The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 129 of 653We are amazed that Plumbum should not yet have been recommended for this disease which, however, can only be cured by remedies that exert a deeply-penetrating, long-lasting influence ovewhole organism. In this respect, Sulphur may deserve attention,although, we shall take the liberty of doubting the homoeopathiciof its asthmatic symptoms to spasm of the glottis until this facthas been corroborated by experience. [We have cured more thanone spasm of the glottis radically with nothing but the first attuation of Aconite-rooL H.]Several oth'er affections of the larynx have been left out, for treason that they are either not accessible to treatment and are,Ulcers of the Larynx. 145therefore, only of a purely pathological interest to the physicialike laryngostenosifl, for instance; or hecause they occur very rand mostly only as complications, like perichondritis. To devotespecial chapter to hoarseness or aphonia, seemed to us inexpedienfor cases of this kind, if they present a peculiar character, a Rtory is the best guide. Nor have we devoted a special chapter toulceration of the larynx. The therapeutic chapter of this affectiis essentially the same as that of laryngeal catarrh, in which ulof the larynx occur as a complication with but few exceptions.[Ulcers of the larynx are of so many different kinds and differ sgreatly as respects their origin and treatment that we have deemeit expedient to devote a special chapter to this subject. We transcribe the following from Kafka's late work :6. Ulceni of the lArynx,HelcosiSy sen Ulcera Laryngia.All ulcers of the larynx are accompanied by catarrh of the laryngeal mucous membrane; it attends them from the start and remains while they last. A number of morbid processes predisposeto ulceration; if a laryngeal catarrh arises during the existencethe ulcers, we are required to diagnose the ulcers that are peculto the particular disease. It is only when a laryngeal catarrh ispresent that we are justified in inferring the presence of ulcersTJlcers on the epiglottis deprive it of its elasticity, whence laulcers so frequently give rise to the so-called "swallowing wrongThe sputa constitute another criterium for the existence of anulcer in the larynx. The sputa are frequently streaked with bloodcontain blood-disks or pus-globules, and are more particularlycoughed or hawked up after eating or drinking.The ulcers occur most frequently on the posterior wall of thepharynx and on the laryngeal mucous membrane, in front of, andbetween the arytsenoid cartilages.The local symptoms occasioned by the ulcers, do not essentiallydiffer from those of chronic catarrh ; only they are more violentpersistent. They consist in hoarseness even to the degree of aphonia; in continual dyspnoea, with labored, hissing, wheezing, paning respiration, especially after an exertion, such as a good deahttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt