Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

time an epidemic remedy for scarlet fever, in Brooklyn, and many patients were saved by it. It seemedto be able to change the character of the malignant forms of scarlet fever into a mild type.In addition to the symptoms of the text it has been observed that the hair falls out and flashes oflight play before the eyes on closing the lids at night. "Pupils widely dilated; copious, thick ichorousand bloody discharge from the nose". That is in the zymotic states in scarlet fever. "Nostrils congested.Great prostration and a countenance indicating much distress. Face dark as mahogany". That is insuppressed scarlet fever. Purple, bloated and puffed, besotted face. This remedy is one not very muchused, and it is not very often indicated, but it is very useful when indicated. You will not very often seethis particular type even in malignant scarlet fever. You will often see such a scarlet fever running to anumber of other remedies, but this remedy corresponds to one of the most malignant types and itscommonest use will be in an epidemic in which the cases largely run to the malignant type. There arethree common types of scarlet fever. In one season you find the cases are mild and simple, the typicaleruption is present and comes on speedily without any great amount of fever. Such cases will often runtheir course with good nursing, a warm room and plenty of clothing without much medicine. The skinis bright red smooth and shiny. The case is not serious. In other epidemics you will find only anisolated case of this kind, while the majority of cases present marked trouble in the throat, the rash isscanty when present, arid congestion of the head and spinal symptoms come on with pain in the back ofthe neck. The throat is dreadfully swollen and inflamed, bright red and very painful. Then there is athird type in which the throat is severely swollen all the mucous membranes are swollen, and the wholetendency is toward blood poisoning or zymosis with enlargement of the glands, puffiness of the skinand a great deal of foetor; the skin is dusky and the eruption is scanty, sometimes hardly visible frombeginning to end. These cases will almost all die if let alone; they are very serious. The old authors callthese three forms "scarlatina simplex, "scarlatina anginosa", and "scarlatina maligna". In someepidemics you will see all three of the appearances, in some families you will see two forms. One childwill have a mild type, and another will have it more severely with zymotic blisters here and there, onthe ends of the fingers, and these will be attended with foetor; as soon as the blisters break ulcerationwill take place if the child live long enough; present, arid congestion of the head and spinal symptomscome on with pain in the back of the neck. The throat is dreadfully swollen and inflamed, bright redand very painful. Then there is a third type in which the throat is severely swollen all the mucousmembranes are swollen, and the whole tendency is toward blood poisoning or zymosis withenlargement of the glands, puffiness of the skin and a great deal of foetor; the skin is dusky and theeruption is scanty, sometimes hardly visible from beginning to end. These cases will almost all die if letalone; they are very serious. The old authors call these three forms "scarlatina simplex, "scarlatinaanginosa", and "scarlatina maligna". In some epidemics you will see all three of the appearances, insome families you will see two forms. One child will have a mild type, and another will have it moreseverely with zymotic blisters here and there, on the ends of the fingers, and these will be attended withfoetor; as soon as the blisters break ulceration will take place if the child live long enough; but these arethe deadly cases the malignant type. Even when the rash does not come out in the low forms of scarletfever, the impression of the finger makes a white mark which will be slow to fill up. The more markedthat is, the lower the type. The more zymotic the type the more sluggish the circulation and in thisremedy especially is this state present. The congested condition of the skin is present even when thereis no rash, a passive congestion of the veins. Quite a number of medicines have that, but Veratrumviride produces such a vaso-motor paralysis that a line upon the skin made by pressure will remain along time. In all these zymotic complaints there is a foetid odor that is sometimes cadaveric, sometimeslike stinking meat; this will be found in the low types of disease where this remedy is indicated."Throat much swollen, dark red, almost purple in color.Diphtheria with extreme prostration. Throat livid swollen; tonsils prominent and studded withdeep ulcers". The throat and tonsils very often appear as if they would pit upon pressure like a dropsicalstate. In some of these zymotic cases where a reaction ought to take place a diarrhea sets in that ishorribly offensive; a critical diarrhea. With these zymotic states there is pain in the back of the neckand head no matter what the name of the disease is.Breathing hurried, irregular, heavy. Burning in the palms and soles, hunts to find a cool place toput them. Feels a rat running up the leg. Feeling as if a snake crawled up the leg".These mental symptoms occurred in one of my provers. In low, adynamic forms of diseasecharacterized by sudden and extreme prostration, "vomiting, pulse small and rapid, purplish appearanceof skin". "electric thrills from brain to extremities". "Chill at 8 a.m. with chill, heat and sweat".During the chill vomiting of food and piercing pain over the hip.Chill is preceded by malignant eruption especially on the face and forehead. "During chillhunger, empty feeling, intolerable pain in back of neck, upper part of back and hip joint". That pain in