IODOFORMIUM
Iodoform
(IODOFORMUM)Should not be forgotten in the treatment of tubercular meningitis, both
as a local application to the head and internally (Bacil). Tuberculous
conditions. Subacute and chronic diarrhœa of children.
Head.–
Sharp, neuralgic pain. Head feels heavy, as if it could
not be lifted from pillow. Itching of occiput. Meningitis.
Sleep interrupted by sighing and cries. Very drowsy.
Eyes.–
Pupils, dilated;
contract unequally, react poorly. Diplopia. Failing sight due to retro-bulbar neuritis,
central scotoma-partial atrophy of optic disc.
Chest.–
Sore pain in apex of right lung. Feeling of a weight
on chest, as if smothering. Cough and wheezing on going to bed. Pain in left breast, like a
hand grasping at the base of the heart. Hæmoptysis. Asthmatic breathing.
Abdomen.–
Scaphoid abdomen. Chronic diarrhœa with suspected
tuberculosis. Abdomen distended; mesenteric glands enlarged. Cholera
infantum. Chronic diarrhœa; stools greenish, watery, undigested, with irritable temper.
Extremities.–
Legs weak; cannot stand and walk with eyes
closed. Weakness of knees when going upstairs.
Dose.–
Second trituration. Three grains on the back of the
tongue will relieve attack of asthmatic breathing.
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