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Pathogénésies de l’an 1900
New, Old And Forgotten Remedies
By Edward
Pollock Anshutz
Presented
by Dr Robert Séror
Verbena Hastata.
Natural order
-Verbenaceæ.
Common names
-Blue
Vervain, Purvain, Wild Hyssop.Preparation -One part of the fresh plant, in flower, is macerated in
two parts by weight of alcohol.(An extract from a paper by Dr. J. N. White, Queen City, Texas,
detailing at length the case of a live five-year-old, who after six
weeks of whooping cough, developed epileptic symptoms, having as high as
twelve spasms in twenty-four hours. After two months of treatment with
such remedies as Solanum Cur., Sulphonal, Hyoscyamus, Cannabis Ind.,
Calomel, Zinc, etc.., with no results, the case was given Verbena
Hastata. Another doctor was in consultation and we quote.)I told my friend (the doctor) that when he became satisfied with the
zinc treatment I wanted to try another eclectic remedy. (The Doctor was
an allopath.) He was perfectly willing and I put him onVerbena hastata, 12 minims every four hours, skipping the dose at midnight.
At we both took the case we decided, as there were no curative
properties in the sulfonal, we would drop it, and not use anything to
control the paroxysms, and consequently the boy seemed to get worse to
the parents, as he would have several falling spells a day. From the
first dose of the Verbena
hastata the boy
began to improve. He would have contractions of the muscles of the arms
and legs and look wild for a minute or more for the first week, but
after that he never had another symptom. We kept him on the medicine, as
above, for six weeks, and now he takes twelve drops three times a day.He has not had any symptom in over two months and all that wild
vacant look is gone and he plays, eats, sleeps, etc., as if he had never
been troubled with epilepsy.Numérisation, vérification, illustrations,
restructuration et mise en page par le Dr. R. S.