Dr. Curie's clinical lecture on homoeopathy.

  • Curie, Paul Francis, 1799-1853.
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[1840]
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Credit: Dr. Curie's clinical lecture on homoeopathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arise several groups of symptoms, the description of which we will take from medical writers, at the same time showing the medicaments which correspond to these symptoms. The gastric derangement of authors is certainly one of the transient forms of chronic gastritis; its symptoms consist of a sensation of uneasiness and weight in the epigastrium, a loss of appetite, eructations, nausea, inodorous risings, vomit- ings of yellow, greenish, and bitter bile, a yellow tint upon the also nasi and the upper lip; lastly, a sensation of fatigue and weakness. First Phase, known under the name of Gastric Derangement. 1st. Sensation of uneasiness and weight in the stomach. 2nd. Loss of appetite. 3rd. A bitter taste in the mouth. 4th. Eructations, nausea, inodo- rous risings. 5th. Efforts to vomit, and vomit- ings of yellow, greenish, and bitter bile. 6th. Yellow tint in the alse nasi and the upper lip. 7th. Sensation of fatigue and weakness. Medicaments. 1st. Bryonia, Ignatia, Nux vomi- ca, Pulsatilla, and Tartarus eme- ticus. 2nd. Bryonia, Ign., Nux vom., Puls., and Tart emet. 3rd. Bryon., Ign., Nux vom., Pulsat., and Tart emet. 4th. Bryon., Ign., Nux vom., Pulsat., and Tart. emet. 5th. Bryon., Ign., Nux vom., Pulsat., and Tart emet. 6th. Bryon., and Nux vom. 7th. Bryon., Ign., Nux vom., Pulsat., and Tart emet. The following form of Chronic gastritis is more decided than the preceding, inasmuch as the patients feel a painful sensation in the region of the stomach, which is dissipated by the introduction of food, and which causes them to say that they require frequent eating. But this pain returns in two or three hours after a repast, and it is more acute than before the introduction of food. A throbbing is also fre- quently felt, which might lead to a belief in the existence of an aneurism in the ventral aorta. They moreover feel thirst, heat in the palms of the hands, sudden risings or flatuosities, lassitude in the limbs, slight pain in the head, and sometimes a tendency to sleep after eating; lastly, they are tormented by obstinate constipation. Every day, after every copious repast, this scene is renewed; appetite is scarcely ever felt, and stimulants afFord only momentary relief. Almost all patients attacked by this form of chronic gastritis are melan-