The Hom Opathic Physician (Volume 3) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Dr. C. VON BtENNINGHAUSEN. All that needs to be said concerning the influence of rest upon the aggravation of symptoms may be done with considerable brevity, for it is essentially the converse of what has been said regarding motion. One variety of rest, however, demands a brief consideration, and all the more because, in the first place, it affords for many internal and external diseases a truly indispensable characteristic, and, in the second place, because it must astonish every experienced homuop- athist to see, as in the more recent descriptions of clinical cases, that many practitioners appear to leave it altogether out of account. I refer to rest in a recumbent position. I pass by simple lying, which is merely rest in contradistinction to motion, and also lying in bed, and propose to consider the different recumbent positions, which are jxiints of greatest interest in this connection. First under this comes aggravation from lying outstretched in contradistinction to lying crooked or in a curved position. For aggravation in the former posture, Cham., Colch., Platina, Puls., Rheum, Rhus, and Staph. are most likely to be appropriate. For aggravation in the latter, most frequently, Hyos., Lye., Spong., Teucr., and Valer. Aggravation from lying with the head low indicates other remedies again, among which are Ant. t., Arg., Ars., Caps., China, Colch., Hepar, Lach., Nitrum, Puls., and Spig. If in addition the horizontal position is most tolerable to the patient, then Apis, Arn., Bell., and Spougia may be added to the above. But still more important than these are the recumbent positions upon the back and upon the sides. If lying upon the back aggravates, this indicates especially Amm. m.,Ars.,Caust.,Cham.,China, Coloc., Cupr., Cycl., lod., Nitr., Nux v., Phos....