The biochemic system of medicine : comprising the theory, pathological action, therapeutical application, materia medica, and repertory of Schuessler's twelve tissue remedies / by George W. Carey.

  • Carey, George W. (George Washington), 1845-1924.
Date:
1924
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Credit: The biochemic system of medicine : comprising the theory, pathological action, therapeutical application, materia medica, and repertory of Schuessler's twelve tissue remedies / by George W. Carey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acid results from the fermentation of milk-sugar, and finally breaks down into carbonic acid and water. Sulphuric and phos¬ phoric acids unite with the basis of the carbonates, forming sul¬ phates and phosphates, and set free carbonic acid. Uric acid unites with sodium, forming sodium urate, which, being of no use to the animal economy, is eliminated from the system; while partial failure of this, and its accumulation in the neighborhood of joints, together with albuminous substances, gives rise to gout. Natrum sulph. removes the water result¬ ing from the oxidation of the organic substances of the body, in which are suspended or dissolved the mineral matters set free in the retrograde cell metamorphosis, as well as the newlv- formed organic substances, such as urea, uric acid, etc. Disturbances of the function of the molecules of Natrum sulph. may be followed, according to its duration or extent, as well as its location, by a retarded removal of this water of oxidation and its dissolved or suspended matters. This im¬ plies a slower tissue change and a consequent liability to diabetes, gout, etc. It is interesting to note that Natrum sulph. and Natrum mur. act in opposite ways; for while the former—the sul¬ phate—removes from the tissues the water, according to the process just described, the muriate—the common salt—enters the tissues dissolved in the water from the blood plasma, in order that the requisite degree of moisture proper for each tissue may be maintained. By means of the presence of Natrum phos. in the system, lactic acid is decomposed into carbonic acid and water. This salt has the power of holding carbonic acid in combination, fixing it, and does this in the proportion of two parts of car¬ bonic acid to one of phosphoric acid which it contains. This combination is carried to the lungs, and there, by the action of oxygen from the inhaled air, the carbonic acid is set free from its loose union with Natrum phos.—is exhaled and exchanged for oxygen. Thus, of the sodiums, it will be noted that, Natrum phos.