The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 262 of 653tabes. However, a radical cure is not impossible ; in such a casethe fetor of the sputa gradually disappears ; they gradually assua yellow color and a purulent consistence, and, as soon as the gagrenous focus has become encysted, it dries up and the sputa ceasentirely. This favorable termination may set in in consequence of20806 Diseases of the Lungs.an acute inflammation, or if the gangrenous process takes place ia bronchieetatic cavity or in some cavern in the pulmonary parenchyma.Pulmonary gangrene arising in consequence of cachectic conditions, by hunger, poverty, misery, long-lasting diseases, etc., imostly difiuse and almost always terminates fatally. Diffuse gangrene arising from any source, is almost always fatal.TreaUnenU K, during the course of pneumonia, the patient'sbreath begins to spread a bad odor, we should at once think of thtermination of pneumonia in gangrenous destruction. If largeportions of the pulmonary tissue are destroyed, the externallyceptible signs of this gangrenous decay become apparent, such as:great debility, collapse, delirium, sopor, decubitus, unquenchablthirst, fetid diarrhoea, etc., and death takes place in consequenutter exhaustion of the vital power.If pulmonary gangrene does not set in with rapidly developingand threatening phenomena ; if the gangrene is limited to a definlocality; if the strength of the patient is sufficient to bear upagainst such a violent attack, and symptoms of adynamic fever setin, we give Arsenicum 6, or China 3 to 6, six, eight or ten dropshalf a goblet of water every two hours.If the course is more protracted. Carlo veget. 6, or Camphor 8 to6, or Kreosoie 8 to 6 may render efficient aid. The last namedremedy is likewise useful as an external application for the purpof neutralizing the fetid odor of the breath and sputa.The horrid odor is likewise said to be neutralized by means ofpulverized charcoal scattered in the spittoon ; the best neutraliis probably the Permanganate of Potash.In obstinate cases Secale comutum 3 to 6 may prove useful, especially if hemorrhage sets in accompanied by collapse, rapid prosttion, coldness of the extremities, exhausting diarrhoea, deliriumvertigo, sopor. If this remedy does not produce an improvement,Ergotin 1 may be tried, which acts with more power and intensity.Skoda recommends inhalations of turpentine, one drachm totwo drachms of hot water, two to four times a day. Niemeyerthinks that these inhalations are only of use if the gangrene setin the neighborhood of bronchieetatic caverns.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt