The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 231 of 653Moreover it diminishes the exi;idation to some extent and promotein a corresponding ratio the favorable course of the disease. Thifavorable change which affords such great relief to the patient,in within twenty-four hours in almost every case. But as soon asthe percussion-sound over the inflamed portion of the lungs becomempty, as soon as the breathing becomes bronchial, Aconite in ouropinion, which is shared by many, ceases to be indicated. Thereare, however, exceptions to this general statement. We stated inprevious paragraph that an excessive, collateral hyperajmia is onof the most common indications for venesection. This indicationis specific for Aconite. If the exudation is completed ; if the dpnoea remains nevertheless considerable and out of proportion tosize of the inflamed portion of the lungs ; if the sputa are thinfrothy and tinged with a bright-red blood. Aconite is decidedlyappropriate and, even if it leaves the infiltration unchanged, rethe extreme distress of breathing speedily and surely. Aconite islikewise indicated, if the pneumonia progresses by fits and startwhich is very seldom the case under homoeopathic treatment.According to our previous remarks. Aconite will very often beindicated in the subsequent course of the disease, if it had been268 Diseases of the Lungs.treated in the first place with the antiphlogistic apparatus of tOld School. In tubercular pneumonia Aconite has an admirableeffect at the commencement of the treatment, the same as in thepneumonia of otherwise perfectly sound individuals.Belladonna is, in our^ opinion, improperly commended in pneumonia. Toxicological appearances only show a more or less considerable engorgement of the lungs with dark blood. The pathogenesis of Belladonna does not point very strikingly to an inflammatory process in the pulmonary parenchyma, and, in a case ofcroupous pneumonia, we should find it very diflicult to select Bedonna in accordance with its physiological symptoms. On the otherhand certain anomalies in the symptomatic appearances of thedisease point so unmistakably to Belladonna that no one who isacquainted with the pathogenesis of this drug, can hesitate toprescribe it. These anomalies refer principally to the manner inwhich other organs have become involved in the pathologicalprocess ; it is more especially the cerebral hy persBmia that poiBelladonna. Inasmuch as Aconite may likewise be required bythe same series of symptoms, we establish the following distinctions in favor of Belladonna: A dark-red, bloated and hot face,with evident turgescence of the veins: stupefying headache; drowsiness with delirium; sopor; convulsions. In such cases Belladonnis prescribed on account of the danger that threatens the brain,the pneumonia being left unnoticed for the time. Another seriesof cases that are frequently adapted to Belladonna, are the pneumonias arising from or accompanying acute bronchitis. In suchcases Bronchitis is generally much more dangerous than pneumonia, and it is of importance that the former should be attendedto with more particular care. Ifot unfrequently whole epidemicsrun a course of this kind, and they generally show typhoid symptoms from the commencement. In the case of very old peopleBelladonna is usually preferable to Aconite at the outset, likewiin the pneumonias of drunkards. In both kinds the symptomshave generally a typhoid character from the beginning. [Duringhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt