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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 101 of 653Mercurius acts similarly to Belladonna in this disease. It is suiable at the commenoement of febrile laryngitis, if the followingsymptome are present : chilliness and great sensitiveness to coldmingled with frequent paroxysms of a burning heat ; dry, distressing cough occurring more particularly at night and racking theframe ; the mucous membrane of the mouth and nose is involvedin the catarrh ; soreness of the larynx, hoarseness but no loss ovoice ; disposition to copious perspiration*Next to Aconite, Spongia is the principal remedy in the socatarrhal croup, with distinct symptoms of oedema of the mucouslining of the glottis. The cough is barking, hoarse, hollow, comein paroxysms, especially at night, without expectoration and wheeing inspirations. Spongia is likewise appropriate, if the croupousound of the cough still continues and lumps of a tenacious, yellmucus are expectorated.Hepar sulphuris bears a good deal of resemblance to Spongia. Itshould be given, if mucus commences to be raised, the barkingsound of the cough continues, there is a great deal of hoarsenesssymptoms of ulceration of the larynx begin to make their appearanand a constant rattling of mucus is heard in the larynx. It is ancellent remedy for singers and persons who have to talk a great dHartmann has moreover the following remedies: Arsenicumywhen there is glowing fever-heat with constant thirst, yawning,stretching, a prostrate feeling in the whole body, tearingpains in the head and limbs, oppression of breathing ; in the nigthe pains abate with the appearance of perspiration, and returnagain early in the morning ; constant desire to cough, the coughbeing dry, accompanied by dryness and burning in the larynx.JhdsatiUa : titillation wit^j cough, excited by a sensation of scand roughness in the throat, spasmodic and setting in more especially in the evening and when lying down, better on sitting up, comencing again on lying down, and sometimes increasing to suffocation ; chilliness. Hyoscyamus^ if the cough only occurs at night.Euphrasia^ if the cough continues all day, and fluent coryza ispresent at the same time. He likewise mentions Rhus^ Ignatia^Drosera^ IpecacuanJuiy Bryonia and others, which will be more fuldwelt upon in the chapter on chronic catarrh of the larynx.If patients are very much disposed to relapses, prophylacticmeasures are of the utmost importance; among these the use ofcold water and the abandonment of too much covering around theneck occupy the first rank. If tuberculosis lies at the foundatio112 Diseases of the Larynx and Trachea.of the disease, the treatment will have to be conducted in accordance with other considerationB that will be expounded in the chapter on tuberculosis.8. liaryngotraeheitte Crouposa.Croiipj Membranous Croup.Croup is an inflammation of the larynx and trachea resulting inhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt