Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

is usually a continued fever, only at times remittent, while the intense fever of is remittentalways.Stram. is like an earthquake in its violence. The mind is in an uproar: cursing, tearing theclothes, violent speech, frenzy, erotomania, exposing of the person. These symptoms are found incontinued fevers, insanity, cerebral congestion. It is useful in violent typhoids.It is useful in mania that has existed for some time; attacks of mania coming on in paroxysms,appearing with more or less suddenness, so that a single attack would look like , but the historydifferentiates. would hardly be more than a palliative in the first attack, and the secondexhibition of it would do nothing.When the delirium is not on, the patient has the appearance of great suffering, foreheadwrinkled, face pallid, sickly, haggard.In head-pains this anxious look, indicative of intense suffering from meningeal involvement."Delirium bland. murmuring; violent, foolish, joyful, loquacious, incoherent chattering withopen eyes; vivid; merry with spasmodic laughter; furious, raving, wild; attempts to stab and bite; withqueerest notions; with sexual excitement; fear as if a dog were attacking him".Strange ideas about the formation of his body, that it is ill- shapen, elongated, deformed; strangefeelings concerning his physical state. All sorts of illusions and hallucinations. One must distinguishbetween these states. An illusion is an appearance in the vision or mind which the patient knows is nottrue. A hallucination is a state that appears to be true. A delusion is a more advanced state, when thepatient thinks it is true and cannot be reasoned out of it. Fear and great anxiety on hearing runningwater.He sees animals, ghosts, angels, departed spirits, devils, and knows they are not real, but laterhe is confident of it. He has these hallucinations especially in the dark. At times he has an aversion to abright light which is painful, and again he must sit and look into an open fire, but this may cause coughand other symptoms."Sings amorous songs and utters obscene speech. Crazy with distress, jumps out of bed, acts asif the bed were being drawn from under him. Screams until he is hoarse or loses his voice.Screaches and screams day and night with fever, with forms of mania. Hasty, hurries with allhis might if he wants to go to another place". Violent laughter with sardonic expression on his face."Child awakens terrified, knows no one, screams with fright, clings to those near". has wild, maniacal delirium, but with very little fever. In Stram. there is considerablefever. In the fever is in the afternoon and evening, 9 to 3 , and then aremission.Violent convulsions involving every muscle of the body, opisthotonos, violent distortions,contraction of the limbs, biting of the tongue and bleeding from the passages. During spasms, coveredwith cold sweat; some times almost as cold as ice; cold sweat in mania; this feature is equalled only by.Hysterical convulsions of long standing, associated with spinal trouble; worse from fright.Convulsions in nervous, excitable people brought on by fright.Puerperal convulsions and insanity. It has the septic nature.Those cases going on for a while as melancholic, low spirited; she believes she has sinned awayher day of grace, yet she has lived an upright life; sad; imagines strange things, does strange things,until finally violent delirium comes on; she screams aloud; exhorts people to repent; face red, and eyesflashing; exhorts and prays in incoherent speech. In such cases Stram.should be compared with .In cerebral congestions, the delirium subsides into unconsciousness; the patient has theappearance of profound intoxication; pupils dilated or contracted (in they are dilated). Markedstupor, stertorous breathing, lower jaw dropped.So in typhoid and the low forms of fever, foetor, oozing of blood from the mouth and otherpassages. Throat and mouth dry; tongue dry, swollen, so that it fills the mouth, pointed, red like a pieceof meat, bleeding from the mouth, sordes on the teeth, lips dry and cracked; at times violent thirst yetdread of water.Diarrhea copious, involuntary; abdomen tympanitic, involuntary urination.Basilar meningitis from suppressed ear-discharge. The Old School have no remedy for suchcases. Forehead wrinkled, eyes glassy, staring, dilated pupils and scarcely any fever; awful painthrough the base of the skull and there is a history of necrosis about the ear.Violent headache from walking in the sun, and from the heat of the sun. Aggravated all day andat night the patient must sit up because of increased pain on lying down; he is worse from every motion