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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 531 of 653manifest, the heart must be explored forthwith. This, however,should be done every day during an attack of acute rheumatism.The disease generally terminates in recovery, although veryslowly, and leaving various inconveniences and discomforts, moreparticularly a peculiar laming weakness. Death is a very raretermination, except when such complications supervene as generallterminate fatally. Very seldom the rheumatic inflammation increases to such an extent that suppuration takes place ; if thispens, the suppurative process always involves a good deal of dangAmong the consecutive diseases, structural alterations of the heawith their distressing consequences, occur most frequently ; paralytic conditions are less frequent, and, moreover, disappear agaivery speedily. Almost all patients retain a great tendency torelapses.b. Acute Muscular Rheumatism.This rheumatism owes its existence almost exclusively to a heavycold ; such muscles are most easily attacked as were engaged inactive work when the exposure took place.This form of rheumatism is one of the milder sort. In rarecases only, it sets in with an acute fever and a continual perspition, the same as acute articular rheumatism; however, it is ofshorter duration and much less dangerous, leaving of course amarked disposition to chronic muscular rheumatism. Most generally muscular rheumatism develops itself very rapidly, even suddenly, in company with more or less severe catarrhal complaints.In the invaded muscles, the number of which is seldom very great,and which are almost always in close relationship with each otherviolent, drawing-tearing pains are experienced during every motiothese pains are likewise felt, if the muscles remain for a long tin the same position, as at night, in bed ; the pains are increascold, and likewise by humid warmth ; dry warmth relieves them.Rheuma. 633The character of the pathological group depends of course uponthe muscular bundles that are invaded, and the violent pain sometimes suggests the thought that internal organs are inflamed. Thiidea may be suggested by rheumatism of the thoracic and intercostal muscles, where the respiration, cough, sneezing, turningabout, cause an intense pain ; likewise by rheumatism of the abdominal muscle T where peritonitis is so easily suspected. Withproper management and. care this form of rheumatism ends in recovery in one week at latest. However, by neglecting to guardagainst relapses, an acute attack may very easily terminate in achronic form, and contractions and paralytic conditions may arisewhich can only be removed with great difliculty.c. Chronic Articular Rheumatism.It most frequently develops itself out of the acute form of whichit constitutes a rest as it were ; it likewise arises from the coaction of damp and cold places.Chronic rheumatism is less frequently located in the externalhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt