,
Diet.
"When the
small
prostration
extreme,
strong beef-tea
frequently, in
quantities at a time.
Stimulants
may be
weak
or the aged.
Irritable
Under
affecting
this
Throat.
(1)
;
heading
we
class
Simple
relaxed
tJiroaf,
vocal chords
of the
with partial
digestive
derangement, by the
also
relieved.
;
It
occurs in
those
exposed to variations in temperature as being in warm offices, followed by exposure to cold or night air. In these cases the beard and moustache
This throat
is
from
the
irritation
elongated uvula.
after,
is
Caustic
is
used,
allopathically,
for
relief
gargles
practised.
of this
Both these
kind
is
Derangement
rarely
CLEEGTMAN's THEOAT.
KELAXED THEOAT
as local as
it
95
appears to be
merely
is
In troublesome cough,
without chest symptoms, the uvula and throat should always be examined.
MEDICINAL TEEATMEXT.
Hamantelis.
discomfort A two Yomica. Deranged
Slight
dose every
; ;
frequently inclination
hours.
;
to
digestion
scraping or excoriation in
the throat
throat
;
secretion of viscid
difficulty
swallow.
Ignatia.
Sensation
;
mucus
sensation as of a
lump
stitches
from the throat to the ear. A dose three times a day. Chamomilla. Pain in the throat, increased by movement
and swallowing; throbbing pain, as from a plug, when swallowing stinging and burning. A dose three times a day.
:
when
the vocal chords are implicated, alteration, hoarseness, and sometimes total loss of voice. This may follow ordinary relaxed
throat, or repeated attacks.
Speakers of
all
when the
;
throat is
at
all affected
;
voice
should cultivate naturalness in the use of the should introduce every possible variation should throw
;
all
the organs of
The
BELAXED THEOAT
CLERGYMAlf's THEOAT.
96
cultivation and
acquired after
glected
;
management of the voice constitute an art, to be much study an art, however, very much ne-
hence the so-called " clergyman's sore throat," which atmosphere, arises from continuous undue strain, in a vitiated together with an enervated state of health. In addition to the remedies mentioned under the first head,
consider those subjoined.
MEDICIIS'AL
TREATMENT.
palate, with-
Eelaxed uvula and inflamed a with constant out drinking by eating the throatnot
Kali Bicheomictjh.
uneasiness, or
irritation, as of
hair at back'
or smarting,
of
relieved
or
;
tingling
tough,
stringy mucus,
gullet
sore scraping.
Catjsticum.
Frequent hawking
;
of
mucus
burning dryness in
;
the throat, and about the uvula, without thirst rawness, roughness, and hoarseness ; the throat feels sore, scraped, or torn
;
in the throat
frequent breast-bone feeling as though something had lodged or coldness ; accumulation of saliva. tightness in the throat,
Caebo YegtETAbilis. Violent scraping and tingling, relieved rough voice rawness for a short time by clearing the throat swallowing of the throat, which feels as if contracted or closed of the uvula, with darting in the throat. painful inflammation
;
Hepae
Sulph., Cal-
CAEEA, Calcarea Phosphatica, Stjlphur, or Phosphorus, may be See under " Sore Throat," needed to complete the cure.
DIPHTHEEIA.
07
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
and chest
Diphtheria.
True diphtheria
is
membrane, a yellowishit is
easily detached,
and the membrane under is highly irritable, and peculiarly livid. In the milder forms the exudation is confined to the throat. In the severer types it extends upwards into the nostrils, or
downwards
it is
symptoms
of general
blood poisoning.
Symptoms,
of health
;
In the
;
first stage,
in
sudden prostration,
:
chilli-
ness, fretfulness,
and
loss of
pain
in the throat
difficulty in
swallowing
flamed,
the
tonsils
enlarged,
with
small
whitish
spots,
which, in a few hours, deepen, and coalesce. The exudation extends to the palate and uvula, it exhales a foetid odoui, and is
often attended by profuse saliva. In the simple form, after having been frequently dispersed, and renewed, it disappears
in the course of a
is
established.
In
the
many
occasionally,
98
false
DIPHTHERIA.
membrane continues
or
from exhaustion
suffocation.
In the majority
is
of
cases,
The
week
but
it
may end
late, in
and as
malignant
and paralysis.
In favourable
decreases
;
cases,
the
off
;
and drops
the mucous
membrane
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADIN& INDICATIOXa.
1.
Acid. Muriatic, or
For
the Attack
Acid.
Saptisia.
3.
DETAILED DIRECTION'S.
Aconite.
High
mucus
fever
unusual prostration
pains
in
the
A dose
Mercurius Corrosivus.
sils;
Throat
exudation
A dose
;
Hot
breath
;
mouth
great
prostration
and shining
DIPHTHERIA.
99,
lips
tonsils
of
throat,
palate,
and uvula
inflamed,
and
diptheritic deposit.
locally,
hy cameVs-Jiair
water ;
Apis.
it
may
Sudden inflammation
by glassy mucus
; ;
red, covered
and throat
ing
;
and inhalation
of the same.
MiJEiATic Acid.
^When
;
moaning and hoarseness the disease begins to invade the windpipe and the nose, from which there is a darkish foetid discharge ; the extremities cold the pulse very compressible and weak. A dose every hour, and a gargle, inhalation, or spray of the
;
;
medicine.
Acid. Nitric.
When, notwithstanding
;
the employment of
there
is
a tendency to ulcerative
gums
dose every
hour and a gargle, inhalation, or spray of the medicine. Mercitrius (Proto-iodidi). When the swelling of the glands
Tinder the
tinuously observable.
Arsen^ic.
which prostration is excessive, or increases, notwithstanding Acid. Muriatic, or any of the abovementioned remedies. It should be combined with nourishing diet and stimulants. A dose every hour, or half hour.
all cases in
In
100
Hydrastis.
riPHTHEEIA.
Increasing
;
debility
and prostration
eructations
;
continual palpitation
;
nose stuffed
:
excessive thick
nose,
increasing hoarseness
with an injection of tiventy drops of Keith's tincture to half a teacupful of water, syringed up the nostrils every hour.
ACCESSOEY MEASTTEES AND LOCAL TREATMENT.
If the advice
and supervision
is
be procured, diphtheria
any one in
undertaking
it
The application
exudation
is
of Glycerine,
uUy given. by a camers-hair brush, has been the false membrane. As soon as the
the throat
may
be painted in like
the false
as often as
membrane
form again
of Acid. Muriat.
of all the other
and so
often
difficult,
effectually
with children.
should be placed, fresh daily, in the utensils, in the closets, and in the apartment
ventilation
servative.
is
;
and the
floor
washed over
it is
daily
with
it.
Free
the simplest, as
the safest,
if
friction
abundance of fresh
Ice, to suck, is
air,
and
chamber and
any stage
of
if
beneficial in
the malady.
known
to be in a neighbourhood, every
DITHTHERIA.
child
101
difficulty of
In a disease
so depressing
and exhausting,
it
is
necessary to
Eggs beaten
;
up
in wine, brandy, or
;
warm
;
strong beef-tea
stimulants
ling
milk
when the
hock
fail,
claret, port
beef-tea
or milk.
be counteracted.
and
may
is
or taken in insufficient
membrane be
carefully removed.
is
most important
cesspools,
may
be converted into
The
During
required, both in
managecases,
regulation of
the diet.
administered
In
:
extreme
a teaspoonful of
Mumps.
An
epidemic and
contagious
febrile
disturbance
amongst
102
MUMrs.
young people, accompanied by swelling of tlie glands below tbe ear and under the jaw, tbe inflammation sometimes running high, and extending to tbe tbroat and tonsils.
It generally attacks cbildren under fourteen,
larly during cold,
more particuit is
damp weatber,
pro-
may
affect
tbe breast in
Mumps
is
From
six,
twelve, to forty-eight
interfering with the
of
itself,
inflammation to the
TEEATMENT.
Eor the
febrile disturbance
:
Aconite,
:
Mcrcurius.
As
a preventive medicine
Mercurius.
:
Sudden transference
of the affection
Pulsatilla, Clematis.
tepid
required.
and often
some
of tbe disorders to
subject.
The
DIGESTIOJJ.
103
Bufferings to
"wliicli
commonly
results.
have not persevered, others because they have taken the medi-
and
others'
come to hand without sufficient consideration, because their food and manner of life has been such
first
process to which at
rise.
Any
which
sufferer
relief,
should
subjoined.
We
proceed
now
as
an
we append
summary
which
is
we would
THE PKOCESS OF
DIGESTION".
fit
is
rendered
may
is
a complicated one
It
is
only parti-
stomach.
and disintegrate the food, that the saliva may moisten it, and act on its starchy and albuminous constituents as partially to
convert
them
into sugar
the flavour
of
the
food,
into
a mass,
and,
gullet, force it
down
into the
who do not
at its upper
end, with the gullet, at its lower, or smaller end, with the com-
bowels.
The entrance
is
104
DIGESTION".
tlie
stomacli
may
The stomach
is
when
always more
or less discomfort.
is
pink, or reddish-white,
and a coating of mucus. The stomach has three coats, connected by membrane a tough outer serous; a middle muscular,
;
transverse
;
fibres to
ment
in
every direction
an innermost
movemucous membrane,
facilitate
it is
liberally supplied
with
follicles for
with
arteries,
veins,
and nerves.
It
is
liver
and
how
and
The process
of digestion,
is still
to retard or hasten,
of
anxiety,
sudden,
or
exces-
Pood, as soon as
it
to it
poured forth.
is
When
acts
all
food
is
in
on the stomach
itself,
The
and
acid.
Ten
to twenty
liquid be
;
If too
much
is
unduly diluted
if
food
or liquids be too hot, over-stimulation results, followed by relaxation, and a sodden, weakened, lining
membrane.
riGESTioif,
105
stomach needs.
After great joy or sorrow also the brain necessarily withholds the needed stimulus. Food should not be taken at a shorter
interval than three hours, so that time
may
Any cramped
of the blood,
and
liver,
stomach
A meal
and flavouring
into a mass.
The food
is
of the stomach,
made
The
gastric juice
;
a ready solvent, and quickly checks putredeficient or defective in quality, foetid gas
faction
hence,
when
collects,
and
is
is
brought up as flatulence.
;
Heat
cold checks it
altogether.
Condiments in very moderate quantities act as a stimulant to promote the flow of gastric juice; taken at all beyond this,
they impede.
Alcohol retards rather than promotes
digestion,
is
from
its
hardening
veins,
effect
It
absorbed by the
down by the
The stomach requires food to be tender, moist, and well ground teeth. The fibre of animal food is broken down and dissolved, whilst albumen, casein, and gelatin are converted
106
In the
carried on,
first
DIGESTION.
part of
tlie
bowels, digestion
is
still
farther
much
resembling saliva
sugar; fats and
dissolved.
is
converted into
oils
made
albumen
stomach naturally
rise
to unpleasant eructations.
Water-brash
and
may sometimes be
so accounted for.
is
active,
and
liability to chill
somewhat debilitated, consequently less food should be taken, and that easy of assimilation. The liver, the largest organ of the body, weighs from three to four pounds, measures from ten to twelve inches across, and is
body
is
performance of
its functions,
which are
the
formation of
bile,
the relieving the body of a superabundance of carbon and hydrogen, the rendering the contents of the
tion,
duodenum
fit
for absorpBile,
formed,
bile has
conveyed away
blood,
chill
may
thrown back on the liver or the bile ducts may be too full, and congestion arise in this way or the action of the liver itself may be faulty, and bile thus get into the circulation, or the blood itself may be overloaded with carbon through stimuto be
; ;
ants,
want
Pat,
oils,
sugar, and
The
body
of
an excess of hydrocarbons,
makes an emulsion
hence,
of fat, oil,
when
in excess
we have
diarrhoea,
when
deficient consti-
ETDIGESTIOIT.
107
taken,
it is
pation.
is
absorbed as
expelled.
intestines,
The action of absorption is carried on by the small which are largely supplied with rootlets, and also by
;
need to be in healthy action, in order that digestion may be it is also absolutely necessary that the bowels fully carried out
:
hence one
purgatives of
all kinds.
Indigestion, or Dyspepsia.
In consulting
in
this
mind that
it refers
summary, the reader is requested to bear to the articles up to the end of that on
rNT)ICATI01fS
Constipation.
LEADING
1.
Occuring in
POK TEEATMEIfT.
Aged, the
Children
:
Antimonium
Crudum.
Pemales
2.
:
Hypochondriacal, the
Caused hy
:
Nuog Vomica.
Acid things
j)7ioric
Acid.
Anger
Beer
:
Niia;
:
Brandy
Cocculus, Ignatia.
Pulsatilla,
Lycopodium.
Bread,
Chill
:
new
Aconite,
Veratrum
Viride,
Mercurius, Pulsatilla,
Chamomilla, Ipecacuanha.
Coffee:
Nux
Vomica,
Cocculus,
Pulsatilla,
Ignatia,
Cham-
108
Cold drinks
:
rNDIGESTION.
Carlo Veg.,
Nax
Vumica, Pulsatilla.
fruits
:
Pulsatilla, Arsenic,
Carlo Veg.
China, Aletris, E'elontas,
Debility
X-antlioxyllum, Hydrastis.
Depression
Pat
Fish
Tiuit
:
Carlo Veg.
:
tainted
Mastication, imperfect
Nux
Vomica.
,
Meals, irregular
Ipecacuanha,
Nux
Meat, tainted
Milk, cold
:
Nux
Nux
Pastry
Bichromas.
Perspiration, check of
:
Chamomilla.
Port wine
:
Sulphuric Acid.
Sausages
Sedentary occupation
Spirits
:
Nux
Nux
:
Acid, China.
Sweet things
Chamomilla, Ignatia.
Tea
Yeal
Ipecacuanha.
Winds, cold
"Wine
:
Nux
Vomica, Bryonia.
Nux
INDIGESTION.
109
3.
Attended hy
Acidity
JEscuIus
IT., Iris,
ColocyntJi,
Nux
Vomica,
JEscuIus H.,
Chamomilla,
Oarho
after fat greasy things Carho Veg., Pulsatilla, Acid things, craving for Bryonia.
:
:
Separ
Angry feeling Nuoc Vomica, Bryonia, Animal food, dislike to Carlo Veg,
:
Appetite, loss of
Appetite, voracious
Sepia,
:
JVitric Acid.
bread
Nitric Acid,
:
5,
cooked food
fish
:
Silicea,
Graphites,
:
meat
milk: Sepia,
salt things
:
Graphites,
:
sweet things
:
Nux
Acid, Sulphur,
Biliousness
:
Bilious evacuations
Iris,
Gelseminum, Dioscorea,
;
Bitter eructations
Nux
taste
Bowels, relief
constant desire to
:
coldness in
Arsenicum, Pulsatilla.
:
croaking in
Chamomilla,
:
Nux
fluttering in
:
Nux
Vomica, Ignatia.
Veg.,
Breath, offensive
Carho
Kreosote,
SulpJmric
Acid,
Gelseminum, Podojphylhim,
110
Breath, sour
Constipation
:
DfDIGESTION.
Fodophyllum.
Nux
Vomica,
Bryonia,
Kali
BicJiromas,
Cramp,
legs, in
Verafrum Album,
in
:
Nux
Carbo
Vomica, Cuprum.
stomach,
:
Nux
Debility
Nux
Vomica,
China,
Veg.,
Alet.
Far.,
Depression, spirits, of
Ignatia,
Bi^yonia,
Nux
Nitric Acid.
:
cold things
Chamomilla.
cucumber
earth
:
Antimonium, Veratrum.
Nitric Acid.
:
fat things
fruit
:
Nux
Veratrum Album.
:
herrings
juicy things
Phosphoric Acid.
lime
Nitric Acid.
:
milk
Phosjphoric Acid.
:
sour things
Podophyllum.
Ignatia,
Arsenic,
Despondency
Diarrhoea
Pulsatilla,
Aurum,
Nux
Veratrum Album,
Bepar, Dioscorea.
Diarrhoea, bilious
:
lum, Iris.
Diarrhoea, straining, with
Digestion, slow
: :
Iris,
Merc, Cor.
Nux
:
weakness, great of
Dislike to bread
Nux
fat
food generally
INDIGESTION.
Ill
Dislike to
meat
Pulsatilla.
milk Carho Veg. Distension of Stomach Nux Vomica, ^sculus, H,, Bryonia.
: :
Dizziness
Nux
:
Drowsiness
Ears,
Antim.
evening in
Argent. Nit.
:
morning
in
Nux
:
Vomica.
humming
in
Nux
;
Arsenic, Xanthoxyllum.
:
bitter
Nux
:
:
frequent
painful
Carlo Veg.
Pulsatilla, Graphites.
sour
bluish
cold
:
greyish
hot
Belladonna, Iris,
:
livid
Lycopodium.
pale:
Nux
pimples on
sunken
wretched
Arsenic,
Sulphur,
Far.,
Eaintness: Aletris
Nux
Vomica,
Veratrum Allum,
Nux
:
Moschata, Cimicifuga,
Vomica, ^sculus H., Carlo Veg., Bryonia^
Eeverishness
Flatulence
:
Aconite, Podophyllum
Nux
Kali Bichromas, Sulphuric Acid., China, Nitric Acid, Chamomilla, Belladonna, Food, regurgitation
:
112
Food,
relief after
DTDIGESTIOlf.
taking
:
Iris,
Kali Bichromas.
sameness of
aching
Bryonia, Ignatia.
:
Gnawing
Head,
pain, stomach, at
:
JEsculus
IT., Iris.
H.,
Ijpecacuanh'i,
bruised feeling in
confused
dizzy
dull
: :
S,
frontal pain in
heaviness of
nail,
Xanthoxyllum,
in
as
if
being driven
Cimicifuga.
tearing pains in
:
Kux
:
Vomica, Ignatia.
throbbing
Belladonna, Cimicifuga.
Heartburn (Cardialgia)
Iris.
Nux
Hiccough
Sepia.
Lycopodium,
Nux
Vomica, Chamomilla,
Languor
Liver,
Aletris,
Wux
:
affections
of
Chamomilla,
Iris,
Bodophyllum, Hydrastis,
Bryonia, Mercurius,
Bhosphorus.
Lejptandria,
Kali Bichromas.
Mouth, dryness
heat of
?
of
mucus
in
:
Nux
:
Kali Bichromas, Veratrum Alb., Mercurius, soreness of Sulphuric Acid, Phytolacca, Hydrastis,
saliva in
:
Nausea
Ipecacuanha, Veratrum
Viride,
Nux
Vomica,
Iris,
INDIGESTION^.
113
Cimicifuga,
Mercurius,
Grajphites,
Lycojpodium, Lachesis,
Podophyllum.
Nervousness
before food
clieeks, in,
:
Iris.
Nux
Vomica,
gnawing
liead in
:
:
JEsculus H.
Palpitation
Piles
:
Bryonia,
Nux
Eaising,
thick
mucus,
of
Hydrastis.
^Relief
from eating
:
Iris,
Betcliing
JEscidus
:
H,
Ipecacuanha, Arsenic,
Restlessness
Bryonia,
night, at
:
Nux
:
Vomica.
Eisings, bitter
Iris.
sour
Chamomilla.
:
Bumbling
in the bowels
Iris.
Nux
Vom.,
Chamomilla,
Bumbling
in the stomach
:
^sculus H,
Saliva, increase of
Acid. Sulphuric.
Sallow complexion
Sickly look
:
Argentum
Ftrrum.
Sleep disturbed
:
Podophyllum,
Nux
Vomica.
dreamy
restless
suffering
uneasy
Podophyllum.
unrefreshing
:
Nux
:
Vomica, Mercurius,
Sleepiness
14
Spirits, depressed
:
EfDIGESTIOIf.
Stomach, aching in
Iris.
:
burning in
coldness
in
Colcliicum,
Arsenicum,
Veratrutn
Nux
Vomica, Cocculus.
distension of
distress at
:
JVua^ Vomica,
Chamomilla.
Dioscorea.
:
empty
feeling in
:
Sulphur, Gelseminum.
faintness at
gone feeling at
oppression at
:
Cimicifuga, Hydrastis.
Hydrastis.
:
pains, severe, in
Silicea.
pressure at
Helonias, Arsenic.
:
Sulphuric Acid.
tenderness of
tightness at
:
Bryonia, Sul^phur.
Helonias.
Swelling
uneasy feeling at
-weight, great, at
:
:
Chamomilla.
Argentum
stomach, sense of
Bryonia,
Nux
Vomica,
JEs cuius H.
Sweets, desire for
Taste, acid
:
Lycopodium, Sulphur,
Kali Bichromas.
:
acrid
bitter
Sulphuric Acid.
:
Bryonia,
Nux
Vomica,
Chamomilla,
China,
cheesy
Lycopodium,
:
clammy
coppery
Bryonia.
Cor.
dough, as of
flat
:
Sulphur,
Sulphur,
rN^DlGESTION.
115
Taste,
food, bitter
CJiamomilla.
,
foul
Carlo
Vet/.,
Kreosote.
inky
N",
insipid
Bryonia.
:
metallic
putrid:
Nux Nux
N.
Arnica.
Nux
:
hites.
sour
Nux
:
straw, as of
Argentum N.
Vomica, Sulphur,
sulphurous
iVtt,r
sweet
Bryonia,
in
tiie
Nux
Tearing pains
stomacli:
Nux
Vomica,
Cocculus,
Chamomilla.
Tenderness of stomach
Bryonia,
Nux
:
Vomica, Silicia.
absence of
great
:
Pulsatilla.
Sulphur.
Throat, burning in
,,
pricking in
smarting in
:
Sulphuric Acid.
Tongue clean
dry
Ipecacuanha.
:
cracked
:
Chamomilla.
Bryonia,
Nux
Vomica, Arsenic,
Kali Bich'
fissured
Chamomilla,
Vomica,
foul
Nux
:
glazed
Bryonia.
:
patchy
Sarsaparilla.
116
Tongue, red
:
INDIGESTION.
Bryonia.
:
margins of
Nux
:
Vomica,
scalded, as
though
Iris,
white
Ipecacuanha,
Nux
seminum.
whitish-yellow
yellow
:
Nux
:
Chamomilh,
Ipecacuanha, XanthoxyUum.
Vomiting,
bile, of
Nux
:
copious
Ipecacuanha.
,,
,,
diarrhoea,
difficult
:
with
Iris,
Arsenic.
drink of
Ipecacuanha.
drinking, after:
Silicea.
Arsenicum,
Veratrum
Viride,
easy
Ipecacuanha.
:
fluid, limpid, of
Sulphuric Acid.
Vomica,
food,
of
Nux
:
Bryonia,
Chamomilla,
green mucous, of
incessant
:
Veratrum Album.
JVux Vomica.
:
Arsenic.
:
ineffectual, efforts to
movement, renewed by
mucous, of
sour
:
Arsenic.
Nux
milla, Ipecacuanha,
:
Separ.
:
violent
Nux
Veratrum
Viride.
"Water-brash
Nux
Silicea.
acids after
Nux
:
Vomica.
Nux
Vomica.
rjTDIGESTION.
117
Weight, feeling of
Kali Bicliromas.
Yawning: Nitric
NAUSEA, EETJCTATIOH'S,
PATHETIC AFEECTIONS.
Indigestion shows itself in
many
forms.
We
give a general
Peedisposing
Caitses.
;
Close,
unhealthy,
ill-drained,
ill-
ventilated dwellings
exposure to un-
healthy exhalations
matter or sewage.
Excithstg Causes.
indigestible food
of food
;
Irregularities as
; ;
over-indulgence
rich,
imperfect
fasting
mastication
irregularity of,
or
too
;
long
between, meals
indolent or
sedentary habits
cramped and
mental emotions and reaction from the external surface of the body.
; ;
The
foundation of indigestion
is
life,
and the more mature age, by a continuance of the same injurious practice and also by foolish unwholsome diet. Tea and coffee not un frequently give rise to nervous irritation
the stomach, and uneasiness
Alcoholic
;
at
nights.
and
painful
digestion,
it
would be
W^ater
is
food,
first,
of
irritation,
itself, in
when
expended
118
INDIGESTION.
is
debility,
with susceptibility to
local,
first
may
be con-
by regurgitation or other
affinity, to
the by insufficient or altered and thus to the heart, and thence to the lungs, the skin, and to the muscles, as in rheumatism and gout. Derangement of the stomach may readily be communicated to the intestines, and, more or less, the whole apparatus of
the
liver,
supply of material to
blood,
These facts are important, because, should affections be developed in one or more organs as the result of derangement of
the stomach,
it is
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
x^ux YoMiCA.
fitting^ for,
congestion and increased by, mental exertion humming in the ears. Headache, deep seated, or in back of head, frequently on one side, or over the eyes, and at the root of
;
the nose
Yellowness of the
pallor or yellowness,
mouth and
dry,
nose.
Impaired digestion
tongue
;
insipidity of
food
foul,
yellowish
rich
water-brash, particularly
salt,
after
bitter,
acids
or
food
metallic,
sulphurous, herby,
sweetish,
;
or putrid
bitter eructations,
or
ineffectual efforts to
vomit
;
distension of
feeling
;
tenderness
to
the touch
of tightness
;
round the
waist
constipation
reddish urine,
restless, either
sleep unrefreshing
and
waking
with
DfDIGESTIOJT.
119
damp weather.
livel}',
More
choleric.
and
There
is
dose three
times a day,
Pulsatilla.
Analogous
with light
and a disposition to
afres-
by overloading the stomach, by wine, spirits, beer, coffee, by cold milk, or by water by new bread, by butter, tainted or unwholesome meat, pork fat or greasy things
Sufferings caused
;
especially
by oysters or tainted
General
;
fish
by pastry, vegetables,
keeping the hands
fruit, or ices.
chilliness, difficulty in
and
feet
warm
Chamomilla.
passion,
or check of perspiration.
dimness of sight,
mouth
and
desire for
food
want
of
appetite,
Acidit}'',
or sour
mucus
and at
and
bile
of the
cramp
in the stomach.
A dose every
Suitable
Nux
Vomica.
IrECACTJANHA.
Indigcstion
in
children
and females,
from
or
hurried and
;
120
rNDiGESTioir.
; :
Symptoms
;
aver;
when
fat or rich, as
;
pork or pastry
retching,'
with coldness
cases, nighi
the bowels.
In chronic
when
;
to to
;
tainted
Excessive flatulence
if
laboured breathing
;
fat or greasy
bitter taste in
;
mucus
frequent sour,
or bitter eructations.
Ignatia.
Tendency
A
to
of
from
coffee, beer,
A dose
of
Brtokia.
Indigestion
when
sedentary habits, or
milk,
new
vegetables, or pastry.
loss
of
alternately
;
thirst
insipid,
acidity
and
meal.
when moving constipation restless, also when want of exercise or anger is irascible, and obstinate the exciting cause, or when they aggravate the disorder. Indiin the stomach, especially
; ;
;
rNDIGESTION-.
121
gestion,
which manifests
itself in
with a
ness.
northerlj'' or easterly
wind, and
accompanied by
chilli-
CsiifA.
Indigestion
mental
distress, or over-
fat,
greasy things,
tainted
fish,
;
or
when
when
it.
weakness of digestion,
flatulence,
bitter
Or
A dose twice or
great
Antimonium
foul tongue
;
Crtjdttm.
Disposition
; ;
impaired appetite
thirst, particularly
accumulation of mucus in
it
;
frequent rising
pain or fulness
at the stomach,
with
sensibility to pressure.
Aesenic.
Acrid
vomiting
or pressure in
and bitter eructations, with nausea and salt taste, burning the stomach, with diarrhoea or colic, and griping
when
vegetables or acids.
Htdeastis.
it
^Faint,
which
after food,
A dose every
three hours.
Great care must be exercised as to food, taking only such as is found to agree, and resolutely abstaining from every-
122
thing
else.
FIATTJLENCE.
Strong
coffee
and
tea
must
be
scrupulously
Food must
;
it
must
air.
worn
at night
continued, in children,
Children
are neces-
Waste and
repair in
them
more rapid than in adults, seeing that they have to make up not only what is lost, but also to provide for the growth of
the body.
If children have been over-fed and indulged with
is
otherwise
and
it, carefully read through the indications for the subjoined medicines in the previous section on " Indigestion."
child's
appetite
if
there
is
nothing
wrong he
Pulsatilla,
Flatulence
Is
the result of weak and slow digestion, of errors in diet, and of too freely indulging in vegetables and fruits. Fulness sometimes distension after eating is common in indigestion
;
from flatulence
or
is
most prominent.
It
may
be in the stomach
changes in the food which has been taken. Its character varies according to the nature of the aliment contained in the stomach
or bowels.
sul-
rLATTJLECfCE.
123
f oetor
;of
greasy-
of sweets, acidity
from
acetic fer-
mentation.
There
is
In
is
same
individual.
MEDICrN'AL TEEATMEIfT.
China,
when
;
it
hour or two after a hearty meal, by which digestion has been interrupted
to debility
deranged
distension of the
ing.
abdomen
Coldness and shuddering eructations cold food kinds produces aggravation. A dose times a day. Nxrx YoMiCA. The accompanied by shortAesenic.
of all
;
three
flatulence
is
pressure,
ness of breath, and a feeling as though the clothing were too tight
particularly
when
it arises
from
coffee,
on after drinking.
Pulsatilla,
A
;
when
abdomen
bowels.
is
swollen
rumbling in the
Caebo Yegetabilis.
One of
when
and
CoLOCYNTH.
A prominent remedy,
abdomen
;
especially where,
;
with the
restless-
tenderness and
;
124
BPASM
WATER BEASH.
;
constipation or diarrhoea,
dose every
Spasm
tlie
or
Cramp
of the
StomachWater-Brash.
when
discharge or gulping
up
of acid fluid.
These
may be
The paroxysms may be brought on by improper diet, severe cases, by any solid food. The exciting causes are
fasting
in
or, in
long
salads,
;
raw vegetables,
cheese,
new
and stimulants
drinks.
whether
tea, coffee, or
fermented
This affection
remedies.
is
treated with
marked
success by homoeopathic
LEADING INDICATION'S.
Occasioned by coffee or tea
:
Nux
V.
Cham.,
Nux
Vbm., Ign.
loss of blood
:
By
debility
Carb.
v., Chin.,
Cocc,
By
Nux.
indigestion
China.
:
Torpor of
liver
of exercise
Carlo
V.,
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Is'ux
Vomica.
Particularly when
SPASM.
125
or spirituous liquors
as
from
piles
hysteria or despondency.
Constriction, pressure,
clothes
!N'ausea,
fluid,
were too
spasm, with a sensation as if the wind were pent up beneath the ribs,
the tongue cracked or fissured
mucus
sour or
disten-
mouth
;
the
bowels
constipation
aching in the
forehead
and anxiety.
of sleep
or the patient
is
awakened out
by an attack.
dose
Often
Vomica, or ChamomiJla,
when but
relieved
been obtained, or
;
when the
pain
is
by emission
of flatulence
also
in-
relieved
dose eoery
Chamomilla.
Pressure
as
shortness of breath
a distinguishing
A dose
by
Pulsatilla.
Shooting pains
;
movement
ing,
and anxiety
hysteria, or
nervous despondency.
Yery
suppressed menstruation.
Igi^atia.
Nearly the
A dose
every liour.
same
applies to
cases attended
A dose every
126
HEAETBXTBN,
Carbo Yeg.
it
Aching and
may
follow Cliamomilla or
Nux
when
China.
Of great
tion
distention,
much
easier
when
fasting.
dose
to
the attack
is
at all
severe, be undressed and go to bed, have hot-water bottles applied to the feet and stomach, and if in a short time not
relieved
Heartburn.
A painful
frequently accompanied
Heartburn
;
is
a mere
symptom
of
derangement
stomach
Nux
Vomica, Pulsatilla, Sulphur, Calcarea, Ltcopodium. In chronic cases, night and morning. dose every hour. Are other medicines Carbo Yeg., China, Acid. Sulph.
In
Having recourse
it
to Carbonate of Soda
is
very reprehensible
VOMITING.
127
Vomiting
May
proceed from a variety of causes, and be associated "with
;
various affections
it
In
colic,
and brain, the treatment must be such as is adapted and recommended in this work. When no such causes
exist, follow
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
by the least food or drink vomiting of white or green mucus and food pain and distension at the stomach ; scanty urine, paleness, and restlessIpecacitanha.
;
The
stomach
is
irritated
ness.
Antimoniitm CRrD.
Yomiting from
vomit
is
an overloaded stomach
white tongue
Arsenic.
seems to check.
The
;
slightest
exhaustion
thirst
taken
same time
pale,
pinched face.
Chamomilla.
Vomiting
first
from over-fulness,
vomiting
;
and then
from nausea
other pale
;
great irritability.
Veratrxjm Yiride.
Great
irritability of
the stomach
;
Yeratrum Album.
watery
liquid,
Yomiting
of
so little, or
by the
movement.
A dose every
hour.
128
Ibis.
SEA siCKia:ss.
!N'ausea,
and vomiting
of
watery sour
in the
fluid
severe and
;
much pain
stomach
vomiting,
with bilious
colic
;
diarrhoea,
attended by
great
prostration, and
flatulence dis-
more than
A dose
every hour.
or BELLADOiyTNA, Lachesis.
Appliablo
to
vomiting
ACCESSORY TREATMEN^T.
Ko
tepid com-
very grateful.
A dose
remedy usually
efficacious a
Sea Sickness.
Sea-sickness
is
most distressing
and,
unfortunately,
the
depend very much upon temperament, and the condition of the person at the time. Some are sick on the water when it simply
ripples, while others experience
wildest storm.
sion,
Sea-sickness
may
or from the motion of the body, or from passing objects of the vessel, rising and abdominal viscera, with the motion
falling against the stomach,
The
it
render
EILIOTJS
ATTACKS
SICK HEADACHE.
12 D
Treatment.
of a
the body very tightly, just below the stomach, or a tepid compress.
brandy
and
soda-water,
small quantities of
arrowroot, or beef-tea.
;
Petroleum,
to be tried at
mentioned.
nfter-pffects,
and ^prostration.
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
as possible,
The patient should remain on deck, avoiding the berth and also the confined air of a cabin.
as long
Headache.
The term
fault,
of " Bilious
;
Attack "
is
too well
known and
is
widely
used to discard
most at
arise in
whereas
It
may
totally different
ways
it
is
or
it
may
arise
of digestion
by
fright, excite-
ment,
chill, fatigue,
other causes.
It
may
originate in an
Bilious attacks may come on periodically, with some persons, from very slight causes, or from none that are apparent then we have chilliness, shuddering, general feeling of illness, frontal
;
and
food, but
an inability to
130
take any
;
BILIOrS ATTACKS
SICK
HEADACHE.
" ; ; ;
"When these symptoms are severe and continuous, such attacks ; are sometimes called, but most erroneously, " bilious fever
the feverish symptoms are only the accessories of the case.
MEDICrN'AL TREATMENT.
CnnciEiiGA.
to fix the
Dulness
;
indisposition
;
mind
stupid feeling
pain in
and
severe,
heat
and
pains
throbbing
repugnance to food
faint,
nausea
trembling of the
;
stomach
gone feeling
vomiting or constipation
in the limbs.
DioscoEEA.
ness,
loss
Depression
strength
;
;
no desire to move
distress in the
weari-
of
trembling
white tongue
;
stomach
considerable colic
every hour,
constipation
or bilious diarrhoea.
dose
Gelseminum:.
Chilliness,
;
aching
in
the back
;
and limbs
pallor
;
loss
and prostration
;
irritability
frontal headache
feeling
;
giddiness
coated tongue
;
bitter taste
empt}'"
disagreeable breath
bad taste
dose every
despondency, or
feel
vexation
hot
tongue
as though it
loss of appetite
A dose every
bruised,
hour,
Ipecactjakha.
Bilious
A
vomiting
excited
by
cold
much
SICK KEADACHE.
BILIOUS ATTACKS
131
fail
MERCiJRiTrs.
When
if it
to
relieve
chilliness
and shudder-
Podophyllum:.
Chilliness
;
when
;
first
sallow com-
giddiness
headache
offensive or sour
tinue
when
and diarrhoea accompany the attacks, or they are preceded or followed by severe nervous headache. A dose every Tiour, and then every three hours. Yeeatrum. When Arsenic, affords only partial relief. It is
bilious colic
A dose every
;
hour or half-hour.
first
Chamomilla.
Vomiting
from nausea
other pale
;
sour,
from over-fulness, and then slimy, or bilious vomiting one cheek red, the
;
great irritability.
Yeeateum Yiride.
Great
irritability of the
stomach
;
the
great
ing;
Aconite,
when attended by
and
During
shows that
132
ULCERATION OF STOMACH.
as the appetite returns, a cup of
toast,
As soon
weak black
tea,
may
be taken
old-standing
indigestion,
ulceration
is
fare badly.
The prac-
disorder.
Symptoms.
Variable;
a fixed time after food, the period being regulated tion of the ulcer,
gnawing or burning pain at by the situaand intensified by hot food or liquid, and
usually
stomach,
Vomiting
without
The
times
it
MEDICINAL treatment.
Arsenic,
PHTjRic,
"
Phosphoeus.
under
"Indigestion,"
and
Spasm."
ACCESSORY MEASTJEES.
Hegular exercise,
avoidance of tea.
COLIC
GRIPIKG.
133
about the navel, with painful distension, spasmodic contraction, occasional vomiting and costiveness, or looseness of the
chiefly
bowels.
The
is
distinction
is
bowels
colic
that colic
may
result in inflammation.
Causes.
feet, cold
Acid
drinks
from wet
;
when
worms
the
coming on
of the "
monthly period," or
TEEATMENT.
LEADING SYMPTOMS.
The
prominent
remedies
are
Chamomilla,
Belladonna,
For Platulent
Cocc,
Colic
Nux
Vomica,
may be
:
consulted. Cole,
Bilious Colic
Nux,
:
Painter's Colic
Ojnum,
:
Pell.,
Menstrual Colic
Piles
:
Cham., JVux,
BJl,
From
Nux,
:
Puis., Dios.
Constipation
Op.,
Nux, JBryonia.
:
Cold
damp weather
:
Pulsatilla, llercurius,
strain or a blow
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
CoLOCTNTH.
if
violent, spasmodic,
;
and cutting, as
;
from knives
tearing pains
GEIPIXG.
;;
134
diarrhoea
passion,
COLIC
and vomiting;
also
where
it
YoMiCA. Colic, with flatulency, piles, or from a chill and tightness, deep-seated or cutting pain, with bearingdown sensation, compelling the sufferer to bend double ; conbreathing short ; aggravation on movement, fused headache
fulness
;
Wrx
relief
from
rest
sense of internal
constipation,
coldness and
numbness
of
At the monthly
;
painful pressure
downjoredis-
Against the
Aconite.
Considerable
;
and pain
anguish, tossing
;
and
restless agitation
tenderness
of the bowels,
A
or
Chamomilla.
Yery
;
effectual
with
ball,
bilious
vomiting
and diarrhoea
colic
during the
menstrual discharge.
The
and empty
;
anxiety, restlessness,
in
and anguish
stomach
;
distension
the
round the
eyes,
the
Also
when
colic
from cold
feet,
or checked perspiration.
dose every
Belladonna.
riatulent
colic of
like a
or colic
severe bearing
down
COLIC
GEIPING.
135
aggravation by motion or sensation as thougti the swelling had moved down deep into the ahdomen bearing-down of the whole
;
;
intestines.
Menstrual
colic,
number
bowels
;
of
nails
liquid
or matter-like discharge
;
from the
A
;
dose
Ignatia.
tightness,
Most valuable
fulness,
accumulation of
wind
after
;
with much
;
difficulty,
and
is
relief
worse
at night.
Merctjeius.
voracious
troublesome hiccough
or burning
ex-
sometimes slimy
prostration
chills,
or
shuddering,
with flushed
cheeks.
Yery important in
colic
from worms.
dose every
Most
;
at other times,
when
cold,
damp weather
;
abdomen
miti-
and waist
aggravation
;
when
rising
at rest
shivering,
;
gation by
movement
:
when
;
up
in-
also in colic
from
piles,
with
hour or
tioo
hours.
136
CoccTJLTJS.
co:srsTiPATiox.
<
Menstrual or
flatulent colic,
with constrictive oi
also
;
spasmodic pain and distension of the stomach, nausea and fulness of the bowels, flatulence, and difficulty of breathing
for a sensation of emptiness,
;
constipation.
dose every
ACCESSORY MEAST7RE3,
The
feet in hot
Constipation.
Generally sympathetic, or associated with some other de-
rangement.
It
frequently,
however,
is
symptom, demanding
is
special attention.
One
pation, under the absurd idea that keeping the bowels open
Some mothers
are
with this
for
idea, that
children
foundation
case
of
Many
a slight
by
Where
distressing
and urgent,
it
it
will be as in-
effectual as it is
by aperients,
however seductive in name or appearance. All purgatives act by virtue of irritation. Porced action is always followed by
means constipation. We by no means under-value regularity in the bowels but when constipation shows itself, homoeopathy possesses most
inaction, which, in the case of the bowels,
;
effectual remedies.
Many
CONSTIPATIOiN'.
137
The bowels may act only every three or four days, or even every week or ten days, without apparent inconvenience from the inertness. In recovery from illness, nature often sets up constipation, that she may the more readily repair the waste, and counteract the debility.
constitutional peculiarity
exist.
may
Want
a glass
of cold water,
on
rising,
effect.
and
Constipation
often
brought on,
and perpetuated
act at
by not
time
endeavouring
every day.
to
get
the bowels to
stated
MEDICIN-AL TREATJIEKT.
habitual, or prolonged, from inactivity from sedentary habits. In old people, it is useful when diarrhoea alternates with the constipation or when there
of the bowels, or
;
Opium.
Constipation,
power
;
is loss
of
in the lower
bowel
great urging
the
orifice is
;
as
if
closed
headache
heavy
One
tumours
faecal
the ovary
matter accumulates, and can only be expelled after great and pain. dose night and morning.
effort
Ntjx Yomica.
appetite
for
;
Constipation,
;
loss of
distension
headache
irritable
mood
disinclination
usual employment.
of
Constipation
from
indigestion,
in-
activity, or torpidity
rich living
dose night
and
morning.
Pulsatilla.
As
for
Nux
characteristic
;
In recent cases especially and from indigestion brought on by rich or greasy food, and accomX>aniedby shivering. A dose flight and morning.
distinction of temperament.
138
Bryonia.
CONSTIPATIOl?^.
; ;
For those
of bilious
;
suitable
where there
alternate
warm
weather.
dose night
and morning.
Constant desire for
relief
;
Meectjeius Yivus.
ness
is
;
low-spiritedrelief, it
loss of appetite
bad taste
in
mouth
if
there be
with considerable
night
effort,
attended by
chills
and shivering.
close
and morning,
laNATiA.
bowel
empty
feeling at pit of
stomach
sighing.
dose immediately
after relief,
and
also night
and morning.
:
Sulphur.
faintness,
relieved
;
In
as
though
they would be
;
flushes
of heat
cold feet
dose night
and
morning.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
The old adage, that use is second nature, is nowhere exemplian attempt fied more strongly than in the case of the bowels should be made to relieve the bowels at the same time every day, whether inclination be present or not. Those who suffer from sluggish bowels should refrain from
;
baker's bread, as
it
and
they
In
to partake
exercise.
of
and to take
sufficient
139
all
oil,
should be studiously
An enema
may,
if
abso-
Diet.
The
diet
;
digestive organs
Oat-
and
figs,
should be taken
'
it
may
be caused by inflam-
mation, from
it
may
arise
from
from
such as
chalk, magnesia,
when taken
thus producing, in
many
from twisting of
turned
round on
relief,
itself
as
they
may
movements
ception
is
of the
ment
of
and that
arising
so.
from
is
concretions, as
from chalk,
almost invariably
There
1-iO
relieved
laid
is
The
It
under homoeopathy.
is
powder or
pilules,
whole abdomen,
increased by the
which
is
tight, hot,
and distended.
The pain
is
slightest pressure.
The patient
lies
drawn
up.
He
as the slightest
intense pain.
suffering.
movement of the muscles of the belly causes The face is pale, anxious, and indicative of great
is
The bowels
})lete
:
but even
fsecal
:
matter "
the stomach
is
thrown
as
it
stercoraceous vomiting,"
is
termed
sets in
The
is
abdominal
weak and
like a thread.
As
irre-
extremities grow
and ghastly, and cold sweat breaks out. Delirium may occur towards the last, but generally the intellect remains clear.
When
becomes weak and scarcely perceptible, the extremities cold, and the impress of death appears visibly on the face, in the
sharpening features, the glazing eye, and the cold breath.
; ;
111
MEDICIN'AL TPvEATMENT.
LEADING INDICATION'S.
Principal
Arsenic.
Feverisliness
:
remedies
Aconite^
Nux
Yomica,
CJiamomilla,
Aconite.
:
Belladonna.
JS'ux
Yomiting
Veratrum Viride,
Veratrum Album.
Constipation
:
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Aconite
if
is
indispensable at the
commencement
of the disease,
A dose
Belladonna.
Tongue
skin hot
;
the belly, on the right side, or over the entire stomach, with
Veratrum Yiride.
stant nausea
Yery great
irritability of
the stomach
;
is
immediately rejected
con-
drawing, sharp pains at the pit of the stomach and about the
navel,
A dose
hours.
Arsenic.
^Exe^ssive
loathing
and
sickness;
great
thirst,
]42
STOPPAGE or THE BOWELS.
vomiting of food, blood, or dark frothy, slimy, yellowisL, or greenish matters constant and empty eructations after drink;
is
unable to
sit
up or to sustain an erect
position,
the nausea being excessive, and the attendant exhaustion unbearable ; violent hiccough drinking, followed by shivering
;
excessive sensibility
and
tenderness
sensation
;
of the
and burning
cramp.
the
symptoms
Yeeatrum Albfm may follow Arsenic, or be given alternately with it, especially when there is coldness of the extremities,
great prostration, severe burning about the navel, nausea, and
vomiting.
A dose
Vomica.
Eedness
centre
;
;
of the
or whitish in the
bowels
nately
vomiting
flatulence,
;
constipation,
and diarrhoea
alter-
scanty, watery
patients,
who
are extremely
sensitive to pain,
soreness, as
and complain
loudly
it is also indicated
by
offensive diarrhoea.
and slimy, whitish, watery, greenish, or yellowish, A dose every hour or half-hour. It acts
in serious
cases, especially
Tongue very foul, sometimes dry, but more frecoated white or dark-brown quently covered with thick mucus; excessive thirst; belly
after Aconite,
Belladonna, or Arsenicum.
143
;
constant
extreme
prostration, chilliness,
and
shivering,
little
with
A dose every
Opium akd
or no relief.
Plumbum Met.
These
:
remedies, respectively,
when
A dose every
symptoms
subside.
Canthaeldes.
In
or in an
membrane.
Brtokia.
move-
ment
after partaking
Baptisia.
In sub-acute
;
enteritis,
the pain
comes on every few seconds with rumbling, and desire for the
relief of
the bowels
;
distension
a feeling as though
would be a
relief to
vomit
Hydrastis.
Useful, in
;
some
Belladonna^
is
or J^eratrum Viride
when
there
a circum-
tongue and
lips
little thirst,
con-
144
stipation,
by hard,
bullet-like
fseces
pale
is,
of course, essential
may
warm bath,
if
it,
found advantageous.
The obstinate
constipation
oc-
and the
When
of service.
The editor
its
commencement, speedily
relieved stoppage
;
cases, after they had been abandoned to by allopathy, by Chamomilla and Arsenic, dry on the
tongue every half-hour. JSTourishment as the patient mends, must be very cautiously administered, and in the interval between the medicines it should be of the blandest possible kind, as arrow;
first
a teaspoonful,
The medicine arrowroot and
or even
less,
first,
at
may, at
water.
PILES.
145
Piles,
or Haemorrhoids.
and lining membrane of lower bowel, attended by itcbing, and acute burning, smart;
ing, or shooting
loins,
congestion,
singly, or
and headache
painful.
colic
and
:
straining.
they may bleed, or remain blue, and "When they bleed, they are " bleeding " when they do
predisposition
;
Causes.
Constitutional
;
excess
abuse
of
warm
and
drinks, purging,
or injections
;
habitual
;
constipation
alcoholic drinks
seasoned food
;
sedentary
habits
sitting
on damp
liver
; ;
ground
tight lacing
;
accumulation
of blood in the
mental emotion
life.
suppressed menstrua-
tion
pregnancy
change of
The
success of homoeopathy
in the treatment
is
of
piles
is
unsurpassed,
operative procedure
rarely
required.
Many
thus obtained.
are unfortunately a frequent
:
Piles
accompaniment to the
of,
pregnant state
an operation then
is
not to be thought
nor
relief.
won't take exercise, and will eat savoury, seasoned dishes, whatever treatment they adopt they
If people subject to piles
MEDICIITAL
Principal remedies pJiyllum,
TEEATMEISTT.
LEADII<fa INDICATIONS.
:
146
PILES.
When
AYitli
arising
from constipation
Nux
Vomica.
:
Podo-
inflammation
congestion of
Aconite.
tlie
irregularity
severe backache
Nux
Vomica.
bleeding
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Nux
They
Vomica.
Por
;
:
both blind
life,
and bleeding
piles
from
spirituous drinks,
sedentary
there
or pressure on the
rectum.
are
inflamed
is
relief of
the bowels
stitches
spasm
of the rectum,
;
itching
the
patient unable to
constipation
ineffectual urging, as
;
tendency of blood
;
abdomen
distension of stomach
;
heaviness of
the head
suppression or reten-
tion of urine.
Sulphur.
A
;
Piles,
streaked mucus
with constipation and discharge of blooditching and feeling of soreness in the anus
;
;
palpita-
abdomen;
anguish;
;
oppression
weak
digestion
suppression or
Hamamelis.
fulness,
Painful
and
as
bleeding piles
soreness,
rawness of
the anus;
weakness in back,
generally profuse.
though
it
would break;
;
Hamamelis
Arsenic.
Lotion.
Debility
and emaciation
burning discharge of
PILES.
147
;
blood
stitching
all
pains
;
in
the piles
burning in
the veins
great pain
and itching at the anus, with feeling of soreness, as excoriated the piles are swollen and painful blind piles, which burn like
;
fire,
The pain
is
stinging
when walking
day.
less
when
lying down.
Pulsatilla.
Blind
or bleeding piles
;
burning pain
;
felt
both
ailments
from suppression
tion
;
of the piles
;
pain in abdomen
;
colic
and flatulence
chilliness in the
back
when
standing.
Podophyllum.
Constant pain
an evacuation,
bilious
whether " bleeding " or " blind," with the piles. Suitable to
subjects,
rising, a
who
suffer
from
and
is
the urine
dark
constipation
depression of spirits.
hours.
Diet
ai^d Eeghmei^.
Attend
all
strictly
to
the
homoeopathic
coffee,
rules of diet.
or
highly-seasoned food of
avoided.
tend to aggravate
piles.
Lower Bowel.
This protrusion
is
more frequent
arise
during straining at
Causes.
stool, or
It
may
the muscles of the abdomen and rectum, from worms, and from
148
PEOTRFSION OP LOWER BOWEL.
the two latter especially.
In
adults, &
sedentary
or
life,
affection
of
it.
may
account for
frequent passing of
loss of appetite,
and depression
is
of spirits.
all
not at
the source of
much
:
usually
amenable to homoeopathic
treatment.
In children there
tongue, and
is
weak
digestion
take very
relief of
the bowels
;
comes down
wear a compress,
Erom
done at
MERcrRius.
Particularly
if necessary. for
children,
A
A
K^ux YoMiCA.
straining,
to
piles.
Protrusion from
immediately,
loss of
repeated,
if necessary,
in
quarter of an hour.
Podophyllum.
every six hours.
SuLPHTJR.
Slimy
diarrhoea
straining
and prolapsus
dose
Por
WOEMS.
149
Intestinal
The presence
of
Worms.
by constitutional taint, inducing a diseased state of the mucous or lining membrane favourable to their formation. Although no period of life is wholly exempt, infants and children are more subject to
is
worms
largely favoured
them than
adults.
Weakness
and
The three
are
species
two
varieties
slender
articulations,
which has been known to exceed the and the broad tape-worm, which varies
;
feet
it
MEDICIN'AL TEEATME:NrT.
Cdta.
Picking
down
of
the nose;
fretfulness;
short,
hacking
ness in sleep.
An
is
awake.
the
Mercijeius Yivus.
Pain
in the bowels
abdomen hard and distended; flatulence; restless sleep; the children wake frequently and cry. A dose every night. IgtJSTatia. Violent itching at night, or when in bed creeping
sensation
To
especially in fair
;[^50
WORMS.
and wlien there is burning drjmess in the rectum or excoriation or soreness between the thighs, and pricking in the
children
: ;
rectum.
dose night
and morning.
persistent
;
StiLPHTiE.
Troublesome,
chronic
;
itching
inflammation
Slow,
worm
fever,
in scrofulous children
;
dose
HOTTKD-WOPwM.
Some
practitioners
have found
efficacious for
maw-worms.
j^ight
and morning.
TAPE-WOEM.
Tape-worms
lodge
;
occasionally
convulsive
attacks,
which cease on the expulsion of the worms. FiLix Mas, night and morning, or Mercurius Corrosivtis, scrupulously refraining from pork in any form, and sausages,
will
generally
fail.
prove
efficacious.
have seldom
found
tho
Mercurius
all
tape-worm.
extent
:
always found
there
it
efficacious
to a certain
it
it
brings
away
it
does
is
rapid re-multiplication,
and
dose night
and morning.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
L''rtica
Ureis"^s
(
Concentrated Tincture)
irritation in
may be
administered
in
thread-worm, when
WOEMS.
diminisli readily under preceding treatment.
15
for six
nights.
Injectiojs"
An
may
be employed
if
continue.
of age, or a sixth
It
is
part in the case of an adult ahove twelve years part in a child under twelve.
worms by an symptoms and tendency. Pair children are said to be the most subject to them. All raw fruit, imperfectly cooked meat and pork, must be scrupunot enough, however, to get rid of the
;
injection
we
as also
all
pastry, sweet
and consist
chiefly of well-cooked
must be prohibited, and also milk. Care should be taken that the water which is drunk is pure, or
uncooked vegetables or
fruit
that
it
filtered, or
both.
Plenty of
of essential service,
and must on no
account be neglected.
Persons troubled with thread-worms ought not to sleep with those who are exempt.
Offensive Breath.
Catjses.
Want
of cleanliness
teeth;
an accumulation of tartar;
canker or
ulceration
in
teeth;
diseased
;
gums
the mouth
mercury
and
disordered stomach.
TKEATMENT.
When
there
is
is
the cause, rinse the mouth with tepid water, to which a few
is
When
152
orrENSivE breath.
to be consulted.
ment.
Pttlsatilla.
More
time.
that medicine.
A
if
Belladonista,
the affection
still
continue.
dose at hed-
In
If
very obstinate,
long-continued cases.
dose
ministration of medicine.
fasting.
relief,
and when
dose three
WHEX
Acid.
required
I^it.,
Hepar
S.,
Belladonjsta.
In
rotation,
may be
dose night
when
is insufficient.
and morning for a iceek, then pause a week. Diet and Hegimex. When offensiveness of the breath results from the state of the gums, vegetable food, very light and
digestible diet,
drinks.
When
caution should be observed in diet, and the regulations enjoined in " Indigestion " followed.
DIAREHCEA.
EI^GLIBH CHOLERA,
153
Diarrhoea.
English Cholera.
Acid
fruit,
cu-
cumbers
indigestible
diet
too
much, or too
check of
shell-fish,
which,
by
although
more
frequently the
cause of
con-
stipation,
it.
Drinking
bring on an attack
when
diarrhoea
autumn
in
Sometimes such attacks are severe enough " Choleraic Diarrhoea, or English Cholera." to be called
evenings and nights.
its
nature, inis
disorders
the bowels.
TJneasiness
and relaxation
Diarrhoea
may
passing undigested
it
it
consumption,
when
by the food may accompany hectic fever or pulmonary is termed colliquative, since it quickly
;
In children, alteration
produces
diarrhoea
154
D1ARRH(EA.
TREATMENT.
LEADIK^G INDICATIONS.
Principal remedies
31ercurius, Veratrum
Chamomilla^
Iris,
Ipecacuanha, Arsenw.,
Album.
Arsenic.
cold things
:
vegetables
fruit
:
China, Arsenic,
Fulsatilla, Arsenic.
:
Fulsatilla, Arsenic.
cold or chill
cuanha.
undigested food
:
Fulsatilla, Ipecacuanha,
Autumnal
Summer
Eilious
:
Iris,
Dulcamara.
Profusa
Sour
Rheum.
:
Children, in
Album, Arsenic.
Cham., Colocynth,
Iris,
Mercurius^
Fodophyllum.
thirst
:
China, Arsenic.
:
vomiting
Cham.,
Ipecacuanha,
Veratrum
Album,
Album, Arsenic.
prostration
:
Arsenic,
Veratrum
China.
cramps
Veratrum Album,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Chamomilla. Particularly for children, at teething or a more advanced period diarrhoea excited by a chill the evacu; ;
DIAREHCEA.
l^O
green,
j^ellow,
:
rotten eggs
taste,
foul tongue,
;
want
and flatulence
evacuation.
restlessness, screaming,
stomach in infants.
dose
after every
Pulsatilla.
Diarrhoea from
:
shell-fish
deranged digestion
colour.
from another in
caused by
close
Ipecactjais'ha.
Prom
indigestion,
particularly
if
imperfect mastication,
pallor,
and
down.
evacuation.
Rhetjm.
Marked sour
smell
is
not so violent
paleness of the
Mercitrius.
Prom
chill
Arseiitic.
Diarrhoea
or
chill
in autumn, or
:
from
acids,
fruit,
cold
drinks,
ices,
watery,
corrosive,
liable to
and burning with colic, excessive thirst, and weakness come on at night, or after eating or drinking. A dose
Teratrtfm.
after
;
Prequent
diarrhoea,
;
cold perspiration
;
prostration
rumbling
violent
evacuations
up
and
A dose
tivo
A]!fTiM0]S"njM
Crudum.
In
cases
arising from
or dis-
156
ordered stomach
eructations
;
;
DIAERH(EA.
the tongue
is
A
;
China.
profuse,
Diarrhoea from
and with
little
colic,
pain
immediately
after food,
:
or at
night
further
spasm or
ness
want
of appetite, thirst,
and weak-
when
a day.
;
Iris.
Diarrhoea,
relief
cutting
forward for
lassitude.
rumbling,
Yery useful
summer diarrhoea.
diarrhoea,
hours.
PoDOPicTLLirM:.
Morning
;
;
or
immediately
after
eating or drinking
SxTLPHUE.
obstinate.
Diarrhoea,
A
dose
at night,
in
the scrofulous, or
piles,
when
In adults predisposed to
;
or
children with
also
where
cold brings
on an attack
every
every
six
hours.
Subsequently,
morning.
Diet.
well as
;
gruel, rice-milk, tea, broth, beef-tea, and Leibig's Extract, with rice
and light food. For drink, rice-water and barley-water. Yegetables are objectionable, potatoes particularly. In severe cases, little
little at
a time, or a little
raw arrowrice
with water.
DTSENTEKT.
to the half-pint,
157
the attack
is
some cases, materially assist. When subsiding, and for some time after, veal or lamb
may,
in
;
should be avoided
and fowl.
Dysentery.
Frging to evacuate the bowels
or both, passed.
;
straining
violent pain
resembles round
it
hard
balls, or
In olden times
flux.'^
was
the
name
It
is still
Checked
;
perspiration, particularly in
warm weather,
;
or exposure on a cool
autumn
low
marshy
situations
local irritation
suppressed piles
transition
MEDICI]SrAL
Principal
TEEATMENT.
Arsenic,
LEADING INDICATION'S.
remedies
:
JBaptisia^
Aconite.
chronic
Hydrastis,
:
Nux
:
mucous dysentery
Pulsatilla, Hydrastis.
Ignatia.
Ipecacuanha.
Slimy
matter,
with white
flocks,
followed
15S
ITercuritis Corrosivtjs.
DTSENTEEY.
Severe
straining,
only of
mucus
hard lumps
before, during,
and after
Arsenic.
Dysentery,
or
burning pain on relieving the bowels, and aggravation after drinking, or absence of thirst also
:
when
it
terised
by previous severe pains, particularly burning, which suddenly cease sunken countenance rapid sinking of the vital
;
; ;
powers
cold extremities
of
highly
offensive, putrid,
motions and
;
water
offensive breath
livid
Baptisia.
The
an hour.
blood and
offensive, only
;
mucus
bowels
or very
offensive
rumbling in the
violent colic
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
In very acute
cases,
must be given
required.
at
a time
ice
may
When
bath to be taken for a quarter of an hour, twice or three times a day. A hot bath is
sitting
warm
sometimes of great
debilitated.
benefit,
is
very
is
Hot
fomentation,
when
excessive.
take
away
immediately, and
Diet.
Only
sufficient
CHOLEEA.
159
the more severe the S5'mptoms, the more strict must be the
abstinence, wine and alcohol being then absolute poisons.
solids should
No
be given
In mild
cases,
but barie3'-water, and gruel chiefly given. white of egg with sugar and water, weak chicken;
broth, or beef-tea
may be
brought about.
Error in diet
may
if
or produce a relapse.
which precaution has occasioned fatal conseset up by their lodgment. "When the patient is very weak a little raw mutton grated may occasionally be given on dry toast.
quences from the irritation
English Cholera
Is attended
more or
less
by nausea, griping, purging, and vomiting, and ia common in summer, and when fruit abounds. The
given under " Diarrhoea."
treatment
is fully
Asiatic Cholera.
This fearful epidemic has
it
its
natural
home
:
in the East,
it
where
more
only occasionally
visits
It rages
When
once
it
a country or
communicable,
if
Symptoms.
by lightning.
tom, whichj
if
the
first
symp-
160
CHOLERA.
cramps or convulsions, anxiety, and dread of death. Commonly the attack is sudden, and runs its course with great rapidity,
not unfrequently in ten or twelve hours.
diarrhoea,
Sudden
prostration,
and vomiting in large quantities, and in rapid succession, becoming more and more watery until, after three or four they resemble rice-water, and are without smell. These are the rice-water discharges of cholera. There is burning in the
stomach, sometimes behind the breast-bone, with sighing, insatiable thirst, anxious breathing,
relief,
almost immediately
the patient
thrown up.
becomes
increases,
restless
and
toes,
breasts.
them into painful knots, and frequently the bowels The cramps generally commence in the calves,
There
is
and
fingers.
of pulse.
a speedy dissolution
in the evacuations
;
indicated.
As the
where
we have
become
blue,
of
;
warmth
the
face
and
lips
shrivelled appearance
clammy
pers-
felt,
The
peculiar,
being
somewhat
hoarse,
hollow,
without resonance.
The patient
and ex-
CHOLErwA..
IGl
it,
and a return of
however
improvement in the
pulse, less
An
attack of cholera
may
be followed by a continuance of
secondary
may
;
set in.
Predisposing
Causes.
^^''ant of
drinking
insufficient, or
unwholesome food unripe, or cold, raw vegetables cold drinks when heated
;
decayed vegetable
or
animal
;
matter
shock
ness,
excessive fatigue
sudden
debility
as
fright,
and passion
;
neglect
of cleanli-
constitutional
Peculiar
they do not appear necessarily to involve whole regions or extensive tracts of country.
tropical climates, in
In no other disease has homoeopathy more incontrovertibly proved its power than in cholera ; it may safely be relied on
with the certainty,
through,
if
if
fairly
tried,
of bringing the
patient
aid.
human
more than three times the number that the most advanced allopathic practice could claim. Allopathic authorities are by no means agreed as to the plan they adopt they have tried
;
all
equally unreliable.
all
They
rely
equally acces-
162
eible to ns,
CHOLERA.
TEEATMEl^T.
LEADIIS'G ETOICATIOIfS.
For the
preliminarj' stage
CampJior.
Arsenic.
:
Veratrum Alb, spasm and violent cramps Cuprum. the after-diarrhoea: Carlo Veg,, FJiosjpliorus,
Acid.
debility
JBliosplioric
J,
China.
:
urinary troubles
Cantliarides,
:
Opium.
typhoid symptoms
Bryonia,
MEDICIIS'AL
TEEATMENT.
Camphoe.
During
and
coldness.
^Violent,
an hour.
;
Vomiting
and purging
The alternate use of Veratrum and ings, or twitchings. Cuprum is advised if Cuprum produce but partial improvement.
dose every half or quarter of
an hour.
the evacuations
AESEsricuM.
Burning
satisfied
by
anxiety, restlessness
Vera-
CHOLERA.
163
affords
only partial
relief.
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
The patient should be kept in a room of warm temperature, the bed heated by artificial means, bottles of hot water ap-
j)arts of
the body.
Enveloping
warm damp
sheet,
is another useful auxiliary. Priction with woollen and rubbing, under the bed-clothes, the parts affected but if distressing to the patient, he should be with spasms
;
left quietly to
Anything which
might disturb,
avoided, and
much
as possible.
Pood
ice,
aio) Drin'k.
Cold
water
is
much
is
at a time
a small piece of
of iced
and
straining.
When
or other
may be
administered.
During
convalescence the
patient
When
must be undue nutriment. Administer a table-spoonful every hour, or two or three hours diminishing or gradually augmenting and varying the quantity and quality of the food, according to the effect. In the management of cholera, two objects have to be kept
chicken-broth,
and beef-tea;
but
caution
distinctly in
view
the
164
'
CnOLEEA.
the prevention of
its
possible,
spreading.
Let a
cTiolera or
and keep
room.
strictly to bed, in a
large, light,
and well-ventilated
all
Bemove
unnecessary furniture
fiuid; let the floor be
let
evacua-
The evacuations should be passed into glazed vessels containing Condy's fluid, and, where practicable, buried at a
considerable depth.
Waterproof sheeting
is
When
made
Avoid excesses of
malady.
melancholy thoughts, or
fear,
all
which predispose to
this
Pure
drains
air
precaution of providing a
all
cesspools,
is (if
and the like, exist near the dwelling, the safest course
remove to another locality; the next, to
endeavour to neutralise the poison given out by these decomposed deposits, by means of chloride of lime or peat charcoal.
It
is,
until afterwards.
day in
fine
cases,
avert an
attack.
But even
if
CHOLERA.
1G5
disease will be modified, and usuall}' quickly subdued, by Cam/phor, though further treatment may be necessary, according to the
The wearing of a
magnatine
of
great service
this bandage
Cholerine.
This
name
is
In the
off
with-
out medicine
robust, either
become compli-
accompanied by exces-
treated, in delirium
Diet, &c.
Acids,
may be taken
made
other-
Pood
of
upon with caution. Exercise is to be very sparingly indulged and exposure to cold and damp avoided. In severe cases, in
;
warm
in bed.
flannel belt
Liver Complaint.
The
liver is the largest
166
across,
LIVEB COMPLADfT.
functions
the
formation of
for
It
is
very
resi-
by
chills, errors in
diet,
and
especially
by
Chronic;
the latter
toms
will frequently
;
by the name a careful consideration of sympshow that the disorder is in the stomach
and bowels
afiected,
in
many
cases,
itself
becomes
in tropical
climates;
there, a high
mode
;
of
principal causes
it
may
arise, in
cold,
diarrhoea, or
violent
sometimes
stitches, at others
shooting
and point
of the shoulder
numbness or tingling in the arm of the pain increased by inspiration ; short, dry
;
the patient
can only
lie
on the
left side.
When
is
is
on the inner
suffering,
side,
the pain
less,
biliary
system
is
affected.
refrLAMMATION OF LIYES.
167
the urine
is
;
orange-coloured, the
bitter taste, vomit-
and considerable
distress.
right side.
Inflammatory
fever.
the lower ribs, on the right side, will be found hot, swollen, and
painful on pressure.
Inflammation of the
liver,
is
apt to
become chronic
it
may end
externally, or internally
intestinal canal, or
by an abscess in the
terminate
TEEATMENT.
LEADH^G INDICATIOIfS.
Eeverishness and rostlessness
:
Aconite,
Head symptoms
Belladonna.
:
Bryonia,
Podojpliyllum,
Eulness
Ifercurius, PodojpJiyllum.
:
3Iercurius,
Nux
Vomica, Podo-
Sub-acute cases
China, Bryonia.
:
Threatened abscess
DETAILEI) TEEA-TMENT.
Aconite.
At
the commencement
Belladoni^a.
shoulders
tion
;
Oppressive
chest and
diflicult,
anxious respira-
faintness
dose, if
1G8
Bryonia.
;; ;
rtfrLAlTMATION OF LITER.
Pains shooting, or
;
dull,
movement
and
also
rapid
and anxious
respiration
bitter
taste,
tongue coated
excited by
yellow,
constipation.
as anger,
Particularly
in
cases
mental emotion,
MERcrRius.
of nervous or bilious
choleric disposition.
Considerable
taste,
ing, oppressive pain, not allowing the patient to lie long on the
by movement
appetite,
pain in the
continual
relief
shoulder
bitter
want
of
thirst,
by perspiration, without
induration.
and eyes
also for
hours.
Chamomilla.
In
the milder
forms of
simple
irritation
motion
paroxysms of
great pain.
dose every
tiuo, three,
or four hours.
Ntrx Vomica.
Pains
A
breath, constipation
marked derangement
of
the stomach.
choleric disposition.
Podophyllum.
traction
of
Pulness
;
on the right
fulness
;
side,
with pain
;
re-
the muscles
in
the head
nausea and
dark urine.
Very useful
for the
chronic form.
A dose
every
four or six hours, China. Aggravation every other day, with shooting, pres-
sing pains
INFLAMMATION OF LIYEE.
169
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
The tepid hydropathic body-compress to be worn night and day after the acute symptoms have subsided. The tepid wetIf the pain be sheet pack, followed by an abdominal compress.
very severe, hot fomentations.
Diet.
Similar
to that in fevers.
"No
and
light,
farinaceous articles
apples,
toast-
water,
cold water,
lemonade,
baked
prunes,
sweet
allowed.
symptoms
but modified
and,
which
;
seldom leaves
gradual falling
off
in flesh
and strength
;
not
some-
liver,
either continual or
with dyspepsia
occasional
and
eyes,
febrile
symptoms
quick.
TREATMEOT.
"With proper modification as to the frequency of dose, as for
becomes enlarged.
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
PodopJit/llum, Hydrastis, Lej^tandra,
Mercurius, Arsenic, at
170
JAUITDICE.
'i
Jaundice:
Usually considered a distinct disease, though really but a
symptom attendant on
derangement of the
articles
In any
all
liver,
read
through
the
Symptoms.
Yellow
to a dark-brown.
The yellowness
then
grey,
it
clay-like evacuations
orange-coloured urine
deranged
liver.
digestion,
In
severe
patient's linen.
Causes.
liver.
Jaundice sometimes
chill.
Peedisposing Causes.
indulgence in
aperients.
of life,
spirituous liquors,
frequent
use
of
type.
Jaundice
disorder,
is
not, of
it
itself,
to be considered as a dangerous
but
may be an
if
indication
of
rangement, which,
quences
:
neglected,
may
entail
conse-
away.
The yellowness of the skin, which naturally attracts attention, and is much more observable by day-light, arises from reabsorption of bile in the liver. The obstruction to the proper
flow of the bile
may
it
may, in serious
of the liver.
cases, arise
from
cirrhosis, or
malignant disease
JAiraDICB.
171
MEDICIITAL TREATMENT.
LEADING EOICATIONS.
Mercurius,
China, Podojphjlhim,
HyPodo-
From impaction
of gall-stones
Aconite^ Chamomilla,
jphylliim,
Nux
Vomica.
the liver:
Aconite,
Phosj^Tiorus,
disorganisation
of
excitement
Chamomilla, Bryonia,
:
Nux
Vomica,
spirituous liquors
Nux
chronic
Nitric Acid,
:
bilious fever
Gelseminum, Aconite,
DETAILED TREATMENT.
MEECimius.
ment.
Specific in a great
number
of cases,
wben
the
PoDOPHTLLiTM.
clay-coloured
;
Urine
;
evacuations
liver.
nausea
giddiness
enlargement of the
A dose every
duration of
three or
four hours,
in-
N'lTRic Acid.
the
obstinate
constipation,
foetid,
dark-
Chamomilla.
of passion,
where a
fit
or violent emotion,
the cause
of the greatest
service to infants
N"ijx
and children.
sedentary
YoMiCA.
The
;
fined
and relaxed
over-study,
spirituous
liquors,
hours.
172
Htdeastis.
jAuia)icE.
greenish-j-ellow
urine very
dark
stools liglit-coloured
A
of
Languor,
dulneas,
drowsiness,
depression
tration,
and clay-coloured
stools.
AcoKiTE.
Prostration
The
;
of
strength
and
spirits,
vomiting,
blue nails,
A dose
Betoxia.
pains shooting,
or dull,
burning, increased by
the chest
yellow, constipation.
ACCESSOEY TEEATMEITT.
The wet bandage over tlie stomach and liver, general bathing. The patient should be kept in a warm and even temperature,
perspiration encouraged, hot fomentations occasionally.
Yellowveal or
;
is
checked.
;
Diet.
The
and unstimulating
;
roasted apples
mild
The drink
Gall-Stones.
The impaction
of these,
which form
in the gall-bladder
and
the hepatic and biliary ducts, have been mentioned as one of the
They are treated of here from their connection with that disease, and also because of the intense suffering and distress which they occasion.
causes of jaundice.
GALL STONES,
173
differ in
may
various
generally
with,
in the
Calculi
may remain
When
side,
is
An
attack,
not relieved,
is
may
last
Belief
bowels.
may
headache
no appetite
urine
intense nausea
and diarrhoea
is
chills
and faintness.
The use
overcome.
A
of
close
of Aconite
and Chamo-
and Podophyllum,
an hour during
Ntjx Yomica.
Sudden invasion
the pit of the stomach, and in the region of the liver, nausea,
A full
174
(Peritonitis).
a most
much
more
neum,
is
an inflammation of serous
Symptoms.
of
;
may
prevail
for a day or
comes on sudfits
of
by a breath
and painful, as
is
every
movement
of
phragm, breathing
is
largely carried
even of a sheet.
marked
sensibility
The danger arises from the intensity and extent of the inflammation, and the sympathy of other and adjacent organs. The pulse throughout
functions, are the distinguishing features.
is
lies
the face
is
of anxiety
drawn
the swelling
generally con-
siderable,
In hysteria simulating
alarming
cries
;
but
if
felt.
Pressure,
it
must
remembered,
Causes.
Cold
or
damp
175
MEDICrN"AL TEEATMEN"!.
Acoin^ite.
at the
commencement
;
in
some
cases,
to
of great
weak
on hot spongio-piline.
Belladonna.
pains worse as
burning,
shooting pains in the loins and in the hips, and digging pains in
the bowels violent bearing-down, or forcing
; ;
and painful when touched dry mouth, the tongue cracked or swollen, and inflamed, and sometimes slimy, whitish, or dry, fiery red, and hot, or coated with red tip and sides.
sively sore
;
Merctjeius.
The tongue
; ;
;
foul, coated
white or brown
;
dry or
to the
great thirst
abdomen tender
or,
more
constipation
restless agitation
frequent pulse.
acts well in
Nux
YoMicA.
After
;
the
general and
local
inflammatory
symptoms have yielded but there is distension and derangement of the digestion, with suppression of urine. A dose every
three or four hours.
Bryonia.
When
membrane
hours.
of the lungs,
is affected,
with acute
dose
Arsenic.
itself
becomes
affected, evidenced
A dose
176
Canthakis.
effectual, or
Frequent almost
a few
CoLocYNTH.
cutting, as
severe colic
distress, dis-
tension of
aggravated by everything
eaten or drank
between stones
j4.
great thirst
bitter taste.
Ehtjs.
Patient
night
restless,
cannot
which
affords
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
Spongio-piline
wrung out
meal gruel
night, for
thin farinaceous
puddings,
some time.
the pre;
may
be acute or chronic
it
bright's disease.
177
Acute Albuminuria.
Acute Albuminuria
exposure, or
it
may
result
may
be
difficult
from excessive drinking, from to assign any cause for it. It may
;
show
itself
or
and
"
Symptoms.
Pain in
by pressure
an often
call
to pass water
its
appear-
than females.
If albumi-
nuria
suspected,
if
albumen be present
it
will
assume a
milky
tint.
lIEDICrtTAL TREATMElfT,
Aconite.
:
Gdseminumj
Cantliarides^
Hellebore, Ajp's,
Arsenic.
Pliosplioric Acid,
ACCESSORY TREATMENT,
flannels
wrung out
chills,
water or spongio-piline.
During conand
exposure to
as to diet, exercise,
173
bkight's disease.
Chronic Albuminuria, or
Clironic Albuminuria is the
Briglit's Disease.
serious affec;
tion
is,
it
however, the result of constitutional disease, and is usuallyattended by alteration in the structure of the kidneys, or other
Symptoms.
serious complication.
loss of flesh
pallor,
showing an excess
face,
may
pains in the
water, dyspepsia,
nausea, perhaps
and spleen.
allopathic verdict
is,
The
there
is
no hope
there
may be
alleis
viation,
curable.
and the
like,
we
MEDICDfAL TREATMENT.
Feverishness
:
Aconite.
"With blood
Hamamelis, Arnica,
:
dropsy
Hellebore.
:
headache
Hellebore, Gelseminum.
:
Phosphoric Acid,
:
Phosphorus,
Bryonia^ Dulcamara,
Arsenic,
ACCE3S0ET TREATMENT.
"Warm
sitz,
179
the skin must
be kept acting, and the body guarded against cold and chills. high and dry situation, and a sandy or chalky soil ; a sea
if
;
voyage
fatigue
at all practicable
much
;
possible.
DzET.
lants
;
The
no pastry or stimu-
two hours
;
before bed-time
diet
A dull or
sometimes attended by
is
The
seat of pain
the patient
unable to
lie
on the side
mixed with pus or blood burning pain. In the drawn up, and the thigh of the affected side the fever, more or less severe. The urine may be is numbed If suppressed, and violent vomiting, delirium, or stupor set in.
suppressed, or
male the
testicle is
;
may
fall,
follow, pus
Stimulants
;
shocks of
the body,
strain,
or
external
injuries;
suppressed piles
parts
;
it
may
arise
Hot
skin, feverishness
Aconite.
Caniharis.
:
and spasm
of bladder
Belladonna,
180
Constipation and piles
:
DIABETES.
Nux
Vomica.
Threatening abscess
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
It
is
bot-air,
vapour,
Strictly
of barley-water.
Diabetes.
Its distinguishing feature
is is
in the urine
this,
however,
It
is
constitu-
and
of a complicated nature.
medicinal treatment.
Nux
Vomica,
so that of
we
of
advise these
The use
any
them
will be
Intercurrent dis-
may
call for
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
Accessory treatment
clothing, diet,
and baths.
variable climates,
that is most important is by The body must be protected, in all by flannel or spun silk in winter by chamois
;
and
as
much
DISEASES OF
THE BLADDER.
is
181
of
immense
The
diet,
all-important.
strictly pro-
must be
For Baths, tepid sponging, aided by the vigorous use of hair gloves, tepid packs, vapour baths, warm baths, and Turkish
baths are of great service.
Cod-liver oil and suet boiled in milk
As the inflammation
burning,
urine, generally
The
pains are
much aggravated by
;
Great restlessness
;
and anguish frequently brain and typhoid symptoms convulsions and fainting may be present. Derangement of the kidneys, stone in the bladder, Causes.
cold, stimulants,
mechanical injury.
MEDICnfAL TEEATMENT,
Pever, dry, hot skin
:
Aconite.
:
Cantharis, Pulsatilla,
Ihix Vomica.
Spasm Mucous
:
Digitalis,
Hyoscyamus.
deposit
:
Pulsatilla,
Dulcamara,
Chronic cases
Dulcamara, Hydrastis.
182
DISEASES OF
THE BLADDER.
ACCESSORY
TREAT]!IEirE.
Hot
piline
;
sitz
baths
complete rest
coffee, are to
be avoided.
if
The catheter
requires to be introduced
by a surgeon,
there be no water
The urine
is
ropy mucus.
be palliative.
MEDICrNAL TREATMENT.
By
Pulsatilla^
Nux
Tepid
Irritable Bladder.
Frequent and troublesome calls to urinate, unattendea by inmay arise from the state of the digestive organs.
;
flammation,
when
occasioned by
excitability or
Mercurius
by nervous
GEAVEL.
183
;
irritation,
Belladonna or Chamomilla
and
if
an accompaniment
of hysteria, Ignatia,
Gravel.
Symptoms.
deposit
is
After
urine
is
cool,
often to be
sembling gravel.
deposit
denominated nephritic
colic.
TREATMENT.
NiJX Vomica, Pulsatilla, Chamomilla.
diet,
Strict attention to
which should
;
consist
of
milk
The action
of the skin
by the use of flesh-gloves, and warm flannel vests and drawers, with avoidance of draughts, chills, anxiety, and
Yichy and aerated oxygen, or
Apolinaris
over-application.
Nephritic Colic
Symptoms.
by the passage of a stone in the duct of the kidney, and attended by symptoms resembling inflammation of the kidney. It usually comes on suddenly, and rapidly reaches a climax ; with severe lancinating,
of pain caused
Paroxysms
whikt he
presses the
abdomen with
his hands,
184
restless
GRAVEL.
from pain.
There
is
pass water.
blood.
A few drops are passed at a time, and frequently Nausea and vomiting usuall3^ The pain subsides as
may
be mistaken for lumbago or ordinary
all across
fit
of the gravel
colic.
is felt
rising
the pain
may
is
but there
In a
fit
no disturbance of the water, and it is never bloody. numbness of the thigh, and,
testicle.
(in the
MEDICniTAL TEEAT]U:EIfT.
five,
ten minutes,
Caniliaris in the
or
Nux
flannels,
Vomica, aided by hot sitz baths, hot fomentation, and copious draughts of barley-water.
Stone
in the bladder
is
and frequent desire to pass water, which deposits mucus in considerable quantities, and smells strongly ammoniaThe stone produces considerable irritation at the end of cal.
the urethra, a
symptom
of the
who
are
it also
water as
it is
being passed.
Blood, too,
when
it
is
tolerably small it
may be
it
ing the water to accumulate, then taking a hot sitz bath, and
STOIfE IN
THE BLADDEE.
If
it is
185
too large for this,
;
must be removed by
lithotrity or crushing
for stone.
by lithotomy, or cutting
patient
who has
stone,
operation
for
oxygen-water, and strictly attend to the medicines and directions given under the section on " Gravel."
dissolve stone, but it
Medicine cannot
may
treated
as
ordinary inflammation of
Common
Cold.
mild inflammation of the lining membrane of the nostrils and windpipe, and occasionally of its ramifications, induced by
sudden changes of temperature, or a damp or or draughts of cold air from an open window
cient clothing or boots, especially
if
chilly atmosphere,
:
or wet or insufiiis
the body
heated at the,
time.
Symptoms. Feverishness, impaired appetite, obstruction of the nose, sneezing, languor, pains in the head, back, or limbs hoarseness or cough, with chills or shivering ; there is sometimes
wheezing and
difiiculty of breathing.
it is
When
the affection
is
coRTZA, or catarrh.
186
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Eaelt Stage
Peverishness
:
Camjplior
is
if
taken
sufficiently early.
Pressive, confused
headache,
stoppage of
the
nose
ITux
Punning
at the nose
Biclirom., Euphrasia.
chilliness
Pulsatilla, Mercurius.
Cimicifuga, Mercurius.
Silicea,
Chronic cases
Lycopodium, Calcarea,
Sulphur.
detailed teeatment.
Aconite.
sensation of
fulness, heat,
dose
Ntjx Yomica.
frost.
After
Obstruction of the nose, pressive heaviness in the foreconfusion; heat in the head and
face,
head, and
increasing
towards evening.
Dulcamara.
After
A dose
getting wet, to
ward
off
a cold, or to
when
this is prominent.
dose
Chamomilla.
Perspiration checked by
;
and females.
with
or
chapped
lips
shivering,
A dose
Pulsatilla.
Discharge
;
greenish-yellow,
loss of taste
and
COLD IN THE HEAD.
187
chill
lowness of
spirits,
The symptoms
;
;
;
set in severely
general relaxa;
nervous and
mental prostration
feeling,
weakness, trembling,
the
;
exhaustion, sinking
sore
;
with nausea
per-
head to touch.
GELSEMrN'tTM.
Suddcu
pulse,
nervous
ties
;
chills, vertigo,
heaviness of the
eyelids
headache
A dose every
tion
Merctjkiijs.
Soreness
of
the
nose
chill,
A dose every
by heat
:
three hours.
suffering relieved
pain in the
three
prostration
of
strength.
dose every
Hepar Sulph. One nostril affected, or headache, aggravated by the movement renewal on exposure to cold air in cases in
; ;
which Mercurius produces little improvement. A dose night and morning. If the headache coiitinue unabated, consider
Belladonna.
Euphrasia.
After Mercurius, in
is
preference to Hejpar,
is
when
excessive, or there
confusion of
the head, redness of the eyes and eyelids, and copious, acrid,
scalding tears.
Lycopodium.
Obstinate
it
mouth
183
greeable dryness
;
DJFLTJENZA.
not
much
thirst,
Kali Bichkom:.
every four hours*.
Swelling of
;
dose
ACCESSOKT TEEATMENT.
Guard carefully against exposure to currents of air, to damp, or sudden transitions of temperature. The most mischievous
error
is
to
Close
The clothing should not be too heavy or cumbersome, or render exertion laborious. As colds are usually connected with derangement of the stomach, attention should be directed to
treatment, and also to the
observed
;
its
diet.
barley-water, or toast-water.
Influenza.
Symptoms.
is
attended hj ex-
chilliness
pressive
some
beneath the
ear,
and clammy
light
;
perspiration
to
dis-
more or
nausea
less
chest
loss of
appetite,
Influenza varies
It
is
much
sometimes troublesome, on account of the prostration it and sometimes dangerous, from bronchial complication. leaves
;
IN^JLTJENZA.
189
TEEATMENT OF
IN^CIPIENT STAGE.
shivering,
and uneasiness
it
^will
fre-
quently
laborious,
arrest
them.
Further,
may
be
of
service
in
and
cold,
dry skin.
ISTirx
Vomica.
Two drojps on a lump of sugar every hour. Has also proved of efficacy in preventing the
development of influenza.
nose
;
When we
confusion, giddiness
taste,
want
ribs
of appetite, disgust at
;
acid
thirst
pain, as
constipation
;
raw
;
alternate
sleeplessness,
Feverish symptoms
Arsenic, Ifercii'
Eawness at the
Throat symptoms
chest,
and hoarseness
Gelseminum, I'hos-
pJiorus, Belladonna.
:
Belladonna, Mercurius.
Pulsatilla,
Cough
Gelseminum,
Ipecacuanha,
Bryonia,
In
old people
:
190
INFLUEirZA.
DETJLILED TEEATMEKT.
liarsh,
full pulse
sliortj
headache,
weak
with
ness
dryness, tickling,
and roughness
and hurning
Especially
down
to the breast-hone
of the
when
coughing, tenderness
stomach.
four hours.
CiMicrFTJGA.
stuffed
nostrils,
;
or
running of
clear
fluid
sensitiveness
when drawing
;
in
it
dullness, pain
and
;
heats,
and
sore throat
difficulty
of
swallowing
mucus
stupefied feeling
dose
down
head or in
relaxation of the bowels, loss of appetite, foul tongue, disagreeable or insipid taste in the mouth, chilliness, sleeplessness, and
restlessness at night
;
frequent sneezing.
Cough, followed by
and
mucus
effort,
;
or purulent ex-
rheumatic pains
Aesenic.
pro-
fuse, watery,
nostrils
violent sneezing
severe
INPLrEH^ZA.
; : ;
191
;
pains in
tlie
limbs
difficulty of breath;
ing
increase of suffer;
difficult to detach.
Meecurius.
Chills
copious, acrid,
;
feverishness
weakness
relaxed bowels
;
head-
sore throat
and chest
when
pleurisy,
Chamomilla.
the head
in
Hoarseness
;
A
;
rattling of
mucus
frequent
;
fits
of
sweating of
the
diarrhoea.
A dose
IpECAcrANHA.
coughing.
Yomitiug
CoNTUM.
relieved
Cough
dose night
and morning.
ACCESSORY TEEATMEN^T.
and unstimulating, yet nourishing, avoiding everything likely to increase inflammatory action. Arrowroot, sago, beef-tea, light puddings, and white fish. In
diet should be light
The
severe attacks,
is little
192
couaH.
Cough.
STMPTOiis.
^Yiolent
air
j
from the
it
caused by irritation
may be
so,
itself,
may become
As
It
or
of other diseases.
a precursor of
too
often
neglected.
may
be a mere
symptom.
Causes.
It
may
arise
from an
MEDICIITAL TKEATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Barking
Dulcamara^ Belladonna.
:
Catarrhal
Belladomia, Ignatia,
Nux
Croupy
Dry
Nux
Vomica, Chamo-
Fatiguing
Ihoa^
Vomica.
Hacking
Hoarse
Loose
: :
Ignatia.
J^ua^
:
Nervous
Kight
Belladonna,
Nux
Vomica,
Ignatia,
Byoscyamus,
Byronia, Ipecacuanha,
:
Shaking
Short
:
Vomica, Pulsa-
COUGH.
193
Gelseminum,
IpecacuanJiaj
tilla,
Chamomilla,
Bryonia
Drosera.
Suffocating
:
Ai^senic.
Tickling
Belladonna,
Hyoscyamus,
Gelseminum,
Ignatia,
Nux
Vomica,
Calcarea,
Chamorailla, Bryonia,
LacJiesis.
Ijpecacuanha,
Violent
Belladonna, Pulsatilla,
DETAILED TEEATME2^T.
Aconite.
Violent
short cough
feverish
heat
when
coughing, or in hreathing.
DuLCAMAEA.
Loosc
A
exposure to a cold,
damp atmosphere
Belladonna.
the slightest
tion
movement
of
lancinating
HxoscTAMirs.
ling,
Frequently answers.
A
night-cough.
Ignatia.
Shaking, spasmodic,
;
paroxysm
md
aggravated after eating or on lying lown at night, or on rising in the morning. Especially when the
is
night
the cough
)atient is
[low spirits.
194
COUGH.
cough,
worse at night.
cough,
dry,
dose
or
nervous
hoarse,
fatiguing, spasmodic
throat, sometimes with hoarseness, and more frequently with severe headache, or pain as from a blow in the stomach, under
the ribs
dose every
Pulsatilla.
Moist
cough,
especially in the
morning, con;
mucus
hoarse-
ness
of
if
mucus, nausea,
bruised in the
and sensation
bowels.
soreness
as
Aksenic.
Severe
violent,
Lachesis.
on the throat
;
or cough as
down
or after a meal
of
cough during
Phosphorus.
Tenderness
;
hoarse;
of voice,
provoked by
Avindpipe
mucus
or
or by talking
IIepar Sulph.
suffocation,
Obstinate,
is
with dread of
when any
hoarseness.
COUGH.
1C5
and in
Caebo Yeg.
the evening
;
Pits
damp weather,
greenish mucus.
particularly in the
Muco-purulent
and incurvatransparent
Kali Bicheomas.
blood
mucus, or dark-grey or
;
Htdeastis.
Yery
A dose
rough, hoarse cough, with thick, yellowish, very stringy, tenacious, profuse expectoration,
with
debility, loss of
appetite.
A
pro-
dose night
and morning.
Baptisia.
difficult expectoration, or
liability to
sudden attacks of
difficulty of
dose
Consult
also
the various
medicines
under the
article
on
" Catarrh."
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
if
Aim
at
checking
irritated
membrane, and
Change
is
wearing
of
a respirator, or
moustache.
The
diet
exposure to a
196
COTJGH.
raw, cold, and damp, or to a bleak, dry, and cold atmosphere is to be avoided, and everything which is known to provoke an attack.
Sudden transitions from one temperature to another, or draughts, are injurious ; close, ill-ventilated apartments is equally so.
Gaseous exhalations, as in factories, or the presence of numbers
of persons are injurious,
Early hours,
foot), are
and
still
very beneficial.
injurious.
Hoarseness.
Hoarseness, or roughness of the voice, arises from morbid
condition of the upper part of the windpipe.
seat is
catarrh.
is
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Pulsatilla.
thick,
with cough, Almost complete night and morning. A yellow Thin discharge from the nose burning or Meectjeius.
loss of voice,
loose
discharge.
dose
night.
Dry, fatiguing cough, worse the morning, the A dose night and morning. dry obstruction the throat cough CHAMOiiiLLA. Hoarseness, with mucus
Nux
YoMiCA.
in of
nose.
in
feverishness, irritability.
Hoarseness, with low, dose night and morning. Sulphite. When improvement
Deoseea.
ness, roughness,
ceases
low,
nearly extinct
particularly in cold,
damp weather.
BKONCHITIS,
197
Chronic Hoarseness.
Foi treatment see " Chronic Laryngitis."
Consult especially
Mem-
frequent as
scarlatina, smallpox,
and whooping-cough.
Acute Bronchitis.
Symptoms.
Chilliness,
;
succeeded by fever
hoarseness,
diffi-
culty of breathing
dry,
or scanty, frothy or
expectoration
subsequently
copious,
respiration,
sometimes streaked with blood; excessively laboured with constriction and oppression at the chest some;
of
appetite
paleness
:
of
the
lips,
cadaverous anxious
Insidious Yaeiett.
chest, yet there is
insidious,
no pain, heat of skin, or fever; this is most and too frequently neglected until beyond the power
:
of the physician
it
they
may
wheezing, of which
any notice
is
taken, nor
is
198
suffocation threaten, or
BROlfCHITIS.
some alteration
subdued at theouts3t,
then
beyond control.
Bronchitis
life
in"
Children.
and early
deserves notice.
cold
;
It generally begins as in
adults,
;
with from
common
minent
;
the continual motion more marked than difficulty of breathing on applying the ear a mucous rattle is heard over every part expectoration temporarily relieves, and occasionally mucus is expelled
wheezing
by vomiting
livid
;
the countenance
is
in the occasional remissions the child is drowsy but the paroxysm returns with additional severity, and, if not checked, extreme difficulty of breathing ensues, and death from suffocation.
When
it difficult
who
will dis-
continue sucking, cry, throw back the head, and even after
In some
of the
The tubes
may
Aggravation
a striking symptom.
of catarrh, or cold, variations in temperature,
Causes.
cold
Those
or scanty clothing.
It
may
:
be
the
exposed to
all
kinds of weather.
when
a patient
is
confined
BEOK^CHITIS.
199
MEDICIITAL
TREATMENT,
LEADING INDICATIONS.
reverishness
Aconite.
:
Bryonia, Aconite,
Wheezing
PTiospliorus,
Antim, Tart.
:
Copious expectoration
Hepar, Pulsatilla.
:
Antim. Tart.
Prostration
:
Arsenic.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Aconite.
^Whenever high
hot, dry
dry,
skin,
short,
frequent
;
obstructed respiration
;
anxiety, restlessness,
A dose
Bryonia.
nation to
Laborious,
lips
constant incli-
make
or scanty, difficult,
;
viscid,,
;
wheezing
dry
mouth and
Spongia.
tion at night.
At
a more advanced
stage
rattling
of mucus,
wind-
inability to breathe
dose every
BEONCKmS.
" ;
200
Hepae.
Mucous
rattle,
;
and
effort
to
expectorate ineffectual
or expectoration
copious,
and cough-
When
the
but there
chest; dry
is
Kali Bicheomas.
sive,
Tickling
and stringy
hours.
Ipecacuanha.
^Wheezing, and, on
mucous
;
secretion
shortness of breath
ing.
A dose
Chadiomtlla.
Often
when
a whistling,
A dose every
three hours.
ajh"D Spois'gia.
;
HJEPAE Stjlph.
unequal
Ipecactjanha,
Aesektc, Antim.
Taet., Phosphoeits,
as
pre-
In severe
common
colds will
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS,
201
May
may
it
itself
mildness
several weeks or months to years. It affects elderly persons more than the young, but may occur at all ages. Winter coughs in old persons are examples of chronic
bronchitis.
Symptoms.
The expectoration
yellowish- white
More
or
slight exer-
tion.
In other
may
be good.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING SYMPTOMS.
Cough,
difficult
:
dry
hacking
moist
:
obstinate
Hepar, Sulphur,
racking
short
:
Pulsatilla, Sulphur.
Phosphorus, Lachesis,
:
spasmodic
violent
:
202
CHRONIC BE0NCHITI3.
Arsenic,
Lacliesis,
Ipeca-
soreness of
:
Fhosphorus.
debility
China, Arsenic.
:
head, pains in
hectic fever
:
Bryonia, Sulphur.
Phosphorus, Arsenic.
hoarseness
Calcarea,
,,
Separ, Spongia.
:
limbs, pains in
Bryonia.
Phosphorus, Ipecacuanha.
nausea
Ipecacuanha, Ai^senic.
:
Cactus.
:
pricking pains
rattling
at
Cactus, Lachesis.
:
the chest
soreness of windpipe
soreness of bowels
:
Pulsatilla.
:
suffocation, sense of
satilla, Cactus,
Sulphur, Hepar.
:
throat, tickling in
tightness of chest
voice, loss of
:
Phosphorus.
yih.eQzmg'. Pulsatilla, Arsenic, Ipecacuanha, Cactus. ,, Calcarea, Kali Bich., Arsenic, Phos^ Expectoration, adhesive
:
phorus, China.
,,
,,
blood-stained
considerable
:
greenish
greyish
:
Carlo Veg.
Kali Bich.
Calcarea, Spongia, Siannum, Baptisia.
offensive:
COFGH.
Expectoration, profuse
203
Hydrastis.
thick
whitish
Sulphur, Squilla.
Calcarea.
from
:
Arsenic.
air,
from
:
day, during
eating, after
evening, in
laughing, after
lying down, on
Phosphorus, Hepar.
Lachesis, Sulphur.
morning, in
night, at
:
DETAILED TEEATMEXT.
PtTLSATiLLA. Severe, shaking, loose spasmodic cough, worse towards evening and at night, frequently followed by vomiting sensation of suffocation, as from sulphur worse when lying
;
down
chest
cough
first
yellowish, mucus,
;
times sensation as
emission of urine
when coughing
chilliness.
Kali Bicheomas.
bone, oppressed
Difficult, teasing
;
cough,
tough,
viscid,
expectoration
hours,
the cough
is
bronchitic.
dose every
three
with continual tickling in the windpipe, increased by talking; most troublesome during the
cough,
Chamomilla.
Dry
204
night, or
corGH.
;; ;
morning and evening tenacious mucus with wheezing cough during sleep, sometimes with suffocative paroxysms cough, with scanty, tenacious, bitter expectoration. Specially
;
for
throat,
fits
and
thirst
great fretfulness
fit
of passion.
hours.
Bryonia.
Cough
winds
as
warm room
if
dry
impossible
chest
;
violent
bursting headache,
at the
temples
spitting
of rusty blood,
collar-bone;
hours.
Gelseminum.
Dry
throat
Especially useful
Catarrhal,
nervous, or
spasmodic cough at
and vomiting
almost suffocating.
suffocation
from
and the
body
hour.
rigid.
Caxcarea.
Often
Dry cough,
down
in
the throat
also
loose
eouGH.
chest, expectoration offensive, thick,
205
and yellow.
dose night
Hollow cough,
;
excited by irritation, or
the throat
catarrhal, nervous in
cough,
frequently
with
vomiting, occurring
paroxysms
hoarse cough,
;
especially
morning and evening, increased by speaking obstinate cough with greenish mucus, or of blood with burning in the chest a
characteristic of this
three hours,
Hepab
Stjlph.
Obstinate,
:
violent, dry,
hoarse, suffocative
or dry,
when
talking, stoop-
Cough with
and fear of
mucus
in the windpipe
and chest
ing in the windpipe, chiefly after lying down, often with diiSculfc
respiration
as from the vapour of by eating or drinking, or by or cough immediately on going into the open
suffocation,
sulphur
ascending stairs
air
;
cough at
tion
;
from the nose; sneezing; periodic dry night, with burning; cough, with bloody expectora-
mucus
difficult to raise
rattling, oppression,
of
impending
Deosera.
A dose every
two hours.
Chronic cough
;
by pressing the hand cough on on the side excited or aggravated by laughing Morning cough, with bitter, lying down, and during the night.
pain in the chest under the ribs, relieved
;
nauseous expectoration
evening
;
200
SuLriruE.
HooriNG corGH.
Obstinate
coiigTi,
;
particularly
when dry
it
disturbs
and hips
also cough,
dose every
four huUis,
Hooping- Cough.
which few escape as an epidemic, communicable by contagion.
of childhood,
A disease
it
generally appears
We
seldom find an
we
may
Symptoms.
Paroxysms
;
by a
fit
and
become
livid
the nose,
and stoppage of
the
them on
common and
violent at night.
Respiration
may
first,
or febrile
an ordinary
with slight
fever,
accompanied by
irritative
sive
stage
shows
itself.
may
manifest themselves.
stage, there
HOOPING COUGH.
207
Tfeakness wliicli
fever set in.
may become
TEEATMEj^T.
leading indications.
FeverisBness
:
Aconite.
Pulsatilla^ Ipecacuanha,
Cough, loose
Hepar.
Nux
Vomica,
with hoarseness
vomiting
after
Pulsatilla, Pelladonna.
:
copious expectoration
;
Pulsatilla,
Dulcamara.
Ipecacuanha^
Pulsatilla,
Drosera,
Cuprum. bleeding from the nose Arnica, Drosera. suffocative paroxysms Ipecacuanha, Nux Vomica. inflammation of the lungs Phosphorus, Antim. Tart.,
: : :
Bryonia.
In the Incipient, catarrhal stage the most appropriate remedies are those for ordinary cough.
By
careful selection,
first stage.
it is
it
may
also
be required as an im-
show themselves. A dose every two Jiours. DuLCAMAEA. The attack follows exposure to cold and damp the cough loose, with copious, easy expectoration. A dose
Pulsatilla. Cough
ness,
loose,
with flow of
tears,
weakness of the
occasional
from the
after
coughing
Meecfeitjs.
Hoarseness,
;
208
HOOPING COUGH.
fits.
Dry, hollow, harsh, barking cough, worse night. A dose every three hours. Hepak Sulph. Cough worse night, hut looser than that A dose every three hours. indicating Belladonna. Chamomilla. Dry, hoarse cough, with expectoration,
Belladokn'A.
at at
difficult
followed by soreness
pipe and chest.
copious.
dose every
is
mucus on the
Bryonia.
chest.
Expectoration
;
;
brick-dust colour
aggravation on movement
dry tongue
constipation.
Much fever; hard, pulse; cough, blood-stained expectoration. A dose every two hours. Antimonium Taet. Oppression anxiety the chest
Phosphoeus.
full
with
pulse
at
small,
weak, and
irregular.
Deoseea win materially shorten this trying period. Yiolent paroxysms in rapid succession, or threatening suffocation, attended by the characteristic " whoop " during inspiration, and
sometimes fever
;
after each
fit,
mucus
relief
on moving about.
paroxysms occur particularly at night, and with great severity, generally followed by vomiting of mucus or
CoNiTJM.
food.
The
, ;
HOOPINGr COIJGn.
209
dose
after a
fifc
of coughing has
proved
extremely successful.
Diet.
The
diet
must be
light
bread
;
When
symptoms have
tea.
When
there
wind
and
chest, night
is
of the medicine
which
taken
of great service.
Change of
required
obtained,
possible.
Croup.
This well-known disease requires prompt treatment.
the
Prom
moment we
remedy
if
to the
since,
clearly indicated.
it
not checked,
twenty-four hours.
mem-
becomes
critical.
previously
waking the
Predisposing- Causes.
to
it,
ExciTiKG Causes.
to cold or
The
damp
Symptoms.
by a
with ccugh
the patient
210
CEOUP.
freely.
Croup
may commence
and becomes
like a
common
;
cold,
in a day or
though the breath were passed through a metallic tube the cough becomes more shrill, and when long-continued, resembles
the crowing of a young cock.
tion,
There
is
seldom
much
expectora-
and
if
any,
it
or resembles
;
portions of membrane.
the
spiration,
more particularly
of the
head and
face.
There must
MEDICIN"AL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
For sudden attacks Aconite, Spongia. Premonitory cold and cough Pulsatilla, Se/par.
:
Cuprum,
:
Eeturning attacks
Kali BicJiromas.
:
Antim.
Tart., TpecacuanJia.
hurried, laborious
burning heat
thirst.
;
dose, in very
had
cases,
If
Spongta.
The
an
Jiour.
skin moist,
;
the breathing
laboured,
loud,
the pafcient has the head thrown backdry, hoarse, ringing, hollow, and squeak-
wards
ing.
or the cough
is
an
liour.
Gelseminum.
of Aconite
and
CE0I7P.
211
is
sudden and
and thick
or the
and clutches at
its throat, as
though
must be
suffocated
of the spasm.
A dose
Hepar Sflph.
The skin
ing freer, but there remains a dry, harsh, hollow cough, a weak,
or the
cough peculiar to croup has set in, accompanied by a constant mucous rattling the patient frequently grasps at his throat, and bends the head back. A dose every half hour or two hours. It is highly important to keep Aconite and Spongia for
;
Therefore,
room
or, better
;
a bronchitis kettle.
A warm
bath
is
also of service
but
the child should be placed in bed immediately afterwards, and the temperature of the room kept steadily warm.
press over the windpipe
line
is
A tepid
com-
and gutta-percha cloth can also be used for the same purpose.
little
Toast and water, milk and water, and the like, should be
exclusively used for
of croup.
; :
212
CKOUP.
and exposure
ing
still
in the open
air is likely to
wet.
Gentle exercise in
in the sleeping
and
means
is
windpipe
it
croup
it
or smallpox.
by children drinking
is
distinguished
violent, involuntary
the expectoration
is
memcold,
braneous-looking exudation.
Symptoms.
The commencement
;
is
sometimes an ordinary
felt in
or inflammatory fever
the throat
is
The
is
or
The heat
of skin
is
great,
the pulse rapid and hard, the thirst considerable, but incapable
from the suffering that is occasioned by the attempt to drink. The throat is red, inflamed and swollen the movement of the tongue may be also painful and difficult.
of being satisfied
Eestjlts.
Occasionally
The danger
fatal within a
arises
two
at most.
through which
fortunately rare.
air alone
As
a primary affection
213
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Feverisliness
Shrill voice
:
:
Aconite, ITepar,
Aconite, JSjpongia.
of
Pricking,
and tenderness
windpipe:
Aconite,
S^ongia,
Lachesis, Apis.
Constant cough
Hoarseness and
jpliorus.
Spasm
of the throat
:
Ulceration
DETAILED TREATMENT.
and
voice, or
inflammatory fever.
or two hours.
Spongia.
After
breathing becomes
A dose
Hepar
SrLPHTJRis.
After
Spongia,
;
when
it is
capable of
it
Eepar
S.
if
may
the fever and burning heat of the skin continue notwithstanding the administration of Aconite..
hours.
Lachesis.
difficulty in
Extreme
swallowing
after
Hepar
8., if
not
relieve.
214
Apis.
INrFLAMIirATION OF
TKE WINDPIPE.
with
Intense
circumscribed inflammation,
;
stinging
dread of suffocation.
com-
frantic efforts
remove
the sensation.
Gelsemintjm.
Burning
profuse
perspiration
livid
Kali Bichromas.
tion
Insupportable
;
tickling
;
and
irritation,
uneasy respiration
in chronic
may
be greyish.
A
is
Beliadonna
is
of
service
when
there
much
to the
thirst,
further,
is
;
when the
throat
Belladonna
ministered where
fever.
when
ACCESSORY TREATMEI^T.
diffusion of it in the
rf^PLAMMATION OF THE WLNDPIPE.
to ulcerations,
215
more
or less complete,
destroy the vocal chords, the muscles, and even the cartilages of
the windpipe.
The
full
hands of an expert.
is
it
is,
however,
it.
SoiPTOMs.
Hoarse,
foetid
husky
voice,
often
whisper
expectoration, which
may
be slight
and
glairy,
swallowing
is
spasm
of the throat
and
difficult
The existence
life,
of this affection in
it.
permanently
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
CoiairM:.
Wheezing,
;
barking cough;
voice
;
foul,
foetid,
greenish
expectoration
altered
Belladonna.
the throat
Loss
;
of voice or hoarseness,
with
itchino-
in
back of windpipe
;
dose
Cough,
chiefly at
night
or
in
the morning;
hoarseness
a sensation as
by a
when
dose
216
lifPLAMMATIOX OF THE WINDriPE.
Acid. ITitric. Por ulceration. A dose every twelve Jioitrs. Por further treatment see under "Pulmonary Consumption
in the large edition of this work.
"
ACCESSOET MEASTJEES.
The avoidance
essential to the
of irritating
is
restoration of
Due degree
air,
of pre-
sudden transi-
damp
or
important
all
no furs should be
heavy wraps of
kinds be avoided.
The
throat must be well bathed with cold water night and morning.
Inflainniation of the
Inflammation of the lungs
Lungs (Pneumonia).
is
frequently associated
;
with
then
the
it is
termed Fleuro'pneumonia.
Predisposing-
Causes.
The
of
inflammatory tendency of
lungs arising from the functions they perform in the respiration of air of widely different temperature
;
generation of
disposition.
animal heat
or,
Dry
coldness
the
atmosphere,
habitual
in-
dulgence in stimulants.
Exciting Causes.
charges of blood
of the chest.
Taking
cold,
;
Symptoms.
respiration
;
Shivering,
followed
by
fever
short, hurried
cough, short,
217
;
ally,
this rusty
hue
it
occa-
than pain
wiry,
thirst
;
pulse
variable,
when
;
and
loss
lies
greatly
of
accelerated
dark
appetite
depression.
The patient
in severe
attacks
symptoms only to be detected by auscultation and which a medical man alone can determine.
Complicated Cases.
lungs
is
percussion,
In
severe
cases,
inflammation of the
often
and stabbing.
Another complication
is
When
as
blood
with copious
sediment
together
of
the lungs be
is
structure
livid,
sometimes
the pulse
weak and
medicinal teeatment,
leading indications.
218
INPLAMMATION OF THE LTWGS.
Complete engorgement
Ant int.
:
Tart., PhospJiorus.
Burning heat
Congestion,
of skin
Aconite,
oppression,
pain
Belladonna, Bhosphorus.
Viride.
Eusty expectoration
No cough
Antimonium
DETAILED TEEATMEXT.
The danger
"when
it
of this affection
To provide
when
Burning
heat of skin,
thirst,
restlessness,
and
shuddering,
three hours.
Yeeatrtjm Yieide.
In the
simple engorgement
with
f everishness
;
rusty expectoration
often delirium
Of great
Gelseminttm.
Useful
;
after Aconite
there
is
Cough with
;
brick-dust colour
oppression and
;
foul,
In these
cases,
the
219
; ;
is
often necessary.
A dose every
Cactus.
two hours.
of the breathing
;
acute, pricking
pain
blood-stained expectoration
Beliadoiwa.
feeling
fever
chest
bring up
and tongue dry and parched, skin hot, thirst incessant ; tho delirium. In frightful dreams pulse hard, quick, and full robust subjects. Aconite and Belladonna may be given in quick
;
;
A
in
;
Phosphorus.
success
disease
but,
above
full
;
Much
or
fever,
with hard,
pulse,
cough,
and
blood-stained
at
frothy
chest
expectoration
great
weight
and oppression
less hectic fever
the
more or
soreness of the
;
dry
It
is also
more or
necessary in
A dose
Antimonitjm Tartaricum.
When the
or
when
there
is
or,
again, when the difficulty of breathing, anxiety, and other symptoms are temporarily relieved after expectorating. A dose every quarter of an hour, and then every half-hour, gradually
During the
220
caution
is
required
care
allow the patient to over-indulge returning appetite, as error in The patient this respect may entail troublesome consequences.
for
to cold winds, to
damp, or
Pleurisy
Pleurisy
is
Inflamniation
of the Pleura.
an inflammation of the membrane covering the lungs, which, in health, moves freely on the walls of the chest. The ordinary free movement is interfered^ with, and a friction
or rubbing
sound produced.
The inflamed
Symptoms.
Pleurisy
is
lancinating pain in
the
in
short,
prostration.
Posi-
If the heat
and other
free
febrile indications
less painful,
:
become more
and
and
but
may
be expected
should the pain suddenly terminate, followed by a sinking of the pulse and a change of countenance, there
Causes.
cold
is
great danger.
The
of pleurisy is
exposure to
and damp.
blow.
medicinal treatment,
leading- indications.
Aconite.
PLETJEISY.
221
DETAILED
TKEATMENT.
aid,
To provide
for cases
Aconite.
Eever,
In many
when
more
not do
until
It
blister,
and rarely
;
fails to
should
it
and ihehreathinj
al-
painful*
or cutting in
the chest,
oppression
much
movement
palpitation
;
thirst,
;
constipa-
tion
or pain as
if
burst
less,
fiery, or
rest-
pulse
sometimes
full,
intermittent, and
side, or
weak
Aenica.
^When
yield
or
if
with
Acoyiite,
it
must be employed
hours.
dote every
tivo
222
PLEURISY.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
Hot
"witli
mustard
plasters or leaves.
tlie
Lungs."
A painful
which
it
is
affection of
may be
mis-
Pleurisy
is
invariably preceded
and accompanied by fever and prostration. False is not ushered in by chill, and is unattended by } leurisy quick pulse, and heat of skin, but generally commences fe\'er,
by
chill,
the pain,
is
surface of the
between the
ribs,
medicinal treatment.
Arnica.
Is the
;
to effect a cure
A
;
The patient
alternated.
is
as
though fixed
in a vice
is
he
"When there
fever,
may be
with
Bryonia.
The pain
is
increased
Kux
Vomica.
BPITTING or BLOOD.
2^
*'
The
In-
Spitting of
Symptoms.
BloodHaemorrhage.
of blood, in greater or less quantity,
Expectoration
DisTmcTivE Characteristics.
affection of the
^We must
be careful to distin-
guish blood raised from the lungs, from that arising from some
mouth or gums,
or blood which
nostrils
into
the mouth.
When
;
from a deed-seated source it generally tastes is, frequently, burning pain in the chest, and also nausea.
PEEOATrTioN"S TO
BE OBSERVED.
^Whou
an attack threatens,
especially if preceded
the patient must refrain from loud or prolonged speaking, calling, singing,
increases
Issue and
Eesijlts.
Spitting
;
blood, in
it
dangerous
serious
but when
it is
and
difficult of
removal.
^There
may
may be dry
hacking
of blood
The
larly
it
sometimes occurs
in consumption.
The term " breaking a blood-vessel " is popuused when a considerable amount of blood is brought up.
a blood-vessel of any size, included in a tuberculous ex-
When
cavation, gives
is
Causes.
Indulgence
spirituous
beverages,
over-heating,
224:
SPITTING OE BLOOD.
scrofulous habit
discharges
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
With
,5
feverishness
Aconite, Arnica,
nausea
Ipecacuanha.
:
debility
:
Hamamelis, China,
Blood dark
Samamelis, Arnica,
DETAILED TEEATMENT.
own
accord
cause,
Aconite
is
most serviceable
in
warding
off
an attack, by the
is
power
it
indicated
by
with accelerated pulse, palpitation, a sensation of paleness and exbubbling in the chest, burning and fulness anguish, aggravated by lying pression of anxiety in the face
shivering,
; ;
down;
or,
when the
expectoration
is
profuse, coming
on in
as a
Aenica.
Principally useful
;
in cases arising
from injury,
instruments
is
the chest, pain as from a bruise in the back and between the
shoulders, and difficulty of breathing.
useful in alternation with Aconite.
Very
Hamamelis.
^Yenous or
When
A
ness or debility.
Ipecacuanha.
frequent
mouth
weakness,
and
expectoration
CONSUMPTION.
225
Pulmonary Consumption.
This disease, otherwise termed JPhthisis, Decline, or Tubercular Consumption, comprises the immediately preceding, attendant, and consequent
It
is
and but a
Mortality.
It causes, if
we
Consumption
carries off in
the United
Kingdom
Prevalence.
Pulmonary
consumption
often,
but most
does not
it
more
or less prevail.
Causes.
Scrofular
dyscrasia
and Tulerculosis of
to one
tlie
Lungs, or Pulsource, a
common
or
of
the blood,
which may be
ill -ventilated
inherited,
acquired, or both.
tainted,
Yery often
bedrooms,
Every person with a tendency to consumption has a want of power does not properly assimilate food does not get rid
;
of useless,
tissue
;
morbid matter
is
everything
is
carried on in an inefficient
manner
is
and
whilst there
less
more work
it.
really
power to do
"Wherever
tissues
;
we have
faulty
where assimilation and the process of its elaboration is and where, in addition, the purification of venous blood
226
in the lungs
at
CONSUMPTIOlf.
is not speedy and complete, we have all the factors hand for the production of tubercle. Tubercle is fat and albumen deprived of their oxygen, and thereby rendered useless is deposited on the for the purposes of the bodily economy
;
mucous surfaces
miliary
tubercles,
The other kind of tubercle, met with in the lungs, is either a degenerated form of the grey, or an exudation, the result of inflammation.
felt
:
make
;
their presence
up an
which makes
itself
evident as cough
as they
air as easily as
they
and expiration
the cough
;
is
prolonged.
At
first
is
usually slight
an
effort
apparently to
and a coating
of tenacious
mucus.
C0T7GH.
Aconite.
Sensitiveness
to
the inspired
air,
felt
here and
bare.
dose at hed-iime.
Belladonna.
Calcarea
A dose
at bed-time.
of
shortness of breath,
sensitiveness to cold.
and morning,
towards evening, dry
Gelseminum.
cough
ing.
;
feverishness
;
The cough, by
CONSUMPTION.
227
With
de-
it is felt
continues longer, as
is
is
more
harassing.
The cough,
however, hut a symptom, an inseparable accompaniment of the irritation and the true method is, not to seek so much to
;
so
harassing as to wear
interfere
away the
rest
then Samamelis,
Conium,
Drosera, or Hyoscyamus
may
be administered.
irritation, tickling, felt principally
Hamamelis.
blood.
Cough from
from
CoNiTJM.
Cough It
local
down
suffocative cough,
face.
and
on
troublesome,
to hard, bark-
voice, or hoarseness
the
cough
may
then mucus.
A dose
twice or
Htosctamtjs.
Nightly
A
cough,
as
soon as the
patient lies
down,
chiefly
at the chest.
In consumption
It
its
this
symptom
is
rarely absent
it is
therefore
is
;
expectorated
it is
occurrence
and when
it
as bleeding from
22 S
the
is
coifsirMPTiois'.
gums
or throat.
in the expectoration
if
without
especially
there be
hesitation,
how-
ever
much
our wishes
may
often spoken
by the patient
as a positive relief
though
if it
be to any conis
It
but seldom
indeed that " breaking a blood vessel " actually takes place.
Prom
how
may
hage.
give
Aeon.,
Am.,
Ipecac,
or
H0AESE]!^ESS,
Inflammation of the windpipe may show itself at the commencement, or at any stage of consumption, and be distinguishable by a peculiar hoarseness
close.
;
it is
If it
occur
early, it
which it should never do, as it can only add to the constitutional irritation, and thus increase the
tubercle in the lungs.
for the following medicines
Por treatment consult the indications and the article on " Inflammation
Lacliesis.
of the Windpipe."
Acid.
JS^it.,
Gelseminum,
Are not
at all
Any
of
them
may
coifsuMPTioif.
229
see the different
TEEATMENT OF
CONSTJMPTIOIf.
its
early
The
less
the lungs
are affected,
softened,
the
easier
the treatment.
curable, admits of
for years
are
may die of some altogether different disease. known to have been arrested, and even absorbed
all irritative
processes
stayed.
Tubercle,
when
Our
softened,
its
and
object, in
treating
of Treatment. When a patient is suspected to be consumptive when there is cough, increased temperature of the body, that is above 98, loss of strength and
General
Outline
weight,
with
expectoration
of
blood,
however
occasional,
seek
1.
Improve the
appetite,
and
all
6. Carefully regulate,
230
coNsuMPTioir.
OrTLIKE OP TREATMENT
DIETETIC, HYGIENIC
AND OTHERWISE.
Fat things should enter into the general diet, as fat bacon, cream, butter, and milk. The meat taken may be supplemented by game and fish the same may be said of bread ; farinaceous
;
taken.
When
of
the appetite
;
fails,
may
be
taken daily
tissue
it is
When
aerated oxygen-water at
Cocoa,
it
must
as nourishing as beef-tea
when
cocoa cannot
be taken, cocoatine
Koumig's Malt extract and Pancreatic Emulsion may be of service. The patient should
be substituted.
may
oils,
or some substitute for them, are required as food ; they help to renew the tissues, and also aid the muscular, secretive, and nerve force of the body, and promote the digestion of other
food, if taken in
moderate quantities.
to
It
may
:
be floated on milk or
that
it floats
and then
let it
be swallowed at once.
it
may
agree
taken the
use
must
necessarily be
time
before
and
it
may
be con-
CONSUMPTION".
231
must be counteracted
be dust constantly
much
as possible
and
if
means
about (as in bakehouses, mills, and manufactories), a change of occupation must be effected. The home-life should be investigated
:
all
is
lated by something more than door, window, and chimney. The air should be continually renewed by small fixed ventilators near the ceiling every bed-room, without exception, and whatever its size, should be so provided, or, during from eight to ten hours, worn-out carbonised air the most prolific of tu;
it
is
produced.
Yentilation
is
one of Hewitson's
cheap
an ordinary brick,
would
rooms
As
and clothing.
To supplement
three times a day.
exercise, to
Eamadge's or Dobell's
of climate, in connection
that
it
unimportant, or
utterly impossible.
Thorough change
of air
and
scene, especially if
effects in
conjoined with
many
instances
232
;
CONSUMTTION.
decided good the mere change tells beneficially on the spirits, and seems to supply new rallying power again, some climates No are light and invigorating, others are mild and balmy. the world without exercise, without ventilation, climate in without care, can prove curative in consumption and it is sur:
;
prising,
with
care,
bearable,
and how, even under it, permanent improvement takes place. The author has met with undoubted and striking experience of
this.
By
all
means,
if
care,
whom
change
impossible, to
whom
there
little
hope even
by
which
give up in des-
much
certainty,
though
it
may be attained with nearly as may demand great patience and perit.
Those
who
on a dry
east winds.
MEDICIIS^AL
TREATMENT OE
IN CONSUMPTIOI^.
Nux
YoMiCA.
Uncomfortable
distension
after
;
meals,
the
clothes or dress
have to be loosened to
afford relief
heartburn,
;
rest-
Cap.bo Yegetabilis.
affords
Constant
which
but
little relief,
heartburn,
to milk.
and
CONSUMPTION".
233
A
is
symptoms.
Ignatia
.
Small
warm
capricious appetite
;
aversion to
PuLSATTXLA.
chilliness
;
Everything
;
disagrees
;
and nausea
tearful
mood tendency
in deciding
to diarrhoea
ing; desire for beer or spirits, and often for food, but difficulty
what
is
relished if
anything
is.
Hydkastis.
Paint,
ifc
Chamomilla.
Complete
;
with
inclination to vomit
raw vegetables
or coffee.
Jiours.
CmiciEUGA.
exhausted
every
;
The
patient
is
very excited by
trifles
soon
is
too
easily
feeble
pain sometimes
under
collar-bones.
Calcaeea Caeb.
not easily shake
and does
least
it off
shortness of breath on
up-stairs or
making the
eminence.
dose night
and morning,
feels
Phosphokic Acid.
Chest
;
feel
234
perspiration
it
;
CONSUMPTION.
acids disagree.
dose every
four
at
Hamamelis.
the chest.
Tickling
fulness
Belladonna.
at the chest.
Yeeateum
Sickness
:
Jiours.
of pulse,
faintness, prostra-
Antim.
Crud.,
Tartar.
Emetic.
Arsenic,
Ipecac.
Nux
if
Tongue much
;
tongue clean,
by overloading the stomach, by Vomica ; if attended by headache, and giddiness, Cocculus; if from weakness of the stomach, Ars. and Antim. Tart, alternately, with an occasional dose of Nux.
sickness be caused
improper food,
Nux
Diarrhoea
Sulph., or Arsenic,
Constipation,
when
prominent indications.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT AS DETERMINED BY TKE EXPECTOEATION.
Expectoration copious
purulent
foetid
:
Fuls., Hyd.,
Dulc
Acid. Fhos.
:
thick, yellow
Fuls.
:
Spong., Fhos,
:
EXCESSIVE PERSPIPvATION.
Perspirations
excessive
;
:
water at bed-time
CON^SUMPTIOIT.
235
Veratrum Viride, Gelse-
Aconite,
Cactus,
feet,
the result of
Nfx
The
from the
and also that with care and prudence this might be " stamped out " altogether.
Asthma.
Paroxysms of suffocating breathing, usually waking a patient first sleep, and necessitating a free immediate access of fresh air from an open door or window. An attack is folout of his
Such
is
is
Some
of
when
London.
Some
phere, whilst others again are never free but at the sea-side;
difficult in
one street, and perfectly easy in another not half a mile distant.
It
may
236
ASTHMA.
MEDICIN^AL TREATMENT.
LEADING nrOICATIONS.
1.
2.
3.
For purely nervous asthma Gelseminum, Baptisia. moist, humid, or bronchitic asthma Ipecacuanha, Pulsatilla, Antim. Tart., Arsenic, Sulphur. spasmodic asthma JVux Vomica, Sulphur, Yeratrum
: : :
4.
5.
Album, Ipecacuanha, Cactus. asthma caused by indigestion Ipecacuanha, Nucc Vomica, Veratrum Album. asthma from suppressed gout, or chronic eruption Sulphur, Ledum.
:
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Ipecacfanha, Arsenic.
laborious,
The
great exhaustion
An
;
attack
is liable
with gasping for breath, occasionally relieved by remissions the paroxysm continues, with more or less intensity, until
relieved by a
filled
fit
of coughing,
with expectoration of
is
with
bubbles.
Arsenic
also
liable to be excited,
or
damp
or stormy weather
also,
when changes
of temperature,
warm
dose, in
Kali Bichromas.
tough and
Cactus.
viscid.
at every breath
the
very
little
mucus
raised,
on the
tightly
face,
with oppres-
down
better in day-
time.
ASTHMA.
;;
237
painful,
lieavy,
Gelseminum.
laboured
;
Eespiration
hurried,
and
inspirations
and
forcible
it
seems
utterly
impossible
;
take
breath
the patient
window and
get his
Much
with slow, laborious, and impeded respiration, and frequent inclination to vomit.
Phosphorus.
great
DiflScult
breathing;
nightly attacks
of
suffocation
fulness,
strong
or inhaling
else
is
common
brown
is
hot water,
when nothing
attack.
at of
The burning
With
is likely
to suit
suffice,
or
oil
must
from
all
never be forgotten that some scent or odour of the bed, bedclothes or pillows
may
occasion
asthma
or effluvium
decaying matters, as
springs.
fruit,
may
238
shower-'batli in
HAT FEYER.
summer
Dr. Massey
recommends, in some
patient's
temperature of the
lighter
which gives a
he
also suggests
Asthmatic
patients should
sedulously
They should
The
especially at night,
known
to provoke an attack.
name
implies, to the
summer.
It
is
Symptoms. Those
of epidemic catarrh,
of
The eyes
and nose run the eyes and nostrils are more or less inflamed and sore. There is the constant annoyance, considerable irritation,
and more or
less debility.
MEDICETAL
TREATME]!^^!.
:
For
irritation
and watering
of the eyes
^Euphrasia, Pulsatilla,
spasmodic breathing
nostrils, as well as
mouth and
For preventives
,
debility
HAY TEYER.
239
ACCESSOKY MEASTTEES.
A residence
practicable.
when
much
fist, for the reception and propulsion of the blood to the system generally and to the lungs the veins conveying this
:
fluid
towards
it,
and the
arteries,
much
it.
is
sent from
it,
With
so
much
to do,
and so
that
it
little rest in
the doing of
when
there
is
room both
fore,
for heart
in,
and, there-
palpitation.
common, and that they on that account from the extent to which the}'' the present age of competition and hurry. They are
find palpitation, angina pectoris,
240
DISEASES OF THE HEART.
;;
result of
some constitutional
or chronic
affection
fever, of
acute
or
fever
albuminuria,
of pleurisy
and pneumonia.
TREATMENT.
The treatment
is
if
of this
in
the least
doubt, to
apply to
homoeopathic
physician.
Angina
In the
pectoris,
Pectoris.
paroxysmal attacks of
angina
distressing,
acute,
after exertion,
relief
be possible.
Aese^^ic. The patient lies on his back, breathing heavily and groaning loudly, with great oppression at the chest, and marble-
like pallor
of rapid dissolution.
toms of increasing warmth appear, then every Jlfteen minutes. llustard plasters to the region of the heart, nape of the
neck, and calves of the legs.
served,
the patient, as
all
the
Neuralgic Angina.
Sometimes angina pectoris
is
ANGIlfA OF THE HEART.
*
241
differ
there
less pallor
is less,
or wanting,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Acois'iTE.
Acute,
from one part of the chest to another, becomes fixed behind the
breast-bone, extends to the pit of the stomach and back, to the
shoulders
difficulty of
ing cough
more or
less irregularity
quarter of an hour, then every hour. Increased action and heavy throbbing of the GELSEMiiniM.
dimness of vision
;
great
or heavi-
and half-stupor.
A dose
CACTrs.
Pricking pain
in the heart
sense of constriction as
;
though
it
oppression of
dusky and
bluish.
Yeeatrum YrRiDE.
in bed
Pricking
;
up
culty of breathing.
It
is
also
and diffiworthy of a trial when the beats of scarcely perceptible, and fluttering,
Pain
in the region of
and
stiffness in
down
arm
irregular small
pulse,
now
up
242
ill
'
; ;
ANGIlfA or
THE HEAET.
bed to breathe
movement
of
palpitation
and
A dose every
half-hour or hour.
Spigelia.
as
if
Severe
A
chest
when
speaking.
ACCESSOET TEEATMEXT.
The
greatest care
must be exercised
;
as possible
from
all
extra stress
every excitement,
worry and
ground, hurriedly
ascending
avoided.
and
shell fish.
The
is
action
is
the patient
;
of the disorder
is
he
feels as
his throat
feels
must carry him off, and is much depressed. Palpitation, purely functional, is most readily excited in the sanguine and nervous
and although
slight
and transient in
its
early stage,
if
it
becomes
ulti-
neglected,
may
some other
Over
fulness
of blood,
;
pro-
; ;
PALPITATIOIS'.
243
is
voked by indigestion,
tobacco produces
Occasionally
it is
if
the stomacli
distended by flatus
it
in
or
it
accompanies the
undue
or irritation
lastly, it
may
produces debility.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Quick, bounding pulse
:
Aconite.
fl.atulence
:
I^ux
Vomica,
Lachesis, Lycopus.
dimness of sight
faintness
:
Gelseminum.
Belladonna,
humming
lowness of
Vomica.
in the ears
Naos
Vomica.
In
spirits
Ignatia, Pulsatilla,
Nux
bilious subjects
Nuoc Vomica.
:
hysterical subjects
Pulsatilla,
Ignatia,
Cactus,
Gelse-
minum.
debilitated subjects
:
China, Acid.
PJios., Calcarea.
From
long nursing
Nux
excitement
fright
:
Coffea, Pulsatilla.
Opium, Aconite.
Chamomilla, Aconite.
:
t
anger
anxiety
Veratrum Album,
:
Nux
Vomica,
Obstinate cases
Arsenic, Cactus.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Aconite.
Anguish, and
244
if
p ALPHA Tioir.
"bruised
or
sTiooting
side,
particularly
Paroxysms
upon
;
first
meal
with
a day.
CoccrLirs.
of the limbs,
dose
Igi^atia.
Palpitation
in hysterical subjects, or
from moral
and lowness of
spirits.
A dose three
times a day.
Cactus.
chest,
rising.
l^ervous palpitation or
and
at or hefore
the
time
when
GELSEMrtfUM.
Hysterical
palpitation
;
sensation of fulness,
also
China.
Palpitation from
A
A dose three
times a day.
loss of blood, or in
diarrhoea, or in very
weakly subjects.
A dose
day ;
as also
ACCESSORY MEASTJEES.
In
all cases of
and depression
; ;
PALPITATIOlf.
245
home
dripping sheet
spinal
Aneurism.
A permanent
one, or all of
of some, or
them
ration or violence.
may be ruptured
:
or punctured, and
By
far the
is
the next
the popliteal in
;
the subclavian
and the
Lifting and
of
undue thinness
position.
Practically they
may be
said to be confined to
men.
MEDICIN^AL TREATMENT.
Chiefest, Aconite, to control
circulation.
It
is
pulmonary con-
and morning,
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
not at
all.
The
principally
lean
meat
all
starchy,
farinaceous, and saccharine foods refrained from. The blood must be made and maintained in a state as rich in fibrine as
246
possible
:
that
is
as
much animal
food as possible
should be
taken.
liable, as serous
mem-
there
is
of the veins.
almost invariably a
;
so that,
acute
MEDICINAL TREATMElfT.
Aconite, FulsatiUa, alternately aided by hot fomentations
for
:
and morning
if
then
same way
by Sulphur
may
require opening.
Varicose Veins
Are permanent enlargement of the veins, chiefly of the legs and thighs, from weakness of the veins, or imperfect action of their
valves; through general debility, through continuous standing
or over-exertion, or
,
from pressure,
as in pregnancy.
sides,
have a tendency to
there,
and that
VARICOSE VEINS.
24.7
prominent, and
sometimes,
if
may be
They
and troublesome
ulcers.
most
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Arnica.
The
Hamamelis.
times
a day, with a lotion of a tea-spoonful of the strong tea- cupful ofioater; apply as a compress.
ti?icture to
Arsenic.
In
Carbo Animalis.
in various places
In addition
remedies
make their
appearance.
Nitric Acid.
a day.
In very scrofulous
are
constitutions.
dose twice
The
If,
constitutional
JSTux
Vomica, Pulsatilla,
Silicea, Calcarea,
red, administer
leg
entire rest.
accessory treatment.
Rest,
painful,
with
and a Martin's rubber bandage when they are very soft but well-fitting elastic stockings, constantly
Patients subject to varicose veins should
worn afterwards.
avoid standing as
much
as possible.
248
Varicose Ulcers.
For description and treatment
of, see
" Ulcers."
who
mental
particularly in those
who
inherit a predisposition to
it.
Predisposing Causes.
Full
habit of body
Symptoms.
Fulness of
is
pulsation of which
felt
heat, redness,
face,
and turgidity, or
anxious expression
sitting in a
pallor
;
with an
to the
sun
ing
headache in the forehead, increased by stooping or coughdimness of vision buzzing in the ears tightness round
;
the throat
oppressed breathing
;
indigestion, constipation
dis-
or drowsiness.
MEDICIlfAL treatment.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Full pulse and hot skin
:
Aconite.
face
:
Belladonna,
IVvx
Vomica,
,t
pale face
cifuga,
Nux
DETEEMH^ATION OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD.
l^ausea:
249
Veratrum
:
Viride, Pulsatilla.
Intoxicated feeling
Gelseminum.
Cimicifuga.
:
Dimness
of sight
Gelseminum, Belladonna.
:
Gelsem.inum, Cimi-
From
nervous exhaustion
Gelseminum,
Nux
Vomica, China.
excitement
fright
:
Opium, Aconite.
Chamomilla, JVux Vomica, Aconite.
anger
grief: Ignatia.
intoxicating liquors
Nux
Vomica, Opium.
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Acoi^^iTE, in all recent cases, is usually sufficient to
remove
;
it,
particularly in the
children,
robust
and those of
full
habit
also in
tiuo
when
A dose every
hours.
BELLADOis^isrA, after Aconite, for distension of
throbbing
aggravated by the
;
slightest
movement
buzzing in the
three
attacks of
fainting
or sleepiness.
dose every
hours.
Yeratrum Viride,
irritation,
especially
when
arising
from
or
vascialar
sun-stroke,
alcoholic
stimulants,
teething
in
children.
heightened
the ears
;
sensitiveness to
buzzing or roaring
tingling and
in
double,
;
partial,
nausea
and vomiting
numbness
in the limbs
mental
memory.
Gelseminum:.
haustion
dimness of
Intense
sight, heaviness of
250
giddiness
;
with dulness
swimming
in
the head
a feeling as of a tight
CmiciPUGA.
slightest
Fulness
in the head,
movement
with pain
giddiness and
gloominess
particularly
adapted to
when they
YoMiCA.
fly off,
and
and
Nux
When
;
stud}', or spirituous or
vinous liquors
;
indicated in distension of
or pale,
hue
of the face
or coughing
;
disturbed
sleep
nervous excitability
and
anger
constipation.
A
;
and
morning.
Opium.
From
fright
with
giddiness,
humming
;
also
debauch
mouth, acid
risings, nausea,
or vomiting.
when
the
symptoms are
of passion,
Chamomilla.
or a
fit
the complexion
A dose
every three
CONGESTION OF THE BKAIN.
251
;
Ignatia.
Induced
;
by vexation or
grief
symptoms much
side of
and nervous
Meecueius.
Pulness, or
;
sensation as
pressed by a band
Pulsatilla.
character
;
Distressing
semi-lateral
pain
of
pressive
aggravated by sitting
sense of
bloated face
ing.
inclination to
weep
anxiety
coldness or shiver-
CASES
EKOM
LOSS OE BLOOD,
OK GENERAL DEBILITY.
China.
Congestion
Giddiness.
TJnder this head
is
we
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Merctjritts.
down.
Giddiness from
lying
when
subjects
the cause.
A dose
Pulsatilla.
252
GIDDINESS.
the ears, headaclie, and paleness of the face, sometimes alternating with heat
;
confusion of
sight
lowness of
spirits
or night and
morning.
China.
reclining
lifting or
relieved
hy
debility.
rising
when
stooping.
A dose every
three hours.
to of
Eeiladonna should be given after Aconite, if, in addition giddiness, there be loss of consciousness, with cloudiness
sight.
Opittm.
Threatening
giddiness with
confusion of ideas; or
humming
in the ears,
it
necessary to
down
ACCESSOKY TEEATMENT.
and
flesh-brush
bathing in
is also of service,
with tepid
Apoplexy.
Sudden
loss
of consciousness,
sensation,
greater or less disturbance of the pulse and respiration, arising from pressure on the brain. It is popularly called a " stroke/'
or "
fit."
is
Apoplexy
who have
is
life.
A
The
predisposition to apoplexy
predisposition
is
increased by
rich living
APOPLEXY.
253
Apoplexy may result from fulness, or engorgement of the brain from the exudation or effusion of serum ; or from
;
Pkemon^itory Symptoms.
warded
off.
They
are dul-
is
derangement of the
and
cold
hands and
The Attack.
the breathing
The patient
is
falls
down without
consciousness
full,
and
or
slow
the eyes
;
staring
difficult
entirely lost
complained of
the pulse at
;
first soft,
and coma
is
sets in,
effort to rouse
the patient
unsuccessful.
Causes.
brain
;
Immediate
heart affection
as
arteries
the brain,
spirituous
;
excitement,
anger,
violent
muscular exercise
succeeding
drunkenness
an overloaded stomach.
An
Every
increases the danger and the liability. There is no truth in the popular notion that a third attack is necessarily fatal. Sometimes patients recover very quickly without any, or
Exciting Causes. Obstructed circulation, as from a tight dress round the neck or waist, or prolonged stooping ; intense study
;
25-1
APOPLEXY.
the use of opiates
;
MEDICK^^AL TREATMENT.
A work
"VYe shall
of this nature
is
upon
this.
In a seizure the homoeopathic treatment is much more successful than any other. The first step in an attack is to loosen everything at all tight
round the patient, especially
collars, bands, or neckerchiefs
;
to
of of
remove the patient to a cool place, where there is plenty fresh air ; the head and body must be raised. All application
strong smelling-salts,
ammonia, burnt
feathers, or
aromatic
The increase of the circulation in the extremities should be attempted by all means, rubbing vigourously with heated flannels, or flannels wrung out of hot mustard
no possible good.
and water
must be
feet.
applied
to
the
legs,
and
hot-water
bottles to the
abdomen
feels
"When the bowels are loaded, and the hard, an injection of gruel and soap, a pint and
When
the attack
is
Opium.
loss of
is
immediately traced to
blood
Lachesis.
APOPLEXY.
2dO
DETAILED
TEEATME]!?^!.
Aconite
is
more
of active excitement
Marked
signs
full,
A dose,
dry on
two hours,
until the
symptoms
abate.
Opium.
Most important
;
in all
;
bad
cases.
Slow, stertorous
breathing
which are
pupils
;
with perspiration
insensible
and dilated
stupor
movements
Nfx
Yomica.
Of
;
use after
Opium, especially in
;
bilious,
or
when
:
of
passion
face bloated
;
and
red, or pale
and puffy
;
paralysis?
dose,
two hours.
Lachesis.
driacal,
Valuable
who
:
for drunkards,
choleric, the
hypochon-
or those
hausted constitution
lividity, or paleness
drowsiness
;
consciousness,
face, convulsive
move-
stupor,
or
paralysis,
pulse
weak and
low.
dose every
quarter of an hour, then every three hours. Arnica. Apoplexy, with loss of consciousness, drowsiness,
tary evacuations
256
side
APOPLEXY.
Eed,
and
dilated,
immovable
the patient
;
lies speechless,
side
convulsive
movements
mouth.
hours.
difficulty of
swallowing
foaming at the
every three
dose
every quarter
of an hour,
then
Sun-stroke.
A sudden
in
exposure to the sun's rays, or through great heat, night and day,
ship.
to it
when marching,
by a tightat
fitting uniform.
common
As a
rule,
all
wanting
the patient,
a sudden,
falls
down
insensible,
state, as
though in a
at
first
the pupils.
merely transitory
insensibility, followed
by congestive headache.
heat, with accumulation of
direct rays of
Causes.
electricity
intemperance,
vitiated
atmosphere.
Exposure
full
meal
is
STJN-STEOKB.
257
iug cause.
though this
It
is
it
may
take
to
him
Acoi^iTE.
As a
;
vital action,
ad-
The
head, feel cold, the pulse small and feeble, the features altered
in appearance
dark-red
there
moving premonitory symptoms, as pungent heat of skin, nausea, and debility. A dose every Jive or ten minutes, then every halfhour or hour ; at the same time hot hottles to the feet, and rubting of the arms and legs. In the premonitory symptoms, every
two or three hours.
BELLADONisrA.
Ecd bloated
;
face,
an hour, with
Glonoine for weight at the chest, and pain at the back of the
head, aided by friction, bathing, and exercise in the open
air.
is
258
Persons
BUN-STROKE.
who have
suffered severely
liable
Let the dress be light and loose, and an ample protection for the head and back of the neck be worn with folds of white
linen or muslin.
Constant endeavours to assuage the thirst by beer and other stimulants greatly predispose to it. Cold water, with a little
oatmeal stirred
to
in, is
who
are obliged
work
who
Paralysis.
Total
loss,
sometimes
to
loss of
with
it
in rare cases,
it
As generally understood,
one
leg,
applies
some
one arm, or
one
side.
VAEIETIES.
It
It
the body, usually the lower, affecting the legs ; (paraplegia) (2) to half of the body, one leg and arm, (hemiplegia) (3) to the
(4) to those of
one side
eyelid.
It
may be
preceded by
numbness, coldness, paleness, and slight convulsive jerking or Paralysed muscles and limbs, as a natural consetwitching.
quence, get flabby, and shrink from disuse.
Catjses.
Inj ury
PARALYSIS.
259
nerves
may
hage, or of a clot
may be
so affected.
gout.
and the urinary, in Bright's Disease, rheumatism, and Wrist-drop is an example of lead-poisoning.
alterations in their consistence or substance, as soften;
both
ing or wasting
from
effusion, or pressure
from a
clot.
MEDICIITAL TEEATMENT.
Acoi^iTE.
Kumbness,
gone to
sleep, or
a sensation as of
or as though though the limb had " pins and needles," great
A dose
sensibility of
and a sense
of
dose
or three times
affected
Chilliness in
day.
GELSEMiNirM:.
of
of
of sensi-
when
for
dose
In
progressive
paralysis,
or
when preceded
or
lancinating pains,
chilliness
down
Ntjx
sleep, or
260
and constipation:
freely.
PAEALTSI3.
especially in those wlio have
taken stimulants
Nux
is
of
u^sculus
may be
tried
no service vrhen the paralysis is complete. when J^ux fails. JSfucc Vomica is also
when
over
trifles,
in cases
guiding himself
also
A
and
Phosphokus.
For
paralysis
ACCESSOKT TEEATMEJfT.
At
first,
when
an
and perfect
;
rest,
with
light, nutri-
must be
relied
on
followed by
friction
with
flesh-gloves,
aided
afterwards by
when
must be
they should
must be remembered, that as long as there is any structural lesion keeping up the paralysis, and as long as there is muscular To try them in rigidity, electricity and galvanism do harm.
It
useless cases only disappoints, and brings really useful agents
its
Tissues
Encephalitis Meningitis.
The brain has three distinct membranes -the dura mater the pia mater, and lying on, and almost one with, the brain itself, the filmy arachnoid, or web-like membrane. These membranes are most plentifully supplied with blood-vessels ; from
261
wMch
organ
fact,
inflammation.
Inflammamembranes,
Meningitis.
these,
As
it is
between
and not
essential to treatment,
Symptoms.
Drowsiness,
or
;
and eyes
The extent and duration of the disease, the age, the sex, and constitution of the patient, all however combine to give Examine the eyes and general exa diversity of symptoms. The pupils, in the first stage, are pression of countenance. more or less contracted as the disease ae'vances, they become
;
dilated.
Occasionally the
attack
is
preceded by
congestion
f everishness,
giddi-
pulse quick
the heat
and difficulty of lying long in one position the patient irritable, and annoyed at trifles ; anomalies in the mental powers may be observed, as
restlessness,
with
dulness, drowsiness,
or slight delirium, or a
high degree of
excitement.
by the slightest noise, his eyes brilliant and animated, or bloodshot and intolerant of light, with red
is
The patient
affected
face,
and delirium.
of
same day
danger.
it
may
A very slow
Distinctive Chaeacteristics.
In inflammation
of the tissues,
262
the
HTFLAMMATION OF THE
pain
is
BEAI^".
in
substance.
Results.
in-
ExciTHfG Causes.
Anything tending
cold,
extremes of heat or
When
and void
proves
there
is
stupor, or a tendency to
;
it,
of all expression
TuBEECTJLAK IjsTLAMMATiois-.
The
its
of
the
serious disease
backwards,
which we are sometimes made aware, in very young children, by the little sufferer frequently raising its hands to the
and pain,
head
of
;
alternations
;
of temper,
;
intolerance
of
light
nausea,
starting
;
vomiting
constipation
drowsiness, wakefulness,
of the
or
during sleep.
Or boring
excite-
heavy sleep
red
and swollen
at night
dilated.
j
face,
tossing about
ITEDICII^'AI.
TEEATMEITT.
LEADING LNDICATIONS.
Aconite,
DfFLAlOrATION OP THE BEAUT.
: ;
263
face,
throbbing
Belladonna, Hyos-
Delirium
Icy coldness
Zinc.
Belladonna and
in alternation.
Nux
may be
given
DETAILED TEEATMEIfT.
if
within reach
but,
when
At
the commencement,
when
the skin
hot and
in-
flammatory fever
every hour, until
especially in
A dose
tlie
pulse
quiets,
and
two hours.
Belladonna.
violent
Great heat
of
of the head
pulsation
the
arteries of the
;
neck
a tendency to
suffering
protruded or wild
;
violent
;
loss of
;
low muttering
vomiting
Yeeatetjm Yieide.
ing
in the head;
Yery
giddiness,
hammer-
numb-
memory.
Gelseminum.
Great
down
great
dull, intoxicated,
2G4
reeling sensabion
;
if
effects
hands and
feet,
feet, or
hands and
impeded respiration
small,
weak, scarcely-
perceptible pulse.
and
when
After
Bryonia,
when
stupor
appears
HYOSCXiMtrs.
Drowsiness,
A
loss
consciousness,
delirium,
lips,
about the
face
A
;
Opium.
Lethargic
sleep,
on waking
complete
apathy
and
absence of
hour.
complaining.
A
or
dose,
dry on
Stramonitim:.
Starting
; ;
jerking;
;
sleep
almost
natural,
about
vision fixed
a state of dread
distressing cries
;
red-
feverish
CupRTHM AcETicTJM.
driven in
;
Invaluable
A dose
every hour.
already noticed in
where eruptions have been " the articles on " Scarlet Eash
and " Measles." Or a peculiarly sensitive or irritable, rather than an inflammatory state of brain, which not unfrequently
appears in children during fever or difficult teething.
At the
commencement, crossness or fretfulness, or apathy and indiffersleep disturbed and restless, then drowsiness, with ence
;
inability to sleep
INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.
face
265
;
dry mouth
;
wifchoufc thirst
disgust at food
nausea and
shuddering,
;
vomiting
want
;
of perspiration
pulse
increase of all
symptoms
ACCESSORY MEASTJRES.
for fevers.
The
feet
kept warm, and the head cool by linen rags wrung out of cold
water constantly applied to the forehead, and frequently changed. Perfect stillness in the room and in the house. The window
of the
room
by a thick curtain or
shawl.
Headache.
Headache
is
in such
cases, it is to
"When, therefore,
the brain, the remedies for those disorders must be had recourse to. It sometimes forms so prominent a feature as render
it
necessary that
we
should treat
it as
an original
affection.
TREATMENT.
IEADIN& INDICATIONS.
Principal remedies
Belladonna,
Nax
Kinds of Headache
Ijoring
:
Pulsatilla, Ignatia.
:
Burning
Bursting
Belladonna, Silicea.
Constant
Dull
:
Belladonna, Oimicifuga,
Nux
Vomica,
266
Intolerable
:
HEADACaE.
Belladonna^
Nux
Vomica, Cactus,
Chamomilla,
Carho
Veg., Sejpia.
Jerking
I^ervoTis
Sepia, Arsenic,
:
Belladonna,
Gelseminum,
Cimicifuga,
Sjpigelia,
Sepic^,
Periodical
Shooting
Sick
:
Nux
:
Vomica,
Iris,
Mercurius, Sepia.
Stupefying
Throbbing
Belladonna,
Nux
cifuga. Iris,
Situation of pain
:
:
Opium, Podophyllum,
Belladonna,
Crown
of
Head
:
Nux
Vomica.
Cimicifuga, BodopJiyllum.
under
Nux
:
Head, back of
half of
Nux
:
entire, the
:
Nux
Vomica.
right side of
Crocus.
top of
:
Cactus, Bodophyllum,
Neck
Nux
Vomica, Ignatia.
Bryonia,
Temples
Iris,
Bryonia,
Cactus,
Caused by
Chill
:
Bodophyllum,
Aconite, Mercurius,
:
Nux
Vomica.
Coffee
Nux
:
Vomica.
Eating
Bryonia,
:
Nux
Cypripedium, Cimicifuga.
Cypripedium.
Opium
Aconite.
HEADACHE.
Haemorrhage, after
ITental exertion
:
267
Crocus, China,
Sedentary
life
Nux
Sight-seeing:
Spirits:
Cypripedium,
Vomica,
:
Nux
Stomach, overloaded
Sun, exposure to
:
Nux
Vomica,
Aconite, Belladonna,
Light, strong
Belladonna, Ignatia,
Looking up
Pidsatilla,
:
Mental
effort
:
Nux
Vomica.
Movement
Noise
:
Belladonna,
Bryonia,
JVux
Vomica,
Cactus,
Belladonna,
:
Open
air
Iris,
Stooping
Walking
Relieved hy
Nux
Vomica, Mercurius,
Lying quiet
Sanguinaria, Belladonna,
:
Open
Sleep
air,
the
Cimicifuga, Iris,
Pressure
:
Pulsatilla, Cimicifuga,
Belladonna, Sanguinaria.
:
Time of aggravation
Day, every other
Cimicifuga, Podophyllum,
Cimicifuga, Arsenic,
:
as the, wears on
:
Gelseminum, Sanguinaria,
Evening
Night
Bryonia, Pulsatilla.
Nux
Mercurius.
:
Open
air
Nux
Vomica, Iris.
affections)
Nux
268
Bowels, pain in
:
HEADACHE.
CJiainomilla, Mercurius, Igjiatia, Iris.
:
Brain
Cimicifuga, Glonoine.
Cap, tight, as of
Chilliness
:
Aconite.
Nux
:
Vomica.
Creeping sensations
Debility
:
Aconite,
Nux
Vomica,
Diarrhoea
Dimness
of sight
:
Double vision
Pace, heat of
pale
Sejpia,
:
redness of
swollen
:
Spigelia, Mercurius.
Paintness
Giddiness
cuius,
Sepia, Arsenic.
Aconite, Asclepias,
Glonoine,
Nux
Vomica, CoC"
Bryonia, Cocculus.
large
:
Cimicifuga. top would fly off heavy Spigelia, Belladonna, Nux Vomica.
:
Aconite.
:
trembling
at
Cocculus.
:
Heavy load
stomach
:
Humming
Hysteria
:
in the ears
Aurum.
Indigestion
Nux
Iris, Sepia,
Carho Veg.
through
Asclepias,
Nux
Vomica.
Intoxicated feeling
Irritability
:
Gelseminum.
Bryonia,
Nux
I^ausea
Belladonna,
Asclepias,
Nux
Vomica,
HEA-DACHE.
269
Nose-bleeding
Numbness
Aconite.
:
Pallor of countenance
Palpitation
Perspiration, head, of
Silicea,
Piles
:
offensive
'
Sepia,
Nux
:
Vomica, Fodopliyllu^m,
Aconite, Gelseminum,
:
Pulse, full
Bestlessness
Aconite, Cimicifuga,
Eusb
of blood to the
:
head
Aconite, JBelladonna.
Scalp, tenderness of
Cimicifuga,
:
Nux
Vomica, Silicea.
Skin, forehead, as
Sleepiness
:
drawn
tight
CaulopTiyllum.
Bodophyllum, Sanguinaria,
Ignatia, Bulsatilla,
Nux
Vomica,
Stupor
Tears, flow of
Spigelia,
Aconite, Mercurius*
Cactus, Gelsemium.
Trembling
Uterine derangement
Cimicifuga,
Caulo^Jiyllum,
Sepia,
Vomiting
Chamomilla,
:
Iris,
Sanguinaria,
mucus, green
:
Weeping Yawning
Pulsatilla, Ignatia.
Smecio,
Nux
270
HEADACHE.
; ; ;
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Belladonka.
eyes;
Headaclie,
light
in-
or
when
is
from the back of the nose, and is violent, screwsometimes with great heat
is
or
is
dull, aching, or
cutting,
and throbor
away
consciousness
is
;
restlessness,
sleeplessness,
and delirium
Occa-
and vomiting.
three hours,
Aconite.
lessness
;
ISTumbed
;
rest-
their size
dimness of sight
giddiness
to
when
fro
;
stooping or rising
;
from a seat
sense of swaying
;
and
staggering
every;
dizziness
when moving
the head
Bryonia.
Aching,
afternoon, and
violence, as
shootings
on one
The pains
are increased
by movement,
chilliness or shivering
A dose
HEADACKE.
"Njjx
; ;
271
coldness,
Vomica.
Pain
or the
;
pain
is
as
at
down
to the lip
;
or
the pain
;
it is
as
split
mad, or
him
of consciousness
great heaviness
of
the head,
and sensation as though the brain were bruised or lacerated tenderness of the scalp. The pains are aggravated by movement,
as walking or stooping, or
by
reflection
on
air,
;
or
confusion
the headache
generally attended by
extreme
irascibility.
CoccuLus.
Stupid
;
feeling, inability to
understand what
;
is
read
giddiness, nausea,
sense of a weight on
tearing, throbbing,
the head
frontal headache
motion
the
left,
patient
;
obliged
to
absorbed in
gloomy thoughts
CiMiciPTJGA.
Acute
much
;
;
over the
head
felt
every day,
rendered very
it
so
bo,
that
head would
ness
fly off
relieved
by the open
;
tired feeling
;
too
much
thing, or as
the pain
is
A dose
272
GELSEMn^TJM.
HEADACHE.
;;
Sudden
or
in the fore-
double vision
stupor
;
them open
dull,
feels like
Chamomilla.
distress
bile
; ;
Tearing,
mood
;
burning
vomiting of
irritable
flushes
jaundiced look.
Ignatia.
Painful
want
pressure
or a feeling as
of appetite
cutting,
spasmodic pains in
bowels
hours,
Pulsatilla.
Stupid,
;
gloomy feeling
if
boring
pain in the
up
;
pain
brain feels as
bruised
acrid
;
risings
pain
by pressure ; worse towards evening ing mood. A dose every three hours.
SpiGELLi.
distressed,
weep-
Alternate
cheerfulness
;
and gloom
;
palpitation
periodic headache
as
if
pain or pressure in
;
the eyeballs
look dim
too large
;
burning in the
;
them
profuse tears
eyes
;
on
rising in the
morning
heaviness of the
worse
shaking sensation
YEKATKUii Album.
Yomiting
HEADACHE.
pain in the back
colic,
.
273
;
beating sen-
coming on in paroxysms
stiffness at
the
Headache, from
;
giddiness
dimness of vision
dilated pupil
or constant,
heavy headache
dim
tingling and
;
vomiting of
navel
;
bile,
preceded by hiccup
piles.
sometimes
Chtn-a.
split
;
"Worse
A
;
at night
movement
debility
Acid. Phosphoeic.
foregoing,
and obstinacy.^ dose every four hours. Often of great service after any of the
only partial
relief,
and
when
the headache
meal.
One remedy
is
seldom
sufficient to cure a
headache of long
standing, particularly
when nervous
in character.
ACCESSOET TREATMENT.
or the temples,
The
I
flesh-brush
is
also useful.
274
Diet and Eegimex.
HEADACHE,
In
Eegutogether
rest,
with exercise in the open air, are valuable in promoting and Everything which is known to provoke or to assisting a cure.
aggravate an attack should be carefuUy avoided.
Sleeplessness.
Sleep
is
essential to
;
When
it
way.
Dtteation op Sleep.
of sleep, in health, is
to variation
others more.
restrained
it
while,
when not
effects.
exhausts the
Helation to Disease.
removal.
In almost
disease,
but
feature as to render
original affection.
necessary that
we
should treat
it
as
an
ExciTiN^G Causes.
cation, continued
appli-
up
sedentary
of the
habits
also
weakness
digestive functions.
MEDICDTAL TREATMENT.
Aconite.
awalce,
I^xjx
Heat
and restlessness.
YoincA.
Sleeplessness
from
intense
application
or
SLEEPLESSNESS.
275
tlie
weakness of digestion
dose morning
sleep again.
and
evening,
sleep
Pulsatilla.
Disturbed
up
it
A
A
dose
morning
and
evening.
GoEEEA.
^When
When
dose at bed-
time, or on ivaTcing
Ignatia.
from dejection,
grief,
unpleasant
reflections, or vexation.
dose at bed-time.
;
Opium.
When
or fantastic
irritability
or frightful visions
also sleeplessness
from nervous
patient
long-continued night-watching;
feeling of over-excitement, with
the
complains of a
body or limbs, which instantly produces the preceding state of watchfulness, until, as morning dawns, a heavy, stupefying,
dreamful slumber ensues, from which he awakes late and unrefreshed.
A dose
at bed-time,
and repeated
is
hours,
Hyosctamus.
]S"ervous
excitement
dose at bed-time,
Belladojstna.
Strong but
agita-
when the
sleep
is
disturbed by
morning.
A
;
dose at bed-time.
Gelsemintim.
The
it
eyelids are
it
is
heavy and
no
of
sleep
or
if
come,
which attend
dose
every hour
whilst awake.
Chii7A.
When
sleeplessness arises
from
tea, will
be found
most
efficacious.
dose at bed-time.
276
Chamomilla.
colic,
BLEEPLESS>^ES3.
in nervous, highly-excitable
and
irritable
subjects,
im-
A dose at night.
dose at hed-time.
as those of
is
changeable dispositions.
CoccTJLTJs.
Chamomilla, only
experienced.
In children it almost invariably arises from some bodily ailment, or mental emotion it ought to be attended to without delay, as
;
loss of sleep is
than at
is
more detrimental during infancy and childhood any other period. For further particulars, the reader
is
turbed sleep.
foot-bath
the hydropathic
warm
also gentle
chilliness
is
and general
only
when
there
is,
at the
same time,
some
cases.
the
mode
Nightmare.
MEDICIN^AL TEEATMEt^T.
Aconite.
Considerable
A
;
feverishness,
thirst,
chest, anxiety
and agitation.
after
dose of Aconite
may
be taken immediately
an attack
Nfx
spirituous
habits, or
at hed-time.
from
dose every
is
in the digestive
NIGHTMARE.
functions,
arising
277
or indulgence in heavy
from rich
living,
suppers.
Opium.
is
mouth
A dose
night
and morning.
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
Heavy meals near hed-time must be avoided so also must tea a sufficient amount of walking exercise in the day should
; :
be taken.
Hysteria,
The consideration
Symptoms.
of this affection involves
:
CI)
The
state,
condition, or tendency
The attacks
(2)
The
fits
or paroxysms themselves.
depression
and
palpitation, together
:
with a sensation
there
is
of a ball or
lump
in the throat
;
in an attack
the body
is
moved
about,
body.
crying.
There
is
in married
of fifteen
and
is
Hysteria
who
is
are subject to
by any emotions;
but
A paroxysm,
what
known
as " a
fit
of hysterics,"
is
of
brought on often by
may
In the case
of
always
HYSTESIA.
278
and,
in
addition, a perversion of
will,
exaggerated emotion,
sensibility,
and thought.
difficult in schools
It
is
sometimes
In such
MEDICINAL TEEATMEXT.
The medicine which offers the closest analogy of the attack, and which is most successful
patient,
to the
symptoms
in restoring the
may, in many
or,
cases,
overcoming,
at all
events,
If hysteria be
associated with other derangements, the treatfor such derangements is also best adapted to
ment appropriate
are
tendency
Igfatia.
Of great value
; ;
extreme varia-
tion of spirits
preceded by a lump in
;
movements of the arms and legs, with clenching of the thumbs during the paroxysm or alternate flushing and pallor frequent fits of yawning or sighing upon recovery. Dose
;
;
Gelseminfm.
excessive
tion,
The
irritability
with languor and prostration nervous headache, commencing in the back of the neck, and thence spreading over the head giddiness and dimness of vision usually difficult men;
;
struation.
Belladoitna.
of
The paroxysms
are characterised
by sensation
if
choking, with
suffocation
HYSTERIA..
279
;
the
between
attack,
the attacks, the patient has her sleep disturbed and restless,
dose for
Jiour,
an approaching
in a quarter of an
Cactus.
to
Great
weep
is
love of solitude
which
there
Belladonna.
Sepia.
Particularly
of
if
any menstrual
rangement
irregularity, leucorrhcea, or
the
womb
or
if
the patient
liable
to
by profuse
look,
perspiration.
A dose
twice
a day.
Calceeea Caeb.
and
pale,
whom
the dis-
who
are
dose night
and morning,
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
Any
may
fit
tightly should be
on
all
strings
and fastenings
should be
being the safest and best place, beyond the reach of any article
she might strike against in the convulsive movements.
freo
280
HYSTERIA.
ankles, and palms of the hands should also be had recourse to.
A
of
jug of cold water dashed in the face, or even the threatening it, will often cut short an attack, or at once detect " a
shammer."
In order to overcome the constitutional tendency to hysteria a long and judicious course of treatment is required. See more fully the " Woman's Guide," by Dr. Gutteridge, for
the mental and moral and further medicinal treatment.
Fainting.
Symptoms.
Under
this
term we include fainting and swoonTo one or both of these young girls
sight or smell
Something unpleasant to
any injury, however
;
;
the sight
of blood
slight, as
a blow, especially on
;
prolonged or
out food
loss of blood
diarrhoea
passion
a sudden change
;
from a lying to a
baths
;
kneeling
sitting
warm
heated rooms
fire,
crowded assemblies ;
with the
back to the
particularly at meals.
as
terferes
or a
vitiated atmosphere.
may end
;
in death
gene-
after a
few minutes
the faints
may
return,
or be prolonged.
Fainting
pits,
is
by the look
an examination of the
chest,
the
FAINTING.
281
movement
of
down
GENERAL TREATMENT OF AN
ATTACEi.
and
all
head low
bathe the
forehead with
Eau
de Cologne
Should there
cold,
still
be no marked
or
may
be
Where the
soaked in wine, or a
little
strong soup,
may
when
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Aconite.
buzdose,
staring look
pale face
shivering.
dry on
an hour.
of
Chamomilla.
any
giddiness, darkness of
or half-hour.
resulting from Arnica. For quarter of an half Arsenic. As the -4 times a day. China. After blood
Ignatia.
If
dose every
grief.
wounds, or
cuts.
or
dose three
loss
of
after
exhausting purgatives,
282
TAINTING.
; ;
up
at night,
sleep.
dose every
two hours,
ACCESSOKT MEASrPvES.
It will sometimes be necessary to see that attacks of faint-
shammed.
A sudden loss of consciousness, with more or less convulsion, which may be a mere passing spasm, or long-continued and
frightful.
The essential nature of epilepsy is loss of consciousness, whether the attack is long or short the patient knows nothing
;
whatever about
Pits,
less
it
its
duration
is
a blank.
however long or severe, in which consciousness more or continues, where the patient knows something of what has
epileptic.
EPILEPTIC ATTACKS.
The patient generally goes off into a fit with a cry, down, or seems thrown down in a moment or appears
;
or falls
slightl}-
the face
is
dusky pale
;
if
There
is
gurgling
work
;
in every direction
about
the
body
is
cold,
the
may
the attack
is
it is difficult
to
is
usually tranquil
EPILEPSY.
283
on waking there
may be
which
may
last
where
it
was broken
off.
most common between the ages of ten and twenty in young women and girls, not infrequently connected with puberty, with ovarian or uterine irritation and derangeEpileptic
;
fits
are
ment
as, for
Sometimes they attend pregnancy, and may be induced by fright, grief, and worry. An inherited tendency sometimes exists
is
so pernicious frequently
may be
the in-
prurient
epilepsy
tracted.
fancies
of ill-trained
school -girls.
Many
cases
of
owe
their origin
MAlfAGEMENT OF AN ATTACK.
In an
epileptic
fit,
little
Bring the
when
possible,
;
or near an open
window
stays,
between the jaws may prevent the tongue from being bitten. Some patients do best if got at once to bed, either on the occurrence or threatening of a
fit.
MEDICINAL
When
TKEATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
the attack arises from determination of blood to the
Nux
Vomica, Ignatia.
284
; ; ;
EPILEPSY.
and Cimidfuga.
caused
or
alarm.
:
When
Oj^ium,
Belladonna.
Sensation
of crawling
ments
of the
face,
and eyes
congestion
;
of the head,
in-
tolerance
of light
convulsed
dilated pupils
unnoticed and danger of suffocation ; foam at the mouth emission of faeces and urine anxious respiration renewal of the fits on the slightest contradiction deep and lethargic sleep, with smiles and grimaces waking with a start, and cries. A
: ; ;
;
evening
throwing
insensibility, cries
closed fists
threatening suffo-
cation
deep,
lethargic sleep.
every twelve.
Nux
Vomica.
Particularly
;
for shrieks,
head, trembling
muscles
renewal of the
limbs
after
contradiction
;
or
anger
unnoticed
and
irascibility
As
Ignatia.
thumbs
one side and paleness of the other, or paleness and redness alternately ; frothy saliva ; spasms in the throat, with threaten-
EPILEPSY.
285
;
ing suffocation, difficulty of swallowing frequent yawning, or drowsy sleep great anxiety and deep sighs between or before
;
the attacks
daily paroxysms.
and
HYOSCTAMrs.
the face,
bloatedness of
mouth, prominent eyes convulsive movements of certain limbs, or of the whole body violent tossing retraction of the thumbs renewal of the fits on endeavouring
foam
to
swallow liquid;
;
cries,
unnoticed
emission of urine
sleep,
GELSEMiNtrM.
The
fits
After the
fit,
dull feeling in the forehead and on the top of the head, with pain and fulness in the back of the head, before the attack.
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
is
of
more food than does them good. cocoa or chocolate, and a slice of bread and butter or toast, are out of the question. Great attention must also be given to
exercise and clothing.
Any
fits
should not
be
left alone,
night or day.
avoided.
286
ST.
VITUS DAIfCE.
ducing singular contortions, combined with a mute appealing look for sympathy and commiseration, for what otherwise might
be regarded as grotesque and ludicrous. It is met with in children, of both sexes, from eight Catjses. to ten, and in young women about the age of puberty, with
is
whom
it
sumptive tendency
it
sometimes
is
its origin, in
children
more
especially, to thread or
Stramonium.
f aintings
Constant movement
feet
;
frantic
may
be brought
A dose every
by worms, or other substances, causing irritation, expel the parasites by suitable medicines, and you cure the
If caused
disease.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
Some
administration of
of discretion and
judgment stimulants should be regarded as purely medicinal, and never ordered if they can be done withIt is very easy to foster out, or any substitute found for them. a habit of liking and depending on stimulants, productive of
:
ST.
VITUS DANCE.
287
for catalepsy.
Cramp
This troublesome affection
in the Legs.
is
often of
nightly occurrence,
MEDICIN'AL TREATMENT.
Yeeateitm Album.
derangement.
Most
other
Sulphur.
Por the
dose night
and morning.
A dose
CoLOCYNTH. Stiffness and pain for some time after the cramp. dose night and morning. Rhus. Cramp during the day, as well as at night. A dose night and morning. Nux Vomica. Cramp with rigidity or numbness. A dose night and morning.
'
Calcaeea.
Stretching out
dose
accessory measures.
During cramp squeeze the painful part firmly with the hand
fixed body.
Priction
is
also serviceable.
Diet
a
an^d Eegimeit.
Being often
is
is
cautious moderation
essential.
Taking
;
spirits
against'
the cause.
It
cold or chills,
and wet
feet.
283
LOCK-JA-W.
Lock-jaw.
By Tetanus we nnderstand sudden
contractions or cramps,
times takes place without such a cause, and is then termed " Idiopathic Tetanus ; " when the result of a wound, it is
" Traumatic Tetanus."
Generally
the
muscles
most
easily
stiffness
and throat.
Any
"Where the spasms are confined to the lower jaw and the muscles of the neck, it is called " Trismus" Uneasiness in
turning the head
;
mouth,
with great firmness, or suddenly, as with a snap. Soon swallowing becomes affected, shortly followed by acute pain in the
breast-bone,
through to the
back.
The pain
is
subject to
and
so on, until
aU the muscles
of the
fixed.
As the
and violence, and are attended by intense pain. Exposure to cold, violent exertion of mind or body Catjses. injury, irritation of the nerves from (idiopathic tetanus)
particularly of hands
The most common causes are punctured and lacerated wounds, which The irritating effects of injure one or more of the nerves.
or feet (traumatic tetanus).
splintered bones and foreign substances, such as dirt or dust,
also
may lead
to
it.
MEDICINAL TREAiaiENT.
Aconite.
If
symptoms
of lock-jaw
show themselves
if possible.
after a
LOCKJAW.
239
especially indicated
"Ntjk
Vomica
for
almost ever^?
varlet}',
short,
dry on
BELLADONiSrA,
posure
wounds
after Arnica.
of
dose,
If it he impossible to introduce the medicine into and nostrils with it, and cause the
it
patient to inhale
Dose.
As
Aeis^ica.
In lock-jaw
Any
after
wounds or
in juries.
Besides
its
form
of lotion.
same time,
the tongue,
if possible, to
be carefully removed.
every half-hour
cation
A dose,
dry on
{external).
;
To hcdf a jpint
in
0/ Arnica
Opium.
Useful
some
which the body is bent backwards it is also valuable in lockjaw after wounds or injuries. It should be promptly employed
if,
in
is
effected
by
Arnica.
indicated
when
exciting cause.
Htosctamits.
Opium, when
it
A dose every
Rhus
nately,
These two
XJ
quarter of an hour.
remedies, singly, alterefficacious
in
290
LOCK-JAW.
severe cases in which the body has been bent backwards, in the
form
of
an arch
of the
head touch-
when
the complaint
the former
when
it
wounds
of joints or tendons).
tongue (if either method be jpracticahle), every JiaJf hour, until the
jposition becomes
a dose of each in rotation, at intervals, first of half an hour, and then of two hours ; see also the directions for Belladonna.
natural.
If in
alternatioji,
Gelsemikum,
affection,
is
recommended
to
in the earlier
stages
of
this
and said
dose every
half-hour.
0]S"
The Enema.
Of any
according
twenty drops
of the tincture to
half a pint of water, and inject one half -pint of this solution,
if
necessary.
Five or
medicines should be injected into the limb or neck, every halfhour, by means of a small syringe, with a hollow needle.
Lift
by the thumb and finger carefully introduce the needle, parallel to the neck or arm, either upwards or downwards let the skin go then inject the medicine. This, which
up the
loose skin
is
very easy,
is
likely
method
most important, in order to a chance of success, that the treatment be commenced at as early a stage of the affection as
It
is
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
filled
with crushed
ice,
are of
LOCK-JAW.
291
great service, applied along the course of the spine for six oi
eight hours at a time.
noise and
of
it
In respect to
receiving food
is
diet,
inasmuch as the incapacity of more to be dreaded than the food itself, the
patient
(if
may be
own
taste
food selected
it
is
In lock-jaw,
must never be forgotten that the disease is largely one of debility, and that strength must be supported, or the patient
will inevitably sink.
The
violence of the
spasm
is
the
must be
freely
nutritive enemata,
This plan
is
into the
gruel,
month.
Equal parts
of strong beef-tea,
or soup and
may be injected, or Liebig's Extract and Gelatine, all below The enema may be repeated every hour, and given blood-heat.
very carefully and slowly.
Dipsomania
An
there
is
no-
Patients can
they will
such, however,
is
in
292
breaking tbroiigh
usually
parties
ilie
DIPSOMANIA.
infatuation.
To
sncli
restraint
they
suggest
it.
but firm
lIoscTius
is
is
the
often
very
troublesome.
Nux
Change
.
of
scene,
Delirium Tremens
Shows
itself
in
persons
who
sometimes during
when
more
and uncontrollable
restlessness.
The appetite
sometimes pretty good, more frequently impaired, in consequence of previous habits the tongue coated, but moist.
:
SYMPTOMS OF THE
ATTACE!.
Soon after these signs, little or no sleep, or it is unref reshing and disturbed by frightful dreams, imaginary visions, and
Fixed ideas take possession of the patient, as that some one is constantly following him or is bent upon poisoning
sounds.
DELimUM TKEMENS.
him, or doing him some injury
alone.
;
293
The speech stuttering and inarticulate the countenance wild and variable, according to the prevailing impression the face, pale or sallow, the eye restless, and the eyeball and eyelids blanched the skin damp, chilly and relaxed, rarely above the natural temperature the hands tremulous muscular
;
twitchings.
city,
As the
is
banished
loquadis-
He
told to do so
:
has important business to attend to, and must go out of the house he constantly sees terrible objects or beings who are
;
whom
he hides, or from
is
whom
he fancies that he
Sometimes the
may take
a ludicrous form.
The pulse is soft and compressible, and rarely quick, when unruffled by the exertions of the patient for his corporeal
;
of his
mind, and
;
it
is
time, exhaustion
exertion,
at the same come on ^ery rapidly after great and the patient may drop down from fatigue. Ocis
him
casionally,
convulsions
take
place
but,
though
of
sometimes
the case,
The history
The
after sleepless
days and nights, sleep comes, and the patient wakes refreshed.
Prequent attacks weaken a patient, and thus wear him out, and
destroy his constitution.
294
DFLmmM
tri:mexs.
MEDICIlfAL
NiTX YoMicA
quently arrest
TEEATMEIfT.
may
fre-
it.
A dose
three times
a day.
together with a
little
strong cup of
if
coffee occasionally,
good
gravy, or,
FOR AN ATTACK.
CiMiciFiJGA.
Sleeplessness,
is
halluciiia-
tions
if
any sleep
;
had,
it is
restless, disturbed
first
by
busy dreams
one subject,
incessant talking,
about
then
another,
without
order
sensible
when
room
expression of face
GELSEMEsriTM.
A
wild
Slceplcssness
and
delirium
incessant
heavy expression of
Opium.
face, prostration.
Sleeplessness,
of mice, rats,
Nausea
;
A dose
;
every hour.
;
faint,
gone feeling
optical
;
cold perspiration
white-coated tongue
restlessness
phantasms and
illu-
obstinacy
small.
Htosctamits.
Delirium
;
of a
mixed kind
loquacious,
furious,
full of
prostration
Arsei^ic.
Livid,
cold
the
DELIRIUM TREMENS.
295
Taet.
When
prostration follows
;
delirium,
A dose every
two hours.
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
there must be
no confinement by straps or
and
he must be
moment
razors, knives,
Help should be at
required.
Ko
stimu-
must be
"Nvx
symptoms.
dose night
Stammering.
Stammering
tion
is
is
most
when
articula-
being formed,
when
;
especially
showing
itself in children
in
whom
later
than usual.
When stammering
when
it is
arises
from physical
defect, it is incurable
from want
it is
of proper
management,
as
or when
of the
296
nature of
St.
STAMMERING.
Vitus' dance,
it
is
of
thought and perseverance. The the fear that stammering will feelings
the
in-
occur
almost
variably produces
it
in those
who are liable to it. may be aided by medicines adapted Cuprum and Stramonium ; and the cure
to attempt to speak
may
full inspiration.
The
way
in
which every
lips,
and tongue take in its production; whether the breath passes as it is uttered, through the nostrils and then the child must be constantly or through the mouth
what
part the
teeth,
and slowly practised at each of them. Sentences must be constructed for the
as possible, of letters
child,
composed, as far
;
which he can say with ease and these he must say over repeatedly. He must be taught to speak and read aloud, after his instructor ; which he will soon be able to
do with comfort, and thus gain confidence.
He must
never be
if
made fun
doing
;
of,
or imitated.
He must
may
always be checked
he
is
attention
cases,
be directed to what he
some
divest his
mind
of all thoughts of
;
stammerif
for a time he
may
him
at
avoid stuttering.
of
The imitation
all events,
or, at
encouraged.
stutter may, in a reasonable time,
NEURALGIA.
break themselves of the habit
here given.
if
207
Neuralgia Tic-Douloureux.
This distressing and often obstinate affection has
its
most
fre-
The
(1)
from inflammation
is
from sympathy
the former
Tic-Doulourewc,
MEDICINAL TEEATMEXT.
LEADING IJ^DICATIONS.
Debility,
from
:
Nux
Vomica.
Inflammatory
Geheminum.
Paroxysmal
Periodical
:
Aconite, Arsenic.
China, Arsenic.
:
Kheumatic
onia.
Gelseminum,
Bry-
Sudden
Worse
Gelseminum, Cimicifuga,
Belladonna,
Arsenic,
Afternoon, in
Dinner, after
Drinks, cold
Nux
Vomica,
Chamomilla,
Chamomilla,
:
hot
Eating, from
Left
side,
on
:
Morning, in
Night, at
:
Nux
Vomica.
Open
air,
in
Pulsatilla,
Nux
298
Pressure, from Eest, by
:
NLTJRALGIA.
;;
Hyoscyamus.
Platina,
:
Sleep, after
Belladonna,
Arsenic,
:
Talking, by
"Walking, on
Belladonna.
:
Warm air,
"Weather,
from
Uhus, Separ.
damp
Dulcamara, Mercurius.
from
:
Winds, dry,
jRelieved
it/
cold,
Eest
Colocyntli.
Warmth
Nux
Vomica, Golocynth.
DETAILED
Belladoi^ka.
TEEATME]!?"T.
Throbbing,
beating,
burning,
stinging
pain,
There
denly
is
air, light,
and
noise.
Aggra-
when
sleep, or
on
hour.
tingling, pricking, shooting, crawling or
numbing, come on in paroxysms ; they are very violent, and attended by great nervousness and restlessness the pains are
;
worse in
air,
relieved
by the open
They may
;
shift rapidly.
The
face ex-
movement
cold east
China.
bility
Attacks
skin,
of the
ill-humour,
the face.
NEURALGIA.
299
Chamomilla.
Irritable
Yiolent
;
obliging patient to
move and toss about, succeeded by numbness. wbining mood aggravation or renewal from eating or
warm
wake
they
and thirst
humming
in the ears
failure of strength
feeling of inability to
warmth
come on
after din-
A close
ness
every hour.
CiMiciEUGA.
Purely neuralgic
;
haustion
;
nervous weakness
tired feeling
continual restless-
patient.
Gelseminum.
start, or
Acute,
come on
The
pains,
when they go
off,
Betonia.
Eheumatic
pains,
gravated by movement;
irritability
temper,
and general
tendency to rheumatism.
Spigelia.
Pressing,
movement
lessness.
Aggravated by
cold, or
by cold
air,
or water
pain
goes
off
coffee.
Early
300
alone will
it
may
be
specific,
more
or less
The
result
may
; ;
be exudation
the eyelids
fissured
may become
SiS
]pityriasis, or
may
remain, and
jpapules or pm^.Zes.
it is,
however, confined
beneath
crimson or
which, as
it
;
symptoms
are very
Examples
of this
by the
the
first
Erythema of a peculiar kind is often met with on the legs of young girls and women it is ushered by slight illness and some then raised red spots come out on the legs, very little fever rarely on the arms, in patches of some size from an inch to an
:
if
felt,
EEYTHEMA.
they
are, in plain terms, "
301
bumps."
With
rest
and treatment,
the red colour changes into a blue, and the swelling disappears.
Cooks, recently imported from the country to large towns, are
In
this, as
in all other
remedy.
PulsatiUa
may
The
and unstimulating.
affected,
applied
they must have complete rest. The must be covered by cotton wool or flannel.
Eczema.
Inflammation of the skin, followed or attended by oozing
result
;
the
Pamiliar examples
it
when
begins to exude
moisture, and in
children
:
what
is
followed by eczema.
irritation is great.
When
tion,
Eczema, in any form, may result from a scrofulous constituweakly parentage, vaccination, teething, errors in diet,
and clothing
;
exercise,
reproductive,
and
child-bed affections
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Principal remedies
Aconite, Pulsatilla, Mercurius,
CTiamo-
Caused by
Chafing
Chamomilla, Causticum,
302
ECZEMA..
Damp
and cold
:
Dulcamara,
Excoriation
Over-heating
Dulcamara, Aconite.
Arsenic, Sulphur,
Inveterate cases
DETAILED TREATMENT.
Acoin:TE,
Tingling
itching
burning
fluid
;
stinging
soreness
;
vesicles filled
rheumatic pains
close
red-
ness,
and inflammation
of the parts.
ARSEinic.
Eruption,
pityriasis)
like millet-seeds,
tion
(psoriasis
and
dose
DiJLCAMAEA.
ing
off like
forming a
crust, or dry-
bran
specially
air.
if
Chamomilla.
Excoriated
is
great sensi-
Geaphites.
pimples
:
Chronic dryness
;
generall}^
unhealthy
or suppressed menstruation
inveterate psoriasis.
scanty
dose night
and morning.
Merctjehts.
Itching,
with
part
followed by desquamation,
fluid,
or
or pustules dis-
dose
Burning, itching
Acid.
vesicles, of
;
small
size,
with redness
Phosphoeic
Eed
spots
or
patches,
:
dry or
;
moist;
smarting
excoriation
ECZEMA.
303
muco-
Pulsatilla..
Inflammation
dose every
four hours.
Ledum:.
ness,
Excessively
A
with red-
especially in persons
ing cough.
Sepli.
Swelling
;
humid eczema
SuLPHUE.
dose
Creeping,
;
prickling,
;
stinging,
burning,
;
itching
swelling
the inflammation
dose every
to
sice
hours.
Causticum.
Burning
A
itching
injuries
There
much
irritation,
and considerable
offensive
oozing.
Yery
every night.
Htdeastis.
dose night
^Excoriation,
the neck.
ten of Glycerine.
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
Bathing of the part affected by the eruption carefully and frequently with tepid water, or thin oatmeal gruel.
"When the
head
is
be cut
must be kept very clean by water and the use of Change of air to the sea-side, if practicable; Margate or Weston-super-Mare being chiefly recommended. Ample simple diet, with meat, and an abundance of
it
milk.
Cod-liver oil
is
Glycerine,
304
LICHEN.
In appearance as though an
remained
so.
common example
infants,
red-gum
" of
from being wrapped up too warmly. is induced by exposure to heat and acrid substances, as on the hands of cooks, bakers, grooms, grocers, and It is also produced by the washerwomen (lichen agrius).
young
This affection
dose nigTit
cases
Por red-gum:
hours.
Chamomilla
Sind
debility
accompaniment
is
and
is
to be treated accordingly.
In some
cases it
shows
itself in
of a considerable
SrLPHTJR
ance
is
is
may
be required.
dose
morning
and
evening.
IKEITATION OF THE SKIN.
305
after going to bed,
relieves,
leifATiA.
The
irrifcation is
;
most severe
and resembles
shifts readily
flea-bites
dose nigJit
and
morning.
Pulsatilla.
irritation
comes on in the
warmth
nigJit
of the bed,
aggravated by scratching.
dose
and morning.
when the
irritation
continues
;
also
when
dose night
and morning.
itching
is
Ehus.
The
accompanied by a violent
burning
sensation.
the irritation
troublesome.
Herpes, or Tetter
In
its
simple form,
is
familiar example
is
by the eruption
which some-
on the
Tingling,
itching,
burning,
fluid
;
stinging,
soreness
vesicles filled
A dose
with redness
hours.
vesicles,
humour; yellow
skin.
hours.
306
Dulcamara.
off like
HERPES.
Small
bran
specially if
the
Shingles.
Inflamed
herpetic
patches,
with
characteristic
blebs,
as
though water had been sprinkled on, or like beads of perspiranear the hip, round the side of the waist, on the abdomen, tion
;
under one arm, on the shoulder, or on the neck, accompanied by a good deal of tingling and itching in old people and sometimes
;
by
This affection
is
caused by a
as in
by damp, or
digestive derangement.
MEDICINAL TREATMEXT.
Acoi^iTE.
From a
chill
hours ; a piece of linen saturated ivith Aconite Liniment, laid over the part^ or powdered starch, medicated with the medicine.
j^H-gs.
Burning,
Gelseminum. Intense
very trouble-
Arsenic.
The
from debility
hours.
the
pain
is
Ringworm
An
erux^tion of
of the Skin.
occupying the circumference, which are smaU, and have a redcoloured base, of greater or less intensity. About the third or
fifth
day the
vesicles
EINGWOEII.
little
307
over them.
The portions
first
;
of
skin
within the
healthy at
but subsequently
become rough,
of a reddish hue,
and
The duration of the eruption frequently week or two. Has been considered contagious from several children of one family, or at the same school, being attacked at the same time but there is every
does not extend beyond a
;
is
erroneous.
MEDICINAL TREATMEI^T.
Sepia will, in the majority of cases,
suffice.
A dose
night and
to
Rhus
Ehus
Tox.,
Sulphur.
Bhus and
dose of
Calcaeea
at led-time.
is
recommended
for cases in
fore-
dose
more
familiarly
known
as
Uingworm.
It
is
un-
comb and brush, or even towel, and is of long and uncertain continuance. Few affections have more frequently it would baffled the unwearied efforts of practitioners than this
;
less in
the
way
of treatment, for, in
many
Eingworm commonly
attacks
Symptoms.
308
RIl^GWOEM.
which do not
rally, a
rise
much
more
cup-shaped, or concave
first of
characteristic of
crack and break up, and become reduced to which looks like pulverised sulphur) these frequently a powder, unite with the adjacent patches, and assume an extensive and irregular appearance, but commonly retain a somewhat circular
colour
;
when they
shape.
lation,
The incrustations become thick and hard by accumuand are detached from time to time in small
close
pieces,
which bear a
"When
glossy,
but
is
matter
Ey
become thicker, the areas of the primary patches extend, and new ones are formed, so that the corresponding edges become
blended, and frequently the whole head thus becomes affected.
The
is still
indicated,
circles
within
As the patches
covering
off
short
and
as the process of
scabbing
is
repeated,
thrown out by the roots, and finally narrow chaplet of hair round the head. If
it is is
The disease
feeble
chiefly
scrofulous,
ill-lodged,
or
and
emaciated
habit,
ill-fed,
KE^GWOKM.
309
MEDICINAL TREATMEIS'T.
Ge]S"ERAL
Eemakks.
Even
it
but in many cases the from the previous treatment which the patient has undergone, or from culpable conduct on the part of the
frequently proves extremely obstinate
difficulty arises
sought.
TREATMENT.
Ehus.
irritable
and inflammatory.
of scabs.
A
A
dose
with the formation night and morning. Aesenic. Symptoms worse, the discharge
SuLPHUE.
dose
thin, acrimonious,
of
dose night
and morning.
OE LOCAL TEEATMEKT
EXTEEIS'AL
employed.
An
identical
methods
new
sensations
of great service.
Application.
Ten drops of
the medicine,
Diet
kej) Eegimei^.
Adults
fish
affected
salt
and
meat.
viating
to
cleanliness
310
A.CNE.
An
;
affection of puberty
and youtli
the sebaceous
follicles of the forehead, side of the nose, cheek, and neck be-
come obstructed
Successive crops
number
of black spots
show themselves,
in-
show themselves between the shoulders, down but are most troublesome and the back, and on the chest on the face. The skin is unhealthy and languid, annoying
;
must be paid to fresh air, exercise, and diet. Spirituous wmes and coffee must be refrained from. Good cow's
or goat's milk, used as a drink and article of diet, with light
food, fresh vegetables,
and ripe
fruit.
MEDICnifAL TKEATMENT.
]^2TJS.
Red
lentils,
with vesicles
:
in the
centre
with soreness
to the touch.
dose night
and morning.
Hepae.
body
;
the slightest scratch or injury inclines to ulceration or dose night and morning. gathering styes on the eyelids.
MEEcrEiirs.
Small,
;
and desquamate
grey scurf
A dose night and morning. forms. Sickly complexion, with dim, red Sepia. pimples herpetic, brownish spots on the body
eyes
;
itching
chilliness,
sad-
ness
scanty menstruation
leucorrhoea.
dose
night and
morning.
SuLPHUE.
skin, or
Creeping
sensation
burning itching; herpetic spots on the chest and backj dose night and morning. small suppurating abscesses. ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
An
external application, by
way
of lotion, of Rhus,
or
ACNE.
311
;
Mercurius,
a
little
6tli dilution;
morning
or an ointment or glycerole
drachm
to an ounce of
spermaceti oint-
ment
any homoeopathic
chemist.
Boils.
Eonnd, or cone-shaped,
first
hard, and
very painful,
inflamed
still
show themselves chiefly on the legs or arms, the back of the hand or neck, in the arm-pit, or on the buttocks or seat. More than one may appear or they may occur in successive
crops.
Caitses.
Poverty or deterioration
deficiency
of excess.
of the blood,
from old
age,
over-growth,
anxiety,
are,
food and
fresh
air,
over-work,
Boils
peculiar
constitutional
in gout
;
tendency.
however, frequently
follow acute
critical, as
they
also,
some-
times,
fevers
MEBICINAL TEEATMEK-T.
Aei^tca.
toms, except
constitutional
is
disturbance.
may
four
or
might be followed by
Jiours ;
erysipelas.
dose
every three or
silTc
when
and morning.
Acoi^-iTE.
The
boll presents
312
pearance, and
ness.
is
BOILS.
Belladois'na.
or, if situated
The
fierj",
erysipelatous, or red,
groin
dry,
and head-ache.
dose
every
Meectjeius
is
subdued.
Hepae
ing and
hours.
Sxjlphtjeis is of service
in
dose
every
three
or four
Ltcopodittm.
When the
boils
dose night
and morning.
local teeatment.
wet linen rag, folded double, should be applied, covered with a dry one, also folded double. As soon as the wet "When there is rag becomes dry, it should be re-moistened.
piece of
much
pain
and
Boils
inflammation,
a hot linseed-meal
poultice
very hard.
diet
In
all
cases the
should be plain,
The
free use
is
and regular
habits.
WHITLOW.
313
Whitlow.
An
finger,
abscess,
more or
form
less
it
commences
of a hard tumour, which soon becomes In a day or two, the formation of matter is
When
way.
Whitlow has
who have
attacks,
which
clearly
demonand not
merely local
affection.
MEDICIN'AL
Acoi^iTE.
TREATMENT.
Considerable A dose every two or Hepar the swelling should not A the pain should become intense and
almost insupportable pain.
SuLPHTJEia.
If
tJir oiling.
three aours.
decrease,
if
dose every
four
Tiours.
is
SiLiCEA
preferable to
severe forms of
Separ in a corresponding stage in whitlow, and when the matter is deeply seated
;
more
especially,
when
there
is
reason to
is affected.
when
A
is
Lachesis
required
when
if
the whitlow
is
of a dark -red or
A
is
indicated
the whitlow
fully burning.
Caebo Yegetabilis should be administered in alternation with Arsenic, where little a^Dparent improvement has ensued within
three hours after the fourth dose of the last-named medicine.
-
A dose every
314
WHITLOW.
when
intense
Acid should be employed, both internally and externally, when there is fungoid granulation or sprouting of proud
flesh.
dose
every four
liours,
tuith
amplication night
and
morning.
LOCAL TEEATMEXT.
This
place,
is
at
pad ivith
Abscess.
By
the term Abscess
is
meant
contained in a sac
vessels.
Abscesses
are
divided into
acute
and chronic.
They differ which they make their appearance, and the state
constitution.
about the
They
Inflammation,
of
followed
by
The commencement
by an increase
b}'
and throbbing;
matter
is
the
swelling, and,
when
is
is
formed,
perceptible fluctuation,
;
when
the abscess
con-
when
siderable,
rigors,
increase of fever.
ABSCESS.
315
When
the abscess
is
assumes a reddish hue, becomes thin, and before long gives way,
allowing the contents to escape.
The lancet
by extensive
parts
;
is
matter,
important
its
a likelihood of
LOCAL TEEATMEISTT.
To moderate the tension and to decrease the inflammation and pain, repeated fomentation with hot water to aid the operation of the medicines.
silk,
MEDICINAL TEEATME:N'T.
Belladoio"A.
red
;
The
swelling inflamed,
it
fiery, erysipelatous, or
especially should
dry,
dose
Aeitica. For pain, soreness, tenderness, and other acute symptoms, except severe constitutional disturbance. Bellis Per.
may be
hours
;
substituted
where there
is
erysipelas.
In addition
hours.
the suppuration.
dose every
four hours.
Sulph. A
is
dose every
316
Lachesis
is
ABSCESS.
required
when
is
mucli
ACCESSORY TREATMEJfT.
The
as regularly as possible.
of
but in
meat should be taken especially mutton and beef. Eggs, in preference to any other when found to agree, lightly boiled, and eaten with a fair proportion of good, home-baked, stale, wheaten bread, are allowand wholesome meat,
is
required.
E-oasted
able.
Sometimes milk
is
Pure water
is
but prove
who
Ulcers, or Sores.
An
ulcer, or
open sore,
;
may
burn, or abscess
ticularly
unwholesome
swelling.
In the latter
formation
is
pre-
In man}' instances a
at
little vesicle or
pustule appears,
Sometimes
;
in
When
no
effort
ULCEUS.
317
is
irregular.
The surface
dirty-white, or
humour, frequently tinged with blood, sometimes acrid, when it corrodes the skin. While the ulceration is extending, the adjacent skin
is
which
and
to a bland, thick,
whitish or cream-like
face.
skin
of
which
new skin,
MEDICINAL TEEATMEN'T.
Aksenig.
The
ulcer
or,
is
livid,
A dose
the
Caebo y.
discharge
is
^^Very
when
dose night
and morning.
Lachesis.
is
The
is
ulcer
is
large, or
or
when
the
dose
The
A
ulcer
is
deep,
and
secretes a thin
and
offen-
sive discharge.
dose night
Yeeateum Yieide.
and morning.
^As
818
Htdeastis.
ULCERS.
For
irritable, painful,
;
indifferent,
and
a
to
Sulphur.
ing, and, in
Indispensable
many,
Excessive itching,
burning,
dressed
;
gnawing and smarting; the sore bleeds when presents no distinct appearance of granulation seor
;
cretes a thick, yellow, unhealthy, or thin foetid matter, irregular, elevated margins, frequently surrounded
and has
adjacent
if
by pimples,
the
which add to
swelling,
the irritation;
there
is
considerable
ulcer
is
and morning.
discoloured
;
Sllicea.
acrid,
The
secretion
thick and
or thin,
and
offensive;
dose night
One or
both
may
be required, in alter-
the Silicea, repeating the dose after twenty four hours; then pause four days, and continue treatment with Acidum !N^it., two
doses, one night
to Silicea as before.
Ltcopodium.
burning,
When
a citron-yellow colour,
felt at
night in bed.
In
dium
is
most
useful.
A dose
LOCAL TREATMENT.
"When the granulations are sufficiently developed, but pale, and large and flabby, with smooth, glossy surface the edges thick, prominent, and rounded the discharge thin and watery,
; ;
TJLCERS.
319
;
"but
the pain
trifling,
considerable assis-
ment
of
only he removed for the purjpose of dressing the wound, hut this
dressing should be repeated at least twice a day ; more frequently
when
ten
The
of
may
Varicose Ulcers.
Ulcers on the leg arising
when
it is
incon-
MEDICIN'AL TEEATMENT.
Aenica, Pulsatilla.
chiefly
in alternation,
ulcer
appears.
dose night
and morning
two doses
q/" Arnica at intervals of twelve hours two days, and proceed with Pulsatilla.
Hamamelis.
veins from
lotion
-For varicose
arise.
ulcers
twenty
which they
dose
water.
Caebo Yeg.
Are
of
dose of Lachesis,
Arsenicum, or Carbo Yeg., as directed for Arnica and Pulsatilla. Of Sulphur or Silicea, at intervals of twenty four hours, in
iimilar courses.
320
AciDioi
Phos.
ULCERS.
In
indolent
ulceration,
particularly
after
Where
A dose night
and morning,
A dose night
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
great,
As much rest of the limb as is possible. If the pain is very Samamelis lotion; if the inflammation is very great,
;
if
profuse, Hydrastis ;
if
A bandage
and then
also should be
gradually tightened.
Chilblains
Are too well
cause
is
known
to
require
description
the
exciting
cold to
from
The
feet
"When
chilblains break
MEDICnfAL TEEATMENT.
Aeitica.
first
or inflammatory stage,
when
the swelling
A dose
Rub
and
Glycerine.
if
Tamus Communis.
Lightly paint
the chilblains
if
they are
dark coloured.
dry
in.
Paint
it to
The inflammation
excessive,
livid,
bing
AesejS-ic.
The pains
A
and morning.
CHILBLAINS.
321
SuLPHUPw
morning.
dose
night
and
EXTERN^AL APPLICATIOlfS.
TiiS^CTiJEE
Twenty drops of
three tunes a
hatha
day.
Urtica, Ehus.
Are preferable
itching,
in old chilblains
when the
ten-
dency to blistering no longer exists, and the pain has been replaced
water,
by smarting,
and
irritation.
and
For broken
the
flesh.
and where the ulceration has eaten deeply into Twenty drops of the tincture to two tahlespoonfuls of
three times
watery
and hathe
a day,
PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED.
Cold feet and cold stone floors are to be avoided as
possible
;
much
;
as
vigorous
much friction as can be borne. When hands nor the feet must be brought near the fire
;
pastry
is
Corns
Not infrequently
stitution.
arise
This
is
from something inherent in the conevident from the fact that many individuals
who wear
322
COENS.
PALLIATITE TREATMENT,
Tr^rcTURE op Arctic a.
As
foot has been previously soaked in hot water, and the corn pared
down.
tincture.
To a wine-glassful of
loater
the
The
by an ex-
perienced operator,
Waits
Are met with,
on the head
;
chiefly,
sometimes
principally
is
The
reprehensible, as
The
rules given
of Silver.
,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
face or elsewhere.
Cattsticitm.
^Warts on the
dose, night
and morning, using Causticum lotion every night. Thuja. "When Causticum produces no effect, especially when the warts occur in crops. A dose night and morning ; and,
every
night,
paint on,
the
strong
tincture.
Sulphur.
of Thuja,
effect.
Itch.
This contagious, inflammatory affection of the skin, caused by a parasite called an " acarus," which burrows underneath, is characterised by an eruption of vesicles, filled with a serous fluid.
ITCH.
323
in, pustules.
With
between the
fingers,
of the joints.
They are
itching,
almost insupportable
often
very
distinguish their
characteristic
differences.
MEDICnrAL TEEATMEFT.
SuLPHTJE.
nally
Particularly
at the
and internally.
especially
A dose
body
;
when
every
BJEPAE.
Pimples the
;
morning thefirst
size of a pea in
gathering
and desquamate.
blotches
pimples, that Small A dose night and morning. Antim. Taet. Pustules here and there over the
Meectjeius.
dry up,
body, or in
from
size of a pin's
head to that
of a pea; or
round, large,
full,
dose night
and morning.
of
;
Ledum.
there
;
Eedness
the skin
warmth
intense itching
EXTEEi^AL TEEATMENT.
To two
night
and morning. The Ointment. To one ounce of pure Spermaceti Ointment add a drachm of the first Trituration of Sulphur; apply night and morning hy means of gentle friction
add twenty-four drops of the saturated and apjply hy linen rag moistened
324
ITCH.
Or smear a
The
tJiis
affected parts in
above, with the free and frequent use of soap and water,
;
frequently suffices
if
it
:
bath, and the hands, wrists, and other affected parts be well
washed with
hour.
castile or
When
if
the cure
is
complete.
if
The
worth
strong
heat, or
effect
the destruction
may be
in them.
Nettie-Rash Urticaria.
Spots or
weals
like those
appearance
suddenly, and
Causes.
Almost
is
course of treatment.
The eruption
proper food, as
shell-fish, particularly
muscles
it is
also pro-
exposure
to
;
cold
may
it is
it
or uterine derangement
then
is
restless,
less
languid,
op-
feverish.
When
relieved,
the heat
a feeling of being
325
KEITLE-KASH.
MEDICIN-AL TEEATMEN"T.
Dqlcamaea.
"Wlien
13
the bowels, pains in the limbs, and extreme itching with burning,
Nux
Vomica.
Derangement
:
of
the
stomach,
constipation,
and especially
have yielded.
if
gestible substances
when
if
"Pulsatilla instead of
Vomica
A
It
AifTiMONitFM
fail.
is
especially
shell-fish.
weals,
and fever
produced by
Belladonna.
hours.
K.HTJS
Tox.
In the majority
hands
of cases, especially
when caused
and
by some
joints
food, as shell-fish.
of the
;
and
with
purplish redness
A dose every
swelling
it
will
the
rash
to
eruption,
and
prevent
danger.
326
give yeratriim
GOUT.
Viride, Belladonna, or
Ciipmm.
dose every
of
two hours.
Brain."
Por directions
the
Chronic Nettle-rash.
Chronic nettle-rash
is
ment
but
is
troublesome at night
an unusual nature,
it
may
bring
for
on.
In the
It
months, separate
In
cases
of a chronic or
more
joined medicines
may
be necessary
as
denomination
local
we rank
those
affections
which,
to
whatever their
manifestation,
owe
their
origin
an
Gout.
Gout
is
closely related to
affects
rheumatism, but
usually
is
is
distinct
is
from
it.
True gout
accompanied
by pain peculiar to
a certain class
met with
it
in patients of
who
live well.
It
undoubtedly, in
;
many
cases,
principally prevails
luxurious
mode
of
life
stimulating
GOTJT.
327
;
a sudden check
application
of
perspiration
mental emotions
;
sedulous
;
to
studious pursuits
Symptoms.
Pain
may
masked by some other malady ; indeed, there is scarcely any disease with which gout may not be complicated. Prior to the attack, we may find general derangement of the
digestive functions, with slight
fever
is
attended by a
the
fit
may
;
intensity
off,
return with
TENDEJS^CIES
OP THE DISOEDEE.
shift its seat to the head, and, in
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
is
considerable
Aconite
required.
and
sleejpless.
PtTLSATiLLA.
shifting, increased
towards even;
ing, or in bed, with a paralytic or torpid sensation particularly when symptoms of stomach derangement show themselves, and
the pain
is
relieved
of the
328
foot are mucli enlarged,
it
GorT.
feels painfully full if left to Tiang
down
hours.
-when sitting, or
if
A dose
every three
Ledum.
sided
;
When the
is still
inflammatory symptoms have much subpainful to the touch, and on the slightest
the joint
;
pressure
it is stiff
and swollen.
of the same; twenty drops of the tincture a teacupful of warm water; cover with cotton wadding. Nux Vomica. The pains are worse towards the morning
local application
muscles
deranged digestion
clination to
them
irritable,
temperament
further,
when
cause.
indulgence in wine or
the
CoLCHicuM.
Important when
anxiety
or only stiffness
when attempting
to walk,
with swel-
ACCESSOET TREATMENT.
The
than when in ordinary health, and unstimulating but if the patient has long been accustomed to free living, he must not be
too suddenly lowered.
Yichy-waber
is
The
and tha painful part, when no lotion is being applied dusted with unscented violet powder, and then kept wrapped up in cotton wadding, lightly covered by a silk pocket handkerchief.
HHEUMATIC GOrT.
320
Rheumatic Gout
Presents
characteristics of both
rheumatism
and
gout.
It
and knee.
is
swelling,
especially
and
equally
fingers.
is
apt
It
to
is
leave
chronic
enlargement,
of the
common
MEDICIN'AL TEEATMENT.
as
for gout
and rheumatism,
Nux
application, is
Caulophyllum internally every twelve hours, with the outward most efficacious in reducing chronic enlargement
the joints.
of
In the case of
stiffness
of the larger
joints,
must be employed.
Yichj'-water
is
to be taken as a beverage.
thirst
pro-
damp
bed.
MEDICIK^AL TREATMENT.
LEADING INDICATIONS.
Principal remedies
:
Chamomilla, Pulsatilla,
Nux
Nux
Vomica, Sulphur.
Back: Veratrum
Chest
:
Viride, Cimicifuga,
Rryonia, Arnica,
Nux
KHEUMATIC FEVEE.
330
Joints
:
Muscles
Cimicifuga^
Nux
Gelseminum.
Keck:
Believed
Cold,
JVucc Vomica,
:
Veratrum Viride,
Sulj)liur.
Shoulders
by
Bulsatilla.
"VVarmtli,
Worse
by
Gelseminum, Sulphur,
Cold, by
Morning, towards
Mercurius.
Movement, by
Nigbt, at
:
donna, China.
DETAILED TEEATME:NT.
Aconite.
High
fever,
thirst,
It
may
Severe
shooting pains,
air
;
much
increased by move;
fever,
irascibility
and perverseness
of
temper
the pains
dose every
GELSEMixtrM:.
per-
and persistent
;
mouth
weariness,
and
Yeratetjm Yieide.
Intense
A dose
RHEUMATIC FEVEE.
back and shoulders
spiration.
;
331
cold,
clammy
per-
A dose every
;
two hours.
CiMicinJGA.
or chilliness
pulse.
Burning,
cold
cramping, or sharp,
shooting pains,
perspiration,
and quick,
weak, irregular
of the bed,
Meectjeitjs.
Pains
increased by the
warmth
damp
by morning
profuse,
or puffy swelling, with pains in the bones or joints sour perspiration, without alleviation.
Chamomilla.
tossing
Dragging,
tearing
;
increase
from
sitting
up
in bed, or
Nux
affected,
YoMiCA.
jSTumbness,
dragging
pains chiefly in the joints, body, back, loins, and chest, aggra-
vated by cold
pains,
with a sense
of torpor or paraly-
increased
if
Rhus.
flesh
When
trembling of the
the
limbs on moving
scraped
were torn from the bones, or as if the bones were being pains worse during rest, relieved by motion inflam; ;
stiffness,
HEAET
Is always to be dreaded in
COMPLICATIOIS'
young people
If
though
occur
is
is
not
treatment.
it
it
announced by inability to
on
332
KHEUMATIC FEVER.
usually
hard,
MEDICnfAL TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
Full,
quick
pulse, heat
of
skin,
thirst,
Cactus. Oppression
A dose every
:
hour.
;
of breathing
dry cough
;
impossibility
sharp stitches in
;
the heart, which cause the patient to cry out the heart, as
Lachesis.
if
constriction of
A
;
S|)asmodic pain
pressure
;
of breath, especiall}^
down
and
effort to
all
sleep.
Spigelia.
The heart
easily excited
and loud, and does not keep time with the pulse
sharp, shoot-
Digitalis.
Peeble, tardy, or
;
small,
weak, and
irritable pulse
upon the
ACCESSOET TEEATMElfT.
Tht patient must at once be put to bed, between the blankets, and kept there until all danger from chill has passed. When
the limbs are too painful to bear the pressure of the clothes, a
frame-work must be so placed as to raise tliem off the patient. A hat-box, by removing the bottom and cutting-up the side,
makes
a good substitute.
The painful
joints
often of service.
RHEUMATIC FEVEE.
specially
333
surgical-instrument
constructed and
sold
by
most
Toast-water,
;
barley-water
;
flavoured
with
lemon,
lemonade
chicken, mutton,
and veal
Chronic Rheumatism.
Pain in the muscles or membranes, with slight redness and
increased heat, caused by taking cold.
The
;
swelling, except in
general stiffness or
numbness, but
little
or no fever.
PEEDisposiN-a Causes.
tropical
People
who have
resided
long in a
climate,
or those
subject to continual
rheuma-
liable to a recur-
Excithstg Causes.
chill,
The
damp,
MEDICIN-AL treatment.
Ehus.
Drawing,
;
gnaw-
paralytic weakness
;
Rhus
opodeldoc night
and morning.
MePvCUeius.
at night
great ten-
and morning.
Nux
YoMicA.
Peeling
of torpor
great
334
RHEUMATISM.
;
sensitiveness to cold
stomacli derangement
constipation
or
the pains
may
Aenica.
bruised,
if
Eheumatism
is
which
feel strained
and
if
tions
it
the pain
as
if
increased by
movement
q/"
if
a limb
is
affected
feels
Arnica opodeldoc.
drenchino-.
Dtjlcamaea.
mani-
dose night
Aesenic.
Burning, tearing
by
cold air,
and morning. CoLCHicuM. Paroxysms of tearing, stitching, or drawing pain through to the bone lamed feeling of the limbs worse from evening till morning sometimes intolerable in the evening nightly heat, with thirst nervousness yellow spots in the
or debilitated patients.
; ;
face
loss of appetite,
with loathing
sprained,
of food
diminished dark-
brown
flesh
urine.
Ignatia.
Bruised,
or wrenching pains, as
if
the
change of position.
Gelseminum.
legs
;
Pain,
A
A dose
specially in the
of the
and SuLPHUE.
of
chilliness.
Por obstinate
where there
is
an absence
accessoet teeatment.
Bheumatism
of indigestion
is
it
intensity.
LUMBAGO.
335
subject to
it.
Lumbago.
Violent rheumatic pains in the loins, either periodical or permanent, frequently with fever
;
chiefly felt
on trying to
It
rise
up from a
is
any sudden movement in those subject to it. Stiff neck a variety ; it must be treated in the same manner.
MEDICrNlL TREATMEISTT.
Aconite.
iliree
Brto:n^ia.
outset,
if
there
is
much
fever.
A dose every
ment
by
chilliness.
Cimicifuga
may
be tried in the
Ntrx YoMiCA.
same way,
if
In obstinate
A
cases
;
also
when
increased by moveirritability of
The pains
tension or
stiffness
ACCESSOET TREATMETfT.
An opodeldoc or liniment of Aconite, MJius, Bryonia, or Cimicifuga, applied warm night and morning. Fomentations with hot
flannels
;
hot, sitz,
Magnetine
belt should
33S
SCIATICA.
is
Sciatica.
Pain in the region of the hip- joint, extending down the hack
of the thigh to the
sciatic nerve.
knee and
foot, following
It
It
may
In
its origin it is
either
neuralgic or rheumatic.
The attacks
relief
permanent
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
AcoKETE.
fever.
Aese^tic.
Considerable constitutional disturbance, attended by every three or sensation coldness Burning acute
dose
hours. pains, of
;
dragging
patient to
in
the hip,
with great
restlessness,
obliging
the
great
It
down
mitigation by heat.
arises.
also useful in
dose every
at night, attended
by excesin the
sensibility
sensation of torpor
Ig^statia. The pains are of a cutting character, particularly on moving the limb, more especially in individuals of a melancholic
spirits.
Ntjx Yomica.
attended by
The
is
stiffness,
and a sensation
of
paralysis or torpor
and
SCIATICA.
337
chilliness
ment.
or
warmth.
CiMiciFUGA.
ness
:
Weakness, trembling,
;
pain on movement,
creeping chills
;
great restlessness
sometimes irregular
Gelsemintjm.
pain
Pain
and
with
restlessness
A dose
ACCESSOET TREATMENT.
An
cifuga, ajDplied
warm
sitz,
fomentations with
This must be regulated on general principles, as in *' Indigestion," " Eheumatism," and " Neuralgia." Plannel should
subject to sciatica.
Magnetic belts should always be worn by those Buxton, Bath, Leamington, Yichy, Carlsbad,
also advised in sciatica.
Stiff
neck Crick
in the neck.
An
movement
itself
of the head
It often
shows
suddenly after an
MEDICINAL TEEATMENX.
AcoiaTE.
It
is
the result of
z
33S
is
STIFF NECK.
attended by
some
local inflammation.
dose
every two
hours.
Ehus.
When
A
occasioned by
by warmth.
dose every three hours, with an ojpodeldoc of the tincture well rubbed in night and morning.
Mekctjeitjs.
is
relief.
shows
with
itself
night
and
morning.
ACCESSOET TEEATMEITT.
Cancer.
Cancer
is
growth
its
from
of
appears.
It has the
power
transforming into
ducing
itself in
remote parts
life
;
it
Cancers are seen chiefly in the female breast, the womb, the
stomach, on the
lips,
They are
divisible into
hard cancer
and rectum
Cancer
of middle
and
is
It
is
an
affection
and advanced
life,
more often
in
women than
in
men.
CANCER.
Cancers
339
;
may
lie
dormant
in
for years
may be
A permanent
tumour
the secret
life
;
her be
pathic physician.
HOBKEOPATHIC TEEATMENT.
If cancer
were purely
local,
quence and severity after removal, the wisest and most successful
course
is
In the
is
earlier stages,,
and lessened
TREATMENT BX ENTJCLEATIOIT
Has been
chloroform
considerably advocated
is
necessary, and
;
in the
;
always successful
it is
Hydeastis.
at
any stage
shoulders and
down
340
fingers
;
CANCER.
the skin
may be
and the
pint of water
A paste of the
open cancers.
it is
A CoNiUM. Indurations
in old people
in cancer
; ;
CoKDTJEAifGO.
Mitigates
of
chiefly
the pain;
a useful auxiliary to
ally
remedy
one
tmspoonfal
Aesenic.
to eight
ounces of water.
Engorgement
the
skin
dose every
hours.
Aids
dose
three
times
a day.
ACCESSOET TEEATMEISTT.
The spirits and general health must be kept up the dress must be quite loose. Poetor may be controlled by powdered charcoal, carbolized tow, and the spraying of Aromatic Carbolic
;
Caebo AifnrALis.
greatly depressed.
Ichorous,
A
foetid
discharge
vital
powers
dose every three hours, and a paste of the crude material, 'moistened, applied, or, when finely powdered,
Hamamelis.
When haemorrhage
is
sets in, as it
often does, in
A dose every
it is
light, and yet effectually excludes the outer air. The treatment of cancer demands steady perseverance.
If
without
CAXCEE.
opiates,
341
lost
their effect,
as the
by the consent
;
of its highest
pathy
disease
is
;
powerless to do
it
it
can prolong
life
All rubbing-in of salves or ointments, the too frequent touching of an affected breast,
all
be strenuously avoided
Oxygen
gas,
of great
Scrofula.
Not simply,
as
is
but
want
by
debility or
and a predisposa
It
cause, or
definite
may remain latent, until developed by some exciting it may continue to affect the system, without any
;
development
tion
of the
lungs or bowels
;
or
when
the
glands
become
enlarged or ulcerated
EEADICATIVE TKEATMENT.
utmost care
preventive measures
fancy.
its
earliest
in-
342
SCROFULA.
mother
is
qualified to
one
else.
When
own
a wet-nurse
is
child
more than
few days
and she should attend most carefully to the state and bowels.
stomach
a great measure, of
Eidge's, or Savory
now and
is
then.
of
The
clothing of infants
it
must be kept
in
a state of vigour by
body
importance
the rooms
many
in
should be
them
at a
which belong to scrofulous diseases, may be enumerated Eickets, Dropsy of the Brain (under " Diseases of Infancy "), Chlorosis or Green Sick"With
the various
affections
Pulmonary Consumption,
many
other diseases,
The reader
is
MESENTERIC DISEASE.
343
a tuberculons
affection
of
of
the
bowels.
studded with
small granular
when
affected in the
;
same way.
is
Due nourishment
gested, the blood
of the
body
is
impossible
the food
undi-
becomes impoverished,
The presence
abdomen.
coloured,
of
The evacuations which pass the bowels are clayand extremely offensive. The skin of the abdomen is
;
tense
and shining
the
superficial veins
are
apparent.
Calcarea,
CJiamoall
Nux
Voinica,
It
generally curable
no potatoes or
other vegetables
no
pastry or puddings of
any kind.
Derbyshire
Neck Goitre.
As the enlargement
it
increases, it
is
productive of a con-
which
exerts
The disorder
is
Women
are
most more
prone to
it
who have
it.
suffered
An
344
GOITRE.
of spring
The nse
is
answerable for the production of goitre, aided by dark, unwholesome, damp dwellings, and insufficient food. It is not
infrequently associated with uterine irregularity or disease.
is
It
prevalent
in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,
Yorkshire,
and
Hampshire.
MEDICINAL TEEA.TMENT.
A dose
Thuja
close
particularly indicated
when
every six Jiours for four days, then pause four days, after
ivTiich
liJce
doses,
if necessary, at
;
intervals of
then pause
again for
there
a
sico
days,
and
so on,
where
marked cachexia
of constitution.
for a
iveeJc,
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
Change of air to the sea-side, and warm sea-bathing no water should be taken as a beverage, except that which has been previously boiled and filtered. If the goitre is very large and inconvenient, the patient should remove entirely from the
;
district.
"When calcareous deposit takes place, it is hopeless to expect to do more than arrest the increase of the gland.
An ointment of the medicine that is being taken should be rubbed into the goitre every third night. Painting with iodine A heavy is as unnecessary as it is disfiguring and pernicious.
spar necklace
swelling.
worn
at
night,
greatly
aids
in reducing the
nir-DisEASE.
3-15
Hip-Disease.
Chronic Inflammation of the bones, cartilage, and tissues composing the hip-joint,
frequently commencing with
pain or
extending
down
and
foot,
accompanied
by
feverishness.
bone
Age, Sex.
children
attacks.
;
The
exempt from
is
its
Peemothtion,
and
Restjlts.
It
peculiarly
first
symptom denoting
presence.
Hence
it
is
the bones
become de-
dislocation
elongated,
is
now becomes
stiff
recovers with a
Peedisposti^g Cause.
Exciting Causes.
violence,
to
damp
or cold, or lying
grass in
summer.
346
HIP-DISEASE
MEDICIITAL TEEATMEXT.
if
possible,
be secured.
For the
assis-
who
Belladoxn"A
stage,
liours.
is
more
especiall}' called
when
Betonta ma}^ be given if there is much pain on movement, or any heat in the joint, and some redness from inflammation. A
dose every six liours.
Pulsatilla.
ary,
is
In chronic
The
of
cases,
and
is
the patient
is
excessive
rest,
especially at night
he moans and
cries continually.
A
and
itself
sometimes
;
specific
in the early
it is
more
particularly indicated
when
the patient
is
comis
plexion, and
when no pain
complained
of,
insidiously advancing.
Meec. Ion.
night
;
dose night
Coxiir]\r.
Yery
severe,
heavy,
pressive,
if
digging pains
:
from over-exertion
;
body
dull, oj)pressive,
sometimes, however,
characterised
sullen,
by extreme
irritability
and ill-humour, or by
gloomy mood.
347
WHITE SWELLING.
White
White swelling
cartilages,
Swelling.
is
of the joints
:
so called
it
is
which the joints are composed. Such inflammation may arise from scrofula, rheumatism, or sj'philis may be unaccompanied by pain, or pain may be the earliest and most constant symptom, greatly aggravated
membranes, or bones,
by movement. The points to be determined are the cause of the mischief, and the real seat of the affection, as guides to the local treatment and the state of the constitution. The progress is usually
and such cases not infrequently tax all the resources of professional skill, and should, if in any way attainAbsoable, never be undertaken without medical supervision.
slow and tedious
;
lute rest is
sometimes requisite;
passive movements.
There
is
the
swelling
is
also,
if
there
is
much pain on
joint,
In
and
is
the patient
Merc. Ion.
resists all
^When
other measures.
dose nigJit
fortnight
Sulphur, Calcarea.
the others,
These
when such
others,
348
DROPSY.
A dose
Dropsy.
AYe apply the term Dropsy to collections of watery
fluid in
one or more
meshes
itself
rather a sj'^mptom,
might be more scientific to consider, first, the disease upon which the effusion depends there are reasons, however, which
:
render
treated
it
;
advisable
in
to
consider
cases,
as,
many
during the
In dropsy depending upon organic disease, two sets of symptoms have to be considered firstly, those of the primary disease from which the dropsy has arisen and secondly, those which
; ;
itself.
HYDROCEPHALUS.
For the symptoms, treatment, and other particulars relating is referred to this subject, under the
HYDROTHORAX,
vessels,
or
is
the consequence of
membrane, the
pleura.
Sometimes
DEOPSY.
the enlargement
is
349
symptoms
some
in-
in
a marked premonitory
It is
commonly
characterised by
;
pale
want
the
of digestion
constipation,
;
or sometimes diarrhoea
pulse quick or slow,
attended by excessive
To these
There
is
usually short-
down, when a sense of suffocation ensues palpitation heart. The nights are restless and sleepless, or the sleep
;
of the
is
dis-
and anxiety,
\
The treatment
of cases resulting
from
(See Index.)
MEDICINAL
TPuEATMEjS^T.
jijpis,
:
Arsenic, Digitalis,
Aurum,
abdomen
:
generally
China, Phosphorus.
after scarlatina
times a day.
350
SCTJRVY,
Scurvy.
The terms " Scurvy
tion of the blood.
" and " Scorbutic " are loosely used to
Scurvy
is
it
is
characterised by exces-
dropsy,
discharges
of
blood
livid spots
on the skin,
or
foul ulcers,
offensive urine,
and extremely
diseased.
foetid stools.
ExciTiN-G Causes.
This
who
are
This often, of
afflicted
itself,
with
with scurvy.
Patients
An
potatoes
cocoa.
and
stimulants, a small
quantity making
Prom
ITeat
led
can masticate
it.
The
legs, if painful,
may
be fomented.
MEDICrETAL TREATMENT.
StTLPHUTvic Acid.
^White spots in the mouth, swelling, ulcergums, and profuse salivation.^1 dose
is
night
and morning.
Hydrastis.
not sufficient.
dose
is insufficient.
Prevention".
^Due attention
SCUEVY.
the substitution of tea for rations of
S51
rum
two days
in the week,
suffice to
must be served
provided.
out,
Sweating FeQt.
Disagreeable,
clammy sweating
from the
a source
The utmost
attention to cleanliness
is insufficient
to
and to attempt to suppress the secretion by cold water, or astringents, is highly blameable, from the dangerous consequences
liable to ensue.
MEDICD^AL TKEATMENT.
SiLiCEA,
Esrs Tox.
In
are
of
chief importance
also
against the
deleterious consequences
Jlrst
of suppressed perspiration.
dose,
and morning, every third day, until six doses have been given ; then pause a week ; proceed with Hhus in returning again to Silicea, if necessary. like manner
of
Silicea, night
SuLPHrE. Either
Diet
kisj)
when
dose
other medicines
night
fail
permanent
benefit.
Vegetable
Sudden
chills of
and
352
Eye Ophthalmia.
and heat
;
of the
eye,
either
with dryness
gummy
disis
When
severe, it
accompanied by headache,
light, particularly
fever,
of
when
to
eye
is
affected, in
which case
Catjses.
Exposure
extreme
strong heat of a
;
fire,
cold
blows,
AcoKLTE.
febrile
commencement, when there are symptoms, quickness and fulness of pulse, and heat of
at the
Yaluable
skin.
BELLADOifiy^A.
Ecdncss
;
of the eyes,
margin
of the
eyelids,
and corners
Cactus.
of the eyes
dose
Eedness, dimness,
eyes,
with
a
dose three
times
day.
Spigelia.
Congestion
Dryness
of
A dose
Gelseminum.
of the eyes,
Hamamelis.
Painful congestion
vessels
;
of the eye.
with rupture of
some
of the
minute
OPnTHALMTA.
from the violence of the
Aenica.
fits
353
from a draught.
of hooping-cough, or
"When
A
it arises
from injury or
irritation should be
when
been allayed.
Application.
must
To two
Bathe freely
Arnica
iviih the
smarting and
laceration is removed.
is
Bellis or Calendula
he suhstitutecl if
apt
to
produce erysipelas.
after Arnica, in cases in
still
which the
continue.
dose
from dust or
it
steel,
will
bathied freely
with
and
if
this be not
second person,
carefully
pencil.
particles,
when
discovered,
now
in
have not been removed, and the search should be rewe be discouraged by some repeated and
attempts, for the particles are often so small that
it
Ophthalmia
In the majority of cases,
fulous constitution.
is
Neglect of an attack, or
treatment by
2a
354
OPHTHALMIA.
may
possibly cause
it
to degenerate
MEDICIN^AL TREATMENT.
Arsenic.
eyelids,
Of
is
dose night
and
morning.
Sulphur and Calcarea should be administered in alternation, when the immediate symptoms have yielded, but a susceptibility to irritation upon the least exposure rt m lins. Or when irritation of the eyelids continues without active inflammatory symptoms. A dose of Sulphur nigM and morning^ for a week ; then 'pause four days, after which, Calcarea in like manner ; then pause six days, returning to Sulphur as lefore^ and so on. Septa, Causticum. One or both may also be important when the symptoms correspond. A dose night and morning, pausing^
after Arsenic,
into
arises
it arises
Euphrasia, Spigelia.
arises
when
it
the eye.
A dose night
and morning.
of importance in cases
Sepia, Sulphur.
Are
which do not
dose night
and morning.
DISEASES OP THE EYE.
3i,5
Bloodshot Eye
Hay
arise
from a blow or
livid
fall,
is
refcching,
vomiting, or violent
coughing or crying.
ment, but more
itself
;
The eye
hue afterwards.
but as
it
may
may
and
tion.
be required.
ARifiCA.
it
Internally
hatlie the
A dose every
four hours.
Applica-
Tincture
Belladoxna. ^When
eye freely.
associated with fulness and throbbing,
flushing of the face, oppressive pain in the head, and the like
or where bloodshot eye
is
symptom
of brain disturbance.
Stye.
A little hard
lid,
boil,
on the eye-
It suppurates slowly
and
Causes.
These may
Anyare
unwholesome food
who
subject to them.
MEDICESTAL TEEATMEXT.
Pulsatilla.
sive,
The
A
local
irritation, pain,
Aconite.
of fever.
dose
and restlessness.
tory
irifamma-
symptoms
abate.
Hepar Sulphur.
to
356
Precautions.
briglit
EAUACHE.
Sudden
light, or
raw
fog, ought, as
much
as possible, to be avoided.
EarEarache.
the interior of the cavity of
Earache
may
;
may
pass on to
or be
inflammation
Symptoms.
may
arise
from sympathy, or
insupportable,
cold,
Yiolent,
frequently
pain,
with
MEDICDfAL TREATMENT.
Aconite.
Considerable
and quickness of pulse. A dose every Jiour, two hours, or three. Belladonna. Determination of blood to the head, redness of
the face, digging, boring, tearing or shooting pains extending to the throat
;
fever,
the
also
and delirium
is
present.
Pulsatilla.
Heat,
The
Chamomilla.
utes;
pain
in.
is
ACCESSOEY TREATMENT.
tlot
fomentations,
water.
Plannels
or
EAR-ACHE,
Bpongio-piline
357
wrung out
or Pulsatilla^ or lotion.
frequently
met with
in scrofulous
arise
Pulsatilla,
From
cold
Belladonna, He^mr,
Mercury, Pulsatilla.
After small-pox
From mercury
phur, Iodine.
Aurum,
:
Acid, Silicea.
S.,
In scrofulous persons
Mepar
purulent
Mercury, Sul-
is
Hepar
S.,
Ma--
Aurum.
Eloody
Mercury, Pulsatilla,
Lachesis,
Silicea,
Sulphur.
Offensive
:
The ear should be frequently syringed with tepid water, to which a little Condy's Fluid should be added. A sudden suppression may be followed by unpleasant symptoms
;
For swelling
Mercury^
headache,
If there
is
violent
is
Belladonna, or Bryonia;
cold.
if
the suppression
if
occasioned by
Dulcamara, or Mercury ;
Pulsatilla,
cury,
or
Aurum
will
be required.
The remedy
358
DEAFNESS.
Deafness.
Ey
ness subjoined,
are various
;
The
ness.
is
very prejudicial to the ears, and often causes permanent deafImperfectly drying the hair after washing the head or bathing, is apt to produce inflammation of the ear,
Eustachian tube,
by a
chill,
Mer-
Hepar
S.,
:
Sulphur or Antim.
2\irf.
The
,,
result of measles
scarlatina
Belladonna or Hepar,
,,
smallpox
Mercury or Sulphur.
:
Carlo
abuse of mercury
fevers,
Nit.
Ac, Carho
Veg., Sulphur.
or
nervous affections:
Arnica, Pkos-
enlarged tonsils
carea.
Belladonna, Mercurius,
Cal-
When
nose
:
Hepar
Belladonna.
Nervous deafness
DEAFJJfESS.
359
DEAFiSTESS
Sometimes children get substances, as small stones or peas, into the ears, which necessarily occasion deafness in other
;
persons,
it
not at
all
wax.
It
is
remove these
they often, in
fact,
to
have the ear thoroughly well syringed with an ear-syringe containing tepid water, every
and then,
in the morning,
TOK^SILS.
affects
the
thick
Patients
suffering
deal.
from
it
sleep
It is easily curable by homoeopathic medicines. Mercurius, Aurum, Acidum Nit. When deafness arises from
enlargement of the
tonsils,
If
dose,
niglit
after tchich,
and morning, for a week; then 'pause six days, In recent cases, two doses at if necessary, repeat.
after
Belladonn^a,
or before
31ercurius,
is
frequently of
is
or deafness
apt to
manifest
itself
Jose
o/*
Belladonna
at bed-time,
and of Mercurius on
B/vKV'CA Care.,
Calcarea Carb.
Of
who
suffer in
360
this
DEAFNESS.
way
Effects."
lueeJc*
and morning^
for
pause four days, after which repeat. If in succession, allow an interval of four days to elapse between the last dose of the one and the first dose of the other.
six days ; then
Pulsatilla
is
dose night
But
if little or
no
effect he
Carbo Ye, should be given after Pulsatilla, in cases in which its employment has not been productive of improvement as regards the deafness, however other and general improvement
has ensued.
Mercurius, Sulphur.
generally
Mercurius, followed by
Sulphur, will
dose every
deaf-dumbness
Proceeds from congenital malformation or deficiency, and
therefore, not within the scope of medicine.
is,
The
difficulties
attending
it
systematic training
may, however, be largely obviated by the regular, now fortunately procurable in schools and and dumb.
necessity,
dumb
have considerable
difficulty in articulating.
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many
diseases, such
as fevers or epilepsy,
and
is,
in such in-
stances,
salutary
it also
The attack
is
occasionally pre-
and itching in
Aconite.
in plethoric subjects,
with
fever,
j4.
Aenica.
Yiolent
;
physical exertion
and forehead
haemorrhage from external in jiry, or from and when preceded by itching of the nose and when the nose feels hot, and the blood is red
dose every half-hour.
and
liquid.
Chxn'a.
^When
is
is
much weakened.
when
A dose
ACCESSOET TEEATJIENT.
When
cool
the haemorrhage
is
and quiet.
362
much
Or very
cold,
or ice-water,
may
be injected
up the
mouth
of
If
no water
is
arm on the
"When there
is
likely to
little or
no re-
must be plugged.
is
most per-
and
foetid
:
it
may
arise
membrane
or of bone
erysipelas.
it
may
MEDICIN'A.L TKEATME]!^:.
Atjetjm.
When
JN'iTE.,
either
^
scrofulous or mercurial.
dose
iJie
morning fasting
Stjlphtje, Calcaeea, Silicea.
AciDTJM
In
cases
which
Aurum
toms,
of
may
be required.
cases, courses
Sulphur and
when improvement has been effected by Aurum. Acidum I^it., night and morning ; if of either of
first thing in the morniiig, fasting.
dose, if
of
The
morning with
added.
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DISEASES OF THE
Canker.
Poetor
in
the mouth,
with
Tiscid,
the gums, which are hot, red, swollen, spongy, very sensitive,
retracted from the teeth, and ulcerated along their margins.
and salivation
and
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
almost every At A morning and Baptisia. Profuse flow
MeeciiPvIUS.
first in
case
it
to prove serviceable.
dose
evening.
and mouth
dry, sore,
and burning
;
and swollen
the
gums
A dose
;
flabby,
mouth
ulcers;
twenty drops
we have
to a teacupful
Caebo Yeg.
AYhen
symptoms have been caused by mercury. It is also of great service when the disorder has arisen from unwholesome food, the use of salt in excess, or the prolonged use of salt meat the gums smell most offensively, and bleed during mastication the teeth loose, the mouth hot, the tongue excoriated, and moved
;
;
with
difficulty.
Hepae
effect
After
A
3G4
Arsenic, China.
^ceration, the
pearance.
extensive,
CANKER.
Singly or
alternately,
when,
in addition to
gums present a
Arsenic particularly,
the
ulceration
continue
and the patient complains of burning pains in the gums, with prostration.^ close, if singly, morning and eventhe course ing, for four days ; then jpause four days, after ivhich
may
If in alternation, first two doses of Arsenic then pause twenty-four hours, and proceed with China, and so on,
be repeated.
in rotation.
ACCESSOET TREATME^"T.
Lemon- juice, a well-known valuable remedy in scurvy, is equally useful as a domestic remedy in canker of the mouth. Einsing the mouth with Mamamelis lotion has also been found
of service.
Diet.
"Wholesome, easily-digested
food,
tion of vegetables.
children;
it
may
also
be caused by
mercury.
It
may
saliva, or ulceration
or
membranous
as in
medicinal treatment.
membranous
;
followed,
if
INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH.
365
;
In inflamed moutli and gums, the result of mercury Nitric ; and Chlorate of Potash wash.
In sore or inflamed mouth in mothers
over-suckling, give
Acid
who
Mortification or G-angrene
of
the
cheek Can-
crum
May
also
oris
though fortunately
it is
The
first
indications are
not common.
foetid saliva,
an ashen-grey colour, soon becoming deep, unhealthy, and excavated, with uneven edges, giving forth a
on tie
inside,
may
and increasing
off
before.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Baptisia.
ing,
foetid breath,
and
saliva,
strain-
with passing
stupor.
Muriatic
Acid.
Aversion
:
to
hiccough;
freqient
;
putrid eructations
brown tongue
efforts to
vomit
;
vomiting
of a yellowish fluid
and
foul,
dirty discharge.
Apply a small quantity of the strong acid to the affected part of the inside of the cheek, as there, it must be rememlered, is not only the leginning^ hut the progress of the
disease ; afterwards syringe the cheek with a solution of three
366
Aesenic. strength
look
; ;
GrMBOiL.
Coldness
of
the
;
extremities
rapid
failing
of
two hours.
Gumboil.
An
pain, heat,
Meecuriits, Belladonna.
nation,
These
two
medicines, in alter-
when
there
is
Nux
ment
hours.
Vomica.
In
when
there
is
derange-
Pulsatilla.
Likewise
when
there
is
derangement of the
and
constipation,
dose
every
four
hours.
SuLrHTJE.
After Pulsatilla
or Kiix
Vomica^
when
the in-
recur or continue.
A dose tnorning
formation of
in
and evening.
At
there
the
the
OFEEXSIVE BREATH.
387
except
A
in
cases
in
is
when
Silicea is
more appropriate.
Offensive Breath.
Causes.
teeth
;
Want
of cleanliness
;
accumulation of tartar
;
decayed teeth
affection of the
;
gums
mouth
mercury
and
When want
is
of cleanliness
is
mouth with
nighfc
added, and brush the teeth with a moderately hard brush and morning, and also after every meal.
When
to be consulted.
Lastlj^ when the annoyance can be traced to any of the remaining sources enumerated the remedies subjoined must be had recourse to.
Nux YoMiCA
Sulphur.
fasting.
If s3'mptoms
ministration of medicine.
Acid.
!N'it.,
in rotation,
Hepar S., Belladonna, successively administered, may be required in some few cases in which the
is insufficient.
preceding course
A dose night
a week.
relief,
3H8
affection
1
OFFENSIVE BUEATH.
is
day.
DIET AXD REGIMEN".
"When offensiveness
from an habitually
from salted
articles
Even when
offen-
much caution should be observed in respect of diet, and the regulations enjoined in "Indigestion " followed.
PART
0mfslii:
^irr^erjr,
III.
ox
i\]t
^xmhmnt
of
ommo\i ^ccihixh.
Accidents are constantly apt to occur, not infrequently at a distance from professional help of any kind. little knowledge
may
mode
of conveyance of
an injured
person
ment, as in the case of dislocated joints or broken bones. It is also of use to be able to form some idea of the extent of mischief done, and to knovr how to remedy it by coolness and
promptitude.
themselves and
or rubbing
off
treatment
of the skin, or
little constitutional
disturbance
may
2b
'
370
Ah^asions of the Shin, if the extent is small, and the skin merely rubbed off, Calendula Flaister, or the painting-on of prepared
"When occasioned by falls, and there is any dirt or grit in the wound, it must be first carefully bathed with warm water and a perfectly clean sponge, that every
Collodion will suffice.
particle of offending substance
may be
got rid
of.
When
ac.
and
teaspoonful
when
the skin
is
is
the skin
broken, by Bellis
if
the
After a severe
blow,
it is
lie
down,
and to give
it
by Aconite in half an-hour, if there is any fever or restlessness. The nervous system, for a time, in some children, is considerably affected ; and there is often sickness from the concussion of
the shock.
If there are
bits of
or anything
must
first
if slight,
closed
by a piece or
strips
somewhat
tightly by cotton or
thread
wound
round.
Hcemorrhage, or Bleeding,
melis Lotioyi,
may
be often checked by
the
Hamais
two teaspoonfuls
water
wound
on
be
a
a,
the finger
calico
bandage of three
as wanted,
if is
which can
it
easily
torn
off
it
leg.
If
in
finger, hand, or
sling,
arm
must be kept
may
be moderated.
If a leg, the
patient must
flat,
or slightly elevated.
ACCIDENTS.
371
most kinds are sub-
effects of
accidents of
we most
earnestly advise
thorough acquaintance
with these
details, as necessary to
mem-
more
or less exposed.
Hay
arise,
from
fall,
a blow, or violent
to the extent to
shaking.
The
is
slight case of
concussion
is,
in ordinary language,
MEDICIN'AL TKEATMENT.
Arnica.
Its timely
its
application, will, in
quarter, or half-hour.
most instances,
Bathe
the
trated Tincture, until the dispersion of the bruise and swelling. Bellis. In cases where Arnica does not agree may be used
instead as a lotion.
Aconite. When
reaction sets
in,
for feverishness,
thirst,
GENEEAL TREATMENT.
Lift the patient very gently on to a couch or bed as soon as
possible
;
if
home or convenient resting-place, have him conveyed on a shutter, hurdle, or gate, by two or four men walkdistance from
little
as possible
first
place a coat
372
collar, neck-tie,
CONCUSSION.
and vest. Should the accident happen \vhere near a railthe patient could remain for a time, as in a field or way embankment, let him do so, that he may have a chance There must of partial recovery before removal is attempted.
everything be no shaking of the injured man, nor shouting Stimulants must not be must be done as quietly as possible. administered, nor must smelling-salts be applied to the nose. hot-water If the feet and legs, or body, are cold and clammy,
the feet and armaround them. Por pits, and blankets or rugs placed over and the cold stage, or that of depression. Arnica is the specific for
bottles or heated bricks
must be applied
to
the reaction, or the stage of excitement, Aconite, Belladonna, Veratrum Viride, or Gelseminum apply. Light must be excluded from the apartment, and all noise be avoided. If the symptoms run high, whilst hot applications are continued to the feet, cloths wrung out of cold water, constantly renewed,
must be put
to the head.
must be shaved, and bladders, or waterproof bags, containing pounded ice, must
be applied to the head.
Diet
a.nd
Eegimejst.
After
concussion
of
the
brain
the
spirits,
appear to
weeks have elapsed, though he may have recovered from the effects of the accident. He
any kind
otherwise most serious consequences
may
result.
Rupture.
rupture
appears
coughing,
The
rupture
may
The swelling
makes
its
BUPTTJRE.
part of the thigh
smaller, or quite
onl3r
it is soft
373
and varies
lying
in size
;
;
and
elastic,
being
imperceptible,
when
down
larger or
when taking
pressure
is
recedes completely
when
removed.
Vomiting, constipation,
and other
result.
Eupture
is
reducible
is
when
it
irreducible,
when
its
causes
strangulated,
when
and more or
less fever.
GENERAL TREATMENT.
"When a rupture
is
it
may
be cured by
homoeopathic remedies. It is always advisable to wear a truss but a truss should be applied until the rupture is completely reduced; care should be taken that the truss fits properly.
The pad
it is
of
side for
which
intended.
truss does not require to be
in the
worn
on before rising
a short time.
morning.
If the pressure
from a truss
When
a rupture comes
down
it
at once be
made
to press
back.
No
force should be
employed
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Aconite.
Feverishness, with
374
EUPTTJEE.
rest1e?'sness,
In the
majority of cases marked benefit results from the first dose of dose every ten, Jlfteen, or twenty minutes ; if relief Aconite.
is not
it
N ux Yomica.
The tumour
is
is
oppressed.
A
and
Belladonna.
or half-hour.
If there be
much throbbing
of the rupture,
Gelsemln-um,
Chills, shivering,
feet.
Yeeatrtjm Yieide.
If
is
also
much
Sprains.
A sprain
is
or tendons, in the neighbourhood of a joint, very commonly of the ankle, from sudden turning-in, or of the wrist or knee, from
some
trifled
twist, wrench,
fall,
or blow.
sprain
is
never to be
may
with; neglecting to rest the injured joint, or any excess lead to serious inflammation, and ensue in permanent imits use.
pairment of
A bad
sprain
a broken bone. A sprain is sometimes faintness; afterwards by inflammation, swelling, and discoloration, with subsequent weakness and stiffness.
geneeal and medicinal treatment.
First,
often
as swelling is inevitable,
remove anything at
all
tight
a wrist, the trowser from the about the joint, as a sleeve from or stocking from the ankle ; and, knee, and the shoe and sock
sPEAiNs.
a
375
.8
keep
as
still
as possible;
then
let
either
by a large handkerchief, which may fasten round the list, or cord, for a knee or ankle
or a companion's
arm
or shoulder until
home be
reached, or
some place where proper attention can be paid to the injured Then bathe the injured joint, or immerse it, in water as limb. hot as it can be borne, to which Arnica or other tincture is
added
;
then envelop
it
in
by
Spongio-piline,
wrung out
as a hot
fomen-
may
AEifiCA.
with great
pain on movement.
Application.
Bellis.
same strength for the compress. Equally effectual as Arnica, and must be used in tho
to Arnica.
when
no extravasation of blood.
It
is
especially specific in
of cases.
sprains,
may
also
be given internally.
Strains.
strain
is
Rest
is
necessary, in bed,
is
when
it is
Yery
often, but
(which
376
STRAINS.
It is
may
is
As a
strain
getting better, it must be well rubbed, night and morning, with Rhus, Arnica, or Bellis opodeldoc, and afterwards ban-
daged.
MEDICINAL TREAT]JENT.
"Betonia should be administered
when
are felt after a strain, with aggravation from the slightest move-
ment
of the
arms or body.
Ehfs.
When headache
results
from a
crush, or squeeze,
may
TEEATMEXT.
Lay the patient
flat
on his back, and remove carefully on a stout rug stretched on two poles.
Arnica
alternately.
How
to
Apply a Bandage.
In the domain of domestic surgery, a banda.i^e will often be required. Loth for the comfort and the safety of a patient as for example, to secure a pad or compress, to aid in the arrest of
;
HOW
TO APPLY BANDAGES.
377
bandage
is
made by
yards in length.
for use,
The
methods of
illustrations
its
:
Fig.
1. How
to Roll
up a Bandage.
Fig.
2. How
to
Bandage a Hand,
378
HOW
TO APPLY BANDAGES.
Fig.
vouOTDs.
379
How
to Treat
Wounds.
GEXEEAL DIRECTIONS.
"Wounds vary greatly in danger as in situation and extent.
Calendula plaister, or ordinary adhesive, or a piece of lint mois-
may
be
all
that
is
required.
most prominent or alarming symptom, needing immediate attention, as after cuts or stabs, or
wounds from
be
be hanging
Or the
to be
part
injured
may
or
require to
placed in position,
raised, as an
arm
hand
if it
down
or bent, so that
If there be
together.
nature
left
in
or
re-
by the
still it
to irritate
THE VAEIOITS
(2)
KLN'DS OF WOTTNDS.
(3)
Wounds
are
CI)
incised,
lacerated,
contused, (4)
punctured, (5) gunshot, or (6) poisoned wounds. (1) An incised wound, or cut, is produced by some sharp in-
strument,
as
knife,
by more or
they are, speaking generally, the least dangerous, and the most
easily healed.
(2) In lacerated wounds, the flesh, instead of being divided by a sharp-cutting instrument, is torn asunder with violence
;
They
little
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(3)
WOUNDS.
Contused Tvoiinds or bruises from some blimt instrument,
attended by bruising or crushing, and when, severe are dangerous, and prone to terminate in sloughing.
(4)
by pointed instruments
than of incised wounds, and are dangerous, from the depth to which, they frequently penetrate, and the consequences they
entail,
by occasioning inflammation
and spasm.
of
of muscles,
(5)
contused wounds.
(6)
APPLICATIONS TO WOUNDS.
Cold WatePv.
at
^Where
there
is
water
is
to be preferred.
lint^
Saturate
Arnica, Calendula,
of importance in the
is
treatment of
wounds.
Arnica.
ferred
"When bleeding
profuse,
likely to leave
a severe scar.
Calendula
to be preferred to
is slight.
Arnica
is
to be pre-
except in persons in
;
whom
it
produces inflammation.
place
it ;
Bellis
is
to be preferred to Arnica
when
there
is
the slightest
Application
and Calendula.
WOUKDS
381
HypePvICITm
is
and Calendula.
Caebolic Acid, in the strength of four grains of the crystal
to one ounce of distilled water,
of matter threaten as
if
the formation
MEDICIJS'AL TREATMEIs"^T OE
Ae:j^ica is the first
;
WOUNDS.
remedy in the treatment of wounds of all kinds it should be commenced simultaneously with the external application, as soon as the patient has been made comfortable.
A
is
Aconite
the patient
hours.
China
ing
fits,
is
loss of blood
tendons.
wine should be adminafter which, if a general improvement takes place. istered should be subsequently employed. But if the wine only Arnica acts as a temporary stimulant, China must be repeated before proceeding with further treatment. A dose every half-hour or
this medicine, a
;
few spoonfuls
of good
hour.
When
Silicea,
or Arsenic.
How
to Treat Lacerated
Wounds, or Wounds
warm
382
WOUNDS.
water and a clean sponge, bring the divided parts as closely together as possible, and retain them in their places by a pad,
bandage, or plaister, and an appropriate position of the body or
limb, so that they
may
of
unite by
first
intention.
Cold Water
is
service
when
the
wound becomes
:
inflamed,
Saturate
as fast as
and
is
or lint
ivitli
and re-moisten
If suppuration ensue, suspend this application, proceed with constitutional treatment, and apply and
becomes hot.
inject Carbolic Acid,
MEDICIXAL TREATMENT.
Chamomilla.
become
wound show no
disposition to heal.
dose
if it
it
does not
induce healing.
may
be treated by Calendula
it,
Press the
wound
is
together, dry
little
wound.
applied.
If collodion
Wounds
need
stitching,
as
large
gaping wounds
stitches
;
of
pass the
of the
wound
cut
off
a knot
by
woTJNEs.
'
383
When
soak
off
begins to be uncomfortable, as
will after a
day or
so, carefully
the pad and the plaister, and apply others in the same
is
way.
Whatever
;
adhesive
it
knocks
cold, dust,
The pad
it is
also prevents
the
To
it.
effect this
thoroughly,
necessary sometimes
well as over
in the ordinary
way, by plaister or
it,
stitches.
Are to be regarded, not only according to the instrument used? but according to the violence used, and the structures which
they penetrate, tear, or divide
large nerves,
;
they
may
or important
internal
organs
blow.
or
a portion of
clothing
may be
it is
may
result, there is
apt to accumulate.
In persons
of
bad constitution,
may be
followed by inflammation of
;
or such inflammation
may
the wound.
Some amount
of
bruising
They are best treated by complete rest, and a pad put firmly on and in the direction of the wound the pad should be soaked in Calendula lotion and AconiU, Gelseminum, or Bryonia given
;
3S4
internally.
woTJ^^Ds.
more bruising For such in this case, either Arnica or Bdlis will be the best. "wounds in the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, where there
If the instrument be blunt, there is
;
is
Are not
rifles,
most commonly
from the
or pistols
and reprehensible custom of pointing guns, in jest at other persons. Such accidents are not
is
loaded only
with powder
of the
the wadding
may
inflict a
powder may
by grains of
powder being driven in or in certain parts of the body, as when fired into the mouth, tearing of the cheek may result, or dangerous inflammation of the soft palate and upper part of the
throat
:
may
force
or a fowling-
powder
only,
and
fired at
known
Small shot,
if
gun be
fired a
few
feet only
and lodge in the tissues when the gun is at the distance of a few yards, and the shots are scattered, they usually lodge beneath the skin, from which they can be removed by a lancet.
;
A single
small shot
may
wound by penetrating
a principal artery.
AND
SLTJGS.
flesh,
The point
as
a rule,
is
usually
much
torn,
though sometimes
it
may
little larger
Where
a gunshot
woTJifDs.
385
with any criminal intent, wadding or shreds of clothing should be most carefully preserved, as they
^^ojind has been inflicted
may
Similarly, the
may
wound
is self-inflicted.
wotjjS'ds
from
all
coi^ical eiple-bullets.
inflict
Conical bullets of
kinds
wounds very
similar
in
character
deepl}', or
go quite
which they
strike.
When
is
capable of
extraction,
they
may
may
be passed.
It
bullets lodges
in the body.
if
owing to the irritation they they press upon any sensitive part. The
possible,
the parts
May
from explosions of various kinds, as gunpowder, gas, In their nature and steam-boilers, or blasting operations.
result
that
is,
more
often, torn
EXTERNAL TREATMEN^T.
of
punctured wounds
is,
in every
;
directed for
wounds
in general
but
intention
386
"When
wouxDS.
splinters of
bone or
balls
extract with as
otherwise they
may
be allowed to remain
when
The most
lint
wounds
of a like kind.
Saturate
re-^
a linen rag or
inoistening as
it
apply^ constantly
becomes hot.
cases,
ApvNICA,
there
is
where the parts are much lacerated wound, the adjacent parts are bruised, and To tivo tahlesjwonfuls of water extravasation of blood.
in
some
add twenty
c?ro29S q/"
Tincture of Arnica
MEDICnfAL TEEATMENT.
symptoms,
administered in time.
tered pending the arrival of medical aid, when lock-jaw threatens Eefer to the article on " Tetanus.'^ in consequence of an injury.
A
if
AcoiOTE should be administered, in alternation with Arnica, the constitutional disturbance be severe, and the febrile action
run high. A dose, singly or alternately, every hour. Chamomilla is to be preferred if there be excessive nervous irritability, with impatience of the pain, which is severe. Calendula is the hest outward application. dose every hour.
CiciTTA
twitchings ensue.
WOUNDS.
387
Ledum Palustee
when
coldness ac-
wounds treated
ensues, and
when suppuration
mote a healing
process.
amelioration or cliange ; hut if the process of healing does not proceed favourably, and the matter hecomes unhealthy and watery,
give Mercurius every four or six hours,
the
first, if
offensive.
fail,
resort to Arsenicum.
A
or
occasionally,
when inadequate
A dose
night
and morning.
In
When
the discharge
is offensive,,
quired.
essential.
bites OF SNAKES OR
SEEPENTS.
and constitutionaL
EXTERNAL TEEATMENT.
Sucking the wound with the
effectual
after,
lips is
way
carbolic
or strong spirits of
;
ammonia.
Heat may
also
tie
quicklj^ in several
places, ligatures
time to
3S3
i'lTCd
W0TJ1TD3.
Ammonia and
and taken,
If
liave repeatedly
effects
ensue,
dessert -spoonful of
five
wine or brandy
minutes
and
Aesenic.
If the
the
wound become
bluish, marbled, or
close
an hour.
Bellabokna.
cus in the
Drowsiness,
or throat
;
with
ineffectual efforts
to sleep,
from anguish and agitation; dry, burning throat, with frothy mu-
mouth
;
red and
bloated face
continual tossing
about
GELSEMrNTTM.
Eigidity
of the muscles
citement
general spasm.
A bite
intervening parts.
They
skewer.
WOTJKDS POISONED WITH PUTREFIED MATTER.
As
them
to hold the
heat as they can bear, and then wash them with carbolic soap.
3S9
POISONED WOUNDS.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Veratritm Yiride.
I have
removing contamination
TTOund, sting, or bite.
an envenomed
a threatening
ichor,
becomes bluish, and discharges a thin inflammation, spreading rapidly from it up the arm or
aspect,
leg, as
the case
may
be
constitutional
symptoms
are felt,
and
don hospitals have recently been reported where such a train of dose every Tialf-Jiour, then every hour symptoms have set in.
until relief
is
obtained.
Stings of Insects.
The
bility
effect
of the patient
spirits
damp
garden mould,
of
ammonia, liquor
potassa^, or
Tincture
will suffice.
is
At
great.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
alleviated
The pain and febrile irritation are often speedily by smelling Camplior. Aconite. If inflammation, with swelling, supervene. A dose
Camphor.
Apis.
swelling
if
Aconite
is
not
suffi-
cient.
Ledum.
soreness,
lotion
if
tenderness,
and a
spoonfal of water.
390
PtrethPvTjm.
STEifGS.
Yery
useful in
and bugs.
Severe nettlehalf
to
Two
teaspoonfuls to
a -pint of water ; apply, hy a sponge, to all parts of the hody likely to he exposed. To relieve pain and swelling it should he
its
pure
state.
STDlfGS EST
THE MOUTH
children
N^ot
infrequently occur
to
when
eating ripe
as a
fruit
on which bees or wasps may have fastened. Ledum for the mouth.
Apis.
is
wash
and When there much A dose every hour which has not been arrested by Ledum. The pain has but the swelling continues,
swelling,
pain,
MEECUPviirs.
suffering,
yielded,
saliva.
How
When
to Treat Bruises;
is
substitute
Hamamelis
easier,
or
Bellis
is
somewhat
apply
Arnica
Bryony.
lotion
or
compress,
or
that of
Tamus
or
Black
Either
may
be painted on at once.
Aconite
appropriate
remedies
when inflammation
HTrERiouM
externally.
is
alternately, until
Apply Arnica
also externally.
yield to Aconite.
to be resorted to
and
also
applied
BRUISES.
391
been subdued by Aconile
lias
also in
the treatment of swellings of the finger- joints and affections of the tendons.
Ari^ica
is
A
is
or where there
as
little
as pos-
How
From
is
to stop Bleeding.
fii-st
himif
self
life,
man
arrives.
The bleedIf
and comes in
jets; if venous, it
When
bleeding
is slight,
for a minute or so, and then apply Calendula plaister, cut nar-
wound
on all sides, to keep the edges together leave a little between the strips of plaister, to allow for any oozing.
too frequently remove the plaister
;
interval
Do not
off
with
warm
warm water
on the wound
to cleanse
it
392
BLEEDING.
IS
COPIOUS OH PEESISTENT
it
most unwise
to
If
by simply placing which can merely the flow continue, place a finger or hand
endeavour to stay
then fold tightly three or four thicksoak nesses of lint into a pad, very little larger than the wound
wound
it
in
Hamamelis
on the wound
;
over
the
first
larger
another
required
by a few turns
slipping.
of bandage,
is
This
peculiarly adapted to
wounds
of
the palm of
EROM AN AETERT.
;
is
or the
wound
is
will
need to be applied on the course of the artery above the wound. A tourniquet is a band of stout webbing, tightened by screws,
artery.
substitute
may be
It
is
made by
wood on the
it is
course of the
tightened
it
u}^.
tourniquet
is
much
safer,
and
easier to use
when
can ob-
tained.
IS
WOTJNDED
BLEEDIKG.
393
394
BLEEDIKO.
Grasp the limb firmly, as shown in Tigs. 6 and 7, whether arm or leg, as the case may be then carefully cut off or remove
;
BTJUSTS.
As
this
is
it is
well to
know what
to do,
often considerable.
"Women
are
more down, with the limb raised and firm pressure made with the thumb over the part
prone to this
;
than men.
The patient must at once lie the stocking must be cut away
;
of the
way
lint,
soaked in
Samamelis
dage
lotion, applied
and held on
over this.
The
leg
must be rested
Hamamelis taken
internally.
rapidly subsides
sult
it is
;
re-
from a blow
water as cold
as
it
possible,
If the
In some
When Arnica
and
now and
then,
if
debility, or
life. This happens through sheer an inherited tendency termed " the hsemorrhagic
diathesis."
lint
395
If this
is
of the
opposite jaw.
not
How
If, after a fall
to Treat Dislocation.
pain, swelling,
and distortion of a
with
All these symptoms usually "put out," or a joint dislocated. must be taken into consideration. When a bone is broken, a joint is not generally affected, and the broken limb is very movable below the point of fracture. One of the joints moet liable to be put out is the shoulder, as by a fall when This is at once easily reduced by hanging the arm over riding. a gate or fence, and allowing the weight of the body to be exerted on
it.
Fig.
9. How
obstinate,
by a surgeon.
Preceding
is
this,
treatment should be
commenced.
When
the dislocation
a bandage
must be put
396
on,
DISLOCATION.
joint,
and prevent a
and gradual
flexion,
tions accompanied
and extension
may
Arkeca.
ivater
lotion,
Externally,
it
To
ten parts of
add
as fast as
Bellis.
and dry,
In preference "When
until the
pain
subsides.
is
to Arnica
when
erysipelas
dreaded.
MEDICIJSTAL
TEEATMENT.
AE:rTiCA.
the pain
of the dislocation.
if
the pain
continue.
How
broken or fractured, as by a
or horse, or
fall,
a vehicle,
Symptoms.
Paintness,
loss of
GENERAL PRECATJTIOyS.
As soon
be placed on
as a limb a litter of
is
found to be broken, the patient should any kind which happens to be at hand,
of shelter, or his
for.
two stout
poles,
own home,
if it
If
BROKEN BONES.
there be a wound, the clothmg should be carefully cut
off,
397
a
vet
If a leg
is
hurt, tie
a patient
When
removed, those who carry him Great care and gentleness ought to be exercised in lifting and
should strictly step together.
;
otherwise a
originally simple,
is
com-
plicated one,
If it
from
laceration.
be
arm
and put
a broad
arm
in a sling.
be the
ribs, stitch
bandage, half-a-yard wide, round the chest, and put the patient
to bed.
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
faintness,
minum
bones.
Patients often,
patience, displace the ends of the bone after they have been
the limb.
to lie on
is
a horse-hair mattress,
sacking or laced
straight under the patient, and kept perfectly smooth, and free
from crumbs.
UNION or FRACTURES.
A broken
weeks to unite
the
below the elbow, about a month of the thigh, at weeks of the leg, three weeks or a month.
; ;
least six
398
How
to Treat Burns
and
Scalds.
Injury of some part of the body through excessive heat. In a scald, from fluid or steam at boiling heat ; in a hurn^ from dry, red, or dull heat, as from hot iron, flame, or burning substance,
or from an explosion, as from gunpowder or gas.
Danger from a burn depends upon several conditions. A scald, or burn, of great extent, frequently proves fatal immediately,
the shock.
its
seat, together
Again the extent and depth of the burn, wherever with the age, temperament, and habit of the
If
patient, of the
body
is
affected,
the result
;
is
almost always
In
carelessness
fire
as leaving children
going near a
with ample
thing to do,
the flame.
light
skirts, reading in
fire,
it
to
throw
one's self
down on
the
floor,
roll
can render
possible,
it.
When
the flame
is
ex-
tinguished, lay
down on
The burnt
clothes
Only a small portion must be examined and treated at once, so that the outer air, which always gives pain
as possible.
much
and produces
blisters
chilliness,
may
be excluded.
First
prick any
you
find,
down with
a bit of cotton
309
wool if the contents of the blisters are not evacuated, they form a troublesome, hard crust. After letting out the contents
of the blisters,
if
if
cover
it
with linen or
;
lint,
or linen from time to time, as required, witliout removing it. Thus each portion of the burnt surface must be treated until the whole is attended to. If there should be no carron or carbolic oil at hand,
flour evenly
light
and gauzy
may
be
readil)?-
procured, so
lotion.
To
any
case,
In drinking boiling
corrosive acids,
as
oil
as
confined to the
As death may
must be paid
Caeron
Equal
it
applied
400
HYDEOrHOBIA.
:
How
Hydrophobia
animal.
to Treat Hydrophobia.
in
arises
and
(3)
the third,
the disease
is
developed.
from the
human
phobic poison
Whiie making
may
minds
of
many from
may
exceedingly
but
of the
incapacity of
Many have
;
but
it
may be
stated, that
is
if
no
abrasion of
not the
slightest danger.
PEETEl^TIVE
TEEATMENT.
LOCAL APPLICATION.
Badiating Heat.
As soon
as a person
is
ascertained to have
HYBEOPHOBIA.
'
; ;
401
been bitten by a rabid animal, or by an animal suspected to bo rabid, beat, simultaneously with the use of medicine, should be
resorted to.
cigar,
must be placed
wound
as possible,
;
without
its
It is
essential that the heat should not exercise its influence over too
wound and parts adjacent. If can be procured, it may be applied round the
wound, and should be repeated as often as the skin becomes dry ; soap, or saliva, may be employed where oil or grease cannot be obtained.
Whatever
is
and stretch himself. Belladonna has been repeatedly proved to be equally and powerfully efficacious, both as a preventive and curative medicine.
With
his
usual oc-
him being
careful to avoid
of
making any
A.
his
misfortune.
When
the
not
much
those round.
The spasms
sensation
of
swallowing,
constriction
in
the throat,
and a
dread of
liquids, in
Poaming
at the
away
also attacks of
j
excessive
fits
of
2d
409
trembling
;
'
HYDROPHOBIA.
tte pupils are dilated
;
sleep is
mnch
disturbed by
dose,
dry on the
Stramonium.
fixed
Severe
;
on bright
objects,
or whatever
;
tends
to
remind the
patient of water
great thirst
all liquids
;
mania,
with great loquacity and gesticulations fits of laughter and singing, sometimes alternately with fits of passion and moaning
;
ungovernable fury,
sudden shrieks,
dilated
and
insenpdble and
pupils
A dose,
dry on
Gelsemin-um.
Rigidity
citement
dose,
spasm and clutching at the throat general spasm. dry on the tongue, on any threatening of the con-
vulsions.
ACCESSORY TREATMEITT.
107 degrees Fahrenheit, has proved an effective remedial agent in some cases. It may be used either soon after the bite, or when the convulsions have commenced. When used as a preventive, it should be employed
at a temperature of
several times
if
they
How
Where
Animation.
individuals have, to all appearance, suddenly expired
from external causes, animation may only be suspended. There are many cases where sudden death is no mere suspension of
APPAEENT DEATH.
403
animation but there are others where apparent death is far from uncommon. When there is the least uncertainty, care
;
may
is
many may
what
life if
know
not be in a flurry, but assume the direction in a calm, authoritative voice. Begin your endeavours to restore anito do.
Do
his
back
a bit
under the chin, so as to keep it Eaise the head and shoulders of the drowned
;
then,
standing behind the head, seize the arms just below the elbow,
and pull them upwards by the side of the neck until they meet wait a short time to allow the air to inflate the lungs, thea bring the arms down to the side with the elbows, and a little
;.
These movements must be timed by the watch, twenty to the minute not. and continued for an hour at least. Whilst this isoftener
may
drowned person, and rubbing the legs, thighs, and body upwards towards the heart. The plan detailed above is called the
" Sylvester Method."
cessful it
Avoid
;
all
rough usuage
roll
2. N'ever
;
feet
3.
Do
not
Do
with
salts or
spirits
5.
Do not
inject
smoke or infusion
404
tobacco
6.
APPARENT DEATH.
Do
its
face,
APPARENT DEATH.
405
When
but,
till
life,
quantities of
warm wine
or spirits
down
by a
care
flexible
tube or otherwise.
At
should never be left alone, as some have been lost for want of
who might otherwise have been saved. " The Bain Method " is to place the patient in this position,
stand behind, and forcibly pull him fifteen times in the minute
a place where he can remain quiet, and proceed with remedial treatment. In case a fracture, dislocation, serious concussion,
or contusion, or other injury should have been inflicted, a
Aeiqca should be administered pending examination, or the and it is not unfrequently desirable to give arrival of a surgeon Arnica by injection, as well as by the mouth. A dose dry on
;
the tongue.
Injection.
China.
is
It
also of
If
hoinfoul
Before anyone
is
down
a lighted candle
406
if
APPARENT DEATH.
is
Should anyone go down into a well, or other such place, without this precaution, and be overcome, the greatest care must be
him he
tries to save
he must be
;
let
down
cautiously by
he must be watched,
and
if
He
much
as possible,
sufferer.
and
On
any person being drawn out from such a position, if insensible, give plenty of room for air, and proceed as after drowning.
All cases of suffocation from other causes must be dealt with
as suspended animation after drowning.
Presh
air
cold
water
These
failing,
the measures
How
by vomiting, which
throat,
is
to Treat Poisoning.
down
the
Give as
White Lead, Sugar of Lead. Dilution and neutralisation must be aimed at, by giving chalk, or the plaster of the ceiling or walls of a room, rubbed into a powder, and mixed pretty thickly with water, or soap and water ; afterwards milk
of Arsenic,
roisoNS.
407
as
flour
and water,
much
as can be
of Salts, or other Corrosive Acids. Poisons may be taken accidentally or from design.
;
white
powder may be mistaken for sugar or flour white liquids for water coloured ones for other harmless fluids. It is highly
:
where tbere are children, and even where there are none,
fatal accidents have often occurred.
as
Poisoning
sweets
may arise from adulterated and highly-coloured from poisonous matters in food, as arsenic in puddings
;
or cakes
saucepans.
rooms,
or deadly
drugs,
as
strychnine,
prussic
;
acid,
sometimes
Epsom
salts.
Such accidents
;
we
require
we
liniments
It
is
we
soon an accident
may
occur, or
how
soon
everyexactly
know
to do,
and then do
Milk,
and carbonate of
soda in water.
408
POISONS.
almond
oil.
Oxalic Acid.
Chalk
fluids.
or plaster in water;
other preparations
;
strong tea.
of eggs
Blue
Vitriol, or Verdigris.
White
with water
sugar
and water.
Antimony.
Large
By
quantities of
warm water
or milk, fol-
narcotics.
;
Emetics
dashing
strong coffee
stant walking.
able to be done
but
backwards and
Acid.
Hartshorn,
or
powdered
;
ammonia, to
be
water
stomach.
Strychnine.
Emetics,
warm
strong tea.
Chloroform, or other Ancesthetic.
Loosen
;
everything about
the neck
lay flat on
the stomach
Children,
and adults
too,
ings
throats
or they
may have
is
skin affections.
symp-
it is
a strong temptation
;
it
minute
POISONS.
409
off
and
if
it
Young
persons who work-up bright-green gauzes, or bright-green leaves for artificial flowers, suffer in the same way from the arsenic
their eyes are inflamed
;
Mussels.
Administer
charcoal
with-
^Administration
and
again,
its
this
if
failing,
or
quantity of water.
Poisonous Mushrooms.
Provoke
vomiting
give
in
copious
oil,
sweet
at
may
MEDICINAL AFTEE-TREATMENT.
Ipecacuanha.
For
and tendency to
Yeeatrum.
China.
Irritability,
Indigestion, constipation,
and morning.
dose night
Nux Yomica. For the aftertreatment of poisoning with lead, more especially when paralysis
Opium, Belladonna, Platina,
410
FATIGUE.
" or colic are amongst the consequences. See the article on " Colic and " Paralysis," as well as that on " Characteeistic Effects."
and
morning.
How
Undue
or boating,
TEEATMEj^T.
Aeis'ica.
Internally, and, in
To a pint
some
cases, externally.
A dose
of the
of water
add a
teasj^oonful
Ehxis Toxicodendron.
lifting
joints,
from
A dose
China.
After
exertion, followed
three hours.
dose every
Confusion, or sense
of emptiness, or tightness in
Severe
headache, bewilderment,
drowsiness,
lassitude.
restless,
-
and
China.
Confusion, pain
away
sleep, or as a
an hour.
Gelseminum.
hours.
If
China
is
insufficient.
OVER-HEATING.
411
excitability,
Diet
ai^d Eegimen".
When
excessive
or
de-
rangement of
Strong
developed,
some
How
When
symptoms
set
in severely
patient quickly into the shade, loosen everything about his neck,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Aconite.
Jilterior
Affords speedy
It
is
relief,
and
acts as a preventive of
consequences.
also
when
there
a quick, frequent,
full,
strong pulse.
Belladonna.
Yiolent
Bryonia.
diarrhoea,
Headache,
A
loss of
during
exertion.
How
Sudden
and great
grief fre-
412
quently exert
FRIGHT.
powerful and
long-continuing
effects,
which
require attention.
MEDICDTAL TEEATMENT.
Opium.
Sudden
fright,
terror,
horror, or
fear
generally
prevents such as
fits,
Aconite.
If great acceleration
Or
headache, fever, hot face and head, quick and full pulse.
every two hours.
dose
loNATiA.
cal
after
dose every
For concentrated and two symptoms. A dose Chamomilla. Particularly A passion or vexation. Ntjx Vomica. Eor sudden outbreak four excessive CoEEEA. For the
every
hours.
effects of
stifled grief
or for hysteri-
hours.
for children,
or nervous females
joy, as headache,
tremh-
bling,
and fainting
and
also
with con-
trembling.
PART
IV.
Munm
[For
fuller details
0f
imnh^.
directions, see
:
and compreliensive
Gutteridge.
" "Woman's
Eoss.]
GriDE," by Dr.
London
Leath &
is
no reason
why
females
should
enjoy
less
general
health
than
men,
certain
physiological
them
most
liable to affections
preventive
and
which require careful treatment, both The following pages deal with curative.
which woman is subject, before, and In many instances the advice pregnancy.
Medical advice should be
of the complaints to
at the period of
at once sought
when the remedies fail to have their desired effect. Homoeopathy, by common consent, acknowledged to be of
in
those of females.
The amplitude of its resources, the accurately ascertained range and power of its remedies, together with
their specific, direct, yet undisturbing and almost undeviating
action, prove
to every variation,
;
as
equal
and far surpassing, in the durability of their effect, the most advanced allopathic medication, which combats the consequence of disease rather than
to, for
414
disease itself.
good accomplished be often more apparent than real, and that the disease shall frequently reappear in an intensified form
;
when temporary
relief is dearly
purchased.
expects
its
The
state
pills,
or drops,
often utterly inoperative for the end for which they are taken,
cannot
fail to
If there should be
no marked, general, or
local disturbance,
Let no well-meaning friend disquiet by her leave well alone. prognostications and advice, even if menstruation should be delayed to the fifteenth or sixteenth year.
If constitutional delicacy be the cause of delay, the
mere
tonic
sufficient.
sified to
The
sources
subtle
and diver-
be reached by means
not stimulation,
those of homoeopathy.
It
is
it is
is
correction, it
the strength to
make
time.
with what
own new
;
reward, since
start in
life,
something akin to a
new
constitution,
may
be acquired.
as
from
cold,
damp, or
fright.
In other instances,
of the
it is
symptomatic of
some
remedied
by the cure
still
primary malady.
; ;
415
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Pulsatilla.
face
;
Suppression from a
of
cold, or getting
wet
pale
;
difficulty
;
breathing
loss
;
chilliness
disposition to
weep
aching of the
abdomen
nausea
;
leucorr;
hoea
difficulty in passing
;
water
;
colic
;
vomiting
;
diarrhoea
morning sickness
;
bad taste
no appetite
;
yawning
stretching
A dose,
dry, hot
;
Aconite.
Hot,
;
flushed
feet
face
skin
chilliness
quick pulse
cold
and hands
oppression
;
at chest
;
and
it
bowels
palpitation
aching,
disposition to faint
;
restlessness.
and
plethoric,
with fresh
colour.
A dose
every three or
four
hours.
CiMiciPUGA.
iN'ervous distress
limbs
down
in the side
;
distressing pains in
;
the head
sleepiness
giddiness
;
flushed face
uneasiness of
stomach
constipation
effort
;
any mental
ing
it
;
spinal irritation
pain in
the head
catarrhal fever
;
sore
throat
alternate constipa-
Hysteric or
;
nervous
excessive perspiration,
dizziness
back
bruised or beat en
nasal catarrh
416
^
; ;
dusky spots on the face or forehead, or a pale face and dingy brownish saddle across the nose acrid leucorrhoea, with soredose every twelve ness ; coldness of the hands and feet.
;
;
hours.
Ntjx Vomica.
Dyspeptic
:
symptoms
the
irrit-
piles
headache
able
mood
;
morning
and
mode
hours.
of
Involuntary sighing;
;
spasms in the bowels, or colic, dread of light ness and heat drawing the patient together, and arresting the breathing; palpitation weak, empty feeling at the pit of the stomach
;
;
nausea
faintness
loss
of appetite
the pain
is
relieved
by
as
Aero PhosphoPvIC.
fever, or
Suppression
acute
is
illness,
;" it
attended by
the hair, or
and often by
twelve hours.
falling-off of
deafness.
Platina.
Melancholy;
;
A dose every
flushed face
painful pressing,
though menses would appear; constipation, with pain in the small of the back desire for relief of the bowels ; with clay;
like evacuations.
A dose
; ;
Calcarea.
Giddiness
shortness
of
;
breath
tightness
cold,
damp
feet
stomach
weakto
liability
CHLOROSIS.
417
;
take cold
chest
off
when
;
:
talking, or oppression
;
chest
weakness of the and pressive pains at the uneasy sleep depression irritloss of flesh
;
palms of the hands and soles of the feet burn in the afternoon and evening. A dose every twelve
ability
copious leucorrhoea
hours*
ACCESSORY TREATMENT.
In cases associated with a fuU habit, and determination of blood to the head, or to some other important part, it will be necessary to enjoin regular and sufficient exercise (without
fatigue) daily in the open air
^the
rising.
As regards
animal food
and only plain, simple, and unstimulating whether for food or drink, be allowed. When incidental to, or associated with, an enfeebled and exhausted condition, change of air will render good service. Tepid or cold dripping
articles,
sheets on rising
or,
if
tepid or cold
followed by friction with a rough towel, at four o'clock in the afternoon, and at bed-time or let the feet be put in hot mustard
;
calves, for
a disease connected
with puberty and the establishment of menstruation, and is not infrequent in delicate young women at any period. It is often accompanied by very deficient and pale menstruation. A
corresponding condition sometimes shows itself in pregnancy.
To the pallor of anemia, there is added a yellowish-green aspect more or less defined, and a peculiar odour of the breath and
body generally.
2e
418
Symptoms.
CHLOROSIS.
and
;
lips,
sometimes
with
flushes of heat
depravity of appetite
tritions
substances, as chalk
and ashes
and
debility
then head-
with
;
constitution,
or
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Pulsatilla.
When
of
crown
;
the head
sallow complexion
difficulty
of
breathing
movement
;
palpitation
sudden heat
the loins
;
disposition to diarrhoea,
almost constant
chilli-
spasms, nausea
appetite,
want
of
;
swelling of
A
we
;
Sepia.
have
face
In addition
;
to the
;
symptoms
;
just
enumerated,
stains
hysterical headache
sallowness
brown
;
on the
frequent colic
constipation
Anguish,
face
A dose night
;
and morning.
;
agitation
prostration
is
over-sensitive-
altogether sickly,
Calcarea.
sion
;
General exhaustion
;
anxious, trembling
depresfeet,
pale
coldness or
CHIOEOSIS.
;; ;
419
;
palpitation
fainting
weakness
sensitiveness to cold
A dose nigJit
Lowness
of
spirits,
of
disposition for
face,
pale,
sunken
sickly grey-yellow,
or clay-coloured.
hours,
ACCESSOET TEEATMENT.
and
exercise.
vests,
The
clothing
must be
comfortable
merino
;
exercise
;
must be taken as it can be borne gentle and frequent walks rides, well wrapped up, in a carriage or on horseback.
E^sidence in a high and dry situation, or at the sea-side; but
not sea-bathing
or port wine
may
a fresh linen
;
on
rising,
with
;
down the
there
is
spine
by a
Where
great cold-
hand at night, using Arnica opodeldoc, or warm dry mustard. The same applications may be gently and carefully used to the left side. In cases where Arnica cannot be tolerated, let Conium
ness and torpidity, friction
down
opodeldoc be substituted.
420
EXCESSIVE MENSTKrATION.
Excessive Menstruation.
The quantity of tlie menstrual discliarge varies a good deal in Considerable influence is for the most part different women. exerted by climate, constitution, and manner of living. The
duration of the discharge and the period of return are also
variable.
In some women
it
few hours
from three to
regularity
six days
is,
is,
The
in
many,
When
the discharge
is
excessive,
be-
and
the constitution
is
fairly able to
it
is
followed by
an
if
left
alone.
As
matter of
A
may
may
be put at
rest,
and
if
anything
is
really
wrong
it
I have
known
from a want of
own
constitutions far
of their
The fallibility better than any one judgment has sometimes dawned upon them when the
tion of
it
recogni-
EXCESSIYE MENSTRUATION.
421
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Aenica.
Excessive
fall,
exertion, a
dose
Hamamelis.
Profuse
irritation, or
from a
fall
unattended by
hours.
for the
Belladonna.
habited languid feeling
Especially
;
full-
weakness, and
;
giddiness
and
cloudiness of sight,
the discharge
or
and
continual yawning.
Platina.
tingling,
Bearing-down
;
headache
restlessness
;
excessive
and sharp, short, cutting pains in uterus melancholy anguish about the heart; trembling of the hands and feet;
small, feeble pulse
painful pressing,
relief of
Inordinately
attended
;
thick,
great
excitability.
dose
Ipecacitanha.
One
of the
in in
A
in
China.
all
Of considerable
where there
utility after
is
any
of the foregoing,
and
cases
422
PAINFTJL MElifSTRTJATION.
"
dose every
Calcaeea.
Should
be
employed
between
ACCESSOEY TEEATMElfT.
Patients so affected should live with great regularity, keep
early hours, take regular but moderate daily exercise in the open
air
most
same time,
strengthening.
They
should, above
things, abstain
of stimulating
food or beverages.
carefully
Emotion
and during
much
as possible
the continuance of the discharge the semi-recumbent posture should be retained, the body should be kept cool, the patient
fire,
or sleep
and the food should, for a few days, be limited to good broth
be taken hot
can be relished,
Painful
*
and
Difficult
Menstruation.
colic,
In painful and
difficult
menstruation, or menstrual
the
remedies which are chiefly available have already been enumerated in the foregoing articles on " Suppressed " and on " Excessive
The follow-
PArNTTJL MENSTBUATION.
.423
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
usually relaxed state of the bowels, greenish or whitish appearance, with darting, shooting, griping
pinching, or colicky pains
;
Chamomilla.
Irregular
or
if
there
dose every
Nux Vomica. Much suffering; discharge excessive, commencing before the proper time, and lasting longer or before the proper time, but deficient, and attended with spasmodic pain in the bowels and womb pain as if bruised in the small of
;
;
down the
often
much urging
constipation,
and sometimes painful urging, with very nausea sometimes, so as to scanty, hard, detached motions with frequent
desire,
;
morning
chills
with or with;
dose
During
six hours.
CiMicrPTJGA.
lessness
;
^Excitability
giddiness
dulness
anxiety
rest-
considerable derangement of the stomach, with nausea and unsuccessful efforts to vomit pains in the eyeballs hysteria rheumatic pains in the limbs heaviness, weight, and cold chills, and prickling sensations in the bearing-down
;
breasts
constant
spinal
irritation
faintness
gone
feeling
at
the
or
diarrhoea.
dose every
424
Gelsemintjm.
PAINFUL MENSTEUATION.
Every
is
period
is
headache
Patient
there
may
damp weather,
dose every three
Acts
who
specficially
is
appropriate
who complain of
eyebrow, or
distressing toothache
periods, costive;
burning or pinching in
variable in quan-
the vagina
tity
dragging weight.
;
The discharge
and frequency sometimes too frequent, excessive, and lasting too long sometimes retarded, and of brief duration, and
;
attended with
the
much
suffering.
dose
weelc
every
after.
three
hours during
Ptjlsatilla.
The
and watery, the periods being preceded and alternated with extreme depression of spirits and uneasiness, bearing-down, with spasms pressure, during micturition, and much urging to stool nausea often chilliness, with of the stomach, and prevailing
; ;
shivering
fits,
face.
three hours.
Belladoitna.
For
when the
languid
announced by
severe colic,
sight
the discharge
:
disposition to deterattended with excessive bearing-down mination of blood to the head, or to the chest, with anxiety, or
anguish
is
a con-
tinual yawning.
;;
PAINFUL MENSTRUATION".
Phosphoeus.
tlie
425
The
mood
weakness, loss of
flesh, restlessness,
around the
dose
Sulphur.
Por
who
for patients
from
piles
or
upon the
is
first
Sulphur
especially useful
;
ject to flow of
patient
is
sub-
she frequently
or
when
or
when
there
are
whites
cough,
less severe.
Calcarea.
Ten days
derangements.
two medicines
to be
recommended.
dose night
and mornwg.
symptom
its
of disordered health
an indispensable aid to
calculated
to
all
done
improve
and
its
everything
derangement.
sufficient
warm,
426
CHANGE OF
LIFF.
clothing for the feet, legs, arms, and chest ; plain, nutritious, and non-stimulating diet ; no coffee, beer, wine, or spirits no
;
highly-seasoned or rich condiments; early and regular hours, and avoidance of all excitement. Attention must be paid to
these matters during the periods as well as at the time ; the patient must live by rule if she is to have any expectation of
living in comfort.
Tepid
sitz
relief.
Change of
The period well known by
menstrual function
;
Life.
this
term
is
There is no precise age when this may occur it may occur at any period between five or six-andIt is usually regulated by the original early thirty and fifty. In the majority of cases, or late appearance of the secretion.
ceases.
cessation occurs
As
to the
manner
with some
it is
it
stops
gradual,
often there
is
now and
of the remedies
enumerated in the
change,
last section
will be required.
During the
weight
in
skin
to
diseases, headache,
tendency
sleep;
an
if
uneasy sensation
brushed away
a diminution in the
Some become
liver,
;
or
bowels
ing
;
indigestion
nausea
;
vomit-
high-coloured urine
diarrhoea,
offensive, foetid,
dark
or constipation and
is
plained of.
Leucorrhoea
a very
CHANGE OF
LIFE.
427
MEDICINAL TKEATMENT.
Aconite.
Indicated by a general
:
full,
temples,
or
sometimes
stupefying headache,
aggravated by
Yeratkum Yirlde.
dull
;
Headache,
;
A dose every
six hours.
may
be severe or
;
giddiness
dimness of vision
dilated pupil
con-
neuralgic pains in
the right temple, close to the eye, or constant, dull heavy headache
;
throbbing of the
with stupefaction, or buzzing and roaring; dim or disordered vision, sometimes double, partial, luminous, painful, or
arteries,
dim
tingling and
vomiting of
;
bile,
preceded by hiccough
times
piles.
some-
A dose every
left,
CiMiciFUGA.
the head,
whole forehead
going up-stairs
the head would
sometimes over the right eye, or the often very acute at the back of the eyes ; felt
rendered
much worse by
the brain feels
so
much
; ;
so,
that
it
fly off
relieved
by the open
;
skuU
tired feeling
;
too
much
',
anything, or as
sive
;
apprehen-
f aintness
to food
extreme irritability ; or and emptiness at the pit of the stomach repugnance the pains in the head may be attended with pains in
;
Gelsemintjm.
at the
428
CHANGE OF
LIFE.
upper part of the neck, and spreading over the whole head
in the forehead
first,
or
stupor
dull,
heavy
expression of countenance
intoxicated
; ;
Peeling of
rumbling,
by the expulsion
wanting or gone at
standing, as
Flatina.
senses
Passing attacks
when
if
the
numbed, compressed
down
when walking,
as
though
it
ears.
whom
CoccTJLTJS.
Nausea, or occasional
dose night
Nux
^
YoMicA.
bilious
piles,
and
in
whom
upon
rising in the
there be distension of
much
restlessness
;
and
disposition to outbursts
of
temper
or,
lie
notwith-
down.
Pulsatilla.
Stupid,
gloomy feeling
;
LIFE.
~
;;
CHANGE OF
ing up
fluid
;
429
brain feels as
bruised, or as
;
part of
it
were sore
;
ail-
pain
in
abdomen
;
pain
and flatulence
chilliness in the
back
when
standing
felt
trembling
the
;
limbs
obscuration
of
sight,
as
if
;
patient
would
faint
Heavy,
pressive,
bearing-down pain
sensation
of weight (sometimes
of the
back
or constant sensation of
dose every
Chamomilla.
sight, deafness,
ful
Attacks
;
attended
by giddiness, dimness of
emotion
;
is
tearing, dragging,
maddening
yellow,
pain
pit
burning distress
of
stomach
vomiting of bile
irritable
mood
jaundiced look
Sepia
flushes of heat.
if
Plushes of heat, as
;
feeling of oppression
and
A
;
dose night
and morning.
;
PoDOPHTLLiTM.
over the eyes
Giddiuoss
dizziness
sensation of fulness
the eyes
momentary dartings of pain, obliging one to shut morning headache dulness sleepiness pain and
; ;
;
430
CHANGE OF
;
LIFE.
piles
an evacuation the piles are external, sometimes bleeding and sometimes " blind." Aloes very much resembles Podophylafter,
lum.
who
suffer
from sickness,
depression of
and
rising, a
and purging
spirits.
the urine
is
dark
sice
hours.
;
AKSEificinit.
Great
;
debility
and emaciation
;
burning disgreat
charge of blood
ness
;
burning in
the veins
;
pain
as
ful
if
;
feeling of roughness
;
and soreness,
particularly at night,
is
hindering sleep
in the
stinging
when
walking, less
when
lying down.
A dose
ACCESSOEY TEEATMEITT.
It
is
necessary to observe
exercise
caution, to
rule.
There
that
this, seeing
mature judgment ought at once to recognise and discharge the duties demanded. In proportion as this is done, will suffering
and inconvenience be avoided. A dose of the selected medicines when faint feelings come on, will equal in relief, and he much
ietter in every way, than
was conceived
to
womb
LEUCOERHCEA.
431
commencement, but wHchi frequently changes to a j^ellow, brown hue. It may depend upon simple debility, in which case it is usually bland and not in excess, and occurs in
greenish, or
delicate
women
;
of
relaxed
constitution
at
each
returning
summer, or becomes continuous on their removal to a warm climate or it may arise from some affection of the womb, of a more or less serious character, in which cases it is more copious,
sometimes coming away in gushes, and often offensive and acrid,
and accompanied by smarting in passing water, pain in the back and loins, want of
;
Causes.
frequent
dis-
immoderate periodical
by
difficult
and tedious
labours
tea,
and other
MEDICrSTAL TEEATlilENT.
The
culty,
with much
diffi-
effected
treatment where
or
its
womb
appendages.
China, as preparatory in all cases which have continued for some time, or have been induced or increased by debilitating
causes, and occur in females
who
Pulsatilla.
milky, and
stinging
When
the discharge
rise
is
or or
sometimes gives
to a burning sensation
and trembling.
ment, or in
six hours,
whom
is irregular.
A dose every
Calcaeea.
Indicated by
432
has resulted
;
LEUCORKHCEA.
or
it
may
it
malady occurs
periodical
with distressing
local itching, or
when
is
whom
the
flow
always excessive.
in the morning.
IN'fx
Vomica.
Yellowish and
foetid, in place or in
;
continua-
monthly period
burning pain
those
every
who
sioo
live
much
dose
hours.
Igjs'atia.
Chronic
;
preceded or
A dose
an
every
Htdeastis.
Uterine
;
extremely
it,
sometimes offensive
liver
and stomach.
Phosphoeic Acid.
acrid,
Leucorrhoea
and
considerable irritation in
those
weak
after diarrhoea, or
an abcess.
AESEific.
Thick, yellow,
; ;
tated subjects
flatus
dose night
and morning,
ACCESSORY TEEATMEITT.
Regular exercise
avoided.
walking too
of
far, or
the
tepid water,
followed by vigorous
two
Great benefit
spine;
is,
in
in
many
cases, derivable
from
a
friction
down the
or
summer,
by
having
stream of
LEUCOEEHCEA.
433
it,
following
the
down
the
back,
the
patient
over
warm
abdomen.
Feather beds, for sleeping on, can on no account be indulged
in
a mattress,
just
sufficient
clothing to
maintain
Diseases of the
The womb,
weighing
Womb.
it is,
little
in
a state of
seven days,
on an average,
It
every
month
moreover, in
part of
its
"With
own many
is
system.
persons,
imperfect,
painful,
or
profuse
men;
struation
effects.
The
state
of
;
the
at
and
the
weak point
many women
every
is
affection of
felt there.
whom,
in our
mode
of living
life,
especially if mis-
The womb
its
stances
it
does not
recover itself
it
tone
it
remains in a state
434
of
morbid irritability,
begin our
list of affections
with
Congestion of the
Sucb a
state, for a
Womb.
less
;
but
with
is
When
tion
is
unduly prolonged, or
is
is
excessive
such a condition
cinal interference.
undue
in
may
induce
There
is
weight, dis-
Belladonna.
flushed face
;
Frontal The
;
feeling of fulness
congestion
chagrin
or
;
intense
nausea
;
languor
nervous irritability
feeling of fulness,
and painful
when walking.
A dose
;
Ignatia.
When
;
;
low-
ness of spirits
hysterical feelings
scanty menstruation
;
corrod;
ing leucorrhoea
headache
;
palpitation
I^FX YoiiiCA.
COKGESTION OF THE WOMB.
distension
brouglit on
435
of exercise.
:
is
More
when standing
white,
constipation, irrit-
Pulsatilla.
in the
Sense
; ;
of weight, chilliness,
and nausea,
especially
morning
spirits.
ACCESSORT MEAST7EE8.
and draughts
whenever a feeling
of
tepid
Leeches and
scarifi-
Ulceration of the
Womb
fifty,
May
as in the married.
slight
existence
is
ness, backache,
By
degrees
there
is
and a
There
is
also inability to
bear exertion, as walking, or any excitement. Locally, " Ulceration of the Womb," largely
talked about,
coriation
;
written and
is
untrue,
in fact,
and mischievous in
its
tendency.
43 G
seldom indeed.
going on
more and more centred on herself, and every morbid tendency and feeling intensified she feels that she has a right to be an invalid, and
of caustic
Her thoughts
are
As
them
then
as
un-
necessary,
hurtful,
and
as
less
efficacious
milder
measures
in support of
authority,
who
says,
'
introduction of caustics
structure of the lining
on the delicate
membrane
womb,
would ever be induced to destroy a portion of it by such means." In the ordinary treatment of this co-called " ulceration of the
is
which are pretty often brought into requisition by those who know no better but it is generally, except on special occasions, laid aside as useless,
of the parts, to apply caustic or leeches,
;
hurtful, and
barbarous,
and far
of his
too
frequently resorted to
it
will never be
em-
ployed by a physician
position,
feels
the responsibilities
except
it
imparts, in treating a case, can be gathered by other and less objectionable methods of investigation.
MEDICn^AL TEEATMEN-T.
Aeseistic.
bility,
and morning.
ULCERATION OF THE WOMB.
'
; ;
437
;
Baptisia.
Debility
;
phj^sical
nervous
prostration
loins
;
dull,
return.
dose
twice
to eight
of water every
night.
Belladonita.
Frontal,
;
peevish agitation
hysteria
;
feeling of
womb
profuse
men;
struation
womb
and an
is
in-
part
to
eight
Hydeastis.
Superficial abrasion
and erosion
it
;
of the
mouth
of
the womb, with great tenderness of the stomach, and dull aching
light acrid matter
; ;
in
and soreness
of
distension, painful
an
half a pint
of water,
Sepia.
cholic
;
For
or corrosive, foetid,
;
or greenish red
liability to sick
bearing
down
;
headache
dose night
and morning.
or induration; painful,
SiLiCEA.
Erosion
pudendum
;
smarting, white,
eyes
cold feet
;
anguish or melancholy
;
shoulders
constipation
SuLPHUE.
dizziness
For the
;
A dose night
and redness
slimy,
and morning.
:
aching
flushes of heat
;
the face
corrosive
yellowish,
438
" leucorrlioea
;"
dose
Calikduxa
is
of the
mouth
of the
womb,
after
Hydrastis, especialy
In any case it has certainly all the good effects ever injury. claimed for caustic, without any of its destructive powers. A
dose niglit
injection, twice
of water.
HOW
tion as ordered above
womb, an
injec-
very useful
but as
it is
quite useless
lie
and the hips elevated by one or two pillows. by an india-rubber bottle with an
The injection
elastic pipe
:
is
this
little distance,
allowing
ployed.
to return before
the
medicated injection
is
em-
Down
is
of the
Womb.
nor whilst
womb
may
it
any inconvenience
Displacement of the
to its
is
womb
and discomfort,
it
must
be
it
Displacement of the
married women.
conception.
womb may
be a cause of barrenness in
Betroflexion of the
womb
effectually prevents
439
Retroversion.
The
womb.
womb may
lie
it is
weight, especially
when
is
the bladder
The danger
of this
accident happening
of all ages
;
the bladder.
In the earlier months of pregnancy, retroversion is not at uncommon, from no other cause than a distended bladder.
retroversion takes place from lifting, there
of something
falling,
is
all
If
a sudden sensation
and vomiting, followed by pain on relieving the bowels, pain from the womb, pressing in the bladder as it gets full, and When the retroversion takes great difficulty in emptying it. place more gradually, the same symptoms are observed, but not
so rapidly.
GEjiTEKAL
TEEATMENT.
still
ad-
At the very
they must
counteract
make an
its
enlarged vagina
;
at all events,
contraction
their
constant
pressure
cannot
it,
mouth
of the
;
injure
and produce induration or erosion they can but further weaken the relaxed muscles and ligaments, whose office it is to support
the
womb, by
relieving
them
Pes-
saries
are filthy
440
delusion
as to
any
relief
of
further mischief.
medical advice,
much
own
accord,
or
recommend them
elastic
to one another.
peringeal bandage,
or an
and
fitted, is
Bearing
Down
of the
Womb
often
it is
May
much
;
after
confinement, miscarriage or
a sensation
but
much more
merely ; there
is
very often
little of
MEDICINAL
TPvEATMElSTT.
if
these abate,
it
will
be
practical purposes.
If they do not,
we may
be sure
we have womb.
of
When
sudden displacement
as follows.
the
womb
takes
place, followed
by pain, after
lifting or straining.
The patient
the
must
back
lie
Belladonna.
feels as
Wux
frontal headache
frequent
A
of
Calcarea.
Sense
inward coldness
;
and
and damp
menses too frequent and too profuse, the least excitement causing
their return
;
great
dose
fatigue on walking
night
and morning.
"DISPLACEMENT OF THE WOMB.
441
Sepia.
Displacement
;
of tlie
ful stiffness,
greenish
pressing in the
if
womb,
it
;
feeling as
the
legs
stomach
Stjlphfr.
An
As was
work must be considered only as fragmentary. If they point out a way of testing the power of constitutional treatment, and are the means of preventing anyone from veninserted in this
ment they
Pregnancy.
Girls
should
not
marry before
;
one
and
twenty,
nor
the frame and bodily young men before five-and-twenty mature, and the health vigorous. Relationpowers should be
ship,
should be insurmountable
of
as
consumption,
barriers.
The young woman who contemplates marriage, should have her health at the highest point of excellence. To marry in bad
health,
with a view
having
it
improved,
is
cruel to herself,
and wrong to her husband. The young wife should sedulously attend to exercise and
general habits, diet, rest, and clothing.
Daily
out-door
exercise
is
absolutely required
is
to
move
not
sufficient
whilst loung-
ing, or crouching over the fire the greater part of the day, is
utterly reprehensible.
The
442
PREGXANCT
the body into plaj^ expand the chest, and get a good store of
fresh air, or oxygen, into the lungs, for the purification of the
These
to be of real service,
it
an hour be devoted to
variable climate,
it
The
is
walking
next to
this,
under needful
restrictions,
is
riding on
horseback;
but a poor
more vigorous exercise the walk should be taken most open parts that can be selected. Those who live in the country, and have opportunities for so doing, can supplement
substitute for
in the
gardening,
suits
first
a light repast
taken.
empty stomach,
The hours
and
early,
of retiring to rest,
and
rising, should
be regular
as
household.
most conducive to health and the comfort of a Heated and crowded rooms, assemblies and balls,
cases be entirely avoided
;
should in
many
and the
The bed-
and the house generally, should be thoroughly ventilated, without being draughty the outer air is better
rooms
especially,
;
PREGN^ANCT.
443
and should be plain, nourishing, diversified, two meals, at least, thotaken at regular times roughly substantial breakfast and dinner. Late and heavy
diet
;
The
abundant
rich
highly-
cooked,
or
too
quickly
sources of
ripe fruit,
fowl, game,
most kind
of fish,
offer
an abundant
most luxurious.
a suitable and sufiicient protection
whatever the weather, and adapted to the exposure of the wearer damp clothes, and wet legs and feet, as well as chills,
:
they
may
OF PKEGI^ANCX.
It It
is
is
important to
conjoint
is
Cessation of menstruation
one of
its
The
is
accompanied by nausea and morning sickness, by altered appetite and taste, by some difference in the bosom, with darkening of
the ring or areola round the nipple,
it
may
down
as a case of pregnancy.
late hours
and excitement
must be avoided, even before alteration in the size and appearance of the breasts, sharpening of the features, increased size of the abdomen, quickening, and the motions of the child, put the
matter beyond question.
444
DISOEDEES or PEEGNANCY.
ordinary duration
of
The
pregnancy
of
is
280 days
It
is
nine
by the
months
four weeks.
usual to
rectified
a-half months.
If forty
forward,
it
who
are not
and
cessation
is
becoming
the time to
pregnant when they are nursing, have to rely upon the quickening
:
as
way
of reckoning
is
:
not so sure
it is
quickening
is
occurrence,
sometimes so slight as scarcely to be noticed though at others it is attended by nausea, faintness, and perceptible movement.
As the whole
there
is
of
pregnancy
is
is
woman.
Lying down for the greater part of the time as the confinement draws on, unless there is an absolute necessity, is almost
sure to bespeak " a bad time."
The
upon the
offspring,
mother,
Without entering upon the various arguments brought forward for and against, we would
is
much
way
of
such
to preserve both
state of health,
by such occurrences,
and
MENTAL
EMOTIOIIT.
Despondency, and uneasiness about the future, are not infrequent during pregnancy.
Some whose
spirits
are at other
DISOEDERS OP PEEGNAJi C Y
times generally good, suffer
445
;
much during
this period
in others,
we
find the
same
feelings
spirits
during
when it commences early in gestation, usually disappears before delivery, without material injury to the general health.
nursing.
This, however,
LOWNESS OE
Aco:n'ite.
SPIRITS.
of skin,
and frequency
ment of trouble. A dose every four hours. EETomA. Great inquietude and fear for the future
irasci-
bility
A dose every
four
hours.
Nirx YoMiCA.
Por
bed-time.
MOENING
SICKNESS.
day or night.
everything
to
Sickness
is
sometimes, however,
very distressing
When
it
this affection
shows
itself in
a mild form,
we may leave
and
The homoeopathic
IS'ux
YoMicA.
most generally
useful.
446
DISORDERS or PREGNANCY.
when-
ever nausea
is
felt
chance to take
effect.
Ipecacuanha.
food taken
is
The
the
brought up, or
Kreosote.
Arsenic.
Obstinate
a day.
if
Ipecacuanha
debility
fail.
much
and
thirst
water
dose,
dry on
the tongue,
The
general rules
prescribed
during
least apt to
be
is
when hot
and
else will.
constipation.
Constipation
is
very
those
habit,
life.
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
air,
fruits,
and well
stewed
fruits
figs
coffee
liquids),
the com-
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Nux
YoMiCA.
General derangement
frequent inclination to
DISOEDERS OF PREGNANCY.
relieve tlie bowels,
447
with
fruitless result
Bryonia.
To
follow
Nux
and generally
of
for the
an obstinate
every
dose night
and morning
MERCTJRiirs YiYTJS.
relief
;
Coustipation,
it is
mouth
if
anything passes
with considerable
there
A sensation
dose morning
and
SuLPHtm.
This remedy
is
ceding
dose night
and morning.
DIAEEH(EA DTJEING PEEGNANCT.
Many
with
fainting-fits
easily,
during
pregnancy.
and with-
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Aconite.
dose every
arise
A
is
4^1:8
DISOEDERS OF PEEGNANCY.
fits
of
anger.
dose, re-
arises
from general
irritability
of the system,
after
sice
dose,
repeated
hours, if necessary.
Igu^atia.
The patient
;
if
dose
every hour
and morning.
appear to answcM
In
cases in
which none
of the medicines
Exercise
a^ection; but
insufficient,
attacks prove
If the
fits
arise
from tight
warm
rooms, or excitement,
Are frequent
in pregnancy
the patient
as,
improved,
by extracting
tlie
when they
are
Many
suffer
much from
and other parts, attended by considerable pain and inconvenience. These varicose veins generally arise from obstructed circulation
caused by the pressure of the gravid
vessels,
womb upon
of
the blood-
but
are frequently
an
indication
constitutional
debility, particularly
when they
occur in an aggravated
of
form.
stimulants, which
DISORDEES OF PEEGN'ANCY.
449
ACCESSOET MEASITEES.
Considerable alleviation is experienced from bathing nigbt and morning with Samamelis lotion; by bandaging from the foot upwards with gentle, equable pressure, and by lying down as
much
forms,
as possible.
This
is
when accompanied by
and ankles.
VKmS, IN THE BACK AlTD LOINS,
Some
suffer
distressing,
much from these during pregnancy. They are often particularly when they occur during the night, and
disturb sleep.
as
if
An
Belladonna
aided by one
and
Nux
Miscarriage, or Abortion.
Pregnancy does not always run on to the
carriage, or abortion,
full
term
is
mis-
it is
premature labour.
;
Miscarriage
not to
for
women who
;
have once
from
it
and
this liability
further increased
or third time.
Miscarriage
may
;
the
first
Sudden
blows,
emotion,
or physical exertion, as
lifting,
or
luxurious
mode
of life,
fashionable habits,
;
and exercise
in highly plethoric,
and
2a
MISCAREIAGE.
450
the
womb, sometimes
occasions
it
as
may
also
j)rolonged or
is
It
sometimes
may
also cause
it.
General Symptoms.
sometimes the
inconsiderable
;
discharge
profuse,
at
others
moderate
or
the pains, in
many
instances
Miscarriage
is,
in
most
cases,
attended
by the following
pains in the
symptoms
Chill, followed
by
fever,
more
or less bearing-down,
;
particularly
when
pains bearing a
resemblance to labour
sometimes bright-red,
discharge of
fluid.
may
continue,
if
and the muscular contractions thoroughly set in, with their characteristic regular throes and efforts to dilate the
mouth
of the
womb, miscarriage
is
almost inevitable.
MEDIClJfAL TEEATMEXT.
Aki^ica.
^When
brought
on by accident, as a
fall,
blow,
shake, concussion.
three
Secale Coknutum.
Incessant
dose
every ten,
Chamomzlla.
restlessness,
or
we
find
MISCARRIAGE.
451
loins
and back, sharp, cutting, and extending downwards, resembling labour sometimes spasmodic pain in the bowels, with discharge deep-red or dark clotted: frequent yawning; cold;
Ipecactjanha.
Chill,
with heat
violent pressure
;
downwards
body
raised
Flooding
when
after miscarriage or
is
labour,
;
or
at
any
other time,
there
much
loss of blood
or to counteract
the
effects or
the
cold
and
blue,
the body
uterus
;
colic
a desire to
Jialf-Jiour.
PRECATJTIO]!TS.
it
must end
it
if
will induce
premature
ushered in
more
difficult
to
than labour at
full
time
if it
set in suddenly,
and accompanied by pains, towards the end of the time, especially if at all
must be kept for his In any case, the patient must go to bed at once lie quietly on her back on a mattress keep herself free from excitement the room cool, and everything she takes must be cool. Everybody, too, in the room and about the patient must keep themselves calm and collected there must be no hurrying, no whispering, no exclamation of surprise.
inspection.
; ;
;
summoned.
452
MISCAEEIAGE.
the discharge of blood
is
When
excessive,
womb, and
Permanent cessation
until the to dilate
womb
and as
it is
frequently slow
the
sufficiently
womb be may
or a plug
made
of linen (technically
It should be of
blood.
cases,
and frequently, in a few hours, upon removing the plug, the womb will be found dilated, and will expel its contents. If
hsemorrhage occurs after
this, it
may
The plainest
and
but
diet is essential,
and the
food,
if
and
not
more
jquite, cold.
must be avoided.
the
pregnancy
it is
not that
it
of necessity, to
be
gone through.
In very many
cases,
much,
at least,
may
Many
care
is,
however, neces-
PREGITANCY,
453
and
sufficiently
The
crime.
dress
must be
feet
loose, comfortable,
warm
The
to
and headache.
In
diet,
known
times
;
agree
in
Everything
must be foregone.
is
;
It
is
required
too much,
nausea and
sickness
is
sure to set in
the fact
Nor
is
way
and enjoying
by stimulants. The less of the mother and her future offspring the
food,
more favourable she may expect her labour and her getting up Spirits to be the healthier, stronger, and less puny her child.
;
Claret,
may
If al
cannot be done without, only the light India pale ale in draught,
not bottled, can be allowed.
this,
must expect
acidity
and heartburn
salt
food, things
kind,
are
much harm
others
it is
must be
injurious, as
much
so as at
an error to
The
454
little
and resolution.
When
the tendency
is
to
requirements.
Any
child.
The
it is
if
as
much Borax
dissolved
and a dose
of
Silicea
morning.
When
flat,
or pressed in by stays or
drawn out by
thread, and let
If it
some worsted
remain on.
later months of pregnancy, it is not at all uncommon some moisture, and sometimes a little milk, to ooze from for the nipple. The possibility of such moisture being drawn from
In the
trhe
breast,
is
set
down
CHOICE OP A NUESE.
The
nurse should
is
person,
;
not over-
garrulous
and troublesome.
to.
She ought to
455
to the fee she will expect, the exact nature of the duties that she
will be expected to discharge, these varying very
much
accord-
in
fact, getting
everything
and infant
know
exactly
what she
will require
in.
a nurse;
friends,
among her
young wife,
and learn
for a
she have any friend recently confined, to visit her before the
may be
A nurse
fine lady,
once had,
if
it is
a worse than a
nor of a
woman without
:
few hours
felt,
it
is
the patient usually finds she has quite enough of her company
after.
CHOICE OF A DOCTOR.
to do,
is
to select
fullest
whom
you have
may
get to like, since thorough confidence will help you wonderIf at all practicable, secure the services of a homoeopath.
is
fully.
What
you to depend on them more than his allopathic opponent. If the choice must be made from the old school, do not decide hastily
select a
who
is
458
one, too,
if
who has
If,
the character
he
is
it.
do anything with
it
be put
off
of
waiting a
to see
how matters
will
EEQ,TJIREMEN"TS
FOR THE
LTIIfG-rN'
ROOM,
You
will require
;
your confinement
to fix on some friend to be with you during not your mother or a near relation, they can
Let
it
be some judicious,
tact,
super-
nurse.
It
is
make the
Everything required for the baby, including the basinette, month have all
;
and the
baby's
Besides these you will need some safety pins, of good size
little
olive
;
oil,
or
cold
cream
binder
makes as good a one as need be or about the same size and width binders
;
can be got in
horse before the
likely to want.
sets, nicely
Let
on a towelis
first
I have
things,
known more
finding these
and several
need be in the
bed-room
points
;
some
with round
457
holes cut in the centre for the divided navel-string, and a half-
a-dozen lengths of four inches of stout linen thread, six together, knotted at the ends.
Then,
all
Do
by
j'our
own
is
fears, or frightened
by the
fore-
bodings of croakers.
sion of any kind.
There
really little
Labour
is
and
when allowed
in all of these I
;
womb and
Nor do I
cite this as
an exceptional experience
that of most
what
is
here stated.
CHLOEOFORM.
Chloroform,
during
confinement,
is
thoroughly safe
still,
with due attention to the health during pregnancy, and homoeopathic medicines at the time,
it
is
scarcely required,
and should
often had
never be advised, except for the very nervous and sensitive, just
for the last
few pains.
In practice
it is
much more
FALSE PAINS.
During the
latter
some-
who have
its
coming on before
False, Pains^
They
may
true pains.
may
458
COifFINEMENT OK LABuUH.
Unusual lightness generally precedes labour, the waist getting smaller from actual sinking of the womb. Pulsatilla^ two
drops, 3rd dilution, dissipates false pains,
Confinement or Labour.
As
a rule,
first
this is not,
howbe
The birth
first.
jSTor
of a seventh child
may
as lingering as that of a
it.
I have seen a
woman
is
deemed natural as to its duration when, from its real commencement to its successful termination, it is completed in twenty-four hours. During this period, however, there will generally be some considerable freedom from pain.
twenty.
A labour
The
will
off,
child
may
officiate
it
not,
it
will
be well to
know
of
some one to
whom
GE:srEEAL BIEECTIONS.
with the
There
is
as it passes
the
may have
chance of breathing.
there
is
CONFINEMENT OS LABOITH.
459
upon the bowels will generally produce all tlie stimulus required to cause another contraction and pain, which will press the
round and four times, very often once, get your finger within the folds, and slip them gently ono by one over the head of the child. When the child is born,
as
is
body forward.
the neck, as
As soon
you
it is
occasionally three
draw
from the mother; then proceed to tie and separate the navel-cord get two of the threads provided for
it
little
the purpose
tie
fingers'
breadth from
then,
two
fingers'
breadth
from that,
bed.
tie the
put
As soon
as the
after-birth,
with any
clots that
may have
passed, are put into the utensil prepared for their reception,
to
it
napkins into
it
it,
squeeze
it
it,
and then
taking
place
relief,
soreness
It
is
it
must be repeated
at intervals
effects,
day.
and
is
always appreciated.
Do
Arnica internally.
roll
up to nearly one-half
lies
;
put this next and underget the roll pulled out and
see that the part under-
neath
is
creases,
then pull
it
tightly over.
460
CONFINEMENT OR DELIVERY.
and fasten with safety pins if the bowels are very sore, put on a napkin wrung out of the Arnica water, not very hot over If the that a soft, dry napkin, and then, over all, the bandage.
;
flat,
two
may be
and put
If the under-sheet
it
out,
a clean, warmed,
Then
let
well
if
of a breakfast-cup
Management
lustily, roused
by the cool
of delightful
all
it
air felt
on
its
delicate
music
her suffering.
warm petticoat
to cry.
or flannel,
If it does not cry it will require attention a tedious labour, some undue pressure in the birth, may cause its stillness. A few drops of water sprinkled on its chest generally suffice to rouse it
:
to due activity.
If it present a
cord.
it
darTcisTi
If
it
on
its face
it
it
then lay
on
meanwhile
its
of
Arnica on
tongue.
its
mouth and
The nurse
that
it is
nostrils.
fail
generally half of
them
of right
make and
shape.
461
soft
with abundance
of
warm
water and
free
its first
wasMng, and to
especially
wrapped
round
it,
then over
the binder,
must be drawn over the cut navel-cord, and then laid upwards on the body, fastened by a stitch or two. Stitches
many
fit
of crying
owes
its origin
stray pin.
water
lay
it
nothing
else at
your peril
put
its
mother
in the
warm
After
it
all events,
even
if it
;
way
of sucking
and the
irritation of
causes the
womb
to contract
and cleanse
itself.
The sugared
water may be continued in small quantities every two hours if the baby get nothing, and the milk is some time coming. If
you give it anything else, or much of that, the baby will be too lazy to draw its own proper nourishment from the breast.
intervals, to
during the
soft napkin.
day, to
wash the
warm
may
the nipples, or perspiration about the breasts, which will effectually prevent the baby suckling. When, after the breast has been
weU
it,
washed, there
is
any
take
with cream.
4G2
APTER PAINS.
After Pains.
These pains are salutary, and necessarily caused by the contraction of the
of clots
:
they very
severe and
when
rest,
and ought to
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Chamomilla.
an hour.
Is'ux
After
is
Arnica,
if
the
after-pains are
severe,
excitable.
in
After Chamomilla,
is
when the
CiMiciFUGA.
spirited
;
The
nervous
present.
abundant,
China,
Ipecacuanha,
Belladonna, given
too
warm.
give
If offensive,
Management
of the Breasts.
constitutional
infant.
symptoms em-
To
463
i)reparation.
child,
some
and
labour
much milk
is
before the
uneasiness.
day,
swelling
if
and
there
increase of heat
and redness, with throbbing, belladonna. Until the milk come freely, the child may be
regular intervals, to both the breasts every
well, during the first day, to
applied,
at
as
two
hours.
It
is
wash the
warm
If this
is
may
be some mucus
washed, there
is
any
take
it,
with cream.
plentifully supplied
Though one
breast
may
be
it
much more
is
of the
milk
is
It varies
somewhat
as to the time at
which
it
makes
its
hours.
An increase
chill,
usher
size, little
in the secretion.
increase
in
warm fomen-
or an older child
freely,
and some
of it to
run away.
chill
if
from exposure
is
the weather
at
lie across.
46-i
Sometimes there
it
consideraMe delay
as
if
there would
not be
any at
all.
Agnus
Or there may
the
milk
may come
too rapidly ; it
Let as
little liquid
as possible
be taken
by
a silk
;
neck
only give
China
seem
sufficient,
and morning.
or Selonias, if China does not with a dose of Trituration of Calcarea night Give the same medicines if the milk is too poor,
to satisfy the child.
violet-powder
if this is
lie
on the
nursed again.
must be put on
across,
enough to
situated, through
is
drawn.
This
is
by
far the
Chamomilla
is
the
redness or irritation.
SORE NIPPLES.
appearance of the cLapping.
night and morning, leaving
off
465
if
Sulphur,
the Graphites,
Depressed Nipples.
The preparation
previously
treated
of the nipples during pregnancy has been
of
and
if
the
attended
to,
How
nipple out, or
to get the
take as
little to
thoroughly rubbed
olive
oil,
over,
so as to induce the
not
sufficient, a
woman
Diet
and Management
after Delivery.
and ventilation
and fresh
room, not across the patient's bed. The parts should be bathed, under the bed-clothes, with lukewarm water, to which a few
drops of Arnica are added, once or twice a day, so long as the
after-discharge continues.
first
if
five
days,
should
and desirous to
she
may
gradually accustom
herself to sitting
up
the risk
2h
466
who
still
weak and
for
and
if
may
sifc
up
herself.
may
begin to walk,
little
by
little,
until she
summer
she
may
In and in winter
The diet should at first be gruel and weak tea and toast, followed by broth, and not generally of a very nutritious quality but The exceptions to this rule may be necessary in some cases. patient ought only gradually to partake of food of a more
;
all
must
Gathered Breast:
During the time of suckling,
it
is
not
uncommon
for the
if
not
most painful
Causes.
abscess.
chill
MEDICINAL
TREATMENT.
Under the
affection^
under leeches and filthy poultices, is easily controlled by tepid compresses and homoeopathic medicines.
Aconite.
Immediately after a
chill
and tenderness of the breast. A dose every two hours. Belladonna. When the inflammation continues, is of a dull A dose every red, with hardness of the breast and throbbing.
two hours.
467
result
GATHEEED BREASTS.
the inflammation To be applied a from a blow. -when such Hepar. Aids the hastening the A two and much where Por which have been
Bellis.
as
lotion, if
fall or
in
abscess,
close
is
in-
evitable,
spares
suffering.
every
hours.
SiLiCEA.
cases
neglected,
still
the
continues.
arises
in other instances
may
be traced
to inflammatory action.
MEDICIN'AL TREATMEISTT.
In cases in which
from inflammatory
Aconite.
system.
action, give
When
there
tivo
is
A dose every
hours.
Khus.
For
breasts, induced
what
is
symptoms which arise from distension of the by an excessive secretion, and indications of generally denominated Milk Fever, which, however,
There
rapidly
;
may be just the reverse the milk may come too it may run to such a degree as to keep the mother
Let as
little liquid as possible
thoroughly saturated.
be taken
day,
cocoa,
but no stout.
If the
milk
is
same treatment.
MEDICEN'AL treatment for StrPERABITNDANCE.
Calcarea.
Excessive
468
SUPERABUNDANCE OF MILK.
marked
fever
symptoms.
dose every
sice
hours.
Phosphorus is of especial value where emaciation, takes place rapidly ; employ after Calcareaj then China.
by Hand.
Such should be its only sustenance; mother's milk substitute can be, during the is better adapted than any period of a child's life in which it has to make the most rapid
months.
growth and progress. The milk at first differs in composition from that which is afterwards secreted; it contains more sugar; usually relaxes the bowels of the new-born child, and helps to
free
As the infant
is
there
is
also a
to twenty-two
siderable influence
on
its
rest,
;
and
exercise.
body favour the secretion detrimental influence, sometimes to a large extent; violent
exercise, as dancing,
is
no
less in-
jurious.
As
it
make
all
and in some
;
in others
Mother's milk
may be supplemented, or
less
altogether substituted f
and earthy
salts
BRINGING UP BY HAND.
addition of water and sugar-of-milk
469
and
give,
through a feedingif
same
mixed
as required.
its
The milk must alivays be The infant must not be permitted to mouth after it has taken a sufficient
is
quantity; to allow
to remain
finished,
and bottle must be washed out immediately the baby has and lie in clean cold water until wanted again. The
and
all
bottle,
it is
belonging to
it,
The milk of one and the same healthy young milch cow, fed upon the natural diet of hay or grass, is the milk that must be
used.
Sometimes the
but
child's
stomach
is
when prepared
In such
it,
;
as just directed
it
vomit
it,
cakes of curd.
after feeding, and allow the milk to stand in a basin for three
in a cool place
milk
take off the cream and add an equal quantity of dissolved sugar;
of fresh
of-milk.
At
the proportion.
Of Infants, Food there are several kinds. Ridge's suits many; some children it seems to purge. Savory and Moore's is too heating for some with others, Liehig's or JVestle's Food will be
;
found to do admirably.
as
much
470
BKINGING UP BY HAND.
it
impossible to lay
down un-
at
name, purely
;
is
it
it
can
neither
make
flesh,
bone,
muscle,
or
nerve
substance,
and
it
is
is
sure to
With
unsuitable
is
is
given, unless
the food
altered,
intervals,
and right
quantities, suffi-
Weaning.
When
infants are brought
up
weaned before
they are quite seven, or suckled after they are nine, months old.
With most,
it
will be safe
it
may
and
full,
support
it
by the
bandage
;
have
it
well
warm
olive oil
and take,
hours.
If the
alter
three
Maw's
baby
breast
pump may
At seven months
"
; ;
WEANING.
the
child,
471
and about four in the
for breakfast,
afternoon
then,
gradually,
bread
Entire
flour,
custard, or
made with
made
age.
and stimulants of
the milk deteriorates, and the mother's health begins to suffer she has dimness of sight, giddiness, noises in the ears
;
feels
drawn
which is speedy weaning, and shoulder-blades the remedy China three times a day. The mouth and tongue are sometimes
for
sore,
weak
requires
prevent conception.
far better
it
than
stout,
it
and gives
pain
may
PART
iumt^ 0f
%\xfnxxh
V.
m^n CI;iIirM.
tlie
treatment of
and
cTiildhood.
In the
first place,
when
on the threshold of
tutes a pleasant
life,
mode
nostrums of the
disgusting
nursery
and
opiates,
carminatives, and
nauseous
Birth.
born,
it
becomes inured to
washed with warm water and soap, with a very soft, small cupsponge care must be taken not to continue this first washing too long, for fear of irritation. The room should be kept rather dark and perfectly quiet, and all strongly-scented substances
;
removed.
The
of
up the action
INFANT MANAGEMENT.
in the morning,
473
when
ifc
is
:
returning to
it
is
mode
of
washing
when
part only
is
exposed
apt to bring on a
chill.
dictates of
Nothing can be more evidently opposed to nature and the common sense, than the practice of swathing and
by their weight and length press
recovered to permit
:
it,
which
is
generally about
canal,
and
assists in
We
cannot
too strongly
it
condemn the
if
of
should
tempo-
warm
be not
If these
suffer
but
if
relief
enema
of olive oil or
more
particularly
if
indications.
See
Constipation of Infants."
six hours.
474
DISEASES OF INFAKTS.
It
is
with
leucorrhoeal
discharge.
Scrupulous cleanliness,
gently bathing with tepid milk and water, with a very soft
piece of old lorn handkerchief, burning all that gets soiled with
matter.
If the cause
is
two
;
hours, followed
by Chamomilla every two hours, for a day each then Argentum EujyJirasia Nitricum, night and morn Dg for three days. (See under internally and as a wash, is often of service.
" Affections
of the
Hiccough,
Though
in
itself
causes un-
easiness to
young mothers
it
even in a
warm
Wrap-
warmly
it
to the breast,
Should
sugar, as
much
Cold in the
Head Snuffles.
it,
through exposure to
the nose
is
make a peculiar noise, whence With medicine, attention as to draughts, and immediate change of wet napkins, an attack may pass off in a day or two or may be obstinate in scrofulous sub-
jects
extremely so
if
any
It
is
a source
475
DISEASES OF INFANTS.
of great discomfort to the child, especially
dries in crusts
drawn
it is
exposed
must be used
to prevent encrustation.
KEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Sambucfs.
Suitable
If
accumulation
Aconite.
there
is
restlessness.
Ipecacuanha.
of
redness
and paleness
bloated
bluish countenance
green diarrhoea.
;
Gelsemxntjm.
Coldness
A
A
;
chilliness
Kali Bich.
it
The discharge
sometimes
dose
Infantile Jaundice.
Yellowness of the skin and eyes frequently arises from the
administration of aperients immediately after birth
to cold
:
exposure
may
also cause
it.
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
Chamomilla.
considerable
When
it
arises
from
chill
is
distension of
the stomach.
times
a day.
Mercueiits.
After Chamomilla
if
it
dose night
and morning.
476
China.
DISEASES or infants.
^If
or
it
should
follow Mercurius
is
unusually irritable.
morning.
Excoriation or Chafing.
Against this
frequently find
cine
for its
affection, cleanliness is
it
We
removal.
Chamomilla
will be
found
effective,
particularly in
cases
A
is
dose night
and morning.
is
a yellowness of
A dose
dose night
Sulphur.
Arnica..
a miliary eruption.
Also For
two
and morning.
dose at hed-time.
when friction,
caused
Application.
to
the affection.
dose at bed-
tincture
For a
morning.
Calendula after, or instead of, Arnica, when no material improvement follows ; or when the child is sensitive to Arnica ; especially when the heat, redness, and swelling are excessive,
and there
in the
ears.
is
bend
A dose at hed-time.
477
by a
rasb.
DISEASES OF INFANTS.
Ltcopodium.
In
Gkaphites, Calcaeea.
of tbe foregoing,
For
any
tbe
A dose at night.
Wben
origin,
endeavour to discover
its
wbicb frequently will be found to be some mecbanical cause, sucb as derangement in tbe infant's dress, or a pin sticking into
its flesb,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Chamomilla.
digestion,
^Wben
tbe infant
is
spare
and delicate
or
arise
from derangement of
or a
is
contortions of
A dose every
liour.
Belladonna.
Wben no
A
fit
symptoms
present tbemselves,
affected
Wben a
of crying arises
from
rest,
irritation or excite-
seems to wisb to
Aconite.
^Wben tbere
sleep,
but cannot.
is
griping
ineffec-
tual efforts
only
478
DISEASES OF INFANTS.
which seem to
afford
no
relief.
A dose every
Nttx Yomica.
crying,
Platulent
drawing up
of the legs,
two hours.
Pulsatilla.
The crying
is
arises
accompanied by
^An
Regurgitation of
MilkAcidityFlatulence.
;
so far,
but when
is
or
when
followed at
or bile,
it
more advanced
age,
when
a most culpable
cry.
owing to their having been overwhich most nurses are prone to fall
indigestible food
into by
whenever they
Pulsatilla
lence,
may
cuanha.
and
diarrhoea,
when
present, not
or violent
vomitin^j,
DISEASES OF INFANTS.
479
every
three or
to check.
dose
font
Nux
YoMiCA.
^When
regurgitation of milk
is
attended by
Chamomilla.
other pale
cross.
Yomiting from
repletion,
is
Thrush.
Characteristics.
Small,
isolated,
white
blisters,
which,
if
tary canal.
ing
it
Causes.
of cleanliness in
Improper food is another cause children reared by hand are more liable than those nourished from the breast. It may become very troublesome, frequently appearing, and
often lasting for weeks at a time
serious constitutional disturbance.
;
sometimes
it
gives rise to
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Borax.
An
and
by practitioners
Application.
weak
solution,
480
Chamomilla.
hours,
MERCTJiinJs for ordinary cases,
DISEASES OF IKEANTS.
of the
mouth sour
;
especially
when
there
is
much
tion.
dose night
and morning.
cases,
Aesenic.
or violet,
diarrhoea.
In bad
and
are
when the
vesicles
attended with
from constitutional causes in the mother or nurse, who should at once undergo a
safely infer that
arises
we may
course of treatment.
Diet
aitd Eegimen".
Great
and
all
Constipation.
This generally troubles children either wholly or partially
reared by hand, and those whose mothers suffer from constipation. If
it
arise
from
diet or
want
is
of exercise, or too
it
much
may
be relieved by
in
many
instances
it
MECHANICAL MEASURES.
An
may be had
or
a sup-
cated with
oil,
If after
to procure an
DISEASES OF LNTAXTS.
481
Opium, Bryonia,
little olive
oil.
Nux Vomica
the
mucous mem-
Causes.
Much
mischief
is
occasioned
by the practice
of
This practice
infant,
is
Diarrhoea
also likely to
of milk, or other
causes, it
mentary
diet
Symptoms.
A
its
but in some instances the evacuations are more frequent, without affecting
health.
There ought to be
little or
no inter-
ference so long as the stools remain free horn, fetor, with merely
indication.
"When the
stools
of mucus, or emit
panied by suffering,
to remedial aid.
MEDICrSTAL TEEATMENT.
Chamomilla.
Most
from
acidity,
during
2i
482
teething
;
DIABEHCEA.
face, or of
one cheek
hardness
and fulness of the bowels, severe colic, peevishness, restlessness, constant crying, and drawing up of the legs sickness frequent
;
evacuations,
bilious,
watery, slimy,
or
frothy,
or
whitish,
Eheum.
Of great
been excited
for
It
is
appropriate
;
when there
is
a flatulent distension,
crying,
restlessness, straining
a sour smell
four hours.
Pulsatilla.
Diarrhoea
;
from indigestion or a
fretfulness.
chill,
with
want
of appetite,
Yery
service-
by Rhularh, or by Rhularh
and Magnesia
cause.
it is
further efficacious
when
A dose
;
IpECAcrANHA.
Particularly
derangement
;
for
diarrhoea
at
weaning, or
is
unable to
vomiting,
bilious
repeated attacks of
odour
or evacuations
in a state of
fermentation, con-
dose
its
watery,
and
fre-
beaten-up eggs
DIAERHCEA.
each evacuation
diarrhoea,
483.
Diet and Eegimen. When the derangement can be traced to any particular kind of food, an alteration in the diet
same time the quantity of food or drinks must be diminished until improvement set in. "Where great debility results from diarrhoea, supplementary nourish;
at the
ment ought
and diet of a
more advanced
age.
fifth or sixth
is
month the
If attention
not necessarily
a period of
much
suffering.
When
cutting a
new
tooth,
if
breast, it
Mothers
should pay
regard to diet,
and avoid
is if
from
may,
flammation or convulsions.
child
is
more
restless
has
flushes
it
nipple
it
drivels at the
mouth,
its
may
in,
demands
prompt
attention.
TEETHING.
484
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Aconite for
feverisliness,
A dose
noise,
Chamomilla.
thirst,
;
Excitability, the
cough
hours.
MERCUEms
if
the diarrhoea
is
not checked.
A
,
dose every
Belladonna.
painful
;
Hot
and evidently
every two or
and
noise.
A dose
three hours.
Calcarea.
of teething
When the
irritation
difficulty
the gums
and evening. Nirx Yomica. Eor flatulency, foul tongue, hardness bowels, feverishness, sleeplessness or drowsiness, with
dose morning
of
the
restless
sleep
debility
dry cough
who
are
Spasms, com-
chest, followed
by
stiffness of
The
diet,
if
artificial,
and unstimulating,
so long as
return
time.
for
some length of
WATER
IN
THE HEAD.
485
Water
Yaeieties.
in the
HeadDropsy
forms
of the Brain.
It occurs in three
two
acute,
and the
third chronic: (1) the insidious variety, acute or sub-acute; (2) the active or inflammatory, with all the features of inflammation
of
the brain
this is
and
(3)
the
It occurs in
Water on
chest,
the
brain
may
occur
becoming
to
suddenly
be paid to any
may
first
be absent
indications
its
membranes.
Dropsy of the brain is liable to be confounded with worms, inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the bowels,
or a drowsy state from exhaustion, after protracted debilitating
disease.
The history
directing to a
Death may be preceded by drowsiness, stupor, convulsions, and relaxation of the limbs the immediate cause of death is often to be found in some other disease, as ulceration of
:
attack, or
"When the chronic form of the complaint foUows an acute when, during its progress, delirium, convulsions, and
off
with
diffi-
more common form the death ensuing from some other disease.
culty.
In
its
child
may
486
WATEE
IN
THE HEAD,
;; ;
MEDICINAL TEEATME]!fT.
Belladoitna.
Great heat
;
of the
head
it
from
noise
;
side to
side
extreme
sensibility to light
frequent flushing
;
violent
wild expression
sickness
violent delirium
frantic
loss of consciousness
;
screams
grinding of the
teeth
Hyosctamus.
close
every
;
tivo
^Violent convulsions
;
loss
inarticulate speech
delirium
wild, fixed
;
look
lips
;
dilita-
thirst
diarrhoea
A dose every
When
;
the symptoms
;
and still greater and more frequent spasmodic or convulsymptoms the sleep being otherwise little disturbed in sive some cases, and the skin hot but moist. A dose every two or
three hours.
Apis Mellifica.
Valuable
;
child
emits
shrill,
scarlatina, measles
or
when
and
Opium.
Lethargic
after
sleep, snoring;
or giddiness
complaint.
WATER
IN
THE HEAD.
487
Hellebore
tion,
is
It
is one.
of the
cases,
in
and subsequently
Asthma
Asthma
Windpipe
Ohild-Orowing.
of Millar is solely a spasmodic
contraction of the
Symptoms.
The attack
inspiration, accompanied
by a crowing noise
if
the
fit
continue,
a clenching of the thumbs, and contraction of the toes. If means are not promptly taken, the attacks recur frequently
occasionally the patient dies in a paroxysm.
General Causes.
delicate infants.
ia
medicinal treatment.
AcoNiTUM.
hoarseness
;
Suffocating cough
at night,
difficult
;
with
shrill voice
;
and
pulse
When
an hour.
if
Arsenic.
relief
;
After Ipecacuanha,
it
fail in
producing speedy
dose every quarter
or
when
488
EICKETS.
tlie
; ;
fore-
going medicines
effect
dose every
Rickets.
The muscles becomes more
larged
flesh
;
;
flaccid
;
soft, flabby
or
unnatural
often perit
food
languor.
The
child
is
when
sleeps
makes a
off
spasm
of the windpipe
and stoppage
It often has
the bed-clothes.
;
If too
if older, it
to walk, or
soon taken
is
When
the disease
as defective nursing,
damp, wet,
sufficient exercise
ness
increased,
if
Otherwise
a state of
tary disease, or
want
of nervous
and
vital force.
The
its
open
air,
when
its
it
how
KICKETS.
489
diet, will enable their
use
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
to that
The treatment for the constitutional disturbance is analogous recommended in " Infantile Eemittent Pever." The subjoined medicines especially should be considered.
is
Calcaeea
essential, particularly
is
when
is
or
when
there
curvature
of
the spine
and of the
Also
if
legs,
there be incrustations
;
on the
dry and
face,
or
the bowels
the
flaccid,
although
Gelsemintjm.
Por
irritative fever,
loss of
strength
dose
Phosphoric Acid.
tion very easily
urine.
Irritability
;
general debility
painless
perspira;
excited
yellow,
diarrhoea
milky
SiLiCEA
particularly to
are scabby
or
when there
liable to discharge.
Diet
it
EegimejS".
must
of the
and
its
as
much
as possible, out of
doors.
Tepid bathing every day, medical frictions and exercises for the
limbs, with cod-liver oil once or twice a day,
diarrhoea.
where there
is
oil,
no
is
Cod-liver
oil, jelly,
or phosphorised cod-liver
190
EICKET3.
most admirable and palatable. Pancreatic emulsion, or glycerine and milk may suit other cases.
Emaciation
or
it is
Worms
or mesenteric disease
may be
the cause.
MEDICINAL TEEATMENT.
craving
enlargement of
;
the mesenteric
;
great weakness
;
clayey evacua-
skin
susceptibility
of
the
nervous
system.
dose night
and morning.
screaming, drawing of the legs to-
Chaxomilla.
restlessness
Frequent
;
and feverishness
acidity,
flatulence,
grass-green
occasional sickness,
;
more or
less
thirst
want
of
appetite
plexion.
SuLPHTJE
is
appropriate in almost
;
all cases at
the commence;
ment.
Craving appetite
slimy
Aesekec.
The
skin
resembles parchment
;
hollow
eyes
at night;
or evacuations
food;
night sweats;
prostration.
and morning.
WASTI^G.
491
itself
When
in
many
cases,
take place
or
weak
broth.
When
the child
is
scrofulous,
and glandular
is
required.
when the affection has been caused by improper food, in children who are being reared by the hand, or are passed the age
and no organic
disease developed, it
may be
of the mischief.
part of water to
more advanced age, farinaceous mutton broth, free of fat, may be substituted for food of a more solid or indigestible nature with which the child has been fed. Pure air and regulated exercise
chicken broth,
or, for
children of
pancreatic emul-
entire wheat flour and milk, The clothing should be warm, without
Convulsions.
General
activity
called
into
irritating substances
in the stomach;
worms;
injuries or fright;
sometimes mere
occur suddenly in
or
excitement.
Peemonitoky Symptoms.
cause.
Convulsions
may
assignable
The premonitory
twitch-
492
CONYULSIONS.
The
pupils dilate
;
and frequent changes of colour, also deserve notice. Symptoms of the Attack. If mild in character, the face
is
both eyes
In the
more or
less affected,
the muscles
about
;
in various directions
the tongue
is
protruded
the
mouth foams
;
the breathing
is
As the attack
less
movements become
and
fit
frequent
child, after a
At other
Dtjeation, Eestjlts.
intensity
^ ;
Convulsions vary
last only a
in duration as well as
;
sometimes they
;
few minutes
occasion-
ally for
hours
diminished violence.
When
may
be the
very
consequence.
accompany an attack
liable to
is
membranes
is
to be dreaded.
CONVULSIOKS.
493
ACCESSORY MEASURES.
When
no professional aid
is
at hand,
is
immi-
up to the knees
until the
by
relief,
repeat
it
crown
child
warmly
up.
when
Enemas
of
equal
parts of sweet
and
warm milk
Remove,
covered
quiet,
;
if
when
it
can be dis-
from every disturbing influence of light or noise, and with great care select and administer the remedy which is indicated by the exciting cause, the nature of the case,
and
when they are put to the breast immediately after the mother has had a fright,
Convulsions are liable to be excited in infants
or violent
If this
possible,
drawn from the breast by artificial means. Only after, and when the mother has become calm, should the infant again have
the breast.
TREATMENT.
LEADING nfDICATIONS.
From
fright
a blow or fall
acidity
of
the stomach
Chamomilla,
Nux
Vomica,
Belladonna,
494
CONVULSIONS.
rrom
Tpecacu-
Chamomilla.
:
Belladonna,
worms
Cina, Cicuta,
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Chamomxt.la.
For convulsions
in very
young
children, excited
by teething,
of a nervous
that period,
excited by acidity and colic, a chill, or The indications are restlessness, fretfulness, drowsi;
ness
diarrhoea
eyes half;
closed
thirst
quick breathing
;
moan-
ing
unconsciousness
;
the face
thumbs
rolling of the
Belladonna.
In
;
all cases
after
Chamomilla,
if
The
when
asleep,
;
clenching of the
hands
cated
also indi-
A
It
when
Aconite.
In stout
children,
when
to,
the pulse
is full
and rapid.
may
is
be given
subdued.
subsequently
Gelseminum.
The
it lies
in a
COXYULSIONS.
495
is fluslied,
Convulsions
with twitch-
Opium.
general trembling
cries,
throw-
vacant stare
seeming unconcious-
dose every
two hours.
Yeeat-rum Yirike.
position to
sleep,
Spasmodic
twitchings of muscles
dis;
bend the body backwards, rigidity of the limbs with frightful dreams or restless sleep, nausea, coldness
of the body,
feet
;
especially
A dose
every
hour,
Feverishness of Children.
Even a moderate experience of children, and their disorders, will suffice to show how readily, from trivial causes, and
sometimes from none that are apparent, a state of
Simj^le Feverishness will be excited
a condition that
may
be
fever, eruptive or
otherwise.
the hot, dry skin, restlessness, thirst, and quick pulse, must be promptly met by one remedy Aconite, every
Any way,
hour or half-hour.
If the face
light
is flushed, the head hot, heavy, and painful, and and noise evidently distressing to the child, substitute
asked
for, let it
be taken
it
cannot do harm,
and
is
most
grateful.
is
If the skin
two thicknesses
of
496
calico,
FEVERISHNESS.
wrung out of tepid water sufficient to cover the body from the neck to the thighs, thoroughly well covered in by a small blanket twice doubled, and twice, so doubled, brought
over the patient, and tucked in
in reducing the fever.
;
it
will be a
considerable aid
symptoms
where the
we
child has
succumbed
to
an
we
have no power of
stifling
;
but
The
child
who
but,
we
as a rule,
much more
if
without, especially
combated by Aconite.
fever
But
affection,
most
materiallj^ shortened.
deepening of
its
amount
of pit-
much
less.
The
poisons,
Infantile
This
ing, or
is
worms
it is
uncommon
It
in children
is
prevalent
in the
INF^yS'TILE
BEMITTEXT FEYEE.
less
497
marked more or
by periodical abatement
symptoms
and ac-
It
is
essentially the
same
and
as decidedly the
result of contagion.
what can-
that therefore
something
if
not
attended
may
It
is
probably
affect
becomwhat are
to
may
Causes
confined
of
over-
crowded
neighbourhoods,
and
the
all
abodes
squallor
and
wretchedness.
to its influence.
from
foul gases
faecal or
especially
when containing
from drains,
drain-pipes
;
offensive smells
from the soakage of the soil with sewage from open ditches from the emptying of cesspools and cleansing of old drains from from gases forced into houses from blocked-up drains
;
from the
effluvia of water-closets
and open
closets.
As
any one
of these causes
may
if
house or neighbourhood,
their existence
known or
suspected,
an alteration, at any
made.
Symptoms.
This
fever,
whether
is
it
affects
children in the
characterised by
more or
les3
2k
; :
498
In the
spirits,
and strength
it
is
thirsty,
peevish,
though, when
;
in bed, it
;
restless,
at all well
the bowels
setting
commonl}'"
it,
the back of
pulse
is
and edges, and whitish towards with deep red points showing through it ; the
much
would
sometimes there
a slight cough.
to day
:
At
first
the child
towards evening,
it feels ill.
little
the skin
is
hot
the child
;
is
very thirsty
frequently wakes
;
water
sleep,
when
;
it
or moans,
is
sometimes slightly
delirious
vomiting
may
all
also be present.
When
the symptoms begin to abate, they do so very gradually, the appearance of having been
severely,
ill
for a
much more
Change
of air is often
at
the child, both in the slight and in the severer form of the fever, which has a more sudden and decided character from the outset
it
great drowsiness
;
some diz-
ziness
and heaviness
is
of the
head
at night he or
very restless
he wakes
is delirious,
; ;
499
dull,
dusky appearance of a
fever patient
the skin
is
an attack of scarlet
fever.
Prom
chest.
The
the tongue
;
the
on pressure
scanty
;
the child
what
its
is
passing around
knowledge.
brought to
covery.
is
is
as
thin almost
all
expectation of re-
This, however,
:
gradually
gradu-
the child
bores at
its
nose until
it
bleeds
;
they bleed
it is
use of
its faculties
The
affection.
MEDICINAL TEEAT]!0:NT.
Chamomllla.
^Weariness
lie
;
wants to
ness
sit
or
or
constipation
dryness of the
mouth
Pulsatilla.
of the limbs
exces-
500
to lie
; ;
down
at
mood
crying
chilliness
restlessness
tossing
about
at
know what.
Slimy,
mucous
hours.
diarrhoea, or
obstinate constipation.
Yeeatetjm Yieide.
in
After
;
violent pain
the back
;
drowsiness
vomiting
oppression at
;
the chest.
Sometimes great
irritability of
is
stomach
the smallest
expulsive vomiting.
A
;
Gelseminum.
stupor
;
Heat
sunken eyes
high fever
symp-
by perspiration
state,
or
when the
;
low tyi^hoid
rolling of
MuEiATic Acid.
tongue
Feverish
shuddering
dry
abdomen
tender on
pressure
diarrhoea,
swollen
watery
it.
Betonia.
hot
;
redness of the
cheeks
head
the heat
foul
strong-smelling;
chest,
constipation;
sometimes oppression
the
hours.
rNFA]S'TILE
REMITTENT FEVER.
;
501
Phosphoetts.
spirations
;
Small,
sleep
interrupted by shrieks
;
constant
at
fancies
oppression
;
the
chest,
with
the body
sensitiveness
when
pressing on
them
it
hardness of hearing
;
on blowing or
of
often bleeds
stupor
white, sediment.
Fever,
Is a true epidemic, the causes of
determined.
Symptoms.
^We have
in the
felt,
;
neuralgic pains
stomach
;
great
sensitiveness of
the
skin
pains
are
still
sometimes
symptoms
like
delirium tremens
the countenance
when
by pain
a crop
small blisters
lips,
not
unfrequently
the
and rose-coloured spots on various parts of the body may be severe enough to cause death,
the patient
may
be exhausted.
In some
On some
as
great; purple
spots
covering
the body,
and
everything
502
Causes.
Dr.
is
it
generally prevails
during the cold months, that an amount of over-crowding in productive of no bad results when a certain amount dwellings
of ventilation
secured
has a deleterious
effect as
soon as the
and windows.
Uneasy
followed by very violent vomiting and great pain at the pit of dimness of vision ; heaviness of the head ; severe the stomach
;
frontal headache
vesicles,
and rash.
hour.
CiMicirrGA.
the brain
is
;
j^ausea
as
vomiting
it
at the stomach
though
is
potent drug
at the top
there
and back of it delirium, resembling madness arising from stimulants the pain often paroxysmal, pressive, throbProstration and irritation bing, aching, with illusions of sight.
;
of the spine
down
the spine at
breath offensive
the bowels
and pale
;
stiffness,
tensive,
weakness, trembling,
is
It
Bryonia.
ISTausea,
body
it feels
as
though pressed
them on
weakness,
SPOTTED MALIGNANT FETEE.
; ;
503
frequent violent
dose every
tiuo liours.
and stomach
;
unrelieved
delirium
;
by vomiting
extending
;
over
excessive irritability
;
sensation
desire to sleep
starting
;
up
small
;
on the
face, back,
chest,
;
and neck
creeping,
over,
great repugnance to
;
all
the eyes
ITrx Vomica.
A dose
^Violent distress in
the stomach
vomiting
of
;
strength
the
;
struck
pupils,
hands cold
quick,
frightful
;
expression of face
the
mouth
;
open
interrupted
anxiety
violent
palpitation
loud
screams
no delirium
;
red colour
the
abdomen distended
constipation
;
the
hands convulsively
diarrhceic
stools, or
with blue
lips
frequent
ineffectual urging
CoNTUM.
of sight
;
Coldness
pale face
cold nose
dimness
504
faintness
;
sleeplessness
moaning
;
small and
frequent pnlse
difficulty of breath-
endeavours to
in the muscJes
A
in
The nature
treating
it
procurable.
The -above
is
meet those
cases
unavoidably absent.
ACCESSOKY TEEATMENT.
jelly,
must be administered
fre-
two
at a time.
Deformities in
Children.
of
two kinds
issue.
distinct as to
manner
of appearance,
and probable
One
is lateral,
ANGULAR CURVATUEE
Is
is
humpback.
of spinal
;
LATERAL CTJEVATTJEE.
Lateral, or
curvature, occurs
"be
it
may
SPINAL CURVATURE.
fined to girls
it arises
is
505
weakness
there
from general debility and local mnscula^ no disease of the spine, but a double twist,
This kind
may
be prevented,
if
not
most advanced
like
stages.
is
Angular curvature,
hip disease,
a manifestation of
The
front, main,
and thickest
jutting-out,
causing
and
The
process
is
gradual,
but
fall,
its effects
blow, or injury.
of this disease of the spine,
is
whether
in children
In
thoroughly carrying out this, under medical supervision, especially as riding out in a carriage
is
health
is
from the
from movement
all
minimum, and
but
prevented.
to,
fortunately even
;
when
it is
With less constitutional strength than boys, a far greater demand is made upon the physical powers of young girls, who are foolishly, in an ordinary way,
angular curvature.
mon than
denied opportunities
for
physical
training.
Their period of
earlier
end
awkward
Some girls are naturally ungainly and more are made so by the standing or sitting they
503
SPINAL CTJKVATURE.
made
by
and
stays, have, in
injurious effects.
The compression
sidered beauty,
is
exercised
it
surprising
if it
would be
directly fatal.
What is con-
accompanied by most
and derangement
of organs,
ing
is
When
;
whose
a
still
to keep the
spine erect.
Everywhere, how-
aimed
is
at
deformity,
attained
possible,
quickened.
power
of the constitution.
spirits,
'No
wonder
constipation, palpitation,
set in,
sidedness
of
shoulders, hips,
and
The
spines
its
less
spine resolves
and
local
weakness,
GENEEAL TKEATMENT.
Moderately frequent changes of position are absolutely de-
manded,
also reclining
SPINAL CUEYATmiE.
507
and accurately adapted to the strength of the patient made a pleasure and relaxation rather than a task adhered to systematically, and taken in a lofty, well-
The
exercises
must be
;
varied,
anything rash or
is
its
end
anything speedy
utterly out
of the question.
Where
much
loss of time.
The physical and mental powers no way be taxed, the dress must be
tention paid to the health.
l^icely adjusted instruments
of the constitution
must
in
loose
and the
strictest at-
weak,
made
any variation must then be resorted to. The writer has had under his care patients who have made surprising improvement with the use of such instruments, and constant
altered to
supervision.
The
treat-
ment by
exercise
is,
however, in every
way
preferable.
HIGH SHOULDERS.
High
and amenable to treatment, specially by attention to the ordinary posture and the daily use of dumb-bells or
real deformities,
means
by
universally, re-
of
asthma or croup
ercises.
it
is
easily reducible
503
DEFORMITIES.
CLUB-FOOT.
Club-foot
is
the foot or feet are turned in and turned upwards, the patient
of the foot
raised,
Sometimes a child
After birth,
some nervous
from
centre, as in teething
;
from ex-
local paralysis.
GENEEAL TREATMENT.
Strict attention
to
the
general health,
continuous,
well-
and galvanism,
all
deserve a trial
and other contrivances. Very great care from pads, needs to be exercised in the employment of instruments they must be done without altogether, if possible they must not be
splints,
; ;
tried too long unless they are really correcting the evil
they
must never be the sole means employed, or they will only serve Professional to confirm what they were intended to put right.
advice and supervision are absolutely necessarj^
Attention to
is of
paramount importance.
KN^OCK-KNEE.
Knock-knee
is
is
an ac-
companiment
of rickets, to
which
if
it
owe
its origin
there will
be evidence elsewhere.
Treatment
DEFOEMITIES.
509
this,
watched in
splay feet,
fcheir
or
may
BOWED
LEGS.
walk too
They
or to
may be
lie
encouraged to
roll
floor,
as
much
as possible.
it
When
it is
does
not over-fatigue
and
it
is
well not to
lest,
manent weakness
result.
by so doing, some deformity or perThe heavy, fat child and the delicate
lEFT-HANDEDNESS.
Left-handedness
is
No
child, if it is
;
handed
it
the right
use the left hand rather than must never be allowed ; they must be made to take things with the right ; to use the spoon and the knife,
checked.
:
repeatedly
when
when they
creep, it
must be on
all
fours.
They
510
DEFORMITIES.
UNGArSTLT HABITS.
as twitchings,
frowning, grimside,
Sucking
iJie
thumh or finger,
is
the
mouth
to keep
it
quiet.
It
wind
by
in older children, it
possible,
it.
Be
careful as to
who
mode
of
from her.
with children, making them, at a very early age, not only vain, but adepts in the art of deceiving, both by word and deed.
by which children may be continually haunted, are frequently produced by the frightful tales, purposely or thoughtlessly, told to amuse or keep them quiet.
Nightly
terrors,
your children
in
I have
which
this
has been done at a very early age, to the great detriment of the
purity and health of the child.
which a mother should exercise over her children, can never, consistently with other duties, be too conparamount place stant and assiduous it should occupy a
The
oversight
Squinting.
Squinting
may be produced by
imitation
by some defect
in
SQUrNTUfG.
511
be a symptom of disease,
nervous or muscular
and
it
may
on the brain.
If it
have a
any part
of the cornea.
Paralysis in Children.
Paralysis in children
of
is
of
two
distinct kinds
by movements the other occasional tremors, or rare convulsive variety from some interruption in the nervous supply of a some
affection of the brain or
In children, paralysis
loss of
is
proportions
The
first
kind
is
managed
on the same
carefully
aided by galvanism,
and
MEDICINAL TREATMENT.
Belladoio'A.
in it
;
Trembling
cold,
of the limb
chilliness
sharp pains
it
may feel
A
and
dose night
and morning.
CoccTJLTJs.
Excessive
;
giddiness
coldness
desire to sleep
drawing pains
^eak
pulse.
Aconite.
In paralysis following
the leg
is
soon as
it is
the pulse is
512
PARALYSIS.
there
is
numbness ;
ing.
it.
A dose
night
and morn-
Nfx
Yomica.
iN'ot
on touching
it
con-
Plumbum. Coldness, rigidity, trembling, and awkward movements weariness; dragging of the lower limbs, or the child
;
drops everything
the skin
is
pale
the
limb wastes
constipation.
dose night
and morning.
if
severingly carried out, will restore the lost or impaired use, even
when
and
is
PARALYSIS.
advice for
described.
513
symptoms here
The child is evidently out of health and not as other children, his walk is uncertain and he very easily falls when down he has
;
he can only do
it
by placing
He
stands with his legs always far apart, and has the greatest trouble
in endeavouring to get
legs
up
stairs.
will be found
very firm,
usual.
Causes.
Inherited
usually
light
on
it.
The
child
succumbs
to
debility
or
some
chest
affection.
ENEEAL TEEATMEIfT.
The
greatest care
;
must be taken
no
fixed studies
and
life
Nux Vomica
for the
nervous
symptoms
as constitutional remedies.
Vaccination.
Vaccination, the discovery of Dr. Jenner, has been sufiiciently
tested, both in his life-time
all
and
since, to
demonstrate, beyond
reasonable question,
its efficacy in
course and severity of smallpox in those who contract that The disease, and in acting as a distinct preventive against it. of vaccination is proved by the undoubted preventive power
immunity
vaccinated
of nurses in
:
smallpox
hospitals,
its
effect
who
2i
514
TACCOKATiOJS-.
tion
Should a patient be actually suffering from smallpox, vaccinais not only useless, but positively injurious.
to the time at
As
which
it
should be performed
infants
if
free
If smallpox
prevalent
all
feverish
a lotion
may be
is
the
latter
called
B-e-vaccination
is
about
amply protected all advocacy of more than this proceeds from interested motives, and is to be suspected and rejected. The lymph must
teen
:
if
constitution
If the operation be
elapse before
repeated
a month at
;
least.
we have
all,
have developed.
Cookery
The importance of having things nicely prepared and served for the sick must be my excuse for inserting this chapter. Tea should be made pretty much as required not allowed to
stand
warm
515
as the patient will
;
once in a breakfast-cup
let it
be rather
more than
liquid,
half full
clean, on a waiter,
Take
or
any
whether
;
gruel, or broth,
tea,
your patient's
saucer
that,
let
if
Little
best.
One tablespoonf ul of Eobinson's grouts, mixed quite smoothly, with two tablespoonfuls of cold water added slowly then pour
;
into the basin one pint of boiling water, stirring all the time
put
it
into a
it
well stirred
strain
TOAST-AND-WATEE.
toast
it
BAEIEY-WATEE
Is best
made
as
follows
;
One
washed in cold water when washed put to it two or three lumps of sugar pour on these one quart of boiling water let
; ;
it
fire for
strain
Half an ounce of isinglass may be dissolved in the quart of water before it is added. The juice of half a lemon
previous to use.
is
an agreeable addition.
GEUEL EEOM
ELOTJR.
desert-spoonful of
of
"Water
516
to
make
fire for
ing to taste.
LIGHT PUDDING.
Two
pint of
eggs, yolk
half
warm milk
time.
it
;
Have ready
it
and thrust
;
it
turning
MACARONI SOUP.
One ounce
simmer half-
an-hour; when tender, drain and cut into lengths; drop into
boiling stock soup as
much
as
may
fifteen minutes,
then serve.
STOCK SOUP.
One pound of shin of beef, one pound of lean mutton, four ^hite pepper- corns, a lump of sugar, one quart of water simmer gently for six hours, skim well, and strain.
;
MUTTON BROTH.
a neck of
water quickly to
take
off
well
all
the time
off,
and
it.
BEEF-TEA.
One pound
of
lean gravy-beef
517
it
bone
about
and put
it
boil,
add some
salt,
then
simmer gently
that
may
as
rise
strain,
and
set it
by in a
cool place.
Y/hen
re-
warm up as Or one pound of fleshy cut it into small square pieces after trimming off all the beef fat put it into a baking- jar, with a pint and a-half of cold water and some salt cover the jar well, place it in a warm but not
quired for use, remove every particle of fat, and
much
;
;
it
in at bed-time
and
take
it
Keep
it
One tablespoonful
of cold
of
water
minutes
and
may be
used occasionally.
of
It can be
jars,
one penny
CHICKEN BEOTH.
inferior joints of
simmer
for an
when
One
liquid
calf's
foot, three
lump
of sugar,
set it
by in a
take
off
aU
fat.
When
518
COOKERY FOR
IIVVALIDS.
warm up
grated
nutmeg
take
it
off
the
;
fire
for a
until
is
do not allow
to
boil after
the egg
will curdle.
RABBIT SOUP.
of
Cut a rabbit in pieces, put it into a stew-pan, with a teacupful simmer slowly until done through, then add one stock soup
;
rabbit, pick
white
put
back into
of
the liquor,
it
pound up the meat in a mortar, two hard-boiled eggs, some crumbs of bread
cool
;
it
then
fifteen
simmer
for
minutes.
Six shanks of
them well
mutton soak them in water, and then scrub put them and half a pound of lean beef, with a
;
with pepper and salt to taste, into a saucepan, with a quart and a-half of water let them
:
strain
it,
and,
the fat.
Warm
up
as
much
as required
EICE MILK.
T^^ash three tablespoonfuls of rice
;
put
it
into a saucepan
little
grated nutstirring it
meg
celli,
rice is tender,
Tapioca, Semolina,
Vermi-
RICE PUDDING.
Two
rice,
three-quarters of a pint of
519
sugar to taste
an ounce of butter, flavouring of lemon-peel and let the rice, with these ingredients, swell over a
;
slow
fire
let
little
fill
a buttered
and
sauce.
LIGHT PIJDDn^a.
One tablespoonful
of
ground
rice,
;
in
three-fourths of a pint of
new milk
then
line
quickly.
moment
it is
ready, for
it falls directly.
BAKED LIGHT
PXTDDLN^G.
One pint
and pour
it
of milk;
of
Chapman'' s Entire
boil the
;
add three eggs, previously well beaten bake in a buttered tart-dish for about half-an-hour.
EICE CREAM.
Boil one pint of
rice,
a quarter of a
pound
of
ground
a small
lump
;
five
minutes
isinglass,
;
dissolved in water
then
let
when
add
mix
it
altogether,
and
when
used, turn
into a dish.
or stewed prunes
may
be served
with
it.
520
A
Wash
the sago
;
put
it
lemon-peel
and
serve.
A pint
of
;
milk
it
put
two tablespoonfuls
enough to mash
soft
when
a pulp, and
a colander
stir,
to
SWEETBREAD
May
water
be either baked,
for
;
fried, or
stewed
first
put into
warm
minutes
fried,
Put sweetbread
poured round.
quarters of an hour
If fried, cut
bread-crumbs
and
salt,
it
after
for a
of
it
few minutes
;
lay
it
" stock
"
simmer gently
little flour.
thicken the
gravy with a
gelatine in half
tlie
a pint of cold
521
ing water, stir until dissolved, and add the juice and peel of two
sufficient
;
to
quantity one
the
jelly,
it
and
remove
from the
fire
allow
it
to stand
it
strain
One ounce
strain
;
of
ground
rice,
two quarts
of water, boil
and
Of linseed whole, and lump sugar each an ounce, liquoricelemon juice, two ounces root sliced thin, half an ounce water, two pints and a half boil down to two pints
;
;
PART
OP
VI.
sj-mptoms
a single
of
symptom
and,
if
is
rarely characteristic.
may wish
to refer to,
Acid. Nitric.
Medicestes Related.
Nitric
Acid.
Aurum,
SrECiFic AcTioK.
liver,
On
its
membrane, on the
and on the glandular system generally. Diseases to which it applies. Those of the bones and their
SYMPTOMS.
Generally.
This medicine
is
characterised by inflammatory
MATERIA MEDICA.
523
as those caused
upon changes of weather, or pricking, stinging, or snatching, by splinters pains felt during sleep tremulous
; ;
;
weakness
joints
if
on change of position
weather
spots
puration.
;
Skin
dryness
;
frequent boils
brown, reddish
;
black pores
swelling
;
tingling and burning, like corns and itching, like chilblains Eyes inflamed and ulcerated ; stitching generally coldness.
pains in
in.
Eaks,
Mouth
excoriated
offen-
rawness.
Face pale;
IS'ose,
;
smell,
distinguishable
the
frequent starting
it
soon disturbed
is
slow and
difficult to
awake
first
in the mornino-
there
Disposition sad and melancholy, froward, unmanageable, headstrong, selfish, and irritable.
ulcerative
eruptions on
giddiness, especially
;
morndesire
Digestion deranged
;
appetite morbid
;
chronic
;
diarrhoea
anus.
IJrtne offensive
involuntary
Cough, dry
when
lying
shooting pains
; ;
MURIATIC ACID.
Acid. Muriatic
Medicines
Specific AcTioisr.
On mucous
it Applies.
membrane and
which
Acute
;
fever,
;
with prostration
;
ulcerated
;
sore
;
throat
diphtheria
tions
;
ulceration generally
scurvy
;
dropsy
skin affec-
liver
complaint
dyspepsia
diarrhoea.
SYMPTOMS.
Nervous System.
noisy breathing
Typhus Agitated
:
sleep,
low muttering,
appre-
mistiness
giddiness
sight
drowsiness
ing
;
sleep
dull,
confused hear-
Digestive System.
the stomach
nausea.
;
sinking at
tightness
belching
bilious
vomiting
;
liquid, slimy, or
watery
or liquid
Riles
Sore,
purple,
External Surface.
itching
;
Cold
feet.
Skin Affections
Oozing,
;
Lead
foul,
burning ulcers.
Dropsy
;
General
;
or local
with
chilliness, shivering,
and yawning
flushing at night
red,
burning cheeks.
Pulse.
alleviated
by cold
clawing, pinching in
PHOSPHOEIC ACID.
the bowels
;
525
;
wrenching pain in
the shoulder.
^osE,
Eaes,
Mouth, Gums,
Toi^gue, Eyes.
;
Thick,
;
yellow
internal
mncns
stoppage
soreness
swollen, sore,
sore
Acid. Phosphoric.
Medicines Eelated.
Specific Action.
Pe.osphoeic Acid.
China, Causticum,
;
GeUeminum,
after-effects of
;
night-perspirations
;
low, nerfast
consumptive tendency
;
effects of
;
growing too
diabetes
bowel complaint
scarlet fever
debility.
;
dysentery
;
cholerine
check of eruption in
;
rickets
albuminous urine
nervous
SYMPTOMS.
I^ERvous System.
ness
;
Disinclination to
;
exertion
;
general weak-
fever
heavy sleep
;
low muttering
whining
sleep
the day, with tardy sleep at night, heavy sleep towards morning
;
taciturn, ill-humour
;
home-sickness
depression
indiffer-
ence
heaviness, giddiness,
;
stunned sensation
sounds other-
External Surface.
ing in the
Boils
toes,
burn;
soles, or all
pimples
itching ulcers,
matter,
flat
and
526
PHOsrHoEic acid,
; ; ;
redness of the
tingling,
creeping
alternate
flushing
;
and
shivering
hair,
;
weak, limp
which
falling-
of the hair
feeling as of
gum
spread over
it
Inability
to converse long, or
speak loud
cough,
;
with vomiting of food, matter-like or white expectoration dry cough towards night ; tickling in the windpipe ; loss of, or
rough, hoarse voice.
Pazns.
Burning,
;
shooting in
the ears, dragging in the teeth, jaws, and bones of the face;
headache, aggravated by noise
;
bruised
Acid. Sulphuric.
Medicines "Related.
aptisia, Cimicifuga.
Sulphtjeic Acid.
Specific Action.
Diseases to
fever
tions
;
which
;
sickness
;
nervous
chilblains
indigestion
chronic diarrhoea
;
chronic affec-
of
the
respiratory
of
;
organs
menstrual
;
derangement
;
chronic affections
eyes
and eyelids
thrush
ulcers,
and
scurvy.
SYMPTOMS.
Digestive System.
rising
;
Heartburn,
acid,
bitter,
sweet,
or salt
;
con-
tinual urging
STJLPHUEIC ACID.
ish, soft, or loose,
527
;
discharge of
blood
gritty,
;
watery urine
or slime
Mouth, To]s"gue, Gtjms, Teeth, Throat. Aphthous spots in blood from the mouth dryness of copious saliva the mouth tongue and mouth gums swollen, ulcerated, and readily bleed
; ; ;
teeth blunted
throat rough.
Ac onite Ac onittjm
Medicines Related.
Belladonna.
Specieic AcTiois".
Napellus
Mois^'s-ho od
Oelseminum,
nervous
of
blood
',
inflammation, with constitutional disturbance the stomach, and liver, and lungs
fever
;
inflammation of
nervous and
pleurisy, bronchitis
Determination
;
of
blood to
the
anxiety
full,
External Surpace.
flushing, succeeded
Burning
;
heat
by deadly pallor
red
;
eruptions
clination to be uncovered
chilliness
upon uncovering
heat of
;
the head
swollen
lips
and face smarting or soreness of the head red, burning of the ears general coldness of the body
; ; ;
;
and forehead
the feet
;
sweating of the
cold
; ; ;
528
ACONITE.
Aversion
to
food
insatiable thirst
;
taste after
;
pressure at the
stomach
bloody
obstinate constipation
;
scald-
scanty urine,
or
of
deep colour
suppression
watery
suffocat-
evacuations.
Chest.
especially in sleep
ing tightness
short,
;
dry,
;
mucus, or blood
Pains.
groaning
constant cough.
Pricking, sharp
; ;
or
and
sides, increased
by
the limbs
movement
or talking
burst-
the throat
dragging
when
strangling in
windpipe
Nervous System.
position to start
of sight
;
^Excitement
delirium
;
debility
proneness to faint
swimming
if
as of a
band
feeling as
;
dread of light,
stiffness of
dilated
pupils
indistinct, stammering,
;
tremulous speech
sensation as
if
the brain
moved about
humour
disposition to
make
one's escape
from bed
Mensteuation.
Too copious
ACONITE.
;;
529
times
with
discharge
of blood
from the
womb
;
yellowish
Dry
;
mouth
throat sore
the tongue white difficulty of swallowing and dark-red sneezing, which shakes the body bleeding of the nose. Eed, inflamed, hot and irritated full, with dark Eyes.
;
Antimonium Crudum.
Medicines ^Related.
Specific Action.
Cetji>e
Antimony.
it
Merc, Sulphur^
;
On respiration and digestion on the skin and mucous membrane. Applies. Dyspepsia, from Diseases to which
indigestible
food or
overloading
the
stomach
regurgitation of milk or
SYMPTOMS.
iN'ausea;
;
vomiting of
of appetite
or
mucus
;
loss
oppression
wine
watery or acrid matter ; sickness after night stomach overloaded flatulence in the thirst at
rising of
;
repugnance to food
hard and
;
discharge of yellow
;
mucus
dis-
bright-yellow or pale,
;
mucus
with
Emetic.
Ipecacuanha,
2m
and nervoua
; ;
530
system
;
TAETAR EMETIC.
the mucous membrane, skin, and fibrous structure
Inflammation
;
of the lungs or
in infants
;
and children
pension of breath
pustular eruptions, as
;
smallpox
croup
hooping-cough
indigestion
biliousness.
SYMPTOMS.
Chest.
Short,
difficult,
;
impeded breathing
paroxysms of
noisy rattling
suspension of breath
accumulation of mucus
cough in
;
fits
sensi-
the windpipe
excited by passion
and accumulation of mucus in the windpipe, with paroxysms of coughing hollow rattling cough hoarseness cough, with great muscuheat, with oppression at the chest
irritation,
;
by a strained
feeling, weariness,
and pros-
Evactjatiois's.
the
violent
and abundant
eggs
;
saliva rising
taste as of rotten
sour,
acrid,
or salt rising
;
pain in the
;
weight
bling
as of
when the
patient sits
down
ness
and
relaxation
painful
discharge
;
great
TARTAR EMETIC.
drawing, acrid, thick, cloudy, dark-brown, or red urine,
posit,
; ;
531
de-
blood-coloured
;
and of urine
insufficient
;
great thirst.
with form crusts, red base, depressed in the centre, they ooze and and leave a pit, especially if disturbed irritation of the skin
to touch
;
External Surface.
Sensibility
;
pustules,
Apis
Mellifica.
The
Poison- or
the Honet-Bee.
MEDiCEsrES Eelated.
Arsenic,
Tlellehore,
Veratrum
Viride,
mucous membrane, skin and tissue on the tongue, mouth, and throat. Diseases to which it Applies. Erysipelas dropsy,
Specieic Action.
;
On
fibrous
especi-
ally of
the bladder
strangury, albuminuria.
SYMPTOMS.
External
Surface.
Heat,
;
redness,
and inflammation,
;
am
a,
stinging, burning,
lip, as
;
swelling of the
;
from
nettle-rash
styes
carbuncles,
;,
or boils
ears
of the eyelids
cold legs
swelling of the
swollen, and
and legs; the skin of the head that of the forehead, round the eyes, puffed.
feels
Nervous System.
Eestlessness
; ; ;
532
APIS MELLIFICA.
tired; water in the head, with copious sweat about the head,
torpor, delirium, sudden, shrill cries
;
dread of light
sleep
;
disturbed by dreams
fidgety
awaking from
sleep,
sleep
shrill shriek
Gums, Teeth,
;
A.m)
Swelling
lips,
inability
and redness
when the
Geneeative System.
profuse
violent straining,
Arnica Montana.
Medicines E-elated.
Specific Action.
Mountazn"
JBellis,
Aenica
Leopaed's
Bajse.
Rhus, Bryonia.
On the
and serous
membranes.
Diseases to which it Applies.
juries
:
Eesults
injuries
;
of
mechanical in;
bruises
lock-
jaw
concussion;
;
rheumatism;
fever
after
apoplexy
reactionary
;
treatment after
;
child-birth
stings
;
and
sore-
bites of insects
paralysis
hoop;
ing-cough
spurious pleurisy
;
ExTEEis^AL Stjeface.
swelling
irri-
"I
;; ;> :
ABNICA.
tation, itching,
533
becoming yellowish
swelling and
pain of the glands of the neck and beneath the jaw; glossy,
red,
hard,
hollow,
swelling of
;
red, hot,
and great
toe,
with tingling,
pricking, or crawling.
Pains.
As
of a bruise or
;
sore,
or as after a blow.
Head
;
dull,
;
some darting in the eyes. Back and Limhs : Aching in the back, and on expanding the chest the shoulders feel drawn together. Pulsc unusually full and strong violent palCiKCTTLATioN. pitation and agitation, with determination of blood to the head
and
chest.
JS'eiivoijs
System.
Fainting-fits
;
the knees
contracted
fail
;
and totter
the pupils
humming sounds;
Digestive
System.
Foetid
or
bitter
eructations
violent
Urine
sometimes
clots.
Mensteuation.
Bright-red
;
flooding, aggravated
change of posture
by motion, exertion, mental excitement, or floAv of pure blood between the periods.
Bkeathinq, Chest.
oppressed,
hurried
weight,
or
fits
extreme fulness
of
coughing after
crying or sobbing
tight cough
;
and
clear, or
with
clots,
mucus, or froth
534
Nose.
; ;
ABNICA.
Bleeding
swelling
of,
of blood, or
dry, burning
Soreness
hue
;
lids
or swelling, red;
ness, or bluish
bloodshot
the lids
stiff
as
well as sore
dull or prominent.
Arsenic.
MJEDionfES E/ELATED.
Aesei^iotjs Acid.
Bajptisia,
Muriatic Acid,
Carho Veg.,
Veratrum Album.
Specific Actioiit.
On the
IT
skin,
and
DisoRDEES TO
depression
;
WHICH
Norvous
;
oxhaustiou or
bilious remittent
;
fever, ague,
inflammation
of the
and
;
liver
violent vomiting
;
cholera, diarrhoea,
and dysentery
;
dropsy
affections
of
the
and pancreas
chronic malignant
;
womb
boils,
affections
irritable,
carbuncles,
SYMPTOMS.
Geio^kal.
Nocturnal
to
restlessness,
with
relief
;
repeated
relief
tossing,
and
desire
change position
part
;
for
by movcoldness
ing the
affected
paroxysms
of
;
pain,
with
and
cold
livid
:
Seek
coldness
all
;
clammy
Head
swelling of
:
pulsative pain
Eyes
of
from.
Pace
swollen,
particularly under
the
eyes.
:
Lips
blackish, fissured,
Teeth
spasmodic
ARSENIC.
grinding
of.
:
OJo
Tongue
Stomach
being able to drink more than a few drops at a time vomiting excessive sensibility at the of food, of blood, and dark matter
;
pit of the
hoea,
with spasmodic
fits
burning
Chest
suffocative
catarrh, paralysis of
the lungs
Aurum.
Medicines Related.
'phorus,
Nitric
On the bones and nervous system, and the manifestations a Applies. Disease caused by mercury which Diseases
Specieic Action.
of
scrofulous constitution.
it
to
or of the bones
hysteria
nervous, one;
sided headache
General.
Offensive,
or
sweetish
in
nauseating
smell
:
ob-
structed hearing, or
division of objects, as
humming
if
the ears.
Eyes
sectional
anguish, inclination
;
to self-destruction
uncontrollable
impulse to cry
despair,
Sleep
sleep
broken
Nose
interior
of the bones
thin fluid
offensive
matter
very
Ears
internal
ulceration,
offensive discharge.
Mouth
; ; ;
536
of the roof of the
;
AURITM.
unhealthy, mouth excessively offensive gums ulceration, swelling, heat and redness
; ;
;
spongy, ulcerated
of the tonsils
;
teeth loose
Baptisia.
Medicin'es
BaPTISIA TrN-CTORIA.
^WlLD
Il^rDIGO.
Related.
Arnica,
of
Rhus,
Mercurius,
Arsenic,
Like that
;
DisoRDEES TO WHICH
IT APPLIES.
malignant
scarlatina
;
diphtheria
malignant
"
sore
throat
malignant ulcers
stomach
litic
womb
;
scrofulous or syphi-
ophthalmia
erysipelas
scurvy
sore
mouth
thrush.
SYMPTOMS.
Geisteeal.
Complete
;
prostration
incapability
of
;
effort,
stiff-
physical or mental
ness of the joints
;
Excitement
;
from weakness
;
against over-powering
of
:
morbific influence
ex-
delirium
frightful dreams
severe
Digestive System.
Ton"GUE
much
increased by noise.
sore, as
dry, smarting,
though
:
burnt
and bleeding
red, or
profuse saliva
;
ulcers
the
purple
sordes on the
teeth
the
the
gums and
; ;
BAPTISIA.
537
with slow
pulse,
and mucus
frequent, urgent,
;
great
distress
disposition
;
to
pains and
as
colic
loud cracking
distension of abdomen.
Glaistdttlae, System:.
Swelling and
or indolent swelling
;
ulcera-
Increased
;
the
the chest
uncomfortable heat
;
whole body
so
chills
and
feet,
;
as to
prevent sleep
night
pulse at
;
consider-
Hoarscnoss, complete
loss of voice
full
breath
cannot be taken.
injected.
-red,
besotted expression,
stupid,
staring, be-
Ulcers,
rapidly,
with foetid
538
BARYTA.
; ;
Baryta.
Baryta CARBOiacA
Grciphites,
Sfb-carbonate or Baryta.
Carbo Veg., JSepar Sul^li.^
MEDicrtfES E/ELATED.
Sepia,
Specieic AcTiois".
On
the
mucous
membrane,
glandular
Diseases to
of the glands
;
which
it Applies.
Enlargement
;
and induration
;
skin
obstinate
eyes, eyelids,
ringworm scrofulous affection of the glands, and ears ; chronic derangement of the stomach.
;
symptoms.
External Sereace.
perspiration at night
;
Swelling
susceptibility to chill
;
from the
least ex-
sickness in the
;
and stomach as the food is swallowed imperfect evacuations, hard and lumpy, expelled with effort or loose, soft, and pappy, soreness in the scarcely controllable, with frequent desire mouth before eating slow, feeble, and imperfect digestion
; ;
; ;
few mouthfuls.
Throat, Mouth, Teeth, Tongee, Nose, and Ears. Sensation inflammatory swelling and suppuraof a lump in the throat
;
great pain in
mouth and tonsils soreness of the throat swallowing; the mouth offensive and dry, or filled
;
with saliva
BELLADONNA.
539
Belladonna.
IfEDicrsTES E-ELATED.
Deadly Nightshade.
Stramonium, Calcarea.
SpECiriG Action.
On
glandular systems
generally,
poisonous inEuences,
so
Belladonna represents
:
donna
is
It
is
Pulsatilla
to Iron or Ferrum.
Diseases to which it Applies. Spasm and convulsions, with an inflammatory condition, determination, or redundancy of
blood
;
fever,
with predominant
;
affection
;
of
the
brain and
nervous system
brain and
liver,
inflammation of the
organs, with
its tissues, of
and lungs;
affections
;
the respiratory
determination of blood
tory
;
womb
inflammation of
;
the skin
erysipelas, eruptive
in-
delirium tremens
conor
during
teething;
inflammatory tooth
;
faceache
tonsils,
swelling of the
IN'ePvVous
sleex-)lessness
System.
Pits,
with
screaming
attempts
drowsiness,
sleep
;
or
with
unsuccessful
to
frantic
delirium
tion
;
dizziness,
sudden starting,
of reeling giddi-
desire to escape
fits
wavering gait
;
flinging
;; ;
540
the head backwards
:
BELLADONXA.
acuteness of smell
;
hummins:,
;
rinsrino:,
or
dulness of hearing
palsied,
;
trembof
spasmodic
horror
of
the
throat
incapability
;
to
swallow
with
burning thirst
in children,
violent,
;
convulsive hiccough
fits
of crying
without cause
;
touch,
and the
sudden dizziness,
or hard, wiry,
Pulse.
and frequent
chills
contracted
ExTEKifAL SuEFACE.
Heat
;
and
and
hot face
boils
;
of the glands
scarlet,
skin bright
ing
Oppression
;
short,
imperfect,
interrupted
;
or deep,
or total loss of
suffocative
sensation
when touched
short,
dry,
spasmodic
cough.
Eyes.
Smarting, burning,
;
pressive pain, as
tears
;
if full
of
sand
sensation as of
;
hot vapour
or yellow
;
they
feel as if
very inflamed,
pupils dilated,
;
immovable
morning agglutination
weakness and dimness of the sight objects appear upside-down, or double, and letters blurred. Teeth. Dull, drawing, or violent tearing, with hot, red face
BELLADONNA.
and beating in
teeth,
tlie
5^1
pain chiefly in upper
head
feel too
long
mental occupation.
Tongue.
Small, red
;
trembling
stammering speech
nasal voice
Theoat.
swelling
;
Dry, inflamed,
stitches
into
;
the ears
sense of
contraction,
and
difficulty of
swallowing
;
tenacious
tonsils
mucus
varnished
considerably
swollen,
and
suppurating
(quinsy).
Bowels.
pain
dis;
sudden
Ueine. Suppressed
sleep, at night, or in
retained
difficult
;
involuntary during
the morning
red deposit.
Menses.
Too
;
soon, or painful,
forcing pain
unnatural, offensive.
UTERL&fE System.
Weight pressure
and forcing.
Bryonia Alba.
Medicines Related.
Arnica, Rhus.
Specific
Whitb Bryony.
Mercurius, FodopJiyllum,
Cimicifuga,
the
joints
Action.
On
the
membranes of the lungs, brain, and heart the stomach and liver. The inflammation it controls is weak, nervous irritability adapted to remove the effects of cold winds. Diseases to which it Applies. Inflammation with derangement of the stomach or respiration, especially in extreme
:
;;
542
frame, and
BRYONIA.
dark complexion
;
nervous fever
typlius
inflam-
pleurisy
;
acute rheumatism
of the
in-
flammation
bowels
constipation
SYMPTOMS.
Stomach
aistd
Bowels.
;
Loathing
of food
hankering after
;
insipid,
;
clammy
taste
or yellow evacuations,
offensive
and relaxed
ExTERiN'AL Surface.
Swelling,
;
chilliness,
dirty
or red,
legs.
bloated, or livid
Ckest.
Cough
heat, redness,
and swelling
;
of the feet
and
brown, rustj^-coloured
patient compelled
mucus
to
lie
moving
on the back
Pain"s.
Dragging,
if
by motion
bruised,
;
contused pain, as
Sead
pain as
if
;
the
dig-
body
aching and
stiffness in
the
neck
and head
feet.
NERVors System.
angry
sation
;
Excessive
in the
nervousness
disposition to be
swimming
head on raising
of the limbs
;
sleep disturbed or
;;
BrwYONiA.
543
;
possible
walking in sleep
;
heavy
sensitiveness
and light, and of the sense of smell. The mouth Mouth, Tongue, Teeth, an^d Throat.
dry
Cactus.
MEDicmES Eelated.
Gelseminum, Spigelia.
Specific Action.
Aconite,
Bryonia,
Veratrum
Viride,
On the
;
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
Organic
if
disease
and nervous
it.
especially
who have
from
SYMPTOMS. Pulse.
teeth
;
Quick or intermittent
chill,
;
chilliness
;
chattering of the
ague
if
palleft
Chest.
Constriction,
mucus
; ;
as
if
bound
the
with
band
irritation of
windpipe, with
expectoration
ing,
Calcaria Carbonica.
Medicines Eelated.
Platina, Sulphur, Belladonna.
Baryta,
Silicea,
Sepia,
544
Specific Action".
CALCAEEA.
On
absorption
:
and
secretion,
healthy material
on the
Scrofulous
; ;
or rickety affec;
young
;
people, or children
from
earliest infancy
scrofu-
lous disorders
curvature of the
bones
and eyelids
whitlows
womb
disorders attendant
;
upon pregnancy
disposition to mis;
carriage
chronic
affections
SYMPTOMS.
ExTEENAL
Stjeface.
LoBS
air,
of flosh,
sensi-
tiveness to cold,
damp
rough,
moist
scabbing, and
itching,
and itching, as
ringworm
head
;
ulcers
scurfiness of the
pale, thin,
;
and wrinkled
face,
premature appearance of
age in children
tendency to perspire on
;
knotty protuberances
shuddering
provoked by cold
cially in
chills
or cold water
;
the morning
wens
often
;
head
the
upper
fingers
much
enlarged
gnawing
and itching
;
swellings (usually
; ;
CALCAEEA.
colourless,
545
on the knee-joints
;
gioss}^)
accumulation of fat
reddish-
brown
the
stains
on the legs
;
flaccid
enlargement of
;
retarded
in
infants
corns
rickets,
with enlargement
or dulness
JS'ervous System.
General
;
;
debility
insensibility
;
nervousness
languor
dejection
;
walk
heavy
the legs
drowsiness in the
;
extreme
starts,
;
mental activity
sleep disturbed
;
and
agitated
with
groaning, or screaming
tation of the pupils
;
misty
dila-
loud roaring or
Chest.
humming
Habitual,
cough, with.
Mouth, The,oat, Tongue. Constant dryness of the disposition to nose, often with obstruction or offensive smell nose accnmulation of very sticky, stringy mucus bleed from the in the mouth and throat, dislodged by great effort constant dryNose,
; ; ;
tenderness of
the
gums
Eyes.
Swelling of
;
the
lids,
irritation
itching in
;
tremulousness of
eyes
;
the eyelids
fistula
lachrymalis.
Menstruation.
Profuse and
2n
premature
disposition to mis;
5 i6
" whites," acrid and
generally
in
jets,
calcabjsa
corrosive, or painless,
by
ii
fits
and
starts^,
when
passing water;
regular flooding;
excessive irritation.
Camphor.
DisoEDEES TO WHICH IT APPLIES.
posure to a hot sun
ness
; ;
Immediate
effect of
ex-
violent convulsive
and spasmodic
affections
the early
stage of influenza,
common
derangement
from a
chill
Lethargic Sleep
prostration, often
with
convulsions
;
and
Pulse
spasms
rigidity,
loss
of consciousness,
and delirium
;
with
clammy
perspiration,
;
and shivering
burning in the mouth, jaws, and stomach internal heat, exconvulsive spasms, which draw the head on ternal chilliness
;
one side
rigidly clenched.
Cantharides.
Medicines Eelated.
SrECiFic Action.
Canthaeis
Spanish Blisteeing-fly.
and skin.
of the bladder,
Apis,
Causticum.
On the
Inflammation
of the skin
SYMPTOMS.
Kidneys, Bladdee.
Irritation
of
the bladder
;
constant
spasmodic sup-
painful discharge, or
and
CAKTUAEIDLS.
pale discliarge
517
tlie
water, sometimes
ith
excruciating pain
;
tenderness of
the parts
about the
Lladder
smarting or scalding.
ExTER]S"AL Stjepace.
Eierj redness
;
of the skin,
and extreme
face,
tenderness
lever
;
scalding
;
sunken,
drawn, pallid
and
features
offensive-smelling perspiration.
Throat.
Cutting
the windpipe.
Mouth.
ness of
inHammatory heat, and swelling of tongue, and tonsils extreme drythe tongue, gums, and lips, with glossy, bright redness.
redness,
lips,
;
Fiery
Carbo Vegetabilis.
Yegetable Ceaecoal.
it
exerts no local,
be absorbed
finely
divided,
Medicines
Specifig
secretion
the-
mucous surface
General.
bleed,
Offensive,
burning
a
ulcers,
easily
;
provoked
fine
to-
and
emitting
thin
;
acrid
discharge
loss
rash
sudden
of of
physical power
flushes
heat
predis-
position to
be affected by cold
disposition to start
;
despon-
dency
Head
Face
pallid
Teeth
loose,
;
gums
provoked to bleed.
Stomach
stomach-ache
indiges-
OIS
tion
;
CARBO VEGETABILIS.
excessive flatulency
tlie
rectum at
stools,
and
in the intervals.
Beeathixg.
Short,
cold
difficult,
cough on
of
shortness of breath on
;
rattling of
pressible,
Weak,
fluttering,
and
irritable, or
ceptible,
Causticum.
Eelated Medicines.
hilis,
Belladonna,
Pidsatilla,
Carho
Yegeta-
Plios^Tiorus.
scrofulous
and
eyelids
affections of the
windpipe
SYMPTOMS.
Beeathing.
hoarseness
:
Cough,
harsh
at
chest feels
it.
raw
when
;
External Sureace.
Sour-smelling
or profuse perspiration
;
ex-
marbled appearance of
;
the legs
swelling and
face,
warts on the
CATTSTICTJM.
; ; ;
549
" Derby-
neck " sensation of heavy weights on the shoulders yellow complexion purplish lips red pimples on the face
;
;
and swelling of the chin or cheek; peculiar pricking paleness of the skin on the hands, knees, and elbows and itching in the soles of the feet and palms of the hands
redness, heat,
;
Chamomilla.
Hedicej^-es
Wild Chamomile
Chamomilla Ytjlgaris.
Ignatia,
Eelated.
Belladonna,
Gelesminuin,
Rheum, Antimonium Crudum, Ipecacuanlia, Mercuriits, Conium. The nerves, especially when in heightened Specific Action.
susceptibility
the
liver,
;
the circulation
the bowels.
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
Bilious affections
;
jaundice
and fever
birth
disturbance
convulsions or
affections of
toothache
sive pain,
and excessive
nervous system.
symptoms.
Paitts.
Yery
pain
acute,
patience of
throbbing pain
convulsive
eyelids,
ej^es,
and
unhealthy yellowness
Sleep
;
feverish heat,
anguish,
if
in despair.
Disposition
vexed, irritable,
550
hypocliondriacal.
; ;
CAUSTICTJM.
Pace
con-
ToifGUE
;
foul taste
vomiting of
stomach.
bile or
acids
Oegaxs of
vomiting
nausea
food
hoea,
;
;
Digestion".
Great
thirst
hitter, bilious, or
;
acid
and emptiness in the bowels diarrglutinous, frothy, and greenish, or like beaten eggs
faintness, sinking,
;
sediment.
Menstetjatiois'.
Absent
ing
down;
or
excessive,
long-continued,
with
clots,
China.
Mediciis'es
Cii^chona Oeeicen-alis
Yellow
Peruviaj?^
Bark.
Related.
Specieic Action.
On
liver, spleen,
and
specifically against
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
all
fevers
caused by marsh exhalation, or climate, especially if ushered in by bilious symptoms ague disorders simulating intermittents, slow and chronic fever derangements of as periodical pains the stomach and bowels, characterised by bilious symptoms or acute and chronic diseases of the liver and spleen debility
;
STMrTOMS.
by moving about jerking, tearing pains, increased by touch, and attended with lameness of the parts
Pains.
;
Pelieved
CIXCHONA.
551
afTected
after eating,
and at night
;
from a weight
wasting
Sleep
:
away
by
sleep dis;
and after cold stage, and during the sweating Head sore and contused pain in the brain during
:
mental labour
of
sight.
Eyes
Eaes
;
ringing noises
complexion
meagre.
face pale
:
in. Face yellow swarthy and sunken, eyes hollow, nose sharp and
Stomach
bitter
taste
in
the
food
indigestion
first
of the
morning
inclination
and
offensive
and wine hardness and wind in the stomach great evacuation of wind pressure as from a
;
; ;
Cimicifuga.
Actea
Eacem:osa
^ACEOTTS
Black
Sxake-
EOOT.
ITedicln'es PtELATED.
On the brain and nervous system, then on the womb and appendages the muscles generally. Disoeders to which Applies. llheumatic, nervous
Specific Action..
its
;
it
;
catarrhal,
and uterine
false pains
affections
neck
congestion of the
;
womb
before labour
aftcs:
pains
painful menstruation
hysteria.
552
CIMICIFUGA.
ferMPTOMS.
Gexeeal.
ness
j^ervoTis
vreak,
exhaustion and
;
irrltaltilitA',
;
as
after -un*
tired feeling
continual restless-
very bones
nausea
miserable
;
dejected
weak
stiff,
tremors,
as
of
drunkards
general
exertion,
bruised or tired,
sore feeling, as
after severe
Xeevocs
STSTE:y:.
Inability to
;
sleep at night
extreme mental
;
skin and nervous excitement the face and lips colourless giddiness, dulness of the dull, dusky countenance sallow
;
;
head
though overpowered by some potent drug there is pain in every part of the head, especially at the top and back ; pain often paroxysmal, pressive, throbbing, and aching acute
The brain
it is as
though
or
the
head
would
chorea
;
fly
off;
rheumatic neuralgia;
occasionally
twitchings
and
jerkings,
side, as
the left
arm
and leg
to cold
flushed
ceasing
when
of
asleep
loss of the
;
power
swallowing, or
indis-
pain in centre
the hair
is
sometimes
sensitive, or touching it
Eyes.
dilated
;
Painful,
dull,
aching,
;
sore,
and bloodshot
pupils
Useful in the
cmiciFTJGA.
553
condition, or burn-
MuscuLAE System.
ing, cramping,
A generally-relaxed
or
muscles
severe
muscular pains, or
stiffness
and immobility
Stiffness,
from
cold,
nervous exhaustion,
over-exertion.
;
tensive,
weakness,
Very painful
Uterixe
hoea
;
Congestion,
general or cervical
leucorr-
after
heaviness,
chills
flooding,
and even
bearing-
detachment of ovum, or
cramps in the
heaviness,
weight,
down and
and thighs
womb
and
legs
tendency to pro-
lapsus of the
womb
;
and coagulated
ment
uterine
or
ovarian
irritation,
with
reflex
action
or rheumatic, ushered in
"by illusions
of sight,
or
humming
or
muscle
in continual
;
motion
irritable uterus hysterical symptoms and rheumatism also with suppressed, painful or profuse menstruation distress and
;
trembling
fre-
quent
calls to urinate.
Cina.
AVoemseed
MuGwoRT
Goose-foot.
Medicetes Eelated.
Mercurius,
Ignatia, Santonine.
; , ;
554
SpECiric AcTiOT^".
CIMICIFUGA.
nerves,
intestinal canal,
On the organic stomacli and the brain and cerebro-spinal system. Applies. Disorders from, or Diseases to which
the
it
arising
re-
nervous
sensibility,
complicated
with convulsive
affections
of digestion,
which favours
the
worms
SYMPTOMS.
!N'ervous System.
General
of
the
mouth
spasm
the chest,
out
starting
convulsive agitation of
the
violent
general con-
with violent agitation of the limbs, or rigid contraction violent delirium, with spluttering of the body backwards hazy, dazzled, or muddled or feeble sight pupils dilated
; ;
sensibility to smarting or pressure when the sight is tried loss of the teeth during sleep food bitter; grinding of light
;
;
consciousness.
Op.gans or DiGESTiOTT.
Yomlting
;
bilious
inordi-
by eating, with
;
thirst, or
and hunger,
;
violent retching of
mucus only
followed by
are
immediately
vomiting;
very relaxed,
evacuations, with round or thread-worms, or bilious matter; spontaneous, loose discharge from the bowels whitish, thick, cloudy urine, or urine which quickly becomes thick and cloudy ;
;
ciMiciruGA.
Pains.
555
or
Pincliin^,
gnawing, cramp-like
pain as
in a vice
clawing in the
:
drawing in the
legs
if
morning
;
tearing,
darting, boring
j^osE,
Coutinual
as ib
;
flows
violent sneezing,
occasional
discharges of
mouth
;
deficiency
of saliva,
which renders
articula-
tion difficult
ExTEES"AL
forehead
;
Sfreace.
Cold
porspiration
the complexion
and puffed
;
during the
at other times
the patient
there
ness,
chilly,
of being
warmed
may be
and of coldthe
;
is sensitive,
attacks of
or well
when near
a good
fire,
covered over.
DisposiTio]S".
Complaining
Cocculus.
Pelated.
dissatisfied
peevish
fretful.
CoccuLTJs Indicus.
ITEDicrNTES
Vomica, Gelsemimim,
Arsenic, Bryonia.
On the stomach and bowels on the brain the womb and appendages. Applies. Those the organs Diseases to which
Specific AcTi0]sr.
; ;
it
of
of di^-es-
; ;
5o6
i
coccuLus.
derangements generally
atulence
colic, especially of
:
higUy
to difficult menstruation
determina;
sea-
swinging or
riding in a
carriage,
;
or
from mechanical injuries of tendinous parts fevers debility from severe acute disease.
or
;
protracted
SYMPTOMS.
Stomach, Bowels,
ais^d
Evacijatio:j\s.
Sudden
;
;
severe nausea
oppression in the and sickness, resulting in a fainting fit stomach sickness, retching and vomiting, caused by passive motion such as the rolling of a vessel profuse flow of water
;
or
flatulency
by
costiveness,
difficult
on the bladder
limpid urine
and
sup-
Difficult,
painful,
;
scanty,
or
totally
proper time
womb
Nee vers
System.
Heeling
;
;
giddiness
;
inability to
maintain
sleeplessness
or of particular limbs
frightful visions,
epileptic
paroxysms
convulsive
yawning
sleep, or
jerking of the
; ;
COCCULTJS.
557
nervous sensibility
;
complete loathing of
ears
;
confused
humming
or buzzing
;
in the
fantastic
total loss of
consciousness
legs
;
loss of
muscular power
the
gullet
spasm
dull,
;
of the chest.
Paln-s.
Burning
of the
in
heavy,
cramp-like
headache, as
;
painful
;
joints,
with cracking
one-sided pains
;
pains
darting or
thighs
during mastication
internal
and general or
local pa^ns, as of a
;
or
Hardness
in either
particular subjects.
DisposiTio:^-.
Gelseminum, Belladonna^
Specieic ActtojST.
Upon
system.
Pre-
the nervous
system
extreme agitation and severe pains, without fever; derangements consequent upon sudden emotion, especially if pleasureable
;
558
coLcnicuM.
Coldlicum.
Medicines Helated.
Specific Actiox.
Meadow
Saffeoij-.
Lddum, Arnica,
tlie
Pulsatilla.
On
;
Derangements of
of
tlie
stomach
Okgans
towels
;
OF
DiGESTiOTf.
Tendcmess
before one
;
;
the
stomach
;
and
to
nausea
total rex)ugnance
protrusion
discharge of frothy,
repeated
;
with limpid, blood-red, or dark-brown urine much scalding and straining; forcing at the neck of the bladder; urine on which a thin, white film forms.
and frequent
calls,
Paiks.
in
loss
of muscular
power
or
the membrane
by every
stomach
temperature
and
loins,
aggravated
sneezing
;
by changing the
position,
walking,
coughing,
or
tearing, jerking in the arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet and toes
crushed.
Colocyntll.
Medicines
Clmi'ifuga,
Ehcum, Chamomilla.
; ;
COLCCYNTH.
Diseases
to
5^9
which
it
Applies.
;
modic
affections of
the bowels
InHammatorj^
j
the bowels
rheumatism or
SYMPTOMS.
OpvGAns
op
Digestion",
ajh)
Eyacuation's.
Weight
in
the
stomach
stomach
stomach
stool
vomiting,
with purging
;
it is
bilious
matter
the
abdomen distended
;
drum
tinged with blood, or slimy, and sour or putrid, followed by spasmodic closing of the passage the relaxation is often pre;
and accompanied by cramp3% clawing pains or loose and yellow, dysenteric motions the urine offensis'e, becoming thick after standing straining and urging
ceded by constipation,
; ; ;
usually scanty
empti-
Pains.
stones,
Spasmodic
colic, as if
legs
with cramps in the nipping, pinching, clawing in the bowels after eating
colic,
pain as of
on his back or bends forward pains shooting inwards in the eyes and forehead clawing in the hands darting and cutting in the hips and loins pains from
; ; ;
aching in the
;
arms
cutting,
shooting,
and burning
in
the eyes
darting,
530
cutting,
CONlUiT.
throbbing in
out.
tlio
jaw and
To]S"GUE.
Eough, thickly
and bright-red
and
sides.
Conium.
Specific
Con^ium jy^ACULATUM
Spotted Hexlocx.
Medicines Related.
Actio:!^-.
Upon the
mucous surfaces
appendages.
of the
stomach and
womb and
or
Diseases to
which
it Applies
Scrofulous developments
;
disorders of
;
men-
chronic affections
chronic
the system
cancerous growths
grenous ulcerations.
symptoms.
Breathing.
Impeded
;
and
difficult
in the
morning
short,
convulsive cough
cough with protracted noisy inspiration during the night, and dryness and irritation of the raising of blood-stained mucus
;
cough worse
;
when
lying
yellowish, offensive
External Surface.
perspiration
;
Pallid, livid
complexion
acrid, offensive
;
coldness,
per-
more
or less
livid
or purple skin
C0NII7M.
561
tlie
itching
feive
unhealthy ulcers, emitting thin, blood-stained, offendischarge; brown stains, brought out by heat or exertion,
;
with irritation
the glands
;
hard swellings of
the hair
; ;
falling-off of
tetters
on the
face,
with irritation
painful,
unhealthy ulcers on the face, particularly on the yellowness of feel cold after being exposed to a current of air
; ;
the eyes
the eve
blisters,
styes
unhealthy
hands
excessive
irritation
from the
the patient
is
extremely susceptible
to taking cold
ISTeevotjs
System.
I!^ervous
;
debility
want
of
power to con-
extreme susceptibility to
spoken
ing
to, or
reeling
;
upon
first
standing or lying
down extreme
; ;
rest;
lessness
fidgets
;
or
sinking exhaustion
;
fainting
horrid,
painfully keen
sour
Glandular System.
Nodosities
Metallic
^Acetate oe Copper.
Arsenic, Veratrum
Medicines Eelated.
Stramonium,
2o
Album,
Nux
562
CUPRUM.
These two medicines are included under the same head, owin<y
to general similarity, with this reservation
the
action of the
metal
is
slower, hut
more durable that from the salt more imThe metal is more effectual in slow,
;
chronic diseases
Specific Actio];^.
bro-spinal system
;
On the organic
and cereof
Severe derangfements
hysterical
;
ing
convulsions,
;
either
epileptic
or
St.
Yitus's
Dance
organs
severe
;
of the respiratory
;
cholera
diarrhoea
asthma of Millar
SYMPTOMS.
Kervous System.
temporary rigidity
General
;
and
local
spasm, permanent or
convulsive move-
jerking, twitching, or
ments during
sense
;
sleep
acuteness of every
:
Head
;
as if
stunned and
with imminent and prepressed down cipitate falling nervous excitability the body and the head or the head on one side the eyes do rigidly bent backwards
or reeling giddiness,
; ;
spasmodic
stiffness of
the jaws
;
spas-
modic arrest
of speech
;
convulsive hiccough
fingers
frantic delirium
the
eyes
periodical
convulsive
:
with
piercing shrieks.
Sleep
or drowsi-
Oppressive
or
weight in
;
movement
touch
violent
DIGITALIS.
retelling
563
bile,
blood,
sometimes with blood hardness and tightness of the bowels, with weight, and unbearable spasm
;
excessive purging,
Digitalis.
Medicln^es
Digitaus Puepiteea
Purple
Pox- glove.
Arsenic,
Eelated.
Cactus,
;
Veratrum
Viride,
Aurum, Sycopus.
Specieic Actioi7.
On the
it
circulation, the
the stomach,
organs.
Diseases
large vessels
]}rostration
to
;
which
collapse
Applies.
Those
;
of the
heart and
;
arrest of circulation
;
or
acute
spasm
derangements or
biliary
j
derangement
water on the
general dropsy
Pulse.
Peeble
sively irritable,
fluttering upon the least excitement or exertion, with rapid action, and violent, audible beating of the heaPvT.
BpvEATHTXG.
^Excessively
tight,
compressed,
when
Blue, purplish,
coldness of the
coldness
of the
; ;
564
"wliole
T3odj',
DKOSERA.
frequently
-witli
cold
perspiration.
Dropsy
Drosera Rotitn-dipoliaSundew. Medicines Related. Ipecacuanha, Gelseminum, Spongia. Specific Action. On the mucous surface the stomach and
Drosera.
of
which
it Applies.
Affections
;
of the respiratory
windpipe windpipe
lungs
;
colds attended
by hoarseness
;
inflammation of the
hooping-cough
first
tuberculous deposits.
SYMPTOMS.
Respiratory Organs.
retching
mouth
suffocative fits
morning
cough, with bitter, nauseous expectoration fatiguing cough ^fter the paroxysms the patient feels utterly exhausted
offensiveness
;
feeling
respiration.
Stomach.
Retching
;
vomiting
of food or blood
]^^osE.
of coughing.
Haze
when
read-
DULCAMARA.
the nose, especially in the evening
the nose, with
;
565
from
much
sneezing.
Dulcamara.
IIedicestes Related.
Woody Xightshade
BiTTEE-swEET.
Hepar, Sulph.
skin, air-passages,
;
Rhus,
Pulsatilla,
Specific Action.
On
mucous membrane,
the circulation,
Affectious
of the nostrils,
throat,
and induration
or Sul]Dliur
of the glands
itching eruptions
nettle-rash
miliary or oozing
;
eruptions
jdaints
scrofulous
bowel com-
head
scrofulous
dropsy.
SYMPTOMS.
ExTEEii^AL SiJEEACE.
Scrofulous
;
glands
general dropsy
;
ringworm
vesicular eruptions
;
scarlet
miliary nettle-rash
milk-scald
scrofulous
and hardness
;
and
glands generall}'
yellow scabs
or dry, scaly,
;
chills,
followed by flushing
arid,
perspiration of the
palms
the hands
warts
peeling of the
566
the knees
or feet.
CiECtTLATioi^.
;
DTJLCxiMAEA.
Powerful
mucus
;
Intense
;
thirst,
vomiting
and excessive
irritation
brown
or green,
ceded by costiveness
or urine
with gelatinous, slimy matter, or thick, cloudy, and whitish urine comurine albuminous, first stage of Bright's disease
offen-
often suppressed.
MoETH.
Ulcerations or elevations
gums
puffed,
:
and
tender; the
unhealth}',
swollen,
;
and separated
from the teeth. JN^ose heat and stuffing constant, hot, acrid discharge of bright, fluid, worse after exposure to the cold inflamed, hot and red. Toxgee crimson, very hot blood. Eyes articulation impeded white, slimy to move swollen, difficult and thick-coated, frequently parched. Teeoat sore and very
; : :
;
hot.
Paixs.
blow or
chest
;
worse on movement
or pain with
stiffness in
aching or piercing in
exerting the sight
aggravated by
earache
at
about
the navel
night,
jerking
or
shootino:.
MEXSTEEATioif.
time.
Commonly
profuse,
but after
the proper
EUPHEASIA
GELSEMINUM.
Ete-beight.
Pulsatilla, Silicea,
667
Euphrasia.
Medicines E,elated.
Specipig Actiox.
Arsenic,
Dulcamara,
On the
;
gullet, air-passages,
DisoepePwS to
of the eyes
which
and eyelids
violent cold in
heat
in
cough,
and
abundant expectoration
incipient blindness.
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes akd
jN'ose.
Ulcerative
;
in-
hot, scalding
occaeye;
sionally tinged
lids,
with blood
;
ej'es,
and
nostrils
Beeathen-g.
diflicult
moist cough,
which
Gelseminuni.
Gelsemia^um Sempeevieei^s.
Jessamine.
Yellow
Aconite,
On the
which
;
the muscular
digestive,
Disoedees
to
Applies.
;
ISTervous
excitement
delirium tremens
sleeplessness
;
simple remittent,
;
infantile
measles
scarlatina
bilious
and
;; ;; ; ;
568
yellow fever
congestion
;
QELSEMINUil.
er5'8ipelas
small-pox,
of
and inflammation
nervous headache
;
the brain
;
typhoid
fever;
;
convulsions of teething
;
sun-stroke
coma
apoplexy
;
amaurosis
;
affections of vision
squinting
ear-
deafness
brain,
or suppression
;
some discharge
;
coughs
;
and colds
neuralgia
threatening lock-jaw
toothache
paralysis of the
tongue
inflammation of
diphtheria
;
the throat,
;
after-effects of
loss of
;
voice
hoarseness
colic,
spasm
jaun-
of the windpipe
Millar's
;
asthma
;
rickets
with or with;
out inflammation
dice
;
diarrhoea
;
dysentery
;
constipation
bilious diarrhoea
;
diabetes
;
and kidneys
pains
stricture
nervous debility
stoppage
false
of,
and
puerperal
;
convulsions
;
inflammation
of
pleurisy
rheumatism
acne.
STMnOMS.
Geneeal.
Great
much the
JN'eevous System.
Great
;
irritability
to
inability to
command
the thoughts
eyes, or to
dulness
stupor,
with
control
giddiness
obscuration
sight
chilliness
;
and
head
quickened
following
feels as if
pulse
exciting
fear
;
news causes
staggering, as
;
diarrhoea
if
ill-effects
;
fright or
intoxicated
enclosed by a band double vision, controllable by the will dimness of vision, with appearance as of smoke aversion to
;
light
complete blindness,
;
of
short
duration
objects
;
look
green
of hearing
drowsiness
GELSEMtNUM.
stupefying pressure in forehead and temples
5G9
bruised pain at
tightness
;
in
brain
;
headache, with
;
nausea
intoxicated feeling
staggering
bearing-down
;
heavi;
ness of the
womb
white leucorrhoea
sudden headache,
;
with dimness of
full pulse
vision,
;
or double-sightedness
difficulty in
;
dull,
hysteria, with
spasm
move a
piring
is
unaffected,
;
and there
is
perfect cognizance of
what
is
trans-
or
;
first
in the forehead,
then
in
the
neck no
bearing
down
imm
Etes.
Peel bruised
;
difficulty in
they
close
dryness
misty, glim-
mering sight
seen double
when the
;
head inclines
heaviness and
;
and congestion
dilatation
:
Eaes
neuralgic
paroxysms
relieved
early
coldness
chilliness
;
debility
flushed, crimson
restless sleep
;
nervous irritation
;
painful
laboured
great fear
pains
shooting,
extending to the
eyes
stiffness.
Digestive SrsiEii.
Yellow
saliva
in
the
mouth
stick v,
570
feverisli
GELSEMINUM.
putrid taste
foetid
breath
yellowish-wliite tongue,
;
paralysis
tongue
dry rough-
ness
when coughing
;
sensation as
of
throat
difficulty of
acid risings
headache
feeling
of
emptiness
mouth
soft,
trusion of
pappy evacuations, passed with difficulty prothe bowel during an evacuation loose, light-yellow
;
;
evacuations
frequent,
;
pale
headache,
;
which
sion
affords relief
emis-
of flatus
pains in
bowels. Chest.
^Weakness
spasm
hoarseness,
with
power
Pever.
the
iSTervous
teeth
;
motion
chilliness in the
the morning, or
coldness of the
head and
face
profuse perspiration
of
tion
the head
delirium
stupor
sunken eyes
purple,
symptoms worse
;
in an afternoon, or
low typhoid
state,
;
with prostration
nervous movements
UTERnfE
back
SxsTEii.
Heaviuess
;
and
fulness
in
the
uterine
damp
GRAPHITES.
571
which shoots
and
in the ear,
Mfsctjlar System.
bruised feeling
violent, sharp
;
pain as
if
abdomen
when moving
or stooping
chilliness.
if
face,
;
heavy,
dull expression
heat,
with fulness
of the head,
;
and cold
stiffness of the
jaws
hands
and dry
eruption resembling
dusky or
dark-red face.
Gra^phites.
IIedicixes Eelated.
Mii^eral
Carbo:^-.
Dulcamara,
the skin
Silicea, Pulsatilla,
Lyco-
On
mucous surfaces
uterine system.
of
and glandular system, the the stomach and bowels, and also on the
it Applies.
Diseases to
eruptions
;
which
]\Ioist,
intractable
ulcers
glands
deringdiffi-
rangement
nate piles
affections
diseases of
;
obsti;
erysipelas
shingles
chronic constipation
nails;
of the
menstrual
iji2
GnAPHITES.
BTMPTOMS.
External SuRrACE.
Unbealthiness
itching,
out blisters
mouth
and
legs
and feet
crooked
night-sweat, generally
least
perspiration, especially
joints;
shivering on getting up, and towards night, sometimes followed inflammatory swelling of the by flushing and perspiration the hair, beard, and whiskers fall off, or become grey lace
;
;
yellow
the bowels,
;
full.
swell-
and jaws
offensive
;
sweat
tenderness
sensitiveness to light
;
want
of sensibility in
Gtjiis.
of the
nose
bridge
sore,
dry scabs
or ulcerated
the throat
the
gums
upon the
least touch.
HAMAMELI3.
/
5 3
Hamamelis.
aiiha.
Hamamelis Yiegixica
"Witch-Hazel.
congestion
Medicines Eelated.
Action.
Arnica,
the
SrECiFic
On
it
veins,
venous
and
haemorrhage.
Diseases to
varicose veins
;
which
AmiES.
;
Inflammation
;
of the veins
loss of blood
irritation of the
windpipe and
chest
threatened
consumption
piles; abscess;
boils
and carbuncles
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.
jSTose.
Eleeding,
eyes,
considerable congestion.
between the
Stomach.
Bowels.
soreness
;
Abdomei^.
painful, burning
fulness
back, as
fever.
if it
would break
and excoriation, and weakness and pain in discharge of dark blood in typhoid
;
Utekits.
affections of t1:e
of
womb, with
swelling, tenderness,
and retention
after a
urine
dif-
abdomen
;
blow on the
white
leg),
ovarian irritation
leucorrhoea.
Limbs.
Tense white-swelling
;
with swelling
difficulty in
and thigh
(also
painful
numbed
stiffness
moving, from
;
and pain
;
Theoat.
frontal
Cough
;
spitting of blood
sulphurous taste
dull
headache
tickling
cough,
blood.
574
Cke3T.
HELLEBORUS.
Inflainniafcion. of
;
diaphragm
laboured respiration,
;
sense
down
incipient
with irritation
.
Lo^vEE Extremities
of the chest.
^Varicose
veins
and
ulcers
inflam-
mation
near the groin and over the vein, occupying nearly one-half of
the thigh (also Aeon, and Puis.)
foot
; ;
the ab;
domen
resounds
;
when tapped
like a
drum
general
Puirple
Helleborus Niger.
Medici^stes
Black
Helleboee
Christmas
Eose.
Related.
Belladonna, Hyoscyamus,
it
Stramonium,
chill,
which
Applies.
Dropsy
;
;
from sudden
inflammation of the
External Surface.
trol over the muscles
Dropsy, general
;
;
or sudden
;
loss of con-
to the touch as
if
beaten
the skin
and
x')uffed
often
sweat
towards evening
head
HEPAR.
; ;
575
oppressed,
Beeathixg.
or deep
and
heat in the
;
chest,
difficulty of
breathing
of the nostrils.
Loss
;
of nervous control
;
obtuse
anxious
at the
and desponding
dull pressure
inco;
herence
drowsiness
fainting-fits
;
convulsions,
of the
with cramp
tongue
;
numbness
the
fail,
with cramp.
Hepar Sulphuris.
Medicines Related.
Specieic AcTioisr.
Livee op Sulphur.
Sjpongia,
Dulcamara,
Suljjliur.
;
On
;
the skin
;
the
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
derangements
;
from mercury
inflammaof the
;
bronchitis
soreness
croup
inflammation of the
;
or of the tonsils
quinsy
SYMPTOMS.
External Surpace.
Inflammation
of the skin,
HErAR.
pimples amongst the hair, very tender
;
and sore
inflam-
matory or suppurative swellings of the glands ulcerative or eruptive affections of the skin, with offensive discharge excessive itching, tingling, and heat cracking of the skin, with
; ;
chaps
joints,
flushes of heat,
face,
nettle-rash
breasts
offensive
heat,
;
redness and
incrustations
behind the ears; red, hot swelling of the joints; sticky, sour
perspiration, especially at night and in the
falls off,
morning
the hair
the nose
head
feet
;
chapping of the
BEEATHrtfG.
of voice
;
Weakness
of the chest
or
violent suffoca-
deep, stifled
;
cough, with
;
breathing
;
obstinate hoarseness
harsh voice
habitual
;
night fever
stifling of
the breath,
with throwing back of the head to relieve obstruction of the windpipe the cough comes on immediately after swallowing
;
fluid
or
when
lying.
Chronic
;
inflammation of the
e}'es,
;
eyelids
red, hot,
offensive
;
the ears
night
HYDRASTIS.
flow of water from the eyes during or towards
sensitiveness to light
I^osE, MotTTH,
tlie
577
night,
and
by day.
Plow
from one
nostril
keen smell
the mouth
the
gums
hot, swollen
and tender.
Hydrastis Canadensis
Hydrastis.
Specipic Action.
Golden
Seal.
Medicines E-elated.
Ba^tisia, Arsenicum,
;
Pulsatilla, Conium.
;
On mucous surfaces
;
Cancer
glandular induration
pulmonary consumption
;
chronic liver
;
complaint
abrasions
of the skin
specific or
ulcers
;
not
obstinate con-
stipation
SYMPTOMS.
General.
condition
Faintness,
the body
;
loss of appetite,
of
prostration
dark-greenish or
straw-coloured.
red,
and sore
papillae
also
cheeks
tenacious
mucus
in the
mouth, or
stuffed
;
;
foetid saliva.
Nose.
Nose
tenacious shreds
stuffed.
hoarseness
the throat
Eyes.
Obstinate
much
swollen;
2p
; ;
678
Ears.
HYDEASTIS.
Thick
roaring or
drumming
in the ears.
Stomach.
nausea
disease
;
Sj'mpathetic disturbance
appetite,
loss of
when
;
there
is
suspicion of malignant
;
increasing debility
;
continual palpitation
;
eructations
of sour fluid
faint,
gone feeling
;
nausea
EowELS AND
EvACTJATioN'S.
Chrouic,
the bowels act but once or twice a week, with severe smarting
for
;
soreness of
calls
rumbling
frequent
and pressing
;
to
fseces quite
;
light-coloured
distress,
acrid
;
matter
constant
the bowels
sympathetic disturbance
Mammary
size
;
Eegioist.
Swelling,
;
or hot needles,
extending to the
down the arms, sometimes to the the skin may be discoloured and
;
the pain
;
no appetite.
Uterine System.
Superficial abrasion
;
and ulceration
chafing
of the
;
womb
an erysipelatous rash
;
patches of
white membrane
itching and
uterine
sometimes offensive
;
offensive,
pus-like discharge
;
from vagina
hectic fever
External Surface.
HYOSCYAMUS.
; ; ;
579
show no tendency
to heal.
Hyoscyaraus Niger.
Medicines
Viride,
Heitbai^e.
Kelated.
Gelseminum,
Belladonna,
Veratrum
Specific Action.
bro-spinal system
;
Upon the
it
Diseases
to
which
Applies.
Convulsive,
;
;
spasmodic, or
inflammatory
affections,
mens
nervous fevers
hydrophobia
;
and eyes
;
spasmodic convulsions
;
nervous
presbyoof the
excitement
pia
;
sleeplessness
;
squinting
;
night blindness
bladder
dry
cough
spasmodic
;
night
profuse
sleep
menses
vesicles
pnerperal
fever
chronic hsemorrhage;
;
redness
;
skin;
pustules
boils
powers
of this
I^EEVOUs System.
total loss
of the
Yiolent
;
of consciousness
;
tendons
;
involuntary evacuations
nervous power
face)
;
aberration
some calamity
dis-
feels
red,
fixed,
and convulsively
;
eyes
of
excessive
eyelids
;
dilatation
active
of
the pupils
spasmodic
the
delirium,
or total lethargy
580
;
HYOSCYAMUS.
spasm of the throat reeling giddiness miscMevous delirium on attempting to swallow liquids violent hiccough after the sudden falling, with shrieking and convulsions least food
; ; ;
paralytic incapacity
body
lethargic sleep,
with convulsions, or weakness from anguish or nervous excitement frenzy and rage, with great physical strength ridiculous
; ;
furious,
and reproachful
to,
melancholy,
knows
is
no wants
when spoken
the answer
body and
fied to
lie
naked
objects magni-
spasmodic affection of
the chest
antipathy to liquids
;
power
of articulation lost
the head
rolls or oscillates
the other
fixed
;
gulping,
drawn up
rigid, or
relaxed and
suspended.
the eye-
swollen
the
mouth
and emits an
if
parched
Paests.
Pain
in the head, as
it
Ignatia Amara.
Medicines Pelated.
St. Ignatius'
Bean.
Nux
IGNATIA.
Specific Action".
581
tlie
Upon
it
;
tlie
organic nerves,
brain,
and
or
nervous system.
Diseases to
which
Applies.
Hysterical,
of
convulsive,
spasmodic disorders
the
consequences
sudden or intense
depression
of
de-
rangement
ache.
menstruation
;
convulsions,
or
;
other affections
colic
;
incidental to teething
stomach-
SYMPTOMS.
Pain's.
as
if
a nail
in
head, or eyebrow
membrane
investing the
bone
labour
much
;
constitutional disturbance
;
pain in eyes as
if
them
cramp
in the
if
womb during
the
menstrual period
broken
body rigidly bent backwards ; purple foaming at the mouth spasm of the jaws fits of suffocaface tion, and loss of consciousness yawning, with excessive strainSystem.
;
The
moaning,
dreaming,
whining,
impatient
headstrong irritability
contradiction
;
or sensation as of a
;
lump
ness,
dizzi-
throwing back
is
of the
head
distinctly
heard
other
sounds
much
less so;
582
debility
fainting-fits
IQNATIA.
weakness,
sinking,
mistiness of sight, or
dread of light
mouth
Stomach and Bowels. Aversion to milk appetite impaired and speedily satiated earthy taste in the mouth rising of food, or bitter mucus sickness, with agitation constipation,
;
;
;
with urging
thread-worms
;
or large,
much
effort.
Breathing, Chest.
Constriction
;
of the
chest and
throat,
sighing
first
and on
the
External
Sure ace.
Nettle-rash
face,
alternately
;
flushed
and
pallid, or livid
and sunken
heat through
shivering
chills,
in the
back
and arms
particularly
;
blistered
with walking.
Mouth, Throat, Tongue, and Teeth. Heat and redness, with more or less swelling inside the mouth and palate mucus in the mouth and throat redness, heat, md swelling of the tonsils, or small ulcerated spots on them tongue coated white,
;
;
;
but moist
masticating
Nose, Eyes,
swelling,
and Ears.
Dryness
and
itching,
with heat,
and
;
swelling
;; ;; ;;
IPECACUAKHA.
583
when exposed
upper
lid is
to bright light
exudation of humour
the
swollen
Ipecacuanha.
Medicines Eelated.
Diseases to
Pulsatilla,
which
fever,
it Applies.
Derangement
stomach
from
toms,
diet or changes
;
of temperature,
characterised by nausea
bilious
;
or vomiting
or
symp-
affection
spasmodic
bronchitis
affections
of the
chest
and windpipe
;
asthma
;
slow fever
vomiting of blood
vomiting
dysentery
dangerous haemorrhage.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.
fists
extremely impatient
;
thrusts
its
mouth
anguish.
Head.
Giddiness when
;
;
momen-
tearing in the
forehead
pain as
if
constrictive headache in
Chest.
Gasping, tightness;
if
rattling of
mucus
;
suffoca-
convulsive
of coughing,
the cough
chiefly at night,
Taste
of blood
antipathy to food
584
vomiting of mucus,
blood
;
IPECACUANHA.
bile,
bilious vomiting,
;
cold drink
induces retching
stomach
copious,
sickness,
with watery
the
mouth
of
vomiting
;
dark or black,
easy vomiting
loose evacuations
white
with
looseness,
with
stools resembling
External Sueface.
distorted, the face red
Pallor
and bloated
lips,
and eyelids
perspiration
plexion.
chilliness
;
and coldness
;
flushes
of
heat,
with
Neevous System.
limbs during sleep
dissatisfied,
deep, sullen,
irritability
;
and im-
patience
gait
;
uncertain
reeling giddiness
Bruised
;
general debility.
in the brain
and
;
of
the body
chest
;
pain in the
severe bearing
down
fits
forcing pains
;
head, aggravated by
and starts
water
hoea
colic of
ing-up of
;
young children wakefulness, agitation, drawthe legs, and yellowish or greenish, or frothy diarr;
Mensteuation.
clotted
J
Before
the
proper
time;
in
excess,
and
flooding;
the blood in
jets, or bright-red.
lEis.
585
of the
;
Nose, Mouth,
Tongue. Stuffing
nose
cold in the
;
head
abundant
tongue
;
saliva
clean
and
quite white, or
yellowish-coated.
Iris.
Ieis Yersigolor
Blue-flag.
Pulsatilla, Bryonia.
;
Medicines Eelated.
cmJia, Podo^Jiyllum,
Veratrum Album,
On the glandular apparatus the pancreas and the stomach, bowels, and Disorders to which Applies. Gastric headaches, and such
Specific Action.
liver
;
it
as
liver
ical
inflammation of
;
the
gullet,
stomach,
;
and
duodenum
bile;
indigestion
overflow of
diarrhoea;
in the
bilious
attacks;
;
diarrhoea;
autumn
;
English cholera
bowels
gout
;
cramp
dysentery
;
congestion of
the lungs
;
hoarseness
;
soreness
of the throat
rheumatism
inflammation
neuralgia
of the eyelids,
affections generally.
General.
spirits.
Unusual
lassitude,
prostration,
and lowness of
Most useful
in persons of bilious
temperament, subject
to gastric
symptoms
asso-
Nervous System.
sleepiness,
Nervous
;
irritability;
despondency,
;
drowsiness,
with
dull,
chills
restless sleep,
disturbed
by frightful
weakness,
dreams;
heavy
headache,
accompanied by
chiefly in forehead
hammer-
586
head
;
lEis.
headache,
violent, stupid, or
face,
and copious
ina-
Kausea
;
acidity
rising
;
of food
to
digest
fat
empty eructations
nausea,
;
and sour
severe shocks of
little
or none below
;
gnawing
pain, or
;
bilious
cutting in lower
;
foetid
bottom of the bowels; violent pains at the pit of the stomach, coming on at intervals, with vomiting of food half an hour after meals pain in the right ride, over the liver, worse on motion
. ;
cramp in the right side. ExTEKNAL SuEFACE. Yesiclcs gradually forming into pustules which dry up and leave a crust the pustules are situated on a rose-coloured, inflamed base, with red streaks running from one to another vesicles gradually forming the pustules dry, and leave a crust from the exudation of lymph and underneath the scab the skin looks red, and bleeds if the crust is removed
syphilis is suspected.
Kali BichromicurD..
Medicines Eelated.
Sulphuris.
Specteic
AcTioiif
.
Bicheomate oe Potash.
JSjpongia,
Mercurius, Hydrastis,
the
Hepar
On
;
mucous membrane
glandular
tissue.
also
;; ;; ;
KALI BICHROMICTJM.
DisoEDEES TO WHICH IT APPLIES.
of
587
of the
windpipe and
bronchial tubes;
chronic cough,
clergyman's sore
and
Millar's
asthma
hiccough, water-brash
diarrhoea
and dysentery
pain in the
congestion,
muscles
periosteal
and
syphilitic
rheumatism
;
congestion of the
scarlatina
and measles.
SYMPTOMS.
Geneeal.
Irritation, inflammation,
;
and altered
secretion, or
mucous membrane tough, stringy mucus symptoms aggravated or produced by hot weather they come on quickly, and subside soon, or appear in the morning ; anomalous pains, which fly rapidly from one part to another debility,
ulceration of the
;
;
pains
in
;
the
and elbows
of
sore throat
;
nausea
smell.
constipation
ulceration
the
larynx
loss
of
Eyes.
ness
;
heat, redness
slightly
pain and heaviand swelling ; eyelids inflamed and swollen granular lids, with yellow discharge pustular ophthalof tears
;
mia
brown
spot, of the
Discharge
nostrils
; ;
sight dim.
;
of
water or mucus
of
away
ulcera-
sense
smell impaired,
or
entirely lost
polypus
the throat.
Mouth.
palate
is
Dryness
the soft
; ;
538
Lips.
KALI BICHROMICUM.
ulcers, wliich
smart, Lips chapped and swollen, or which a good small and have hard edges, or yellow, brownish, or white Tongue. Dry, thickly
vesicles,
itch
deal.
coated,
papillae
elongated
painful ulcers.
Throat.
dry,
Sensation
;
as of a hair on
sore throat
swollen uvula
the
tonsils red,
painful, swollen,
patches
coppery
chest
;
on uvula an excavated
it,
much
pain
or swelling.
Ckest.
sleep,
morning, or during
;
with pain in the chest shortness of breath sensation as of a band round the upper part of the stomach, which prevents the taking of a deep breath difficulty of breathing, from
;
ceded by wheezing and panting, with circumscribed aching pain in the chest, uneasiness at the stomach, nausea, restlessness,
feet,
followed by perspiration
there
is
;
mucus
with hawking of mucus the nose stuffed stiffness and pain of the nape of the neck cough, with transparent, or dense, slate-coloured, yellowish-green, tough expectoration
;
or thick, yellow
;
choking or
croupy cough, with tough, stringy mucus ; pain from the breastbone to the back or burning, shooting pains in various parts
;
LACHESIS.
589
Lachesis. Poison
Medicines Eelated.
Specieic Action.
On the
it
secondarih',
Diseases
to
which
Applies.
Severe
; ;
affections
;
of
the
erysipelas
degenera-
ulcers
mortification
;
tremors
fever
hysteria
change of
exhaustion
;
life
rheumatism ;
;
headache
sun-stroke
debility
convulsions, and
many
SYMPTOMS.
Nekvotis System.
ness
of
;
Aversion
rigidity
to exertion
prostration
;
memory
of
;
the muscles
paralysis,
weakwith
rigidity
clenching of the
of consciousness
by cold
feet
irri-
anxiety
;
despondency
loss of
despair of recovery
;
fantastical
imagination
sudden
;
violent trem;
sensation as of a
lump
;
in the throat
con-
power
of
swallowing
violent agitation at
night
ideas
;
dreams running on horrors, or on imaginative, voluptuous delirium, with constant muttering or talking, sometimes
;
flashing of
hazy, veiled,
darkened, or
total
weak
sight,
want of hearing, or loud rolling in the ears palsy or spasmodic rigidity of the tongue, with loss of power of articulating
;
horror of liquids
involun-
; ;
530
tary discharge
suffocative
LACHESIS.
spasmodic and
attacks
the chest
stiffness,
instability,
and
BREATHmG.
to the touch
;
The
upper part of
nostrils or
;
mouth
the
suffocative
or
window
for
air
deep,
;
short-
hurried,
anxious, convulsive
ExTEENAL SuEEACE.
redness or heat
or
Swelling
coldness,
small swellflesh
;
wasting of the
itch-
on the extremities
itching
;
whitlows
coldness of the
dry,
mealy,
eruptions,
with
large,
foul,
yellow
or
bluish-black blisters
superficial ulcers,
with
dry,
corroding
heat,
feet
bottom
hard
at
tumours
night,
or
abscesses
of
intense
particularly
especially
the
hands
;
and
copious sweat,
;
morning
cold
clammy sweats
;
irritation
ice,
;
arms
generally with
clammy sweat
hollow,
bluish pimples
;;
LEDuar.
591
Ledum
Diseases to
Palustre.
"Wild
Eosemaet.
Colchicum.
Medicin^es Related.
Affections of
the
joints
gout
rheumatism
dj'sentery
SYMPTOMS.
Extsrn"AL Stjuface.
Hard,
;
great toe
feet
of
legs
;
dropsy of the
and
scabs, which,
as
when
troublesome itching,
sour-swelling perspiration
;
gnawing, itching
fine rash,
and forehead
intolerable itching
on the
chest,
Beeathikg.
tightness,
Gulping,
oppression
and
;
difficult,
impeded respiration
by bright-coloured blood; or
;
con-
Paiks.
cutting, or tearing in
elbows
Lycopodium.
Medicines
Hydrastis.
Specific Action.
Clavattjm
Cltjb-moss.
Bajptisia,
Vegetahilis,
Arsenic,
592
LYCOPODIUM.
Scrofulous
;
affections of tlio
debility
exhausted energy
in chronic indi;
chronic,
of the
or moist
;
boils
diseases
bones
obstinate constipation
;
eyelids
determination of blood
;
slow fever
dropsy
passive inflammations
loss of flesh,
with-
SYMPTOMS.
ExTEEis'AL SuKEACE.
Pallid,
livid, or
whole
comes
warm
ringworm
;
pimples
periodical boils
off
eruptions, with
falling
;
of the hair
repeated attacks as
stagnant
general
;
wasting of the
sore
;
patches,
with
great soreness
swelling of the
glands
of
;
hands
stiffness,
knotty enlargethe
ments and
stiffness of
the joints
;
the
bowels
offensive,
sticky
night-
The
tight, as if encircled
by a band
thirst
at
night
craving
for
sweet things
scalding
vomiting
of
night
or bilious,
bitter water-brash
MEBCTJEIUS C0EB0SIVU3.
pad-like inflation of one spot in the bowels
intestines,
stipation,
593
;
rambling in the
;
of flatulence
;
chronic con-
gravel or red-
it is
itching,
Eelated.
Mercurius
action,
Vivus
Acid,
.
Muriatic;
Mercurius
; IpecacuanJia.
Corrosivus corresponds, in
many
Vivus.
with that of the Mercurius It operates more decisively on the bowels, especially
in
its
specific
Oegans
bowels
;
oe
DiGESTioiT.
Excessive,
;
coiling,
gnawing in the
offensive,
brown
or green,
evacuations, or
slimy,
with
clots of blood
or thick, bloody
charge
ExTEENAL SuEEACE.
is
Mercurius Vivus.
MEDicmEs Eelated.
Podojo7iyllu7n.
Nitric
2
Acid,
Kali
Bichromas,
Iris,
;; ;: ;
594
Specific Action.
MEECURIUS VIVUS.
On the
circulation
;
the nerves
the mucous
membrane
the bones, cartilages, and internal structure of the most important organs.
Diseases to tvbccch it Applies.
Disorders
;
which
depend
Eruptions;
ulcers
congestion of the
bile
;
intestinal irritation
from acrid
;
dis-
orders
fevers
;
induced by suppressed
perspiration
;
colds
irritative
morbid conditions of the liver jaundice; inflammation of the liver and spleen, stomach and inflammatory nerve pains, as sciatica and f aceache bowels
dry or scabby eruptions
;
worms
low
cough
dropsy
fever.
SYMPTOMS.
Exteknal Sueface.
limbs
;
Eestless
body
;
agitation
twitching of the
chilliness
;
of
the
great heat
glands
per;
the spiration profuse and sour smelling, affording no relief skin yellow itch-like eruptions eruptions which easily bleed
; ;
and corroding
;
pimples
dry,
mealy eruptions
ulceration
plexion
puffiness of face
;
mouth
liver to
tenderness of the
stomach and
;
unhealthy
least injury
with tendency not to heal, or to develop sores upon the suppuration of the breasts and of the glands of
; ;
the groin
Pulse.
Quick,
palpitation.
General
5;
;
MEKCURicrs vivus.
of digestion
5':
of food
excessive thirst
noisy flatulence
pressure at pit of
considerable but
discharge,
diarrhoea,
from
or damp,
Bruised
and slimy
pains
in
;
taste.
the
bones,
drawing,
air
decayed
which
affects
the
glands
aggravated
by
warmth; great
ing, tearing,
gums;
severe jerk-
down
head
keen, cutting or
and
arms
shooting in the
Tostgxjb,
and Gums.
;
The
:
mouth
apthous
and inflamed
of the
blisters,
vesicles
mouth
excessive
mucus
raw
forced back
the
tonsils ulcerated
on edge
the
gums
teeth,
and
sore.
The eyes
them
;
sensitive to light
spark-
appearance
before
;
the
margins
;
of
the eyelids
nose swollen
excessive
watery,
corroding
from
the
596
nostrils, or bleeding at
NUX
VOMICA.
the nose
Breathing.
Shortness
Excessive, with
colic,
of breath
if
on ascending
dr}",
Nux Vomica.
MedicIjSTEs
Eelated.
Cocculus,
Bryonia,
Chamomilla,
Hythe
Specific
AcTioif.
On
the
it
the
nerves
of
the
;
stomach
mucous surface
Diseases
to
of
on the entire
womb.
nervous
which
of
Applies.
Stomach
meagre,
derangements;
bilious,
bowel complaints
spare-habited,
choleric,
excessive
nervous
pation
irritability,
and relaxation
spasmodic,
bilious
hysterical,
or
;
congestive
affections of the
affections,
womb
remittent fevers
sympathetic
affections resulting
from
;
cold,
piles
with
fever
late hours,
;
use of
stimulants;
intermittent
or
nervous fevers
rheumatic.
SYMPTOMS.
Organs of Digestion. General derangement; sour or foul taste, tightness round waist and upper part of stomach, as if the clothes were tight the muscles of the stomach feel bruised;
;
constant
; ; ;
NUX VOMICA.
risings, bitter or sour
;
597
;
hiccougli
nansea,
eating
lous debility
large,
piles
soreness of the
them
dragging
without
effect,
or with drop-discharge
;
dark-coloured,
Nervous System.
disturbed
Buzzing and
frightful,
sleep
fol-
by
constant,
anxious
dreams,
dis-
3 a.m.
inclination to
sleeplessness
and agitation
;
at
night
the patient
quickly
head,
;
tlie
it
would burst
out,
them
tremulous debility
nervous debility
aggravation, par-
wine, or tobacco
;
the morning
tender on
the disposition
feeling of oscillation in
the
598
brain
;
NUX
violent delirium, or
VOMICA.
headache
is
a prominent symptom.
Paii^s.
Rheumatic pains
;
loins
and chest
shooting
in
pains
pricking,
wrenching
the joints
head
or as
if
a nail
were thrust in
drawing, tear-
ears,
and cheek-bones
pierc;
with flatulency
aching,
as
if
something lodged in
lie
on the back
great
knee
womb.
head
Pulse
Determination
small,
of blood to the
and
womb
or
full,
or quick and
feeble,
intermittent,
and wiry
sickly,
palpitation
with
trembling.
ExTEENAL SuEEACE.
round the eyes
Livid,
pale or yellowish
nose,
com-
mouth and
purple patches on
chills,
heat at night
;
rigors
chilblains,
;
swelling,
;
in-
The
fever
sympijms
increase
or
re-develop
OPIUM.
599
mission there
ing, with
is
commonly imperfect
alleviation every
morn-
more decided remission every other day that is, a Intermittent fevers, which usually set
IN'ose,
morning.
awd Eyes.
The
mouth emits
;
tlie
the
gums
morning or during the day, or complete stoppage the eyes yellow, or eyes and eyelids red and inflamed the corners particularly hot and red, and charged with matter sometimes
;
Excessive,
rangement
of
digestion,
BREATHrNG.
Alternately
sound
tightness across
and palpitation.
Opium.
MEDicnsTES Related.
Gelseminum,
Belladonna, Stramonium,
Eyoscyamus.
On the brain and nervous system, and on the bowels and muscular system. Applies. Convulsions and other Diseases which
Specific AcTioisr.
to
it
effects
energy
sation
lethargy
absence of sen-
or pain
obstinate constipation
600
OPIUM.
bowels,
or
after
protracted
delirium tremens,
;
and other
of
intoxicating liquors
;
derangements
of
lead colic.
SYMPTOMS.
Neryotjs System.
plete torpor
;
Total absence
;
of pain or
sensation,
com-
prostration
action
epileptic
convulsions
motionless,
tremulousness of the
;
body
trembling of
;
heavy
and
intermittent
respiration
mouth and
sleeping
;
fits
of giddi;
ness
stupid, vacant,
;
and inanimate
the throat con-
the
mouth
distorted
;
wandering delirium.
aj^) CrRCULATioi?'.
;
Pulse
fnll
Violent throbbing
of the arteries of
ExTEEisTAL SuEFACE.
pale,
with red spots on the cheeks intense heat of the surface, the pulse quick and hard, accompanied or followed by hot
perspiration, or coldness of the body, particularly of the feet
and
and sometimes of the arms and hands. Stomach and Bowels. Yomitlng of excremental matter and
legs,
urine
stomach
PHOSPHOETJS.
etomacli
601
obstinate
;
constipation
black motions
discharge
thirst
;
from
the
bowels
suppression
of
urine
intense
ment.
Beeathzstg.
Difficult,
;
or thick,
snoring,
and
obstructed;
if
croaking breath
spitting
low weak
inaudible voice.
The
Phosphorus.
Medicines Belated.
Specific
Nitric Acid,
the lungs,
Phosj^Jioric Acid.
Action.
On
it
the brain,
;
and nervous
system
faces
Diseases to
which
Applies.
Those
the respiratory,
upon exhausting acute diseases, especially in persons of fair complexion and relaxed habit or of feeble, scrofulous constitution, with a tendency to chronic, organic, or tubercular
;
disease
protracted and exhausting diarrhoea, chronic inflamof the air-passages, or inflammation of the
mation or irritation
lungs
;
with feeble condition and slow fever hectic, slow, nervous, and yellow fever chronic rheumatism weak, slow, and imperfect
;
digestion,
with
night fever
and
debilitating
perspiration
; ;
602
stomacli and bowels
PHOSPHORUS.
after-effects of
;
after-effects of cholera,
fatty degenera-
SYMPTOMS.
Ptjise
akd Circtilation.
;
The
sometimes
barely perceptible
;
with anguish
determination of
Difficulty of breathing,
with anguish
pressure, ful;
of blood
dry cough
habitual
great accumulation of
cough with expectoration, fiaky, curdy, stringy, or streaked with blood constant tickling, with the chest feels short, dry, barking cough, and saltish mucus
mucus
raw dry, shaking cough, as if the chest would burst. Stomach and Bowels. Desire for delicacies and
;
cooling
weak, slow, imperfect digestion frequent eructations the stomach feels as if filled with air soreness of the stomach
drinks
;
; ;
continual relaxation of
;
burning in the
;
flatulency,
acrid rising
;
from the
stomach
ravenous hun-
by eating, continuing during the night, with a senvomiting of bile constipation sation of sinking and emptiness
ger, unallayed
;
and
piles
External Surface.
of the knees
;
Soreness
hectic
of the
joints
;
tremulousness
copious bleed-
ins
from
;
inconsiderable
tubercles
;
wounds
fever
;
abscesses,
with
fistulous
openings
flushing
;
heat at night
of the hair
tingling
f alling-off
; ; ;
PLATINUM.
hollow, surrounded by a blue ring
603
pinched, sharp,
pointed features
bloated eyes
and exhausting
of the lips
;
blueness
numbness
the fingers
soreness of the
soles, as if blistered or
;
raw
trembling of the
;
mealy or
skin
I^EEYOirs System,
Languor, want
;
of motive
;
power
;
sudden prostration
weariness
local paralysis,
confusion
of ideas;
determination of blood to
the head
less
awake and
in the
rest-
for a
long time
;
disposition
to
sleep
day-time,
dis-
wakefulness at night
and agitated,
;
dread of
lighj;
extreme sensitiveness to
light.
Platinum.
Medichtes Related.
Specieic AcTioif.
Gelseminiim.
On
womb
and ovaries
on the brain
which
flooding
it
Applies.
;
jS'ervous,
hysterical,
;
and
racking nerve-pains
;
profuse
;
menstruation
ovarian
depression of spirits
It
is
fainting-fits
irritation
and
sterility.
also
useful
in
lead
poisoning.
604
PODOPHYLLUM.
SYMPTOMS.
Uterine System.
Excessive
womb
;
sensitiveness of the
de-
womb
protracted menses
forcing pains
;
prema-
bearing-down
dark,
imminent
miscarriage
thick,
flooding,
with
clots.
Pain^s.
Insufferable
digging,
cramp-like
;
aching,
chest
feet,
toes,
and thighs
aching in
and back
them
fits
gradually worse, or in
ing, until unbearable.
Neevous System.
in the
IS'umbness
;
in various parts
;
fits
of giddiness
Mandeake
Mediceois Eelated.
satilla,
Nux
Vomica.
Specific Action.
On
Congestion
;
;
bilious
diarrhoea
and vomiting
;
jaun-
passing of gall-stones
\
dysentery
prolapsus of the
;
womb
or rectum
piles
painters'
;;
PODOPHYLLUM.
colic
;
605
;
intermittent or remittent
^
fever
;
infantile
;
diarrhoea
;
dropsy
worm
in
affections
pleurisy
heartburn
water-brash
affections
brain,
liver.
SYMPTOMS.
General.
Sudden
Jerking pains
Bealn"
and
]S"ervotj8
;
System.
Giddiness
;
and dizziness
ful-
morning, the pain either at the top, forehead, or temples, with flushed face drawing in the temples feeling as though the
;
eyes would
become crossed
is cold,
especially
;
during teething in delicate children, with grinding of the teeth giddiness, with an inclination to fall forward ; headache,
alternating with diarrhoea
;
and
Pace.
Bathed
nose pinched.
Eyes.
Smarting or
j
head
heaviness of
drawing pain, accompanying that of the the eyes, with pain on the top of the head
pain in the eye-balls and temples, with heat and throbbing of the arteries eyes sunken j inflammation of the eyes in the
morning.
Mouth. Offensive odour and profuse the mouth on waking putrid taste, or
;
salivation
sourness of
;
;; ;
GOG
PODOPHYLLUM.
;
tongue
the
;
gums and
inside
of
the
cheek
and
ulcerated
Thkoat.
Throat
sore
and painful,
especially
when swallow;
ing liquids, worse in the morning, the soreness extends to the ears
rattling of
mucus
in the throat
Digestive System.
Appetite
goitre.
satiety
foul,
putrid taste
eating
tion
; ;
regurgitation of food
;
acid eructations
;
acidity,
;
heartburn
it
;
water-brash
;
soon
after
eating
long-lasting nausea
putrid taste
and odour
hoUowness at
;
by
or
frothy mucus
and coagulated.
death-like,
is is
lingering and
often attended
by severe and painful water-diarrhoea, accompanied by griping fulness over the liver chronic infl.ammation of the liver, with constipation colic, with
;
;
retraction
relieved
of
the
abdominal
muscles
by the application
in children.
of external
forward.
met with
Pulsatilla.
Medicines Belated.
phrasia, Hamamelis.
Cimicifuga,
Hydrastis,
Coyiium,
Eu-
" ;
PULSATILLA.
Specific Action-.
607
mucous surfaces of the eyes, ears, stomach, bowels, uterus, and generative organs on the veins, and in venous congestion on synovial membranes, and on the
; j
On the
gouty constitution.
Diseases to
which
it
Applies.
;
Eruptive
:
fevers, especially
inflammation
and
;
of
the eyes and ears, disorder of the stomach, especially from rich
;
;
bilious
attacks,
bilious
affec-
fever
tions occasioned
functions
whether of the respiratory or digestive violent shaking coughs ; bronchitis, with chilliness
cold,
by
and nausea
ill-effects
bowels
of the veins,
inflammation of the kidneys and bladder inflammation with Aconite ; " white leg ; " " housemaid's knee ;
erysipelas, gout,
and rheumatism.
SYMPTOMS.
repeated
and constant eructations, bitter or sour, or with taste of food bitter taste during mastication excessive nausea sweetish
;
;
taste
food,
and heartburn
hiccough
sour, bitter,
sive thirst
;
and
bilious
matter
exces-
sickness, retching,
and
vomiting of food
bloody
608
"Womb, Men'stetjation.
labour-pains
;
PULSATILLA.
Feeble,
suppressed,
or
excessive
difficult
always
periods generally
irregular,
;
and sometimes
bearing-down
or forcing pains.
External
tingling
Stjkface.
;
Spots
like flea-bites
itching, smarting,
pricking irritation
;
crops
of
pimples, which
suppurate, and are depressed at the centre, then yellow and red
and pale
heat of one side and coldness of the with casting of the skin the flushing, with coldness of the rest of the body or other skin generally hot and dry at night, the patient feels cold im;
;
mediately he
face,
is
uncovered
sweats on one
side, or general
and copious
small
between the
tense, elastic
tendency to con-
Keen
aggra-
warmth
;
of a room, alleviated on
of
;
air
;
stitching
sensation
coldness
upon
changes of weather
shifting pains,
fitful
aggravation
lying on
when
sitting, rising
from a
seat,
during
rest, or
when
EHETJM.
609
if
one side
dull heavy pressive pain in tlie head, as had been intoxicated, or passed the night without
;
the patient
;
rest
pain in
the head, as
if
Styes,
sensation as of
dimness of
thick, yellow
humour, or blood
difficulty of
;
offensive,
;
thick,
yellowish or
greenish
RheurQ.
ITedicikes
Ijpecacucmlia.
RKErM PalmatumEhtjeakb.
Antimonium
Crudum,
CJiamomUla,
Belated.
Specitic Actioit.
rest-*
ill-effects of
a chill in children
diarrhoea
caused by
strength
;
chill
diarrhoea preceded by
;
much
of infants
diarrhoea.
SYMPTOMS.
Stomach
as
if
at^d
Eowels.
faintness,
sinking,
and
sour,
great tight-
abdomen
2 R
accumulation of flatulency
; ;
610
having a sour smell
;
EHTTS.
looking
or brick-coloured urine.
Paests.
Spasmodic
is
pains
in.
the
increase of
Milk.
The
constantly thrown up
discoloration of
the milk
yellowish
Sleep.
Constantly
; ;
disturbed
starting
Rhus Toxicodendron.Poisoit-oae:.
MEBiCEsrES Eelated.
Speczfic Action-.
Bryonia, Arnica,
fibre
Bajptisla, Arsenic.
On muscular
;
also
Disorders to which
of
Applies.
Strains
the tendons;
subjects
scabs
;
stains
dark
when
or
associated
with low,
of
nervous fevers
of
typhus
the
digestive functions
bowel complaints
;
fever
dysentery
diarrhoea, especially
scrofulous
affections of
the
glands
; ;
PvHUS.
611
lungs
dropsy
vesicular eruption.
SYMPTOMS.
Pains.
Drawing,
during
rest,
by motion
smarting in swollen parts jarring in the joints on beginning to move ; creeping pain in
;
the head
if
torn
pain as of ulceration at
when moved
;
External Sfepace.
swelling and heat
ing,
;
Eruptions
;
of vesicles,
vesicles in rings,
inflammation and
one side of the face
swelling, heat,
;
and redness
of the
blisters
on the
autumn
fev^er
symptoms setting in with a succesded by ezcessive heat, and, subsein the evening, and continuing during
least
the night
chilliness
movement the
;
; ;
612
lips
RHUS.
dry and brown
;
torted
gan-
utter prostration
ness of the
face
legs.
!N"EEvoirs
;
abdomen
cold perspiration
on the face
fancies
System.
Wild
and
delirium,
sleep
sometimes
violent,
disturbed
and
the day, of
;
which there
is
paralysis of the
reeling giddiness,
with wavering,
muttering
deli-
uncertain gait
ivater
;
convulsive
movements
gloomy forebodings
sinking
to
light; trembling,
about the
Eelaxation
of the bowels,
with the
loose
drop-discharge of
insati-
blood-red urine
able thirst.
and constant,
of the
;
Gluing
eyelids at
bleeding at the
nose
dry,
odour
red tongue.
6ABINA.
613
Sabina.
Medices^es Belated.
Specieic Action.
Save^e.
Pulsatilla, Secale.
Ipecacuanha,
On the
and urinary
Yiolent
or
threatening miscarriage
derangements and
affections,
diflScuIties of
menstruation
gouty
and rheumatic
of toothache, especially
"Womb,
Mensteitation.
Acute
;
forcing,
with bearing-down,
;
discharge of
;
cramp in the
womb
much
excessive
irritation.
Yiolent
womb
wrenching in the teeth, aggravated by warmth, and worse in bed, or throbbing and aching in all the
teeth
;
darting in the
marrow
of the bones
;
and redness,
in the joints
frequent headache.
ExTEEi^AL
Sueeace.
Pallid
complexion,
with
livid
rings
Sambucus
Medicines Belated.
Viride.
Nigra.
^Eldek.
Ipecacuanha,
Gelseminum, Veratrum
; ;
614
Spectfic Action.
SAMBTJCUS.
On
;
t.lie
Spasmodic
affections of the
;
spasm
;
of
hooping-cough
toration
J
croup
dropsy.
symptoms.
Eeeathhtg.
of breath at night
External Surface.
numbness
nose,
tightness and
Determination
nostrils
;
of blood to the
;
stick}*,
stringy, thick
irritation,
if
with
the inside of
up
discharges of
The nostrils constantly dry or stopped blood from the nose the mouth very dry, or
;
filled
with frothy
saliva, or stringy
Secale.
Secale
Cornutum
Ergot
its
of Eye.
Medicines Eelated.
Specific Action.
Sahina.
womb
and
appendages
;
On the
on the
organic nerves
cord.
Diseases to which it
Spasmodic
; ;
and convulsive
in-
discharge of blood,
;
; ; ,
SECALE.
615
violent
;
efforts, or
contraction of
;
the
womb
flooding
incipient
symptoms
of miscarriage
ex-
cessive labour-pains
-delivery.
SYMPTOMS.
Womb and
MEJifSTKUATioiif.
^Violent contractive
movements,
with spasmodic, expulsive efforts, fulness, determination of blood, and bearing-down profuse and continued flooding, with
;
contractive movements,
liquid,
black
blood
great prostration
;
miscarriage
delivery
;
womb
after prematura
;
offensive
and
deficient
menstrual discharge,
weakness,
Spasm
;
in the
with torpidity and weight in the limbs general debility, weariness and indolence excessive anguish ; loss of consciousness
;
confusion
and giddiness
distortion
;
of
appre-
hension of death
and toes spasmodically distorted the back and limbs numbed, and pricking or tingling.
fingers
External Surface.
with
hollow eyes
Hollow,
sunken, pallid,
;
yellow face,
the eyes
eleva"
on the skin
616
rapid loss of hair
SEPIA.
violent heat, preceded by general shuddering,
followed by cold,
face
;
clammy sweats
dense eruption of
fine rash.
Sepia.
Sepi^
Sxjcciis
Jtjice or
the Cuttle-pish.
Medicines Belated.
Cimicifuga,
minum,
Pulsatilla.
its
;
On the womb and appendages on the Diseases to which Applies. Chronic functional
Specific Action.
disorders,
or
organic, peculiar
to
weak
vesic-
many
scrofulous conditions
ringworm
men-
struation.
SYMPTOMS.
"W"oMB, MenstPvUAtion.
age,
Corrosive
;
discharge at the
critical
menstrual periods
yellow or
acrid discharge,
with much
irritation
oppressive
womb, with
and without
j
scanty, weak,
or delayed or sup-
Beeathing, Chest.
vomiting
the sides
;
Night
cough,
with
particularly
;
oppressed and
;
breathing
determination of
chill
;
loose
oppressed
breathing, caused by
mucus
The pulse small, feeble, and irritacommonly quick and wiry at night, sometimes slow and
determination of blood to the head, chest, and
soft
womb
SILICEA.
617
heaviness
of the legs
;
after exertion
throbbing
excoriation in
;
mealy
yel-
or scabby, oozing eruptions, forming scabs, with intense irritation and itching amongst the hair
;
low or
patient
dirt}-
sallow
face
burning of the
;
or constant
coldness,
sits
apt to provoke
cheek
constant, cold,
torpid,
clammy per-
passive ulcerations of
;
of the fingers
burning heat of
swel-
ling of the
falling-off
of the hair
sour-smelling,
morning perspiration
tion
;
general deficiency of
;
warmth
eyelids
inveterate eruptions
Silicea.
Medicines Eelated.
Pulsatilla^ Phos^liorus,
Calcarea
Hhus.
Acidj ^Phosjoihoric
Hej^ar,
On the absorbent and exhalent the and mucous the DisoEDEEs TO WHICH APPLIES. Local determination
Specieic Actiok.
skin,
vessels
on
glands,
surfaces.
IT
of blood,
colourless
tumours
abscesses
enlarge-
618
the skin
;
SILICEA.
or passive
and ears
chronic affections of
want
mucous membrane.
Chronic ulcers
j
hysteria,
with a feeble or
exhausted constitution
SYMPTOMS.
ExTEEKAL Sfeface.
the toes
Colduess
feet,
beneath the
membranous parts
of the fingers
elastic, colourless
enlarge-
ment and
pallid
distortion of the
;
abscesses
profuse night;
sweats, sour
complexion
moist
oozing and
forming scabs
distension of the
permanent enlargement,
;
hardness
rupture, or pad-like
boils
spread-
excessive perspiration
the morning
Spigelia.
Medicines Related.
Cactus, Gelseminum.
Pink.
Arsenic, Bryonia,
;; ;
SPIGELIA.
619
SrECiric AcTioiT.
eyes, the head, the
On
neuralgic affections.
Diseases to
which
when
of
periodical or intermittent
:
nerve-
acute rheu-
matism,
generally
with
;
affection
the heart
rheumatic affections
j
disorders dependent on
worms
SYMPTOMS.
Pains.
Yiolent
arms
;
shooting in the
;
eyes,
tearing in the
chest
when
raising the
aching or
and
;
imminent
suffocation
all
the limbs
un-
the head,
burning over the outer surface of the head, especially about the
;
the least
movement
and nausea
back
of the
;
intolerable agony
pain
in the
thighs,
as
if
felt
during
speakthe re-
motion.
Chest.
Extreme shortness
is
;
of breath, especially
when
;
cumbent position
sion
of breath
620
compelling the patient to
6P0NGIA.
lie
or difficulty of
;
tremu-
the patient
duced
SpOngia.
Medicines Helated.
SpECiric Action.
ramifications,
its
SpON^GIA "UsTI
BtTKNT SPOlfGE.
On
of
the windpipe
to
excite,
and
and
its
its
primary
being
secondary
of the
Diseases to
mation
sions,
of
which it Applies. Acute or chronic inflamthe mucous surfaces of the windpipe and its extenair-cells
;
and of the
organs,
enlarge-
as croup, bronchitis,
ment
and
SYMPTOMS.
Beeathixg, Chest.
The
feeling as if
chronic
;
cough,
expectoration
hoarse,
husky voice
Stramonium.
Medicotes Belated.
seminurrij Cimicifuga,
Thokn
apple.
Belladonna,
; ; ;
STRAMONIUM.
Specific Action.
621
On
tlie
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
typhus
violent convulsive or spasmodic diseases, and its tissues whether dependent upon morbid and inflammatory irritation of delirium tremens the brain, or induced by violent emotion
;
hydrocephalus.
symptoms.
Nervous System.
Convulsive
; ;
and in-
much aggravated
spasms
rigid
sensation as
if
ending in permanent
out,
rigidity,
;
or
the
limbs
slowly
stretched
become
;
rigid
violent
spasmodic
laughter
sardonic grinning
or alternate whining,
delirium, running
sleep,
lethargic
upon one prevailing thought deep noisy and snoring, from which it is im;
giddiness,
succeeded by loss
consciousness,
all
and rigidity
;
the limbs
deep
and against which nothing can reassure him ; wild frenzy and destructive disposition delirium with the idea of ill-usage or
;
restraint,
or attendant, and
attention be for a
moment
diverted,
jump;
window
;
of objects
total
622
suLpnuK.
;
who
names other
name,
vacant,
or
if
told the
person's
appears incredulous
or objects
;
downcast stare
them
lids
upwards or sideways, the pupils extremely dilated the eyespasmodically closed the teeth ground together the
;
the
the limbs
give
;
way
when the
incapa-
bility to articulate
Sulphur.
Medicines Eelated.
Specieic
mucous
;
membrane,
combating
also in
and rousing a
cases of chronic
DisoPvDEKS TO
WHICH
IT APPLIES.
Almost
all
Again,
cases
;
originally
tractable,
perpetuated by
mineral preparations
glands
;
womb
inveterate
ulcers
and
exhalent vessels;
every description.
chronic ner-
vous affections.
Protracted
or whites,
and
;;
SULPHTJU.
623
SYMPTOMS.
ExTEENAL
Stjkface.
flat,
Eruptions
;
of scattered
ples, generally
swelling
perspiration of
the hands
warmth
;
of the bed
ulcers sur-
rounded by pimples
suppurating
sive,
;
sweating profuse
ticularly
on the chest, back, or arm-pits, on the hands and feet parperspiration from exertion, however slight habitual
; ;
;
chilliness
intense, burning,
red, hot,
of the skin
hue over the body, swelling, heat, and redness of the skin, with unbearable heat like erysipelas, with troublesome gnawing, itching, and tingling
soreness of the nipples
;
fine
eruptions
on the skin,
chiefly
on the limbs
red,
hot,
tingling,
(chilblains), or
when
ulcerated
on the knuckles
vesicles,
sour-smelling
;
livid
complexion
blue
;
red
sen-
and chin
; ; ;
624
SIJLPHUE.
yellow-coloured scabs
among
ment
the hair
and yellow
;
ealargeof the
liver,
sensitiveness
hands
numbness or swelling
;
of the
sweating of the
feet
when
dry
when hot
;
expansive,
hard, tense, and glossy, red swellings on the toes, with unbearable itching
;
or burning
Stomach
eructation
;
and
Bowels.
;
Constant
;
acidity
;
regurgitation
heartburn
ravenous appetite
throb-
dainty,
insipid,
foul,
;
incessant thirst
;
weak, slow,
farinaceous articles,
sickness,
with f aintness,
violent
after eating;
SULPHUE.
625
coloured matter
tightness and
weight in the stomach, liver, and bowels obstinate constipation imperfect, lumpy, detached, hard motions, with constant
;
desire
and urging
sponurine
with woolly,
oppres-
Habitual weakness
lump
or weight
;
of the chest
sion, heaviness, as of a
short,
impeded breath-
ing,
with sudden
;
arrest,
during sleep
the open
air,
by excitement or talking
speaking
breath
fatiguing, dry,
and
by a moist or raw
;
atmosphere
after eating
soreness
at
first
violent
attacks of coughing on
;
loose,
whitish mucus.
Pains.
by talking
induced by exertion
ing in the loins
;
bruised tear-
by
air,
or thinking
crown
darting,
28
62Q
piercing througli
tlie
THUJA.
ears
;
grip-
shooting about
the heart
legs,
and
fingers,
as
if
Pul-
Specific Action".
On skin
seen in
its effects
syphilitic
urinary organs.
Diseases to
which
it Applies.
One
of the
most
specific
is
also of service in morbid, fungous, hard, horny, or other excreBcenceSj or for syphilitic or sycosic eruptions.
SYMPTOMS.
The
veins of the
hand swollen
the
;
instep and extremities of the toes and fingers hot and swollen
feet,
when moved
when
the
extremities
of
and
;
sometimes extending to
chilblains
;
the elbow
cutaneous eruptions,
which
VEEATKUM ALBUM.
627
matter,
form
scabs,
scar,
but always
;
much
redness or rawness
morbid excrescences in the eyebrows or eyes tuberances on the skin pimples on the
;
lips
and
chin, or
evanescent or con-
Veratrum Album.
Mebicikes Eelated.
tahilis,
White Helleboke.
Veratrum Viride, Carho Vegesystem a^d mucous
Arsenic,
Specific Actiojst.
On the nervous
it
mem;
brane.
Diseases to
bilious
which
Applies.
;
Eemittent
;
bilious
fevers
derangements generally
from atmospheric or other causes, with vomiting and purging ; cholera, either malignant or bilious violent diarrhoea, with
cramp
drj^
derangements
robust girls
incidental to menstruation
deter-
womb
suppressed menstruation in
ague
Eavenous hunger
thirst,
excessive nausea
is
violent vomit;
extreme
;
coffee-
grounds
the stomach
yellowish,
628
iron
VERATRUM
i-LBTJM.
obstinate constipation, as
violent,
if
urine
rupture
with a
bitter,
sickness,
with
Mouth, Lips, ToifGUE, akd Throat. Dryness and clamminess ; mucus from the mouth frothy saliva about the lips dry,
;
cracked,
blackish lips
;
dry,
cracked
and blackish, or
;
red,
swollen tongue
throat,
yellowness of the
tongue
soreness of the
;
contraction of
External Stjreace. Heat, redness of the face, and shudderblue ing pale, wan, ghastlj'', sunken face, sharpened nose
; ;
icy coldness of
;
the nose, hands, feet, and legs, and of the crown of the head
cold,
face
bruised or beaten
;
general chill of
of feverishness,
clammy sweat
fits
;
flaccidity
of the skin
feeling as of a
Pulse
;
small,
determination of blood to
womb
Veratrum
Medicines Eelated.
cifuga, Hellebore,
Viride.
Green Hellebore.
VEEATEUM TIEIBE.
Specific Action.
629
On the
;
muscular
^Inflammation
of the brain
delirium
Yitus's
St.
;
Dance
spotted fever
fever
;
ephemeral
;
Gelseminum)
yellow fever
;
intermit-
tent fever
rheuma;
tism
headache
;
smallpox
;
scarlatina
erysipelas
scald leg
amaurosis
heartburn
ing
;
of the
;
stomach
violent vomit;
;
English cholera
diarrhoea
threatened abortion
;
of the
womb
painful menstruation
child-bed
SYMPTOMS.
Geneeal.
tion
;
Coldness
of the
pale
skin
Beain and
muscles
;
Spasmodic
;
twitchings of the
sound
sleep,
with frightful
;
dreams
cially
or
;
restless sleep,
;
chilliness
with nausea
tible pulse
headache,
determina-
when
teething
increased sensibility
convulsive twitchings
;
at one corner
dimness of
630
vision
;
YERATEUM YIEIDE.
walking brings on blindness and
f aintness
;
tlie
;
entire
ludi*
the head continually crous and horrible distortions of the face jerking; the body writhing ; tongue and jaws equally affected
Its first
curative effect
is
The fever and weaker, without much lessening its frequency. coldness which it applies begins with chilliness and nausea fco pale skin, of the body, especially the hands, face, and feet
;
;
flabby limbs
laboured breathing
quick,
;
weak
pulse
moan-
ing
rolling the
or, after
;
drowciness
;
considerable
sometimes great irritability of stomach the smallest quantity powerful expulsive of food or drink immediately rejected
;
dimness of vision
;
vesicles
and
rash
lips
dull,
with giddiness
nausea
;
drowsiness
;
pain
mouth
Chest.
Feeling
as of a
oppres-
f aintness
;
on rising from a
palpitation, with
recumbent posture
difficulty of breathing.
Digestive System.
The tongue
feels as if scalded
burning
Teratrtjm yieide.
in the throat, or feeling as
631
;
if
ex-
the region
evacuation
;
of the navel,
piles,
with
rumbling,
rectum
Uteeike System.
Yiolent
;
cutting,
menses
oppression of
from fright or sudden emotion nervous f aintcramps diarrhoea ness and exhaustion cold, clammy skin
; ;
;
heartburn
vomiting
headache
heaviness
;
of
the
head
epileptic seizures
without warning
or
at the chest
pricking
;
nausea
con-
rectum,
Erysipelas,
tingling
is
are
sick-
heat and
;
redness (erythema)
or blisters
tingling,
;
and
vesiccation
small blebs
in
skin
fevers,
with
tingling, prickling,
hypersen-
of the chest
and nausea.
Zinc.
MEDicrN:ES
Ulius.
ZrN^CTJM Metallictim
PiJEE Zinc.
Mercurius,
Graj)7iiteSy
Eelateb.
Gelseminum,
Specific Actioist.
motion
On the brain and muscles of voluntary on the nervous system generally, producing prompt and
fitrikino; effect.
632
Diseases to
znro.
which
it Applies.
;
Inflammatory
;
affections,
witb
sudden
loss of
;
control over
the muscles
complete or local
paralysis
SYMPTOMS.
Neeyoits System.
General
; ;
torpor,
or
numbness
violent
languor,
rapid oscil-
movement
of the limbs
sensation as
;
if
loss of the
power
or salt
ercise
;
of smell
;
humming
involuntary discharge of urine, particularly during extotal paralysis of the hands or feet
;
reeling,
giddiness,
incoherence,
disposition
ing,
;
or confusion of thought
capricious,
changeable
;
revolt-
absurd, or
is
frightful dreams
there
continued drowsiness.
THE END.
; ;
diaphragm.
,
distension
with
dull,
33.
uncomfortable feeling, as though Abnormal, unhealthy, morbid, too much food had been taken ; irregular. persons in hypochondriacs, of Abortion, miscarriage ; after the sedentary habits, and those subsixth month, premature labour ject to piles Carbo Veg., .Ntcx Aconite, Arnica, Cimicifuga,
;
Vo7nica,
Chamo?nilla,
Pulsatilla,
III, ii8. -,dropsyof(ascites') ; Arsenic, China, Mercurius, Ferrti?n, Iris, Apocynum, Digitalis, Chelidoniuni,
Abrasion,
Chamo7Jiilla,Pulsatilla, Secale, 449. loss of skin by scraping, excoriation ; if the extent is small,
merely rubbed off. Calendula Plaister, or the painting-on of Calendula Collodion. When from a fall, and there is
or grit in the carefully bathe with
dirt
pain
ladonna,
in,
colic
Chamo-
wound,
first
milla, Colocynth,
phyllum,
mica, 133.
warm
water
pendulous,
and a perfectly clean sponge, that every offending particle may be got rid of. When accompanied by a bruise, especially on the
forehead,
lotion.
bandage
459-
Ignatia,
Nux
Vomica,
bathe with
If obstinate,
Ablution; water
slightly tepid or
370.
634
Abscess,
matter
a
collection
pus
or
Advantages Adynamic,
debility,
the result of inflammation ; ; Belladonna, Arnica, Hepar, Silicea, China, spongio-piline, tepid compress, 314. Absorbents, minute vessels, conveying matters of various kinds to the blood ; as lacteals, lymphatics. Absorption of liquids, 18. AcARUS, an insect infecting the
body
After-birth
prostration. (placenta), retention of; Pulsatilla, Sec ale Corn. Application of cold hand, with pressure over abdomen, 459.
(lochia),
After-discharge
abundant
nica,
after
too
;
child-birth
Ar-
offensive skin, in itch, 322. Arsenic, Baptisia, tepid injection of Condy's Accessories to treatment, 29. Fluid, 462. Accidents, 369. Acidity; Carbo Veg., Pulsatilla, After-effects of scarlet fever, 69. Lycopodium, Ntix Vomica, Hyof measles, 78. Sulphur. Avoid sweet After-pains, drastis, succeeding child;
things (sugar even in tea), malt liquor, and wine, 118, 119, 478.
birth
Arnica,
Aconite,
Gelsemi-
num, Chamomilla, Cijnicifuga, 462. Age, right, for marriage, 441. Ague, chill, cold stage of an intermittent, China, Arsenic, Ignatia, 60.
of the
face
and forehead,
chiefly in
young
people ; Graphites, Nitric Acid, Mercurius, Hepar, Rhus, Sepia, Sulphur; ointment, Hydrastes,
glycerole, or lotion of remedies. Great attention to fresh air, exer-
Spirituous wines, coffee food, and must be refrained from, and cold, indigestible vegetables, as cucumbers, melons, and nuts of all kinds, raw apples, pears, and all cold drinks and ices. Good cow's or goat's milk, or whey, as a drink and article of diet, with light food, fresh vegetables, and ripe fruit, 310.
cise,
and
diet.
; a dropsical disease in which albumen shows itself in the urine ; chronic Bright's disease ; Phosphoric Acid, Eicpatorium Ptirpureu?n, Squills, Chi?naphila, Caulophylltmt, ApO' cynuni, Helonias, Phytolacca. Warm clothing, very careful diet,
high-seasoned
176178.
Alcohol, Aliments
17, 20.
allowed, 16
prohibited,
Amaurosis, gutta
tion,
serena, obscuraloss of vision from insensibility of the retina China, Belladonna, Ciinicifuga,
impairment or
of food, 18.
the the
stomach
bowels
on
on
the
the
of
food, 19.
Anemia,
Acute
166.
liver,
rheumatism, 329.
Mercurius, 348.
635
when
from paralysis
Aneurism,
Angina,
Plumbum,
the coats of an artery, 245. affections of the throat, 212. Angina, pectoris, spasm of the heart ; Arsenic^ Gelseminum, Cactus, 240. Anguish Arsenic, Aconite. Angular curvature of the spine,
;
Laurocerasus,
38.
Arsenic,
239-
Apollinaris Bath,
Apoplexy
(a striking
down), loss of
504.
and
Animals, bites of, 388. Anorexia, want of appetite, 122. Anthelmintic, vermifuge, antidote
for
worms,
Anthrax,
Antidote, a counter-remedy, an
agent to neutralise the action of a
remedy or a poison.
breathing continuing ; Opium, Belladonna, Nux Vo?nica, Aconite, Conizwt, Veratrum, Arsenic, Acid Hydrocyanic, 252. Apparent death from choking, a fall, hanging, suffocation, 405. Appetite, craving ; Arsenic, Nux Vomica, 107.
,
Antimonium Crudum,
529.
the, 12.
Tartaricum,
Antiphlogistic, remedies
Antiseptic,
putrefaction.
529. in the
designed
to
prevent
a cavity
Antrum-highmorianum,
soreness
deranged, depraved ; Veratrum, Album, Antimonium Cj'udutn. Nitric Acid, Nux Vomica, Cicuta, Graphites, Calcarea, 108. Chamomilla, Igna-, loss of; natia, Nux Vomica, China, Ar,
Belladonna, Mercurius,
Acid Nitric.
Anus,
excoriation of, Alumina, Graphites, Chamomilla. , fissure of; Arsenic, Hydrastis, Nitric Acid, Vomica, yEscuhis, Aloes, Plumbtim. , soreness of; Mercurius. Anxiety; Arsenic, Calcarea, Veratrum Album, Hellebore, Kali Hy,
Phosphoric Acid, Hydrastis, CocMoschus, 108, 122. Apyrexia, intermission of a febrile condition the condition of intermittent fever, or ague between the paroxysms ; sometimes used to denote the cessation of a fever. Arachnoid, resembling a spider's web, a thin membrane of the brain, between the dura and pia mater ;
culiis,
;
it is
serous,
Nux
layers.
Ardor urin^,
pias Syriaca, 18 1.
driodicum. Aorta, the main artery of the body. Aphonia, loss of voice ; Causticum, Phosphorus, Gelseminum, Rumex,
95.
Arnica Montana,
Aphtha,
seniCf
thrush, sore
ChaiJiojJiilla^
mouth
Ar-
Hydrastis,
Arsenic, 534. Arthritis, gout ; literally inflammation of the joints, 326. Ascaris, ascarides, small intestinal worms, or entozoa ; lombricoides, or long, round, and ver-
636
miculares, or thread,
Colocynth,
Rtcta,
Aurum,
535.
Axilla, the
It contains arm-pit. areolar tissue, lymphatic glands, the main artery and vein, and numerous sebaceous or sweet follicles.
Asiatic Fever, 160. Asphyxia, suspended animation, as produced by drowning, hanging, or suffocation
;
Axis, the second vertebra of the neck, forming the axis on which the head turns.
it
arises
from
Baden-Baden Baths,
Baking,
effects of, 19.
39.
the fact of the outer air being cut ofif, the unchanged venous blood stagnates in the minute vessels of the lungs. Asphyxia may sometimes be occasioned by irritating gases or odours, producing spasmodic closure of the glottis. Lay the patient on the back, with head
slightly raised,
Baths and Bathing, 33-36. Bath, Spa, 39. Bandages, how to apply, 376.
Baptisia, 536.
of, 39.
Bearing-down
147.
of the lower-bowel,
ward,
chest,
move
of the
womb,
440.
and upwards, 402. Asthenic, extremely weak, applied to disease of low type or character.
Belladonna,
Biceps, the
of the
539.
thigh.
fluid,
double-headed muscle
arm and
Asthma,
of breathing in accompanied by a paroxysms, wheezing sound, tightness at the chest, cough and expectoration ; Arsenic, Ipecacuanha, Asclepias
difficulty
Gelseminum, Lobelia, Tuberosa, Acid, hydrocyanic ; Leduin, Pul235. of Millar, 417, 487. Atrophy, wasting, as from want of nourishment, or because the organs are unable to assimilate it Arsesatilla,
Asthma
greenish, viscid, secreted by the liver ; it serves to rid the body of superfluous hydro-carbon, to emulsify nutritive matters, and to stimulate the bowels, 106. Bilious, that which is produced by bile, an epithet loosely applied to certain constitutions and diseases, which are supposed to be specially subject to, or arise from,
bitter,
Bile,
yellow,
nauseous
lacca
daily
superabundance of bile ; Mercuritis, Iris, Podophyllum, Leptandra, Hydrastis, apply specially to such constitutions, 129.
be immersed, 489.
Birth, management of infant at, 460, Bladder, catarrh of (chronic inflammation) ; Pulsatilla, Hydrastis, Chimaphila, Collinsonia, Erigeron, Eupatorium, Mercurius, Terebinth,
Ursi, 182. distension of; Belladonna, Vojnica, Opiicm ; hot fomentations, 181. inflammation of; Aconite, ,
Attenuation,
emaciation
;
applied to disease,
homoeopathic medicine, specific dilution of a medicine ; it sometimes is used to denote its strength. Auricles, the two upper cavities of the heart, one right, the other left ; the right receives the blood of the body, the left the blood from the lungs.
to
Uva
Nux
Belladonna,
satilla,
637
irritability
of;
Chamo-
Gelsemifium,
Caniharis,
183.
Hyoscyamus,
Aconite, Cantharis,
Nux
'
'
Vomica,
Viride,
Gelseminiim,
Veratrum
(See
stone
184.
-,
in.
Calculus.
;
'
thickening of coats of
Merc.
lod.
Bleeding may be
tincture
water
if the wound is on the by that of the hand, succeeded by a roll or two of calico bandage of three fingers' breadth, which can easily be torn off as wanted, if on the hand, arm, or If a finger, hand, or arm is leg. deeply or badly cut, it must be
thread, finger
;
kept in a sling, that the flow of blood may be moderated. If a leg, the patient must lie with the limb flat, or slightly elevated. "When blood simply oozes, or drops from a wound, it is only venous ;
advised as pressure and rest, above, will control it ; but if there be spurting, an artery, though but a small one, has been injured a finger or thumb must be firmly pressed down on it at once, and kept there until the bleeding stops.
:
inner side and middle of the thigh or arm the key of the room, a short ruler, a stout penholder, or even a wooden tobacco-pipe, put into the knot before it is tied then tied, and the key made to twist the handkerchief up so as to tighten it as far as possible, and increase the pressure from the knot, 370, 391-395Bleeding of the nose, 361, 394. Blood is formed from the chyle ; it permeates and nourishes every organ and texture of the body, and is the source from which every secretion is obtained. Arterial blood is of a florid, or bright red colour ; venous blood, of a brownish red, hence often called black, is the remains of the arterial blood, after the different elements have been taken from it in nutrition, and the products of absorption added to it. The serum, or liquor sanguinis of the blood, holds fibrin, albumen, and various salts, as chlorides of
potassium and sodium, phosphate of lime, carbonate of soda, Jime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and lactate of soda, in solution, with an animal colouring substance, and a little fatty matter. The quantity of blood in the body varies from 15 to 20 lbs., and the proportion of arterial to venous blood is about four to nine.
,
Remember that the main artery in the thigh and the arm runs straight down on the inner side, and that pressure on its course nearer the body than the wound speedily checks arterial hsemorrhage. The readiest plan is grasping with one hand or both, with the thumbs and fingers on the middle of the inside But as hands are apt of the limb. to get tired, and as doctors are not always at hand, as a substitute, use a twisted handkerchief long enough to go round and a little to spare, the knot made over the
spitting of;
Aconite,
Ar-
nica,
cuanha, 223.
may
actual
rupture of a
vessel
in
; ;
638
cavity of the lungs ; Aconite, Ipecacuaftha, Drosera, Haniamelis, Trillium, may be tried in the order in which they stand. Aconite, if there be fever. Ipecacuanha, if there be nausea. Drosera, if there be general congestion and the two last if obstinate, 223.
fiir^
thief;
thought, emotion, and will, or It has three membranes volition. for its nourishment and protection the dense fibrous " dura mater," the vascular " pia mater," and the Its average filmy "arachnoid." weight is a little more than 3 lbs. Brain, concussion of, or " being stunned," as from a blow, fall, or
shock
fainting
sickness,
stupor,
having its after an indefinite period of pain it " points," becomes white or yellow, and
breaks, discharging pus, or matter, mixed with blood. When it breaks, a small, greyish, fibrous mass, consisting of dead tissue, appears, called the core, or set-fast, until the separation of which the boil will not heal ; Arnica, JSellis, Belladonna, Hepar, 311.
insensibility,
move
porary in its effects, or so severe as to cause injuiy to the brain, softening, and death ; Arnica, Aconite, Belladonna, Opium, Gelseminum, Veratrum Viride, with
rest, quiet,
,
and
congestion of, increased heat of the head, throbbing, fulness, and v/eight, eyes somewhat inflamed
and
ear
Borborygmus,
bowels
niilla,
flatulence
Vomica, 122.
Born ALIVE
to
be
"bom
alive"
a child must breathe after it is wholly born ; for it to have breath "in transitu" is not sufficient. Bowed legs arise from children being allowed to stand or walk too soon before the bones are at all consolidated. Rubbing with the hand, in quite young children, with Calcarea, may help to remedy them, 509. Bowels, inflammation of the, 174. , consumption of the, 343. state of the, 12. , stoppage of the, 139. Brain, otherwise called the "cerebrum," includes several masses of white and grey nervous matter, and is to be regarded as but a continua,
inflammation of (meningitis). dry, hot skin, intense pain, eyes inflamed, great dread of light, prostration, delirium, vomiting Belladonna, Aconite, Veratrum Viride, Hyoscyamus, Bryonia, 260265.
inflammation of tubercular attended by tuberculous deposit on the brain or its membranes ; commencement insidious ; cough, headache, peevishness, appetite capri-
then pain in the head, and dread of light, remission of symptoms, then stupor, heaviness, convulsions, insensibility ; Veratrum Viride, Belladonna, Aletris, Opium, Hellebore, Hyoscyamtis, Stramonium, Nux Vomica, Zinc,
cious,
restlessness,
listlessness, great
drowsy
260.
,
over-work (brain-fag),
tired.
INDEX AND DICTIONAET.
everything a trouble, brain feels weary, stomach sympathises Niix Vomica, Aletris ; Acid, Phospho7'ic ; Helonias, Xanthoxyllum, 119, 2\% et seq. Brain, softening of; one of theresuits of inflammation, attended by constant pain in the head, failure of memory, a proneness to be easily affected either by joy or sorrow ; numbness, cramps, sleeplessness, then paralysis, or uncertain attacks
listlessness,
;
639
Bright's
Disease, albuminuria, with a tendency to dropsy in the acute form it sometimes follows
;
scarlatina ; it may be produced also by cold, cholera, or intemperance. In the chronic form it is
either by granular, lardaceous, or fatty kidney. For the acute form. Apis, Apocynum, Squills, Acid, Phosphoric. For the chronic, see body of work, 176.
accompanied
Broken Bones,
asthmatical.
396.
Bran,
poultices
of,
;
30.
Broken-winded, emphysematous,
divisions of the wind-pipe, with their ramifications. Bronchitis, inflammation of the bronchial feverishness, tubes, shortness of breathing, wheezing rattling of mucus ; Bryonia, Ipe-
Brandy-mania
phuric Acid,
Nux
Bread,
poultices
of, 30.
Breast, abscess
(l)
if
" gathered " of, inflammation result from a blow, Arnica, Bellis (2) if from cold. Belladonna, Mercurius, Hepar, 466. abscess of, when broken ; Arnica, Silicea, Hydrastis, China,
: ,
Kali
467.
-, cancer of ; age about forty. hard enlargement, pain as from a hot needle, pain down the arm, glands in arm-pit often sympathise, straw-coloured complexion commonly, but not always ; Hydrastis, Conium, Condurango (for pain), Ars., lod., Sanguinaria,
no
signs
Hyirritat-
Baptisia,
201-206.
from
particles in-
Arsenic, Lo-
201.
goitre),. an
Bronchocele
wen,
air passages
(Derbyshire - neck, enlargement of the thyi-oid gland, from drinking water at all hard, or impregnated with lime or chalk [Spongia, Iodine) ; drink only boiled filtered water,
343-
BroVv^-AGUE,
felt
every or every other day prevalent in marshy dis tricts ; China, Arsenic, Cornus,
chiefly
Breathing,
the, 9.
Imatia.
INDEX
A:NT>
DICTIONAPwY.
1.
370, 390.
2.
between the great toe and the next, or wearing Arnica felt plaister, with a circular hole cut in. Should it threaten to gather, treat as an
abscess, 321.
solution of chloride of zinc, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant, originally used to preserve timber or canvass.
injuries pro-
3.
Arthritic, tophi, or chalkstones Kali Hydriodiciim internally and externally. Biliaiy, biliary concretions, gall-stones, composed of thickened bile, or chiefly of cholesterin, found in the gallbladder, the substance of the liver or the hepatic ducts. Causes obscure. If quiescent, they give no uneasiness when they pass, they occasion intense agony and violent retching ; Aconite and Chamofnilla, or JVzcx Vomica and Podophylliwi, alternately, with hot fomentations. Urinary, sometimes from the kidney, more commonly
;
Urtica
blister-
Cantharides ; if extensive, flour well, and envelop in cotton wadding, after removing the
formed in the bladder, by precipitation or irritation. If the urine be acid, changing litmus-paper red, vegetable diet ; if alkaline, changing
turmeric-paper
brown
an
posit.
Buxton,
39.
Cachexia,
stitution,
cachexy,
vitiated con-
difficult.
Rain-water
filtered,
bad
and
nutrition.
It
may
arise
from
cancer, tubercle, or syphilis ; or be produced by close confinement in dark, ill-ventilated rooms ; or it may result from malaria, as in ague.
scrofula,
Calisthenics
(jQtvoq,
Cactus,
543.
Calcaria Carbonica,
543. Calculus, a concretion lormed in the reservoirs or excretory ducts of the body ; either the slow result of deposit, or occasioned by irritation. Those chiefly requiring notice are the Arthritic, or Gouty, the Biliary, and the Urinary, 183.
of displacing own nature neighbouring tissue, and reproducing itself in other parts of the body. It is called cancer or "crab," from its hideous appearance when ulcerated, from the tortuous veins surrounding it, or
affection
"
" ;
641
Canker,
as
of the
;
breasts, sto-
or soft, as the encephaloid, or brain-like ; or fungoid and colloid, or jelly-like ; Hydrastis, Iodide, Arsenicum, Conium, Baptisia, Comocladia, Galium Aperinum, Calendula, Hamamelis, Cistus, Canadensis,
ulceration of the mouth or throat ; Hydrastis^ Merc. Cor. , Baptisia, Arsenic^ Chlorate of Potass gargle, 363.
or angle of the
Capillary,
sels
;
hair-like,
minute ves-
terminations of the arteries and veins are so termed. Carbo, charcoal, one of the elementhe
tary bodies, used in homoeopathic medicine in the form of vegetable and animal charcoal, and graphites.
In bulk it is a good antiseptic, and is a capital application to gangrenous and foetid ulcers of all kinds.
Carbolic Acid, 32. Carbonic acid, a heavy, colourless gas, a compound of oxygen and
carbon ; no light will burn in it no animal can breathe it. It is a chief product of respiration, after the oxygen in the air breathed has been exhausted in the lungs. In the form of mephitic vapour, or choke or fire-damp, it collects in mines and vaults ; quick-lime absorbs it readily if introduced into a suspected vat, barrel, well, or vault. It is the main agent in effervescing drinks, as soda-water
as canine laughter ; canine teeth, two in the upper and two in the lower jaw, behind the four front teeth, sharp, like those of the dog ; they are otherwise called cuspids, and those in the upper jaw are commonly called the eye teeth. In children, these teeth often come in a most irregular fashion ; they very commonly right themselves. Canities, blanching, greyness or whiteness of the hair j sometimes it happens suddenly through strong
extendeep-seated, flat boil, the result of low vitality and great debility, affecting chiefly certain localities, as the nape of neck, and accompanying certain diseases,
cancer, 338.
emotion
at others,
without people, Vigorous brushing, attencause. tion to general health ; Asparagus, Hydrastis, Acid, Phosphoric. No or leaden dyes, or cosmetics, combs should be used.
3". Carcinoma,
' '
'
gastralgia,
stomach extending
2t
642
by
Catarrh,
188.
epidemic,
*'
influenza,"
Carditis, inflammation of the muscle or substance of the heart ; symptoms similar to those of inflammation of the covering membrane
pericardium, Aconite, Cactus, Bryonia, Mei'curiiis, 240. Caries (decay), ulceration of bone " necrosis " is its death; it is acor
, nasal ; sneezing, pains in the head, obstruction of the nose, chilliness ; Camphor or Dulcamara as preventives Nux Vomica, Pulsatilla, yEsctihis, Cimiciftiga, Gelseminu77t, Arsenic, Mer;
ctiritis,
,
188.
pulmonary,
bronchitis,
201.
-,
summer
"hay-fever;"
238.
-, uterine, uterine leucorrhcea, 429. Causes, character, and symptoms of disease, 4-6.
companied
by
swelling,
inflam-
mation, often abscess and sanious discharge, and followed by fistulous openings ; caused by blows,
specific virus,
or morbid
consti-
Causticum,
548,
Caution
in
Carlsbad,
38.
and waters,
Cephalitis,
Carrageen
Cephalgia, headache,
brain, 260-265.
265.
inflammation
of
the
of moss soaked in three pints of cold water ; boil for a quarter of an hour ; sugar and lemon-juice may be used to flavour, or milk substituted for
dysentery.
An
ounce
and Cerate simple, an excellent vehicle for any external remedy, is made
I oz. of white wax to 2oz. of wax, 9 parts ; lard ; for the lips olive oil 16 parts ; coloured with alkanet-root, and medicated with
of
water.
seizure
or
Calendula, or Hydrastis without the alkanet. Spermaceti cerate spermaceti, i oz., white wax
3 oz., olive
oil,
Cerebellum,
main
made
power
assume
of
will
It
is
pended.
attacks.
sudden
the
in
its
and communicating with it by the its average medulla oblongata weight is 5^ oz. ; in a vertical
;
Catamenia,
" periods."
menses,
usual
Cataract,
preventing the passage of rays of The Cerebro-spinal Fever, 501. light, and precluding vision. causes are obscure ; it usually Cerumen (cera wax), the yellow, acrid, unctuous fluid secreted by affects elderly people ; Cannabis. the glands of the ear, which lubriCatarrh, discharge from a mucous cates the passages, and prevents membrane, 185. bodies floating in the air, and bladder, of, raucous or Hardinsects, from penetrating. puriforra discharge from, 181.
,
resembles the branches its function appears to be that of regulating muscular movement. It is divided into two lobes or hemispheres.
section
it
of a tree
;;
643
it
ness,
swelling,
;
tingling, itching,
Chafing,
trigo, a
Erythema,
fret or gall
Inter-
of the skin ; excoriation from friction or cold winds between folds of the skin, Chamo7nilla ; as in fat children. and Causticum as a lotion ; Veratrum Viride, or Hydrastis, locally
and pain equal parts of Arnica and glycerine, well rubbed in night and morning ; if too painful to bear this, Tamtis Communis^ lightly brushed on ; if blistered,
Cantharides lotion ; if ulcerated or broken, Hydrastis ointment, applied as plaisters, and Silicea and Arsenic night and morning, 320. Child-bed fever, puerperal fever, after delivery, hot skin, shivering, disappearance of the milk, tenderness of the abdomen, sickness, delirium ; Aconite, Verairm7i Viride, Bellado'ina, Merctirius.
and
Chalybeate,
of the attendant symptoms of flushing, sick-headIt generally ache, and the like. occurs about the age of forty-five, or thirty years from the commencement of menstruation. (See also "Woman's Guide. ") 426. Chapped, fissured, cracked, as of Calendtda, in the lips or hands the form of glycerole, Graphites internally, or Hydrastis, both in-
Chamomilla,
menses,
with
all
its
Child-crowing,
Children,
of,
470
diseases
472
China,
550.
ternally
and
locally.
effects
Characteristic
521.
and
indi-
Charcoal,
poultice
38,
38.
of,
31.
during labour, 457. (xXwpoe/c green), pallor, yirginum, green-sickness ; there is a pallor of anemia, with a yellowish-green aspect, peculiar odour of the breath, irregularity or suppression of menstruation, a peculiar blowing sound in the arteries, shortness of breath, depressed appetite and debility Pulsatilla, Arsenic, Helonias, Ferrum, Calcarea Phosphorica, 417. Choice of Doctor, 455 ; of nurse,
Chloroform
Chlorosis
376. or pigeonbreasted, projection of the breast bone, causing deformity of the chest ; it is produced by repeated attacks of croup or Millar's asthma, in children, or by curvature of the spinal column forward. Graduated and regulated gymnastic exercises in an early stage, with attention to the general health and state of the spine.
454.
prevalent
in
and occasionally
vomiting,
violent
Chicken-pock,
curius, 79.
Belladonna, Mer-
Chilblain,
erythematous inflam-
644
Choleraic, resembling
cramp
"St.
Chronic
.
liver,
169.
Classification of baths, 37-39. Clavicle, the collar-bone. Clavus, a nail, clavus hystericus, a severe pain in the head in hysterical subjects, which is as though a nail were being driven in j Ignatia, 94.
of the kidneys, 182. of the windpipe, 214. Chyle, the nutritive fluid, of a milky whiteness, extracted, by from the intestinal absorption, chyme ; i.e., food after it has beep subjected to the process of digestion.
95.
39.
Climacteric
Chyme,
food
the mass into which the reduced, after being subjected to the action of the stois
{K\ifiaKTr,p, a step), times in life, or periods at which great changes take place change of Life, 426. Clonic, tumultuous or irregular conor vulsions, convulsions with quick, alternate relaxation ; in a tonic convulsion there is constant
rigidity.
mach and gastric juice, 18. Cicatrisation, the process by which a scar is formed. CiMiciFUGA, 551. CiNA, 553. Circulation, the motion of the
^
COFFEA CrUDA,
557.
blood through the body, discovered Colchicum, 558. by Harvey in the reign of Charles Cold in the head, 474. Colic, severe pain in the bowels, I. ; it is sent from the left ventricle usually about the navel, Chamoof the heart, through the arteries milla, Colocynth, Mercurius^ and capillaries, to every part of Aconite, Nux Vomica, Bellathe body ; from these it enters the do7i7ia, 133 ; in infants, 477. veins, and returns to the right side of the heart, from which it is Collapse, sinking, failure of vital power, as in cholera, or after an forced into the lungs, to be puriaccident, 402. fied or oxygenised by the inspired air ; it then, by the pulmonary Colliquative, a term applied to various discharges, as diarrhoea, veins, is poured again into the In the or perspiration, producing inheart. left side of the creasing exhaustion. lungs it is mixed with the chyle, Colloid, resembling glue or jelly. the process of digestion.
Cirrhosis, of the
liver,
granulated,
tubercular, or hob-nail liver, where the extremities of the bile-ducts are choked with bile, and the
substance of the liver itself, badly nourished, is shrunken or atrophied. The term is also, sometimes, applied to lardaceous or albuminous liver; of the lung, a tendency to consolidation or con-
558. large bowel divided the asinto the three portions cending, the transverse passing across the abdomen, and the descending, which ends in the rectum, or lower bowel. Cookery for the Sick and Conva-
lescent,
515-521.
Coma,
lethargy, stupor.
; ;
645
away,
Consumption, a wasting
pieces
comminuted when
treatment
a the
;
bone
is
Common Accidents,
369-411.
progressive emaciation and feebleness, as an accompaniment of disease, seen in a marked manner in connection with tubercular affection of the lungs ; hence consumption has become a synonymous term ; Hama7tielis, Drosera, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Sanguinaria, Calcarea,
Ferrum, Stannum,
Elaps,
overwhelming
371.
emotion
Arnica,
are the principal remedies, 225-535. galloping, phthisis pulmo, nalis, or tubercular consumption,
1
speof
Congestion,
over-fulness of the blood-vessels of any organ, usually associated with debility and oppression, sometimes with collapse. of the womb, 434.
the
lining
inflammation of the conjunctiva ophthalmia Aconite, Belladonna, 352. Constipation, confined state of the bowels Niix Vomica, Opitim^ Mercui'ius, Bjyonia, Alumina, Hydrastis, 12, 136, 480. Constituents of mineral waters, y]. Constitution, the peculiar structure and connection of parts which characterise a system or body the prevailing state of the organs of the body in their individual and
;
;
Conjunctivitis,
and
Contracted Eyes,
Contra-indicated,
16.
opposed
to
arrangement, order, or a robust, feeble, cold, phlegmatic, bilious, nervous, or irritable constitution. In a good constitution every organ is well developed, endowed with due energy, and performs its functions with ease ; peculiarities of, 17. Constitutional Origin of Diseases, 325.
relative
activity, as
the nature of a disease. Contused Wounds, 380. Contusion, a bruise more or less severe or extensive, produced by a blow from some blunt weapon, or by forcible contact against a resisting substance ; the blood is thereby stagnated in the capillaries, or effused by the rupture of Arnica is the several of them. best application, 376. Convalescence, the stage of re-
covery from
illness.
646
Convalescent, cookery
514.
Counter-extension,
Convulsion,
violent and involuntary contraction of some of the muscles of the face or the limbs ; when slight, it is sometimes called
the holding of the upper part of a limb very firmly whilst the lower is drawn carefully down, as in fracture or
dislocation.
Counter
a tremor, 491.
Core, the
small,
central part of a boil ; a greyish, fibrous mass of dead tissue appearing in the middle of a boil when it breaks ;
- irritation, irritation produced in one part of the body, with a view of lessening that existing in another, as by a mustard
plaister.
popularly, it is termed "a setfast, " as the boil does not heal until it is thoroughly separated or
cast
off,
Cow-pox,
the
pustule
;
resulting
it is
from vaccination
sometimes
311.
used to denote, also, the attendant fever and constitutional disturbance, which is controlled by and Veratrutn Viride, 513. CoxAGRA, CoxALGiA, pain in the hip, either neuralgic or from rheumatic inflammation, 345. CoxARUM MORBUS, a scrofulous disease of the hip, with affection of the cartilage, disease of the bone,
Acotiite
dis-
occasioning shortening of the limb, and sometimes hectic and death, 345. Cradle, a semicircle of thin wood, or strips of wood and wire, for keeping the bed-clothes from broken bones, or in rheumatic
fever.
Corpulence,
obesity,
fat
an unusual
or flesh in proportion to the build of the body. To be controlled by avoidance of sugar and starch in articles of diet, and by exercise. the CORYZA, inflammation of Schneiderian membrane of the with increased discharge ; nose, cold in the head, rheum, or running at the nose Camphor, Dulcafuara, Mercuriusy Arsenicum,
;
developement of
Cramp,
involuntaiy, sudden, painful contraction of a muscle or muscles, most frequently of the legs or toes ; it is a marked symptom of cholera. Veiatnim
highly
Albzitn, 287.
^scuhis, 474.
Cough,
ally
and usuexpulsion of air from the lungs, the result of irritation of the throat, windpipe, or bronchial tubes. Belladonna, Hiosforcible, audible,
repeated
forte
playing.
^sculus,
Nux
cya77itis,
Spo7igia,
Pulsatilla,
14,
Vomica,
treatment.
galvanism,
hydropathic
;'
64:
Cream,
which
training,
and
to
dispose
this
allowed to
rest
it
Graduated exercises and manipulation of the muscle, together with constitutional remedies, are the
treatment enjoined, 504, 507.
rheumatic affection of the muscles of the neck, causing the head to be Cuts and Wounds, 370. held on one side ; Rhus, Arnica, Cuticle, the outer scarf-skin, or epidermis. Cimicifuga, ^sculus, 337. Crisis, a decisive turn or height of Cutis, the skin, or outer covering of the body, consists of three any acute disease. layers the epidermis, or scarfCroup, spasmodic sawing breathing, the result of inflammation of the skin ; the retemucosum, the seat of the complexion ; and the derma lining membrane of the windpipe usually confined to children or true skin. It serves as a prothe attack comes on suddenly tection, is the seat of touch, and serves for the exhalation of persometimes it follows a common cold. Aconite, Spongia, 209. spiration. Its heat, dryness, or
if Calendula plaster ; deeper. Calendula lotion ; if very large, stitches may be required.
slight.
false or spurious,
" Millar's
Asthma," 487.
of the not frequent in hysterical females, attended by a long, protracted, loud, convulsive cough, followed by a crowing respiration, and attended by a difficulty of breathing so great as to threaten suffocation. Gelseminuni, Moschus, Ipec, 279.
hysterical.
spasm
Cutis anserina,
goose-flesh,
when
become
Aconite,
is of two kinds. curvature, commencing early in life, the result of disease of the bones of the spine, ends in incurable deformity, or humpback. It is a manifestation of scrofulous disease. Absolute rest in the recumbent position. Lateral curvature, or Twist, is much more common, especially in young
;
suffering from, or during Dulcainara, Rhus, Mercurius. Damp Sheets, to test, place a polished clean drinking tumbler in for a few minutes ; if it be dimmed, the sheets must not be used. If there be any doubt, remove them ; sleep in the blankets or dry rug. Take Rhus and Mercurius.
Damp,
Dandriff,
carea.
Dandy
P'ever.
(See "Dengue.")
the inevitable re-
Deaf-dumbness,
sult in children
girls
one shoulder
is
higher than
the other, one shoulder-blade more prominent than the other, and the spine bent to one side. Stays, the position girls are allowed to assume, general delicacy, bad
born deaf, and the dread of those who have been deaf Special education is for years.
required
deaf, 360.
for
Deafness may
arise
from inflamma-
648
tion
;
rSTDEX
AND
BICTIOIfAEX.
from thickening from ac- 'Deformities in Children, 504, cumulation of, or hardened wax ; 509. from debility, as after fever ; from Delirium, wandering of mind, rava cold ; from throat affection from ing, as the result of sympathetic enlarged tonsils ; from thickening or real brain affection ; Belladonna, of the membrane of the drum, or Aconite, Ve^-atrum Viride, Hyosits partial or entire destruction cyamus. from disease of the bones of the Delirium Tremens, "the horear ; from paralysis of the nerves ; rors," "mania a potu," delirium from malformation. Pulsatilla and of drunkards, opium-eaters, or Hydrastis for recent cases ; Sulthose addicted to tobacco ; it is phur, Belladonna, and Mercurius, preceded by lassitude, watchfuland Mercurius ness, headache, and loss of appeProto-iod. for throat deafness ; Baptisia for detite ; Nux vomica, Gelseminum, bility, or Sanguinaria ; GelsemiCypripeditcm, Opium, Hyoscyanum, China, or Arsenicu77i for nermus, Cimicifuga, 292. vous deafness. Considerably in- Delivery, management after, 465. creased wax ; Coniuni, Mei'curius, Deltoid, the triangular muscle of shoulder, or upper part of the arm. Calcarea, Amnion. Mur., Silicea^ Dengue, the dandy, or break-bone to render it natural, 70, 74, 358.
; ;
;
Death,
apparent,
is
distinguished
by the look of the eye, and seldom fatal ; preceded by examination of the chest, or a languor, chilliness, and pains in mirror dimmed when held to the the tendons ; Cimicifuga, Etcpamouth, or the movement of down torium Perfoliatum. placed below the nostrils, 402. sudden, is ordinarily caused Dentition, the process of cutting the teeth, which is carried on from by disease of the heart, apoplexy, the fifth to the eighth month. The or the rupture of an aneurism first, or milk teeth, are twenty in sometimes by rupture of some innumber ; of these, the first are the ternal organ. Death, beginning at two middle teeth of the lower jaw, the heart, sudden syncope gradthen the two corresponding of the ual, asthenia ; in the lungs, apupper jaw. During this period noea ; in the brain, apoplexy. children are liable to feverishness, Debti-ITY, weakness, prostration fretfulness, diarrhoea, and someChina, Arsenic, Veratruin Albtwi, times convulsions ; Aconite, ChaAletris, Helonias, Phosphoric Acid. viomilla. Rheum, and Belladonna, Excitement during the continuance are the principal medicines. of an acute affection, unless the The
'
fever of the West Indies, a variety of rheumatic fever, violent in its symptoms, but of short duration,
begin to abate
when
ties
the symptoms or the time of life the physical and moral facul;
when
second, or permanent teeth, are thirty-two the shedding of the first set begins at six or seven, and the replacement and completion by the second occupies until the thirteenth year, 483.
;
Depressed Nipples,
Indicates,
ing, 483.
14.
465.
Consumption of the activity. lungs from the failure of strength it produces, 225.
AND DICTIONARY.
Iin)EX
649
Directions for General Habits Derbyshire Neck (Goitre), 343. of Girls, 21. Determination of Blood to the for mixing medicines, 22. Head, 248. Diabetes, excessive secretion of Discharge from the Ears, 357.
urine containing sugar, characterby great thirst and progressive emaciation ; Phosphoric Acid, Nitrate of Uranium, 180. Diagnosis, discrimination and decision as to the nature of a disease from its symptoms and physical
ised
signs.
Disease, Homoeopathy
in the treatof,
ment
of,
,
I.
the investigation
4-16.
239-248.
Diaphoretic, a medicine,
the effect of which produces perspiration. Diaphragm, the muscular division between the lungs or chest and
Nose, 361.
Organs
of Respira-
colliquative,
that
which
produces rapid exhaustion, as that prevalent in consumption ; Elaps, Ars., China. hectica, a dangerous diarrhoea of India, seriously affecting the constitution, and continuing, unless checked, without perceptible intermission ; Iris, China, Arsenic, Elaps. in infants, 481. Diet and Regimen, 16-20 ^ rules
for diet, 35.
Urinary Organs,
185.
-,
176-
Womb,
433.
Chloralum.
Diet
in Fevers, 41.
after scarlatina, 70.
Disinfection, the act of distroying miasmata with which clothing, persons, or rooms may be infected, as by sulphurous acid, chloride of
lime, or excessive heat.
Dislocation, the
ance of
forcible disturb-
Digestion,
Digitalis, 563.
of the
Womb,
and
attended by great prostration, and a tendency to the formation of false membrane ; Acid, Muriatic ; Phytollacca, Arsenic, 97-101.
tonsils,
Medi-
Dipsomania,
an insatiable
desire
cine, the, 24. Douche, a bath in which a column of water is brought to bear on a
particular part of the
body
; it
may
;; ;
650
it
may
also
serous
body,
as the chest and abdomen, or its dependent portions, as the legs it is a symptom of liver, kidney, or heart disease ; it is popularly
also
*'
of, 356. bruise, a or discoloured patches like bruises ; extravasation of blood under the skin Arnica^ Bellis, 390. Ecthyma, an eruption of large, round pustules, quite distinct from each other, and situated upon a hard and inflamed base
ECCHYMOSIS,
Hy-
cites,"
"Water
at
the
Chest,"
348.
of the brain, 485. Drosera, 564.
Drowning,
403-404.
Eczema,
Dulcamara,
Duodenum,
intestines,
first
part
of the
tetter or running scall, inflammation of the skin, attended the by an oozing of moisture oozing sometimes dries, and forms
;
commencing at the small or pyloric end of the stomach ; the ancients estimated it at twelve fingers' breadth j hence It is capable of conits name.
siderable distension. the tough, fibrous, semi-transparent, outer membrane covering the brain ; it serves to protect, and also to support, the different parts of the brain.
scabs
Aconite, Pulsatilla,
Mer-
curitis,
301. of the
face,
milk-crust
Dura mater,
Aconite, Pulsatilla, Viola. of the head, humid scall or ringworm ; the discharge is very profuse, or it dries and mats the hair together ; Aconite, Pulsatilla,
Mercurius,
Caustictuii,
301.
inverterata, bakers' and grocers' itch Petroleu7n, Sulphur. mercuriale, or Rubrum, a variety caused by mercury Aconite, Acid, Nitric. Effect of food on the stomach, 17.
;
Duration of Pregnancy,
444. Dysentery, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the liver, bowel, or rectum, attended by fever, and the passing of mucous
and blood ; it is sometimes epi- Effects of too much liquid, severe exertion, mental emotion, posture demic and malignant ; Mercitrius of the body on digestion, 18. Corrosives, Ipecacuanha, 157. of rancid and flavouring Dysmenorrhcea, difficult and painful
satilla,
/:[2.i.
Dyspepsia, indigestion, both slow and painful ; Nux VofJiica^ PulCarbo, 107- 1 2 1. difficulty of breathing ; Arsenicu?n, Ipecacuanha, Aconite. passing of difficulty Dysuria, water ; Caniharides.
satilla,
Dyspncea,
and indications of the principal medicines, 521. Efflorescence, redness of skin ; Aconite, Belladonna. Effluvia, impure exhalations or infiltration ; Carbolic Acid, Condy's Fluid.
htdex
jlnb dictionaet.
651
and a-half ; add a little oil, lard, or soal, and a spoonful of common salt ; without the salt this enema is more emollient than aperient,
32j 33.
Emmenagogue,
is
159.
supposed to have the power of bringing on menstruation ; Pulsatilla, Cimicifoiga, Caulophylhim, Hedeoma, Gossipium, 414.
Emphysema
in this affection
air
48. the inversion or turning inwards of the eyelashes, occasioning irritation, inflammation,
escapes from the air-passages into it may the substance of the lungs
;
and sometimes ulceration. Enuresis, incontinence of urine; it may arise from irritability of the
bladder, distension, paralysis, stone, or calculus, renal disease, or pressure on the bladder, or simply from old age ; Aconite, Conium, Petroleum, Sepia, SuU
Emprosthotonos, spasm
vulsion,
or conis
bent
forward, as in lock-jaw, or tetanus. Empyema, a collection of blood or pus in some cavity of the body, chiefly the pleura, or serous covering of the lung. Encephalitis, inflammation of the brain and its membranes, 260. Encephalon, the brain. Encephaloid, -brain-like.
phur, 182.
Encysted,
Epigastric, pertaining
to,
to,
or principally seated
confined in the
Endemic,
stomach.
a cartilage which covers the glottis as substances pass over into the gullet. Epilepsy, anciently called "the internal parts of the heart, most falling sickness ; " attacks of loss commonly associated with that of of consciousness, often attended its covering membrane, by convulsive movements of the or pericarditis ; Aconite, Veratriwi Vimuscles, distortion of the eyes, ride^ Cactus, 239. flushed face, and foaming at the Endometritis, inflammation of the mouth, frequently preceded by inlining membrane of the womb, disposition, giddiness, and stupor ; frequently attended by diphtheric Belladonna, Opium, Zizia, Hyexudation, or passing of memdrastis. Epileptic attack, unbranous shreds Acotiite, Borax, accompanied by convulsions, is Lycopoditan, styled by the French ^^ petit-mat.'^ Enema, an injection, or clyster. 282. "Starch enema," for diarrhoea Epiphora, watery eyes ; Calcarea. and dysentery ; thin mixed starch, It must not be confounded with the results of fistula lachrymalis, 4 oz. Common enema ; oatmeal gruel, or treacle and water, a pint 354.
;
ague in marshy districts. Endermic, introduced through the skin by abrading the surface. Endocarditis, inflammation of the
Epiglottis,
652
Epsom,
38.
Exfoliation, separating or
forcibly
;
Eructation,
Veg.,
raising
wind
in thin
layers,
Carbo Vomica. Eruption, the breaking out of a rash, pimples, spots, blisters, or
Acid, Nitric.
Nux
Extravasation,
blotches.
Eye, diseases
,
352.
Eruptive, attended by a
rash, pustules, spots, or small blisters, as scarlatina, measles, smallpox, nettle-rash, herpes, 65.
65.
St.
Eruptive Fevers,
Erysipelas,
Anthony's fire, specific inflammation of the skin, epidemic, or following wounds, attended by constitutional symptoms, feverishness and debility, accompanied by vesicles or blisters, sometimes deepening in its effect, and followed by infiltration, or deposit of serum ; Belladonna, Veratrum Viride, Rhus, Baptisia.
Arsenic, 82.
rash, "efflorescence, or redness of the skin, not accomblisters,
cadaverous, deathlike countenance the eyes are sunken, the nose pinched and cold, the forehead tense and dry, the complexion livid ; Arsenic, Veratrum Alburn.
Fainting,
and
swooning,
syncope,
and colour,
weakness,
sensibility
from
;
Camphor,
Nux
Erythema,
panied by swelling,
filtration,
in-
Fall, how to treat a, 369, Falling-sickness, epilepsy, 282. False Pleurisy, 222.
or fever, as in chafing or excoriation, 300. Eschar, a crust, scab, or slough, distinguished from the living part by its colour, hardness, and the other properties ; it is attended by a secretion of fluid, or pus, between the living and dead parts. EscHAROTic, a substance such as caustic potass, which, applied to the body, causes the death of the part, and its separation as an eschar.
False Pains, during labour, 457. or Relapsing Fever, 53. Fatigue, mental ; Aletris, Nux
Famine
Vo7?tica
less vivid,
circumscribed, or diffuse redness of the skin, which moderates or disappears under pressure of the
finger.
of the arch of the palate ; the throat. Favosus, or Favus, a name given to a state of ulceration resembling a honeycomb ; scall on the head. Febricula, a slight degree of ephemera ; Aconite, 42. fever Fever, a disease characterised by quick pulse, heat of skin, thirst, impaired function and loss of strength ; may arise from irritation or specific action, as surgical typhus, 40-70, fever, scarlatina, 235 23S. infantile remittent 496.
:
Excess in Eating,
17.
Feverishness of children,
495.
653
7.
Feet, burning of the ; Arsenic. mach or bowels, or both, 117, 119, Feigned diseases many of these 122. are assumed by beggars, impostors, Flocci volitantes, specks floatand soldiers who wish to escape ing before the eyes ; most frewill persons duty ; sometimes quently the result of stomach depretend to have sustained injury rangement. after an accident, when there is Flooding, violent bleeding, haemorA little or no occasion for it. rhage Arnica, Hamanielis, Eri;
care when the patient's attention is diverted, will generally suffice to ensure detection. Females, diseases of, 413. Fester, to corrupt or rankle ; to the fluid as discharge a thin result of irritation ; to form matter; Arnica, HeJ>ar, Belladotma, Silittle
geron,
Trillium,
China,
Ipeca'
cua7tha, 391.
licea.
the undulation of a cavity on pressure with the fingers, as water in dropsy, or matter in an abscess Fluke, a broad flat parasite, or worm, infesting the liver of the sheep, goat, or ox.
fluid in
Fluctuation,
Ficus, a
fig- wart, or reddish fleshy excrescence, found sometimes on chin, tongue, and the eyelids, Thuja ; Acid, Niother organs
;
from
the
Fomentation, a
tric.
Fidgets,
restlessness,
troublesome
uneasiness of the nerves and muscles of the legs or arms, and irresistible
cloth well wrung out of hot water, applied to a part, then covered by a dry flannel, and applied as often as it gets dry or cool, 29.
Fomites,
anything
which
retains
impulse to
:
change their
position
Aconite.
of,
Fig, poultice
30.
384.
heat ; a term applied to substances which are supposed to retain contagious effluvia, as woollen goods, feathers, cotton.
Fissure, a sort of chap, as on the Food, Effect on the Stomach, hands or an intensely sore, 17. narrow cleft or division, especially Fontanelle, an aperture at the near the anus. Acid, Nitric Sijunction of the bones or sutures licea. of the skull in the infant, covered Fistula, a tubular ulcer, with one by membrane. or two small openings, and either Formication, pain like that which internal or external. Hydrastis, would be caused by a number of
'
Nitric Acid. in ano, generally arises from impediment or pressure ; strong pressure greatly aids their
Silicea,
ants crawling over the part Aconite, Vomica, Rhtis. Fracture, a broken bone : simple, when the bone is merely broken ;
Nux
cure.
occasioned by the blocking-up of the nasal duct ; it produces a constant watering of the eye ; Calcarea, Silicea, Sulphur^ 354. Fit, paroxysm, convulsion, sudden
is
lachrymalis,
compound, when a wound is caused in addition to the bone being broken ; comminuted, when the bone is broken into several pieces,
or shattered, 396.
Fragments
from, 385.
of Stone, Wounds
39.
attack, 491.
Frauzenbad Bath,
or gas emitted
Flatulence, wind
Fr^enum, a fold
of
membrane which
654
Iin)EX
AKD DICTIONAET.
contained in a cyst of greater or
less thickness.
as of
the tongue.
Treatment
com-
Friedrichshall water,
Frying,
effects of, 19.
38.
pression by tea-lead firmly bound on ; a smart blow or incision ; Ruta ; Acid^ Benzoic.
incipient mortification ; partial death of a part ; there is loss of feeling, discoloration, effu-
Funny-bone when
the nerve just above the elbow-joint is forcibly pressed upon, a peculiar tingling sensation in the fingers, and all the parts to which it is distributed, called This is produced. is " touching the funny-bone." Furfuraceous, like bran. Furunculus, a boil, or small phlegmon ; a blind boil is indolent, and only very imperfectly suppurates or discharges.
sion of fluid, and loosening of the skin it may arise from violent inflammation, burns, frost-bites, bruises, or internal causes Arnica, Arsenic, Secale, and yeast poul; ;
tices,
365.
Gargle, medicine,
to be retained in the mouth, and then thrown in contact with the palate, uvula, tonsils, and top of the throat used in sore throat.
Gastein Bath,
39.
Gastralgia, gnawing
tite
;
Nux
acid digestive
stomach, containing chlorohydric and acetic acids, with pepsin. Gastric Nerves, the pneumo-gastric J also to the lungs and filaments of the great sympathetic. Gastritis, inflammation of the stomach, attended by heat, pain,
Galvanism,
Vomica, 172. vomiting as soon as anything is or Voltaic Electricity, taken into the stomach, hiccup, is generated by the action of a great anxiety, and general feverchemical liquid on two plates of ishness. Veratriwi Viride, Armetal, as copper and zinc, consenic. tained in a cell, or by a multiplication of such plates and cells. Gastrodynia, neuralgic pain in the stomach ; flatulent colic, 124. Galvani discovered the action, and Volta devised the arrangement of Gastro-Enteritis, inflammation of the stomach and small intestines. pairs of cells. Galvanism is used in
Nux
Gastrorrhgea,
the secretion of an excessive quantity of mucus from the lining membrane of the stomach, Hydrastis Arsenic.
round, indolent swelling, of the colour of the skin, situated on a tendon, varying in size from that of a pea to that of an egg ; it consists of a thick albuminous fluid,
Gelatine,
an animal substance comprising tendons and ligaments ; it is firm, whitish, slowly soluble in cold, but readily dissolves in hot water, forming, as it cools, a
655
distinguished
quality as
part.
Gelseminum,
567.
35.
consideration of fever, 40. treatment of fever, 41. Giddiness, sensation of reeling or whirling, which has a tendency to deprive the body of its steadiness,
251.
lotions.
Half an ounce
to
Gin-drinker's
liver;
Liver
nutmeg
without such tincture as may be desired, as Calendula, Hydrastis, Causticuvi, or Veratrum Viride, tends to keep the part moist (as it does not easily evaporate), in inflammation, and other afiections of
the skin.
recut across it sembles the section of a nutmeg. Glands, the secretorj- organs of the body ; chiefly reddish, spongy, knot-like bodies occurring in the course of the lymphatics ; very liable, in scrofulous subjects, to
when
inflammation, and suppuration. Belladonna, Hepar. Swelling of the, 69. Glandular, affecting the glands having the texture, form or appearance of glands. Globules, diminutive rounded parthe red corticles, or pellets ; circular in puscles of the blood the mammalia, elliptical in birds and cold-blooded animals they contain hsematin and globulin, and in man are -sooo" P^-i't of an inch in diameter the white corpuscles of the blood are considered to be chyle and lymph in process of
engorgement,
ointment. Spermaceti, white wax, I drachm ; oil of almonds, 2 ozs. ; glycerine, I oz. ; melt the spermaceti and wax with the oil, then incorporate the glycerine in a mortar. It forms the basis of a mild, soothing ointment for Hydrastis, Veratrum Viride, and Calendula.
oz.
Glycerole,
glycerine
and starch
heated together (i oz. of glycerine to 70 grs. of starch), to about 240^, the mixture being constantly
stirred all the while.
One drachm
Glycerole.
Goat's Milk, resembles that of the cow ; it is somewhat stronger in taste, and the curl is more solid.
I oz. fresh suet, cut Artificial into small pieces, tied in a muslin bag, and boiled in i qrt. of cow's
transition.
Globus Hystericus,
choking
Moschata, 277. Glottis, the small oblong aperture of the windpipe between the vocal
chords.
,
Nux
sweeten with I oz. white Useful in scrofula and consumption. Derbyshire-neck. see Goitre, " Bronchocele ;" Spongia, Iodine,
milk
sugar candy.
spasm of, symptoms of 343Gelseminum, Ipecacu- Gout, arthritis, a peculiar inflamj anha, 487. mation of the fibrous and ligamensuffocation
Gluten found
and other
tous portions of the toes, particularly of the ball of the great toe ;
656
it is
IN^DEX
AKD
DICTIOl^AFvT.
Ledum,
Nux
and
testes
Sanguin-
Gout Rheumatic,
Gown-red, an
young
329.
eruption to which
Hematuria,
Granulations, reddish
elevations
which form on the surface of supThey result purating wounds. from inflammatory action, but are part of the process of healing by
the deposition of fleshy particles
Silicea.
;
Graphites, 571. Gravel, small concretions composed of urates and animal matter, formed in the kidneys, and passed along the ureters into the bladder
vegetable diet Sarsaparilla, Nux Vomica, 183. a fit of, the acute pain occasioned by the passage of gravel into the bladder, 183.
; ,
haemorrhage, or passing of blood from the bladder or kidneys, usually by exudation j Cantharides, Hamamelis. Hemoptysis, spitting or expectoration of blood from the lungs cough, difficulty of breathing, heat Aconite, Ar^iica, at the chest Hajjiamelis, Trilliiun, 223. Hemorrhage, discharge of blood from the nose, lungs, bowels, stomach, or womb, or any other organ or vessel of the body ; active, when it arises from plethora ; passive, when it is the result of debility. For the active. Aconite, Aj'nica ; for the passive, China,
;
Hemorrhoids,
piles,
enlargement
Green
417.
Sickness, or Chlorosis,
of the veins of the rectum, accompanied by constipation, and discharge of mucus or blood often constitutional, but brought on, or aggravated by sedentary habits
;
Greyness
of
the Hair
see
Nux
lis,
"Canities," Phosphoric Acid, Hydrastis, Asparagus, Grippe, catarrh, cold in the head,
influenza, 188.
yEsctilus,
Sepia,
145-
Hands dropped,
alysis of the
wrist-drop,
par-
Grocer's Itch,
psoriasis, 1S8.
inveterate eczema
poisoning.
Hangnail,
folli-
a corruption of agnail,
nail
Grumous,
blood.
clotted,
thick,
as
of
Gumboil,
366.
Gunshot Wounds,
380.
Hare-lip, a fissure or separation of parts in one or both lips, chiefly the upper ; almost invariably a deformity from birth, though it may result from a wound. Curable by operation ; by pins and twisted
sutures.
of blood, oppression, pain at the stomach, burning, and sickness ; Nux Vomica, Hama7nelis, Hematocele, a swelling or tumour formed of effused blood. Hematodes fungus, fungoid
Harrogate Bath,
39.
Hay Asthma,
mer
;
Kali
bichro-
all
ternally, 238.
INDEX
AJ^B DICTIO]S'AET.
thetic
657
Headache may
ladonna
se?iic ;
;
fever, which accompanies advanced organic disease, as consumption without the presence of
:
tris ;
ChamoVomica,
Nux
Healthy
PULSE,
7.
Standard
of
the
Heart,
of two receptacles, or auricles, and two propelling vessels, or ventricles the right auricle and ventricle, constituting the pulmonic heart, receiving the venous blood and chyfe, and sending it to the lungs to be purified, or oxygen;
canal
Cijia,
San-
Hemicrania, pain
side of the head.
confined to one
Hemiplegia,
paralysis
;
Nux
confined to Vomica^
ALsculus, 258. ised ; after this is accomplished, the blood is returned to the left Hepar Sulph:uris, 575. auricle, then by contraction forced Hepatisation, change into a solid condition, resembling or applied into the left ventricle, and thence arteries to the lungs when consolidated by and capillaries to the fibrous deposits, so as to give a There are through the body. solid sound when percussed, and valves to prevent the return of the to be incapable of being permeated blood into the heart from the large by air. artery, or aorta, and also from the these Hepatitis, inflammation of ventricle into the auricle the liver, 166. may be affected by deposits on them, or the heart itself may be Hernia, rupture, protrusion of the bowels, in the groin, near the enlarged, or flabby, or degenerated thigh, or at the navel by accumulation of fat. The heart when slight, it may be remedied by a is surrounded by a serous covering truss, and cured by Nux Vomica, called the pericardium, which, like all such membranes, is sub372. ject to inflammation, followed by Herpes, inflammation of the skin, Any such accompanied by small blisters, or the effusion of fluid. occurrences as those just referred vesicles ; Aconite, Mercuritis, 305. interfere with the Hiccough, Hiccup, a convulsive to, seriously functions. The heart heart's catch of the breath repeated at weighs about 8 oz., and is about intervals ; Nux Vo7nica, Ignatia, Bryonia, 474. the size of the closed fist, 239High Shoulders, 507. 245. Heartburn, pyrosis, the rising of a Hip-disease, a scrofulous afifection, hot fluid into the throat, the result otherwise styled Morbus Coxarum, being not simply inflammation of of indigestion j NuxVo?nica, Caj'bo Veg. 126. the structures in and around the Heat -apoplexy, sunstroke, 256. joint, but a thickening, and, if not Heat of the Body, the natural, 10. checked, ultimate decay of the Heat, Prickly, lichen of the tro. cartilage of the joint works. There pics ; Aconite, Rhus, Graphites, pain, deformity of the is great Comocladia, Sulphur, limb, from a thrusting outwards of Hectic, a slow, weakening, sympathe thigh, and sometimes the for:
;
.
TJ
658
LN-DEX
AND DICTIONARY.
knee ; Bryonia^ Mercurius Kali Hydriod. with rest.
,
lod.y
the patient is not only worn by suffering, but weakened by the drain of the system. It may be
when
How to
405.
mistaken
for
rheumatism
and
scrofulous abscess in the neighbourhood of the joint may be taken There is pain on for hip -disease. movement, greatly intensified if the affected limb is pressed forcibly
dislocation, 395.
Wounds,
species
379-388.
a mule.
(i)
quickly upwards ; Chamof}iilla relieves the pain, and BryPulsatilla, 07iia, Co7tium, and Calcarea are of great service, 345. HiPPOCRATic FACE, pale, nipped, sunken, cadaverous, Arsenic, Ver-
and
Hydatids,
vesicles
or
small
fluid,
sometimes developed in the womb, and giving rise to symptoms of pregnancy their expulsion is attended with more or less flooding ;
;
(2)
worm
or
ternally
and by
Hydrastis,
Hydrocele,
7111771,
Hydrocephalus,
a vabrain
485.
;
water
(Nostalgia),
;
Bellado7i7ia,
on the Staphysagria,
effusion
melancholy
an overpow-
ering desire to return to one's country, attended by wasting and Ignatia, Auru?}i, hectic fever Arsenic.
;
Hydro-pericardium,
;
of
HOiMCEOPATHY,
advantages
of,
i,
A7'se7iic,
239.
HoMCEOPATHic MEDICINES,
of the,
2.
action
Hydrophobia,
of water, with violent convulsive fits as the result of a bite ; suck the wound, cauterise with a lighted cigar or red-hot skewer ; give first Belladonna, then Gelse7}mtu7n and Scu-
dread
tellaria, 400.
Hydrothorax,
Auru7n, Apis,
348.
206.
Hordeolum,
ing,
HoRRiPELATiON, a
chilliness,
Hygiene,
j
and goose-flesh
;
j
Aconite, Mercurius.
air bath, 35. bath, 39. Housemaid's knee, an inflammation of the membranous sac in
front of the knee-cap ; there is great pain on movement, and a cushion or pad in the front of the
Hot Hot
INDEX AND
Hypochondriasis,
spirits,
DICTIOI^'AET.
659
;
depression
of
ing,
and constipation
Vomica,
Aconite,
with languor, listlessness, and despair of recovery as the result of long-continued indigesaffection of the tion, especially
lining membrane of the stomach ; China, Nux Vomica, Baptisia, Pulsatilla, Aurum, Sepia, 117. Hypogastrium, the lower part of the abdomen. Hysteralgia, pain in the womb ;
Nux
senic.
Chamojnilla,
Ar-
Impetigo, inflammation of the skin, somewhat deeply seated, and somewhat virulent, with purulent
or muco-purulent discharge in considerable quantities, or forming a crust as it dries ; Iris, Como-
Incarcerated,
of
Chamoniilla,
Belladonna,
into
Gelse-
viiman.
Incised wounds,379.
divisible
Hysteria,
the state
of nervous irritation and susceptibility so called, and the hysterical or convulsive attack or fit, which, however violent, is unattended by any loss of consciousness Ignatia, Gelseminum, Nux Moshcata, Platina^ Sepia ; cold
,
Incisors, the front teeth of the upper and lower jaw, the use of which is to cut the food ; they are eight in number.
inability to retain urine ; Belladonna, Gelseminum ; Acid, Phosphoric : Arsenic, 182. Indigestion, difficult or painful digestion Nux Vomica, Pulsa-
Incontinence,
the
affusion,
277.
of the interstices of the cellular tissue with fluid ; usually the watery portion of the blood j sometimes it is pus or urine. Ichthyosis, fish-like skin, dry, Infantile remittent fever, 496. scaly, and almost horny, entirely Infants bringing up by hand, 468. altered in texture ; Arsenic, Sandiseases of, 472-514. , guinaria, Rumex, Phosphorus, Inflammation, increased tendoatmeal baths, regular habits. ency of blood to a part or organ, yellowness of attended by heat, pain, redness, Icterus, jaundice, the complexion and eyes, orangeand swelling it may be active coloured urine, and white evacua(Aconite), erythematous or erytions, with debility, and sipelatous (Belladonna), congesoften sickness, the result of derangetive (Bryonia), diffusive ( Verament of the liver ; Mercurius, trutn Viride). China, Podophyllum, Chelidonium, of the bladder, 182. Leptandra, Chamojuilla, Hydt'asbowels, 174. tis. It may be followed by dropsy, covering of the heart, 240, ears, 74. hectic, or general wasting, 170. eye, 352. Ido-bromine springs, 39. kidneys, 179. Ignatia Amara, 581. liver, 166. Iliac passion, or simply Ileus, lungs, 216. deep-seated, acute, obstinate pain mouth, 364. in the bowels, with faecal vomit;
Ice, is useful to suck in sore-throat, diphtheria, violent thirst and sickness ; also in hernia or rupture, in inflammation of the brain pound and place in a bladder. Ichor, foetid watery discharge from wounds or sores ; Baptisia, Carbolic Acid.
tilla,
Carbo
Hydrastis,
121.
Infiltration,
the filling
; ;
660
Inflammation
INDEX
AITD tolCTIOIfAEY.
'
ribs.
windpipe, 74. Influenza, epidemic catarrh, frequently obstinate, attended by violent bone pains and considerable debility ; Eiipatorhim, Gelseviinum, Ipecacuanha, Pulsatilla, Kali Bichromas, Arsenic, 188.
Intermittent Fever,
Intertigo,
num, ileum,
situated in, or relating the gi'oin. Inhalation, the breathing of gas, air, or vapour for medical or surgical purposes a very useful form of administering the medicines indicated in affections of the Intestinal worms, 149. throat, lungs, or bronchi. Intussusception, a reception withInjection, the throwing up or in of in ; the falling of a portion of one of the small intestines into a lower, a fluid by means of a syringe may be usefully tried in cases of which, serving as a sheath, causes severe pain, or very rapid disease, obstruction and strangulation Aconite, Ntix Vomica. as hydrophobia, cholera, cerebrospinal fever, poisoning, snake- Invagination, intussusception, the bites. receiving of one part into another, In-kneed, knock-kneed, the as in a sheath. result of a too rapid growth, or Investigation of Disease, 4-16. Ipecacuanha, 583. an accompaniment of rickets Calcarea, Calcarea Phos., medi- Iris, the coloured part of the eye. Iris Versicolor, 585. cal friction, cold baths, 508. Inoculation, the puncturing or Iritis, inflammation of the iris, pain, dread of light, distortion of scratching with the smallpox virus, eye, Aconite, the pupil of the with a view of producing a mild
to,
;
Inguinal,
constitute four-fifths of the whole, and aid in the chylification of the food in other words, a d in completing digestion ; (2) the large, the coecum, colon, and rectum, the office of which is to rid the body of effete, useless matter.
attack.
Mercti7'ius.
Inosculation, the
union
of the
skin,
Insanity, madness, unsound mind, mental aberration, deranged intellect, moral madness. Insolation, exposure to the sun,
or
its effects,
Itch, scabies, a skin disease produced by the burrowing of an Leacarus, the product of filth and camphor du77i. Sulphur,
;
Insomnia,
into
Inspiration, the
the
lungs,
drawing of performed
in
health about fifteen times in a minute. Intention, a stretching, as of the edges of a wound, which is said to heal by first intention when there is no discharge of matter, but the simple joining or union by plaister, stitch, or suture, is sufficient.
vous sensibility
or extreme nerSulfhur, Ledum, Aconite, dusting with Arse?iic, violet powder, bathing with oatof debility,
;
meal
gruel.
restless-
661
(See "Icterus.")
the
170,
Jejunum,
intestines
it
part
of
the small
death.
stiff, anchylosis, the uniting of the ends of bones at any of the joints, as a result of injury or It is caused disease of the joints. by thickened synovial membrane, the deposit of fibrous membrane, Treat by pasor bony deposit. sive motion, division of tendons, or removal of bone. Jugular VEINS, the two large veins at the side of the neck, next to the carotid arteries ; they convey the venous blood from the brain. medical, legal Jurisprudence, medicine, involving questions relating to suicide, poisoning, and coroner's inquests.
Joint,
fistula, the result of frequent inflammation ; the eye constantly waters, and matter exudes gradual probing required, 354. GLAND, situated under the upper eyelid, is composed of several small lobules it secretes the tears, and pours them over the ball of the eye by means of its excretory ducts. Lactation, suckling ; excessive. China, Arsenic, 463. Lacteal, pertaining to the secretion of milk ; a minute absorbent vessel of the absorbent system, conveying chyle. Lactiferous, milk-carrying vessels or tubules of the breast, arranged towards the nipple.
; :
Lachbymal
Languid
longing
eyes, 16.
Kali Bichromicum,
Kidneys,
the
586.
the glands designed for of urine. secretion They may be enlarged, become fatty, hard and contracted, orlardaceous
or waxy.
,
179.
Knee, Housemaid's.
*'
(See under
Housemaid.")
(See "In-kneed.")
Knock-kneed.
50S.
of children, child-crowing from partial obstruction of the windpipe ; rickety children are especially liable to such attacks ; Gelsejninum, Sambtcciis, Calcarea, 487. Laryngitis, inflammation of the windpipe, shrill voice, pain, tenderness, suff"ocative breathing Aconite, Spongia, Lachesis, Apis,
;
74-
Lacerated wounds,
Lachesis, 589.
379, 381.
Lachrymal
canal
or
duct,
;
chronic ; Kali Bichromas, Hepar, Argentum, Rumex, Cans ticuj7t, Sanguinaria, Larynx, the windpipe, a tube com posed of cartilaginous rings lined
',
formed in the upper cheek bone, and lined by mucous membrane it conducts the tears from the
corner of the eye into the nose ; inflammation of; Aconite, Bella-
by mucous membrane
it
serves
for the passage of the air to and from the lungs, and for the modu-
662
Lateral
curvature
SPINE, 504.
Lateritious, applied
Leamington,
38.
the fluid portion of the blood. LiTHiASis, the deposition of gravel, or the formation of calculi in the bladder. (See "Gravel" and "Calculus," 183).
lithic acid diathesis ; the passing of urine containing lithates or urates of soda it is quite disease of the skin, comprising clear when passed, but deposits a several varieties. bran-like sediment on cooling. Leuco-phlegmatic, torpid, slug- Liver, the largest gland in the body, gish in temperament. situated on the right side, immeLeucorrhcea, fluor albus, white diately below the ribs ; it should discharge, "the -whites ;" Fu/sanot be sensitive to touch, afford tilla, Hydrastis, Cimicijuga, Caulotoo great a sense of hardness, or phyllii??i, Calcarea, 429. extend too far across the abdomen. Lichen, aggravated or obstinate affections of, 165 to 170. eczema vascular congestion ; in- LOEE, a part or division, as of the filtration ; dryness of the skin and liver, brain, or lungs. itching, like an ordinary goose- Lobular, affecting or relating to flesh, reddened, and continuing the lobules ; e.g., inflammation of so ; Dulca77iara, Muriatic Acid, the lungs. Sulphtir, Arsenic, Charnomilla, Lochia, the natural flow after deChina, 304. livery : too plentiful, Belladojina, Lientery, diarrhoea of half-digested China, Ipecacuanha, Trillium food, showing very great irritation offensive. Arsenic, Baptisia. of the bowels ; China, Phospho- Lock-jaw, tetanus, rigidity of the rus, Lachesis, muscles of the jaws, with violent Ligament, a fibrous cord serving to spasm ; Nux Vomica, Gelsiiiiiunite bones, and aid in the formanum, Scutellaria, 228. tion of joints. Longings and fancies, 453. Ligature, a thread or cord for the Loose cough, 15. tying of arteries of bleeding limbs, Lotions, 29. or for the removal of excrescences; Louse, pediculus, may be caught or the act of so tying. from dirty children, or be engenLiniment, a basis of soap and dered by disease or extreme weakspirits of wine as a vehicle for ness apply essence of bergamot, some external application, as Acoor high-dried Scotch snuff in glynite, Belladonna, Arnica, Rhus, cerine ; or if these fail, an ointment or Cimicifiiga, for neuralgia, sore of 3rd trituration of Mercurius. throat, sprains and bruises, rheu- LowNESs of spirits, 445. matism, or lumbago. Lucca, 39. Lint, linen well scraped for dressing LUCIFER-MATCH MAKER's DISEASE. sores. (See "Phosphorus.") LiPPiTUDO, blearedness of the eye- Lumbago, rheumatic stiffness affectlids ; they are red, swollen and ing the muscles of the loins Rhus, painful, with a copious secretion of Arnica, Cimicifiiga, 335. thin humour; Pulsatilla, Arsenic. Lumbar abscess, psoas abscess, Liquor amnii, fluid by which the forms beside the psoas muscle at foetus is surrounded before birth. the bottom of the abdomen ; some-
Ledum Palustre,
LiTHURiA, the
-,
INDEX AND
times found as low as the thigh may result from injury or disease of the bones of the spine.
:
DICTIONAPvY.
Maggot pimples
(see
"Acne");
Magnetism, animal
LUMBRICOIDES,
round worms which sometimes infest the bowels Santonin will avail to dislodge them, or Stanmwi.
large
Lunacy,
Lunatic, the state of being, or a person who is of unsound mind or insane. Lungs, the principal organs of respiration, completely filling the chest the right is divided into the three, the left into two lobes upper lobes are most prone to
;
another, the person acted upon is placed in a state of nervous sleep. It has been employed in nervous affections, hysteria, and sleeplessness. The highly nervous
and hysterical
affected.
are
most
easily
Malignant,
nicious
life,
501.
disease.
,
216-220.
Lung cough,
Lupus,
from
its
literally
spreading ulceration, chiefly affectit is ing the sides or the nose "herpes exedens " Hycalled drastis, Arsenic, Kali Bichromas.
;
inflammation and suppuration of the gland from injury or cold ; Belladonna, Mercurius. If the abscess begin to point, with increased redness, give Hepar ; put a linseed poultice over the whole breast. When the breast has broken, continue the Hepar, warm bathing, and a tepid rag over ; cover with oiled silk. If the abscess show no disposition to heal, substitute Silicea for Hepar, and plaisters of Arnica Cerate for If the edges get water dressing. hard and red after giving Silicea, substitute Hydrastis, and syringe carefully twice a day. When the breast is heavy and swollen, sup-
Lymph (i)
the fluid contained in the lymphatic vessels and thoracic duct after fasting ; (2) exudation, as after an abrasion of the skin, or between the edges of a clean
{3) the colourless fluid of the vaccine vesicle. Lymphatic, sluggish, as of tempera;
wound
ment.
Lymphatics,
the vessels which absorb the process of digestion from the bowels, the chyle, and convey it to the thoracic duct, by which it is conveyed to the right side of the
heart.
port it by a silk handkerchief spread under it, and tied round the neck, or by a split bandage, 466.
462.
health
during
preg-
nancy, 442.
of infant at birth, 460.
which is also in body, emaciation, atrophy. texture. somewhat altered Ephelis and ncevus, or mother's Marriage, right age for, 441.
mark, belong to this category ; Hamamelis, Phosphorus, Nitric Acid, and Thuja, internally and
locally.
of usually
Marrow,
the
oily,
yellowish fluid
which fills the canal of the long bones ; it is exuded by the lining membrane.
604
Method
which facilitates their movements. Meningitis, inflammation of the membranes of the brain. (See Marienbad, 38, " Brain, Inflammation of") 260. Mastication, the act of chewing the food, performed by the tongue, Menopausia, "change of life." jaws, teeth, cheeks, and saliva. Menorrhagia, excessive menstrual flow; Belladonna, Calcarea, China, It is an important part of digestion ; to neglect it imposes unnecessary labour on the stomach. , necessity for, 18. inflammation of the Mastitis, breast or mammse, sometimes commonly called the weed when occuring after child-birth. Materia medica, the M'hole of the therapeutic agents employed medically ; a complete arrangement and account of such. Maxillary, belonging to the jaws. Measles, rubeola, an eruptive, catarrhal fever, chiefly affecting children, accompanied by faintly reddish spots, frequently arranged as irregular crescents, redness and watering of the eyes, and brassy, ringing cough ; Aconite, Puhatilla, Euphrasia, Gelsifjiinum, Veratriim Viride, 71-74. Meatus, passage, aperture, canal, as of the ear. Meconium, the greenish discharge from the bowels of a newly-born
infant.
Ipecacuanha, Trillium.
Menses,
monthly
painful
courses
;
or
Menstruation,
fitga,
Cimici-
Chamomilla,
Sejiecio,
,
Ftclsatilla, Bel-
ladonna,
,
422.
excessive, 420.
" Amenorrhoea.")
Ci-
mictfuga. Belladonna, 414. -, vicarious, that which occurs from other than the ordinary sources, as bleeding from the nose, or an ulcer ; Ha77iamelis. Mentagra, an herpetic eruption on the chin ; Hepar, Pulsatilla, Hydrastis,
Rhus.
593.
Mercurius Corrosivus,
Vivus, 593. Mesenteric disease
these glands ; are liable, in children, to scrofulous enlargement and disease ; the nourishment of the body is faulty, the abdomen large, the appetite capricious, the evacuations claycoloured, and very offensive ; Cha-
Median
into
line, an imaginary line from the crown of the head to the feet, supposed to divide the body
momilla,
Sulphur,
343.
Arsenic lodi-
dum,
Calcarea,
theii
tion, 22-25.
prescribed in this
522-632,
Medulla,
nancy,
a double fold of the serous covering of the bowels, situated between the small intestines, containing several of the lymphatic or mesenteric glands. Metralgia, pain in the womb, hysteralgia ; Chamomilla, Aconite, Gelsi77iinum. Metritis, inflammation of the womb, pain, swelling, tenderness, vomiting, difficulty of passing
Mesentery,
water
Belladonna,
Me7cwius,
sembling
it
in appearance.
Veratru77i Vii'ide.
665
Metrorrhagia,
patient to lie ; cool drinks, cold applications, perfect quiet. Miasm (i) morbific exhalation from
water and sugar-of-milk half an ounce, coarsely crushed, to seven and a-half ounces of boiling water when dissolved add seven and a-half ounces of fresh cow's milk, and give, through a feeding-bottle, at the same interval, but not oftener than, if the mother's supply were ample, she would suckle
Migraine, pain
headache
only
; ;
Miliary,
seeds. Fever
an eruption of small
resembling millet
red points, vesicles, or sudamina, the result of over-heating in the course of a fever, or from the too high temperature of the sick room ; Aconite or Gelsiniinum, with cooling, but not acidulated drinks. Milk, mother's, contains more sugar-of-milk and cream, and less casein, than cow's milk it differs somewhat according to the time
;
The milk must ahvays herself. be freshly mixed as required. Milk, asses', resembles mother's milk in consistence, smell, and taste ; it contains less cream, but more soft, caseous matter ; very
it
useful
for
delicate
children
and
consumptive patients.
Artificial to a pint of
I oz. Artificial , goat's. fresh suet cut into small pieces, boiled in a quart of cow's milk ; strain and add \ oz. white sugar candy ; adapted to scrofulous and
after delivery.
,
consumptive
or superabun-
cases.
deficiency
dance
of,
,
467.
to get rid of, 465. mother's, substitute for the best may be gathered from the following table of the constituents of four kinds Woman, Ass. Goat. Cow.
-,
:
how
affords mare's, only a small quantity of oily matter, more serum, and but little casein ; it is softer than cow's milk. add a little less -, solidified : in quantity, by weight, of white sugar, then evaporate to dryness. Mineral baths and waters, 36-
864 39. 38 Miner's elSow, a somewhat similar Butter 18 ... affection of the elbow to that of 2>^ Casein ... the knee in housemaids, being an 35 55 55 Earthy Salts enlargement of the fibrous sac of The milk of the ass most nearly rethe elbow in those who lean much sembles human milk, though it ocupon it, as miners Bryonia, Pulcasionally produces diarrhoea. The satilla, Arnica, Kali Flydriod. milk of the goat has a character- Minim, the 60th part of a drachm by istic odour, and forms an extremely measure, or a teaspoonful. compact curd ; asses' milk, on the Miscarriage, 449. contrary, is distinguished by the Mitral valves, the two triangular delicacy of its curd, and the great valves of the systemic heart, situease with which it is digested and ated between the left ventricle and assimilated. Cow's milk contains auricle they prevent the return of less water and sugar, but more the blood into the auricle. butter, casein, and earthy salts it Modified small pox, 79. therefore needs the addition of Molar, that which bruises or grinds,
...
Water
Sugar
...
889 43 26 39
890 50
2566
844 36 56
; ;
666
a double tooth ; there are six in each jaw in the permanent set. Mole, a fleshy mass which sometimes forms in the womb ; a false conception or blighted foetus. MOLLITIES, a softening. CEBRO, a softening of the
brain.
ALsciihis,
Niix
Voj?iica,
Vera-
the total stupefaction, produced by narcotics. Nares, the apertures of the nose the nostrils.
effects,
nausea,
Narrow
MEDULLA
SPINALIS,
Soft-
Nates,
man
Nausea, an
senic,
qualmishness
Kreosote, 117.
Near-sightedness,
myopia
it
requires concave glasses. Nebula, (i) a speck on the cornea ; a cloudy suspension in the (2)
urine.
Neck, stiff
a
externally
ternally.
Rhus,
Cijyiicifiiga^
as
liniment,
and
in-
part ; or the loss of vitality ; it sinks in temperature, turns dark, and if there is not sufficient strength in the constitution to cast it off, it infects the whole body. The early stage is termed "gangrene," 365. LIosQuiTO bites ; Ledian, Vertrmn
Viride, Spij'its
^senilis
Necrosis,
bone,
Nitric.
Nephralgia, pain
or neuralgia of
the kidney ; Chamojiiilla, Gelseof Ammonia. Mother's marks (see " Nasvus ") milium. Aconite. Thuja, Hamafiielis, and Nitric Nephritic, that which relates to Acid, internally and externally. or is seated in the kidney. Mouth, inflammation of the, 364. colic, 183. Mucus, the secretion from the mu- Nephritis, inflammation of the
cous membrane.
parotidea," an epidemic and contagious affection, accompanied by swelling of the glands underneath the ear ; Belladonna, Mercurius, loi, Musc^ voLiTANTES, spots or motes floating before the eyes, generally the effect of stomach derange-
kidneys.
Nerves,
of the same that of the brain and spinal cord in bundles of white parallel threads of var}'ing
substance as
ment.
Mustard leaves,
,
31.
of,
poultice
31.
spots or marks, of various kinds, on children at birth. Nape oe the neck (nucha), pain
N/Evus MATERNi,
thickness. a medicine which acts on the nerves. Nervous, affecting the nerves ; weak, irritable ; or the opposite, strong. Nervousness, the state of having the nerves affected ; hypochon-
Nervine,
driasis,
nervous weakness,
fear,
dread.
667
Nettle Rash,
then increasing to a paroxysm, disappearing, to return in the like fashion ; Belladonna, Arsenicu7n, Cha77iomilla, Aconite, Gelsemimim, Cmiicifuga, 240, 297. Nightmare, 276. Nipples, preparation of, 454. Nipples, sore ; Cale^idiila cerate ; Borax or Tannin lotion, 464. , depressed, 465. Nitrogenised, containing nitrogen or azote, e.g., animal food, as opposed to saccharine or oily. Node, Nodosity, (i) a hard concretion, forming
Arnica.
Onyx,
a collection
of matter be-
Ophthalmia, inflammation
Aconite, curius, 352.
:
round joints affected with chronic rheumatism ; bone or its (2) swelling of the
;
eye
Ophthalmoscope,
ment of mirrors
covering ; (3) a ganglion or enlarged tendon, (i) Caulophyllum (2) Acid, Nitric ; Silicea, Auruni, Megereon, Phosphorus, Kali Jodidui7i ; (3)
arrangeilluminating the interor of the eye so as to judge of its condition, especially the retina.
for
an
Ruta.
Nose, bleeding
,
-,
Opium, 599. Opisthotonos, a spasmodic ving of the body backwards. Opodeldoc, soap liniment as
basis,
cur-
the
362.
Nummular,
of
flattened like a piece used of the sputa in consumption, and ofthe arrangement of the corpuscles of the
money
with equal parts of water for the outward application of Rhus, Arnica, Bryonia, or Belladonna. Optic nerve, the nerve of the 2nd
pair, giving sensibility to the eye.
blood.
Nurse, choice
,
of,
454.
Nux
vomica, 596.
receives the eye. Orbital, connected with the orbit. Organism, the living economy. Orthopncea, difficulty of breathing.
regular exercise
Os uteri,
re-
parturition,
or child-
birth, or midwifery.
tilla i
Otitis,
infiltration
is
inflammation
discharge
of the
ear,
Aconite, Pulsatilla.
anasarca
gen- Otorrhcea,
I
of matter
6G8
Ounce,
the roof of the mouth when the palate is deficient. cleft, imperfect or fissured. Palmar, artery of the palm of the oxygen. hand ; wound of, heat, with graOxygen, one of the principal gases, duated compress of pieces of lint, a component of the atmosphere, of of some thickness, firmly bound on. water, and of vegetable and animal substances ; it is the chief Palpebra, the eyelids, so called from their constant movement. supporter of respiration, and as inhaled in proper dilution, it is of Palpitation, quickened action of the heart j it may be produced (i) great service in debility, scrofula, by distension of the stomach, from asthma, dropsy and paralysis. flatulence Oz^NA, ulcerative disease of the (2) be purely nervous, or (3) the result of enlargement membrane or bones of the nose (hypertrophy) or (4) inflammation. Aiirum, Sepia. {\) N74X Vomica; (2) Coffea, CyOzONE, a peculiar modification of pripedium ; (3) Arsenic ; (4) Acooxygen which exists in very pure nite, Veratrum Vh'ide, Cactus, atmospheres, and notably more in Spigelia, 242. some districts than others ; it is also evolved at the positive pole of Palsy, trembling, with loss of power of a limb, or of the head ; othera galvanic battery. wise called "shaking palsy." lead, paralysis produced Packing, hydropathically, is the by the action of lead, as in painters enveloping a part or the whole of or compositors ; otherwise called body in a wet sheet, either cold or metallic palsy. tepid ; outside this, several dry , sempstresses'. (See "Writers' blankets, and outside of all a Cramp.") macintosh sheet, or feather-bed. Pad, a small, flat cushion three or Panaritium, paronychia, or whitlow, an inflammatory swelling four thicknesses of flannel stitched near the end of the finger, involtogether usually for the chest or ving the pulp of the nail ; somebowels it may be used wet or times it is carbuncular in its nature, dry. and at others it involves the coPains, the effect of the contractions vering of the bone Belladonna, of the womb in labour ; they are Arnica, Silicea ; AHtric Acid. false or spurious when they are simple, spasmodic, and have no Pancreas, the abdominal salivary gland, or "sweetbread," composed influence in bringing on labour. of lobes and lobules united by They may be deficient {Pulsatilla, meshy tissue ; lies across just beCimicifuga, Caulophylliwi), grindneath the stomach ; the use of its unbearable ing ( Chamomilla), secretion appears to be the emultoo short or (Cypripedium), sion of fat, so as to fit it for ab(Pulsatilla, Cimicifu:^a). sorption. those which fol-^ , AFTER,
;
eight drachms, two tablespoonfuls. OvARiA, the ovaries, whence the ova pass through the Fallopian tubes into the womb. Ovarian, relating to or connected with the ovary. Ovariotomy, the operation for the removal of the ovary, OxYDATiON, the combining with
I2^DEX
AND DICTIONAET.
669
Pang,
suffocative,
of
the breast,
angina pectoris. Papilla, the small eminences or points on the tongue, the skin, and
Pelvis,
the
basin-shaped
cavity
or
largely
which supports and contains the bowels, and to which the thighs and their muscles are attached.
vesicles
Paralysis, partial or complete loss of the power to move a limb or set of muscles it may be accompanied also by loss of sensation, or the power of feeling, 258, 511. Paraplegia, paralysis of the lower
;
and lower barrel. Parasites, plants or animals which subsist within or on other animals
or
plants
;
the
itch
insect,
the
and the different worms are examples of the one kind, and the
louse,
Parasitic
bercle.
growths,
cancer,
tu-
a peculiar digestive prinwhich, with the gastric juice, forms the digestive solvent of the stomach. Peptone, or albuminose, a low form of albumen, into which, in the process of digestion, all substances are converted previous to absorption by the lymphatics. Pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, palpitation, twitching, pain in the side, feverishness, and breathing by catches Aconite^ Cactus, Veratrum Viride, Bryonia^
ciple,
;
Pepsin,
Parotid glands,
the largest of the salivary glands, beneatii the ear, composed of several lobes ; it opens into the mouth, near the second upper double tooth.
*'
Ci?7ikifuga, 240.
Pericardium,
;
the membranous sac or envelope which surrounds the heart it serves to keep it in position,
and
to facilitate its
movement
its
Parotitis, the
mumps," epidemic
serous
inflammation of the parotid gland. Paroxysm, an increase or aggravation of the symptoms of a disease,
at regular or irregular intervals.
Parturient, having
birth.
recently given
Perin^eum, the part between the anus, or seat, and the genitals. Periosteum, the fibrous membrane which adheres to and covers the
bone.
Parturition,
partus, child-birth.
Par vagum,
Periostitis, periosteum
inflammation
;
of the
Viride,
Veratrum
Merctij'ius, Mezereon.
Peripneumonia, inflammation of
the substance of the lungs
phorzis.
;
Fhos-
Pastry, indigestibility of, 19. Patella, the knee cap. Peculiarities of constitution,
Pediculus, the
louse, destroyed by snuff in glycerine, or an ointment of the 1st trituration of Mercurius Vivus, and attention to cleanliness.
Peritoneum,
which
the serous
lines the
670
to
phates.
Phosphorus,
ACUTUS,
sumption.
galloping
con-
and insen-
Pertussis, hooping-cough. Petechi/E, purple spots on the skin, ecchymosis ; occurring in fevers, they are a sign of great danger and
prostration.
glands, numerous small glands beneath the mucous glands of the small bowels, so called from Peyer, their discoverer. Phagedena, a sore which eats rapidly in the surrounding surface. Phantom tumour, a distension from wind. Peyer's
laryngeal coninflammation, ulceration, and sometimes bony hardening of the cartilage of the windpipe; Lachesis, Runiex. meseraica, mesenteric disease, consumption of the bowels. Physiology, the science of the laws of life ; it is divided into animal
LARYNGEA,
sumption,
it
relates to
comparative.
Physometra, accumulation
and
;
of wind discharge from, the Brofnine, womb Phospheric Acid, Lycopodium, Arsenic, Kreoits
Pharmacodynamics,
tion of the effects
dicines.
a considera-
sote.
PiA MATER, the thin membrane which immediately covers the brain, and that which lines its
fosse.
standard or authoritative formulae for the preparation of medicines. Pharynx, the upper part of the
Pigeon breast,
507.
tenderness,
It
heat,
;
and knots
Pulsatilla.
in their course
of
follow wounds, operations, or labour, 246. Phlegmasia dolens, milk leg, a hot, white, marbled swelling of tracted, sunken, as in abdominal one leg in second or third week disease. after delivery ; it consists in the Pins and needles, a sensation in obstruction of the veins Aconite, the leg produced by pressure on Pulsatilla. the large nerve ; as the limb rePhlegmon, boil, circumscribed incovers, a general pricking and flation of the skin, ending in the tingling is felt in it. formation of matter Bellis, Ar- Pisa, 39. nica, Hepar, Silicea. Pit, a pock-mark. Pit of the stoPhlegmonous (inflammation), deepmach, the middle and lower part seated and intense inflammation of of the stomach, often sensitive to the tissue beneath the skin. pressure, and always even to a moPhosphatic, consisting of, or conderate blow ; not unfrequently the taining phosphates used of the seat of pain.
; ;
may
or sugar-of-milk pellets or pills, medicated or charged with various medicines, 22. Pimple, a very small boil, or inflamed spot, or papula. Pinched, of the features, con-
C71
on the head.
Placenta,
to
the after-birth ; its object eliminate nourishment from the maternal blood, and to convey it to the unborn child. Plague, pestilential typhus, glandular pestilence, Levant fever, an affection of a most virulent chaViride, Phosphorus, Chelidonium, racter, attended by carbuncles and Antim. Tartaricum, Belladonna, implication of the glands of the groin and the arm-pits. It may be 216. communicated by w^oollen goods, Pneumothorax, emphysema of the articles of furniture, and clothing. lungs, or accumulation of air in the cavity of the pleura, often acTo guard against its spread, quarantine is enforced. companied by effusion of fluid. Plaister, any application of a firmer Pock-mark, the mark or pit left from smallpox. consistence than an ointment spread on linen, silk or leather ; Podagra, the gout. useful to bring and keep the edges Podophyllum, 604. of a w^ound together, to serve as a Pointing of an abscess, the maturing or coming to a head. protection, and in certain cases to maintain a medicated substance in Poisoned wounds, 380. apposition to the skin, so that it Poisoning, how to treat, 406. may be gradually absorbed, as POLYCHREST, a medicine of multifarious uses ; as Aconite, BellaArnica, Calendula, Belladonna,
close net-work of nerves or blood-vessels. Pneumogastric, distributed both to the lungs and stomach, as the pneumogastric nerve. Pneumonia, inflammation of the lungs ; difficulty of breathing, shivering fever, pain, cough, rusty expectoration ; Aconite, Veratrum
Plexus, a
Conium.
do7ina.
Platinum, Plethora,
603. over-fulness of the bloodvessels in a part, or superabundance of blood in the system. Pleura, the fibrous, investing, or covering membrane of lungs, 220. Pleurisy, false or spurious ; pain in the muscles between the ribs difficulty of breathing, but vi^ithout fever ; no fixed pain ; Arnica, Cimicifuga, Bryonia, Nux Vomica, 222. Pleuritis, Pleurisy, inflammation of the covering of the lungs ; the
Polydipsia, constant and excessive thirst, with dryness of the throat ; prominent symptoms in diabetes.
Polypharmacy,
the prescribing of
more than one medicine to be taken at the same time. Polypus, mucous, soft, vascular,
fibroid
or follicular tumours
at-
bleeding,
and
Treatment,
dine,
locally
usual free motion is impeded there is shivering, fever, pain in the side, and short cough ; Aconite, Bryonia, Arnica, Asclepias, Mercurius, 216-223.
Polysarca,
Sepia, Nitric Acid, Thuja. over-fatness, obesity in children it is called " Chlorosis gigantea." Diet and give Conium, Veg., lerrum, Calcarea, Carbo Pulsatilla, or Sulphur. Polyuresis, Polyurea, diabetes insipidus ; unusual flow of urine.
672
Potass bromide, much, but undeservedly, vaunted in sleeplessness, and nervous excitement. Dose, 5 to ID grains. Large doses produce drowsiness, and act as a violent depressant. Potency, the strength to which a medicine is diluted, as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, I2th, 30th. Poultices, 30-31. Pound, 12 oz. troy, or apothecaries'
restlessness,
the back part of the knee-joint or ham, one of the parts where aneurism sometimes forms. Pore, an excessively minute space in the skin, through which the perspiration passes in an ordinary weight ; 16 oz. avoirdupois. temperature about two pounds of insensible perspiration will be Pregnancy, duration of, 280 days nine calendar or ten lunar months ; passed in twenty-four hours. of four weeks, reckoned from the PORRIGO, ringworm, scald in the third day after the last menstruahead ; tinea capitis favus ; Gration, 441-457phites, Phosphorics, Sepia, Baryta, Presbyopia, far-sightedness, long Lycopodiutn, Zinc, 307. sight. FAVOSA, scald head, with Prim^ vi^, the stomach and large straw-coloured pustules. bowels i.e., the first passages, -LARVALIS, milk crust, milkthe lacteals being the second. scab. SCUTALATA, rmgworm, Primapara, a female who brings forth for the first time. 307Procidentia, prolapsus, bearingPortal system ; four large veins down of the womb, or of the lower the two mesenteric, splenic, and
:
Popliteal space,
the venous blood from the viscera of digestion ; the trunk formed by their union enters into the liver, and ramifies through
gastric, collect
it. Porta, literally, means that part of the liver where the vessels enter as by a gate.
bowel.
Prognosis, an opinion formed beforehand as to the progress and termination of a disease; "prognostic," a guide to such an opinion.
Prolapsus, falling-down of a
as of the
part,
womb
Possessed, supposed
to
147.
acal possession.
Posterior nares,
womb
n'ca,
Posthumous,
occurring after death ; applied to a child born after the death of its father. Post mortem (after death), a surgical examination of the body of a patient made after death. Post partum, alter delivery, as of
flooding.
Calearea,
Nux
Votnica^
Aletris.
ladonna.
it is
Potable, drinkable
table
when
atmospheric air, is not saltish, and does not contain minerals, sewage filtration, or moving organisms.
of the of a chesnut, situated just before the neck of the bladder; it is liable to inflammation, abscess, and enlargement.
673
distinctive
and often
de-
power.
Protein, a chemical substance from which animal or vegetable albu- Pudenda, the genital organs. men, fibrine, casein, and gluten PUDic arteries and nerves, those
are obtained ; these are called protein compounds ; sometimes the term "albuminoid " is substituted.
rangements, manifest themselves ; (See p. 5, the " Woman's Guide.") PuBES, the centre of the bone in the front of the hips.
dis-
tributed to the genital organs. Puerperal, relating to, or consequent on, child-birth. convulsions, convulsions following delivery ; Belladonna,
Aconite^
Arsenic,
Sulphur,
Aconite,
Arsenic. Psoitis, inflammation of this muscle, and the parts before the spine in this situation ; it is attended by fever, pain, and a fixing of the It thigh in a half-bent position. may end in the formation of matter, and form a "lumbar" or "psoas abscess." It is sometimes accompanied by disease, or caries of the bones of the spine ; Belladonna, Silicea, Pulsatilla, Arsenic. Psora, Psoric, a peculiar predisposition, arising from a taint in the constitution, which leads to the development of various skin diseases, and affections of the
Pulmonary consumption,
Pulsatilla, 606. Pulse, the, 6.
PULLNA,
38.
PuNCTA LACHRYMALis,
the orifice of the lachrymal canals of the eye. Puncture, a trifling wound made " by a pointed instrument ; a " stab is more violent, and deeper.
Punctured wounds,
coloured
380.
According
is
thick,
caused by
affection,
Purpura,
where
the thickened,
skin
is
red,
and
brittle,
wrinkled,
smooth, dry,
peeling.
small livid spots under the skin, from effused blood j a sign of great debility ; Arsenic. Purulent, consisting of pus, or partaking of the nature of pus or
"matter."
Ptosis, palsy of the upper eyelid Pus, commonly designated "matGelsemimim, Spigelia. ter," yellowish and creamy, as Ptyalism, a profuse flow of saliva produced in abscesses by inflam from the mouth, Mercurius Vivus ; mation. if produced by mercury, gargles of Pustular, consisting of, or appearsalt and water, or Condy's fluid ; ing as pustules, as in smallpox. Nitric Acid internally. Putrid, any disease, as a fever, Puberty, the period at which boywhere the perspiration and excreta hood and girlhood really end : as have a purtrescent odour j rotten, the girl nears puberty, distinctive decayed.
674
Pyemia,
Baptisia, Lachesis.
Pylorus,
the lower or right orifice, or outlet of the stomach ; it is the gate or closure of the stomach, from the action of a fibrous ring, preventing the food passing into the bowels during digestion. Pyrexia, the hot stage of fevers,
Rectocele,
prolapse or bearingof the posterior part of the vagina, implicating the rectum Aconite, Arnica, Vo7?iica. (See pp. 218 222, " Woman's
down
Nux
Guide.")
Recto-vaginal, embracing
fecting the rectum
or afaf-
and
and vagina.
Quartan,
or ague,
an
intermittent
fever
Recurrent,
relapsing; of arteries
or nerves, returning. coming on every fourth day; "double quartan," when Red-gown, small red spots like fleabites, which cover the infant all an attack occurs on the third, and over like a gown otherwise termed (See another on the fourth day. " red-gum ; " Chamomilla, Sul"Ague," 60.)
;
Quickening, movements
are
first
phur.
Reduction,
back into
felt,
though
first
;
it
is
alive
this is
some-
Reflex,
ness.
times attended by faintness ; it takes place at the half term, 4^months ; or 18 weeks, 444. Quinsy, inflammation and suppuration of one or both tonsils ; cynBelladonna, tonsillaris ; anche Mercurius, Hepar ; with hot steaming, 88., Quintan, an intermittent returning every five days. (See "Ague.") Quotidian, an intermittent returning every day. (See " Ague.")
Region, a part of the body near or over any organ, as the heart, stomach, or liver.
Regularity
Regurgitation,
of meals, 17. return of food or liquid from the stomach, or vomiting at will ; Belladonna, A^ttini. Crud. ; or return of blood through a valve after it has passed it, as in the aorta, or from a ventricle of the heart back into the auricle,
478.
Rabies, Rabid, hydrophobia, mad- Relapsing or Famine Fever, epidemic remittent, bilious remitness arising from the bite of a dog. tent, mild yellow fever, or hungerRachitis, rickets. pest ; Aconite, Bryonia Veratrum Rale, wheezing or rattling, the Dioscorea^ Podophyllum^ Viride, sound made by the passing of air through mucous, from which the 53bronchial tubes, or air-passages, Relaxant, a medicine which lessens
are unable to free themselves, or through softened tuberculous matter.
94.
ODEX AND
Remission, a temporary suspension of symptoms.
lessening or suspending regular or irregular intervals, followed by an increase or aggravation of symptoms. Renal, belonging to, or connected with, or acting upon the kidneys. Reserve air, or supplementary, that remaining in the lungs after or during breathing. Residual air, that remaining after forcible breathing. Resolution, subsidence or disappearance without discharge or evacuation. Respiration, jerking ; breathing interrupted by starts or catches, as in incipient pleurisy.
at
<
DICTIONARY.
675
609.
Rheum Palmatum,
Rheumatic gout,
the joints,
chiefly the fingers,
enlargement of
Remittent,
also
equally
;
af-
women
and men
Nux
Organs of their
eases, 185.
dis-
that part of the spinal cord whence the nerves of respiration take their rise. Restlessness, agitation, the result of mental or arterial disturbance often a very in severe illness grave symptom, Aconite, Coffea. Resuscitation, restoration when apparently dead.
;
Respiratory tract,
Vomica, Rhus, Colc/iictim, PulsaCatdophyllum, 329. Rheumatism, pain in the muscles, joints, tendons, or covering of the bone the result of cold, damp, or wet, often shifting, and increased by changes of weather or storms ; it is articular when affecting the joints, muscular when affecting the muscles, synovial when affecting the membrane of the joints, periosteal when affecting the covering of the bone. It is also divided into acute and chronic ; Bryonia, Rhus, Nux Vomica, Colchicum, Ledum, Sul;
phur, 333.
,
acute,
rheumatic fever
the ordinary
symptoms of
fever,
hot
Treat accordor hysteria. ing to the cause ; sometimes the catheter alone will suffice. Reticular, resembling a net. Retinitis, inflammation of the
ture,
retina.
cessive perspiration, affording no relief. The chief danger is heart affection the next, crippled joints ; Aconite, Bryonia, Mercurious, Cijnicifuga, Chamomilla,
',
Rhus,
329-
Nux
in
cholera are so called because ot their resemblance to it. In India they are also called congee " discharges ; "congee" meaning
'
'
rice.
676
IlI^DEX
AND
in-
DICTION^ART.
fluid secreted by the parotid glands, and those under the jaw and under the tongue. Salivation, an unusual or profuse flow of the saliva, otherwise called ptyalism ; Mercurius, Nitric Acid. Sambuscus nigra, 613.
Saliva, the
of
chilliness, with shivering the cold stage of fevers ; the information of dication of the matter. Ringworm (Herpes Circinatus, or It is divided Porrigo Scutellata). into herpetic, vesicular, or pustular ; an eruption on the head of isolated of vesicles, or rings patches ; Sepia, Rhus, Sulphur, Staphysagria, Arsenic, 306-307. RiSUS SARDONICUS, hysterical, spasmodic, or canine laughter; Hyo-
Rigor,
Sandefiord, 39. Sanguification, conversion of the chyle into blood ; the making of
blood.
scyamus.
Roasting,
Rose, the
19.
erysipelas.
Sanies, a thin, serous, discoloured fluid, resembling matter and blood, often discharged from ulcers. Sarcoid, resembling flesh. Sarcoma, any excrescence or tumour having the consistence of flesh. Sardonic, canine, because the Sardonia herb was said to produce
such.
or scarlet rash ; an small red pimples Gelseminum, Bryonia, Aconite, Belladonna, Pulsatilla. Rubeola, the measles.
Roseola,
rose
eruption
of
Sardonicus
ter; Hyoscyatnus.
Hamanielis.
Rupture,
a breaking or bursting omentum or caul, with or without a portion of intestine, into the groin, into the scrotum, or at the navel. It often causes great pain, if unreduced or put back, with faintness, sickness, and great danger. It may result from lifting, straining, or coughing. Treatment lying down, cold applications, pressure continued ; Aconite, Nux Vomica,- Arnica, Gelse?ninum, LoFor the incarcerated or imbelia, movably fixed, an operation alone suffices to avert death, 372.
forth of the
Scab, a crust forming on a sore, from the gradual consolidation of the fluid oozing from it. Scabies, the itch. Scalds and burns, 398. SCALL, a division of skin diseases, impetigo, eczema, comprising psoriasis ; inflammation or irritation, followed by scabs.
of the
by scabs
Acojtite,
Pulsatilla.
Scarlatina,
demic
spots,
scarlet fever,
fever,
an epiaccompanied by sore
continuous
Sabina, 613.
Saccharated extracts,
Sachral, belonging to,
22,
or connected with the sacrum. Sacrum, the lower bone of the pelvis, on which the spine rests.
is frequently attack on the throat, and is sometimes maligMerctcriiis, Belladonna, nant ; Rhus, Baptisia, Ailanthus, M^'.rcurius lodatus, 65-69.
it
its
lis"
BEX
AIS^D
DICTIONAKT.
677
SCHNEIDERIAN
MEMBRANE,
that
nerve running
the back of the thigh. Sciatica, a rheumatic or nervous pain affecting this nerve, exceedingly distressing, and often very obstinate GelsimiCimicifuga, nujjt, Chamonnlla, Mercuriiis,
;
down
336.
prin-
consequences resulting from disease. Serpiginous, creeping or spreading from part to part, as ringworm. Serum, Serous, thin, watery fluid, or the membranes which secrete it, the watery part of the blood. Set-fast, the core of a boil, or a small, grayish, fibrous mass left in
the centre after
it
Sequels,
breaks.
Sclerotic, the tough, fibrous, membrane which helps to preserve the globular or round form of the eye. Sclerotitis, inflammation of the
sclerotic coat of the eye.
Shingles, a vesicular eruption showing itself at the waist, or round the arm-pit, attended by inflammation, and very considerable neuralgic pain ; Aconite, Cistus, Rhus,
Gelse}nimini, A7'senic, 306.
Scorbutic,
arising from, or connected with scurvy. Scrofula, a state of the system distinguished by glandular swellings, indolent humours, badly healing wounds or ulcers, and a tendency to consumption or mesenteric disease, 341.
Shock, depression of
vital
power
;
Gel-
Short, winded,
Scope of this work, i. Scruple, twenty grains. Scurvy, a peculiar affection of the Sick Headache, 129. gums and other parts of the body, SiLiCEA, 617. to which sailors and others, long Signs of pregnancy, 443. deprived of fresh meat and vege- Simple fever, 42.
tables,
difficult or oppressed breathing after or during exercise, often arising simply from fatness ; it may be caused by disease of the heart or lungs, or by a full stomach.
for
medicinal
Scybala, hard faeces in lumps. Seacale, 614. Sea-Sickness, intense nausea and vomiting produced by the motion
Lobelia, Cocculus, Veratritm Viride, 128. Sebaceous, or Seriparous Follicles, glands under the skin, in the armpit, and elsewhere, for secreting a thickish fluid like melted "suet" hence the name.
at
;
of
the
vessel
sea
34.
SCHV^ALBACH, 39. Secundines, the after-birth. Seltzer, 38. Sempstresses' palsy (See "
Sempstresses'.")
Skin, the, 9 ; diseases of, 300. Sleep, should be quiet and peaceful
it is
Palsy,
Sensorium,
oppressed in affections of the chest and stomach, starting in those of the heart, and stertorous or Its snoring in those of the brain. natural duration at night should be from seven to eight hours.
678
Sleeplessness, 274. Slough, the part which separates from a sore or ulcer, or the dead part which is cast off from the living in mortification.
Smallpox,
from, 387.
74-78.
deformity, when the lower vertebrae of the spine are wanting, and a soft tumour, composed of the spinal
Snakes and
serpents,
wounds
cord covered by
presents
itself.
its
membranes,
Snow-blindness, blindness pro- Spinal curvature or deformity, duced by the reflection of the rays either angular or lateral angular of the sun on snow ; the Esquiis caused by disease of the bones maux use, as a preventive, specof the spine, which crumble and tacles of light wood, with a narrow give way ; the growth of the child slit only to admit light. or young person is arrested, and Snuffles, breathing with difficulty incurable deformity or hump-back
;
through the nose from accumulaSamhcctis, 474. Solidification, otherwise called " hepatisation ; " the causing of the
tion of
;
mucus
lung, through
solid
air.
disease, to
become
whilst
and impervious
to respired
sleep,
a recumbent position, the process of disintegration is going on. (See Woman's Guide.") Lateral curvature is very
in
Somniferous, causing
notic, soporific.
hyp-
in growing girls, from weakness of the muscles on either spine, side of the caused by cramped, constrained position, by
carelessness, rapid growth, or the
ill
common
also friction
foul,
and pressure.
matter
dis-
Sordes,
brown
charged from
Sore mouth,
tion
stomatitis, inflamma;
assiduous attention to habits and health : in extreme and very rare cases, spinal supports, very carefully designed and adjusted, 504* Spitting of blood, 223. Splayfoot, or flat foot. (See under
Spa, 39.
'Deformities" and "Talipes," in work. Spleen, the ductless gland situated at the large end of the stomach,
this
composed of areolar
tissue.
It is
Specific, direct, immediate, as of the action of a medicine or capable of curing some one or more
;
particular disease.
considered to aid in the elaboration of the red corpuscles of the blood, and also to serve as a storehouse for the blood, for the purposes of
digestion.
,
closes
an opening in any
of the spleen (splenoncus), or ague cake, formerly a very common reintermittent fever or sult of
ague
Splenisation, conversion
I2TDEX
AND DICTIONARY.
G79
lung, in inflammation, into a substance resembling the spleen. inflammation of the Splenitis, spleen ; Aconite, China^ Arsenic,
Stammering, an
involuntary inter-
Ntix Vomica, Bryonia. Splint, a flat piece of wood, or Stramonium, Cuprum, Sulphur, other substance, applied to broken bones, as a support, and to prevent 295. movement until union takes place. Stays, objections to, 20. Splinter, a fragment of bone, as in Stercoraceous, faecal, consist ing o excrementitious matter. a fracture a small pointed piece of wood, penetrating the flesh ; it Sternal, connected with, or reshould be extracted as soon as poslating to, the breast-bone. sible, as it sets up considerable Stertor, deep snoring. irritation, and causes much pain Stethoscope, a hollow instrument, then apply Hypericum or Ledum. some three or four inches long, for Spongea, 620. conveying the various sounds of Sponging, 34. the lungs or heart with increased distinctness to the ear. Spongio-piline, 30-31. Sporadic, diseases which occur in- Sthenic, vigorous, powerful, strong. dependent of epideinic or con- Stiff joint (anchylosis), an immovable joint, from inflammation tagious influence. If complete, there is Spotted or malignant fever, 501. or injury. if simply ligamentous, Sprain, the twisting of a joint by no cure
;
ruption, or total inability to utter a letter or syllable. Treatment regulated methodical speaking
stiff and twisted, 337. Springs containing iron, 39. Sputa, secretions ejected from the Stings of insects, 390. mouth by spitting ^.^., mucus; Stitch, a sharp, shooting pain, like that produced by a prick from some they may be gummy, frothy, vis-
violence or accident, as the knee, ankle, wrist, or elbow especially, and the swelling pain and lameRhus, Bellis, ness which result Arttica ; compresses, succeeded by cold affusion, 374.
;
friction
and
movement
will
benefit.
Stiff neck
Aconite,
(torticollis) ;
from cold,
damp,
Ruta.
Bryonia, Mercurius,
Rhus; from
Cimicijuga,
^sculus when
cid,
or
pointed instrument
nica.
Aconite,
Ar
use-
Squamous, Squinting
(strabismus), may arise from imitation or defect in one or other of the eyes, or be a symptom of water on the brain. If nervous or vascular, and tolerably recent, Belladonna, Stramoniu7?i, and Gel-
as well as
much
less
costly,
than the old-fashioned laced stock ing ; of great service as an auxiliary in varicose veins of the leg,
ankles.
foeter
of the
seminujn ; Hydrastis if accompanied by opacity of the cornea. If medicine is insufficient, division of the affected muscles, under
chloroform, 510. St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas. St. Vitus' Dance, chorea, involuntary movements or twitchings of
mouth, with blood-stained discharge from the gums ; Hydrastis, Baptisia ; Acid, Muriatic ; Acid, Sulphuric ; Mercurius Corrosivus, Chlorate of Potash gargle. Lemonjuice.
Stomach-pump,
pump
or
nutritive
; ;
680
liquids into the
stomach, or for quickly withdrawing poisonous matter from the stomach ; these must be in a state of solution, and not such as are likely to corrode the coats of the stomach ; one or two pints of water should be injected before using the pump, and not quite so much withdrawn care should also be taken to pass the tube down the swallow, and not down the windpipe. Stomach, ulceration of the, 132. Stomatitis, inflammation of the
Aconite,
Nux
Vomica,
or by mechanical dilatation, by bougies, and other instruments. Stroke, apoplectic, an apoplectic seizure ; Opium, dry on the tongue. paralytic, paralytic a , seizure Belladonna, Nux Vomica,
Gelsemimim,
^sculus.
Strophulus, "red-gum,"
gown "
fants.
which see
scrofula.
Struma,
fulous.
Strumous, scro-
Stoppage of the
"Enteritis,
")
;
bowels
(see
Bowels
144.
Inflammation
the part left after a limb, or a portion of it, has been amputated; the part remaining in the gum after a tooth has broken off. Stunned, concussion of the brain, more or less complete or serious it may be but momentary, and the effect quickly pass off, or unconsciousness may last some time, and of serious import. Arnica, Aconite, and Belladonna, Veratrum Viride ; Opium in severer cases. See under "Domestic Surgery.*' Stupe, a saturated flannel, or cloth, used in fomentation. Stupor, great lessening or suspenabsion of sensibility ; lethargy sence of taking notice, or of feeling ; a sign of bad import in any serious affection.
Stump,
the effects of lifting heavy weights, beyond the it or attempting strength ; Arnica, 375. Stramonium, 620. Strangulation, compression so as to stop the circulation, as by hanging, or a cord fastened round also of the bowels in rupture or hernia, when an operation is imperatively required. Strangury, great difficulty of passit is passed only by ing water drops, and is accompanied by pain and straining ; Aconite^ Cantha;
be
Stye, 355. Styptic, capable of arresting bleeding ; Arnica, Hama?7ielis, Trillium, Tincture of Iron, Turpentijie, Gallic and Tannic Acids, Matico. Sub-acute, moderate, not severe. Subcutaneous injection, with a syringe, might be resorted to with
rides.
Strapping
(i)
diachylon,
or adhelinen, silk,
on
or elastic material
for confining the
manner.
Strawberry-mark,
see.
nsevus
which
advantage in severe neuralgia, ticdouloureux, and nerve pain a watery solution, not too strong, ot the indicated medicine being em;
ployed.
Stricture,
the narrowing of a channel or canal of the body, as of the gullet, lower bowel, or
Submaxillary,
situated under the Sub-mucous, placed under jaw. the mucous inflammation.
Iin)EX
AXD
DICTIOIS^ARY.
to
681
and hands
;
SUBSULTUS TENDINUM,
ritability,
of small points attended with great perspiration, which may be simply the effect of heat, or of collapse and prostration in fever. (See " Miliary Fever.") Sudatory, Sudorific, that which excites perspiration. Sudor, sweat, perspiration. Sudoriferous, sweat-carrying, as of the glands of the skin. Sufflation, pufifiness.
(i)
if cold the face is flushed ; Glonoine for the headache and after-effects, every two or three hours, 256. Supplementary air, the reserve in the chest, which can be forcibly expelled after an ordinary breath
the
feet
Belladonna
if
Support, abdominal,
delivery, or
useful
after
abdominal muscles, giving rise to bearing-down of the womb Huxley's and Bailey's are the best. Suppository, small medicated cones or cylinders of cocoa butter, for introduction into the lower bowel,
in the case of fissure, or other painful affections of that part Hydrastis, Ha^namelis, Arsenic, Gelseminujji ; Belladonna, and Silicea may be cited as most adapted. Suppression of the monthly pe-
a forcible stopping of the breath, by hanging, drowning, smothering, strangling, or the breathing of noxious gases, 402 ; (2) difficulty of breathing, and oppression. Suffusion, a spreading over, or extravasation, as of blood in a bloodshot eye, or of a colour. Sugillation, a bruise or dark spot, as before mortification, or after death. Suicide, the act of killing oneself, " felo de se ; " most frequently the result of disease of the mind. Sulphur, 622.
Suffocation,
riod, 414.
the forming of pus, or matter, in a wound, abscess, or boil, as the result of inflammation. Aconite, Belladonna, Arnica, Hefar. Suppurative, facilitating, hastening, or maturing suppuration ;
Suppuration,
Hepar.
Surgery,
Sulphurous bath,
curring in the
39.
Summer complaint,
Sunbupn, tanned
summer
diarrhoea ocIris V.
;
sure to the sun. Simple spiritlotion with a little rose or elderflower water will suffice ; Aconite if there is any inflammation. (See
the treatment of external diseases or affections, or the planning or performing of operations for their relief. conservative, that which aims, in operations, to sacrifice or remove as little as possible,
domestic, 359.
Suspended animation,
Suspensory,
upholds.
;
402.
that
which sustains or
"Freckle.")
Sunstroke, "insolation," "heat- Suture, (i) a union by serrated or apoplexy," "coup de soleil," loss indented edges (2) in surgery, a
of consciousness, and an apoplectic condition, following exposure to extreme heat in summer, may occur on a dull, hot day, or under a bright sun. Aconite, if the face is pale, every ten minutes, with heat
the interrupted, quilled, glover's, or twisted ; useful in very deep wounds, or when it is intended to prevent disfiguration, as on the face. (See " Wounds.") Sweating-sickness, an old name
stitch, as
682
for
E^DEX
AlTD DICTION-ART.
of
drawing
water in
effused
fluid or
syn-
cope. (See "Fainting," 280, 447.) Sycosis, a fig-wort, a fungous ulcer Thuja, Sanguinaria.
dropsy it is only palliative. Taxis, methodical pressure and manipulation, with a view of reducing hernia or rupture.
Teeth,
first
Sylvester method of restoring THE apparently DEAD, 402. Sympathetic (i) produced, byrefrom some organ primarily or principally affected, as pain in the breast from ovarian disturbance; (2) the set of nerves which takes its origin in separate ganglia, arranged on each side of the spine ; they compose a cephalic, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, and sacral system ; they are so called because they are considered to produce the sympathy between different organs. Symptomatology, the observation and description of symptoms. Synchronous, occurring at the
action,
temporary, or children's twenty j four incisors, two eye-teeth, and four double teeth in each jaw. permanent, when complete. and the jaw has perfectly developed, are thirty-two ; four incisors or cutting-teeth, two eyeteeth, four fanged or bicuspid teeth, and six double teeth, or molars, in each jaw.
set,
,
Teething,
483.
Temperature of baths,
Temporal,
with
called from the Latin tempus time, because there the hair first turns while.
74.
membrane of the joints. Bryonia, Asclepias Tuberosa, Merctirius. Systole, the contraction of the heart and arteries, which drives the blood onward.
the large tendon below the calf, attached to the heel ; the rupture of it is treated by a strap from the heel to the knee. Tendon, the white, tough, cordlike ending to certain muscles. Tenesmus, frequent, ineffectual, painful desire relieve the to bowels, as in dysentery, with straining, or forcing-pain generally, Merctirius Corrosivus, Nux
Tendo Achilles,
Vomica.
Tent, a small
roll
of
lint,
or small
of
the
Tepid baths,
Teplitz,
39.
33.
mesenteric tuberculous affection or consumption of the bowels. Table, a term applied to the bones of the skull.
disease,
mesenterica,
Tape-worm Mercurnu
;
Cor., Filix
parreturn every forty-eight hours, or third day, usually the most easily manageable form. Tetanic, severely rigid spasm, resembling that of lock-jaw. Tetanus, lock-jaw. Tetter, properly an eruption of vesicles, herpes ; but popularly
; ; ;
683
psoriasis, 305.
Therapeutic,
indications
afforded
by,
Thermometer,
Thirst,
sosis, 12.
excessive,
polydipsia,
dip-
Thoracic,
Tonics, medicines which give tone or connected to the stomach and increase the
as Vomica, Xanthoxyllu?n, Helonias, Hydrastis.
appetite,
Nux
Throat symptoms,
Thrush,
;
70.
aphthse specks white, or TONSILITIS, inflammation of the on the tongue and cheek, tonsils. Cynanche tonsillaris. preceded by a red granular erup(See "Quinsy.") tion from enlarged papillae j com- Tonsils, the glands, of the shape of mon in infants a few weeks old, in an almond, on each side of the whom it is associated with derangeuvula, at the upper part of the ment of the digestion ; in adults it throat ; the mucus they secrete is the attendant of prolonged and facilitates swallowing they also extreme debility ; Botux, Chamomaterially aid the voice. milla, Arsenic, Hydrastis, Baptisia, enlargement of, causes snoring and throat-deafness ; a 479sign Thuja, 626. of scrofulous weakness Baryta, Merc, led., Sidph. lad., Thyroid cartilage, of the windpipe or larynx, having the shape of removal by operation not required. a tooth is composed of a folding doorhence its name ; Tooth concerned in vo6il resonance. crown or top, neck and fang, or GLAND, one of the ductroot, inside which is the pulp, which is highly sensitive and vasless glands, of a brownish-red cocular ; the solid portion consists lour, situated on either side of the windpipe, at the upper part ; its of dentine or tooth-bone, comfunction has not been ascertained posed chiefly of phosphate and it is larger in females than males, carbonate of lime, with fluoride of and also during menstruation. calcium ; this is covered by a thin Tibia, the large or shin-bone of the crust of very hard enamel, containTibial, related to or conleg. ing only 3 per cent, of animal matter. nected with the tibia. stopping for, gold-filing, Tic, Tic-douloureux, paroxysmal, gutta-percha violent neuralgia of the face ; Armastic, sponge, Gelseminum, Cimicifnga, senic, thoroughly clean out the cavity Helonias, China, Ferrum, 297. dry it by putting in blotting paTinea-capitis, ringworm of the per ; then introduce the stopping when the tooth does not ache. head, scald-head. Tinea-facet, milk-crust or scab. Be careful not to eat for some little time after. TINITIUS AURIUM, ringing in the Mej'cu' ears ; often merely imaginary, or Toothache ; Belladonna, rius, Aconite, Chamomilla, Gelsethe result of indigestion ; someminiun, 85, 440. times indicative of brain or funcwry-neck ; Rhus, lional disturbance of the heart ; or Torticollis, Ruta, yEsculus, if with brain disit may be connected with deafness. turbance Tongue is composed of muscle, and
curd-like,
;
684
Tourniquet,
a surgical instrument, consisting of a band of webbing and screws, for tightening it over the course of an artery, to stay arterial violent bleeding, 391395.
treatise
effects,
on poisons, Trituration, rubbing down a substance in a mortar, always in the and treatsame direction, until it is thoment. roughly and most minutely divided, Trachea, the windpipe, composed 22. of cartilaginous rings, muscular Truss, a bent bar of flexible steel, fibre, and mucous membrane. covered with leather, to which a Trachetis, inflammation of the trapad and strap are attached, for rechea, or lower part of the wind-
Toxicology, a
their
nature,
pipe.
taining a rupture in
or
its
place.
Tracheotomy,
makmg
an
inci-
sion through two or three of its rings into the windpipe, is sometimes necessary for the extraction of any substance, such as plum or cherry-stones, or beads, that may
should fit well, be always worn during the day, and put on before the patient rises up in bed. If a truss causes chafing, the part should be bathed with Calendula lotion. The ordinary truss bends
truss
downwards to fit the side for which have been swallowed and become it is intended. fixed ; or it is sometimes had recourse to, though very seldom, Tubercle, deposit of friable, irritating matter, which becomes calunder homoeopathic treatment, to
relieve
breathing when the of the windpipe is false membrane in a severe case of croup ; or when the swelling of the vocal chords, in acute inflammation of the windpipe, threatens to suffocate the
the
patient.
careous or softens, involving the surrounding tissue of the lungs. Tumour, a permanent swelling oi some part of the body, the product of a morbid influence ; they are
fleshy, fibroid, fibro-cellular, fatty,
Traumatic,
relating
to,
or arising
from a wound.
Tympanites,
disease. Homoeo-
flatulent,
drum-like
or
Treatment of
pathy in the,
"'
1-4.
and
the
Trembles,
the, milk-fever.
o.
ear.
Tremor,
involuntary trembling of the body, or of some part of it, the power of motion not being interfered with ; often caused by the use of spirits or tobacco, from their eff"ect on the nervous system. Trichocephalus, a species of worm infesting the colon and blind
_
Tympanum,
the ear or
the sensitive cavity of it is lined with ; mucous membrane, furnished with four small l^ones, and supplied with a plexus of nerves. Typhoid, resembling typhus, abdominal typhus, enteric fever, at-
drum
trum
685
diseases of, 176-
Urinary organs,
1S5.
Urine,
43-
naturally, is pale yellow, perfectly transparent and acid, of peculiar odour ; two pints and ahalf may be taken as the average quantity passed in twenty-four hours.
,flocculent,
having a clouded
appearance.
contains a consi-, gouty, siderable quantity of phosphate of lime. hysterical or nervous, very abundant, frequent, and pale as water. Urticaria, nettle-rash, wheals like
Arsenic, Hydrastis,
Sili-
cea, Lycopodium,
Sanguinaria, Sul-
phur, 316.
Uterus,
the
womb.
Uteritis,
:
in-
Uvula, a
small nipple-like body or projection in the middle of the arch of the palate, to which it helps to impart strength.
Union by
Vaccination, the preservative application of cow-pox virus, 513. Vagina, the passage to the uterus. Vagus nerve, the pneumogastric. Valve, a small door formed by a fold of membrane which prevents the return of liquids into any
cavity.
and
lithic acid.
Valves
Urea, an
essential
tricuspid.
Vapour bath,
fevers,
and rheumatism
obtained
Urethra,
the bladder.
Uric acid, an
:
acid in the urine, in the form of urate of soda, or urate of ammonia it is often deposited from the urine even in health.
from the steam of hot water ; various portable ones are made ; a spirit lamp under a wooden chair covered by blankets, or a shallow vessel of water kept boiling by a Water may be taken spirit lamp. freely during the time of taking the bath and after, the body must be well washed with tepid water, and vigorously rubbed, 35.
;
686
of mucous membrane and ligamentous fibre ; they are thick and strong ; they are capable of being brought close together, and of being dified smallpox. considerably tightened, the apVaricose, permanently enlarged proximation and tension regulating veins ; Hamamelis, rest and elastic the pitch of the voice. stockings, 246, 448. Voice, articulate sound, produced ULCERS, 319. by the breath, the windpipe, Vascular, plentifully supplied with glottis, palate, and tongue, lips blood-vessels. and teeth, aided by the resonance Vein, bursting of, in the leg rest, of the bones of the head and face. elevation, pressure by firm pads, and, until they are ready, by the Vomica, a cavity in the lungs ; Sanguinaria. thumb ; Hamamelis, Arnica. Verum pendulum palati, the Vomiting, controlled by Ipecacuanha, Acid, Hydrocyanic ; Kreomuco-membranous curtain of the sote, Arsenic, 127. palate. Ventricle, cavities in the brain and Vulnerary, a medicine good for wounds, as Arnica, Bellis, Calenheart.
Variations in the water, 13. Varicella, chicken-pox. Variola, smallpox. Varioloid, mo-
dula, Hypericum. 627. viride, 628. Waistcoat, strait, a dress of stout Vermicular, worm-like. material used for restraining maVermifuge, a medicine which deniacs or the fury of delirium ; it stroys or removes worms, as Citia, has long sleeves, which are tied Mercurius, Santonin, behind, as are all its fastenings, so Vertebra, the bones of the spine. that it thoroughly confines the Vertebral, related to or connected patient. It is with the vertebrae. not much used vigilant watching is more relied on. Vertex, the top, highest part, or
Veratrum album,
a small horny excrescence on sica, the bladder. the skin, chiefly on the hands, 322. Vesical, connected with the blad- Wasting, 489. der. Vesication, formation of Water, consists of eight parts, by blisters. weight, of oxygen and one of hyVesicles, small blisters. Vesicular, drogen. It should be as pure
dizziness.
Warm
Ve-
bath,
34.
Wart,
consisting
vesicles.
of,
or distinguished
by
as
possible
it
for
when
is
impure,
source of disease.
Vis medicatrix naturae, instinctive healing power the power inherent in nature, or of the body ro
right
itself.
paratus is required to test the purity of water at all satisfactorily. It is very plainly given in Hart's " Manual of Public Health."
,
Viscus
(plural, Viscera),
any internal
the,
and
its
Indications, 13.
organ of the body. IN the head, 485. Vital principle, the force inherent Watery eye, 354. in the constitution, during life, of Water-beds, of macintosh, maintaining, and to a certain dewith half water and half air
gree controlling,
filled
;
veiy
for
Vocal chords,
to
their
beds
; ;
rSTDEX
AND
DICTIONAPwT.
687
any length of time, as they prevent Worms, see "Ascaris" and Tapebed sores. worm, 149. Water BRASH, 19, 117, 124. Wounds, are offour principal kinds Waxing kernels, enlarged glands (i) cuts or incised wounds, puncunder the ear or in the groin in tures or [stabs ; plaister, stitches, *' Lymphatic children. (See Calendula lotion ; (2) lacerated or Glands.") torn wounds ; cold water, Calen:
should, in ordinary cases, take place at the eighth month ; to continue it longer is good for neither mother nor child, 470. Weed, gathered breast ; inflammation and suppuration of the breast,
Weaning
dula, Carbolic Acid, Chamomilla, Hepar, Silicea (3) contusions or bruises Arnica ; (4) those from fire-arms or gun-shot wounds, 379;
390.
Wrench,
deldoc.
a sprain
Aj-nica,
Opo-
Weissenberg,
39.
Wen,
a swelling on the head, of variable size, without change of colour or inflammation ; sometimes it is used to designate "goitre," or
affection,
sometimes symptomatic
:
343.
after
White-leg
(see
"Milk-leg phlegmasia
alba (See
of brain affection for the first, Rhus, Ruta ; second, ^sculus, Nux Vomica.
Yawning,
monary
347. Whites, or " Fluor albus," 429. Whitlow, abscess of the finger-
White swelling,
ends
a sign of fatigue 01 pullethargy, or from sympathy ; it may, when hysterical, be spasmodic ; Ignatia, Gelse?7iimifn.
It
ague.
Yeast or yest,
collects
on the
of
the,
spasm of
the, 487.
Winter cough,
Womb,
inflammation
fulness,
of,
abdominal
the bladder
BelladoJtJia,
bowel
Viride,
Mercurius.
prolapsus of, or bearingBelladonna, Vtix Vomica. " Anteflexion," Retrover(See sion,") 438. ulceration of ; Cimicifuga, Hydrastis, Calendula application. (See "Woman's Guide.") Womb, wind in ; Bromine, PhosphoLycopodium, Arsenic, ric Acid, ' ( Kreosote. Woman's Guide. ")
,
down
the gastric and malignant bilious remittent fever of the tropics, especially of the West Indies and Southern States ; Veratrum Belladonna, Aconite, Viride, Arsenic, Crotalus, Argentum Nit, 55. Yellows, jaundice.
Yellow
poultice
of,
31.
fever,
zosta, shingles.
;
Zymotic, relating to fermentation any epidemic, endemic, sporadic, or contagions disease produced by
morbific influences acting ferment in the body.
as
'
Woodhall
Spa, 39.