A clinical materia medica : Being a course of lectures delivered at the Hahnemann medical college, of Philadelphia / by the late E. A. Farrington, M. D. Reported phonographically and edited with the assistance of the lecturer's manuscript,by Clarence Bartlett, M. D., and revised by S. Lilienthal, M. D. With a memorial sketch of the author, by Aug. Korndoerfer, M. D.

  • Farrington, E. A. (Ernest Albert), 1847-1885.
Date:
1887
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    Hepar is indicated in neuralgia, particularly of the right side of the face, after the abuse of mercury and after the unsuccessful exhibition of Belladonna, which seemed indicated, particularly after exposure to dry, cold winds. In the neuralgia and other nervous symptoms Hepar belongs with Belladonna, Sllicea and Sulphur. It frequently follows Belladonna, as I have told you; and from Silicea and Sulphur you may distinguish it by the other symptoms. A symptom in connection with the mental irritability of the patient that I have not mentioned is hasty speech and hasty actions. We find precisely the same symptom under Belladonna. Hasty speech and hasty drinking is the way the symp- tom reads under the latter remedy. We find it also under Lachcsis, Dulcamara and Sulphur. To show you that this is a genuine symp- tom, I will mention the case of a physician on the other side of the ocean, who cured a case of hysterical mania with this one symptom to guide him. The patient's speech was hasty and words rolled out in profusion. The clinching symptom was that she had taken a great deal of mercury. Hepar cured the mental condition completely. We next have to consider Hepar as a remedy in inflammation. It is suited to inflammations of a croupous form and inflammation with suppuration. In all the inflammations and congestions in which He- par is the remedy, you will find that there is extreme sensitiveness of the affected part to touch. This is so characteristic that it must be present more or less permanently before Hepar may be the remedy. The parts feel bruised and sore, like a boil. This, as I have already said, you can carry through all the Hepar inflammations. For instance, in ophthalmia, or inflammation of the eyes or lids, you will find that the eyelids are swollen and oedematous, and sometimes, too, suppurating styes will form. With this there is a bruised, sore sensation. The patient cannot bear any touch to the eye; neither can he bear the cold air. Cold air and cold applications increase the suf- fering, and here you have a good indication separating it from Mercu- rius. So again in inflammation of the ear, whether of the external auditory meatus or of the middle ear, you will find the same soreness to the slightest touch. We find Hepar indicated in earache'when suppuration impends, after Belladonna, Chamomilla or Pulsatilla. It is seldom indicated in the beginning. We find these same characteristics of the inflammation present in the coryza. The nose is swollen and sore to the touch, especially in the inside of the aire or wings of the nose.