PRACTICAL
FOR THE PEOPLE:
ADAPTED TO THE COMPREHENSION OF THE
NON-PROFESSIONAL, AND FOR REFERENCE
BY THE YOUNG PRACTITIONER, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF MOST
VALUABLE SNEW'REMEDIES.
THIRTEENTH EDITION.
BY  J. S. DOUGLAS, A. M., M. D., PH. D.
Late Professor of Mat. Med., Special Pathology and Diagnosis, in
the Western Homrn. Med. College, Cleveland, 0.; Fellow
and Corresponding Member of the Penn. Homrn.
Medical College at Philadelphia.
AUT.HOR OF
"TREATMENT OF INTERMITTENT FEVER,"   HOM(EOPATHY, ITS
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED,"
"MODERN SPIRITUALISM, ITS SCIENTIFIC AND
MORAL ASPECTS," ETC., ETC.
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PREFACE.
In furnishing the public with Homceopathic
remedies, with directions for their use, it is
proper to state the motives for so doing. These
are:
FIRST.-A knowledge of the vast superiority
of Homoeopathic treatment over the old system.
SECOND.-A large portion of the population,
of the West especially, are not within reach of a
Homceopathic physician, and, if they employ
the remedies, are obliged to depend upon such
knowledge of them as they can acquire from
books designed for domestic use.
THIRD.-The reputation of Homceopathic
remedies has become so general, and the demand for them so great, that the country is becoming flooded with Homceopathic quackery,
under the name of "Specific Homceopathic
Remedies," no one knowing what they are but
him who prepares them. Wihen a bottle or box
is exhausted, the owner has no resource but to
send to the getter-up of these nostrums, or some
of his agents, to get it replenished. The unfor



VI                PREFACE.
tunate example of this mode of quackery has
been set by a medical man at the East, who has
thereby forfeited his standing in the profession,
and been, very properly, expelled from the
American Institute. His example is being followed by others, who have a higher regard for
their own pockets than for their professional
reputation or the interests of the public.
All reasoning persons will prefer to know what
the medicines are which they use, and when
one is exhausted, to be able to replenish it at
any place where HSomceopathic medicines are
kept, and at the same time enjoy the practical
benefits of knowing what the remedies are
which effect cures of different diseases.
Besides these considerations, any reasoning
person, by a moment's reflection, will be convinced how totally inadequate these "Specifics"
are to cure all the diseases for which they are
advertised, and how unsafe it must be to trust
them. We have no hesitation in saying to the
public that it is totally unsafe to trust to these
"Specific Remedies" for the treatment of the
various diseases for which they are prescribed,
as much so as to trust the thousand other mixtures advertised to cure everything.
I do not aim to make accomplished physicians
of the public, nor expect that cvery case of disease can be safely treated domestically. But I
do    know, from   numerous  examples  ot
domestic practice, that a long catalogue of acute
and serious diseases, as well as lighter disorders, will be treated much more safely and




PREFACE.               VII
successfully by families, by following the directions here given, than they are treated by
the best drugging physicians.
Nor is it my design to treat of every disease
to which humanity is subject, nor to prescribe
every remedy of the Materia Medica. But I
shall give brief and unmistakable directions for
curing the great mass of diseases of the country,
constituting nine-tenths of all the cases for
which the physician is usually consulted, with
remedies enough to meet those cases, among
which are a considerable number qf most valuable
and even indispensable remedies, which have been
recently introduced.
It is greatly to be regretted that so many
Allopathic  physicians  are  dabbling  with
Homceopathic remedies, and pretending that
they can practice Homceopathy where. it is appropriate, as well as we, without any of the
study or knowledge necessary to use them with
any success or credit to the system. When by
their bungling misapplication of these beautiful
remedies, they fail of success, or, by giving
them in Allopathic doses, do serious mischief,
they pronounce Homceopathy, not adapted to
such cases. As well might a bungler, after
spoiling a board and mangling his hand, by attempting to use a saw, pronounce a saw not
adapted for use.
In short, my one great object in this issue of
medicines, with appropriate directions, is to
make known and extend the blessings of
Homceopathic remedies properly applied, by




VIII             PREFACE.
bringing the community to a practical acquaintance with them, and inducing them to witness
their beneficent effects under their own administration and experience. I hope that very
many who have never used Homccopathic
remedies will be induced to make the trial.
It will not be deemed egotistical by those
who know him, or know  of him, to say that
this work is written by one who has devoted
over forty years to the study as well as the practice of medicine, and who, in his intercourse
with the best and most progressive physicians
of the day, and in the performance of his duties
as a teacher of medicine, the reading of the
latest practical works, and the habitual proving
of the new remedies on himself, and others, has
anxiously labored to collect practical information, and apply it to the treatment of disease.




PREFACE TO I2TH EDITION.
This little book, in its first edition, was intended merely as a directory for the treatment
of the most common diseases, to accompany
family medicine chests, so much needed in the
West, where Homoeopathic physicians were
not accessible. It was not offered or intended
for sale. But dealers and physicians who happened to see a stray copy, applied for it, and
urged its publication, somewhat enlarged, for
the market. The author yielded to these solicitations, and the I2th edition of the unpretentious work is now demanded. By the advice
of dealers and judicious medical friends, the
present edition is considerably enlarged, embracing diseases not treated in former editions,
and other additional matter. The author has
always been partial to small plain works for
domestic use. There are but few  amateurs
who want a large work. To the mass they
are but puzzles and stumbling blocks. This
little work is designed for the million, and is,
therefore, written in such language as to be understood by them.








INTRODUCTION.
Most persons who have not given special attention to Homceopathy have very mistaken
notions of it. It is very commonly thought to
consist in giving  very  small doses. If an
Allopathic physician gives very small doses, it
is thought that he is almost Homoeopathic.
This is a great mistake. One may give just
as small doses as we do, and yet make no approach to being Homceopathic. Homceopathy
consists in treating disease according to a certain fixed law of cure. This law is expressed
by the phrase, "LIKE CURES LIKE." The
meaning of this phrase is, that a medicine in
small doses will cure a disease, the like of which
the same medicine will produce on a healthy
person if given in large doses. The first inquiry
which we make, when called to treat a disease
is, "What medicine will produce a disease like
it, in a healthy person, if given in large doses?"
When we find such a remedy, we give it with
entire confidence of success, if the disease is
curable. The correctness of this law  any one
can prove on himself. For example, after one




XII            INTRODUCTION.
has seen fevers cured in a few hours by Gelseminunm, in doses of half or quarter of a drop,
let him test the correctness of the law, by taking, when he is well, five or ten drops of the
same remedy. If he is at all sensitive, he will
find, within five minutes, that his pulse has
from ten to fifteen or twenty beats fewer in the
minute, than it had before; and he will feel more
or less chilly and dull. This will soon be followed by heat, quick pulse, flushed face, fullness and pain of the head, and perhaps pain of
the back and limbs. In short he will feel that
he has got a fever. Soon a prickling of the
skin is felt, and a sweat breaks out, and after a
few hours, he is well again. Now, it is just because Gelseminum _5roduces a fever in LARGE
doses, teIat it'ares a similar fever in SMALL
doses. The ffist dose I eve1r took  of this
remedy, when I was in perfect health, I knew
that it would cure our prevalent fevers, as well
as I know it now, after curing hundreds with
it, because I knew that the law of "like cures
like" was a true and reliable law. This is the
law that guides us in all our treatment of disease.
Every remedy prescribed in this book, for particular diseases, is prescribed, because it yproduces a similar disease. This is the secret of
our great success, in the most formidable and
dangerous diseases; a success that often astonishesthose who do not understand the secret.
Allopathic physicians have no such law to guide
them. The only law that they have for treating
disease is, the "cut and try" law, or the law of




INTRODUCTION.             XIII
experiment, and all their experiments are made
upon the sick, and at their expense. Our experiments are made before-hand on the healthy,
and we enter at once on the cure of the sick,
while they are exferi/-zentling upon them. Ours
is a certain science-theirs is an uncertain art.
It will be readily seen that we cannot safely
give large doses. If we did, we should produce
the diseases we now cure. The accuracy of this.
law is proved to'a demonstration, and every
one may satisfy himself of it, a layman as well
as aphysician. And if this is a true law, then'the practice of Homceopathy is a true practice,
and  all others are false. A  most intelligent
clergyman was investigating the truth of this
law, and one day called and related the following- case:
Said he, "In my younger days I was in the
habit of drinking wine. I have a most vivid
recollection of the bursting headache, the
parched mouth, the burning thirst, the nausea,
and the prostration the morning after a hard
night's drinking. I awoke a few mornings
since with all the feelings in a most distressing
degree, though I had drank nothing. I related
my feelings to my wife, saying that I felt
exactly as if I had a night's debauch on wine.
She laughingly replied that a Homceopathic
dose of wine ought to cure me. I thought it a
good chance to test the truth of the principle.
I took two drops of wine in some water, and
the effect was more remarkable than I ever
witnessed from a dose of medicine. In five




XIV          INTRODUCTION.
minutes my mouth was moist, my thirst abated,
my headache vanishing, my strength returning,
and in fifteen minutes I was perfectly well."
Here was a beautiful illustration of the law.
A   minute   dose-two  drops of winecured in a prompt and truly Homceopathic
manner, a formidable train of symptoms, like
those produced by large doses of the same
article. This is equally true. of all remedies.
Tea produces, in those not accustomed to its
use, anxiety, trembling, weakness, and palpitation of the heart; yet every lady knows that
tea, in moderate quantity, is an excellent remedy
for those very symptoms. Allopathic medical
authorities furnish a thousand examples which
proves this very law, though they do not understand it.
Tobacco, according to all Allopathic authorities, both produces and cures giddiness, nausea,
trembling  and  weakness; agaricus produces
and cures epilepsy; belladonna both produces
and cures delirium  and headache; ipecac and
antimony produce and cure nauseaaandlvomiting; nitric acid, iodine and mercury produce and
cure salivation and ulceration of the mouth.
We might fill a volume with similar examples.
Large doses produce diseases small ones cure.
them. It may seem strange to those who have
never looked at the subject, that the same
remedy should act in in such contrary directions, and produce and cure the same affections.
It is, nevertheless, founded on nature and rea



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son, which is more than can be said of most
medical doctrines.
As I am desirous that every man and woman who reads this book, should know more
of the philosophy of medicine than Allopathic
physicians do, and to be able to meet the argument brought by them against Honmceopathy,
I propose to explain the philosophy of this
Homceopathic law, so that all will understand
it.
It is founded on the law of life-a vital principle. Let us question nature in this, as in all
other things. My hands are cold, and I plunge
them into cold water, or rub them in snow,
and what is the result? In a few minutes they
are glowing with warmth. This is not a freak
of nature. Nature has no freaks. Her laws
are uniform and universal, and this is an example of one of her laws. Take another example: My hands are hot, and I plunge them
into hot water, and after a minute's exposure to
the air, thev become cool. Take other and
varied examples: I burn my hand; it is hot,
red, inflamed, and painful. On Allopathic principles, we should apply cold to remove this
heat. And what would be the effect? Why,
the heat and pain would be relieved for a short
time, but the vital principle of reaction is
aroused against it, and the hand soon becomes
more hot, red, and painful than before. Hence,
experience, without a knowledge of the law, has
taught the profession that cold applications to a
burn, though comfortable temporary pallia



XVI           INTRODUCTION.
tives, are very bad curatives. But adopt an opposite treatment, and apply a heating stimulant, as alcohol, or spirits of turpentine, or soft
soap: the vital principle reacts against this,
also, and in a short time, the heat, pain, and
inflammation subside, a comfortable coolness
follows, and the burn is soon cured.
A restless patient is put to sleep on opium,
but on the following night he is more restless
and sleepless than before. We might give a
thousand examples of similar character.
This will enable us to understand two universal and practical laws, of the action of remedies,
which the community should understand, if
physicians do not. Such an understanding will
do away with an immense amount of all-pervading and mischievous quackery.
FIRST LAW. Every medicine produces two
directly opposite effects, in the order of time.
The first, the primary and transient effect; the
second, the secondary and more permanent
one.
To illustrate this law by example: A patient
takes a cathartic or a laxative. Its first, or
primary effect, is to stimulate the intestines to
unusual and unnatural activity; so much so,
that he has, during its action, a medicinal
diarrhoea. But this effect is transient, lasting
only a few hours. Then comes the secondary
efifct, which is exactly the opposite, viz:-unnatural inactivity and torpor, producing constipation.
Another illustration: Opium or morphine is




INTRODUCTION.             XVII
given to allay pain, and procure rest and sleep.
This purpose is answered bvits primary effect;
but this soon ceases, and then comes the opposite, or secondary effect, that is,' increased
sensibility, restlessness and sleeplessness; and
this is increased with every dose.
What is true of these two remedies, is true of
all others. Yet this is the strange principle on
which all Allopathic prescriptions are made,
that is, to get the primary effects of medicines,
which, if good, are at the best but very brief,
and are soon followed by the  opposite effect,
which, of course, must be bad. Everybody is
familiar with the fact, that multitudes of persons, after an Allopathic treatment, are left with
lasting ruinous medicinal diseases, though the
medicines may have done them temporary
good.
If the public were thoroughly acquainted
with this one law, they would- never tolerate
another dose of Allopathic medicine for themselves or for their families. If the physician
should prescribe a laxative or cathartic, to remove constipation, the better informed patient
would say to him something like this: "My
dear sir, as I understand the laws of cure, your
dose will give me very transient relief by its
primary effect; but the secondary effect will be
just the reverse, and will be lasting, so that I
shall get only temporary relief, at the expenseof a lasting aggravation of the very difficulty
from which you propose to relieve me. I really
2




XVIII         INTRODUCTION.
cannot afford to pay such a price for so small a
benefit." The same reasoning applies equally
to every Allopathic prescription for every disease.
SECOND LAW. But there is another law,
equally practical, and equally important, viz:
That all medicines produce two exactly opposite effects, according to quantity; that is, small
and large doses produce precisely opposite
effects. So far is it from being true, that if a
small dose will do a little good, a large one will
do more, the truth is, that if a small dose does
good, a large one will certainly do mischief, for
the effects of the two are just the opposite of
each other. For example: a small dose of
oypium produces wakefulness and exhilaration,
while a large dose produces stupor and sleep.
Small doses of rhubarb, mercury, and othor
cathartics, allay iriritability of the bowels, and
cure diarrhcea and dysentery, while large doses,
everybody knows, produce precisely opposite
effects.  Very small doses of izpecac. or tartar
emetic, allay irritation of the stomach, and stop
vomiting and cholera morbus, while large doses
produce only iil-titibn andi vomiting.  The one
is the disease-curing,' the other disease-producing, effect.
Guided by this law, the physician will so administer his medicines as to secure the diseasecuring effect, and avoid the disease-producing
effect. Patients, well informed, will be wise
enough to refuse a prescription made in violation of this law. Bpt the Allopathic physician




INTRODUCTION.            XIX
always aims to get the primary, or diseaseproducing effect. He knows nothing of treating disease by any other method. A wise
patient will say to a physician who prescribes
for him a large dose of medicine, (and all Allopathic doses are large, though they call them
small): "Sir, I consulted you for the purpose of
being cured, and you offer me a drug in a dose
that will make me sick. The law of cure, as I
understand it, makes'it no part of the business
of a physician to produce disease, but his exclusive business is to cure it. The time is past,
when the appropriate inscription on a physician's sign was'Disease Manufactory,' and
the proper title of the profession,'The destructive art of healing.'. I must insist on your treating me in harmony with the now well-known
laws of cure, or I must take the treatment into
my own'hands, or consult some one better informed."
We can now better understand the reason of
the law, "LIKE CURES LIKE."  We see a
patient laboring under symptoms exactly like
those produced by large doses of Belladonna.
This, then, must be the appropriate remedy,
because, in small doses, it produces symptoms
exactly the opposite of those produced by large
doses, and the opposite of those under which
the patient labors, and, of course, establishes an
opposite effect; that is, in other words, cures
the dise~ase.
Is not this law  of cure, then, founded on
nature, and does it not commend itself to' our




XX            INTRODUCTION.
reason and common sense? And when we see
our remedies in small doses, prescribed according to this law, perform such wonderful cures,
is it not just what we ought to expect? We
always know why we give any certain remedy,
and know what its effects will be, for we have
tried them in large doses on the healthy and
understand their properties. How different it
is with the Allopathic physician! Let us see
how he learns to treat a disease. He takes
up, for example, the study of fever, with a view
of preparing himself to treat it. He reads in
his books that one physician recommends cold
aflusions, and another disagrees with him and
thinks them dangerous. One advises wine and
another insists that his patient should' have
only the most cooling drinks. Many prescribe
Peruvian bark or quinine, and others object to
these remedies as hurtful. Some recommend
a free use of cathartics and others warn the
young physician against their use. Some
recommend opiates, others think them dangerous. And so on to the end of the chapter, almost every remedy in the Materia Medica being recommended by some and repudiated by
others. Thus furnished, the physician goes
forth to take the lives of the public in his hands,
at full liberty, under high medical authority, to
employ just what remedies he pleases, and
sadly puzzled to make a choice. During all
his practice he never has a glimpse of any law
to guide him in his perilous work. The best
reason he can give for prescribing any of his




INTRODUCTION.            XXI
drugs is that somebody thinks he has found it
useful, without knowing why, in cases that
seem similar. It is an unmitigated system  of
guess work, and life-and-death experiment upon
the sick and suffering.
How different it is with the Homoeopath!
When we see a patient with the symptoms of
an ordinary attack of fever, we give Gelseminum, because we have taken it ourselves before hand, while in health, and know  that it
produces just that train of symptoms, and
therefore know that it will cure them, and we
are not disappointed. In another form offever we
give Tartar emetic for the same reason, and with
the same result. We always know  why we
give a remedy, because we have a clear and
unmistakable law to guide us.
We have constantly new diseases, or old
diseases putting on new forms. We are prepared for them beforehand. Every Homceopathist knew, years before cholera appeared in
this country, that Camjlhor,, Arsenicum  and
VMerah'm. would cure i't,-because these'remedies
have''been proved onthe healthy, and found to
produce symptoms like those of cholera. And
when cholera appeared, we treated it with the
most triumphant success, from the very. first;
while Allopathic physicians were experimenting and their patients dying; and they are still
experimenting on this and all other diseases.
Even now, after so many years of experimenting, they cannot save half the proportion of patients that Homceopathists saved the very first




XXII          INTRODUCTION.
year of its appearance. Is it strange that a man,
with any feeling of humanity, should be anxious
to diffuse a knowledge of a system of medicine
possessing so many advantages, and so full of
blessings to the sick?
Finally, we feel certain that if the public
mind can become imbued with the doctrine of
Homceopathy, and generally adopt it in practice,
it will be the most effectual remedy for the now
all-prevalent and destructive quackery, and be a
vast saving of health and life. Try it, and then
decide on its merits.




REMEDIES IN FULL FAMILY CASE.   XXIII
NAMES.                    STRENGTII.  ABBREVIATIONS.
1     Aconitum  napells....  3rd in pellets             Aeon..........
2     Agaricus muscarius.    3rd in  pellets..          Agar..........
3     Amnbra grisea..........  6th in pellets.,   Ambra..........
4     Ammoniurn  carbonic... 3rd in liquid....          Amlmon carb...
5     Apis mellifica.........   3rd in pellets... Apis............
6     Arum triphyllum......  2nd in trit..Arumn.........
7     Arnica montana..            tincture              Arn.....
8     Arsenicuin  album           6th in pellets        Ars.............
9     Atropine..............  th in pellets....   Atrop.....
10     Belladonna............. 3rd in pellets.... Bell.............
11     Bryonia alba......         3rd in pellets....  Bry.....
12     Calendula.............  tincture. i..             Calend.
13     Calcarea carbonica...       9th in pellets..    Cc............
14     Cannabis sativa...... 3rd( in pellets..  Cann..........
1.5    Canth aris.......          3rd in pellets....   Canth..........
16     Carbo  vegetabilis.....   9th in trit.......   Carbo veg.....
17     Caulophyllin.......... 3rd in trit...... Cauloph........
18     Chamlomilla....           3rdcl in pellets       Chain..........
19     China...........           3rid in pellets        Chin...........
20     Cina.....i........  3rd in pellets              Cina...........
21     Cocculus............... 3rd in pellets...    Cocc............
22     Coffea....... 3rd in pellets          Coff.............
23     Colocynth............. 3rd in pellets.           Coloc...........
24     Croton tiglium........ 3rd in pellets...     Croton.........
25     Cuprum metallicum..         9th in pellets.... Cuprum.......
26     Drosera............... 3rd in pellets....        Dros.
27     Dulcamara............  3rd in pellets.... ule.
28     Gelseminum...........   tincture......... Gels...........
29     Graphites.............. 9th in pellets            Graph..........
30     Hamaimelis....... tincture...                 /-I n...........
31     HIepar sulphuris.......     9th in pellets        Hepar.
32     Hydrastis............ tincture..     Hyd............
33     Ignatia................   3rd in pellets         Ign.............
34     Iprecacuanha..........   3rd in pellets...    ipecac.........
35     Kali bichromicum....   2nd in trit......   Kali biehrt....
36     Kali hycldriodicu.....      3rd in pellets....   Kali hyd.
37     Leptandrin............ 3rd in trit...    Lept...........
38     Macrotin............. 3rd in trit.               Mac............
39     Mercurius corrosivus..    6th in pellets          Me...re. Mecor......
40     Mercurius iodatus....   3rd in trit.....re. iod......
41     Mercurius solubilis....  9th in pellets....   Merc. sol.......
42     Nux voinica...........   3rd in pellets.... Nux.
43     Phosphorus............ 4th in pellets.... Phos 
44     Phosphoric acid....... 3dc in pellets             Phos. ac.......
45     Podophyllin........... 3rd in trit,..   Pod.............
46     Pulsatilla..............    3rd in pellets        Puls.....
47     Rhus toxicodencl ron.    31rd in pellets R....    hus...........
48     Sepia,........             6th in pellets        Sep..........
49     Spongia tosta........ 3rdcl in pellets....   Spongia.........
50     Sulphur............... 6th in pellets...    Sulph..........
51     Tartar emetic.........  3rd in trit.......       Tart............
52     Veratrum  album.......    3rd in pelets....      Verat.....




CASES OF 32 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REMEDIES.
1 Aconitum nap.                   17 Ipecac.
2 Ambra grisea.                   18 Kali hyd.
3 Apis mel.                       19 Leptandrin.
4 Arnica.                         20 Macrotin.
5 Arsenicum.                      21 Mercurius cor.
6 Belladonna.                     22 Mercurius sol.
7 Bryonia.                        23 Nux vomnica.
8 Calcarea.                        24 Phosphorus.
9 tCaulophyllin.                   25 Phosphoric acid.
10 Charmomilla.                    26 Podophyllin,
11 Colocynth.                      27 Pulsatilla.
12 )ulcamara.                      28 Rhus tox.
13 Gelseminum.                     29 Sulphur.
14 IHamamelis.                     80 Spongia.
15 Hepar.                          31 Tartar eietic.
16 Hydrastis.                      32 Veratrum.




GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
The usual dose of pellets (size No. 3) for an
adult is six; for children one or two, according
to age. When the pellets are dissolved, which
is preferable if pure water can be had, put ten
or twelve into a gill of water, and give teaspoonful doses. When tincture of Acon. is used internally, two' or three drops may be put in a
gill —f water; dose a teaspoonful. When grains
of the triturations or powders are mentioned,
what will lie upon a three cent coin (new style)
may be considered about five grains.
The usual dose of a powder, when not otherwise directed, is two grains; or, if dissolved,
three or four grains in a gill of water; dose, a
teaspoonful. Gels. same as Acon.
When taking  Homceopathic remedies, the
patient must abstain from all other medicines,
herb drinks, odors-as  Camphor, Cologne,
Hartshorn, etc  and avoid vinegar, pepper and
spices; and, as far as possible, coffee and tobacco.








PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY
For the People.
FEVERS.
In a work like this, it would be worse than
useless to treat of fevers under the various and
numerous names by which they are called in
medical books. We shall regard all fevers as
one disease, with a number of varieties, and give
the treatment for the principal different forms it
assumes.
The great majority of fevers in this country
are what they call Bilious, or Bilious remittent;
because they give evidence of bilious disorder,
or disordered action of the liver, and have a
remission-that is, a period during which the
fever is less-every twenty-four hours. This
usually occurs in the morning.
This form of fever, after some days, or hours
only, of languor, loss of appetite, and perhaps
nausea, headache, and feeling of fatigue, makes
its attack by a chill more or less severe, pain
in the head, back and limbs, restlessness, a feel



28       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
ing of weakness, bad taste of the mouth and
coated tongue. Its course will depend on the
treatment. Under the physicking and drugging treatment, its course is generally prolonged for several weeks, and it often assumes, at
a late stage, a low, typhoid form, and is not unfrequently fatal.
After the chilly stage is over, which may be
from one or two, or six or eight hours, it is followed by dry heat, continued headache, restlessness, loss of appetite, more or less thirst,
and a general feeling of severe sickness. The
tongue becomes more coated with a dirty white,
or yellowish color, the pulse is frequent, often
from one hundred to one hundred and twenty
in the minute. Toward morning, some remission comes on, and perhaps there is a slight
moisture of the skin, the pains are less, and the
patient sleeps more quietly. This is repeated
from day to day. Sometimes the tongue is
dry, and of a browner color in the middle. The
edges and tips are sometimes red, and sometimes the whole surface of the tongue.
This form of fever, if well drugged, according to the usual Allopathic practice, as I said,
is usually prolonged to several weeks. If no
medicine is given-if the patient entirely  abstains from food, and gratifies his thirst with
water only, and if the surface is washed frequently, whenever the skin is hot and dry, and
the room kept well aired, the fever will generally be ended in from seven to nine days. But
under a good Homzeopathic treatment, it is




FEVERS.                  29'
usually cured in twenty-four hours, and where.
this fails, in less than a week.
TREATMENT. —In the early, or chilly stage,
put a few drops of Gels. in a tumbler, and add
an equal number of spoonfuls of water, and
give a spoonful every half hour till the chill
ceases, and perspiration is procured, or the pain
and fever subside. Then stop it as long as the improvement continues.  As soon as the symptoms begin to return, renew it. In a majority
cases, the first dose stops the chill within fifteen
or twenty minutes.  If the first dose produces
no effect, increase it to two, three, or five drops,.
for there is a great difference in the quantity required by different persons. In many cases.
one-half or one-quarter drop is sufficient. After
a free perspiration is thus produced, the pains
subside and the patient goes to sleep, and when
he -wakes is conscious that his fever "is broken
up."  It is important that this treatment should
be adopted in the early stage of the attack. I
have cured innumerable cases by this remedyalone. This is applicable to all fevers that come
on with chills and pains, as above described,.
whether catarrhal, (from colds,) bilious, typhoid
or rheumatic. When these symptoms are
present, Gels. is the remedy. If the treatment
is not commenced till a later period, it will often
succeed, and should be tried as the first remedy,.
but there is much less certainty of success. But
it need not be continued over one day, if it is not
obviously doing good.  If this fails, and the
fever puts on the forms and symptoms here



30       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
after described, then corresponding remedies
must be used.
Another form of fever comes on slowly and
almost imperceptibly, without pain and with
only a feeling of languor, or fatigue, and aversion to any effort. The mind is dull, and the
tongue is either merely coated, or it is more or
less red at the tip and edges, or it is dry and
brownish through the middle. In such cases,
f not soon relieved by Gels. give Tairtar emetic,
(four grains.in a gill of water,) in teaspoonful
doses every three hours, and continue it for
some days. Under this there will generally be,
after the first twenty-four hours, a daily abatement, and the fever will subside in a few days.
If there is sleeplessness, delirium or headache,
give, besides, a dose of Bell. three times a day.
In fevers, in which the bilious symptoms are
most prominent, such as yellowish coat of the
tongue, bitter taste, feeling of fullness or tenderness in the region of the liver, along the edges
of the lower ribs of the right side and the pit of
the stomach, costiveness, or bilious diarrhoea,
high-colored urine, and feeling of nausea at the
stomach, Pod. or Bry. and Aux. are the
remedies. One may be given alone, or both
alternately, three hours apart. If, however,
the fever is high, and there is a good deal of
pain in any internal organ, Aconite must be
given, either alone or alternated with Bry. until these symptoms are subdued. And here is
a good place to remark, that while Gels. is the
best remedy known for simple fever, Acon. is




FEVER S.                3I
the indispensable remedy for local inflammations,
which often exist in fever. This distinction is
of great importance, and should not be forgotten.
If the fever has assumed a low, typhoid character, with delirium, great weakness, dry lips,
which, with the teeth, are covered with a dark
crust, twitching of the tendons, and picking at
the bed-clothes, give Ars. and Bell., three hours
apart. If there is a diarrhcea with this state,
Rhus. is a good remedy. In children, Merc.
sol.
Under this treatment very few fevers will
continue a week. In the severe fevers it is of
great importance to have fresh air passing frequently over the patient's bed, to carry off the
effluvia constantly arising from  the body. It
has long been  observed in  hospitals, that
patients with fevers did not do so well when
placed in a corner where a current of air could
not pass over them. The whole surface should
be sponged over several times a day with
water of a temperature   agreeable  to the
feeling. Once a day there may be a little saleratus or soda, or lye from ashes added to the
water. During the continuance of the fever
there should be a total abstinence from food,
except water gruel, rice-water, barley-water,
or similar things, made very thin, for a drink;
and even these had better be omitted for several
days, and only water given. The linen and
bed-clothes should  be changed  daily. The
patient should be kept entirely quiet, undis



32       PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
turbed by noise, and especially by conversation,
and the room should be cool and not disagreeably light. After recovery commences, if the
bowels are costive, give a dose of Nux.
every night.
Intermittent Fever-Fever and Ague.
This disease is characterized by a succession
of chills, fever and sweat, occurring very usually
near the same time, or every second or third
day. Between these paroxysms, the patient is
comparatively comfortable, but never well.
TREATMENT.-During the  chill and fever
give Acon. or Gels. every two hours. During the
intermission if there is coated tongue, impaired
appetite and general feeling of illness, give Bry.
and Ipecac. alternately, until the tongue becomes cleaner and the patient feels better. If
there is not a decided improvement after two
days, give Ipecac. and Pod. every three hours,
or Ip5ecac. and JVnx. for men and Ipecac. and
Puls. for women and children. Within a few
days, by this treatment, the disordered state
during the intermission will improve, and the
patient will feel tolerably well, except during
the chill and fever. Then, if the chills continue,
give Ars. every two or three hours.
If the chill comes on in the morning with
nausea and vomiting, and severe pains in the
bones, the Efz]atoreum  perfoliation or boneset
is a very effective remedy. A weak infusion
of the herb may be made and drank moderately
during the day. In obstinate cases, Polyporzus




FEVER.S.                33
pin. tincture, five or six drops every three or
four hours.
From thirty years observation and experience
of Quinine, I am perfectly convinced that it has
done infinitely more mischief than the ague
would have done if left entirely to itself. It undoubtedly stops the chill and the fever temporarily; but these are only two symptoms of a
general disease, which remains after the chills
are stopped, with a more serious Quinine disease
added to it. Thousands have thus "cured" an
ague a dozen times in the course of a season,
which, after all, still remains in an aggravated
and more dangerous form than at first.
SCARLET FEVER.
There are three principal forms.
1-Scarlatina Simplex-Simple Scarlet Fever.
This comes on with many of the symptoms of
other fevers. After a short time, the pulse becomes very quick-often, in children, I20 to
I40 in the minute. The skin is hotter than in
any other disease. The scarlet eruption comes
out over the body on the second day, but may
be seen in thickly scattered, red points over the
tongue on the first day. The fever often produces delirium. There is usually some soreness of the throat. This is the simplest form of
the disease and the mildest.
TREATMENT.-AconIite and'Bell. are the chief
remedies, alternated every two or three hours.
Whenever the skin is very hot and dry, it
3




34        PRACTICAL HOMICEOPATHY.
should be frequently bathed all over with
water at a temperature to suit the feeling of the
patient. This if frequently done, in a remarkable degree diminishes the fever and quiets the
nervous irritability. After a good bathing, the
patient will recover from his delirium, become
quiet and fall asleep, while the pulse falls from
ten to twenty in the minute.  I have practiced
this free bathing in this disease, frequently with
cold water, for forty years. The fear that it
will make the eruption  "strike in,"  is totally
without foundation. A chill, should of course,
be avoided.
2-Scarlatina Anginosa-Anginose Scarlet Fever.
This is a more severe form of the disease in
which soreness and swelling of the throat is a
prominent symptom.  The throat is swollen inside and out. Swallowing is painful and difficult. If the inner surface of the throat is examined, it will be found red, inflamed, and often
covered with a membrane, in patches of a dirty
white, or ash, or yellowish color. The fever is
high and the pulse quick. There is more prostration of strength than in the simple form, and
more pains.
TREATMENT. -AconZte and Bell. are still the
remedies in the early stage, alternated every
hour or two. If ulcers appear in the throat, or
if it is much swollen, omit the Acon. and give
Bell. and Merc. cor. for men, Mferc. sol. for
women and children.  If the throa't remnains ulcerated for some days, after the fever has some



FEVERS.                 35
what subsided, omit these remedies and give
gHydr. (ten drops in a gill of water,) in teaspoonful doses, every to6 or three hours, and gargle
the ethroat after each dose, with a wash'of the
same, a teaspoonful to'a gill. I have very recently seen the most beautiful effects from this use
of Hydr. in cases where the throat is badly ulcerated. In obstinate cases, A/ferc. iod. may be
preferable to other forms of Mercurius.
Scarlatina M3aligna-MIalignant Scarlet Fever.
This is a still more dangerous form of the disease. The prostration of strength is much
greater, the pulse weak and quick-the throat
dark  red and  ulcerated-there is extremely
bad, fetid breath-the nostrils are often excoriated or raw with a fetid, acrid discharge, and
there is a tendency to gangrene of the throat,
and general sinking.
TREATMENT.-When  these  symptoms appear, give several doses of Amlnon. carb. five
drops in a gill of water, a teaspoonful every
hour or two. This will frequently change the
dark, threatening color of the throat, and other
corresponding symptoms, in a short time. Follow this with H[ydr. as above for a gargle, and
give Ars. every two or three hours.  Most of
the cases, even of malignant scarlet fever, will
be cured by this treatment. I need not say how
hopeless they are with the common treatment.
The treatment given for this disease, in its
malignant form, is equally applicable to the
disease which has appeared in several parts of




36       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
the country, under the name of the "black
tongue," or malignant erysipelas. For dropsy
that sometimes follows Scarlatina, Ars. and
Apis. every two hours.
DIPHTHERIA.
This disease has some resemblance, in character and symptoms, to Malignant Scarlatina.
From its late prevalence and its frequent fatality
it is very important that its symptoms and
treatment should be well understood. In its
simplest forms, it usually comes on with chilliness, fever and languor. These symptoms- are
attended with redness, heat, and soreness of the
throat, and more or less pain on'swallowing.
TREATMENT.-When  it appears only  in
this simple form, Bell. every two hours,
is the appropriate remedy; or, if there
is much  feverish   heat,  alternate   with
Acon. If the throat is red and sore, a gargle of
a teaspoonful' of tincture of Bell. to a tumbler of
water, after each dose of Bell., has a charming
effect. But if the disease goes on, there' are soon
other symptoms. There is more or less swelling of the throat, externally and internally, the
nose is stopped, and discharges a thin or ropy
mucus, the patient is more prostrate and languid,
and complains of general soreness or lameness.
When these symptoms occur, give Bell. and
ifer-c. every hour or two.
But there is often sickness of the stomach,
with pain and tenderness on pressure, great
weakness, sweating or moist skin, with patches




DIPHTHERIA.              37
of false membrane over various parts of the
throat, of an ash or straw color. Sometimes
these patches are very small mere points and
few-sometimes numerous and large. With
these symptoms there is fetid breath and often
fetid discharge from the nose. In this condition
Am. carb. is indispensable, three or four drops in
a- gill of water, a teaspoonful dose every hour,
for five or six hours. Then if the membrane is
not thrown off, i/erc. and Bell. alternated every
hour  or two. When the glands are much
swollen and the breath very fetid, Chiininum
arsenicosum  as in malignant Scarlatina, may
save-the patient when other remedies fail. In
these worst cases gargle the throat with Hydrc
and if therei i great prostration or diarrhcea give
it as in Scarlatina. A recent successful treatment, for the false membrane in the throat, is
Kaali bich. and Merc. iod. in alternation every
two~~  h a    edrs.'-rThere are other remedies often important, as
NVitric and SulZPhuric Acid, Bromine and Iodine,
which are difficult to keep by families, for use.
Indeed, this formidable disease should be in the
hands of a physician whenever a competent one
can be had. If the patient complains of heat and
burning in the throat, there is no gargle so good
as Cayenne Petj5er in water, of considerable
strength, every two or three hours, at the same
time giving teaspoonful doses between, till the
burning sensation ceases.




38      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
VARIOLA-SMALL POX. -
This usually comes on with a chill, followed
by high fever and severe pain in the head and
back. In about three days the eruption appears
as small red points, which gradually enlarge and
fill with pus and finally assumes the form of a
ring with a depression in the center which is
characteristic of the small-pox pustule. These
pustules dry up and form scabs.
TREATMENT.When the fever is high, give Acon. every two
hours, for several doses, then Bry. to bring out
the eruption. When the pustules begin to fill, give
Tart. ema. till they are pretty well dried up. This
is probably the most important remedy in this
disease. It moderates both the fever and the
eruption and prevents pitting. Fresh air, frequent change of clothing and sponging well
with warm water are very important.
VARIOLOID-MODIFIED SMALL POX.
This is an abortive form of Small Pox which
occurs in persons who have been vacinated, and
requires treatment on the same principles as
Small Pox.
RUBEOLA-MEASLES.
This comes on with languor, a coarse, harsh
cough, watery eyes, and fever, with pains in the
limbs, headache, and chilliness. The eruption
appears about the fourth day, but before this it
may be seen on the roof of the mouth and throat.
TREATMENT.
The remedy from the first is Gels., but in smaller




CHICKEN POX.              39
doses than in fever, three drops in a tumbler of
water, a teaspoonful every two or three hours,
till the fever subsides. If the cough should remain troublesome, Bry., Puls. or Phos., every
three or four hours.
The fever accompanying the measles cannot
be at once "broken up," like other fevers, but
can be greatly moderated during its course by
Gels. and the eruption under its use is often but
trifling. If there is troublesome, dry cough, or
nausea, or diarrhcea, Ipecac.
VARICELLA-CHICKEN POX.
Is yery much in appearance like Varioloid,
but milder, and runs its course much quicker.
The pustules being matured by the third day and
dried up by the sixth day. In most cases no
treatment is necessary. If there is some fever,
Acon. may be given. If there is great restlessness, Coff. If the brain is affected, Bell.
ROSEOLA-ROSE-RASH.
This is an eruption of very small, bright red
spots scattered over the body. There is generally but little if any fever, but it occasionally puts
on a form resembling Scarlatina, attended with
catarrhal symptoms.
TREATMENT.-If there is fever, a few doses of
Acon. should be given followed by Bell.




40       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
URTICARIA-NETTLE RASH.
This is characterized by spots or wheels of
various sizes over the body, generally white or
a little red, and surrounded by a rose colored
circle. It is a constitutional disease and requires
general treatment. It is very commonly the
result of indigestion produced by improper food.
The attack is preceded by restlessness, oppression, want of appetite, and fever. When the
eruption appears these symptoms are somewhat
relieved, but there is a good deal of itching and
sometimes swelling. The eruption sometimes
suddenly disappears and the patient suffers from
nausea, vomiting and fever. In this case Bry.
is the proper remedy to restore the eruption.
ITCH.
Croton tigg. and Lobel., alternately, every six
or eight hours, will generally moderate the itching in a single day, and, as I know, from experience, cure the disease in a week or two. If
it fails after this length of time, or is not improving, give Merc. cor. three times a day for a week,
and the first remedies, as before. Drying up
the disease suddenly by external applications, is
a dangerous practice, often producing a variety
of internal disorders, and sometimes death.
If the disease is incorrigible, however, there
is no danger in a weak sulphur ointment, (one
part of sulphur to ten of lard,) thoroughly
rubbed into the sores at the same time that
Sulj/zur, in Homceopathic doses, is taken internally, three times a day.




ERYSIPELAS.               4I
ERYSIPELAS.
Consists in a diffused, and, at first bright, afterwards dark redness of the skin, with burning
and fever. It appears in three forms; the simple, vesicular, and phlegmonous.
It often appears about the head and face, and
is then a dangerous disease.
TREATMENT.-In the simple form, consisting
of a simple diffused redness without great swelling, Bell. alone, or alternated with  Acon., is
sufficient every two, three or four hours.
In the vesicular form, that is, where blisters
rise on the inflamed skin, if it is on the head and
face, Bell. and Rhus.  If on other parts, the
same, or Rhus. and Grap h., or Hepar.
In  this  form   of Erysipelas,  Cantl. is a
successful remedy, given in pellets every two or
three hours, and a wash of the tincture, ten
drops to a gill of water, applied to the parts
which are to be kept wet with it.
In the phlegmonous form, that is, when the,
pain is deep seated, and the inflammation extends beyond the skin, in the parts beneath,
with a good deal of swelling and severe pain,
the two last remedies are good, but Apis rnel.
is probably the most reliable remedy. — fI't-~ay
be given alone, or alternated with Bell. or Ri/uts.
every two or three hours.
In all other forms of Erysipelas, an application of fieshlv-mashed cranberries will have an
excellent effect.




42       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
RHEUMATISM.
Is characterized by pain or soreness or stiffness, afiecting generally the joints or muscles,
but sometimes the periosteum or bone sheath,
or the pericardium  or heart sheath. The inflammation frequently wanders from one point
to another. The disease when acute is accompanied by an irregular fever and profuse
sweats.
TREATMENT.-If it is attended with severe
pain, redness and swelling and fever, especially
if it comes on rather suddenly with chills, give
Gels. By keeping up a perspiration with this
for a short time, the disease will frequently be
terminated. If nbt, give Acon. and Bell. alternately every two or three hours. When the
inflammation has become somewhat diminished,
give Bry. and Colcziczunz one drop alternately
two hours.
When Rheumatism changes its place from
one part-to another, give Bry. and Puls., two or
three hours apart.
If there is profuse sweating, which does not
relieve, but only weakens the patient, as sometimes occurs in this disease, give i/ierc. cor. for
men, or Merc. sol. for women and children,
every two or three hours, till this state is corrected.
This  treatment will cure  a majority  of
cases quicker than they usually are cured, but
there are chronic and complicated cases of
Rheumatism, which require skill and expe



NEURALGIA.               43
rience. If the disease has been long standing,
electricity becomes an indispensable aid.
NEURALGIA- PAIN OF A NERVE.
The locality of this disease is very various,
and wherever located, very distressing. One
side of the face or head, is a very common location. It occurs most frequently in feeble and
nervous females.
TREATMENT.-A majority of the cases will
be promptly relieved by Gels., but it sometimes
requires to be given in pretty large doses, repeated every half hour till the pain is relieved.
Acon. in drop doses of the tincture, and a
wash of equal parts of the same and water,
applied over the painful nerve, is often equally
effectual; but if any feeling of numbness is produced, it should be at once stopped.
The disease usually consists of paroxysms
with intervals of ease. During these intervals
give Ars. every two or three hours.
If connected with disordered menstruation or
female difficulties, Mac., Puls. and Sep. during
the intervals, only one at a time, every three or
four hours.
CANKERED SORE MOUTH.
Give JMerc. Cor. and wash with Hydrastis
half ev eryf ihf6our.PHARYNGITIS-SIMPLE SORE THROAT.
In the first stage a few doses of Gels. will




44       PRACTICAL HOMCZEOPATHY.
often effect a speedy cure. If not, Bell and
Arwums or Ifferc. every two or three houfi';'!If the
throat becomes ulce'rated, use a gargle of Hydr,
firequently, as in'scarlet fever, and gihTe'-vf"erc.
iod. or Aiferc. sol. If fever, Acon.
QUINSY-INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS.
In this disease the tonsils or glands of the
throat, on one or both sides, are swollen, red,
-sore, and painful. The pain often extends to
the ears. It is produced by a cold.
TREATMENT. Acon. and Bell. while there is
much fever. If there is but little fever, Bell.
and Merc. iod. If not soon improved, Apis. In
those subject to the attacks of Quinsy, it will
usually be avoided by washing the neck every
morning with cold water, and rubbing it well
and gargling the throat with the same.
PERITONITIS —INFLAMMATION OF THE
BOWELS.
By this, we mean inflammation of the outer
or peritoneal coat of the bowels. It usually
comes on like other inflammatory diseases, with
a chill. This is accompanied or followed by
pain over some part or the whole of the
abdomen, which is sharp and severe, often
burning. The abdomen becomes sensitive and
painful to the least pressure, and is more or less
enlarged or swollen. A full breath is painful.
There is often vomiting; the face is pale, and
looks anxious and suffering. The breathing is




INFLAMMATIONS.             45
short and quick, and the pulse quick and small;
the disease is dangerous, and may be fatal in two
or three days.
TREATMENT. During the early  or chilly
stage give Gels. as in fever, and keep up a perspiration for some time, till the pain and fever
abate. But if this fails of giving some relief
after a few hours, give Acon. and Bell. alternately
every two hours till the violence' of the disease
abates; afterwards Bell. and jMerc. every three or
four hours. After the patient is fairly recovering, if there is constipation, give iVux. at bed
time.
Throughout the disease, cloths wrung out of
hot water, laid on the bowels and covered with
flannel, and copious hot water injections greatly
aid the cure.
HEPATITIS-INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER.
This is known by pain just under the edges
of the lower ribs of the right side and pit of the
stomach, with tenderness on pressure. There
is often a feeling of fullness in this region, pain
on taking a deep breath, and a sympathetic
pain in the right shoulder. If it proceeds very
far there is obvious enlargement of the liver,
producing a visible fullness in the region, constant dull or sharp pain, and a good deal of
fever. There is a loss of appetite, perhaps
nausea and bilious vomiting; the bowels are
costive, or there is looseness, with discharges
of unnatural color from unhealthy bile. The




46        PRACTICAL HOMEOPATHY.
skin and eyes are often somewhat tinged with
yellow. There is often a dry, hacking cough.
It frequently comes on with a chill.
TREATMENT. —In the early or chilly stage,
Gels. is the most likely to "break up" the disease by copious perspiration. This remedy has
the advantage of acting very quickly, so that
if it fails, as it seldom does, not much time is
lost. Two or three doses will determine
whether the expected effect is to be realized,
the dose repeated every half hour. If it produces perspiration, or abates the fever and pain,
it should be continued as long as it does good.
If it fails, Acon. and Bell. may be given every
two hours till the acuteness of the disease is
abated. If some soreness and pain remain,
the remedies are Bell., Merc., Lux., China, Pod.
and Bry.
Bell. is preferable  if there  is restlessness,
fullness or pain of the head, fullness of the pit of
the stomach, difficult breathing, thirst or dizziness; Bryonia, if there is a feeling of tightness,
burning or stinging in the liver, more when
pressing it, or when coughing or deep breathing.
Merc. if there is a yellowness- of the skin,
bitter taste, and tendency to chilliness.
Pod. for the same symptoms and irregular,
loose state of the bowels, or nausea.
Vrux. if there:is considerable tenderness of
the liver, thirst, red urine and constipation.
China applies to almost all the above symp



COLDS.                  47
toms, especially if there is considerable weakness. Either of these may be given every three
or four hours.
COLDS.
Cold ill the Read-Coryza, and Cold affecting the
Bronchia-Bronlchitis-Bronchial CatarrahCold on the Lungs.
TREATMENT.-If a cold affecting any of these
parts comes on with a chill, or with a soreness
or rawness of the throat, windpipe or bronchia,
extending into the chest, or fever, Gels. is the
prompt and sovereign remedy.  Asingle dose
will often''break up" the violence of the disease, remove the inflammation and soreness,
and leave only a mild, loose cough, which will
only require a few doses of Bry. or Puls.  The
patient with a cold at all severe should go to
bed and keep quiet and warm till better.. Medicine produces a vastly better effect when the
patient is in bed, and keeps in a quiet and
passive state, than when he is moving about.
If a cold is confined to the head, with stoppage- of the nose;-,AX7i'x. is the'remedy every
two. —— or three hours till relieved.
If there is profuse, watery, or acrid discharge
from the nose, Kalh hzyd. is perhaps the best
remedy, but Ars. ad'ftelc. sol. are effectual.
If there is a rough, raw,: sore. feeling of the
throat or chest, with  tightness,  oppressed
breathing and painful cough, Gels. is the




48       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
remedy till these symptoms  subside.  Kali
hyd. and Phos. are good remedies. When only
a loose, painless cough remains, Tart emn.,
Bry. 2Merc., or Puls., will soon complete the
cure. Abstain from food as in fever till the
cold is relieved. If there is deep soreness of
the chest, and fever, Acon.  Bry. Phos. or
Tart. eam. are the best remedies. If catarrh
has continued a long time, Cutler's Inhaler is
the most certain remedy.
INFLUENZA
Is only an aggravated form of the above affection, prevailing periodically or epidemically.
TREATMENT.-Similar to the above-Gels.
is the first remedy. If the symptoms are severe,
Ars. and Merc. or Ka'li. zod.
PNEUMONIA-INFLAMMATION  OF THE
LUNGS.
This is distinguished from the preceding
affection of the bronchia by the following symptoms:
It usually comes on with a chill, followed by
high fever, a full, strong, quick pulse, short,
difficult breathing, a dull pain in one side of the
chest, generally the right, which prevents a full
breath, white-coated tongue, and red cheeks.
The pain in the side is sometimes changeable in
its location for hours before it settles in one
fixed place. There is cough from the first.
The expectoration is, at first, white and viscid,




PLEURISY.                49
or sticky and tough; at a later period it is reddish or rust colored. If there was doubt before,
as to the nature of the disease there need be no
longer, after this reddish expectoration appears,
for this is a sure sign of inflammation of the
lungs.
TREATMENT. —In the first or chilly stage of the
disease, as in most other inflammatory diis-eases,
Gels. is capable of breaking up the disease. If
ffitdisease has become established, the remedies are Acon., Bry., Phos., Tart. em. and Sulfh.
I believe Bay. to be the nearest to a specific for
Pneumonia. In many cases it is the only one
needed:..But if the fever is very high, and the
pain and soreness great, give Acon. and Bry.
alternately every two hours without change.
Phos. may be given instead of Acon. if the
fever is not excessive, if there is great weakness, bloody expectoration, or burning in the
lungs. Tart. ema. if there is great difficulty of
breathing, gasping for air; if expectoration is
delayed, or there is great rattling of- mucus in
the chest.
Sulph. if recovery is slow and difficult a few
doses.
PLEURISY-INFLAMMATION OF THE
PLEURA.
This  consists  of. inflammation  of the
covering membrane of the lungs. It has many
of the general symptoms of Pneumonia, but the
pain in the side is sharp, acute, stitching, in4




50       PRACTICAL HOMCIEOPATHY.
stead of dull. It is impossible to take a full
breath on account of this sharp pain. The pulse
is sharper and  smaller —there  is less expectoration, and it is not bloody, unless it be
some small streaks of blood. Not unfrequently
the two diseases are combined, constituting
what is called pleuro-pneumonia.
The  same remedies are applicable as in —
Pneumonia.
NEPHRITIS-INFLAMMATION OF THE
KIDNEYS.
This usually comes on like most inflammatory
diseases, with a chill, accompanied or followed
by pain in the back, (not in the spine, but on
one or both sides of it; that is in the location of
the kidneys,) tenderness on pressure in this
region, fever, nausea, often vomiting, the urine
scanty  and high-colored, often  bloody-the
bowels constipated. The pain often extends
down to the groin and neck of the bladder.
TREATMENT. — GeS. as in other inflammatory
diseases, in the early stage, is the remedy, continued as long as it gives relief. This, if commenced early, "will break it up" by perspiration.
If this has been neglected, or if the disease
has continued for some time, and Gcls. fails of
producing the desired effect, and the pain shoots
from the kidneys down to the bladder, and there
is colicky pain, give Bell. every hour or two.
If there are shooting, tearing or cutting pains




CYSTITIS.              5 I
with very scanty urine, which is passed with
pain, Canth. every two or three hours. In general, these two remedies may be given to advantage, alternately.
During the treatment the bowels should be
freely moved by copious injections of water,
making a free use of warm hip-baths; that is,
sitting in a tub of quite warm water, deep
enough to come up over the hips.
CYSTITIS- INFLAM MATION OF a HE
BLADDER.
This comes on with the same general symptoms as the last disease, with pain in the bladder,
constant desire to pass urine, which is very scanty
at each discharge, often bloody, and passed with
terrible pain, often with nausea and vomiting.
There is a feeling of weight in the region of the
bladder, and tenderness to pressure.
TREATMENT.-The treatment is nearly the
same as that of Nephritis. If not soon relieved
by Gels. give Acorn. every hour till the fever is
somewhat abated, and the most distressing
symptoms somewhat moderated, then Canth/.,
every two or three hours.
MENINGITIS-INFLAMMATION OF THE
BRDAIN.
This disease is characterized by pain of the
head, rolling the head from side to side, dilated
or contracted pupils, throbbing of the arteries
of the neck  and temples, delirium, sometimes followed  by  drowsiness  or  stupor.




5 2      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
There is fever, with quick  pulse. It is
very apt to end in convulsions, when fatal.
TREATMENT. —The chief remedies are Acon.,
Bell. and Bry. Give the two first alternately,
every two hours, till the fever and other symptoms are somewhat abated; then Bell. and Bry.
every three hours. Persevere in this treatment
even though the improvement may not be very
perceptible. Do not irritate and torment the
patient with blisters, mustard plasters, or any
other  irritating applications. Shut  out all
strong light, avoid all noise, and especially conversation within hearing of the patient, (and
the hearing is very acute in this disease;) keep
the room well aired and of comfortably cool
temperature, and disturb and excite the patient
as little as possible. Do not apply cold water
to the head. I have been entirely satisfied for
years, that vastly more mischief than good is
done by cold applications in this disease. Cloths
mwet in hot water maybe now and then applied
*for a short time only, with benefit; keep the
bowels free by injections of water, and keep
-the feet worm. Sponge over the surface of the
body with worm water, if the patient is hot and
restless:
In advanced stages, with  dilated  pupils,
stupor, and other evidences of dropsy of the
brain, H'elleborus, Merc. and Apis. are necess ary.
OPHTHALMIA-INFLAMM&TION OF THE
EYES.
SYMPTOMs.-Bright redness, pain and heat,




SPOTTED FEVER.              53
intolerance of light; dryness or watery, or thick
discharge. If severe, with headache and fever
and redness of the whole white of the eye.
TREATMENT.-Aco'Z. every two  hours, if
there is deep redness and pain of a prickling,
burning or smarting character, and profuse
watery discharge.  Bell., when these symptoms
are somewhat subdued and there exists redness,
puffing of the eyes, aching pains in the eye-ball
or orbit, pain on moving the eyes, &c.
/lierc. after Bell. or when there are cutting
pains or pain as from sand in the eyes, flow  of
tears, intollerance of light, pain in orbit or forehead, or inflammation of the iris or colored part
of the eye.
Sult/zur in very obstinate cases.
Never apply cold water or other cold wash to
inflamed eyes. Hot water is the best applicatih-if6iraciaute, painful inflammation of the eyes.
Chronic Ophthalmia or inflammation of the
eyes of long standing requires Hepar., Ars.
SztlJp/., Cac. aud a different class of local applications, of which the physician can alone judge.
Cerebro-Spinal MLIeningitis-Spotted Fever.
This disease has become so prevalent and so
fatal, that it is very important to be acquainted
with its symptoms, so as to give it the earliest
possible attention.
It usually comes on suddenly with a chill accompanied and followed by severe headache,
pains in the back and limbs, and often vomiting.




54       PRACTICAL HOMZEOPATHY.
Though the body is not usually very hot, the
pulse is quick and the breathing rapid. Delirium, a tendency to throw the head backwards,
squinting of the eyes, double vision and convulsions frequently follow. Often, but not always, the second or third day, red spots of various sizes appear on the body and limbs, which
gives the disease the name of Spotted
Fever.
TREATMENT.-A few doses of Acon. should
usually  commence the  treatment, whether
there is fever or not. Then a selection is to be
made from Bell., Gels., Ars, Bry., and R/hus.
Bell. if the head is strongly affected, with
delirium, flushed face, eyes red, with the pupils
dilated or contracted, or convulsions, headache
severe.
Gels. if the patient has a dull, stupid, intoxicated feeling of the head; dull, stupefying headache, dizziness, difficulty of keeping the eyes
open, dim, blurred sight or double vision.
Ars. tenderness and pain in the nape of the
neck, with stiffness and bruised feeling, dry
tongue, foul discharge from the bowels and
great weakness.
Bry., heat of the body which prevents sleep,
but chilliness when uncovered, parts of the body
on which one lies aches, violent headache, increasing intolerably by stooping, white or yellow
coat of the tongue.
Qpiz'un, great drowsiness and stupor.
Cuprum   may   become   an  important




STY  CORNS-CHILBLAINS.         55
remedy in the paralysis and mental derangement which sometimes remains after the disease has subsided.
When the symptoms nearly equally indicate
two of the above remedies, they may be given
alternately.
STYE.
Puls., Jeplar., or, what is generally more
certain, Ajpis mel. three times a day. Not unfrequently one or two doses will cure a stye
when taken early.
CORNS.
Shave them close, and apply a little patch of
cloth on which is placed a drop of the gum
from the white pine. Let it remain till it comes
off of itself, when the corn will have generally
disappeared; if not, apply it again. This is a
sovereign remedy. But this takes time. If the
patient is in a hurry to get cured, touch the
whole surface of the corn with strong Nitric
acid, or Carbolic acid.
CHILBLAINS.
An application of Arm. tinct., a teaspoonful
to a gill of water, affords temporary relief, but
internal remedies are necessary. Of these in
ordinary cases Agaricus is one of the best.
If the parts become of a bluish red color, Bell.
If there is troublesome itching, _Nulx, and if
a few doses do not relieve, Suliph.




56       PRACTICAL HOICEOPATHY.
If the parts are very painful, Phos. Any of
these may be given every three or four hours
till an improvement begins.
STINGS OF INSECTS, BEES, WASPS, ETC.
Leduznm taken internally, and applied externally is a very effectual remedy for these stings, as
well as the bites of musquitoes, flies, etc,, allaying the itching and pain in a few minutes.
I am indebted to Professor Hill for the information that a fresh onion applied to the part is
a quick and effectualremedy. If applied immediately, it relieves in a few minutes; if later,.
it of course takes longer. A fresh piece should
be applied ever ten or fifteen minutes. Annmon..
carb. applied to the part, and taken internally often produces the same result.
BITES OF RATTLESNAKES, SPIDERS, ETC.
I have been for many years convinced from
actual knowledge of many cases, that the most
safe and effectual remedy is alcohol in any of its
forms that can be most easily procured: as alcohol so much diluted as to render it tolerable,,
rum, whisky, gin or brandy. It should be taken
in large doses, every fifteen or twenty minutes
till the symptoms begin to abate, or the patient
feels its eflect. At the same time the part bitten
should be kept wet with the same. It is surprising how large a quantity will be sometimes
borne in these cases. A quart or two of strong
brandy has been taken in an hour or two, without any other perceptible eflect than to kill the




BURNS, BRUISES, ETC.          57
poison and cure the patient. But the poison of
alcohol proves quite a match for rattlesnake
poison. It seems not to produce intoxication
till enough has been taken to fully neutralize
the poison, and the excess only produces the
ordinary eflects.
BUAINS AND SCALDS
Apply as quickly as possible, alcohol, whisky,
rum, brandy, spirits turpentine or soft soap, lime
water and linseed oil in equal parts or cosmoline,
and keep it on, and keep the part thoroughly protected from the air till the pain subsides. Nothing is better than soft soap, and this is generally
at hand. I have seen this applied from my
early boyhood, and have never seen anything
do better. Cold water though it feels comfortable for a moment is a very bad application.
The above treatment cures burns in half the
time. If there is fever, give Acon.
MECHANICAL  INJURIES, BLOWS, FALLS,
BRUISES, SPRAINS, ETC.
Arniea is the great remedy in these accidents.
It shiould be taken internally in pellets, and the
parts injured rubbed..frequently, or kept wet
with Am. tinct., a teaspoonful in half a pint of
water'. If inflammation and fever'follow, give
Acon.
But where the skin is broken, or the flesh
torn, Calendula is t ie-d:eit'dy, used externally
the samie' ias'Arn. It acts like magic in allying
pain and preventing inflammation, The edges




58       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
of the cut or torn wounds should, of course, be
brought as near together as possible, and kept
there.
CARBUNCLE.
This appears, at first, much like a common
boil, but larger and much more painful, and
with much more constitutional disorder. It does
not come to a point like a boil, but is broad
and flat on the top, with several openings, instead of one. It is attended with chills, loss of
appetite, depression of spirits, fever and p'rostration.
It more commonly appears on the back, or the
neck. It is attended with great destruction of
the flesh, which mortifies and falls out, leaving
a large cavity which is very slow in healing. At
the close the patient is as much reduced as
after a long fever.
TREATMENT.-Give, in the beginning, AmVnon. carb. three drops in a gill of water, teaspoonful doses every two hours, and apply a
cloth wet in the same, (but twice as strong, and
hot,) to the part-continue it as long as it does
good. If it goes on, and openings appear in it,
and the pain is not abated, stop this, and give
Ars. every two or three hours. At the same
time, apply caustic potash, powdered, in and
around the openings, so that, as it dissolves, it
will run into the openings, and penetrate as
deep as possible into the heart of th'e tumor.
Apply this once daily, placing over it a warm,
soft poultice of slippery elm, flax seed, or bread.




CARBUNCLE.                59
The above treatment is much better and more
successful than that ordinary practiced. The
application of the caustic speedily changes and
relieves the terrible burning pain of the carbuncle, and the Ars. aid.s in this, and preserves the
system from running down, and greatly shortens
the disease. Carbuncle should never be laid
open by the knife.
MALIGNANT PUSTULE OR"' CARBUNCLE OF
THE EXTREMITIE i.
This affection is of frequent occurence during
some seasons. It much resembles the ordinary
carbuncle,, but being located on the small extremities, it cannot acquire so great a size -and
is more rapid in its course. It seems at first,
like the bite of some insect, and the patient generally thinks it is. It is at first a little red, somewhat pointed elevation like a small boil, with
the appearence of a little hole in the tip. It is
painfuil and burning. The inflammation increases
rapidly, and runs up the limb. If it occurs on
the toe, for example-the whole top of the foot
becomes rapidly red and swollen.
If it goes on, it soon has several openings in
it like a carbuncle, and ends in suppuration, and
destruction of the substance, leaving a large
opening. It is attended with a pretty severe,
generally burning pain, and considerable feverish disturbance.
TREATMENT.-AiZmOI9Z. carb. is the specific
and  effectual remedy, given as in carbuncle,
and applied in the same way, The pain is of



60       PRACTICAL HOICEOPATHY.
ten relieved in fifteen minutes, and in twentyfour hours the whole character of the disease is
changed and the inflammation subdued. Since
using this remedy, we have not found occasion
for any other.
FELON-WHITLOW.
Apply as early as possible, strong Nitric acid
or lye over the whole inflamed surface. If
the application is painful, apply over it a warm
poultice till the pain subsides. It not soon cured,
lance it to the bottom.
For the last few years we have found a fresh
lemon a sovereign remedy.
Cover the affected part of the finger with a
slice of fresh lemon, and renew it every two
or three hours. It gives immediate relief to the
terrible pain and soon cures the disease.
AFFECTIONS OF THE
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
CONSTIPATION.
A dose of NVzx every night is often effectual.
Bry. in hot weather. If it arise from torpid
liver and want of bile, Zep. When very obstinate with very dry, hard fceces, Plumnbunz.
Physic or laxatives in any form greatly increase
this difficulty. A few doses of Sulpj/. is sometimes effectual, but diet should be greatly depended on for the cure of constipation. Avoid
all high-seasoned food, stimulants and coffee;




DIARRHaEA.               6I
live largely, and, if necessary, exclusively for a
time, upon Indian mush, rye mush, Graham
mush, cracked wheat, with syrup and a little
cream, and ripe fruit, especially' apples, figs,
oranges and prunes. Collinsonia has proved an
efficient remedy.
DIARRH;-EA.
Under this head, we do not include the disease in infants. In ordinary cases, if it is produced by improper food, iVux. and Ipecac for
men, and Puls. and Ipecac for women. A dose
after each evacuation will be all that is necessary.
If the discharges are copious and watery, Ars.
If not soon improved, Ars. and Verat., or Phos.
acid.
If the evacuations are bilious, yellow, green
or dark, 1/erc. or Pod., or both alternately.
If they contain undigested food, Ars. or China,
or Phos. Acid, a dose in all cases, after each
evacuation.
If the disease is at all bad, the patient should
remain quiet in bed and abstain from food till
cured.
If the disease has been of long standing,
Sulh/z may sometimes be necessary. But generally it will be cured by Ars. or Pod. and Lept.
alternately.
A patient who applied to me for a diarrhcea
of two vears standing, contracted in Panama,
and who had paid over $500 to allopathic physicians without benefit, was cured with a small




62       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
vial of Ars. When the disease has continued
for a long time and the bowels are much weakened IHydr. is a very effectual remedy, in doses of
one-half drop or one drop. Of late CEnother, a
drop or two after each evacuation has proved
an effectual remedy.
DYSENTERY —BLOODY FLUX.
This consists in inflammation of the mucous
membrane of the lower portion of the bowels,
and is distinguished by slimy and bloody evacuation with pain and tenesmus or straining.
without discharging any of the natural contents
ofthe bowels.
TREATMENT.-The principal remedy is Merc.
cor. after each evacuation. If pain extends over
the bowels, or griping, give Coloc. alternately
with tIerc. cor. or Ergeron Canzadense.
When this griping is alleviated, if there is no
natural evacuation-only bloody mucus, or if
there are passages of little round balls, give
Merc. cor and AVutx. If the disease has become
established, do not be in a hurry to change this
treatment, for it may require some days to effect
a change.
If nausea and vomiting occur, give Ipecac.
with 1Aerc. cor., or if there is much thirst with
the nausea, Ars. till the sickness subsides.
An injection of warm water several times a
day, does a great deal of good.
If, after a time, the  evacuations  become
bilious, yellow, brown -or dark, give Pod or
C/zzlzac.




COLIC.                 63
In dysentery of long standing, Pod. and Lept.
alternately, are effectual remedies. Keep th
patient in bed. If there is much blood in the
evacuation, ErTieron is the most effectual remedy.
COLIC-STOMACH ACHE.
TREATMENT.-If this arises from indigestion or improper food, Nux. or Peals. If from
cold drinks, ice cream, etc., Ars.
In bilious or wind colic with violent pain coming on in paroxysms, with disposition to bend
forward, Coloc. in pretty large doses is a most
prompt remedy, often curing the most violent
colic almost instaneously. If necessary, it may
be repeated in a few  minutes. Dioscgrea is
equally good.
If there is great restlessness and bilious
vomiting or diarrhcea, Chain. or Pod.  In
flatulent colic, or colic from wind, _Nux, Coloc.
Or Chain.
SEA SICKNESS.
TREATMENT.-A  dose of Nzux, taken half
an hour'before going on board, will frequently
prievent this for some time. When it is felt,
uVzzx Ipecac. Ars. Puls., and Mae. are very effectual remedies. One agrees better with some
persons, and another with others. Armed with
these remedies one need not suffter much from
sea sickness. In obstinate cases Pelroleum and
Si'liea are sometimes necessary, or Ccculuths.




64      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
WORMS.
The three kinds of worms which usually inhabit the digestive canal are:
Ist. Ascaris lumbricoides or long round
worm. They are from 6 to Io inches in length,
and inhabit'chiefly the intestines, but sometimes
pass up into the stomach, mouth or nostrils.
Symptoms: Occasional fever and pain in the
bowels, starting in sleep, picking the nose, pale
circle around the mouth, irregular appetite, etc.
All of these symptoms however may arise from
indigestion when there are no worms. The
only reliable sign is the sight of the worm.
TREATMENT.-SantoniGne, third trit., every
night, or what is equally good, Cina two or
three times daily. But what are taken for
worm symptoms are often the result of improper food, and are best cured by AIVzx., Puls.,
IIpecac or Pod. When fever attends worm symptoms, Acon.
2nd. Tenia solium-Tape Worm. These
worms measure from 9 to 35 feet in length.
Symptoms are more severe and persistent than
those produced by the round worm, and are accompanied by the passage of segments of the
worm about X of an inch in length.
TREATMENT.Pumpkin- seeds ground in a mortar to a pulp,
in doses of two or three ounces, fasting, and
followed in a few hours by a full dose of castor
oil.




PILES.                65
Kousso is a very certain and effectual remedy.
Take half an ounce and steep in half pint of
water, sweeten it, and give it all in divided
doses during the day and evening, without any
food. In the morning give an ounce of castor
oil. This seldom fails to bring away the tape
worm if there is one.
3rd. Oxyuris vermicularis -- Pin worms.
These  worms   inhabit  the  rectum   or
lower end of the bowels. They are slender and
about an inch in length. Symptoms: Itching
at the lower end of the bowels and the appearance of the worms in the stools.
Will be readily removed by AZerc. sol., a dose
daily, and a daily injection of lime water. The
lime water will not be made too strong if permitted to settle perfectly clear.
PILES-HEMORRHOIDS.
This disease consists in enlarged veins filled
with blood, either within the bowel or just outside of the opening, or both. The tumors thus
formed often become very painful, inflamed and
tender.
TREATMENT.-If the tumors are external and
very painful and sore, apply cloths wet in hot
water. If not soon relieved, apply a tobacco
poultice, warm. This, in the worst cases, will
produce a temporary relief. If it produces any
sickness, remove it at once. In- the meantime
5




66        PRACTICAL HOMEOPATHY.
give Acon. and Bell., half an hour apart. Continue this external and internal treatment till the
violent pain and soreness are abated.
The tumors should not be permitted to remain protruded externally, as it gives rise to
great suffering and mischief. They should be
oiled, and by careful pressure, returned entirely
within the bowl, and secured there by a compress and bandage.
As constipation always increases the difficulty,
the bowels must be kept in a healthy state.
This is to be done by a regulated diet, brown
bread, fruits, etc., and avoiding all stimulating
drinks and highly seasoned food, and by approprite medicine. NuVx. at night, and Pod. in the
morning, will generally remove both the constipation and the tendency to piles. If not, iVux.
one night and Sutl/z. the next, continued for
some time. I have cured cases of twenty years
standing by this course. If there is burning,
Ars.
In bleeding piles, if the bleeding is at all profuse, take Phos., and if not relieved in a few
hours, IH-tam. one drop every hour, and if
necessary, injections of a gill of water and ten
drops of the HZnam.
Avoid physic in this disease. If necessary, it
is infinitely better:to use an occasional injection
of water. Lept. is another excellent remedy in
this disease, twice a day.
CHOLERA- MORBUS.
This is characterized by an attack of vomiting




CHOLERA.                67
an d diarrhoea of bilious matter, with pain and
cramp of the stomach and bowels. It is very
distressing and may be dangerous, but is very
quickly cured by Homceopathic treatment.
TREATMENT.-/ICee2Ce. alone repeated every
ten or fifteen minutes, is generally very quickly
effectual. If the pain of the stomach and
bowels is considerable, Coloc. may be alternated
with IjeciZ. This relieves  the  pain  while
ipe.ez. stops the vomiting. If the patient has
become much weakened, and the above does
not promptly relieve, give Ars. and if the
diarrhcea is at all obstinate, Ars. and  Verat.
alternately. Iris. is one of the best remedies.
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
Inthe commencement of the attack, a few
doses of camphor, in doses of a drop, will often
arrest it. If it does not, if vomiting is the most
prominent symptom,  Ipec~c. every  ten  or
fifteen minutes is often effectual.
But if there are copious rice-water evacuations from the bowels, and vomiting of the same,
with thirst and prostration, the chief reliance is
to be placed upon Ars. and Verat., alternately
every fifteen or twenty minutes. These are
the only remedies generally required. If there
are craps give Cqtprum  between the  other
doses.
Thousands have been cured by these few
remedies by the peasantry of Europe, while
from half to two-thirds of all cases were fatal




68       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
under Allopathic treatment. It has everywhere
been wonderfully successful.
JAUNDICE
Is marked by the yellowness of the skin and
eyes, with languor, weakness, loss of appetite,
coated tongue and often headache. The urine
is high-colored and makes a yellow stain on the
linen, and the evacuations from the bowels are
a light clay color.
TREATMENT.-The  remedies  are  Lept.,
Merc., C/hin~., Pod., NVux. Either of these may
be taken separately, or any two of them alternately every three to six hours till improvement commences, (which will seldom  exceed a
few days,) then less frequently. By these
remedies the disease is cured vastly quicker,
and the system  is left in a vastly better condition than under the old mercurial treatment.
This is a disordered state of the liver, which
may be inflamed, for which see page 46.
BILIOUSNESS.
This is not a scientific term, but one which
most persons understand. One feels languid,
dull, sleepy, especially after dinner; he gets
easily tired, his appetite gets impaired; often
there is dull headache and tendency to constipation, and the complexion loses its freshness
and becomes of a dirty appearance. People
generally understand that these are bilious'symptoms. They are not unfrequently the
precursors of bilious fever'or Jaundice.]




DYSPEPSIA.               69
People having these symptoms generally
suppose that theyneed a "cleaning out," and
accordingly  take  bilious pills, or some other
physic, which often results in a "fit of sickness."
We can point out what all will find "a more
excellent way," when they try it.
TREATMENT.-Pod. is generally  the only
necessary remedy. A single dose'will often remove all these unpleasant feelings in a few days.
If not, continue it: three times a day in doses of
a grain. If there is a tendency to chilliness or
an inactive state of the bowels, after a day, take
NzVux. at night and Pod. in the morning. This
course, for a short time, will save a fit of sickness and a doctors bill.
DYSPEPSIA-CHRONIC INDIGESTION.
The symptoms of dyspepsia are very numerous. Feeling of a load in the stomach after
meals, sour eructation, heartburn, pain of the
stomach, throwing up the food, dullness and
pain of the head, low spirits, nervous symptoms,
etc.
TREATMENT.-For the present relief from the
effects of too hearty, a meal, NgSux. or Pu/as.
every hour till relieved. For permanent effect
-if there is constipation with other symptoms
— NVux. before each meal, or for women Puls.
Iu ordinary cases either ANulx., Puls., Plzos.
or Pod. before each meal will be appropriate.
For heartburn, Nux. and Ars. alone, or in alter.
nation with P/zos.




70       PRACTICAL HOMcEOPATHY.
A regulated diet, the avoidance of stimulating
drinks and tonic medicines, bitters, etc., of
highly seasoned fbod and physic, are indispensable.
One need not expect to be cured of dyspepsia
by drugging.
In chronic cases, when the stomach has become very much weakened, the use of electricity
will often expedite the cure in the most charming manner, and save months oftreatment, or an
entire failure.
Those of sedentary habits must abandon confinement, and take free exercise in the open air,
daily.
Daily bathing with cold water, rubbing the
surface well, especially over the stomach and
bowels, is of great service.
In soreness of the stomach, heartburn, rising
of sour fluid into the throat, and gulping of
wind, there is no remedy so effectual as Robinia.
ASTHMA.
Confirmed asthma is a difficult disease to cure.
The principal remedies are Ars. and Ipecac.
Either of these may be given during a paroxysm
every hour, till relieved. In nervous or hysterical
women, Acon., Bell., Ambra, sometimes give relief. Distressing paroxysms are sometimes
promptly relieved by sufficient doses of Lobelia
to produce nausea.  Gels. sometimes affords
very prompt relief, especially if brought on by
a cold.
But a change of climate or locality eflects the




COUGH.                 71
greatest number of cures. Many persons afflicted with Asthma at the East, are permanently relieved on moving to the West. Horses
aflicted with the heaves-a similar disease-so
as to be rendered useless at the East, are often
entirely cured on being taken to the Western
prairies. This is one of the.diseases that is often most promptly relieved and eventually cured
by electricity. Persons who have not been
able to lie down for weeks, are sometimes able
to do so from a single application. Cases which
have resisted all other means are sometimes
cured by Asafcetida in two or three grain
doses.
COUGH.
This sometimes exists without obvious inflammation. Bry., Phos., Balsam  C(ot., Jfac. or
Arum may be taken two or three times a day.
Hoarseness, without fever, will be removed by
Arum., oSfzgia,  Heplr., Phos., AKali hyd. or./Vux.
See the Materi2a iMedica, in this volume, and
compare the remedies.
A hacking cough is often produced by an
elongated palate which requires removal.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
People who sufler from this affection are often frightened with apprehensions of heart disease. In avast majority of cases it arises from
other causes. We can only mention some of




72       PRACTICAL HOBIEOPATHY.
the more common causes and indicate the proper remedies.
From great loss of blood, C/zina. From too
great fullness of habit and excess of blood, Acon.
From Anemia or pale, bloodless condition, often
seen in young females, Ferrum., Ca/c. and Pu/s.
From nervous, hysterical temperament, C(zam.,
Cocculuts, Asafetida, Cofea, Lach., Puls., Nux.
From  severe disappointment, Acon., (izanm.,
Ign., JVUX.
From grief from loss of friends, Ign.
From fright, Opium, Cof.
From fear, Veral.
From excessive joy, Cof.
From indigestion or dyspepsia, the remedies
for that disease.
From the drying up of eruptions or old ulcers
Ars.,Caust., Lach. or SulpA.
From disease of the heart it demands skillful
medical treatment. When it cannot be had,
Cactus is the most prudent and safe remedy.
BLEEDING FROM  THE NOSE.
YWhen this occurs after or during many diseases, as apoplexy, epilepsy, fevers, &c., it is
salutary and should not be interfered with unless excessive.
If it occurs in pale persons, with scanty and
thin blood, give China. or Ferrunm.
If produced by a blow or contusion, Am.
If it occurs frequently from slight causes, Calc.
earb., Silicea, or Carbo. veg.
If it is very profuse, Acon., Bell. or Amr.




BLEEDING, ETC.             73
If it accompanies scanty menstruation, iMae~rotin or Puls. Hold both hands above the
head.
BLEEDING FROM THE STOMACH-VOMITING
OF BLOOD.
If there is fever, Acon. or B'ry., otherwise
Ipecac. or Nix. vZoncz. or Er'?eron Canadense.
BLEEDING FROM THE LUNGS.
TREATMENT.-If there is much fever, Aeon.
every hour till moderated, then Hacnam., one
drop every hour or half hour, or even one-fourth
hour, according to urgency. If there is a sore,
bruised feeling of the chest, Airi. is an appropriate remedy. If there is much weakness,
with irritation of the lungs, Pizos. acid.
ANGINA PECTORIS.
In an attack of this distressing affection, "the
patient suddenly experiences, beneath the sternum, a feeling of strangulation and pain, which
almost always shoots in the direction of the. left
arm, less frequently towards the right. This is
accompanied by a distressing feeling of dread
and sense of impending death. The sufferer
imagines that he cannot breathe, but if forced to
do so succeeds in making a deep inspiration.
He does not dare to speak but groans and sighs.
If the attack comes upon him while walking, he
stands still seeking a support and clasping his
breast. The hands are cool, the countenance
pale, the features perturbed. After the lapse of




74       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
a few minutes, or in a quarter or half an hour
the paroxysm gradually abates, nearly always
with eructations of gas.
TREATMENT.-  Apply cold over the heart
and warmth to the extremities.
In one of full habit, give Aconite frequently
repeated.
If there is extreme difficulty of breathing, with
pale face, feeble irregular pulse and fear of instant death, Ars. In extreme cases, camphor,
brandy, or either in small doses may be of service. If these attacks continue to occur, and if
connected with indigestion, Nut two or three
times daily, or if attended with frequent palpitation of the heart, Cactus in the same manner
may prevent the recurrence.
SYNCOPE-FAINTING.
This may arise from grief, fear and other
strong mental emotions, going from cold air to
a hot room, fatigue, fasting, breathing a vitiated atmosphere, loss of blood and other fluids,
&c.
In any case the patient should be laid with
the head low, in a current of fresh air, and if
not quickly restored, sprinkle cold water in the
face and hold camphor to the nose.
On a feeling of faintness, if there is palpitation
of the heart or buzzing in the ears, Acon. If
from loss of blood or other fluids, China. Avoid
the causes enumerated above.




CANCER.                75
CANCER.
We do not mention this disease in a domestic
work for the purpose of describing a treatment,
but simply for the purpose of saying, that when
anything of a cancerous nature is suspected, immediate advice should be sought from a skillful
homcepathic physician.  lVever go with such a
case to a cwincer doctor. They never cure a
cancer. They call every pimple and induration
a cancer, and they sometimes get well after being converted into very ugly sores by bad
treatment.
ENLARGEMENT  OF THE  GL&NDS OF THE
NECK, &c.
Frequently enlargements of the glands of the
neck, especially in scrofulous children, continue
for a long time and at last suppurate and discharge unhealthy matter.
In the early stage Bell., Rhus. and liferc. are
proper remedies.
If they continue long and threaten suppuration, Heptar.
After they have suppurated, Silicea and CalZcarea carb.
GOITRE - SWELLED NECK.
This is a very common disease in particular
localities, as at the foot of the Alps, &c. It has
the characteristic slowness of scrofulous enlargements, and requires considerable time for its
cure.




76       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
The following treatment will often effect a
cure.
Take Spongoia morning and evening, and rub
the enlargement thoroughly once in three or
four days with an ointment of Binoditde of_ Mercury, heating it with a hot shovel or smoothing
iron. Do this at night and apply a flannel cloth
round the neck, which may be removed in the
morning. If this is not eflecting a cure in two or
three months, apply to a homceopathic physician.
POISONING.
When it is suspected that poison has been
swallowed, give the patient immediately considerable quantities of the white of eggs beaten
up with water or milk, then give an emetic of a
tablespoonful of ground mustard. When the
vomited matter becomes free from poison, administer a chemical antidote.
For acid poisons, common soda.
For alkaline poisons, as hartshorn or ley, vinegar.
For arsenic, hydrated per oxide of iron.
For lead, white lead, &c., epsom salts.
For copper, hydrated per oxide of iron.
For lunar caustic, (nitrate of silver,) common
salt.
For opium, laudanum, &c., camphor.
For the secondary effects of poison consult
the Materia Medica at the end of this work,
and give the remedy which corresponds most
nearly to the symptoms of the case.




HEADACHE.                77
HEADACHE.
Headache  arises from  a great variety of
causes, and is attended by such a variety of complaints and constitutional conditions, that it is difficult to preseribe, except for individual cases.
Each case is a study of itself. We can only give
some general directions, which will, however,
be found to apply to a great number of individual cases.
ist. It is often produced by indigestion or
disordered stomach  Th'is"''often goes under the
name of si-cl headache.
TREATMENT. N-VX. will often promptly cure
such cases if taken- when the symptoms are first
felt. Pod. and  rZeeae. are often equally good,
and for women, Puls. The same may be said
of Mae. for women.  Vitx. at night and Pod. in
the morning, will often prevent it in those subject to it.
2d. It often occurs in females as an essentially nervous disease, and is generally called nervous headache. In these cases, Mac., Pu/s. and
Sepia are frequently efficient remedies, and
Whehn relieved, an occasional dose of one or the
other of these will prevent its recurrence.
If connected with female weakness, or accompanying monthly disorders, the last three remedies are specially applicable.
If connected with a hysterical state, I-iac. or
Coculus. If produced by grief, Ignatia.' Either
may be taken every hour or two till relief is obtained. A dose of Mac., Sep. or Pu/s. daily,.




78       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
will often do much to prevent these attacks.
But a remedy of extraordinary power, and
which will cure a large proportion of what are
called nervous and sick headaches, than perhaps
any other, is Atropine. It is most applicable to
those cases that are not caused by disordered
stomach or other affection, but depend on a disordered condition of the nervous system  itself;
to cases that come on rather suddenly, and are
very acute and severe. It may be taken every
ten or fifteen minutes, till an; effect is felt. Increase the dose if necessary. As soon as an
effect is felt, suspend it till the effect ceases or
while improvement continues. If an overdose
increases the pain stop it altogether. When
the temporary aggravation ceases it will be followed by an improvement.
This will cure a great number of habitual
nervous headaches,. which have resisted all
treatment.
Those cases which come on with dizziness as
the first symptoms, will be almost uniformly
cured in this early stage by kNux.
In many cases of obstinate headaches, which
resist all remedies, electricity, properly applied,
is a most important remedy, but it must be applied by one who understands the human system, or it may do mischief rather than good.
I have effected many permanent cures of extremely obstinate cases by this means.
I have not given directions for the use of this
powerful agent, because I have been long convinced, from many examples, that it cannot be




FATIGUE.                79
profitably or even safely used by the public, at
least without some experience, and special personal instructions. Nor is it a safe agent in
Allopathic hands. It is a most beautiful and
beneficent Homceopathic remedy, and to be
either useful or safe must be used on Homceopathic principles and in corresponding doses. I
have never had the opportunity of observing
its use in Allopathic hands, when it was not,
like other powerful remedies, in the same
hands, as often productive of injury as benefit,
and sometimes very serious injury.
FATIGUE.
When the muscles become fatigued by long
walking, or excessive labor, or over exertion, a
few doses, or even a single dose of Arin., R/zusi
or Gels. affords great relief. If particular mus+
cles by limbs are sore and lame, rub them with
the Ariz. wash.




80       PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
AMENORRHCE -- ABSENCE  OF THE
MONTHLY TURNS.
When a stoppage or suppression occurs in
young girls, Pu/ls. three times a day, Cauloph,
or Mlcac., the last two alternately. If the menses
do not make their appearance at the usual age,
do nothing, unless the health suffer. In no
case give what are are called "forcing medicines." They do great mischief, and are often
dangerous, and are the source of long-lasting
difficulties.
If sudden suppression is produced by a chill,
or getting wet, put the patient in bed, give one
or two doses of Gels., put the feet in hot water,
apply hot, wet cloths to the lower part of the
abdomen, or use, if convenient, the warm sitz
bath. If not soon relieved, give Pu/s.
If the suppression is produced by a fright,
give one or more doses of AcoJn., then Puas.
If, at the time when the menses should come
on, there are nervous or hysterical symptoms,
or spasms, Coccu/us every hour or two.
If there is Leucorrhcea or whites, instead ot
the regular menses, Caulop/z., Mac., Puls. and
Setifa, are the remedies-either one alone,
or either two alternately, three or four times a
day.
If suppression has been of long standing in
girls, with paleness, weakness, palpitation of the




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heart, etc., the remedies are Cale., czrb. Ferrumn.
Puls., Sepia and SXiupjk. Either of these may be
taken three times a day for a week, when, if
not improved, take another in the same manner.
DYSMENORRHCEA - PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.
If the flow is profuse with pain and sickness
of the stomach, give Ipecaic. every half hour till
relieved. Mac. or Caulo5z. may be used in the
same way-the first especially, if there is headache.
If there are spasms in the abdomen, hysterical
symptoms, difficulty of breathing, and especially
if the discharge is black, C(occ.
For present relief, Gels. in five-drop doses is
very effectual.
But Uaulo5p/., 2Mae. and Puts. are, in general,
the three most important remedies. When there
are no particular reasons for using other remedies the patient may take either of them, (perhaps usually Caufojp/z. is the best,) or either
two of them alternately, every fifteen or twenty
minutes, till the severe pain is relieved.
During the interval of a month, a dose of
Cau.oioph. one day and Mac. the next will generally prevent these painful recurrences, and
effect a permanent cure. But there are obstinate cases of this painful difficulty, depending on
particular cases, which cannot be prescribed
for without personal attention.
6




82       PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
PROFUSE MENSTRUATION-F-LOW ING.
If this is attended with pressing down pains,
and pain in the back, Bell. every half hour, till
this is relieved. If much reduced by loss of
blood, a few doses of China. But the most important remedy is HJarn'aelis. If at all urgent,
a drop of tincture may be given every half
hour, andif at all alarming, injections into the
womb with a female syringe, if at hand, if not,
with any other, of a teaspoonful of the tincture
in a gill of cold water, and often repeated if
necessary. This is equally appropriate, whether
the flowing occurs at the monthly period or any
other. All this is for present relief. But for
those who have, habitually, too frequent and too
profuse menstruation, and who are, at the same
time, somewhat feeble, give, during the interval,
Nux. every night, and Chizna every morning for
two weeks, and during the remainder of the interval, Calc.c~rb. one night, and Suli/z. the next.
This will seldom fail to bring about an improvement; but if this state is not entirely corrected,
repeat the same during the next interval. This
has cured many cases of long standing in one,
two or three months, which have been treated
for years without benefit.
The worst cases of o7owzing after delivery, are
speedily checked by copious injections of cold
water' with H-amcanzelis or Arn., and drop doses
of H-cnamo. The cold water injections, so much
feared by some at such times, are perfectly safe.
I have used them  hundreds of times, and for




DISEASES OF WOMEN.          83
many years, and never had reason to regret
their use.
PROL& PSUS UTERI, OR FALLING OF THE
WOMB.
This is a very frequent and very troublesome
difficulty, frequently imposing upon women long
and painful disability. If a proper treatment is
begun at an early period, it may often be cured
by proper medicines. These are chiefly Bell.,
Ca/c. carb., Nux and Pod.
Homceopathic physicians have been strongly
opposed to the use of mechanical supports, such
as the numerous forms of pessaries and uterine
supporters; and with good reason. Those
hitherto in use have been very objectionable,
producing great irritation, and entailing numerous evils, without effecting a permanent cure.
For the sake of the suffering, we are happy
to say that a Uterine Snpporter has recently
been invented free from all the objections to
former instruments. Experience has proved that
with this improved Supporter, and proper medical treatment, instant relief is given, the patient
is able at once to attend to active duties, and a
permanent cure may be expected. It consists
of an external padded abdominal supporter, to
which a small ring pessary is attached by a
silver wire stem. They are kept by Douglas &
Sherman, Milwaukee, Halsey Bros. Chicago,
and other Pharmacists.
We strongly recommend them in cases not
readily curecd by other means.




84       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
LEUCORRH(EA-WHITES.
This diseased condition, so common among
feeble women, is seldom permanently cured by
the old drugging process, astringents, etc., but
the most stubborn cases are daily cured by
skillful Homceopathic treatment. There are
cases attended  with ulcerations, and  other
diseased conditions, which require the personal
attention of the physician; but by following the
brief directions which follow, a great majority
of the cases will be cured more promptly than
is done by the ordinary prevalent medical treatment.
The remedies generally required in domestic
practice are CctZl., Mllac., Pod.. and Pals. In
most cases, the two first are sufficient. One
may be taken every morning, and the other
every evening, in a dose of one or two grains.
Hundreds of cases will be cured by these remedies.
Pod. is especially appropriate where bearing
down and Leucorrhcea come on after confinement-a grain three times a day.
If Leucorrhoea accompanies suppression of
the menses, Pauls. is the efficient remedy, three
or four times daily.
When the discharge is acrid or irritating, or
there is internal smarting, or burn    injg,    ections of the Hydraslis wash, as prepared for
scarlet fever, is often extremely useful.
If the discharge is like jelly, or if it produces
itching or burning, Sepia three or four times a
day.




DISEASES OF WOMEN.           85
SICKNESS AND VOMITING DURING
PREGNANCY.
This is sometimes a very troublesome and
even dangerous affection, but by Homcopathic
treatment can, almost uniformly, be promptly
relieved. For this we have many remedies,
and it is well to know several, as sometimes
one agrees best, and sometimes another. Often
a remedy gives prompt relief, but soon loses its
influence, and another will -be equally prompt.
The patient may have the choice of the following:
Mlacc. in a majority of cases, is a sufficient
remedy. If not, If ce7c., Arsenicum, ASVix,
Pu/s., Sepia., Pod., Tarlar ena. and verat. may
be  employed, each  with  good effect in
different cases. They may be taken from once
to five or six times a day, according to necessity.
A dose of Macc. at night, or Iyecac. etc., will often prevent the usual sickness in the morning.
CONFINEMENT-CHILD-BED  DIFFICULTIES.
As a preparation for labor, a multitude of
observing Homceopathic physicians now testify
to the great benefit of iliac. and Caul. They
render the labor much shorter, and much easier,
and prevent after pains. Many who have always had tedious and difficult labor, have quick
and easy ones, after this preparation. A grain
of one may be taken at night, and a grain of
the other in the morning, for some weeks before confinement. These two remedies have
proved a blessing to thousands.




86       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
IRREGULAR ANID  INEFFECTUAL LABOR
PAINS.
Caul., one grain every quarter or half hour
till the pain becomes regular, which will generly be after one or two doses. Bell. and NJVx are
often effectual remedies. In tedious labors,
from a rigid and unyielding state of the parts,
Gels., in doses of three drops, acts like a charm.
AFTER PAINS.
Caul. is the potent remedy, unless there is
excessive flowing notwithstanding its use, when
injections of cold water, with tinct. of Hamam.
are required.
INFLAMMATION AND S WELLING OF THE
BREAST.
Early in the attack, if it comes on with a chill,
a few doses of Gels., as in fever, by producing
perspiration, dissipates the disease. But if this
does not check the inflammation, give Acon. and
Bell., alternately every two hours till the inflammation is somewhat abated, and then Bry. and
Bell. Keep the breast covered with a cloth
wrung out of warm water. Do not permit the
breast to become distended with milk.
But if the case has been neglected, or badly
treated, till suppuration has taken place, and
the breast is discharging, give Phos., three times
a day. If it has been of long standing, and the
breast is very hard, after the discharging has
continued for some time, Calc. carb., Silicea or
Sulpyh., may be required.




DISEASES OF WOMEN.           87
SORE NIPPLES.
Apply, frequently, a wash of Ifydraslis-ten
drops to a tablespoonful of water. Or, if the
nipple is raw, Calendula jelly. Uosmoline is a
good remedy.
MILK-LEG.
Under the ordinary treatment, this is a most
severe and protracted disease. The old school
have never learned to cure it. The following
directions will enable a husband to treat his
wife for this serious affection, with vastly greater success, and cure her in one quarter of the
time that is required by Allopathic treatment, in
the hands of the most skillful physicians.
It generally makes its attacks within one or
two weeks after confinement, like most other
inflammatory diseases, with chilliness and fever.
Pain usually commences in the loins, back and
lower part ofthe bowels, extending to the groin,
and thence down the limb. This commences
to swell and in two days the whole limb may be
twice its natural size. Though hot and inflamed, it is not red, but a very marked white.
The feeling is hard and elastic. The disease
consists of inflammation of the veins, and along
the principal veins down the inside of the thigh
and back of the leg, is the principal pain.
These veins may be traced with the finger, enlarged and hard, like a cord, and very
tender. These lines are interrupted now  and
then by a hard knob. Under the usual treat



88       PRACTICAL HOMGEOPATHY.
ment, the limb does not turn to its natural state
and size for a long time, often for years-sometimes never.
TREATMENT.-AS soon as this affection is
ascertained, give Hanzain., ten drops in a tumbler
of water-teapoonful doses every two or three
hours.
Rub the limb faithfully with a wash of the
same-two spoonsful to a gill of water, applied
as warm as possible. When the pain and tenderness are considerably abated, give the remedy less frequently, and apply it chiefly along
the line of the hard and tender veins'on the inside of the thigh and back of the leg by rubbing,
and wet cloths. Continue this treatment less
and less vigorously till the soreness and pain
have entirely disappeared, and rub the limb
with the wash daily, till the swelling subsides'
If, after this, any considerable weakness is felt,
give NuVtx at night, and Ars. in the morning.
Under this treatment, this formidable and dreaded disease will be comparatively trifling.
Dropsy will not follow this treatment. When
it follows the old routine, its management is
very difficult.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS DURING  CONFINEMENT.
N2ever give physic after confinement.  It is
productive of infinite mischief. If the bowels
are not moved in two or three days, give N/zux
at night and Bry. in the morning, If delayed




DISEASES OF WOMEN.          89
four or five days, give injection of warm water
this is always sufficient, and avoids the long
train of evils that follows the use of cathartics.
The proper treatment of a woman, after confinement, is as follows: After resting for a few
minutes, inject into the womb a pint of cool
water, containing a few  drops of Arn. or Calend. If the  flowing is  excessive,  repeat
the injection, using Hamarn. instead. Apply
cloths wrung out of cool water to the parts, instead of hot and dry ones. Wash the patient
all over with a wet cloth or sponge, of a temperature to suit the feelings of the patient, with
out too much exposure of the surface, and carefully avoiding any chilliness. After washing
and rubbing dry, putting a wet bandage around
her, instead of a drv one, covered with a flannel or cotton one, dry. Keep the room thoroughly aired and cool. Repeat the washing
daily. Be no more afraid of water and air than
before confinement. Under this treatment a
woman will be as well and as strong at the end
of four or five days, as two or three weeks,
under the old abominable, physicking, confining and heating treatment. I am perfectly
aware that many, both in and out of the profession, are horrified at this dreadful exposure at
such a time. They seem to labor not only
under a hydrophobia, but an airphobia. They
relate cases in which women, after confinement,
have been thrown into fevers, and had broken
breasts, and even died from merely touching




90       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
their hands to a cold wet cloth. This all may
very well be. Shut a woman up in a tight, hot
room, and roast her for several days, without a
breath of fresh air, before confinement or after,
and she will take cold at a very slight exposure,
and so will a man. But let a woman go on
after confinement with the same free use of both
air and water, to which she has previously been
accustomed, and she is in no danger of taking
cold, unless the exposure is so great as to produce
chilliness.
The advantages of the cold injections are the
following:
ist. The internal organs, after labor, are hot,
fatigued and exhausted. An application of cool
water to them is always extremely grateful to
the feeling ofthe patient, quieting and strengthening.
2d. It produces an immediate and prompt
contraction of the womb, and thus insures the
patient against an unnecessary or dangerous loss
of blood, by flowing.
3d. It is a sovereign preventive of after-pains
which often produce so much suffering and exhaustion.
This will be plain when it is understood how
after-pains are produced. When the womb is
not well contracted, but remains open, blood
flows into it, and coagulates until it becomes
accumulated in such a quantity that it excites
the womb to contract, in order to expel it, just
as it contracted to expel the child and afterbirth.
The pains come on just as often as there is a




DISEASES OF WOMEN.           91
sufficient accumulation of coagulated blood to
render them necessary to remove. it; no oftener.
But ifthe womb is made to contract vigorously
at first by a cool water injection, no such accumulation can take place, and there is no occasion
for pains to expel it, and of course there are no
pains. Why do after pains increase with every
successive confinement, so that after a woman
has had many children, they often become even
more distressing than the labor itself?
It is simply because the womb becomes so
much distended and weakened, that it does not
contract promptly after delivery, but remains
open, so that blood flows into it, in large' quantities, causing repeated efforts to expel it, and
each effort produces an after pain. A few  injections of cool water, or cold if necessary, immediately, by giving tone to the weakened
organ, produces the same prompt contraction
that took place spontaneously in early labors,
and of course the same freedom from after pains.
I have witnessed the delightful results of this
treatment for years, and in hundreds of cases.
Many patients who had the greatest fears of it
at first, are now loudest in its praise.
Hydropathic practitioners have long practiced it, and hundreds of other physicians, witnessing its safety and success, have adopted it, and
all are delighted with it. I have received every
year, from successive classes of medical students
in the medical College, to whom I have taught
the uses of water and air, numerous letters,
thanking me for the teaching, and speaking in




92       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
rapturous terms of the success of the practice,
and the reputation they have gained by it. I
have never yet known of-the first case of mischief done by it, when administered with any
sort of prudence. The old ruinous, roasting
and physicking practice is fast going out of
fashion, and common sense is taking its place.
The woman, after confinement, should abstain
from all stimulating drinks, and have only light,
unstimulating food, till after the milk is fully established. If the after pains require it, give
Caul. By this course, the milk fever, on the.
second or third day, so common within my recollection, with often a broken breast in its train,
will be avoided. A woman with a good physician and a good nurse, should have neither milk
fever nor a broken breast.
NURSING SORE MOUTH.
This is a sore mouth mostly affecting nursing
women, but sometimes coming on some weeks
before confinement. Under the old treatment,
it is very troublesome and often an incorrigible
disease.: If it continues for some time, it frequently extends along the mucous membrane of
the stomach and bowels, producing intolerance
of food, and an obstinate diarrhoea, under which
the patient is rapidly exhausted. Many mothers
are obliged to wean the child before the disease
can be cured.
-By a very simple Homoeopathic treatment, it is
almost invariably and rapidly cured.




DISEASES OF WOMEN.           93
TREATMENT. —POd., three grains in a tumbler
of water, a teaspoonful before each meal, and at
bedtime, if begun in an early stage, often effects
a speedy cure. If the case is not improving in
a few days, take NVux every night, and Ars.
every morning. I have cured cases with these
two remedies in a week or ten days, that had
been six, or eight months under treatment without benefit.
Hydraslts is in many cases, an invaluable remedy, every three or six hours. It may be
made of the strength of six or eight drops to a
tumbler of water, and taken in teaspoonful doses;
the mouth being well washed with the same,
before each dose, or the wash may be made two
or three times as strong.
In cases of long standing, where the bowels
have become affected, and the above treatment
is not successful after a reasonable trial Pod.
and  Lept.  are  invaluable. One  may  be
taken at a time, or the two alternated, every
three or six hours-two or three grains, in half
a tumbler of water, and teaspoonful doses.
There is not one case of nursing sore mouth
in a hundred that will not be cured by this treatment, and in a much shorter time than it is
usually done under medical supervision.
In a few obstinate cases, in diseased constitutions, it may be necessary to take SXulph., two
doses daily, for a few days, or Sztljh. and Ctlc.
carb.
A weak solution of Carbolic acid as a wash for
the mouth is excellent.




94       PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
NERVOUSNESS.
Many women, as well as some men, in bad
health, have a train of symptoms well known as
nervous. These symptoms generally depend upon a diseased or disorded state of some organ or
organs, of which this nervous condition is only
a symptom, and which must be cured in order
to remove this symptom. But these distressing
nervous sensations may often be greatly alleviated by palliative remedies. One of the most generally useful is Amnbra grisea. In almost any
condition attended with nervous restlessness,
and sleeplessness, ifnot in acute fever, or inflammation, an occasional dose of Ambra will allay
the irritability, and procure sleep, without any
of the disagreeable consequences of opiates.
Cofea., IAcon., Bell., C(/am., Ign. NuVx and
Piuls., often allay nervous irritability.
MILK FEVER.
(See General Direction during Confinement.)




DISEASES OF CHILDREN.        95
DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
THRUSH.
This white, flaky eruption in the mouth of
children is familiar to all. The mouth is sore
and nursing is painful. There is no better remedy than Borax dissolved in water and applied
several times daily over the mouth, with a soft
swab. The child will swallow enough for an
internal remedy. At the same time Chaim. may
be given, alternated with Mere. sol., each twice
daily. If it is obstinate, instead of Afire. give
Sulp/ur.
SORE MOUTHS OF INFANTS.
Touch the mouth all over the sore surface,
not rub it,with a wash of Hydrastis of the strength
of ten drops to a tablespoonful of water, three
or four times a day. The child will swallow a
sufficient quantity for a dose each time it is used.
Merc., Nux, Chzaic. and Sulph. acid, are also effectual remedies. Either of them may be given
three or four times a day.
STOPPAGE OF THE NOSE-CATARRH-SNUFFLES.
NVux is the sufficient remedy. Besides giving
it internally three or four times a day, a prompt
method of relief is, to rub a few pellets very fine




96       PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
with a little sugar, and blow a few grains up the
nostrils through a quill. Sambucus is a good
remedy.
CRYING.
When infants cry, it is always for some good
reason. Endeavor carefully to ascertain the
cause. It may be an uncomfortable state of the
dress. It may be chafed, and the sore parts are
rendered painful by being suffered to remain wet.
It may be earache, or more probably, colic. If it
is chafed, keep the parts dry-give Chanz.
three times a day, and wash the parts as often
with  ycdrastis as for sore mouth; or Calendula.
If not soon better, give Su7plh. twice a day. If
it proceeds from earache, the child will manifest
it by uneasy movements of the head, and often
by screams. In this case, if there is fever, give
Aeo~n. and Bell. every two hours, till the fever
subsides, then Bell. alone. If this fails, after a
few doses, give Cham. and Puls.  If the crying
arises from colic, give Chaia., Coloc. or Bell.
A great deal of colicky pain and crying are
caused by feeding the child when it should not
be fed. It is a mistaken and very mischievous
notion, that a child must have food within a few
hours after birth. If this were so, an Allwise
Creator, who makes all necessary provision for
His creatures, would have provided it. The
bare fact that the mother does not usually have
milk for it before the second or third day, is sufficient proof that the child does not need it before
that time. For at least thirty-six hours it




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should not be fed at all, unless the mother furnishes food before. A teaspoonful of water occasionally is the only thing it should swallow.
Above all, avoid medicine of every description
even catnip or saffron tea. Some seem to suppose that every child is sick or starving as soon
as it draws its first breath, and it must be outraged by unnatural food, and more unnatural
medicine. Nine-tenths of all the fits, the vomiting, the colic and the crying, in young children,
are produced by this abominable and unnatural
treatment. Dr.Dewees,whose experience is very
great, says he has never known a young infant
to have fits that had not been fed or dosed.
If the mother's milk, from any cause is delayedlonger than thirty-six hours, the child may be
cautiously fed with a mixture of new thin cream,
from milk that has stood not more than two or
three hours, and water, with the slightest perceptible taste of pure, white sugar; the proportion being three parts of water to one of
cream.
SUMMER  COMPLAINT.
There are two distinct diseases that go by
this name, viz: Cholera Infantum and Diarrhcea.
The most obvious distinction between them is,
that the first is attended with vomiting, and the
latter is not.
CHOLERA INFA.TIUM.
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98        PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
ease in this country, especially in cities.  It
chiefly affects children between the ages of three
months and three years. It sometimes comes
on with vomiting and diarrhcea at the same time,
but quite as often the vomiting.does not come
on till the diarrhoea has continued for a few
hours, or a day or two. It is often rapid in its
progress, and fatal in two or three days. At
other times it is of long continuance, and reduces the little suflerer to a skeleton. It is attended with considerable fever, coated or red
tongue, quick pulse, a good deal of pain and
suffering, great restlessness, and rapid failure of
strength. The child sleeps with the eyes partly open. The evacuations are frequent, and exceedingly various in appearance, being yellow,
brown, or green-often grass-green, or mixed,
and sometimes the color often changing, scarcely any two evacuations being alike. In this disease, there is always inflammation of the mucous
membrane of the stomach, or bowels, or both,
and inflammation and congestion of the liver.
Vomiting or diarrhcea will predominate according as the stomach or bowels, are most effected. If the disease goes on for some time, the
brain is apt to become sympathetically affecte d,
and under the Allopathic treatment of opiates,
hopelessly diseased.
TREATMENT.-In the early part of vomiting
and diarrhcea, give Ipecac. after every act of
vomiting or purging. This alone is often sufficient to arrest the disease. If it fails, and especially if there is thirst, give Ars. in'the same




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manner, not more than four pellets in half a
tumbler of water, teaspoonful doses. If there is
great restlessness, Chaam., alternated with either
of the above remedies.
If the evacuations are yellow, brown or dark,
Pod. is an effectual remedy; two grains in a
tumbler of water, a teaspoonful, same as
other remedies. When the evacuations are green
Ag-ar. is the best remedy, or Chanz., iferc. sol.
or Pod.
If the patient is much reduced, and vomiting
and diarrhoea continues, Ars. and Verat.
In many obstinate and protracted cases, when
there is reason to believe that the bowels are ulcerated, Hydras. will save the patient.
Pod., in alternation with either of the above
two remedies, is also applicable in the same
case.
DIARR H(E.k.
Occuring in hot weather, or from indigestion,
is usually quickly arrested  by iZfeczc. or NVux,
or blioth alternated. If the evacuations are thin
and watery, Ars. alone or with Verat.
If they are green, Agoar., Hamfn. or Jierc.
If they are yellow, brown or dark, Pod.
If the disease has been of long standing, Pod.
and Lept. or Hydras., will often effect cures in
cases that seem very discouraging. The remedy
should be repeated after each evacuation.
There is no disease watich requires greater
caution in diet thetn CaDlera Infantum an d Diarrhoea. -When cases are almost cured, the least




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imprudence in diet will cause a relapse, which
may be fatal. ID.uIc. is sufficient in a great many
cases of Diarrhcea, especially in damp weather,
INCONTINENCE OF URINE-WETTING  THE
BED.
The principal remedies are Apbis. met., Canth.
and Pod. One of them may be given three or
four times a day. Pizos. acid is often effectual.
CONVULSIONS-SPASMS-FITS.These are frequently produced by indigestible food, or excess, as from raisins, nuts, pastry,
etc. In these cases, if it can be done, get down
a sufficient quantity of warm water to produce
vomiting. Whether this is effected or not, give
2Nux, two or three doses, every two or three
hours.
If from worms,Santonine or Cina, as directed
under that head. If from a nervous condition,
without the above obvious causes, Bell., Chain.,
Anlbra, NXix, or Ignaliat.
During the fit put the child in a cold bath,
and apply the cloth wet in cold water to the
head; then wrap in warm flannels, and get the
patient warm as soon as possible.
RICKE rS-WEAKNESS OF THE LIMBS-SLOWNESS IN LE &RNING TO WALK.
This disease has a good deal of resemblance
to some forms of Scrofula. It usually occurs
during or before the first set of teeth. It is




DISEASES OF CHILDREN.        IOI
characterized by slow formation, softness and
weakness of the bones.
The fontanelle or open place on the top and
front of the skull remains open. The child is
weak, averse to motion and looks sickly. The
teeth are slow in coming, the long bones of the
legs and arms are soft and can be considerably
bent. The muscles are weak, the child has
difficulty in holding up its head and has not
strength to walk. The arms and legs are small
and the belly large. There is often diarrhoea.
Homeopathic treatment makes one of its
greatest triumphs in this disease.
TREATMENT.-The all-sufficient remedies are
Cace. carb., Phosphorus, Silicea and Sulphur; of
these, Calc. is the most important, and one dose
a day may be given for a week and then omit a
week or more, and then repeat or give one of
the other remedies in the same manner for a
week, and so on.
Consult the Materia Medica for a choice.
The child should not be urged to exert itself
when it complains of motion, nor should it be
much in sitting posture, as the bones are liable
to become crooked. To avoid this it is better
-to be lying than sitting, or attempting to stand.
It should be as much as possible in the open
air, and be bathed in as cool water as can be
comfortably borne, and thoroughly rubbed
daily.
A change will soon be evident and a cure eventually effected.




102      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
SCROFULA.
Scrofulous affections occur in two forms, the
acute and the chronic. The acute or tuberculous form is accompanied by persistent fever,
emaciation and the deposit of a peculiar cheeselike substance called tubercle. The deposit
may take place in almost any organ ofthe body.
When it is formed in the lungs it constitutes
the dreadful scourge of our race, consumption.
The chronic form of scrofula is characterized
by slow and gradual enlargements and suppuration of the lymphatic glands, inflammation of the
eyes, persistent catrrrh, thickening of the upper
lip and pustular eruptions on the skin.
The one prominent feature is defective nutrition.
TREATMENT.-Nourishing  diet, fresh  air,
out-door exercise and regular habits are as important as proper medication. Where there is
emaciation, cod liver oil is a valuable aid to
nutrition. The most important remedies are
S'ulph., Calc. carb., Kali hyd.,Phos. and Sil.,
in the chronic or glandular form; and Acon.,
Bell. and Ars. in the acute or tubercular form.
Consult Materia Medica.
CROUP.
There are two forms of croup, differing widely in their nature, and requiring an entirely different treatment.
Spjasmodic or False Crou}5, is much the more




DISEASES OF CHILDREN.        IO3
common. It comes on suddenly, almost always
in the night; with noisy, wheezing, difficult
breathing, sometimes threatening suffocation,
sometimes with and sometimes without fever.
This form of croup is usually quickly cured by
Acon. and Sponzia.
Membranous Croujk. much the more dangerous, comes on more gradually, and more like a
cold; with chilliness, sneezing, some soreness of
the throat, hot skin, hoarse voice, and more or
less difficulty of breathing. The fever, difficult breathing, with croupy, ringing sound, and
other alarming symptoms, gradually increase,
till suffocation is imminent. In this form Kah
bichr., Hejpar, Spongia, Tartar emetic and Sulph.
acid are the remedies to be depended upon. Acon.
may be occasionally given, to diminish fever, but
it can do nothing to prevent or remove the false
membrane that is threatening to fill up the air
passages, and produce suffobcation. Kali bichr.
is perhaps the most important. It may be alternated with He}5ar or SjTongza. If it'does
not succeed, Sulp5h. acidis the next'most reliable.
This should be put in water, and made strong
enough to taste acid, and given every hour.
Desperate cases are sometimes cured by it.
At the beginning, put a cloth wrung out of
cold water over the throat and chest, and cover
it well with a flannel; renew every hour.
WHOOPING COUGH.
The remedies most frequently required in the
early stage are Bell. and Nux alternately, a dose




I04      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
after each paroxysm of cough. If there is fever,
Aconite. If without fever, the paroxysms are
very violent with nose-bleed, Drosera. If the
chest is stuffed, and breathing difficult, Tartar
emetic. If the chest is sore and coughing painful Arnica, Bromzde of Ammonium, if the cough
is frequent and severe and the patient's sleep is
disturbed, gives relief. If the paroxysms are
very severe, with tendency to spasms, Cuprum is
needed. The patient should eat and drink
sparingly, as a full stomach is sure to bring on a
paroxym of coughing. Exercise should be
very moderate as well as talking or anything that
increases the breathing. Avoid sudden changes'of temperature.
MUMPS.
Most persons know this disease of childhood
as a swelling of the glands just below the ear,
and often extending considerably so as to give
the sides of the face and neck a very full appearance.
1Mercurius sol. is generally the only neccessary remedy. Avoid exposures of the face to
cold. If exposed to cold, the swelling is liable
to leave the face and locate itself upon other
glands or organs. where it may be much more
serious.
FALLING OR PROTRUSION OF THE BOWELS.
2Vuax and Ignatias are the best remedies,
but only one at a time, three or four times a day,
or Aesculus.




DISEASES OF CHILDREN.         I05
TEETHING.
The process of cutting teeth often produces
great disturbance in the  infantile organism.
The child is feverish, and often exceedingly
peevish and irritable. Acon. and Gels. are effective remedies while there is a feverish state,
repeated as often as required. If there is no
fever, Ambra or Cqfea.
When there is dullness, and stupor, Gels. is
the remedy.
INFL A&MMATION OF THE EYES.
Is attended by redness of the lids, extending. to the ball, swelling of the lids, aversion to light, discharge of matter, which
sticks  the  lids  together.  In  bad  cases,
ulceration of the cornea quickly follows,
and the eye may be destroyed if not early
and well treated. Acon. is the best remedy
at first.  If not yielding in a day or two,
and there is much discharge, Miere. sol. If the
light is very painful, NCam. or Bell. If the child
is scrofulous, consult Calcarea and Suljphur in
the Materia M/edica at the end of the book.
SCURF ON THE HEAD.
Avoid irritating it by combing, and give one
dose of Sul-pkur daily.
CRUSTA LACTEA-MILK CRUST.
If there is feverishness, give Acon., till it subsides. Then Rhus three times daily for a week.




io6      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
/uglans after this is usually an effective remedy-Sepia, is regarded by some as almost a
specific. Lappa major is now  thought to be a
good remedy. Viola tric. is highly esteemed.
If the crusts become thick and hard, apply a
bran, flax-seed or slippery elm poultice till they
become softened and then  carefully remove
them, so as not to leave a bleeding surface. Wash the head occasionally with warm
water and fine Castile soap, avoid all drying
ointments and washes. If the disease is unusally obstinate, the use of sulpher twice a day
for a week may be required.




