ESSENTIALS OF HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS. – Pr Willis Alonzo Dewey – Presented by Dr Robert Séror.

ESSENTIALS OF
HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS.
Pr Willis Alonzo Dewey.
Presented by Dr Robert Séror.

T : Teeth_affections,
Tetanus,
Tonsillitis,
Tumors,
Typhoid_fever.

TEETH, AFFECTIONS OF.

Q. : When is Coffea applicable in toothache and when Chamomilla ?

A. :

The toothache
of Coffea is
relieved permanently by holding cold water in the mouth ; that of Chamomilla
is
only temporarily
relieved.

Q. : Give indications for Mercurius in toothache.

A. :

The teeth feel
sore, the roots are inflamed, and often there are abscesses at the roots ;
there is great nocturnal aggravation ; increased salivation and sensation
as if the teeth were too long or too loose.

Q. : What are the symptoms of the teeth calling for Staphisagria ?

A. :

The teeth turn
black and crumble as soon as they appear, a condition found in sycotic
children.

Q. : What other drug has a premature decay of teeth ; they first become
yellow and then dark ?

A. :

Kreosote.

Q. : In what affection of the teeth and gums do we find Silicea
indicated ?

A. :

In abscesses
about the roots of the teeth and dental fistula.

Q. :

Mention some
remedies useful for abscess at the roots of teeth.

A. :

Lachesis,
Mercurius, Hepar sulphur and
Silicea.

TETANUS.

Q. : Mention some nervous symptoms of Physostigma.

A. :

It causes
tetanic spasms of involuntary muscles.

It causes paralysis and diminished reflex action.

Q. : What is the difference between death due to Strychnine poison and
death due to poisoning by the Calabar bean ?

A. :

In Strychnine
death results from
asphyxiation caused by tetanic spasm of the respiratory muscles.

Calabar bean

causes
death by paralysis.

Q. : What are some of the nervous symptoms of Strychnine ?

A. :

The patient has
characteristic irritability from external impressions.

The slightest jar or noise sends him into spasms.

The patient faints from odors.

The patient has tetanic spasms and opisthotonos.

Q. : What are some of the nervous symptoms of Phytolacca ?

A. :

There are
convulsive symptoms with stiff limbs, clenched teeth, and opisthotonos.

Q. : Mention three other remedies for tetanus.

A. :

Curare,
Passiflora and Angustura.

Q. : How do the symptoms of Picrotoxine differ from those of Strychnine
?

A. :

Picrotoxine
does not have the irritability and sensitiveness to the touch that Strychnine
has.

Q. : How is Stramonium differentiated from Strychnine ?

A. :

Both cause
tetanic convulsions, which is worse from light and touch, but with Stramonium
mania is almost
always present.

With

Strychnine the
mind is clear to the last.

Q. : What are some useful remedies in impending tetanus ?

A. :

Aconite, fever,
tingling and numbness.

Veratrum viride

and
Hypericum, where
there is excruciating pain in the wound.

Belladona, Cicuta

and
Silicea when
the suppurating wound suddenly ceases to discharge, and tetanic symptoms
appear.

Q. : Give some indications for Cicuta.

A. :

Sudden rigidity
and distortion, followed by prostration ; spasm renewed by touch ;
oppression of breathing ; fixed stare to eyes.

Q. : When is Hydrocyanicum acidum the remedy ?

A. :

The body is
stiffened and thrown back ; cramp in the nape ; breathing in paroxysms ;
set jaws ; frothing at the mouth similar to Nux
vomica, but the
face is flushed.

TONSILLITIS.

Q. : When is Mercurius the remedy in tonsillitis ?

A. :

When pus is
forming, it favors its evacuation and formation, as it does in all
conditions of abscess.

Q. : When is Silicea indicated in tonsillitis ?

A. :

When there is
suppuration ; when the abscess is broken and the suppurative gland will
not heal.

Q. : Give an indication for Calcarea iodata.

A. :

Enlarged
tonsils, where they are filled with little pockets, in scrofulous children
who are weak, pale and fat.

Q. : In what special disease is Calcarea sulphurica indicated ?

A. :

Suppuration of
the tonsils.

Q. : Give the symptoms of Baryta carbonica in enlarged tonsils.

A. :

In scrofulous
children, where every little cold starts up inflammation of the tonsils ;
the glands of the neck and behind the ear are swollen ; it removes the
predisposition to tonsillitis, and cures chronic enlargement of the
tonsils.

Q. : When is Belladonna the remedy ?

A. :

The chief
remedy for the swelling ; the inflammation is deep, and there is a
tendency to the formation of pus ; the throat is bright red ; sharp pains
in tonsils.

Q. : When should Belladonna be changed for Hepar sulphur ?

A. :

When pus forms
and there are rigors, chills, sharp, sticking pains in tonsils, together
with the throbbing.

Q. : How does Mercurius compare ?

A. :

Pus has formed
; the tonsil enlarges so as to hinder breathing ; it favors the rapid
formation and evacuation of pus.

Q. : Give indications for Bromine in tonsillar troubles.

A. :

Swollen
tonsils, covered with network of dilated blood vessels ; tonsillitis, with
a feeling of rawness, accompanied by swelling of glands externally.

Q. : Mention three remedies, beside Baryta carbonica and Calcarea
iodata, that are useful for enlarged tonsils, and indications therefore.

A. :

Conium :
No tendency to suppuration.

Lycopodium

:
Studded with small ulcers.

Hepar sulphur

:
Fish-bone sensation.

TUMORS.

Q. : Give uses for Calcarea fluorica in tumors.

A. :

Knots, kernels
or hardened lumps in the female breast, indurated glands of stony
hardness, enlargements in the fasciae and capsular ligaments of joints ;
felons.

Q. : What are the indications for Conium in tumors ?

A. :

Great hardness
of the infiltrated glands, with flying stitches in them.

Cancer, mammary tumors or beginning of scirrhus after contusions and
bruises.

Q. : What remedy will sometimes cause the disappearance of fatty tumors

A. :

Baryta
carbonica.

Q. : What are some of the remedies for epithelioma ?

A. :

Conium,
Hydrastis, Arsenic and
Clematis.

Q. : What is an indication for Arsenicum in cancer ?

A. :

Sharp,
lancinating pains.

TYPHOID FEVER.

Q. : Give the indications for Arsenicum in typhoid fever.

A. :

Late in the
disease when the patient is faint, weak and exhausted, with cold sweat and
delirium ; the mouth and teeth ,are, covered by sordes, the mouth is full
of ulcers, there is diarrhoea, stools dark and offensive, intense fever
and thirst.

Q. : What are some of the characteristic indications of Baptisia in
this disease ?

A. :

Typhoid
conditions.

The patient’s mind wanders ; he is restless and disturbed ; he cannot
sleep, and he thinks he is double or scattered about and he must move to
get his pieces together again ; there is great prostration ; the back and
limbs ache, and the patient feels bruised and tired all over ; he is weak
and faint.

Q. : How does the face look ?

A. :

It has a heavy
besotted look, as if drunken ; the eyes are stupid and heavy.

Q. : What other symptoms would still further indicate Baptisia in
typhoid fever ?

A. :

High
temperature and pulse, tenderness in the ileo-cecal region, yellow,
offensive stools ; patient may be in a stupor and fall asleep while
answering questions ; brown, dark streak through the center of the tongue
; all exhalations are offensive, sordes on the teeth, fetid breath,
offensive urine and sweat.

Q. : How would Gelsemium compare with Baptisia in typhoid fever ?

A. :

1.
Both have muscular soreness and prostration.

2

. Both have
drowsiness and nervous excitement.

3

. Both have feeling
of expansion as if head and body were large.

4

. Both have
afternoon exacerbation of fever.

The difference is simply one of intensity,

Gelsemium
being milder.

Q. : How does Rhus toxicodendron compare ?

A. :

The
restlessness in Rhus
is to relieve pain,
and there is a triangular red tip to the tongue, and the discharges are
not so offensive as under Baptisia.

Q. : Give in brief the indications for Bryonia in typhoid fever.

A. :

Soreness over
the body ; tired feeling ; every exertion fatigues ; he has a dread of all
motion ; a splitting, agonizing, frontal headache, worse from motion ; the
face gets red towards evening, nose-bleed in the morning, preceded by a
fullness in the head ; the sleep is troubled and the patient dreams of
business, and there is high fever ; delirium ; patient wants to go home.

Q. : What are the indications for Arnica in typhoid fever ?

A. :

Indifference to
everything ; they do not know or care that they are sick ; go to sleep in
answering questions ; hot head, cool body and a bruised feeling all over
the body ; complains that the bed is too hard and tosses about to find a
soft spot ; involuntary stools and urine and petechia all over the body ;
ecchymoses and bed sores ; later a condition of stupor in which the lower
jaw drops.

Q. : What of the use of Gelsemium in typhoid fevers ?

A. :

Sore, bruised
sensations all over the body ; early stages, dread of motion, drowsy, red
face.

Q. : What are the indications for Muriaticum acidum in typhoid fever ?

A. :

The tongue is
dry and rattles in the mouth, there is a watery diarrhoea which is often
involuntary while urinating, the patient is so weak that he slides down
towards the foot of the bed ; there is dropping of the lower jaw and cold
extremities, the heart is feeble, irregular and intermits every third
beat, bedsores, etc.

Q. : When would Nitricum acidum be indicated in typhoid fever ?

A. :

When the stools
are green, offensive and slimy, with hemorrhage from the bowels ; fainting
from least movement ; threatened paralysis of the lungs, rattling
breathing and intermittent pulse.

Q. : When should we give Opium in typhoid fever ?

A. :

When there is
profound congestion resulting from cerebral paralysis, loud stertorous
breathing, dropping of the lower jaw, hot sweat — a bad omen — and
high fever ; sleepiness, with acute hearing, clocks striking and cocks
crowing at a great distance keep patient awake.

Q. : What in brief are the symptoms that would indicate Rhus
toxicodendron in typhoid fever ?

A. :

Mild delirium,
with desire to escape ; great restlessness, with apparent relief from
motion ; answers questions slowly ; frontal headache ; dry, brown, cracked
or red tongue, with triangular red tip ; yellowish, brown, cadaverous and
sometimes involuntary diarrhoea ; pains in the limbs and a tympanitic
abdomen. Hydroa on upper lip.

Q. : Give the typhoid symptoms of Kalium phosphoricum.

A. :

There is a dry
tongue, brown in color, foul and putrid diarrhoea, great debility, low
pulse, offensive breath, and sordes on the teeth ; there is also great
mental depression, delirium, etc.

Q. : Give symptoms indicating Carbo vegetabilis.

A. :

The vital
forces seem exhausted ; the patient is almost pulseless ; feet and legs
below knees are cold ; there is present a dark brown, watery, horribly
offensive stool.

Q. : Give symptoms calling for Lachesis.

A. :

Tongue trembles
when protruded ; catches on teeth ; hemorrhages from any orifice of the
body ; dry and cracked lips ; patient sensitive ; dropping of lower jaw
and involuntary discharges.

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