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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 276 of 653with. The intensity of the symptoms is generally extreme; aphysical exploration yields no result.The couree of the disease is generally very acute, the prognosisvery unfavorable.The etiology is the same as that of pleuritis or peritonitis. Thetreatment is likewise the same as that of pleuritis or peritonitiis only if out-of-the-way symptoms exist that they have to be metby special remedies.The most troublesome symptom is the distressing singultus. Forthis symptom we recommend Belladonna 8, especially if complicatedwith difficulty of swallowing, risus sardonieus, delirium and voming. If, in a few hours, this remedy does not afiford the desiredhelp, we give the Sulphate of Atropine 3, or Hyoscyamus 8.Bi7onia 3 is an excellent remedy, if the inflammation proceeds frthe pleura and is attended with considerable dyspnoBa, violent paduring respiration, difficulties of swallowing, cerebral irritatiIf the vomiting is a prominent symptom, as is generally the casewhen peritonitis is present, we resort to Belladonna^ JSux vomicaVeratrum. In obstinate cases we have recourse to Opium.A very disagreeable symptom is the spasmodic laughter, forSingultus, Hiccup. 823which we recommend : Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Ignatia and Cuprummetallieum 6.2m Siniraltiis, Hleenp.This is owing to a spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm,during which the air is drawn in through the contracted glottiswith a shrill and short sound.The hiccup either originates in the nervous centres, as during ageneral erethism, neuroses, especially in the case of hysteric anhypochondriac patients ; or when accompanying cerebral diseases,such as cerebral ansemia consequent upon long-lasting, exhaustingdiseases or upon considerable losses of blood and other animalfluids, as well as upon violent psychical impressions, such as franger, etcOr else, it is simply a reflex-phenomenon, as during diseases ofthe pleura and pericardium.Consensual singultus may occur during diseases of the stomach,liver, pharynx, intestinal canal, etc.In the case of children it often occurs in consequence of a cold,or acid stomach.Singultus occurring during cerebral ansemia consequent uponchronic diseases, such as carcinoma, Bright's disease, tuberculosetc., or upon exhausting diseases, such as typhus, cholera, or uphttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt