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154 Croup, 55 Constipation, 62 Chilblains, 69 Convulsions of Children, 72 Crusta Lactea, 122 Carbuncle, 122 Diarrhœa, 14 Preventive treatment of, 154 Dysentery, 16 Preventive treatment of, 154 Diet, Rules for, 13 Dyspepsia, 58 Diseases of Females, 129 Dysmenorrhœa, 131 Enteritis, 53 Erysipelas, 62 Epistaxis, 81 Earache, 84 Foreign Substances in the Ear or Nose, 144 Fevers, 22 Intermittent, 22 Chill, 22 Fits of Children, 72 Felon, 126 Flowing, 132 Female weakness, 138 Gastritis, 54 Hooping Cough, 58 Heartburn, 62 Hoarseness, 70 Headache, 78 Sick, 80 Introduction, 5 Intermittent Fever, Ague, 22 Inflammation of the Lungs, 49 Inflammation of the Brain, 70 Inflammation of the Bowels, 53 Inflamed Eyes, 91 Incontinence of Urine, 117 Involuntary urination (nightly), 117 Itch, 120 Itch, preventive treatment of, 154 Inflamed Breast, 135 Inflammation of the Uterus, 140 Jaundice, 120 Local application of Remedies, 145 Leucorrhœa, 138 Mammary Abscess, 135 Menorrhagia, 132 Measles, 73 Mumps, 74 Morning sickness of pregnant females, 143 Nursing Sore-mouth, 133 Nosebleed, 81 Neuralgia, 118 Nightly urination of Children, 117 Otalgia, 84 Ophthalmia, 91 Preparation of medicine, 155 Pleurisy, 48 Prolapsus Uteri, 138 Pneumonia, 49 Piles, 97 Painful urination, 117 Painful menstruation, 131 Profuse menstruation, 132 Preventives of Disease, 151 Quinsy, 53 Rheumatism, 30 Rheumatic Fever, 29 Remitting Fever, 27 Rattlesnake bite, 77 Scarlet Fever, 35 Preventive treatment of, 151 Sore Throat, 52 Scalds, 64 Stings of Insects, 75 Sick Headache, 79 Sore-mouth of Children, 90 Sea Sickness, 103 Small-Pox, 110 Preventive treatment of, 153 Scald Head, 122 Suppression of the menses, 129 Sore Nipples, 139 Table of Remedies, 3 Traveler's Case, 3 Typhoid Fever, 31 Tonsillitis, 53 Toothache, 86 Teething of children, 88 Thrush, 90 Ulceration of the Uterus, 140 Urination painful, 117 Urination, Involuntary, 110 Variola, 117 Varioloid, 117 Worms, 82 Wounds, 93 Whitlow, 126 Yellow Fever, 38 Preventive treatment of, 153 APPENDIX

On the Use of Gelseminum Semp. in Fevers. By J. S. Douglas, A. M., M. D., Prof. of Mat. Med. and Special Pathology, in the Western Homœpathic College, Cleveland; author of "Treatment of Intermittents," &c.

Such has been the general result of the treatment of the fevers of this country, that most Homœopathic physicians deny the possibility of breaking up a fever when once established.

Those who labor under this impression, will be soon convinced of the error by properly employing the Gelseminum semper virens, or yellow Jasmine. Having proved this drug repeatedly on myself and seven or eight others, it was impossible to avoid the conviction that it would be homœopathic to the ordinary fevers of this country.

The pathogenetic symptoms, almost uniformly experienced, are the following, the dose being from one to five drops:

Within a few minutes, sometimes within two or three, a marked depression of pulse, which becomes 10, 15 or 20 beats less in the minute, if quiet, but greatly disturbed by movement. Chilliness, especially along the back, pressive pain of the head, most generally of the temples, sometimes in the occiput, at others, over the head. The chilliness is soon followed by a glow of heat and prickling of the skin, and quickly succeeded by perspiration which is sometimes profuse and disposed to be persistent, continuing from twelve to twenty-four hours. As soon as the re-action takes place after the chill, the pulse rises as much above the normal standard, as it was before depressed below it. With these symptoms is a puffy, swollen look and feeling of the eye-lids, slimy and disagreeable or bitter taste in the mouth, languid feeling of the back and limbs, and sleepiness.

As example affords the best illustration, we will give one to illustrate the usual action of this drug in fevers:

P. W., aged 21, sanguine temperament, had been complaining of languor, and want of appetite for three weeks. For a week has been unable to attend to business. Took a cathartic, and was, of course, worse. For the last thirty-six hours had been seriously sick. June 30, 1858, had the following symptoms: Pulse rather full, but weak and vascillating, about 100 per minute. Tongue red and dry; hands tremulous when extending them; tongue trembles when protruded; the mind wanders; he reaches after imaginary objects; lips dry and parched; he is uneasy, restless. Now this, all will recognize as a case which had been long in coming on, and was fairly established, and was not likely to be broken up by ordinary means. He took one drop of Gelseminum tincture to be repeated every hour, if needed. The next morning he reported that he had been in a perspiration ever since fifteen minutes after taking the first dose, had slept quietly during the night, the tongue and lips were moist, mind clear, pulse 80, and steady. The next day I found him dressed and down stairs, with good appetite and free from disease. I could give sixty cases of equally prompt results from this precious drug, in fevers which make their attack rather suddenly, whether from cold or otherwise, and attended with chilliness, pain in the limbs, head and back, variously disordered taste of the mouth, with great restlessness. The almost uniform effect, in these cases is, a cessation of the chills, within from two to five minutes, quickly followed by a glow of heat and prickling of the surface; and within from five to twenty minutes, perspiration with progressive abatement of all the pains and restlessness. The patient falls asleep, and after a longer or shorter time, wakes with a consciousness that his disease is broken up—and this proves to be the truth. Like all other drugs, the dose must be various, generally one drop repeated every half hour, till the desired effect is produced repeated afterwards as occasion may require.

In simple cases of fever, I regard it as the remedy, not only, but the only remedy required. There are, of course, many cases of fever, with local complications, as inflammation of the liver, &c., &c., where other remedies will be necessary. Half a drop, or even a quarter, is often sufficient. The largest I have yet given is five drops, and this in only one case.

Several Homœopathic physicians to whom I have recommended it, have made equally favorable reports of it.

My experience has been, that not a few of our Western fevers, especially if neglected beyond the incipient stages, are accompanied by such gastric and bilious disorder, as to require Mercurius, China, or Podophyllin, after the general febrile symptoms are removed by Gels. But at an early stage, the Gels. alone will prevent the development of these complications.

The drug seems to me to act specifically and energetically, not only upon the circulatory system, but equally so upon the nervous system, allaying nervous irritability more effectually in fevers, than Coff., Cham., Bell., Nux, or any other drug we possess. As it acts very quickly, the first dose may be soon repeated and increased, if no effect is observed.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Note.—The Eclectic Physicians use equal parts of Quinine and Prussiate of Iron, with marked success in agues, giving from one to three grains of the mixture at a dose, every two hours, or oftener, for ten or twelve hours, and some times more, during the intermission. An intelligent Homœopathic Physician informs me that he has used with uniform success, a trituration of this mixture of Quinine and Prussiate of Iron, in proportion of ten grains of the Sugar of Milk to one of the Mixture, giving the trituration in doses of about one grain every hour through the chill, fever and intermission. Very few cases had a second chill after taking the prescription. I have used this trituration successfully in a few cases.

[2] Note.—The late Prof. Morrow was remarkably successful, and became justly celebrated for curing hard cases of Leucorrhœa ulceration and "Prolapsus uteri."

Almost his entire reliance in their treatment were the Macrotys and Caulophyllum, given internally and by injection upon the parts. He gave the Macrotys in the form of tincture every day to the extent of producing specific head symptoms when he discontinued it till the next day, using the Caulophyllum in the meantime in small doses. He rarely if ever failed.

Transcriber's note:

Inconsistent punctuation in headings in this book are as in the original.






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