The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 292 of 653right to expect a great deal from Sulphur because it materially/hastens the disappearance of the plastic exudation.lodium deserves to be mentioned, because Old School practitionershave employed it in so many cases externally for the purpose ofbringing about the absorption of the pleuritic eftusion, which haoften been accomplished with undeniable success. From its generaleffect as well as from its influence upon single organs we are jufied in concluding that Todiian can be used for the absorption ofplastic pleuritic exudation, and that, indirectly, it may likewislike Sulphur, aid in the removal of a serous effusion.Beside the remetlies we have named, many more have been recommended for pleuritis. But these reconimendations are eitherbased upon indications that we cannot accept as valid, or uponpractical results where the diagnosis appears more than doubtful,or finally the remedies are recommended upon purely speculativegrounds, and we, therefore, content ourselves with simply mentioning their names; they are: Bkm toxicodendron y Nux vomica^ Tartarus stibvaias^ Carbo vegetabllis^ Sabadilla^ Spigeluj^ Acidum nFor reasons mentioned at the beginning of this article, we do notdeem it expedient to give a cursory view of the various remedies842 Diseases of the Pleura.in apposition with the various forms and stages of pleuritis. Thegeneral management of an acute case of pleuritis is the same as ipneumonia. Here, too, the fear of relapses, the frequency of successive returns of the effusion, and our anxiety for a complete asorption of the exudation, should admonish us that suitable precautionary measures must not be abandoned too soon.The consequences of pleuritis are of importance in two respects.In the first place, remaining adhesions of the two pleuras maycause great anxiety on account of the violent pain which suchadhesions may occasion in subsequent diseases of the respiratoryorgans, and may likewise lead to the use of incorrect remedies.Another consequence emanating from the suppurative process, ismuch more important, and requires the application of direct therapeutic measures. In a case of thoracic fistula, the aboveremedies have to be applied to in the first place; beside these whave moreover Silicea^ Lycopodiam^ Ferrum^ China^ and more particularly Calcarea carbonica and phosphorica. Under the use ofthese drugs, each in accordance with the corresponding pathologic