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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 34 of 653ordinarily are trifling, consisting of a sensation of pressure anheaviness in the pelvis. During and previous to menstruation thepains increase to such a degree of intensity that they seem likegenuine uterine colic. In higher grades of the disease the mensesbecome entirely suppressed, except that about the period for theiappearance violent pains set in, as if the flow would really takeplace. The constitutional equilibrium is more or less disturbed,so-called hysteric nervous affections almost always make their appearance. If the swelling is considerable, the passage of the feeand urine is very much interfered with, likewise the circulationthe left or right lower extremity. The faculty to conceive is vermuch impaired by both the acute and chronic form of metritis,although the possibility of conception cannot altogether be denieTretitment* We transcribe a few passages from Hartmann'swork: "Having had many opportunities of treating this kind ofinflammation I recommend as a chief and frequently applicableremedy Nux vomica^ which I found useful in the district where I80 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs.happened to be located, for the additional reason that the womenin my district were in the habit of indulging in the excessive usof coflfee. Other homoeopathic physicians have tested the efficacof Nux in these inflammations. The selection of a drug, however,neither depends upon the seat of the inflammation, nor upon thefact whether the uterus is impregnated or not, or whether the inflammation occurs during pregnancy or confinement. If the medicine was otherwise homoeopathic to the symptoms, I have cured inflammation of the fundus, cervix, anterior or posterior surface othe uterus, with a single dose of Nux. In some cases where thefever was accompanied by a severe chill, followed by intense heatfrequent and tense pulse and violent thirst, I found it necessarybegin the treatment with a few doses of Aconite, Nux vomica isindicated by the following characteristic symptoms: acute pressinpains above the pubic bones, increased by external pressure and aexploration of the internal parts; violent pains in the loins andsmall of the back; constipation or hard stools attended with burning-stinging pains ; painful urination or retention of urine ; stand bruising pain of the abdomen during motion or when coughingand sneezing; increased temperature and swelling of the os tineaswith simultaneous painfulness of the vagina ; exacerbations in thmorning-hours." "We doubt the correctness of these statements.The symptoms of Aconite do ' not point to metritis as an homoeopathic remedy for this inflammation; not even the accompanyingjfever is sufficiently intense to justify the use of Aconite. Ifwe believe that metritis can be cured with a single dose of Nux;at any rate we should not expect, nor do we deem it possible to ca metritis short.** An equally indispensable remedy in these inflammations is Belladonna^ more particularly, if the sensation of heaviness and draging in the abdomen, which frequently increases to a painful beardown, becomes very troublesome and is attended with a stingingburning pain above the pubic bones, pains in the small of the bacas if it would break, stinging pains in the hip-joints which cannbear either motion or contact, (under certain circumstances Chinamay here be indicated after Aconite.) If the inflammation sets inhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt