Hom Opathic Materia Medica; Being a Summary of the Curative Action of the Principal Remedial Agents Employed in the Hom Opathic Practice (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...emaciation. Characteristic Peculiarities.--Most of the symptoms appear at night; are aggravated by sitting, and are relieved by gentle motion. Sleep.--Weariness and drowsiness, but unable to sleep; falls asleep late, and sleeps heavy in the morning; feels tired and unrefreshed when rising in the morning. Fever.--Frequent shudderings; chilliness, with great thirst; want of animal heat; viscid exhausting sweats; Intermittent fevers. Head.--Hammering and throbbing headache; pain of the head, as from ulcerations beneath the skin; painfulness of the scalp; rush of blood to the head, with a distended condition of the veins. Face.--Pale face and lips; extreme redness of the face; Puffiness of the face and swelling around the eyes. Chest.--Asthma; Haemorrhage from the lungs. Gastric Symptoms.--Vomiting of the ingesta after every meal; pressure in the stomach; pressure in the stomach after taking the least food or drink. Stool And Anus.--Frequent diarrhoeic stools; watery diarrhoaa producing a corroding sore feeling of the anus. Genital Organs.--Nocturnal emissions; miscarriage; leucorrhoea of a thin, milky appearance. Inferior Extremities.--Painful drawing in the legs, also stiffness and heaviness; painful cramp in the calves; swelling of the feet; oedematous swelling of the feet and ankles. FERRUM CARBONICUM. FERRISUBCABBONAS. U. S. (Precipiiated Carbonate of Iron.) This preparation of Iron is employed allopathically for nearly all the purposes to which the preparations of iron are generally applicable. It is regarded as a tonic, alterative, and emmenagogue, and has been used successfully in neuralgia; chorea; traumatic tetanus; in the second stage of hooping cough; amenorrhoea and anaemia. Symptoms.--Nausea, and sense of weight in the stomach; pale...