Domestic homoeopathy, or, Rules for the domestic treatment of the maladies of infants, children, and adults : and for the conduct and the treatment during pregnancy, confinement, and suckling / by John Epps ; with additions by J.H. Pulte.

  • Epps, John, 1805-1869.
Date:
[1850]
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Credit: Domestic homoeopathy, or, Rules for the domestic treatment of the maladies of infants, children, and adults : and for the conduct and the treatment during pregnancy, confinement, and suckling / by John Epps ; with additions by J.H. Pulte. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Cuprum is indicated also where the spasms are clonic, that is, with complete rigidity of the muscles, whereas Veratrum is indicated, where the spasms are tonic, that is, with alter- nate contraction and relaxation of the muscles. Arsenicum is more particularly indicated, where there is intolerable burning at the pit of the stomach, the evacu- ations scalding, and an intense fear and expectation of death. One drop of the third dilution is to be taken after each action of the bowels or vomiting. Should cholera rage in any district, it will be well to take two globules of the Cuprum, sixth dilution; three days after two globules of the Veratrum, third dilution, and so on in alternation. A disease called Cholerina, which often precedes and follows Asiatic cholera, is worthy of notice. It is a diar- rliiBa of F^CAL matter, accompanied with rumbling of the bowels, generally caiised by the constitutionality of a cho- lera season under debilitating influences of mind and body, such as fear, grief, and colds. If caused by gTief, PhospJioric Acid (3 glob.) and Ctiina (3 glob.) in alternation; after every operation a dose v^ill suffice. If excited by fear, Chamomilla (3 glob.), a few doses. If attended with bilious rheumatic symptoms, tending tov/ards a typhoid state, such as headache, pains in limbs, arms, and back, with occasional chilliness, Bry- onia and Rhus Toxicodendron, in alternation, two doses of each, every two hours one dose (3 glob.), and then waiting twenty-four hours will change the symptoms so, that then