Ignatia in
diphtheria.
By Calvin B. Knerr, M. D.
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
Dr Calvin B. Knerr
In an epidemic of
Diphtheria which raged during the spring and early summer (1877), the
mortality was very high. But under Ignatia 200
quite a large number of cases recovered. The following symptoms
characterized the entire epidemic :Green vomiting, substance scum-like or
membranous ; throat putrid, seldom painful (the painful cases were
less likely to prove fatal) ; greenish-yellow patches ;
delirium ; headache ; pain in the limbs ;
nose-blood ; dilated pupils ; diarrhœa ; stools
green ; suppression of urine ; sometimes chilly, sometimes
high fever. In some of the cases which proved fatal, the patients were
well enough to walk about, but were suddenly taken with hæmorrhage, and
died. All had good appetite, and particularly covered ice-cream.
Ignatia 200
in water, a
teaspoonful every hour or two (not interrupting sleep), cured every
case, excepting where there had been allopathic treatment to interfere.
The remedy was in every instance persistently given in spite of
delirium, hæmorrhage or other untoward symptoms.
Dr. William J. Slough,
of Lehigh
country. Pa., who had earlier lost a number of cases, did not lose a
single one after he started administering Ignatia.
Source :
Hahnemannian Monthly, 1877.
Copyright © Sylvain
Cazalet 2001
