Clinical cases.
By Edward W. Berridge, M. D.
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
Teplitz and Petroleum :
Jan 20, 1872. Mr. —.
For three days, red (erysipelatous) spot on left cheek ; it looks
like a collection of pimples, and the skin there is thick and
hard ; it burns when indoors, after being in the cold air ;
cold water the makes it burn. It itches at times. Eight or nine years
ago had erysipelas like this in forehead, which lasted seven to ten
days. For two days shooting in various parts of head, behind ears across
forehead. The shooting behind ears seems to come outwards.
Diagnosis
.
No remedy seemed to cover all the symptoms, therefore, I selected the
medicine according to the headache, which was the latest symptom. My
Mss. Head Repertory gives under shooting across forehead. Teplitz.
As this remedy also has shooting across forehead, I give one dose of
200.Jan. 27 : The
pains in head did not return, but has had shooting from behind ears to
temples, and an acute pain in forehead, which extended as a dull pain to
vertex, but not since 24. Face got better at once, and has been well
since 23. Lazily perspires on walking, especially under arms. This
morning pain in right scapula, eyes water in open air. Bowels rather
irregular. Face feels hot all over after food (for two weeks). Food does
not taste well. Since the face got bad, at times feels as if skin over
bridge of nose was drawn stiff and tight.
Diagnosis
:
Tightness of nose, according to Bœnninghausen’s Repertory is found
under Asaf., Cantharis. Capsicum. Carbo-an.
Chelid., Chin., Graphit., Menyanth., Mercur., Petrol., Phos-ac.,
Ran.-bulb., Thuja, Viol.-od.
Out of these the
following (with 34 others), according to my Mss. Eye repertory, have
lachrymation in open air Canthar., Chelid.,
Graphit., Mercur., Petrol., Thuja.
Of these only Petrol,
has heat efface after meals. Petrol 200 was given ; three doses to
be taken in 24 hours. Patient did not return, but on March 27th he sent
a friend to consult me, who told me the medicine had quite cured him.
Sarsaparilla : Mr.
—. for nine months has noticed a swelling of spermatic
cords ; when swollen, they ache, and are painful to touch. He has
noticed this four times in the last three weeks. These symptoms come on
when sexually excited.According to my own
symptoms when proving Sarsaparilla,
I gave one dose of cm. In five days the cords were well, the same
circumstances no longer affected them. Cured.
Kali Carb. :
March 16, 1872. Mr. —, caught cold by changing his dress. For five
days, frequent desire to swallow saliva, but often cannot do it, and it
then causes a choking in throat. Can swallow food and drink. When this
comes on, heart beats quicker, and he feels weak. At first this came on
only at night, but today by day also. When lying on right side, heart
feels suspended to left ribs, and seems dragging them to right side.
This morning pain as if lower lobe of right were adhering to ribs. With
the choking is difficulty of breathing. For three nights has only been
able to sleep sitting up, because otherwise, the saliva would run down
throat. Heart’s action irregular and tumultuous. Systolic murmur heard
loudest at apex. Kali-carb. M, one
dose at 10 P. M.March 17, 5 P.
M. : Throat nearly well. Slept well, and could lie down. Heart
quiet all night and ever since. No pain at chest Auscultation shows
heart to be regular and quiet, and systolic murmur less. Stronger.Sometime afterwards, he
consulted an eminent West-end allopathic physician for a diagnosis. He
told him the heart was sound. There was undoubtedly a systolic murmur
when I examined him, and he had been refused by a life insurance company
though his health had otherwise been good Therefore. Kali
carb. must have the honor of curing a systole murmur.
Aloes :
This case (my own) was given in the American Journal of Homœopathic
Materia Medica (case 545), but as the potency was misprinted, I quote it
here.Just on June 9, 1870 in
the afternoon and before midnight I had diarrhœa, brown, watery, with
thin fecal matter ; during stool, soreness of anus ; after
stool, dryness of throat. The hot weather had just commenced. For some
years I have been subject to diarrhœa in hot weather, and it would last
several days.About midnight, I took
an olfaction of some globules of cm No return of diarrhœa, though the
weather continued hot, nor has the hot weather caused any return of it
to this day, Aug. 72.
Source :
Hahnemannian Monthly. 1874.
Copyright © Sylvain
Cazalet 2001