The homopathic domestic physician / by Constantine Hering.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1858
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Credit: The homopathic domestic physician / by Constantine Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Pulse hard.—Aconitum, Belladonna, Bryonia, Hyoscyamus, Nux vomica, Sulphur. small.—Aconitum, Arsenicum, Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Mercurius, Nux vomica, Opium, Veratrum. Blow.—Belladonna, China, Mercurius, Opium, Pulsatilla, Rhus, Sam- bucus, Veratrum. hurried.—Aconitum, Arsenicum, Belladonna, Bryonia, Hyoscyamus, Mercurius, Pulsatilla, Sulphur. Irregular.—Aconitum, Antimonium crudum, Arsenicum, Bryonia, China, Hepar, Lachesis, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Rhus. full.—Aconitum, Belladonna, Bryonia, Ferrum, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Nux vomica, Opium, Pulsatilla, Sambucus, Sulphur. soft.—Carbo vegetabilis, China, Veratrum. trembling.—Arsenicum, Mercurius, Rhus. Congestive or Pernicious Fever. Remittent or Bilious Fever. These fevers, like intermittent fevers, are caused by a poison- ous air, called miasma. In the commencement they may be treated as stated under Fever and Ague. But they should always be treated by a homoeopathic physician. If the blood rushes to the head, causing very soon loss of consciousness, Qlonoine should give relief; seldom Aconitum, and still more seldom Belladonna, according to the symptoms stated under Conges- tion to the Head, and Headache. Yellow-Fever. As sure as the cholera will never pass a boundary line—sul- phuretted hydrogen—or spread among people with sulphur in their stockings, so sure can it be said to Yellow Fever: Thus far, and no farther! But being a very different disease, it must be done in an entirely different way; sulphur would only pro- mote the evil. Just as I recommended Fear, Care and Sulphur in Asiatic Cholera, so I recommend Fright, Bun and Charcoal in Yellow Fever. Fright, because it would make people run away. Every one