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if i have not mentioned the affections of the kidneys, which may be
present in this disease, it is because i have become satisfied by years
of experience, that they constitute secondary affections in scarlatina,
and that we should commit a great error if we would draw conclusions
regarding this point from post-mortem phenomena. |
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in the american provings, apis is indicated in this disease by the
following symptoms: "no.
although common mild measles do not require any medicinal treatment, and
generally get well without any prejudice to the general health;
nevertheless, cases occur where intense ophthalmia, a violent and
racking cough, and the phenomena which appertain to it; an intense
irritation of the internal mucous membrane; diarrh[oe]a; dangerous
prostration of strength; marked stupefaction and various nervous
phenomena render the interference of art desirable. |
| in all such cases, i
have seen good effects from the use of apis, which differed not only
from the regular course of the disease, but likewise from the effects
which have been witnessed under the operation of other medicines. in
ordinary cases, and without treatment, it takes three, five, seven and
eleven days, before the eyes get well again; but under the use of apis,
the eyes improve so decidedly in from one to three days, that the eyes
do not require any further treatment; and that even troublesome sequelę,
such as photophobia; styes which come and go; troublesome lachrymation;
continual redness; swelling and blennorrh[oe]a of the lids; fistulę
lachrymalis, etc. |
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if apis has had a chance to exercise its curative action in a case of
measles, we hear nothing of the troublesome, and often so wearing and
racking cough, which so often prevails in measles, and the continuance
of which is accompanied by an increased irritation and swelling of the
respiratory mucous membrane and an increasing alteration of its
secretion, which recurs in paroxysms, assumes a suspicious sound, shows
a tendency to croup and to the development of tuberculosis, and finally
degenerates in whooping-cough, so that epidemic measles and
whooping-cough often go hand in hand. |
| after apis, the cough speedily
begins to become looser and milder, to loose its dubious character, and
to gradually disappear without leaving a trace behind. if these results
should be confirmed by further experience, we would have attained
additional means of preventing the supervention of whooping-cough in
measles; a triumph of art and science which should elicit our warmest
gratitude.
any one who knows, how malignant measles, unassisted by art, are
accompanied by deep-seated irritation of the mucous membrane of the
stomach and bowels; how they lead to diarrh[oe]a; to sopor; how they
threaten life by long-lasting and troublesome putrid and typhoid fevers;
and how, if they do not terminate fatally, they result in slow
convalescence, and sometimes in chronic maladies for life, will admit,
on seeing the diarrh[oe]a cease; on beholding the quiet sleep which
patients enjoy; the pleasant and general perspiration; the return of
appetite; the increase of strength, and the complete disappearance of
all putrid and typhoid symptoms, that apis has indeed triumphed over the
disease. |
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the following simple proceeding will secure such results: as soon as the
fever has commenced, we prepare the above-mentioned solution of aconite,
of which we give a small spoonful every hour. if, after using the
aconite, the eruption breaks out and the fever abates, no further
medication is necessary. if fever and eruption should require further
aid, apis is to be given, one or two globules of thirtieth potency in
seven dessert-spoonfuls of water, well shaken, a dessert-spoonful
morning and evening; or, if the disease is very acute, every three
hours, which treatment is to be continued until an improvement sets in,
after which the natural reaction of the organism will terminate the
cure. |
sequelę seldom take place after this kind of treatment; this is
undoubtedly an additional recommendation for the use of apis. until this
day i have never seen a secondary disease resulting from measles. nevertheless, sequelę will certainly occur less
frequently after the use of apis, for which we ought to be thankful.
many symptoms in the american provings confirm this statement. the
use of apis in these eruptions has been followed in my hands by the most
satisfactory results; and i feel justified in recommending apis as a
most efficient remedy in these diseases, which are still wrapt in a good
deal of obscurity. an additional source of satisfaction to have obtained
more means of relieving human suffering. |
| the experienced neuman writes,
in his special therapeutics, 2d edit. it would be
desirable to be acquainted with a safe method of curing this eruption,
but so far, it has been sought for in vain." the same physician,
speaking of pemphigus, writes in the same place, that its etiology,
prognosis and treatment, are still very dubious; that it leads to
extensive chronic sufferings, and often terminates fatally; and that no
specific remedy is known for this disease.
these developments lead us to suspect that urticaria and pemphigus are
identical in essence; this fact is richly substantiated by the
hom[oe]opathic law which furnishes identical means of cure for either of
these affections. |
in either case, if the vital forces are prostrated,
and the sensitiveness of the organic reaction is considerable, one
pellet of apis 30, and, if there is considerable resistance to overcome,
two pellets shaken with six dessert-spoonfuls of water, a spoonful night
and morning, is all that should be done, after which, all further
treatment should be discontinued as long as the improvement continues or
the skin remains clear from all eruptions. if the improvement cease or
the eruption should reappear, we have in the first place to examine
whether the improvement will not speedily resume its course, or whether
the eruption does not show itself more feebly than before, or if the
cure is not evidenced by some other favorable change. |
in the former case
the medicine should be permitted to act still further; in the latter
case, another dose of apis 30 should be given, after which the result
has to be carefully watched. in all benign cases, more particularly if
no other means of treatment had been resorted to before, this management
will suffice. if this should not be the case, if the eruption should
appear again, we may rest assured that a psoric miasm lurks in the
organism, and that an anti-psoric treatment has to be resorted to.
after one or other of these remedies, the symptoms should be
carefully observed without doing anything else, with view of
instituting whatever treatment may afterwards be necessary, we wind up
the treatment with dose of 30, one pellet, after which, the
organic power is permitted to the cure. |
| the result is, that
most difficult and complicated cases yield perfectly to ,
which is upon the strictest scientific principles.. .. |