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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    character. When, however, the malady occurs in children of relaxed and feeble habits, or of a decided strumous diathesis, it becomes, especially if neglected, and not checked at the commencement of its course, a most intractable and frequently fatal disease, from the proneness which it then has to become complicated, and terminate in one or other of the serious forms alluded to in the diagnosis. The remedies from which the most benefit is to be antici- pated under such unfavorable circumstances are, in addition to those previously mentioned, Silicea. When there is great emaciation, languor and debility, paleness of the face, want of appetite, or craving fbr dainties; shortness of breath on movement; feverish heat in the morning or towards evening. This remedy is also a most important one when the patient is afflicted with worms, and when the disease is in a great measure attributable to invermination. Cina and Sdbadilla may likewise be found useful along with Silicea in the latter instance. (See Inver- MTNATION.) Dose. One globule in a tea-spoonful of water, three times a day, until amelioration or change. But if the patient be afflicted with worms, and the subjoined symptoms predominantly continue to prevail —notwithstanding the employment of Silicea for four days—pause two days, and proceed with the next medicine. In other cases in which partial effect is produced by Silicea, consider Sulphur ; but if, again, the good effect produced by Silicea has been very marked, repeat the course as before, and so on. Calcarea. Great debility, with flabbiness of the muscles, dryness of the skin, and excessive emaciation ; frequent flushes, or general heat, followed by shivering towards evening; exhaustion, or dejection after speaking; impaired, fastidious appetite, with weak and slow digestion, or, on the contrary, extreme voracity; perspiration towards morning, hard, tense, and tumid abdomen. {Baryta c. is sometimes useful after Calcarea.) Dose* Two globules in a tea-spoonful of water, morning and even- ing, for six days (unless marked change should sooner occur); then pause four days, after which the course should be repeated, as before, 34