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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 80 of 653organism reflects the picture of a cancerous disease. However, itonly palliates the severe pains and the sleeplessness, and perhapmodifies the profuse metrorrhagia, which occurs every now and thein the course of the disease.Nltri acidum is symptomatically indicated in carcinoma uteri, asis in many other inveterate dyscrasic conditions of the organism.The most important symptoms are: Irregular menses, they sometimes remain suspended for weeks and then appear again at shortintervals ; between the menses copious leucorrhoea of a badlyored, brownish appearance and oftensive odor. The patient looksworn, feels nervous and is depressed in spirits. Obstructions inportal circulation, such as hemorrhoids, indicate this drug. Acidnitrieum can, however, only be used as an intercurrent remedy atthe commencement of the disease ; if ichorous dissolution has commenced, this drug is no longer of any use.Graphites. The local symptoms of this drug point to carcinomauteri not any more than those of Arsenic. Out of respect for Wahlwho recommends this drug, we give the symptoms to which, according to Wahle and Hartmann, this drug corresponds: The vagina is hot and painful ; swelling of the lymphatic glands, somewhich are as large as small hazel-nuts ; the neck of the uterus ihard and swollen, on its left side there are three hard little noof various sizes and consisting of several detached tubercles whicause an acute pain and have the appearance as if they might be>>86 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs,converted into cauliflower-excrescences ; when rising, sensationa heavy weight deep in the abdomen, with an increase of the painsand great weakneaa and trembling of the lower extremitieB ; at thtime of the menses, which appear every six weeks, the pains areworse, shortly previous to, and during the menses; the blood isblack, lumpy and smells very strongly ; constant complaint as iflump of lead were lying in her abdomen, with violent lancinatingstitches in the uterus, darting into the thighs like electric curthe pains are always burning and lancing; frequent lancinatingstitches in the uterus, darting into the thighs ; not much appeticonstipation from two to four days, followed by stool with muchpressing; livid complexion; frequent chilliness, without any subsequent heat or sweat ; feels sad, anxious, desponding ; pulse frquent and hard.Conium maculatum is powerfully related to the female organs, buthas no specific affinity to carcinoma ; the menses are very muchdiminished, nor has it any hemorrhage from the uterus. We donot see why Conium should be so universally recommended for carcinoma uteri ; moreover, there is not a single case on record substantiating the curative virtues of Conium in this disease. It caat most only be used at the beginning, when the diagnosis is stiluncertain.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt