The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 250 of 653(also Veratrum viride). If pneumonia is occasioned by mechanicalcauses, Arnica is given, which likewise corresponds to a cocerebral hypcrsemia. If the fever assumes from the outset thecharacter of adynamia, Rhus is preferable, very rarely Phosphorusin the first place. Complications that will be stated by and by,may alter the choice of the remedial agent, so that other remediemay be required at the outset of the disease.In the second stage Bryonia is the most essential remedy as longas the course of the disease remains normal and no exceptionalchanges set in ; it likewise corresponds to the very common butslight co-existing hypersemia of the liver. If, side by side withinfiltration, the congestion continues as collateral hypersemia,nite is in its place ; in such cases the alternate use of these tdrags may seem indispensable. If the reabsorption delays withoutthe general symptoms changing alarmingly for the worse. Sulphurbecomes the most important remedy. If the symptoms assume atyphoid character, Phosphorus should be given at once ; in a fewcases Bhus may be indicated. Tartarus stibiatus requires to be giif the resolution of the infiltration takes place very speedily,the reabsorption is very slow, and hence it becomes necessary topromote expectoration. If we are called upon at this stage to trea pneumonia that had been managed with sanguineous depletions,JPhosphorus^ Sulphur and China may be suitable remedies.In the third stage Phosphorus is commonly useful only at thecommencement, and here competes with Mercurius; Phosphorus,and perhaps also Mercurius, are counter-indicated by excessive292 Diseases of the Lungs.prostration. The last-named drug may come into play, if the disease exists in dyscrasic, especially in scrofulous individuals. Isuppurative process goes on without any marked febrile symptoms,assuming rather the form of a slowly-progressing hectic conditionentirely confined to the lungs, Sulphur is often calculated to brabout a favorable termination ; however we place more confidencein Hepar svlphuris. In such circumstances lodium may likewisebe prescribed with great propriety. If purulent dissolution takesplace, and the whole organism seems to be affected by this changein a threatening manner, China deserves our first consideration,next to which we may compare Lycopodium^ Sepia and Silicea. Pulmonary abscess, whether acute or chronic, requires the aboveremedies ; in a case of chronic abscess, we would likewise dependin some measure upon Carbo vegetabilis and Cuprum. Gangrene ofthe lungs is always a very threatening change, and a cure canscarcely ever be expected. Carbo veg» and Arsenicum^ and perhapsalso LycopodiuMj are probably the only remedies by means of whicha favorable change can be wrought. To what circumstances Terebinthina owes its recommendation for gangrene of the lungs, cannowell be explained from the homoeopathic stand-point, this remedywill most probably exert a more specific curative effect when administered by inhalation than when conveyed to the diseased organby the stomach. On account of their general action more than onaccount of their special relation to the lungs, the mineral acidsmore especially Acidum phosphoricum and nitricum^ deserve particular attention during the whole course of the third stage, but onas intercurrent remedies.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt