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AN
EPITOMIvE
OF THE
CONTAINING
THE NEW DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE PRESENT TIME;
DESIGNED
FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, FOR TRAVELERS
ON THEIR JOURNEY,
AND AS A
POCKET COMPANION
FOR THE PHYSICIAN.
BY B. L.HILL, M. D.,
Professor of General, Special, and Surgical Anatomy
Late Professor of Surgery. Ol tetrics, and Diseases
Females and Children, in the W. H. College,
Author of the "Homoeopathic Practice
of Surgery," &c., &c.
CLEVELAND, OHIO:
JOHN HALL, 72 SUPERIOR STREET.
- CHICAGO, ILL.
HALSEY & KING, 162 CLARK STREET.
1859.



T'A2BLE OF REMIMEBDIESIn this table I have affixed to the remedies figures
designating the dilutions or the attenuations, at which,
under ordinary circumstances, I would advise their use.
The strongest, or mother tinctures, marked with an
apha (0), the dilutions or triturations to be of the decimal degrees of attenuation, are marked 1, 2, 3, &c., to
designate that they are to be used at 1'10th, 1-100th,
1-1000th, &c., the strength of the pure drugs.
The list for a full FAMILY CASE contains all the remedies recommended in this book for diseases that may
be safely trusted to unprofessional hands.
The TRAVELER'S CAsE needs only such medicines as
are prescribed for the diseases which he would be most
liable to contract on his journey; though I have put
in the principal ones used in domestic practice, so that
the Case will do for family use.
The CHOLERA CASE is only supplied with such remedies
as are particularly applicable to that disease; useful,
however, for many other complaints.
TR1&ATELERIIS CASE.


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
30
11
12
13
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
7


Aconite,
Apis 3ellifica
Arsenicum
Arnica
Arum triphyllum
Belladonna
Baptisia
Bryonia
Colocynth
China Sul.
Chamomilla
Copaiva
Cuprum
Eupatorium Aro.


p 3 15 Iydrastus Can'.
p   16 Ipecac
p3 17 Mercurius sol.
tr 0 18 Mercurius cor,
tt 2 19 Macrotin
p 8 20 Nux Vom.
p 1 21 Phosphorus
p 3 22 Phos. acid
p 3 23 Podophyllin
tt 1 24 Rhus toxicod.
p 8 25 Secale
p 2 26 Tartar emetic
p 3 27 Veratrum
p 1


p1
p 3
p 3
it 2
tt 1
p 3
p8
p3
p 2
P3
p 3
l) 3
p3
p4
p 3
p8
P3
p 3
p3
p3


CIOLExRA CASEm
Aconite           p 8 8 Laurocerasus
Arsenicum         p 3 9 Opium
Belladonna        p 8 10 Merc. cor.
Camphor          tr 0 11 Phosphorus
Carbo Veg.        p 5 12 Phos. acid
Cuprum           p 3 13 Secale
Ipecac           p 3 14 Veratrum



vi


INTRODUCTION.


it will, in a very large proportion of cases,
effect cures, even when administered by those
"unacquainted with the medical sciences generally. It has been written from necessity, to
meet the demands of community for a more
definite work in a concise form, that should
contain remedies of the most reliable char.
acter, with such directions for their use as can
be followed by the traveler on his journey, or
by families at home, when no physician is at
hand. It might seem to some preposterous to
speak of a demand for another domestic Homoeopathic Practice, when half a score or more
of such works are now extant, some having
come out within a very short time. The demand arises, not from the want of Books, but
from the defects of those that exist. There is
in most of them, too little point and definiteness in the prescriptions, and a kind of vague
doubting recommendation noticeable to all,
which carries the impression at once to every
reader, of a want of confidence by the author
in his own directions,.



INTRODUCTION.


vii


Again, in some of the works there is too
much confusion, the symptoms not being laid
down with sufficient clearness to indicate the
best remedy, Some of the works are unnecessarily large and cumbersome, while the real
amount of valuable practical matter is comparatively meager, obliging the reader to pay
for paper and binding without the contained
value of his money. I do not claim entire
perfection for this work, yet I do claim it to
be several steps in advance of the books now
extant,
This work is my own, being the result of my
practical experience and observation. I have
introduced several remedies that, though they
are familiar to me, and have been used in my
practice for many years, are, nevertheless,
comparatively strange and new to most of the
profession. Of some we have no extensive
provings yet published, still the provings have
been made, both upon the healthy and the
sick. Their use, as directed in this work, is
in strict accordance with their Homoeopathic



X            INTRODUCTION.
produced by an overdose of another; but both
being given in the ordinary medicinal doses,
neither of them to such an extent as to produce
sensible symptoms, if given alone, would not,
if given in quick succession, prevent each other
from acting to remove their own peculiar
symptoms that exist in the system at the time.
So if we have the symptoms that are found in
two or more different remedies present in the
same attack, as is often the case, we may give
these several remedies one after another, with
confidence in their curative effects for the
symptoms they represent.
This has been my practice, and it has been
eminently successful, and therefore I commend
it to others, treating with pity the infirmity of
those who ignorantly condemn it, as " They
know not what they do."



ADMINISTRATION OF REMEDIES.
THE remedies are either in the form of
tinctures saturated, more or less dilute, in Pellets or Powders. The Pellets may be taken
dry upon the tongue, allowed to dissolve
and swallowed. The dose for an adult is
from 4 to 7; for an infant, from birth to one
year old, 1 to 3; from one to three years, 2
to 4; from three to ten years, 3 to 5 pellets;
after ten, same as an adult. 15 or 20 pellets
may be dissolved in a gill of water, and a
tea-spoonful dose given at a time, being particular to stir it until all are perfectly dissolved, stirring it each dose.
Powders may be taken in the same manner, upon the tongue, a dose when dry, being
about the same bulk as of the pellets as nearly
as practicable. If put into water, to a gill of
water add of the powder about what would
lie on a three cent piece. If the liquid me



12     HOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
dicine is used, add 1 drop to a gill of water,
and use tea-spoonful doses as above directed.
The length of time between the doses should
be, in Dysentery and Diarrhoea, regulated by
the frequency of the discharges, giving a
dose as often as the evacuations occur. In
acute and violent diseases, the doses should
be repeated oftener than in milder cases--
about once an hour as a general rule is often
enough, though in some cases they should
be given in half an hour or oftener. In mild
cases, once in two or three hours is often
enough, and in chronic cases, once or twice
a day.
Bathing.
The surface of the body should be kept
clean, as far as possible, and to this end, in
summer, should be well bathed at least once
a day. In winter, though useful, it is not so
indispensable; still no one should neglect
the bath more than a week, and all ought to
bathe at least twice a week, if not oftener,
even in winter.
The bath should be of a temperature that
is agreeable, and the room warm, especially
for a feuble person. It should be so applied
40



BATHING.


13


as not to give a general chill, as such shocks
are always hurtful.
The teeth should be kept clean and free
from tartar. They should be cleaned every
morning and after each meal. The feet, legs
and alms should be warmly clothed, especially the arms, as an exposure of them to
cold is liable to induce affections of the
lungs, and to aggravate any existing disease
of those organs.
By exposure of the feet and legs to cold,
diseases and derangements of the female organs, even in young girls, are induced; and
one prolific cause of female weakness is to
be found in improper dressing of the feet
and legs, while the lung qffections of females,
now so fearfully prevalent, are traceable in a
great degree to the fashion that has prevailed
for a few years, of exposing the arms to cold.
Diet.
The diet of the sick should be nutricious,
but at all times simple, free from greasy substances, and from all stimulating condiments
what.soever, as well as from vinegar, or food
in which vinegar is used.



14     HOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
In short, let the food be nutricious, easily
digested, small or moderate in quantity, and
free from all "seasoning," except salt or
sugar; and if salt is used at all, let the quantity be very small, much less than would be
used in health.
Diarrhea.
This disease consists in a looseness of the
bowels, generally accompanied with pain in
the abdomen, more or less severe. It sometimes occurs without pain, but is then attended with a sense of weakness, and a general
feeling of uneasiness. It prevails mostly in
the warm seasons, but may occur at any time.
It is not usually considered a very dangerous
affection, except during the prevalence of
Cholera, or in children during hot weather.
TREATMENT.
Veratrum and Phos acid, given alternately, at intervals, as frequently as the discharges from the bowels occur, will generally
be sufficient. If there is nausea or vomiting,
or cramping pains in the bowels, give Ipecac
in alternation with one or both the former. If
thirst and a burning of the stomach or bow



DIARR HIEA.


els exist, use Arsenicunm.  This last medicine
may be given in alternation with either of
the others, but is most frequently indicated
in connection with Veratrum. The intervals
between the doses should be regulated by
the frequency of the evacuations in all cases,
lengthening them as the evacuations become
less frequent, until they cease. In children,
where the discharges are greenish or slimy,
and contain undigested food, give Chamomilla and I2ecac alternately, as above directed. If the discharges are dark, or yellow,
with distress in the stomach, give PodophylUn. The dose is from     3 to 6 pellets. In
all cases of diarrhcea, adults should abstain
from all kinds of food until cured, if possible,
and eat but little at first, when food is taken.
Children should be fed carefully, and but a
small quantity at a time, being particular
both for adults and children to use as little
liquid as possible; drink water in small
quantities, not very cold. Avoid exercise,
and lie on the back quietly, when that is
practicable. In a large majority of cases,
Veratrum, if given in the early stages of the
disease, will arrest it at once, and in many



DYSENTERY.


17


tery begins with a severe chill, followed by
fever and the dysenteric symptoms above
described.
TREATMENT.
If it begins with looseness without blood,
give Arsenicum   and  Veratrum  alternately,
once an hour, or oftener if the evacuations
are more frequent. If the discharges are
bloody, use Mercurius cor. in place of the
Arsenicum. If there is any sickness of the
stomach, or the discharges are dark or yellow, use Podophyllin with Mercurius cor.
If there are colic pains in the bowels, use
Colocynthis alternately  with   the others,
giving it between them.      If the patient
was costive previous to the attack, and the
dysentery came on without much looseness,
Nux   Vomica should be given alternately
with Mercurius cor. If the disease comes
on with a chill, or a chill occurs at any time
during the attack, followed by fever, Aconite,
Baptisia and Podophiyllin should be used in
rotation half an hour apart until a free perspiration is produced, and the pain diminishes; or if bloody stools appear, use Mer



BILIOUS COLIC.


19


pains are cutting and straining, drawing the
bowels into knots, relieved temporarily by
pressure.
TREATMENT.
For a male, Nux Vom., and for a female,
Pulsatilla will generally afford immediate
relief. In children, especially, where diarrhcea exists, Chamomilla should be used.
If it is the result of severe cathartics, or if
there is a soreness or a bruised feeling, Colocynth is the remedy. Hot injections into the
rectum, and large quantities of warm water
taken into the stomach, will often cure colic.
Bilious Colio.
This disease, in addition to the symptoms
of cutting, cramping pains in the bowels, as
in common colic, has great distress in the
stomach, with nausea and vomiting, the bowels being costive, the feet and hands cold,
sometimes cold sweats occur. There is also
considerable fever, and frequently headache
is present. The substance vomited is at first
dark bilious matter, but if the case continues
a long time, stercoraceous (fecal) matter will
be thrown up.



20     HOM3CEOPATHIC ART OF CURE
TREATMENT.
Colocynth is the most important remedy,
and should be given early and constantly.
Podophyllin is next in importance, and it
should Be given in alternation with the former, the dose to be repeated as often as
every half hour at first, and as the patient
becomes easy, at longer intervals. In this,
as in the former case, great benefit will be
derived from large injections of quite warm
water, and let it be taken into the stomach
freely, as hot as can be safely swallowed. I
have given a gallon of hot water in the
course of two hours, to a patient suffering
under this disease, the first half pint being
rejected, but the balance remaining, perfect
relief having been experienced.    If fever
continues after the colic and nausea cease,
Baptisia and Aconite should be given alternately every hour until the fever subsides. If
the patient is, and has been, for some time,
costive, Nitx a omica should be given once in
six or eight hours until the bowels move.
Injections may also be used.



CHOLERA MORBUS.


21


Cholera Morbus.
This disease generally comes on at night,
in hot weather, and is, in many cases, induced by over eating while the patient is
suffering from diarrhoea and a deranged state
of the liver. It is essentially of a bilious
character. It sets in with great pain in thee
bowels, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting of large quantities of dark greenish bitter
tasting substance. At first, the vomiting will
seem to afford relief, but sooner or later the
stomach and bowels cramp, and the cramping may extend to other parts of the body,
the feet, hands, calves of the legs, and the
arms, cold sweats come on, and death terminates his sufferings.
TREATMENT.
Ipecac and Colocynthis are to be given in
alternation, and repeated as often as every 30
minutes, for the first three or four doses, then
as the patient gets easier, at longer intervals.
A dose every hour will suffice as soon as the
symptoms begin to abate. The application
of hot cloths or even mustard, over the abdomen, frequently palliates the sufferings, and
does not interfere with the action of the me



22     HOMIEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
dicines. Fever of a low typhoid type some
times sets in after an attack of chlera morbus, and terminates fatally.    Thi ought
never to occur under Homceopathic treatment. For such fever give Baptisia, a dose
every hour until'the fever subsides, which
will occur generally in six or eight hours; if
"not, and the patient complains of headache,
or is delirious, or dizzy, or feels a'fullness in
the head, give Macrotin in alternation with
the Baptisia. Keep the patient very quiet
and free from noise, as far as possible. Sleep
is a great restorer in any case, but particularly
so in this.
FEVERS.
Intermittent Fever, Ague or Chill Fever.
This comes on with pains in the head and
back, aching in the joints, yawning, followed
by coldness of the hands and feet, blueness
of the nails and skin of the hands, general
chilliness, sometimes "shaking."  This lasts
from a few minutes in some cases, to several hours in others. The chill is followed by
a fever, which is generally severe and long
continued, in proportion to the length and



24     HOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
As soon as the sweating commences, give
Arsenicwmn and Macrotin alternately every
hour during the intermission, except during
sleeping time. On return of the chill, should
it appear a second time, use the Aconite and
Baptisia as before, and follow them with
Arsenicum   and Nux Vom. every two hours.
This course of treatment will cure a majority
of cases, but some require Cinchonia. That
Cinchonia is a specific for intermittent fevers
in many of their forms, no one will deny.
It is the Homceopathic remedy for many
cases, and should be prescribed. The injurious effects that are often attributed to
Quinine, are, I have no doubt, attributable
not to that remedy, but to the drugs that are
used prior to giving the Chinium Sul. I
have used it in more than two thousand
cases, and have never been able to see any
evil consequences follow its proper use. It
should be given from the beginning of the
chill to the end of the paroxysm, and continued during the whole time of the intermission: i. e. until the time arrives for the
next chill, time being important in the use
of this remedy. Use the first decimal tritu



INTERMITTENT FEVER.


ration, and give grain doses (equal to 1-10th
of a grain of the drug,) every half hour till
the time the next chill would occur, if it pursued its regular course, allowing the patient
six or seven hours time in each twenty-four,
for sleep.* Though from two to four grains
of the pure Chinium Suzlphuricum is all the
patient would get, very few cases that do
not yield to a course of the former treat.
ment here recommended, will have the third
paroxysm   after this China treatment is commenced and pursued as here directed.        For
children the dose may be one-half or onefourth that of the adults.      If a trituration
* NOTE.-The Eclectic Physicians use equal parts of
Quinine and Prussiate of Iron, with marked success in
agues, giving from one to three grains of the mixture
at a dose, every two hours, or oftener, for ten or twelve
hours, and some times more, during the intermission.
An intelligent Homceopathic Physician informs me that
he has used with tuiform success, a trituration of this
mixture of Quinine and Prussiate of Iron, in proportion
of ten grains of the Sugar of Milk to one of the Mixture,
giving the trituration in doses of about one grain every
hour through the chill, fever and intermission. Very
few cases had a second chill after taking the prescription. I have used this trituration successfully in a few
cases.



BILIOUS FEVER.


27


the great derangement of the stomach, as
nausea and vomiting of bilious matter, yellow coated tongue, bitter taste in the mouth,
foul breath, loss of appetite, high colored
urine, and frequently distress and fullness
in the right side, (though this last is not in
every case present,) the skin and white of
the eyes soon become yellowish, the chills
are often imperfect, the fever being disproportionably long.
TRIEATMENT.
Podophyllin and Merc. should be given in
case of intermittents of this character, during
the paroxysm, and in rotation with the other
remedies for intermittents, giving a dose
every three hours during the intermission.
It is well also to continue these remedies
night and morning, alternately, for a week
or so, after the cessation of the chills and
fever, or until all bilious appearances cease.
A  REMITTING FEVER is one that goes
nearly off, but not so entirely as an intermittent, returning again by a paroxysm of
chill more or less distinct, sometimes hardly



RHEUMATIC FEVER


29


on, then leave off the Baptisia, and give in
its stead Macrotin, lengthening the interval
between the remedies to two hours or longer.
For the chroisic cough that sometimes follows catarrhal fever, Copaiva, Macrotin and
Phosphorus should be used morning, noon
and night, in the order here named. Should
the fever be a
Rheumatic Fever,
(Rheumatism,) the patient complaining of
soreness of the muscles, of the chest, back
and limbs, with or without lameness of the
joints, Aconite, Macrotin and Niux Vom. are
the remedies for a male patient, and the two
former, with Pulsatilla, for a female, (or for
a male, of light hair, delicate skin, feminine
voice and mild temper,) to be used in rotation
one hour apart. These remedies are to be
taken in a severe acute case, every half hour
until the symptoms begin to abate; then
every hour or two hours as the case progresses.
Baths properly administered, are of great
importance in all forms of fever. The surface of the patient should be washed and
thorouoglhly rdubbed in water quite warm, into



3      T2 I(IOCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
of appetite, restless and disturbed sleep,
slight chilly sensations, with a little fever,
dry skin, and a general languid feeling.
These symptoms continue from four or five
days in some cases, to two or three weeks in
others, gradually getting worse until the patient is prostrated, or if he takes no drugs,
and keeps still, avoiding food as far as practicable, he may escape prostration, and after
lingering for eight or ten days, and sometimes
longer, just on the point of prostration, he
begins slowly to get better, and recovers
about as slowly and imperceptibly as he grew
sick. This is in accordance with observation
of cases under my own eye, and I have no
doubt those cases of spontaneous recovery,
had they taken a single dose of active cathartic medicine or any of the active drugs,
they would have been immediately laid
upon a bed of sickness from which a recovery would have been extremely doubtful. I
believe that two-thirds of the deaths from
typhoid fever are the direct results of medication, and that those who recover, do so in
spite of the cathartics and the active drugs
when such are used. Some cases, however,



34      HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
donna in rotation with the other two. For
the foul breath that comes on, use Mercurius
cor., especially if the diarrhoea assumes a
reddish tinge, like beef brine. Should the
fever at any time rise high, the pulse being
full and hard, give Aconite, but it rarely
happens that Aconite is useful in the later
stage. If the patient complains of pains
in the back, and fullness of the head, give
Macrotin. This is particularly useful for persons who have rheumatic pains in the limbs
or back, during the fever. If the evacuations from the bowels are dark, or yellow
and consistent, or there is bilious vomiting,
Podophyllin is the remedy.      From   some
cause or other, to me wholly unaccountable,
the writers generally have laid down Rhus
and Bryonia as the remedies in typhoid fever.
I must confess I have no confidence in them
for this fever as it prevails, and has for several years past, in this country. They have
proved a failure, and I discard them altogether, as I am confident, from thorough
trial, we have much more reliable remedies
as a substitute for Rhus in the Podophyllin,
and for Bryonia in the Macrotin. In the



SCARLET FEVER.


early stage, or at any time to arrest febrile
and inflammatory symptoms, the Baptisia is
much more potent than Aconite, its symptoms corresponding peculiarly with typhoid
fever. If the discharges become slimy or
bloody, give Leptandrin and Nit. acid. It is
important to bathe in this disease.
Scarlet Fever.-Scarlatina.
This fever assumes two principal forms:
Simple or mild, and Malignant. In the
Simple form, there is great heat of the surface, extremely quick and frequent pulse,
headache, and some sense of pain and soreness in the throat. After a day or two,
there appears upon the surface, bright scarlet patches, in some cases extending over the
whole limbs, the skin smooth and shining,
and somewhat bloated or swollen; upon
pressure with the finger, a white spot is
seen, which soon disappears on removal of
the pressure. As the disease subsides, the
cuticle comes off (desqgamctes) in patches.
In the simple form of this disease, the throat,
though often more or less sore, does not ulcerate. In some cases, notwithstanding the
fever is high, the pulse frequent, and the



36      HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
throat sore, there may be no external redness,
but the mouth and tongue will have a scarlet
hue, indicating the existence of disease more
dangerous than when it appears externally,
In the malignant form, the same symptoms
are present, the patient suffers more pain in
the head; the back and throat, root of the
tongue, tonsils and soft palate become ulcerated, turn black, and sometimes gangrenous,
proving fatal in a few days, or slough out in
large portions, the ulcers destroying the parts
extensively. The breath becomes foul and
fetid, and the effluvia from the ulcerated
surface, is very sickening to the patient and
all around him. This disease rarely attacks
adults, but occasionally, and for the last six
or eight months, in one region where I am
acquainted, where Scarlatina of a malignant
type has prevailed among children, adults
have been affected with an epidemic soreness
of the mouth and throat, strongly resembling the worst form of the angina in malignant Scarlatina, together with a low typhoid
form of fever.



SCARLET FEVER.


TREATMENT.?
In simple scarlatina, all tha is necessary
is to keep the child quiet, in a room of uniform temperature, as far as practicable; let
it drink cold water only, and give Aconitc,
Belladonna and Palsatilla in rotation, a dose
every hour until the fever subsides.  If any
soreness of the throat remains, give a few
doses of Mercrilts. If the fever subsides,
and the soreness remain, -Hydrastin or Eapatorium arom. will soon complete the cure.
In the malignant form, with ulcerated, dark
colored, or red and purulent throat, and
typhoid form of fever, give Aconite and Belladonzna in alternation, every hour, and, at
the same time, gargle the throat freely with
Hydrastin.   Some of the tincture may be
put in water, about in the proportion of ten
drops to a teaspoonful, cr a warm infusion of
thb crude medicine may be used. This can
be applied with a camel's hair pencil, or a
swab, to the parts affected, once in two
hours, and will soon bring about such a state
as will result in speedy recovery. After the
active fever has subsided, the Aconite and
Bell. may be discontinued, and Euplatoriuna



HSIOMCLOPATHIC ART OF CU2RE.
Utuflt. 1mcd iiistcadl once ini three hours unitil
Coll V al escenlc  is c-omplete.
I would1' rclnarhý fl~i"ti Nitls these remedies
appilil a- here ru.,w(Anim iildd myl brother,
1) r,.  8I. JiL ý oI f Erie Counlty v, Iie, has,
duritig thje lUSt fr   onhtreated a largre
roimler of thos)ze mahdign-ant, sore- throatsq, (the
Black timue, Ery sijelas,") and been universmally sesfurelie~vinig thiem, in a few
hcmrs, wheIn the symiptomis wre of the mnost
alarm -i Jig Inarirct or, and th clodiselase ini Some
CJis('s, SO tar ad ilD,.C hatL the. patici  were
1)slec ' N, their friends and attenidanits,
at[he jito      a   i
Thie Ibl/ois/Jo  is ai most potent rem-edy
inl ptrifl ile "rat ions of the mnucouls Surfaces,
and1 mu11Ch- the sameC May be said of EotpetoYellow Fever.
As I have never practiced farther South
thIAn Cincinnat-i, and have seeni but, few cazses
of this di"sease, niv experience with it has
not been -suffeit-ot to be relied upon as
au thiori tyv  Therefolre, I shall grive a brief
desi af the10 ditsease, W ith the prol--er



YELLOW FEVER.


41


times it is feeble from the beginning. However the pulse may be in the beginning, it
very soon becomes small, but continues to
be frequent. The tongue is at first covered
with a white paste-like coating, which afterwards gives place to redness of the edges
and tip, with a dark or yellow streak in the
center. The stomach is very irritable, rejecting every kind of food, and all drinks,
except, perhaps, a few drops of ice water.
There is a peculiar distressed feeling in the
stomach, often a burning sensation, so that,
if suffered to do so, he would take large quantities of ice or water. One remarkable feature of the cases noticed in the epidemic, as
it existed in New Orleans the past season,
was, that the patients had a great desire for
food, notwithstanding the nausea and distress
at the stomach.
Sooner or later, varying from a few hours
to several days, in the ordinary course of the
disease, the fever subsides. From this time
the patient may recover without any further
symptoms, but this is, by no merans, the usual
result. If the subsidence of the fever is
accompanied by natural pulse, a free, but



42      HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
not profuse or prostrating perspiration, a
genial warmth of the surface, natural appearance of the countenance, eyes, and tongue,
with little or no soreness on pressure over
the stomach, we may safely look for a speedy
lecovery. But if, on the contrary, the eyes,
face, and tongue, become yellow, or orangecolored, the epigastrium is tender to pressure,
the urine has a yellow tinge, the pulse becomes unnaturally slow, with the least degree of mental stupor, we have reason to
know, full well, that the lull of the fever is
only the calm preceding a more destructive
storm. The fever has subsided, only because
exhausted nature could re-act no longer. It
may be in a few hours, or not until twelve
or twenty-four have elapsed, the pulse becomes quickened, even to the frequency of
120 to 140 in a minute, but very feeble, the
extremities of the fingers and toes turn purple
or dark, the tongue becomes brown and dry,
or is clean, red, and cracked, sordes may be
on the teeth, the stomach becomes more irritable, nausea and vomiting are extreme, the
substances vomited being, at first, reddish,
afterwards watery, containing floculpa, like



44     HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
mark the Yellow Fever, and those which
should guide in the search for the proper
remedies.
TREATMENT.
The remedies that proved successful in
arresting the disease during the early or forming stage, before the chill or fever had set
in, while the symptoms were pain, fullness,
and throbbing of the head, with more or less
dizziness, rheumatic pains in the back, and
redness of the eyes, were Aconite and Bell.,
at low attenuations, once in two to four
hours, according to the violence of the symptoms. For the fullness of the head, pressing
outwards, as though it would split, with pains
of a rheumatic character, ifMacrotin 1st, given
in one grain doses, every hour or two hours,
proved specific.
These three remedies, Aconite Bell. and
Macrotin, would, in nearly all cases, arrest the
disease in the forming stage, so that no chill
or fever would occur, or, if fover did come
on after this treatment, it was mild.
"When the fever sets in, and the pain in
the head and back increases, the eyes, forehead and face are extremely red, or purple



46      HOMIEOPATHIC ART OF CURE,
rotation, with great success, the symptoms
yielding in a few hours. For the great oppression, as of a load, in the stomach, without vomiting, N..x was found sufficient. In
the later stage, when there seemed to be no
secretion of urine, Canabis and Apis mel.,
gave relief.
The remedies most successful for the cases
that assumed a typhoid character, with dry,
cracked tongue, sordes on the teeth, and low
sluggish pulse, were Baptisia and Bryonia,
given every two hours, alternately. Nitric
acid given internally and injected intp the
rectum, when bloody discharges appear, is
generally quite successful.
Good nursing is of the utmost importance,
and the patient should be visited frequently
by his Physician, as great changes may occur
in a short time. Three times a day is none
too often to see the patient. As soon as the
fever comes on, the patient should be stripped
of his clothes, and dressed in such garments
as he is to wear in bed through the attack.
He should be put to bed and lightly covered,
but have sufficient to protect him from any
es in the atmosphere, and the



48     HO3IEOPATHIC( ART OF CURE.
Pleurisy-Pleuritis.
This is inflammation of the Pleura of one
or -both lungs, generally confined to one side.
It is known by sharp pain in the side of the
chest, increased by taking a long breath, or
coughing, or by pressing between the ribs.
The cough is dry aud painful, the patient
makes an effort to suppress it, from the pain
it gives him; the fever is of a high grade,
the pulse full, hard and frequent, with more
or less pain in the head.
TREATMENT.
Aconite is a sovereign remedy. It should
be given at intervals proportionate to the
severity of the disease, once in half an hour,
for about three doses,, then every hour until
the patient is easy and perspires freely. This
is the course I have generally pursued, and
scarce ever failed of relieving in a few hours.
Other means may often be used with advan"tage at the same time, and not interfere with
the action of the medicine. Put the feet and
hands- into water as hot as it can be, endured,
and apjly to the affected side very hot cloths,
hot bags of salt, or mustard. There is no



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51


is difficult, the fever high, with some chilly
sensations, or at least, coldness of the knees,
feet and hands, a white or brownish fur upon the tongue, and pain in the bowels, For
such symptoms, especially with the pain in
the bowels, as though a diarrhoea would come
on, give Tartar emet. It is often one of the
best remedies in this disease, affording relief.when others have failed.
After subduing the high febrile symptoms,
if there remains cough, indicating much irritation, or inflammation of the lungs, Macrotin
should be used in place of Acomte, with
Pholsporus and Copaiva, the three in rotation, two hours between doses.
Acute Bronchitis,
Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes.
This is attended with. distressing cough,
profuse expectoration, oppressed breathing,
pain in the forehead, and general, catarrhal
symptoms. Baptisia, Copaiva and Eupatorium arom. given every hour, in rotation,
will, in general, relieve from the acute affection in a short time; but the



52     HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
Chronic Bronchitis
requires the use of Copaiva, Macrotin and
Arum triphyllum, to be taken morning, noon,
and night, in the order named; or, if the
cough be severe, they should be used every
three hours.  These will be sufficient to
effect a cure.
Coughs
Generally, unless they arise from consumption, yield readily to the alternate use of
Copaiva, Phosphorus and Macrotin, a dose
given once in from three to six hours. If,
however, there is soreness of the throat, redness and soreness of the tonsils, palate, and
fauces, or soreness of the larynx, with hoarseness, Arum triphyllum and Hydrastus Can.
are the surest remedies. They rarely ever
fail of effecting a complete cure in a few
days. They should be used three or four
times a day. They may be ffsed with the
other medicines recommended fbT coughs.
In acute
Sore Throatarising from sudden ckjd,.4rum triphylJum
and Euipatoriu.m aromwa ficum are the reme



CROUP.


55


most alarming cases of gastritis and peritonitis, made such applications, and in less than
an hour have seen my patient easy and
beginning to perspire freely, all danger having passed. It always affords more or less
relief and is never attended with danger.
Covering the wet cloths immediately with
plenty of dry ones is very essential.
After the acute inflammation has subsided,
it is well to have the bowels moved, but
don't give drastic cathartics. Nux Vomica
given at night and repeated morning and
noon, will generally serve to cause an evacuation. Injections may be used.
Croup.
This is a disease of children. Comes on in
consequence of a sudden cold.      Children
suffering from Hooping Cough are more
subject to it. The cough is of a peculiar
whistling kind, like the crowing of a young
chicken, with  rattling in the throat and
difficult breathing, fever is present, and often
very violent. It is properly an inflammation
of the Larynx, but the inflammation may
also exist in the Pharynx, the tonsils may
be involved, and it may extend to the trachia,



56    HOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
(wind pipe). A false membrane forms in the
larynx if the disease is not arrested, and so
obstructs the breathing as to cause death from
suffocation.
TREATMENT.
Give at first Aconite, Phosphoric Acid, and
Spongia, giving them in the order here
named once in ten minutes in a very violent
case, and as the patient improves at intervals
of half an hour, and then an hour.
Should the fever subside, and still the
tightness in the throat and cough continue
to be troublesome, give Ipecac in place of
Aconite. And when the cough seems to be
deep seated use Bryonia instead of spongia.
The patient should be kept in a warm
room, and free from exposure to currents of
cold air. The application of a cloth wrung
out of cold or ice water to the throat, covered
immediately with dry warm flannels so as to
exclude the air from the wet cloth, will often
exert a decidedly beneficial effect, and there is
no danger if managed as here directed. The
feet should be kept warm and the head cool,
but don't put cold water on a child's head.



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57


Asthma.
If an attack comes on from sudden cold,
take Aconite and Ipecac every h our for a day,
and if any sy mptoms remain, in place of the
Aconite use Copaiva, Arsenicum and Phos.
Acid with the Ipecac, giving them in rotation,
a dose every hour.
In Chronic Asthma, where the patient is
liable to an attack at any time, great benefit
will be derived from  taking these four in
rotation about two hours apart for a day or
two, at any time when symptoms of an attack
begin to appear.
I have recently succeeded in alleviating
several bad cases, at once, by these four remedies in succession as here recommended, on
whom (some of them) I had at various times
tried all of them, as well as other medicines,
singly at longer intervals, as directed in the
Books, without any decided benefit. After
trying these in succession, as here directed,
I found no trouble in arresting the paroxysm
in a few hours, and I am strong in the faith
that with some, at least, I have effected
cures. It is worth much to arrest theparoxysm if no more.



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59


For sour eructations with hot, burning,
scalding fluid rising up in the throat, with
or without food, give Phos. acid and Pulsatilla in alternation every half hour, until
the stomach is easy. For a feeling of weight
and pain in the stomach, with dull pain in
the head, with or without dizziness, give
Nux. Vom. every hour until it relieves. If
there is a burning feeling in the stomach as
well as the heavy load, without eructations
and rising of fluid, Arsenicum should be alternated with the Nux. Vom., at intervals of
two hours.    There are persons who, from
imprudence in eating or drinking or both, or
which is more frequent, from    harsh drug
medication, have so enfeebled their stomachs,
that, though by care in selecting their food,
and prudence in taking it, they may suffer
but little, are, nevertheless, when    from
home or on special occasions, liable to overeat or take the wrong kind of food, from
which unfortunate circumstance they are
made to suffer the most tormentiug and
intolerable distress in the stomach and bowels, which may last, more or less severe, for
several days. Soon after the unfortunate



60     HOM(EOPATHIC ART O' CURE.
meal, perhaps the next morning, or, it may
be, in a few hours, the stomach begins to
bloat, by accumulating gas within, which is
belched up every few minutes in large
quantities; the stomach and bowels are
racked with the most torturing pains; cold
sweat stands on the brow, and he is the
very picture of misery. Thus he may roll
and tumble all night, and remain in misery
the next day and several days longer, before the food will digest. It often passes
from the stomach without digestion, and on
its way through the bowels inflicts constant
pain. If he does not take some emetic
substance, he is not apt to vomit, his stomach cramping so as to prevent it.
I have here described one of the bad cases,
but -bad as it is they are by no means very
rare. There are such cases in abundance, of
all grades from the one here described down
to a slight derangement. They all require
a similar course of treatment.
It is useful for such patients to take at once
large quantities of lukewarm  water, and repeat the draught every ten to fifteen minutes,
until free and thorough vomiting is induced,



CONSTIPATION,


so as to throw off all the food from the stomach.
But even this does not often cure these bad
cases. If it did, it is not always convenient
to do it. The medicine that is quite certain
to afford relief at once is Podophyllin. Let
it be given, and the dose repeated in an hour.
A third dose is rarely necessary. After relief
from this attack, the medicine should be
taken night and morning for a month or
more until the stomach is restored. In the
meantime care should be taken not to overload the stomach.
Constipation.
The medicine for this affection is Nux vom.,
to be taken at night on retiring. If there is
fulness and pain in the head from costiveness,
Bell. should be used in the morning, and at
noon. Let the patient contract a habit of
drinking cold water freely on rising in the
morning, at least half an hour before eating.
The patient should not take physic.
For constipation of children, Nux and Bryonia are to be given Nux at night and Bry onia
in the morning.  Opium is useful.



64    HOMrEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
vals. The Apis alone will often be sufficient.
During the whole time, the affected parts
should be kept covered with dry, superfine
flour, some say Buckwheat flour acts most
favorably. The diet should be very spare.
Eat as little as possible, until the disease
begins to subside.
A very important part of the treatment
of this affection is to keep the patient in a
room that is comfortably warm, say at a
temperature of from 65 to 75 ~, and keep
the temperature uniformly the same, as nearly as possible, night and day. Do not, by
any means, expose him suddenly to cold air,
or a cold breeze, as on going into a cold
room, going out into cold air, or undressing
or dressing in a cold room. Uniformly warm
temperature is of great importance.
Burns and Scalds.
No matter what the nature and extent of
the burn may be, the very best of all medicines of which I have any knowledge, is
Soap. If the parts affected, are immediately
immersed or enveloped in Soft Soap, the
pain will be greatly lessened, and the inflam



66   HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURl.


extent. The parts should not be exposed
to the air for a single moment, when possible to prevent it. During the first two or
three days, dressings need not be removed,
unless they cause irritation after the first
severe pain has subsided. They should be
kept all of the time moist, and as far as
practicable, in a condition to be impervious
to the air.
When it is necessary to remove them, let
the affected surface be immersed in strong
soap suds, at a temperature of about 75 or
80, and the dressing removed while it is
under water, and others applied while in
the same situation. In ordinary cases, however, even of extensive burns, after the fever
consequent upon it has subsided, and the
part is tolerably free from  pain and smarting, the dressings may be removed in the
air, but others should be in readiness and
applied as speedily as possible. The soap
dressings are to be continued from the beginning until the inflammation has subsided
and the sore has lost all symptoms that distinguish it from an ordinary healthy suppuý
rating sore.



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67


After the first few days, or in case of a slight
burn at the beginning, an excellent mode of
applying the soap, is to make astrong thick
"Lather" with soft water and good soap,
such as Castile, or any other good hard soap,
as a barber would for shaving, and apply that
to the affected part with a soft shaving
brush; apply it as' carefully as possible, so.*s to cover every part of the surface, and go
over it several times, letting the former coat
dry alittle before applying another, forming
a thick crust impervious to the air. In
small burns, and even in pretty extensive
and severe ones, this is the best mode of
application, and the only one necessary.
In many cases of very severe and dangerous burns, under the influence of this. application, the inflammation subsides, and after
a week or more, the crust of lather comes
of, exposing the surface smooth and welL
Although it is important to apply the soap
early, and the case does much better if that
has been done, still I have found it the best
remedy even as late as the second or third
day. In such a case, the lather application
is the best.



70     HOM(EOPATHIO ART OF CURE.
Hoarseness.
This arises generally, from inflammation
of the mucous membrane of the Larynx, in
ordinary cases but slight. It is a frequent
accompaniment of Bronchitis.
The remedies most useful, and those
which will, in almost all ordinary cases,
remove this affection at once, are Arum tri.
and Copaiva, to be taken a dose every three
hours in alternation.
If there is present a dry hacking cough,
it will be well to take Bell. in the interval
between the other medicines, for a day, or
until the cough is relieved, or changed to a
moist condition.
Inflammation of the Brain.
Brain Fever.
Though this affection is not strictly what
is called "brain fever," it is attended with
more or less general fever, while in what is
called " Brain fever," there is great irritation of the brain, requiring in many respects
similar treatment. As the treatment proper
for inflammation of the brain, with some
slight modifications in relation to the exist



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.          71
ing fever, will be applicable to both, I
shall treat of them under one head.
Some of the principal symptoms are delirium and drowsiness, fullness of the blood
vessels of the head, beating of the temporal
arteries, redness and fullness of the face, the
pupils dilated, (though in the very early
stage they may be contracted.)      If the
membranes of the brain be the seat of the
disease, the pain is more intense, and frequently the limbs are in a palsied state.
The patient sometimes vomits immoderately, and the pulse is slow and irregular, but
full. The breathing becomes stertorous.
The fever is very considerable, and the
head hot.
TREATMENT.
Aconite, Belladonna and Bryonia should
be given in rotation, one dose every hour in
a violent case, lengthening the intervals as
the symptoms abate. Applying hot cloths
to the head, removing them occasionally to
let the water evaporate, will greatly palliate
and will not in the least, interrupt the action
of the medicines. Never apply cold to the
head of any person, when hot or inflamed,



74     HOMioEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
the eruptions failed to appear in the proper
time, as well as where they had receded too
soon, I have been able to bring them out in
a short time with an infusion of Sassafras
root, sweetened and taken quite warm, in
doses of half an ounce in fifteen to thirty
minutes. It is a remedy for measles well
worth attention.
Mumps.
This is a contagious disease, consisting
in an inflammation of the Parotid gland.
There is, at first, a sense of stiffness and
soreness on moving the jaw, soon after the
gland begins to swell, and continues to be
sore and painful, with more or less headache, and general fever for from six to eight
days. It is not ordinarily a dangerous disease, unless translated to some other part.
It may remove from the original seat to the
brain, the testicles, or in females to the
breasts.
TREATMENT.
Mercurius should be given three times a
day during the attack. If the brain becomei affected, use Bell. and Apis mel. in



80     HOM(EOPATIIC ART OF CURE.
tion, every half hour, if the symptoms are
very severe, and the nausea great; but in a
mild case, give it once an hour, lengthening
the interval as the symptoms abate.
If the feet are cold, as is often the case,
putting them into hot water will palliate
the symptoms, and not interfere with the
medicines.
If the head feels hot, apply hot water to
it. Never apply cold to the head, when
there are any symptoms of congestion, as of
fullness of the blood vessels. For
Common Headache,
If the face is red, and the arteries of the
neck and temples throb violently, give Bell.
If there is paleness and faintness, Pulsatilla
is the remedy, esy ecially if the forehead is
principally affected. If the pain is mostly
in the back of the head, Nua is to be used;
if in the front, and is sharp, affecting the eyes,
Aconite; if at the angles of the forehead,
with a sense of pinching, Arnica; if a sense
of fullness and pressing outwards, or with an
enlarged feeling, Macrotin; if intermitting
or remitting, Mercurius; if there is-ringing



82     HOMIEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
nose-bleed, Pulsatilla and Podophyllin are
to be used alternately, night and morning.
During the paroxysm of bleeding, Arnica
should be used, one dose repeated in a half
hour if it continues.
If it is produced by over-exertion, Rhus
is the proper remedy. If it occurs in the
early stage of fever, Aconite and Bell.; in the
latter stage, BRhus and Phos. are to be used.
Hamamelis will frequently arrest nose-bleed
immediately after one or two doses.
Worms.
It is difficult to determine the presence of
worms in children, much more in adults,
yet both are affected by them occasionally.
In children, there is more or less fever and
restlessness, screaming out in sleep, starting,
pain in the bowels, vomiting, choking, diarrhoea, picking at the nose, fetid breath, voracious and variable appetite.
TREATMENT.
Santonine is a remedy which I have used
for years, and I have treated many hundreds
of cases, with such unvariable success, that
I feel disinclined to use or to recommend



MOR SS.


any other..It -brings,away the worms entire, and relieves the patient of all morbid
symptoms immediately, or in much less
time than any other remedy of which I
have any knowledge. It seems to act specifically upon the worms, causing them to
leave the bowels by being evacuated with
the feces, without producing any sensible
impression upon the bowels, the evacuations
remaining natural, if they were so, or becoming so, if deranged, and the worms comi
ing away not quite lifeless.
I have often prescribed this remedy for
children suffering under intermittent or remitting, and even typhoid fever, in the
summer season, when there were not present
any well defined symptoms of worms, and
yet the fever would soon abate, and in due
time worms appear in the fecal evacuations.
It often arrests entirely intermittent fever,
when worms are present, and are the prpbable cause of the fever.
I give either the crude salt in from onefourth to one-half grain doses, or a trituration
of one grain to four of sugar, giving in the latter case, from one to two grains of the tiritu



84      HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
ration. Give one dose at bed-time, or in an
urgent case at any other time, but never repeat the dose under thirty-six hours, and in
an ordinary case, under forty-eight hours.
This is the medicine pear excellence for
worms. It may be repeated once a week,
when there is a tendency in the patient to
the development of worm symptoms, or, in
other words, the breeding of worms. The
idea held out by some that it is hurtful, or
unimportant to remove the worms, in itself
considered, is simply nonsense and worse, for
children are sometimes sacrificed to this idea.
Earache-Otalgia.
This may arise from various causes, but a
common one is sudden-cold. If it arises
from cold, and there is general fever, or if
the ear is red, or the side of the head and
ear hot, Bell. and Baptisia should be given
in alternation, every hour, or in a violent
case, more frepuently. These remedies
will soon relieve such cases. Cloths wrung
out of hot water should be laid over the ear,
or the side of the head steamed, or it may
be laid into water quite warm, with good
effect.



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85


Where the disease is a chronic affection,
and the patient is subject to frequent attacks
of pain in the ear, especially on a change of
the weather, from  dry to moist, Mercuius
is the proper remedy, especially if it is worse
at night, when warm in bed.
If it arises from a shock or blow, Arn. is
to be used. In scrofulous persons, whether
there is ulceration or not, Phosphorus and
Pulsatilla are the remedies.
Children and even adults, not unfrequently
suffer from  earache, without any known
cause sufficient to account for it. On examination into the ear you will often find either
the cavity filled or nearly so, with a hard
black sAbstance, (the inspissated "earwax")
almost as hard as horn, or else the ear will
be quite empty, and the sides of the cavity
dry and red, though perhaps not properly
in a state of inflammation.
The natural condition of the cavity as it
can be seen by straining the ear outwards
and backwards a little in a strong sun light,
is moist, the surface covered slightly with a
yellowish, greasy, soft substance (the cerumen) "earwax." When this is wanting or



86     HOMI(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
in excess, or its character changed, it is evidence of disease, and pain is likely to occur.
The
TREATMENT.
for this condition is to remove the accumulation when that exists, as the frst step.
But this must be first softened by pouring
some warm oil, pure olive oil, or good pure
sperm oil, into the ear, and repeat it two or
three times a day for several days, until it
is so far softened as to be easily removed
with the probe end of common small tweezers, having a spoon-bowl point.
When there is dryness, moisten the surface with oil. In either case, it is best, for
a while, to protect the delicate surface from
the air, by putting oiled wool into the external ear.
If the ear was filled, give Mercurius once
a day until there appears a natural secretion.
If dry, use Belladonna.
Toothaohe.
It is difficult to determine the cause of
toothache, and more difficult to select the
remedy. It often depends upon decay of



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87


the tooth, and exposure of the nerve to air,
and contact with food or drinks, or even saliva, which irritate and produce pain.
Pulsatilla will as often relieve such cases
as any other remedy, yet if it has been aggravated by a recent cold, Bell. and Nux V.
may be better. If the nerve is not exposed,
and there is a disposition to a return of the
pain on exposure to cold air, or a change of
weather, the pain being of a rheumatic character, give Bhus and Macrotin in alternation. These will relieve many cases. For
decayed teeth, the pain being dull aching,
with soreness, use Chamomilla. The body
of the tooth, that is the dentine, sometimes
becomes very sensitive when there is no
decay or cavity, the pain being experienced
when some hard substance hits, or the air or
water, either cold or hot, comes in contact
with the tooth. The temporary pain will
generally yield to Arnica, and in most instances, the daily use of Arnica at the first
decimal dilution, applied to the surface, and
upon the jaws, will effect a cure.
The chloride of Zinc applied to the surface of such teeth for a few moments will



INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.           91
It should be given at the first or second
dilution, once in four or six hours, and three
or four drops of the tincture put into a teaspoonful of water, and the mouth occasionally washed with the mixture.
In summer, where agues prevail, and the
child is feverish and restless, China will aid
in the cure, to be given once in six hours
"between the doses of the Eupatorium. If
the diarrhoea is obstinate, the discharges
colored, and the child is sick at the stomach,
give Podophyllin with the other remedies.
Inflammation of the Eyes-Ophthalmia.
For common Ophthalmia, in the early stages, while there is more or less fever and
headache, with flushed face, bloodshot eyes
and throbbing of the temporal arteries, Bell.
and Aconite should be used altenately every
two hours, and a wash made with ten
drops of tincture of Aconite to one gill of
pure water, applied to the eyes as hot as the
patient can bear. This application should
be repeated every two hours, in a violent
case, until the eyes are easy, and then about
twice a day until all inflammation and red



94      RHOOMOPATRHI ART OF CVRE.
margin of the belly, towards the inner side
of the thigh, where the great artery (Femoral
artery) can be felt pulsating. By pressing
firmly upon this artery, the blood is arrested
in its flow into the limb, and of course the
bleeding from the wound soon ceases. If
the wound is in the arm or hand, pressure
is to be made, either just above the wound,
or on the inside of the arm, about one-third
of the way from the shoulder to the elbow,
where the artery (Brachial) can be felt. To
secure the parts from further bleeding, the
wounded artery must be taken up and tied.
Let it be seized by forceps, or the point of a
needle may be thrust into it, and the vessel
stretched out a little, a thread put round it
and tied; cut off one end of the tie, and let
the other hang out of the wound, until it
comes out by the vessel sloughing off. Bring
the lips of-the wound rogethker, and if it is
large, put in stitches enough to hold them,
and put on an adhesive plaster, compress of
cloths, and bandages to kqep it from straining
the stitches, and protect it from the air. The
Arnica plaster, made by JOHN HALL, of
Cleveland, is the best adhesive plaster of



9%6    HOM(EOPATMIC ART OF CURE.
If a blow is received upon the head, by a
fall, or in any other way, producing a "stunning" effect, (concussion of the brain) so that
the patient appears lifeless for a time, and
delirious when he begins to come to, there is
great danger of inflammation of the brain,
and death from the re-action, or in some
cases, the shock is so great that the patient
will never revive unless he has the proper
aid.
Arnica is the great remedy to bring on
reaction, arouse the patient, and prevent
dangerous inflammation or congestion of the
brain.
When a patient is "stunned" by a blow
or fall, he should be conveyed soon as possible, to some quiet place, and as little noise
as practicable made about him, and the room
kept darkened. Arnica 3d should be given
immediately, and the nostrils wet with
strongly arnicated water.
If fever arise after he comes to, Aconite
should be given with Arnica, and if the head
aches, or becomes hot, Bell. is to be used.
This will prevent or arrest all symptoms of
inflammation.



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Torn and Mangled wounds should not be
handled much. If they bleed, the blood
must be stopped as in any other case. If
they are dirty, warm water may be gently
applied to cleanse them. The wound should
be covered with some soft cloths, and kept
constantly wet in Arnicated water of the
strength of four drops of the tincture to a
pint of water.
Piles-Hemorrhoids.
One important matter in all cases of habitual piles, is, to keep the bowels regular.
Much can be done for this purpose by diet
and regimen. On rising from bed in the
morning drink freely, from a gill to half a
pint of cold water, at least half an hour
before breakfast; use such diet as is easily
digested, and drink no alcoholic beverages.
To relieve the bowels when costive, take a
dose of Nrux Vomica at night, and Podophyllin in the morning. This may be repeated
from day to day until the proper effect is
produced.
To relieve from a severe attack of Piles,
use Bell. and Pod&.phyllin in   alternation



98   -HOMoEOPATHIC ART OF CURE,
every four hours, and apply to the tumors
when inflamed, cloths wrung out of hot water, or sit in hot water for a time.
A poultice made of fine-cut Tobacco wet
in hot water and crowded firmly up against
the pile-tumors, secured by a T bandage, will
relieve the most desperate cases for the time,
and is attended with no danger or disagreeable symptoms except in rare cases, when
it produces sickness at the stomach, which
soon subsides on the poultice being removed.
Oil of Arnica is an excellent application for
inflamed Piles.
A most important point in the management
of Piles, and one often neglected, is to replace the prolapsed tumors.   The tumors
will be protruded from within the anus by the
act of evacuating, and if left in that condition, will be pressed upon by the external
parts, chafed and inflamed.   In all such
cases, the patient should take particular pains
to return the tumors into the rectum; and to
aid in that process a little oil may be applied
when they will be easily pushed back, and
the sphincter of the bowel will close below



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99


them, preventing any chafing, and the consequent inflammation.
For Bleeding Piles, Ipecac and Bell. are
very efficient remedies. They may be alternated every half hour, or oftener if the
bleeding is severe, or at longer intervals
when it is only slight.
Hamamelis V., (Witch Hazel,) will in
nearly all cases arrest the bleeding at once.
It should be applied to the parts and taken
internally at the same time. Drop doses to
be put on the tongue once in fifteen or twenty
minutes.
An infusioni of the Hamamelis may be taken internally in doses of half a teaspoonful,
and the same injected into the bowel with
excellent effect.
The most effectual way, and the best for
obtaining permanent relief from Piles when
the tumors have become hard, and remain
all the time so as to pass out of the anus at
every evacuation, being constantly more or
less tender and painful, and often becoming
inflamed, is to have them taken off. But
never let that be done with a knife. The
bleeding would, in such a case, be very



100    HOMEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
excessive, and most likely fatal. The history
of knife operations for the excision of Pile
tumors is written in blood, and the tombstone stands as a monument of condemnation
of the practice. No trustworthy surgeon will
at this day attempt it.
But however dangerous may be the knife
operation, there is no danger at all to be apprehended from removing the tumors by a
ligature. To accomplish this, take a soft
cork about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and one inch long-make a hole
through the center from end to end, about
one-eighth of an inch, in diameter - cut
crucial grooves in the top of the cork about
an eighth of an inch deep, bevel down the
lower end nearly to an edge, make a cord of
saddler's silk, three fold twisted together and
waxed, about eight or ten inches long,
double this in the middle and pass the loop
down through the cork out at the sharp end,
the two loose ends of the string being out at
the grooved end. Make a strong hickory
stick about three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter, and just long enough to pass across
-the square end of the cork. Now have tho



104     HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
minutes. That is the only time I ever tried
it, but from th3 provings I am satisfied it is
one of the best remedies.
Asiatic Cholera.
I was practicing in Cincinnati during the
prevalence of Cholera in the years 1849, and
1850, and in Northern Ohio in 1854, and had
abundant opportunity to observe and treat it.
The disease generally begins with a diarrhcea,
which may continue for several days, or only
a few hours before other symptoms set in,
such as vomiting, then cramping in the
stomach and muscles of the legs, arms, hands
and feet, followed by cold sweats, great prostration, restlessness, excessive and burning
thirst, drinks being immediately rejected.
These symptoms continue, the patient sinking rapidly into collapse, when the skin looks
blue and shriveled, the eyes sunken, the surface covered with a cold, clammyesweat,
the extremities, nose, cars, tongue and breath
cold, the voice hollow and unnatural. This
condition continues from two to eight or ten
hours, the patient regularly failing, sometimes
becoming delirious before he dies.



106     IIOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
uations occur, will frequently arrest it in a
few hours, especially if the patient lies down
and keeps quiet. But if not, and it increases in frequency, or becomes more copious,
or any sickness is felt at the stomach, the
patient should, at once, be laid upon a bed
and strong tincture of Camphor should be
given in drop doses, once in five minutes, for
one hour or more, and as the symptoms
abate, once in ten, fifteen or twenty minutes,
for six or eight hours.
A teaspoonful of the Caqmphor tincture may
be put into a tumbler of cold water, ice water if at hand, and the water agitated until
it becomes clear, giving a teaspoonful of this
camphorated cold water as a dose, stirring the
water each time. I think this is better than
to give the pure tincture. After the patient
becomes quiet and easy, T'ractrum should be
given in alternation with Camphor, a dose
in four to six hours for several days, or
oftener if he feels any symptoms like a
threatened return of the disease.     These
two medicines serve as prophylactics (preventives) of Cholera.



110      HOMiEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
Small Pox-Variola.
This disease begins with pain in the head
and back, chilly sensations, followed by a
high fever, so similar in all respects to a severe attack of Bilious or "winter" fever, that
it is difficult or impossible to distinguish it
with certainty, as Small Pox. The fact of
the prevalence of the disease at the time, and
the exposure of the patient, may lead the
Physician and friends to suspect Small Pox.
There is one very striking symptom of Small
Pox, however, that exists from the beginning,
which, though it may be present in fever
simply, is not uniformly so. This is a severe
and constant aching pain in the small of the
back. The headache is also constant.
The Small Pox is of two varieties or degrees, distinct and colfluent. The distinct is
when the pustules are separated from each
other, each one a distinct elevation, with
more or less spacebetween them not affected
by the eruption.
The confluent is where the pustules spread
out from their sides and run together, covering the whole surface as one sore.



112     HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
contain a limpid fluid. The parts continue
to swell, the eruptions to enlarge, and become filled with purulent matter, having a
dark color at the top, up to about the fourteenth or fifteenth day, when they begin to
flat down, to dry up, and some of the scabs
become loose. At this time, some fever
arises, often quite severe, with headache and
other inflammatory symptoms. If the eruption is very severe, fever will be of corresponding violence, and lighter or wanting
when the eruption is mild. This fever rarely
lasts more than twenty-four hours, from which
time the patient rapidly recovers.
In the Confluent variety, all the symptoms
are more violent, the fever continuing after
the eruption begins.    The pustules burst
early, and run into each other, covering
nearly or quite the whole skin; the surface
swells and turns black or dark brown, the
lungs are more or less irritated, producing
cough, and not unfrequently the stomach is
nauseated, and vomiting ensues.
If the patient survives the irritation up to
the fifteenth or sixteenth day, when the secondary fever sets in, he is liable to be taken



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off by an affection of the brain or lungs, during
this fever. If he recovers, his whole surface,
especially that part exposed to air, is deeply
pitted.
TREATMENT.
As it is not often known for a certainty, in
the early febrile stage, that it is the small
pox, the treatment will be first adopted that
would be proper for a like fever arising from
other causes. But in all my observations in
this disease, and they extend to several hundred cases, I have not found in a single instance, any of the ordinary fever remedies,
such as Aconite and Bell., which would be
applicable for such symptoms in an ordinary
case, to do any good in small pox. They
are directed, however, for these symptoms
by the authorities, in the febrile stage of the
small pox; but I am quite sure they are not
the proper remedies.
From the great similarity, the almost absolute identity of small pox headache and backache, with the same symptoms developed by
the Macrotys racem. as well as the nausea and
restlessness produced by the drug, I was led



114     HOMXEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
several years ago to the conclusion that this,
or the Macrotin was valuable in small pox.
Not only so, but during the prevalence of
small pox in Cincinnati, to an extraordinary
degree in the winter of 1849-50, I treated
about one hundred cases, including both
sexes, and all ages, from infants a few weeks
old, to very old persons, giving the Macrotin
to all, and had the good fortune to see all
my patients recover. Since that time I have
prescribed it for every case successfully.
Having then, been entirely successful in so
many cases, with this medicine, I am not inclined at this time to give any other the preference. I must admit, however, that though
my patients all recovered, I was not able to
greatly abridge the duration of the disease,
nor to prevent the development of all the
stages in their proper order, as is claimed by
M. TESTE, for his use of Mercurius cor. and
Oausticum. I was satisfied with so far modifying the symptoms, as to enable my patients
to live through, and come out well in the end.
I would then direct, if small pox is suspected,
the patient having been exposed to contract
it, or from the peculiarity of the symptoms,



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in the early stage, or when the disease is discovered after the eruption, to give Macrotin
at the first trituration, in one grain doses,
once in two hours, while the fever, headache
and backache continue, after which, during
the whole course of the disease, give it three
times a day. This will prevent the development of a dangerous secondary fever, as
well as irritation of the lungs, stomach or
bowels. In addition to this medicine I give
the patients daily, from half an ounce to two
ounces of pure (unrancid) Olive oil. This
serves to prevent the development of pustules in the throat, lungs and stomach; is
more or less nutricious, and keeps the bowels
in a healthy condition. Wash the surface
once a day in weak soap suds, following it
with a bath of milk and water, and keep
cloths moistened with warm milk and water,
constantly upon all parts that are exposed to
the air, lubricating the surface with Olive oil
after the bath of milk and water. This keeps
the surface quite comfortable.
The best diet is corn or oat meal mush and
molasses, to he taken in small quantities.



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Varioloid
is small pox modified by vaccination. It is
to be treated as a mild case of small pox.
The Macrotin has been used with apparent
success as a prophylactic (preventive) to small
pox, taken three times daily.
Painful Urination, Incontinence of Urine,
Involuntary Urination.
Where the. discharge of urine produces
smarting and burning of the urethra, Canthzaris is the remedy. Where there seems
to be an over secretion of acrid urine, producing inflammation of the neck of the
bladder, known by pain in the glans penis,
Copaiva, and Apis mel. are the remedies. If
there appears to be a partial palsy of the
neck of the bladder, the discharge taking
place in sleep, Podophyllin is the surest remedy. I have cured some bad cases by the
use of these three remedies, given in rotation
three or four hours apart.
Injections of a solution of borax into the
bladder, have, in several cases, been suffici.
ent to effect a perfect cure, without any
other remedy. This may be used in eon



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119


they will almost always effect a cure. The
proper way to use them is to give them internally at the second dilution, at intervals
of fifteen to thirty minutes, when the pain is
severe and nearly constant, and apply Aconite tincture as hot as practicable over the
course of the nerve, by means of wet cloths,
for an hour or two hours, and if the pain has
not subsided use Bell. locally in the same
manner.
If the Neuralgia is periodical, coming on
at regular intervals, Arsenicum  and China
are the remedies, and they should be used
externally as directed for the others, both
at the first dilution, and given internally at
intervals, in proportion to the violence of
the symptoms, the Arse. at the 3d and the
China at the first dilution. If the patient
has used alcoholic drinks to excess, Nux is
to be used in place of Arsenicum.
Periodical Neuralgia generally requires
the same treatment as ague. In females
when there is uterine disease, Pulsatilla and
Macrotin are the remedies to be used, as directed above.



120    HOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
Jaundide.
This disease depends upon derangement
of the liver. The skin and whites of the
eyes become yellow; the patient grows weak,
loses his appetite, is dull and sluggish in
all his actions, melancholly and discouraged
in his moods.
TREATMENT.
3Mercurius and Pocophyllin given in alternation, each twice a day, will nearly always
effect a cure. If the patient is costive, Nux
should be taken at night, until his bowels
become regular.
Bathing the surface daily, or oftener, is a
very important measure in the treatment of
this affection. As often as once in two or
three days, an alkaline bath should be taken.
If the patient has fever every day, or once
in two days, ever so slight, China should be
used with Podophyllin.    If he has been
drugged with Mercury in any form, in large
doses, even six months or a year before, give
Hydrastin in place of Mecurius.
Itch.
I shall say but little about this very common and very obstinate affection. Every



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process, and tends to a spontaneous, healthy
termination, the carbuncle, on the contrary,
is the very essence of disease; its constant
tendency being towards the dissemination of
diseased action, causing destruction of the
parts affected. It, in fact, appears like a
parasite, living by the destruction of surrounding tissues, literally absorbing them
and "thriving on death."   It begins with a
red, livid color, slight aching and burning
pains, the part swells and is elevated some
like a boil, except that it does not "point,"
but has a broad base rising like a cone and
flattened at the top.    It feels soft and
spongy, and will appear to fluctuate, but if
punctured, blood only flows. The pain and
burning increases rapidly, and sooner or
later several openings appear upon the top,
varying from  three or four to half a dozen
or more, looking like the holes in a sponge,
out of which issues a fluid like thin gruel.
Instead of becoming easier after the suppuration begins, as is the case with a boil, the
burning increases to an alarming and unbearable extent; cold chills, loss of appetite,
great depression of spirits, general nervous



126  HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.


erate quantities, by a very feeble person, with
decided advantage.
Though the knife operations for the removal of carbuncle are always injurious, the
chemical effect of Potash is frequently most
beneficial. I have, in repeated instances,
applied to the ulcerated surface, causticpotash freely, allowing the dissolved caustic to
penetrate to the very "core" by running
into the orifices. At first it would produce
some smarting, but the pain is different
from that of the carbuncle, and the change
is agreeable rather than otherwise.    Soon
after the application all pain ceases, and the
tumor, under the use of a poultice, begins to
slough off in a few days, leaving a raw surface, disposed to heal kindly, Occasionally,
however, the healing process is tardy, when
Arsenicum., at the third, applied and taken
internally, will soon effect a cure.
I have occasionally used Hepar Sul. with
good effect in the latter stage.
Felon-Whitlow.
For this disease, in the early stage, when
the sensation is that of sharp, sticking pain,
feeling as though a brier or thistle was in the



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finger, immerse the part in water as hot as
possible, into which put common salt as long
as it will dissolve; hold it in this hot salt
"bath for an hour or more at a time, and
when removed, apply finely pulverized salt,
wet in Spirits of Turpentine; bind on the salt
with several thicknesses, and keep it constantly wet with the sp'ts turpt. for twentyfour hours, when, if all symptoms of felon
are gone, no further treatment is necessary.
As a general rule, the hot bath should be
repeated three times a day, especially if the
symptoms have existed for several days and
there is much pain or swelling, and the
dressings should be kept on as above directed
for several days, more or less, until all symptoms disappear.
I am quite confident that a large majority,
if not all, of the cases if thus treated at any
time before pus is formed, will be discussed
and cured.   If pus has begun to form before
the treatment is commenced, this will not
cure the felon, but it is good treatment,
especially the hot bath, as it will greatly.
lessen the pain.



128    HOMOEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
By holding it in hot water for an hour or
two each day, the suppurative process will
be hastened, and as soon as the pus can be
felt at any point, fluctuating, puncture and
let it put; then continue the hot bath, with
Calendula (Marygold) flowers in the water,
keeping the part all the time warm and
moist.
For the restless and nervous irritability
that frequently occurs, especially in females,
Aconite is tMe best remedy. It should bo
given, one drop of the tincture to a gill of
water, in teaspoonful doses, once in one or
two hours, and the same applied to the sore.



130     HOMCEOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
At all events,very hot drink with nothing but
water, milk and sugar, is equally efficacious,
and my medicine (a few grains of sugar of
milk) put into the hot water, seasoned as
above, has'often obtained great credit, when
the hot water was alone worthy. Rubbing
the loins and abdomen briskly downwards
with the hands of a healthy and vigorous
nurse, will often excite the menstrual flow
after a sudden suppression. If the head is
hot, the face full and red, and the arteries
of the neck and temples beat violently, give
Bell, with Pulsatilla, and if the lungs are
oppressed, use also Bryonia, giving- the
three in rotation. If, after the menstrual
flow begins, there is still much pain in the
pelvic region, give Oaulophyllin, which will
immediately afford relief.
Apis mel. is very servicable in suppressed
menses of several days, or even weeks duration, where there is fever, redness of the
face, and pain in the head, and pains in the
hips extending to the limbs, especially if
there is any tendency to bloating of the abdomen and swelling of the limbs or feet. It
acts promptly and efficintly.
If the suppression has been caused by
sudden fright or any strong mental emotion,
Veratrum should be given in connection with
the two former medicines. Should there
be great fullness of the vessels of the head,
or bleeding at the nose, Bryonia with Pulsa



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tilla are to be used. Bell. is also useful in
this case if the pain in the head is throbbing,
especially if any delirium is present.
For suppression in young females, of
several months duration, I have used, with
much success, Podophyllin and Macrotin,
one at night, the other in the morning, giving them for two or three weeks before the
proper time for a return, and a day or two
prior to the time, give also Pulsatilla, and
give the three in rotation, a dose every six
hours.
This practice has been successful with me
in cases of long standing and apparently
obstinate character. Where there is other
disease, as an affection of the liver, lungs
or stomach, this must be treated and cured,
or the menses will not probably return.
Great care should be exercised to keep the
patients feet and limbs warm, as upon this
may depend her future health.
Dysmenorrhoaa.-Painful Menstruation.
For this (lisorder, I know of no one remedy
so valuable as the Caulophyllin, but Pulsatilla in many cases is efficacious, and as they
do not prevent each other's action, I prescribe
them in alternation, giving a dose every half
hour, for a short time during the paroxysm,
or until the pain abates to some extent, then
e-very hour.



132     IIOM(EOPATHIC ART OF CURE.
If there is pain in the head, sickness at the
stomach, a kind of sick headache, as is often
the case, with painful menstruation, Macrotin should be used with the others; Ipecac
is the Specific for an excessive flow of the
menses with great pain, especially if the
stomach is nauseated. It should be given
as low as the first dilution, and the tincture,
in water, in the proportion of thirty drops
to half a pint, injected into the vagina quite
warm.
The application of extract of Belladonna
to the neck of the uterus will often produce
immediate and perfect relief.     After the
patient is relieved from the painful paroxysm, she should be treated so as to prevent
a return of the pains at the next monthly
period. Pulsatilla, Caulophyllin and Podophyllin are the three medicines that are
most certain to effect this object.   They
are to be given, one medicine each day, a
dose at night for three weeks, then morning,
noon and night, until the time for the re,
turn of the menses, when they should be
used oftener if there is pain. If the patient
is inclined to be costive, Nux should be
given at night for a few    days before the
menstrual period, in place of Pulsatilla.
Menorrhagia-Profuse Menses-Flowing.
For this affection, Ipecac and Hamramelis
are the specifics.  They should be taken



136     HOMtOPATHIC ART OF CUREt.
An application of the Tincture of Cantharides diluted with water and applied to
the breast by cloths wet in it, to the extent
of producing considerable redness and even
eruptions, and the second dilution of the
same taken in drop doses every three hours,
has proved successful in subduing the inflammation after Phos. had failed, and it
was supposed an abscess would form in spite
of any treatment.
I recently succeeded in giving perfect relief with Apis Mel. internally, applying it
externally after the pain add swelling was
very great. I am of opinion that the Apis
is a valuable remedy.
After abscess forms as soon as the pus can
be felt at any point, soft and fluctuating
under the skin, puncture and let it out, then
poultice it for a few days until it heals, giving Phosphorus and applying it to the sore.
In puncturing, always be very particular to
have the lancet or knife enter so that the
edge will look towards the point of the nipple, so as not to cut across the milk ducts,
which all run toward that point, and if cut
off will close up so that the milk which
may be secreted at any future time cannot
get out, and swelling, pain and severe inflammation, abscess and ulceration will be
the consequence; whereas,, if the cut is
made lengthwise of the ducts, very few, if
any will be cut off, and all future danger



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will be avoided. Apply an elm poultice
from the beginning to the end of treatment.
For malignant ulcers of the breasts, the
Cornus Sericea is a most potent remedy. It
is to be taken internally at the first dilution,
and applied in strong infusion or diluted Tr.
of the bark to the sore.
Sore Nipples.
This affection of nursing women frequently comes on before the birth of the
child, but generally does not make its appearance until after the suckling has continued for a week or more. It seems in some
cases to be connected with the aphtha3 (sore
mouth) of the child, or at least to be aggravated by contact with the sore mouth;
on the other hand it sometimes seems as
though the sore nipples produced the sore
mouth of the child.
TREATMENT.
I treat both the nipple and the child's
mouth with the same remedy Eupatoriam
aro., applied at the strength of 6 drops of
the tincture, to a teaspoonful of water,
the application being made by a soft cloth,
wet   and  laid over the    nipple;   give
drop doses of the same strength internally
every three hours, which will, in. nearly all
cases effect a cure in one or two days. The
child's mouth should be wet with the same



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Morning Sickness of Pregnant Females.
The most efficient and certain remedy
for this symptom is MVacrotin. It should be
taken at the first attenuation, a dose before
rising in the morning, and one every six
hours during the day, as long as the sickness is troublesome. It will generally relieve in a few days. If the stomachis sour
use Pulsatilla with the Macrotin.
As a preparation for labor, a dose. (one
grain) of MGarotin at the first attenuation
given in the morning, and the same of
Gazdophyllin at evening, is of great service.
SWhatever others may think or say in relation to any preparatory treatment for labor, I have reason to know as well as anything  in  medicine can be known, that
patients treated   as here directed, pass
through labor much quicker, frequently in
one-fourth the usual time.     Their sufferings are comparatively    trifling, and  the
length of time for recovery to ordinary
health, after labor, is abridged from threefourths to   nine-tenths that of     former
labors, I am quite confident the medicines
produced this difference.
For irregularity of labor pains, and for
distressing after pains, the Gaulophyllin is
specific.
During labor it should be given at tho
2d attenuation in about half grain doses,
every half hour, until the pains are regu



146    HOMAEOPATHIC ART 01 O     CURE.
to others. Medicines must act either by
combination with the affected part, or by
Catalysis, changing the molecular action of
the living tissues. In either case, they must
come directly in contact with the part to be
affected. This must be done through the
circulation, when taken internally, or it may
be done by direct application of the remedy
to the diseased tissue, when that is so situated
as to be reached. The difference is greatly
in favor of the latter mode when that is practicable, from the greater certainty of its results.  This assertion is based, not upon
vague hypothesis, but upon actual practice.
Entertaining these views, however heretical
they may be pronounced, I shall proceed to
mention some of the remedies I have learned
to use thus, and the cases for which they are
prescribed. I would remark that, in selecting a remedy, it must be done with as much
certainty of its homceopathic relation to the
local or general symptoms for external as for
internal use. I have found, however, that
much lower attenuations are requisite and
admissible.
AnNIOA is highly applicable to bruises, and
is valuable also when applied to lacerated
or mangled surfaces, to the surface of the
limb where a bone is fractured, also about
the joint when it has been dislocated. It is
to be used in the form of Arnicated water,
by putting one or two drops to a gill of water



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for application where the skin is ruptured or
the surface raw, and ten to twenty drops to
the gill, upon parts where the skin is sound.
It is useful also, for boils, and carbuncles in the
early stage, the strong tincture to be applied
when the surface is sound, and (to boils)
when the surface is open, one drop to a gill
of water.
Aconite
Is applicable to inflamed eyes, in the early
stage, where the disease is in the conjunctiva,
(that portion which lines the lids and covers
the front of the ball), especially if there is a
sense of scratching, as though some foreign
substance is in the eye, great intolerance of
light, chilly sensations, with more or lets
fever, and quick pulse. Put three or four
drops to a gill of warm  water, and apply it
freely.
It is also very valuable for Neuralgia, applied strong and warm, along the course, or
at the origin of the affected nerve. In neuralgia of the face, apply it upon the side of
the face, also just behind and below the ear
of the affected side.
It is of much value as a remedy for neuralgic affections of the womb. I have relieved  the most distressing symptoms of
neuralgia of the womb, in a few minutes, by
injecting warm  water containing twenty to
forty drops of tr, Aconite to the pint. By
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scrofulous persons, which tend to suppurate
rather than heal by the first intention. It
is also useful in old sores.
The Calendula Gerate is one of the best
of dressings for any abraded surface.
Conium
is valuable as a palliative upon cancerous
tumors. As a curative remedy it is useful in
chronic ophthalmia, especially the purulent of children; useful also for indurated
swellings.
Thuya
is a specific when locally used for Sycosis,
also for fungoid cancerous tumors. I have
cured well-marked cases of Fungus Hcematodes with the tinct. Thuya applied to the
surface of the tumor.
The Thuja Cerate is a valuable application for malignant ulcers.
Cornus Sericea
will often cure malignant ulcers both of the
breast and uterus, used as a wash.
Arsenicum
acts favorably on cancers, and is a specific
when applied to the surface of carbuncle.
Ipecac
acts very beneficially when alplied to the
surface where there is high fever, with
nausea and vomiting. Half an ounce of tr.
Ipecac to two quarts of tepid water, applied
with a sponge to the whole surface, acts like



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mhagic in yellow fever, allaying the nausea,
producing free and health-restoring perspiration.
Rhus Tox.
applied, with water at the strength of thirty
drops of the tr. to a gill, to parts affected
with Rheumatism, acts very beneficially. It
is also a most valuable application at half
the above strength upon parts affected with
Erysipelas, when the surface is swollen, and
there are vessicles filled with fluid like a
blister in burns.
It is also useful for sores that exist as the
chronic effects of burns when the proper
treatment had not been used in the beginning, and the healing process was never
perfected.
Rhus Gerate is a very useful application
to irritable ulcers.
I-epar Sulphur
is a specific for Itch and Scald Head, applied
in form of a wash with twenty to thirty
drops of tr. IHepar Sal. to a gill of water.
Also for ill-conditioned scrofulous ulcers,
generally.
Cuprum Aceticum.
(Acetate of Copper Verdigris) applied to
Cancerous ulcers of the face, Lu2)s or
Noli-me-tan gere, in the early stage; will in
most cases effect a perfect cure, especially
if for a week previously the part has been



PREPARATION OF MEDICINES.       155
After an accidental exposure as by getting
the feet wet, or being caught in a shower,
drink bountifully of cold water, and take a
dose of Nux; followed in an hour by Aconite,
if any chilliness is felt, or Copaiva if the
head is " stuffed up."
In winter and spring when the weather is
mild, but there is snow, or the ground is
damp, more clothes are necessary than when
it is freezing hard and the air is dry.
PREPARATION OF MEDICINE.
As it often becomes necessary for the practitioner to make more or less of his own dilutions and attenuations, some brief instructions
especially to new beginners- maiy not come
amiss.
Medicine is prepared by mixing it with
distilled water, or purified 98 per cent. Alcohol; or if solid and dry, by reducing it to
powder and triturating (rubbing) it in a
mortar with pure sugar or Sugar of Milk.
The liquid is called dilution, the powder trituration. The attenuations are mostly made at
the decimal (1-10,) or centecimal (1-100) ratio
and numbered 1, 2, 3, &c., by putting ten
drops of the liquid with ninety drops of Alcohol, or ten grains of the powder with ninety
grains of Sugar for the 1st, and ten grains or
drops of the 1st with ninety more of Alcohol
or Sugar, as the case may be, for the 2nd, and
So on to any desirable extent.



160                        INDEX.
Preparation of medicine...................... 5
Pleurisy......................I............4-8
Prolapsus Uteri............................ 38
Pneum   onia................................49
Piles....................................97
Painful urination........................................ 117
Painful menstruation.................................... 131
Profuse menstruation....................................132
Preventives of Disease................................... 151
Quinsy..................................................... 53
Rlheuma~tism...............................................30
Rheumatic Fever.......................................... 29
Reinitting Fever.......................................... 27
Rattlesnake bite...........................................77
Scarlet Fever......................-......................... 35
i  4 Preventive treatment of.................. 151
Sore Throat.................................................152
Scalds.......................................................564
Stings of Insects..........................................75
Sick Headache............................................. 79
Sore-montls of Children.................................. 90
SaSickness.............................................. 103
Small-Pox.................................................110 -44 Preventive treatment of..................... 153
Scald Hlead................................ 122
Suppression of the menses............................... 129
Sore Nipples.............................................1J39
Table of Remedies.......................................... 3
Traveler's Case............................................. 3
Typhoid Fever.............................................31
Tonsillitis...................................................53
Toothache.................................................. 81
Teething of children......................................88
Thrush...................................................... 90
Ulceration of the Uterus.................................140
U~rination painful........................................ 117
Urina~tion, Involuntary................................... 110
Variola,................................................... 117
VTarioloid.................................................. 117
Wormss..................................................... 82
Wounds.....................................................93
Whitlow.................................................. 126
Yellow   Fever...............................................38
c  t Preventive treatment of...................153



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as a case which had been long in coming
on, and was fairly established, and was not
likely to be broken up by ordinary means.
He took one drop of Gelseminum tincture to
be repeated every hour, if needed. The
next morning he reported that he had been
in a perspiration ever since fifteen minutes
after taking the first dose, had slept quietly
during the night, the tongue and lips were
moist, mind clear, pulse 80, and steady.
The next day I found him dressed and down
stairs, with good appetite and free from disease. I could give sixty cases of equally
prompt results from  this precious drug, in
fevers which make their attack rather suddenly, whether from cold or otherwise, and
attended with chilliness, pain in the limbs,
head and back, variously disordered taste of
the mouth, with great restlessness. The
almost uniform effect, in these cases is, a
cessation of the chills, within from two to
five minutes, quickly followed by a glow of
heat and prickling of the surface; and within from five to twenty minutes, perspiration
with progressive abatement of all the pains
and restlessness. The patient falls asleep,
and after a longer or shorter time, wakes
with a consciousness that his disease is
broken up-and this proves to be the truth.
Like all other drugs, the dose must be various, generally one drop repeated every
half hour, till the desired effect is produced



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