Denotations & Old terminologies used in Homopathy - Similima

Chlorosis Green sickness.it is a form of primary anaemia characterized by a marked
dimunition of haemoglobin in the blood,and a slight decrease in the number of
red-corpuscles.in severe persistent cases there is often observed an imperfect
development of the organs of circulation and reproduction.the albuminates and
leucocytes seems not to be affected.it is limited to females between fourteenth
and twenty fourth years of life.it is especially a disease of girls of puberty seems
to grow upon a hereditory disposition,a peculiar constitutional habit of the
body,may be excited by conditions incidental to modern social life,atmospheric
and telluric influences or emotional influences,such as
terror,anxiety,disappointed love,omesickness.symptoms include:-skin is
pale,yellowish,greenish,waxy.lips and other mucus membranes appear
pale,dark rings around the eyes,oedema, is small and comprissible,strong
palpitations,systolic murmurs,humming sounds over the jugular veins.dyspnoeic
especially after slight exertion.great
weakness,exhausted,dizziness,headache,want of appetite,digestion slow,sour
and foul eructations,desire for sour things,morbid desire for
chalk,paper,ashes,coals,even excrements.often the most indigestible thingspork,beans,pastry-suits
better than light soups,meat etc.amenorrhoea or
irregular menstruation with pain,thin watery leucorrhoea.chlorosis is often
combined with hysteria,graves disease
Cholagogue action An agent that promotes the flow of bile into the intestines especially as a result
of contraction of the gall bladder.
Cholera asciatica It is an infectious disease characterized by violent vomiting and purging,cramps
and collapse.the exciting cause is generally conceded to b the comma
bacillus,which was discovered by koch in the faeces and intestines of cholera
patients.according to pettenkoffer it is only in localities where there is
permeable surface and where ground water is present that cholera occurs;in
such a locality the amount of ground water is important,the danger increasing in
dry season and decreasing during continued rainfall.his followers are known as
anti-contagionists.symptoms are profuse diarrhoeic stools the bowels are
quickly emptied of their contents,the discharge change to a rice water-like fluid
du to copious transudation of serum to the gut.and acompanied by profound
prostration.upon drinking follows vomiting,at first of the contents of stomach
followed by watery substances,slightly tinged yellow.weakness of patient
increases rapidly and his voice becomes husky.secretion of urine caeses.to the
insatiable thirst associate great anguish and oppression of chest and in pit of
stomach,painful cramps in legs and intestines.eyes sunks,nose become
pointed,cheeks fallen in,skin on the fingers wrinkles,lis genitals extrimities
becomes blue.oulse can be scarcely felt.
Cholera infantum This is grouped under the title summer-complants in which there are two
complaints namely cholera infantum and catarrhal inflammation of the
intestines.both are most prevalent during the heat of summer and both shows a
high death-rate of infants.cholera infantum corresponds to cholera morbus,and
is chracterised by severe vomiting,purging,rapid prostration and collapse.in
consequence of te rapid loss of fluids through the intestinal canal and the
consequent suppression of urine,anaemia and uraemia soon result with
symptoms similar to hydrocephalus.the child grows restless,utter plaintive
cries,rolls its head,commences to squint and falls into a stupor-a state of things
which 'marshal hall' has designed by the name of "hydrocephaloid,"in
contradiction to hydracephalus acutus,which is of an inflammatory
nature.causes are-extreme heat,90 degree f.and above,for a great length
of;crowded citis with their pestilential influences of impure air,unclean streets
etc,improper alimentation,the combined influences of which the tender age of
infants up to two years is frequently not capabla of resisting.cholera infantum
often associates it self with intestinal catarrh,and this is no doubt the reason
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