MATERIA MEDICA.           I07
MATERIA MEDICA.
CHARACTERISTIC INDICATIONS FOR MANY
OF THE MORE FREQUENTLY  REQUIRED
MEDICINES.
ACONITE.
Chilliness and shivering. Shooting and acute
pains; worse at night. Great internal heat,
even with chilliness. General heat of the body,
with pains of the head, back and limbs. Skin
dry and burning. Restless sleeplessness, with
tossing trom side to side. Starting in sleep.
Congestions of all the organs, external and
internal, with low pulse and chilliness, and succeeding inflammation, with heat, pain, and high
pulse. Dryness of mouth and tongue.
Watery diarrhoea, with white stools, and red
urine.
Short, dry cough, with tickling in the throat,
heat, thirst, and difficult breathing.
Palpitation of the heart, with great anguish.
Very painful neuralgia.
AGARICUS.
Itching, burning, and redness of the fingers
and toes, and other parts, as from frost-bite.
Dizziness and headache, as from intoxication.
Painful sensitiveness of the scalp.
Chapping of the upper lip. Palpitation of the




Io8      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
heart when standing. Profuse sweat' on the
chest at night.
AMBRIA GRISEA.
Nervousness, with great irritability of temper.
Great languor in the morning in bed. Drowsiness during the day; restless sleeplessness during the whole night, and weariness in the
morning.
Low spirits and extreme nervousness.
Painful spot on the top of the head.
The hair feels sore, when touched.
The arms go to sleep easily.
Cramps in the hands and legs.
Burning in the bottoms of the feet.
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.
Boils and pustules on the nose and face.
Freckles. Face pale and bloated. Burning
vesicles on the inside of the lips and tongue.
Burning on the tip of the tongue, painful to the
touch.
Sore throat, which is very dark red, or black,
with fetid breath.
Obstinate nursing sore mouth.
Violent, acrid leucorrhcea, causing soreness.
Watery, burning leucorrhoea.
APIS.
Chronic headache, in nervous subjects, which
is moderated by. pressure.
Inflammation of the peritoneum, or outer coat
of the intestines, characterised by burning, inter



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nal soreness, and external tenderness, even
on slight pressure. Abdomen full, swollen,
tender.
Dropsy, especially after scarlet fever. Dropsy
of the abdomen and brain.
Nettle rash, and other itching, stinging, pricking and burning eruptions. Stye.
ARUM TRIPHYLLUM.
Cold with irritation of the eyes nose and throat.
Nose stopped or discharging an a cridfluid
Sore tongue, mouth and throat, with biting,
stinging pain. Tickling burning in the throat.
ARNICA.
Mechanical injuries, as falls, blows, sprains,
bruises and concussions.
Pains in the limbs as if bruised.
Burning in the brain, the rest of the
body being cool. Headache, increased by stooping, with heat of the head and face.
Pain in the back, as if bruised and lame.
A succession of small boils.
ARSENICUM.
Rapid sinking of strength; feels stronger on
lying down, but weak on standing. Fainting
fits. Great emaciation of children.
General dropsy. Dropsy after scarlet fever.
Intermittent fever, with violent chills, increased
by drinking, and in the open air; the heat, dry,
and burning, followed by scanty or cold, clammy
sweats.
Religious melancholy. Violent periodicalhead



I IO     PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
ache, relieved by the application of cold water.
The hair is painful and sore.
Inflammation of the eyes, with burning pain.
Sunken, pale face, or livid and blue. Puffed,
bloated face. Bluish lips.
In fevers, tongue bluish or white; or red and
dry; or brown and blackish.
Burning inflammation of the throat. Throat
dark red, with fetid breath.
Violent vomiting of yellow-green mucus and
bile; of brownish or blackish substance. During the vomiting, violent pain in the sto'mach.
Vomiting  and diarrhcea.  Cholera morbus.
Asiatic cholera. Pain of the abdomen, with vomiting and diarrhcea. Violent diarrhcea, with colic.
Vomiting and great weakness. Piles, burning
and painful.
Colds, with watery discharge from the nose;
sneezing, or-dryness of the nose; scraping of
the throat, with  soreness; hoarseness; short,
hacking cough, with soreness of the chest; sense
of suffocation and anxious, short breathing.
Asthma. Palpitation of the heart, with a feeling ofsuflocation.
Dropsy of the chest.
Ulcers, with burning pain.
Scaly eruptions, as dry salt rheum, Blue
spots. Black blisters, burning and painful.
Putrid ulcers, with fetid discharge. Proud
flesh.
ATROPINE.
Much the same as Bell., but more efficacious




MATERIA MEDICA.            I I I
in many nervous affections, especially nervous
headache, coming on suddenly.
BELLADONNA.
Spasms of the limbs, with delirium. Convulsions Excessive sensibility of the organs of
sense.
Swelling of the glands. Ulcers, burning when
touched.
Erysipelas, especially of the head and face.
Chilblains, red and burning.
Drowsiness and stupor. Deep, lethargic
sleep, with snoring.
During fever, delirum; red face and violent
thirst.
All sorts of delirium and craziness, singing,
talking, laughing, crying, quarreling, raging,
biting.
Dizziness and intoxicated feeling.
Headache, as if the brain was stunned. Feeling of great weight and heaviness of the brain.
Pressive headache in the forehead, preventing
opening of the eyes, increased by motion.
Throbbing headache. Feeling of swashing in
the brain.
Heat and redness of the face, with violent
headache; when stooping the blood rushes to the
head.
Face bluish red, or dark red.
Inflammation of the eyes. One sees objects
double or wrong side up. Dilated pupils.
Tongue red, hot, dry, cracked.
Inflammation of the throat and glands.




I I2    PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
Contractive griping in the abdomen. Long,
lasting pain in the whole abdomen, as if sore and
raw.
Urgent bearing down in women, followed
by discharge, of mucous leucorrhcea. Leucorrhcea with colic. Inflammation  and painful
swelling of the breasts. Erysipelas of the
breasts.
Hoarseness, noise and rattling in the bronchlaltubes. -very breath causes dry cough.
Night cough. Violent dry cough. Whooping
cough.
BRYONIA.
Every part of the body on which one is lying,
aches.
Sleeplessness from heat, but when one uncovers he feels cold.
Delirium at night. Somnambulism. Nightmare.
Chilliness and shuddering, followed by dry
heat, then sweat. Sour sweat.
Headache, which does not begin when waking, but when opening and moving the eyes.
The blood rushes to the head, and the head
feels compressed from temple to temple. Violent
headache; the head feels very heavy. Headache
when stooping, as if all the contents of the head
would issue through the forehead. The headache begins chiefly in the morning; is aggravated by motion, especially by opening and moving
the eyes.
The scalp is sore and painful to the touch.




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Dryness of the mouth; tongue coated white
or yellow.
Dry, sore throat, with hoarseness. Sticking
sensation in'thethroat when swallowing, turning
the head or touching the throat.
Pain, and sensation of swelling in the region of
the stomach.
Tightness, burning or stinging, in the region
of the liver, when touching it, when coughing
or taking a long breath.
Soreness and bloating of the abdomen.
Dropsy of the abdomen. Constipation.
Hot urine, red or brown, and scanty.
Hoarseness and roughness of voice when in
the open air.   Hoarseness' with easy sweating..-Dry cough. Vomiting of food when coughing. Sensation when coughing asifthe head
and chest would fly to pieces.
Burning pain in the right half of the chest.
The breathing is short and hurried. Cough, difficult breathing and mucous or bloody iexpectoration. Inflammation of the lungs. Pleurisy.
Rheumatism. A great variety of riieun'atic
pains in the back and limbs, with or without redness and swelling.
CAILCAREA.
Is best adapted to children of a' plethoric,
scrofulous or rickety constitution, who have a
tendency to cold in the head, sore eyes or diarrhcea; tedious and difficult teething; weak limnbs
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114      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
and slowness in learning to walk. Also, to
plethoriic'for feeble women, who menstruate too
frequently and too profusely.
Great weakness and sensitiveness to cold air,
and great liability to take cold.
Unhealthy skin, so that small wounds or
scratches inflame and ulcerate and do not heal.
Chaps and cracks in the hands and lips.
Palpitation of the heart, with weakness.
Exhausliag sweat, day and night, Sweat
from the slightest exercise. Night sweats. Internal chilliness.
Melancholy, low spirited, and apprehensive.
Great inclination to weep.'Changeable mood.
The head is easily affected by mental labor.
Headache every morning on waking. Pain
of one side of the head. Pain and pressure in
the top of the head. Pain in the back of the
head, as if pressed assunder. Throbbing pain
in the middle of the brain every morning. Inflammation, redness and ulceration of the nose.
Dryness, stoppage and bad smell from the
nose.
Thin pale face, with dark-bordered eyes.
Swelling of the upper lip in the morning.
Swelling and bleeding of the gums. Blisters
in the mouth and on the tongue.
Weakness and sleepiness after dinner or supper. Violent beating of the heart after dinner.
Pain and fullness in the abdomen and liver.
Constant gurgling in the abdomen.
Obstinate constipation in feeble constitutions.




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Diarrhcea in scrofulous or consumptive persons.
Too frequent and profuse menstruation. During menstruation, rush of blood to the head;
heat in the head and painful pressure in the top
of the head; or toothache. After menstruation,
milk-like or burning and itching leucorrhcea.
Bearing down in the lower part of the back.
Sweat of the knees and of the feet. Burning
or pain and soreness in the soles of the feet.
CALENDULA.
This is an essential remedy as an external application in wounds, when the flesh orP skin is
b-roken or' ct_...It prevents inflammation, and
gF'r-aitly hastens the healing. Also in old suppurating, inflamed, and painful ulcers and sores.
CAMPHOR.
Coldness and chilliness. Cold sweat. Small,
weak puls. Pale face. Spasms of the muscles
of the month, and frothing. Dim vision.
Cholera, with cramps, coldness, anguish and
burning,'and pains at the pit of the stomach.
Pain and difficulty in urinating.
Slow, panting breathing; oppression of the
chest, and feeling of suffocation. Spasms of the
chest.
Fainting.
CANNABIS SAT.
Opacity of the.cornea. Specks on the cornea.
Piercing headache. Headache in the top of
the head, as if a stone were pressing on it.




I I6    PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
Painful pressure in the forehead, temple and eyelids.
Pain in the region of the kidneys. Pain and
difficulty in urinating. Burning pain along the
passage when urinating. Bloody urine. Discharges of mucus.
CANTHARIS.
Erysipelas, with burning and blisters. Heat
and burning in the stomach and abdomen.
Pains in the kidneys, and along the passage
from the kidneys to the bladder. Extreme pain,
burning and difficulty in urinating. Violent
pain, heat and burning in the bladder, and difficult and painful urination. Constant and urgent desire to urinate, passing a few drops with
great pain. Urine bloody. Entire suppression
of urine. The urine passes involuntarily. Wetting the bed, in children.
CARBO VEG.
Is adapted to the following symptoms in persons weak and debilitated. Rheumatic, drawing pains in the limbs and whole body and great
weakness after the pains. The limbs go to sleep,
feel bruised, and the joints are weak.
Burning of the skin in different parts. Nettle
rash. Great disposition to sweat. Morning and
night sweats, with weakness.
Peevish, irritable' and whining mood.
Aching on top and back of the head, with
pain when the hair is touched.' Beating headache. Buzzing in the ear. Falling out of the hair,
after sickness.




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Black, flying spots before the eyes.
The complexion becomes very yellow or very
pale. After eating or drinking, fullness of the
abdomen, and headache.
Diarrhcea, with burning, smarting and aching
in the rectum. Wind colic.
Burning in the soles, or profuse sweat of the
feet.
CAULOPHYLLU1M.
Nervous sleeplessness in weak females. Rheumatic headache.
Nursing sore mouth.
Full, pressed feeling of the uterus. Drawing
in the groins. Labor-like pains. Premature
pains, threatening miscarriage. False, wrangling pains. After-pains.
Painful menstruation.
Taken for some weeks before confinement, it
rendersrIab r miorie  easy.
~Rheumatism of the small joints, feet, hands,
legs and arms.
CHATA1OMI LLA.
Convulsions of children. Weeping, moaning
and starting in sleep.
Great thirst, and dry, red tongue.
Chilliness in the open air, or when uncovered.
Night or morning sweat, without sleep.
Tendency to weep, and start. Crying on account of a very trifling, and often imaginary offense. Peevish; is unable to stop talking about
old vexations.
Excessive sensitiveness to odors.




I I8     PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
Headache as if it would burst, on walking.
The head feels bruised.
Toothache, aggravated by anything warm in
the mouth, or a warm room.
Sour, bitter or putrid taste of the mouth.
Sour eructations, fullness after a meal, and
then nausea and vomiting.
Wind colic; fullness of the abdomen, which
feels bruised. Colic, with light-colored stools.
Hot diarrhceic stools, smelling like rotten eggs.
Discharges of white or green mucus, with
colic.
Yellow, corrosive leucorrhcea, or acrid and
watery. Pressing down, like labor pains.
Before menstruation, cutting colic; abdominal
spasms and drawing in the thighs.
Cramps in the calves.
CINA.
Weakness and other affections, attending the
loss of blood, and other fluids.
Excessive sensibility of the nervous system,
with great weakness.
Languor and exhausted state of body and
mind. Easy sweating.
Headache, pressive, tearing or thr obbing, increased by stepping, or a current of air. Pain
and soreness of the scalp. Sweat of the head.
Face pale, sickly and sunken. Lips dry, parched
and chapped, or blackish.
Yellow skin.. Jaundice.
Drowsiness in the day, and restless sleep at
night.




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Tongue coated white, yellow or dirty. Loss
of appetite. Taste flat, insipid or bitter. Desire
for various things, without knowing what.
Desire for wine or sour things.
Hungry, with nausea. Fullness after eating.
Pain in the region of the liver, when touched.
Swelling of the liver, and spleen.
Undigested, blackish, bilious or white stools.
Ex6essive menstruation. of weakly women,
with discharges of clots of black blood.
CINA.
Bronchial catarrh and cough, remaining after
measles.
Convulsions, and contortions of the limbs.
Epileptic convulsions, without loss of consciousness. The child tosses from side to side;
restless, whether asleep or awake.
Weeping and complaining.
Disposition to bore in the nose, and rub the
nose. Stoppage of the nose.
Pale face, and sickly appearance around the
eyes. GriIdinig the teeth.
Chang2able appetite sometimes voracious.
Vomiting and diarrhoea after drinking.
Cutting pain in the abdomen. Vomiting of
worms. Diarrhcea, and itching of the anus.
Various Complaints, arising from worms.
N. B.-:-  na takes the place 6od-S'-d Th7he in
former editions of this work.
Copious, frequent urination. Turbid urine.
Wetting the bed in children.




I20     PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
Tickling low down in the throat, producing
cough. Before coughing, the child raises itself
suddenly; the whole body looks rigid; it is without consciousness, as if it would have an epileptic fit. The child moans after coughing.
Violent hunger, shortly after a meal.
COCCULUS.
Absorbed in reveries and sad thoughts. Restless eagerness to do something.
Headache, with nausea.
Nausea from riding in a carriage, with colic.
Painful menstruation, with discharge of coagulated blood.
COFFEA.
Great nervousness. Sleeplessness, owing to
agitation,of body and mind,
Frequent yawning.
Sensitiveness to cold, and aversion to open air.
Pain on one side of the head, as if a nail had
been driven into the skull..
Headache, as if the brain were torn, and would
be dashed to pieces, coming on during a walk
in the open air, and subsiding in a room. Pain
in the head, as if too full.
Diarrhcea during teething.
Carampy sensation in the calves and feet.
COLOCYNTH.
Spasmodic pain of the stomach, extending
into the throat, with nausea. Sharp griping in.the abdomen. Griping about the umbilicus,
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relieved on bending forward. Feeling as if the
intestines were squeezed between stones, and
would burst.
Wind colic. Bilious colic.
Diarrhcea, and straining at stool. Dysentery.
Frequent stools, with nausea.
Mucous stools, or liquid and frothy, of yellow
color and musty odor.
Itching, burning, soreness and rawness of the
anus, after stool.
CROTON.
Scarlet redness of the skin, with rashlike
vesicles. Itching, followed by painful burning.
Itch.
Burning inflammation of the mouth, lips and
throat as if burnt.
Great flatulence of the bowels.
Fullness, pressure and burning in the stomach
and -bowels.  Piercing and  cutting in the
bowels.
Numerous liquid stools, with straining. Violent purging.
The urine looks dark and fiery, with greasy
prticles floating on the top, and producing
burning in passing.
CUPRU-IM HIET.
Cramps and convulsions. Deep sleep with
jerking of the limbs.
Convulsive laughter. Craziness, with merry
singing. Artful craziness.
Vomiting. Violent vomiting with diarrhcea.




I22      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
Vomiting, with colic. Cholera, with cramps.
Spasms in the abdomen, with colic.
Violent diarrhoea. Spasms in the throat.
Cough like whooping  cough, arresting the
breathing. Spasmodic asthma.
DROSERA.
Tickling in the throat, with short, hacking
cough. Rough, scraping feeling of dryness in
the throat, with cough and hoarseness.  Pain
below the ribs when coughing. Cough so rapid
and hurried that he is out of breath. Whooping
cough; the cough causes vomiting ahi- -nose
bleed.
DULC AMARA.
Eruption of the skin, like nettlerash. Eruption
forming crusts over the body.
Slimy diarrhcea, from a cold.
Uirine  thick and white, or reddish and burning. Red or white sediment in the urine.
Difficult and painful urination. Catarrh of the
bladder, and discharge of mucus, with the
urine. Cough, with expectoration of tough
mucus,.Wtlh stiches in the chest.
GELSE MIICUM.
Irritability. Dull, stupid, intoxicated feeling
of the head.
Dull, stupefying, pressive headache. Dizziness.
Heaviness of the eyelids; difficult keeping
the eyes open; dim, blurred vision. Double
vision. Dilated pupils.




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Cold in the head, with sneezing and watery
discharges from the nose. Influenza. Measles.. Chilliness, as in the begining of colds, fevers,
and'' mafiy inflammator-y a ffe.tctions.
Chills, with headache and pains in the back
and limbs.
Scarlet fever. Bilious fever, (early stage.)
Excessive -and  tedious labor pains. Afterpains.
GRAPHITES,
Spots on the skin like flea bites. Small, red,
itching pimples. Small boils on the neck, back
and arms.
Unhealthy skin; small injuries inflame and
suppurate.
Night sweat; fetid and sour sweat.
Itching of the hairy scalp. Scabs on the head.
Moist eruptions on the top of the head, painful
to the touch. Scrufy spots on the head. Falling of the hair.
Single hairs get gray.
Bad smelling discharge from the ears.
Sore feeling in the nose, when blowing it,
Black, sweaty pores on the nose. Dry scurfs
in the nose. Sore, cracked ulcerated, nostrils.
Bad smell from the nose. Obstruction of the
nose.
Erysipelas ofthe face; freckles.
Ulcerated corners of the mouth.
Eruption on the chin.
Profuse leucorrhcea, mucous or thin.




I24J     PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
The toe and finger nails are thick, rough and
deformed.
HAMAMELIS.
Bleeding from the nose, stomach, bowels,
lungs, uterus and bladder; the blood being usually dark. Bloody dysentery. Piles. Milk leg.
Inflammation and enlargement of]tie veins' oft'he
legs and other parts..
HEPAR SULPHUR.
Fine stinging, burning, itching. Nettle rash.
Chapped skin of the hands and feet. Slight injuries become sore and suppurate. Ulcers bleed
easily.
Redness and swelling of the upper eyelid.
Styes. Running of fetid pus from the ears.
Eruptions about the mouth. Itching pimples
on the chin.
Looseness of the teeth-the gums bleed
easily.
Smarting roughness and rawness of the throat.
Stinging and stitches in the throat-sometimes
extending to the ears.
Fetid sweats in the arm pits.
Cough, from scraping and roughness of the
thr6oai.
"P~6ehaps the best remedy for felon; chilblains.
HYDRASTIS.
Old ulcers. Small pox. Running from the
ears. Cancer.
Swelling of the eyelids, with discharge of pus,




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and sticking together of the eyelids. (External
and internal use.)
Obstinate catarrh, (used internally and sntfed.)
Canker of the mouth. Nursing sore mouth.
Ulcerated throat, (as a gargle.) Diphtheria.
Dyspepsia, with weakness of the stomach.
Chronic, mucous diarrhoea. Obstinate constipation.
IGNATIA.
Jerks in the limbs w;hen going to sleep. Restless sleep, with night-mare. Moaning in sleep.
Snoring. Excessive convulsive yawning.
Anxious desire to do things in haste; hurriedness.
Impatient - intolerant of contradiction, or
noise.
Still, serious melancholy. Brooding to himself.
Great grief at loss of friends.
Ulcerated nostrils, or pain as if ulcerated.
The lips crack and bleed. Ulceration in the
corners of the mouth.
Stinging in the throat when not swallowing.
Sensation when swallowing as if one swallowed
over a lump. Stinging sore throat.
Rough, dry cough, especially after measles.
IPECAC.
Rigid stretching of the body in children. Chilliness, but unable to bear warmth.
Peevish, impatient; unable to bear the least
noise.
Headache, as if the brain and skull were




I26      PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
bruised, through all the bones, down to the root
of the tongue, with nausea.
Yellowish or white coating of the tongue.
Sweet taste, as of blood in the mouth.
Bitter taste. Nausea and vomiting.
Vomiting of food or r'mucus; yelLow, green or
jelly-iekori.orff' black, pitch-like  substance.
Sense of great emptiness and goneness of the
stomach.
Wind colic, with diarrhcea.
Stool green as grass, or fermented, like yeast.
Fetid  stools. Stools covered with bloody
mucus.
Liquid  diarrhoea,  with  nausea. Bloody
stools.
Bloody urine. Turbid urine, with brick-dust
sediment.
Uterine hemorrhage.
Rattling of mucus in the bronchial tubes.
uflocative cough. Cough from tickling in
the throat and through the chest.
Bleeding from the lungs.
Spasmodic asthma.
KALI BICHROMIC U3Ml.
Excessive weakness, and small pulse. Soreness of the nose, with watery discharge, and
sneezing.  Stoppage and ulceration  of the
nose.
Loss of smell.
Tongue smooth, red and cracked.
Scraping of the throat. Throat sore, red,
swollen, painful and finally ulcerated.




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Important in diphtheria, ulcerated throat and
membranous croup.
P Tickling in the throat, causing cough.
Loud wheezing cough, with retching and expectoration of tough mucus. Chronic loud
cough. Loud wheezing and -rattling in the
chest.
Difficult breathing, with expectoration of
white mucus as tough as pitch.
KALI HYDlRIODICUM.
Profuse, dry eruption on the face, on the
shoulders and over the whole bady.
Catarrhal fever.
Burning in the eyes, with secretion of yellow
mucus. Burning and redness of the lids, and
itching.
Redness and swelling of nose. Discharge of'
burning, acrid water from the nose.
Profuse watery discharge from the nose.
Dry, chapped lips. Ulceration ofthe tongue
and mouth.
Sore throat. Dull, stinging pains in the
throat.....
Thin, watery, acrid leucorrhoea.
Hoarseness, cough, soreness of the bronchia
and oppressed breathing.
Influenza, with sneezing, headache and drowsiness.
Irrtitation of the throat, with dry cough, followed by copious, greenish expectoration.




I28     PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
LEPTANDRIN.
Bilious headache, with coated tongue, bitter
taste, and low spirits.
Dull aching in the region of the liver, extending to the back. Jaundice, with light clay-colored stools. Stool followed by a feeling of weakness of the bowels and rectum. Stools hard,
black and lumpy, then soft and mushy.
Great rumbling and distress in the lower
bowels, with profuse, black, fetid stools.
Mucous, bloody stools.
MACROTIN.
Nervous, rheumatic and menstrual headache.
Dull pain in the back of the head and neck.
Leucorrhcea. Excessive menstruation. Suppressed menses. Weight and bearing down of
the uterine region and back.
Labor-like pains during pregnancy. Spinal
irritation.
Rheumatism in the back and limbs.
MERCURIJS.
Inflammation of the eyes, with itching, burning, swelling and redness. Scurf round the eyes.
Running of water and pus from the eyes, and
sticking together of the lids. Ulcer on the
cornea.
Pain and discharge from the ears.
Swelling of the nose. Sneezing and running
of the nose.,Ulcerations and cracks in the corners of the
mouth.
Swelling and ulcerations of the gums. Sore




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mouth; cancer; salivation. Swelling of the
tongue.
Sore throat. Pain when swallowing. Ulcers
in the thr'oat. Diphftheriha...'"-' Inflammation  nd pain in the liver. Jaundice.
Colic and diarrhcea, pain worse by walking.
and chilliness. Inflammation of the bowels.
Diarrhcea, with chilliness, and urging at
stool.
Dysentery.
Brown urine; dark red as if mixed with
blood.
Constant desire to urinate.
Catarrh, with chilliness, sore throat and runnign at the nose.
Swelling of the glands of the neck, arm  pits
and groins.
N. B.-lerc. cor. is usually  preferable in
dysentery. In  6thfie  cases Merc. sol. is pref-eo"rfr7FT6 women and children, and Al/erc. cor.
for men.
_Aerc. iodatus is preferable to either in diphthera, a'nfs'oii me forms of ulcerated throat.
NUX VOMICA.
Chronic ailments from the use of wine, spirituous liquors, coffee and other narcotics, and from
watching.
Pain in all the joints, as if bruised; worse from
motion. Paralysis and trembling of the limbs.
Trembling of drunkards. Convulsions and
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I30      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY.
spasms. Bending the head and body backwards.
St. Vitus dance.
Chilblains, itching, and burning.
Great chilliness; sometimes with hothead and
face, and he6a dache.
Burning, internal heat and thirst.
Starting on going to sleep. Horrid dreams.
Sour night sweat. Morning sweat.
Great sensitiveness to all external impressions.
Noise, talk, strong odors and bright light are
intolerable.
Headache, from stormy weather, wine or coffee fr0om thinking; piles from sedentary habits.
Headache, with nausea.  Headache on one
toide      ofthe nose.
Stoppage of the nose.
Earthy,; "''yel;ovigshl'complexion.
Cankered mouth. Sour taste. Milk sours.
Putrid taste. Hungry, but aversion to food.
After a meal, sick feeling, as if he had overloaded his stomach; low spirits; chilly; hot face;
dull headache; sleepiness and nausea.
Hiccough; bitter or sour eructation; heartburn.
Pressure in the stomach, as from a stone.
Fullness and throbbing in the liver. Jaundice.
Constipation from sedentary habits.
Mucous diarrhoea. After stools, burning and
smarting in the rectum. Piles, burning and
pricking.




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Painful discharge of thick urine; burning and
pricking.
Internal swelling of the vagina, like prolapsus.
The menses appear too early. During the
menses, nausea, chilliness,fainting and headache.
Y'ellow Tleucorrh-.a.
Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
Symptoms of miscarriage. False labor pains.
Colds, with headache; heat in the face; Chillines " and scraping in the' throat and chest, with
hawking.
Dry, fatiguing, continuous cough.
Bruised pain'in the- back. Stiffness of the back
and neck.
PHOSPHORUS.
Hectic fever, night sweats.
Pale, sickly, or sunken, livid countenance.
Sore throat, with dark redness, burning and
dry.
Burning in the stomach,
Chronic diarrhoea; also of consumptive persons.
Alternate constipation and diarrh3 of old
persons.
Burning. gnawing and itching injthe rectum.
Colds, with roughness of the throat and windpipe.
Violent cold,with hoarseness, cough and fever.
Expectoration of tough or reddish mucus.
Inflammation of the lungs.




132      PRACTICAL HOMOgOPATHY.
PHOSPHORIC ACID.
Pains in the bones and weakness of the young
who are growing rapidly.
Prbofuse morning sweat.
Scurf on the nose and large pimples on the
face.
Diarrhoe a, with rumbling and pain. Watery
diarrhoea, or white-gray. Passage of undigestted food.
Milky urine.
PHODOPHYLLIN.
Pains in the bowels, followed by diarrhoea.
Pullness, paiin ad soreness in the region of
the liver.
Diarrhoea in the morning, or after eating.
Diarrhoea, with screaming, in children, when
teething.
Green, white, slimy or hot, watery stools,
with great weakness. Undigested stools. Darkyellow  mucous stools, smelling lik'e carrion.
Chalk-like stools, with gagging and thirst in
children.
Chronic diarrhoea, worse in the morning.
Falling of the bowel in children. Piles.
Leucorrhcea, thick, transparent. Prolapsus
uteri.
PULSATILLA.
Restless sleep, with dry, burning heat. Disposed to weep or cough. Gloomy; peevish;
sullen; chilly.
Headache deep in the orbits, when moving
the eyes,




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Headache, as if from intoxication, or watching
or as from overloading the stomach, or from
fat meat..Redness and swelling of the edges of the eyelids. Stye.
Earache. Hardness of hearing. Discharge
fr om the ears.
Green, fetid discharge from the nose.
Toothache when taking anything warm in the
mouth.
Slimy taste, or taste of putrid meat.
The middle of the tongue feels as if burnt.
Nausea. Vomiting, sour, salt or bitter.
Food tastes bitter. Waterbrash. Eructations, tasting of the food, or sour, bitter or bilious.
Urging to stool, as if diarrhnea would set in.
Suppressed menses, with nausea and vomiting.
Before the menses, chilliness,stretching, yawning and heaviness of the abdomen.
During the menses, pain of the stomach;
pressure in the abdomen and back; chilliness and
pale face.
The blood is thick, black and clotty.
Leucorrhoea; burning, or thin and acrid; or
milky, or thick and mucous. Swelling of the
breast, and excessive secretion of milk, when
weaning.
Cough, with difficult expectoration of yellow
mucus, or bitter. Cough, with putrid expectoration and hectic fever.




134      PRACTICAL HOM(EOPATHY.
RHUS TOX.
Rheumatism, with stiffness and weakness of
the joints, with stinging pains.
Swelling or redness on or near the joints.
Rheumatism of the hip joint and wrist.
The greatest stiffness and pain are felt on first
moving the joints after rest, and in the morning.
Bad effects from straining parts. Pains as if
sprained.
Greatest sensitiveness to the open air.
Burning, itching eruptions of vesicles.
Nettle rash. Shingles. Erysipelas, with blisters. Swelling of glands.
Evening fever, with diarrhcea.
Inflammation of the eyelids. Gluing of the eyes
together. Red, hard stye on the lids.
Milk crusts.
Parched, red, dry tongue.
Diarrhcea. Red and yellow stools, mixed with
mucus, jelly-like, and fluid. Stools mixed with
blood.
SEPIA.
Is an important remedy for females. Ringworm. Flushes of heat.
Palpitation of the heart, in the evening in bed
and beating of all the arteries.
Profuse night sweat. Cold night sweat on the
chest back and thighs. Sourish night sweat.
Morning sweat. Sweat from the least exertion.
Despondent; sad; indifferent. Sensitive to
noise.
Dizziness only when walking.
Morning headache, with nausea. Beating




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headache in the evening. Headache as if the
head would burst, and the eyes fall out.
Pain in the scalp, when touching it.
Great falling off' of the hair.
Small red pimples on the forehead. Rough
lorehead.
Yellow spots on the face. Black pores on
the face. Yellowness round the mouth.
Pain of the tongue, as if burnt and blistered.
Everything tastes too salt.
Heat and palpitation of the heart, after eating.
Morning nausea.
Vomiting, during pregnancy.
Exhausting diarrhcea; green or sour in children,
or putrid, sourish, fetid smell.
Slimy qiarrboea, with distended abdomen.
Itching and tiog`ng in the rectum.
Prolapsus of the uterus and vagina.
Before the menses, colic and faintness, shuddering, and acrid leucerrhoea, producing soreness.
During the menses, exhustion, toothache,
pain in the limbs, spasms in the abdomen and
pressing downward.
Leucorrhoea, with stiches in the uterus, or
with itching in the vagina. Bloody mucus;
yellowish, watery or mucous leucorrhoea.
Discharge of a greenish, red fluid, during pregnancy.
Leucorrhyea like milk, only in the day time,
producing soreness.
During pregnancy-toothache, nausea and
vomiting, and stinging in the breast.




I36      PRACTICAL HOtICEOPATHY.
Sprained weary feeling in the small of the
back.
Violent cramps in the calves at night.
Profuse sweat of the feet. Burning of the feet
at night. Fetid smell of the feet.
SPONGIA.
Stinging in the throat. Hoarseness, cough and
running at the nose. Scraping and burning at
tihe'throat.: Difficult breathing, as if the throat
were closed by a plug. Hoiilow cough, day and
night. Pain in the chest and windpipe, when
coughing, with roughness in the throat. Constant cough, from a deep spot in the chest where
a pain is telt, as if sore. Croup.
SULPHUR.
Scurfy eruptions, itching.
Stinging, itching rash. Milk crusts.
Nettle rash, with fever. Burning, itching eruptions.
Liver spots on the chest and back; itching.
Yellow brown spots. Dry, scaly eruptions.
Unhealthy skin. Boils.
Swelling, suppuration, or hardness of glands.
Disease of bones.
Low spirits. Extremely forgetful.
Pain in the center of the head, from coughing
or sneezing. Pain in the top of the head as if
the eyes would be pressed down.
Scald head, or fetid and moist eruption with
thick pus, yellow crust, and itching.
Itching of the eyelids. Painful dryness of the
eyeballs. Heat or bruised pain in the eyes.




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Running of matter from the eyes.
Ulceration of the nose. Dryness. Loss of
smell.
Chapped lips. Eruption around the mouth.
Chronic constipation, and with piles; lumpy
stooT,.m.Tfi&ix-e h.....;ti~I" mucus, with  burning
pain in the rectum. Scalding, hot stools.
Burning in the vagina, and itching in the external parts.
Burning, painful leucorrhcea, producing soreness.
Dry cough, only when in the open air.
Dry night cough. Coughing up greenish
lumps.
TARTAR EMETIC.
Violent itching and suppurating rash.
Round, large, burning, painful pustules, surrounded by a red circle. Boil-like pustules, with
violent, painful itching. Pustules containing a
bloody or blackish fluid. Small pox.
Fever with restlessness; chilliness, alternating
with heat; great heat and thirst; Muttering delirum. Headache and palpitation of the heart;
Dullness; drowsy and weary feeling.
The eyeballs feel bruised and sore. Influenza.
Dryness of the lips and mouth. Red tongue,
covered with raised, red points.
Sore throat, with burning heat of throat.
Loathing-of food; nausea. Vomiting and diarrhooa... Feeble voice. Cough and sneezing.
Short and difficult breathing.' Inflammation




138      PRACTICAL HOMCEOPATHY,
of the lungs, with continued dry, or loose, ratt    ihg-figh; cannot breath lying down.
Velvety feeling of the chest.
VERATRUM ALBUM.
Blue skin in cholera. Coldness of the body.
Cold sweat. Sweat, with burning skin.
Headache, with nausea, vomiting and pale
face.
Chilly on the top of-the head.
Cold sweat on the forehead.
Cold disfigured face, as of a dead person.
Redness of lace when lying down and pale
when sitting up.
Tongue dry, blackish and cracked.
Desire for fruit and acid things. Intense thirst.
Nausea before breakfast. Nausea, with bitter taste.
Hiccough. Drinking is followed by shuddering or goose skin.
Great nausea, with thirst. Vomiting of bile,
of food and of mucus, with great weakness.  
Black vomit. Cholera.  Cholera morbos.
Coidness or burning of the stomach.
Voilent diarrhoea, with chilliness. Extreme
weakness during the stools.
Scanty, burning, yellow, turbid or dark-red
urine.
Cramps of the calves. Icy cold feet.




INDEX.
PAGE.                                    PAGE.
Abdomen, Affections of.... 60, 68  Constipation.................  59
After Pains..8.............  86  Convulsions.................  10O
Amenorrhoea................  80  Corns....................  54
Angina Pectoris............   73  Coryza.................. 69
Asthma......................    70  Costiveness..................  59
Cough.....................71, 103
Beating of the Heart........    71  Crying......................  96
Bee Stings.55 Cystitis.50
Bilious Fever................  30
Biliousness............  68  Diarrhoea...............61, 99
Bites of Insects, &c.......        56  Diet..........................  25
Bladder, Inflammation of...         50  Diphtheria...............  36
Bleeding from  the Bowels....       61  Diseases of Children.........  95
C"    "'    Lungs....  73             "      Women..........   80
"    Nose....  72  Dose..........................  25
c"         "    Stomach.. 73  Dysentery......                           62
Blows...................  56  Dyssnenorrhoea.............  81
Bonce, weakness of.......... 101  Dyspepsia...................             69
B3cwls, affectlon of 60, 68, 98, 100
"  bleeding fron..........      61  Epistaxis....................  72
"  fallir, of............... 104  Erysipelas...................  41
"  ii-flaInmation of'........  45  Eyelids, Inflammation  of....  54
loosened: of....60, 6', 98, 100  Eyes, Inflamml ation of....52, 105
c pain  in.          0,   65, 98, 110
Breast, broken............ 95  Fainting.....................    74
Breathing, Difficult.....70, 71, 73  Falling of the Bowels....... 105
Bronchial Catarrh...........    69  Fatigue                                 79
Bronchitis...............  69  Felon........................   60
Brain, Inflammation of....51, 53  Feet, Inflammation of.......  54
eBruises.......................  57  Fevers.....................            27'Burns........................  57  Fevers, Bilous...............  30
I" ntermittent........  32
Cancer......................   75          "    Scarlet...............   33
Carbuncle...................  58           "    Spotted..............  53
Canker.......................  76  Finger.....................   59
Catarrh.......  95  Fits...........................  100
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis...   53
Chilblains....................  55  Glands Enlargement of.....  75
Children, Diseases of......   95  Goitre........................    75
Chills and Fever............  32
Cholera, Asiatic.............    67  Head, Scurf on......                 105
"    Infantum...........    98        "    Cold in...............  69
"    Morbus.............  66  Headache....................  77
Colic.......................   63  Heart, Palpitation of........  71
Cold in the Chest.............    47  Heart,. Spasm  of.............   73
c       Head.............      47  Hemorrhage from  Bowels..   61
"T Nose.                       47                    " "   Lungs....  73
Coma........................    5              "  "           Nose.         72
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Hemorrhoids............ 63  Pains after Labor............   86
Hepatitis................  46  Palpitation of the Heart....  71
Piles........................ 65
Indigestion..             67  Pin Worms.................        63
Inflammation of the-                  Pleurisy....                    49
Bladder............ 51  Pneumonia................     47
Bowels.................   44  Poisoning......... 76
Brain..........          51  Prolapsus of Bowels......... 105
Breasts............... 9.5         "         Uteri.........82
Eyes...........2, 105
Fingers............ 59  Quinsy......                     44
Kidneys.............. 50
Liver..........    45  Rattlesnake Bite............ 55
Throat......33, 34, 35. 36, 44  Remittent Fever............ 30
Influenna..48 Rheumatism.                              42
Influenza..................~.... Ricets.....  42
Intermittent Fever.......... 32 Rickets............100
Itch................... 40 Roseola.39
Jaundice.................... 68  Scalds......................... 56
Searlatina...........      33
Kidneys, Inflammation of...  49           "      Anginos..........   34
Malignant....,  35
Labor...................... 85  Scarlet Fever, see Scarlatina.
Labor, pains weak...........  86  Scurf on head............... 1(5
Leucorrhcea................. 84  Scrofula.................... 112
List of Remedies............ 19  Sea Sickness.............             63
Liver, Inflammationof.. 46  Skin, Yellowness of..........               66
Lungs, Inflammation of           47  Small Pox................... 38
Lungs, Cold on........          69  Sneezing...69, 70
Sore Mouth................92, 95
Malignant Scarlatina....... 35  Sore Nipples.............87
Materia Mediea............. 107  Spotted Fever............... 53
Measles................  38  Stings.......................   56
Menstruation, Scanty.......  80  Spasms................ 100
f"         Painful...... 81  Stomachache........6.....62, 67
C"        Profuse...... 82  Stomach, Affections of.             59
Milk Fever................ 94  Stoppage of Nose.......    96
Milk Leg..............~ 87  Stye................. 55
Morning Sickness.......... 85  Summer Complaints....... 97
Monthly Sickness, see Men-            Syncope...................... 74
struation,                       Tape Wor.................    63
Mouth Sore.............. 76, 93
umps, So...................... 1010538
Throat, Sore......33,  34, 35, 36, 44
Nephritis...................  49  Thrush....................... 9584
PaiNervousnessa.., se.Hadch...94  Tonsils, Inflammation of....  44
Nettle Rash........... 640  UrWone, Fallinence of..8... 101
Pain of...........42 Women,   iseases of80
Pains of Labor......             86 W43  Variola......................  38
Nipples, Sore................  87  Variooid..................  38
Nose Bleed.................. 72
Nose, Stoppage of........ 96, 69  Weakness of the Limbs..... 100
Nursing Sore Mouth......... 92  Wetting the Bed;............ 100
Whites................ 84
Whitlow.................... 59
Pain in H_ ad, see Headache.          Whooping Cough............ 103
~ Stomach...........62,    67  Womb, Falling of........... 83
Pain of Nerves......... 142  Women, Diseases of.........  80
Pains of Labor.............. 86  Worms.......................         64