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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 236 of 653but even in twenty-four hours the symptoms will change so as to18274 Diseases of the Lungs.indicate Phosphorus , but even if the indications for riiosphomsshould not be perfectly precise, let no precious time be lost witother medicines.If pneumonia sets in as a partial manifestation of typhus, or ifit has to be regarded as the exclusive localization of the typhoiprocess in the lungs. Pneumonias of this character leave us indoubt whether they are inflammations modified by the ruling typhoid type, or whether they are genuine typhus. We are disposedto incline to the former opinion as long as no signs of abdominaltyphus are present.If pneumonia does not set in with the characteristics of genuinetyphus, but modified by the ruling epidemic. This condition ismostly met with in pneumonia setting in during epidemic influenzaand in general in all cases of epidemic pneumonia, but we have toobserve at the same time that, according to our most recent observations, Phosphorus is so much less appropriate, the more fully aprominently bronchitis co-exists as a complication of the pneumoninflammation.If, after red hepatization is completed, on the third or fourthday of the disease, the fever increases instead of abating, the ptration becomes very great, the tongue dry, the sensorium bluntedin short, if phenomena set in, which lead us to suspect the supervention of an abnormal course of the disease.If a purulent dissolution of the infiltration is evidently approaing ; in such a case Phosphorus is, in our opinion, indicated onlduring the first twenty -four or forty-»eight hours, and is no loindicated if the suppuration is under full headway. Altogether,under such circumstances. Phosphorus is much less reliable than ithe previously-mentioned conditions; but we have to observe that,whenever Phosphorus is employed in proper season, suppurationwill scarcely ever take place.K pneumonic infiltration supervenes during the presence of bronchitis, assuming the form of lobular pneumonia. In such a case,however. Phosphorus is not the principal remedy, at any rate, itshould not be given at the outset.If pneumonia is accompanied by marked and threatening hypersemia, together with signs of adynamia, or if, after one lobe hasbecome hepatized, the pneumonic process continues to spread fromone portion of the lungs to the next.If pulmonary oedema becomes apparent, as manifested by theabove described symptoms. It is a very dangerous condition ofhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt