The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 505 of 653manage properly. Either a real canine hunger is experienced bythe patients, or else the stomach craves food without being abledigest it. The former is the more common result under homoeopathic treatment, the latter is often the result of the abuse ofIn the former case the patient's craving for food may be gratifieevery two hours, but the quantity ought to be small each time,and the food ought moreover to be substantial. Beef, chickens,venison, but very little farinaceous food which, by the depositioquantities of tseeal matter, might irritate ulcers in the intestithat are not entirely healed. Good vegetables are decidedly beneficial. Individuals recovering from typhus have to be treated likpersons that were near starving to death. If the stomach is weak,the food has to be selected with so much more care, nor should thpatient be too often persuaded to eat. Good wine after a mealTyphus, 601sometimes has a marvelously good effect, whereas, if the patienttormented by canine hunger, it is rather hurtful than beneiicial.resumption of our habitual stimulants, such as cofiee, tea, tobacshould be postponed as long as possible. The patients may beallowed the use of fresh air as soon as expedient ; no apprehensineed be entertained of their taking cold.[Among the recent additions to our Materia Medica, Baptisiatinctoria or the wild Indigo is recommended for typhoid fever. Thdrug was first brought to the notice of the homoeopathic professiby Dr. Hoyt in the sixth volume of the North- American Journal.The following interesting cases were published by him :Mrs. C. was taken with typhus-fever and treated allopathically.She became so reduced that her life was despaired of. After thecontinuation of the fever for thirty-one days, as q. last resort,C. prepared a decoction of the Baptisia ; taking a piece of the rabout three inches long and three-eighths of an inch thick, steepit in half a pint of water. He conmienced by giving her five orsix drops of the decoction once in fifteen minutes, increasing tigave nearly a teaspoonful at a dose. In about one hour and a halfthe surface of the patient presented an appearance as though shehad been literally scalded, so red was the skin, accompanied withmost intense superficial heat ; at the same time noticing large dof sweat standing on her forehead, the medicine was discontinued.In a few minutes a profuse perspiration appeared all over her bodwhich continued for nearly twelve hour-s, or till she was bathedfreely with brandy and water. From this time she began to improveand with the occasional administration of a drop or two of theremedy, got well, without any febrile symptoms. It is worthy ofremark that immediately upon the administration of the remedyshe became quiet and fell asleep ; she had been restless and delifor three weeks previous.Mr. and Mrs. S. being very unwell, I was called and found themsuffering with continued fever. After prescribing Aconite, Rhus,etc., without much effect, and my patients growing rapidly worse,was induced to use the Baptisia in decoction as in the former casI remained to watch the operation of the remedy. To my greatpurprise, in about an hour the perspiration appeared upon the forheads of my patients, and it gradually covered the entire surfacehttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt