Homoeopathic domestic medicine / by J. Laurie ; arranged as a pratical work for students ; containing a glossary of medical terms.

  • Laurie, Joseph, -1865.
Date:
1853
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    of Arnica, prepared according to the formula given under Contused wounds. sea-sickness. TREATMENT. The medicaments found most useful in the treatment of this distressing and painful malady are JVux v., Cocadus, Tabacnm, Arsenicum, and Ipecacuanha. Xux vomica, three globules, fasting, from six to twelve hours before embarkation; this precaution will, in some cases, prove sufficient to ward off the attack. {Nuxv. and Ars. alternately every hour or so, at the commencement of the voyage, or oftener should a degree of nausea have already come on, frequently ward off the sickness, or at all events afford great relief. As soon as decided improvement is experienced, the remedies must be discontinued, or taken at much longer intervals.) Should, however, a feeling of giddiness, or a sensation of emptiness in the head be experienced, shortly after going on board, attended with headache, nausea, and inclination to vomit, as the motion of the vessel increases, which is aggra- vated by standing erect, four globules of Cocculus may be given, repeated every one, two, or three hours, as those symp- toms recur. (This remedy has also been found useful in sickness arising from travelling in a carriage.) Tabacum. Excessive giddiness, attended with distressing nausea, headache, and deadly paleness of the face / or nausea, with sickness, or a sensation of burning in the stomach, renewed by the slightest movement of the head or body. This remedy is further indicated, when the symptoms are some- what relieved by exposure to the fresh air. DOSC Dissolve three globules in a tea-spoonful of water, repeated at intervals of two hours, until amelioration or change. Arsenicum is useful when the sickness becomes excessive, and is attended with a feeling of utter prostration and help- lessness, violent retching, burning sensation in the throat, and the other severe concomitants of this malady. It should be administered between the paroxysms, and will rarely fail of