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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 191 of 653immediately, because patients for whom Carbo is suitable, are generally very much reduced and the lungs are so deeply implicatedthat a rapid improvement has become impossible.Beside the remedies we have named, a number of other drugsmay be ranged in this category ; they are only of secondary importance, and we confine ourselves to giving their names: Ipecacuanhaj Antirmnium crudum^ Conium maculatum^ Hepar sulphuris^Natrum muriaticumy Cuprum^ Kali carbomcum^ Ambra^ also Chinasand Ferrum.A bird's-eye view of the therapeutic indications may facilitatethe selection of the particular remedy appropriate in a given casStarting from the mucous secretion which accompanies the220 Diseases of the Lungs*cough, we have two principal kinds, one with copious, and theother with scanty or no expectoration. The remedies for the firstkind, are : Bryonia^ Tartarus stibiatus^ Pulsatilla, Calcarea carLycopodiumy Manganum, SUicea^ Sulphur j Stannum^ Baryta carbon,^Carbo veget.^ DigitcUis^ China^ Ferrum^ Antimonium crudum^ Awbra.For the second kind, the remedies are : Nuz vomica^ Belladonna^Spongia^ lodium^ Senega, Hyoscyamus, Opium, Hepar svlphuris, Arsenicum, and, in so far as this second kind appears in the form oa spasmodic titillating cough: Belladonna, Senega, Hyoscyamus,Opium.For chronic bronchitis of recent origin, when arising from theacute form, the following remedies are particularly appropriate :Bryonia, Tartarus stihiatus, Pulsatilla, Sulphur, Nux vomica, Beldonna, Hepar sulphuris. Ipecacuanha; if remaining after measlecatarrh: Pulsatilla; if after whooping-cough: Cuprum, China,Ferrum, Arsenicum, Hepar.Among old people, chronic bronchitis requires : Tartarus stibiatuLycopodium, Baryta, Carbo vegetabilis. In their case only a pallitive effect can be obtained, that is to say a limitation of the msecretion ; we cannot expect to accomplish more by continuing theexhibition of these remedies.For the so-called stone-cutter phthisis the leading remedy isSilicea, next Calcarea carbonica, Carbo vegetabilis. Tartarus stiwill seldom do much good, although the symptoms may seem toindicate this remedy. It is, however, indispensable that the resptory organs be no longer compelled to inhale the stone or flouror the- dust and delicate fibres of the wool. The best protectionagainst this exposure is a moist sponge tied in front of the moutand nose, or a thick woollen mask around the nose and mouth,which is continually kept moist. By adopting this course we haveoften succeeded in restoring stone-cutters who seemed irretrievablost so as to enable them to resume their work and attend to itpermanently. The difficulty is that such patients dread the derisof their fellow-laborers and that it is next to impossible to ovecome this obstacle.If the catarrh has either originated or is accompanied by organichttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt