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| {{anchor:s13}}For the sake of perspicuity, the <span grade2>Repertory</span> of the translation deviates from that of the original in one or two particulars, e. g., in the repetition of a few headings under several rubrics, and in the separation of the conditions of <span grade2>amelioration</span> from those of <span grade2>aggravation</span>. {{anchor:s14}}For the same reason, the alphabetical arrangement has not, in all cases been strictly adhered to. | {{anchor:s13}}For the sake of perspicuity, the <span grade2>Repertory</span> of the translation deviates from that of the original in one or two particulars, e. g., in the repetition of a few headings under several rubrics, and in the separation of the conditions of <span grade2>amelioration</span> from those of <span grade2>aggravation</span>. {{anchor:s14}}For the same reason, the alphabetical arrangement has not, in all cases been strictly adhered to. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s15}}§ 1. THE NAMES. {{anchor:s16}}- As with many diseases, the nature and individuality of which are the subject of diverse opinions, and which are of frequent occurrence and yet present considerable difficulties in the way of a speedy and complete cure, so we find applied to hooping cough a long series of names, almost all of which refer to some common or obvious peculiarity of the cough, but which, for the most part, contribute but little to a sharp characterizing of it. | + | {{anchor:s15}} |
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| + | ===== § 1. THE NAMES. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s16}}As with many diseases, the nature and individuality of which are the subject of diverse opinions, and which are of frequent occurrence and yet present considerable difficulties in the way of a speedy and complete cure, so we find applied to hooping cough a long series of names, almost all of which refer to some common or obvious peculiarity of the cough, but which, for the most part, contribute but little to a sharp characterizing of it. | ||
| {{anchor:s17}}The most current and best known are the following: | {{anchor:s17}}The most current and best known are the following: | ||
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| {{anchor:s31}}The title Hooping Cough, which has, in its favor the greatest number of authorities and which is universally understood, will answer our purpose, especially since, by adding the clause "in its various forms" we mean to intimate that we do not propose here to treat of an independent, unchangeable variety of cough, but of such a cough as distinguishes itself, in its external manifestations, from other coughs, <span grade2>only by its spasmodic character</span>. | {{anchor:s31}}The title Hooping Cough, which has, in its favor the greatest number of authorities and which is universally understood, will answer our purpose, especially since, by adding the clause "in its various forms" we mean to intimate that we do not propose here to treat of an independent, unchangeable variety of cough, but of such a cough as distinguishes itself, in its external manifestations, from other coughs, <span grade2>only by its spasmodic character</span>. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s32}}§ 2. HISTORY. {{anchor:s33}}- The history of Hooping Cough goes back into grey antiquity and is lost more and more in darkness and uncertainty the farther we endeavor to trace it; for in early days, as also now, to some extent, especially in cases of diseases that occur in various forms and are not of an independent and unchangeable nature, exact descriptions of each special manifestation were not recorded and we have but scanty and indefinite intimations of them. | + | {{anchor:s32}} |
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| + | ===== § 2. HISTORY. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s33}}The history of Hooping Cough goes back into grey antiquity and is lost more and more in darkness and uncertainty the farther we endeavor to trace it; for in early days, as also now, to some extent, especially in cases of diseases that occur in various forms and are not of an independent and unchangeable nature, exact descriptions of each special manifestation were not recorded and we have but scanty and indefinite intimations of them. | ||
| {{anchor:s34}}Some authors assert that even Hippocrates (<span grade2>Epid</span>., L, VI and VII; <span grade2>Morb. {{anchor:s35}}Mulier</span>, L, I, and even in the <span grade2>Aphor</span>., VI, 46,) intended to refer to this disease. {{anchor:s36}}Also the Arabians, Mesue (<span grade2>Jahiah ebu Masawaih</span>,) in the ninth and Avicenna ( <span grade2>Al-Hussein-Alu-Ali-Ben Abdallah, Ebn Sina.</span>,) in the eleventh century are supposed to have known and described this cough. | {{anchor:s34}}Some authors assert that even Hippocrates (<span grade2>Epid</span>., L, VI and VII; <span grade2>Morb. {{anchor:s35}}Mulier</span>, L, I, and even in the <span grade2>Aphor</span>., VI, 46,) intended to refer to this disease. {{anchor:s36}}Also the Arabians, Mesue (<span grade2>Jahiah ebu Masawaih</span>,) in the ninth and Avicenna ( <span grade2>Al-Hussein-Alu-Ali-Ben Abdallah, Ebn Sina.</span>,) in the eleventh century are supposed to have known and described this cough. | ||
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| {{anchor:s45}}Subsequently, such epidemics of Hooping Cough occurred at continually shorter intervals. {{anchor:s46}}Among us, for example, they raged in 1709,1712, 1732,1747,1755,1768,1772, 1775, 1777,1780, etc., but with various degrees of severity, often in a milder form. {{anchor:s47}}The case has been much the same during the <span grade2>former</span> half of the present century, and, at the present day, the disease scarcely at all ceases to prevail, but occurs, year in and year out, in rather a sporadic form, however, attacking isolated children or families, here and there; although periods do still occur in which the malady takes the complete form of an epidemic. {{anchor:s48}}[Similar facts, easily attested by a historical reference, are found in the history of several diseases both external (measles scarlatina, small-pox,) and internal (nervous fever, grippe, cholera), of which, in the course of time, the great wide-spread epidemics have pretty much disappeared; while, on the other hand, their sporadic appearance in isolated regions and individuals is an almost constant phenomenon. {{anchor:s49}}This circumstance seems worthy of especial consideration, when we come to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of vaccination hitherto practised, against which, of late years, so many and powerful voices have been raised.] | {{anchor:s45}}Subsequently, such epidemics of Hooping Cough occurred at continually shorter intervals. {{anchor:s46}}Among us, for example, they raged in 1709,1712, 1732,1747,1755,1768,1772, 1775, 1777,1780, etc., but with various degrees of severity, often in a milder form. {{anchor:s47}}The case has been much the same during the <span grade2>former</span> half of the present century, and, at the present day, the disease scarcely at all ceases to prevail, but occurs, year in and year out, in rather a sporadic form, however, attacking isolated children or families, here and there; although periods do still occur in which the malady takes the complete form of an epidemic. {{anchor:s48}}[Similar facts, easily attested by a historical reference, are found in the history of several diseases both external (measles scarlatina, small-pox,) and internal (nervous fever, grippe, cholera), of which, in the course of time, the great wide-spread epidemics have pretty much disappeared; while, on the other hand, their sporadic appearance in isolated regions and individuals is an almost constant phenomenon. {{anchor:s49}}This circumstance seems worthy of especial consideration, when we come to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of vaccination hitherto practised, against which, of late years, so many and powerful voices have been raised.] | ||
| - | {{anchor:s50}}§ 3. THE PICTURE OF THE DISEASE. {{anchor:s51}}- An elaborate picture of Hooping Cough, completely finished even to the finest shadings, will hardly be expected in a work like the present. {{anchor:s52}}Such a picture would be superfluous, for the reason that everyone who may resort to these pages for connsel, will already have learned to recognize this cough, which occurs, alas, only too frequently; or if, by good fortune, he has not yet had an opportunity of learning to know it, he can easily do so, through the symptoms, which are herein presented in great abundance and in a form which admits of easy reference. {{anchor:s53}}On the other hand, a complete description would require an expansion of the work which would be out of place and would cause it, through diffuseness, to lose in comprehensibility and in facility for reference. {{anchor:s54}}Our purpose, then, will be sufficiently attained by a detail of the following principal features of the affection. | + | {{anchor:s50}} |
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| + | ===== § 3. THE PICTURE OF THE DISEASE. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s51}}An elaborate picture of Hooping Cough, completely finished even to the finest shadings, will hardly be expected in a work like the present. {{anchor:s52}}Such a picture would be superfluous, for the reason that everyone who may resort to these pages for counsel, will already have learned to recognize this cough, which occurs, alas, only too frequently; or if, by good fortune, he has not yet had an opportunity of learning to know it, he can easily do so, through the symptoms, which are herein presented in great abundance and in a form which admits of easy reference. {{anchor:s53}}On the other hand, a complete description would require an expansion of the work which would be out of place and would cause it, through diffuseness, to lose in comprehensibility and in facility for reference. {{anchor:s54}}Our purpose, then, will be sufficiently attained by a detail of the following principal features of the affection. | ||
| {{anchor:s55}}The true peculiarity of Hooping Cough, and which distinguishes it most definitely from all other varieties of cough, consists in the following, viz.: the cough appears in <span grade2>paroxysms,</span> which last a longer or shorter time, <span grade2>are distinct from each other</span> and independent, and <span grade2>are repeated</span>, more or less frequently, by day as well as at night. {{anchor:s56}}During these paroxysms of cough, the individual coughs follow each other more or less quickly in a spasmodic manner and cease, only to admit of long and deep <span grade2>inspirations</span> which are laboriously effected and are accompanied by <span grade2>various</span> but, generally, <span grade2>peculiar tones</span>, whereupon the cough is resumed in a similar manner until the paroxysm is entirely at an end. {{anchor:s57}}After each such paroxysm there follows a longer or shorter <span grade2>pause</span>, during which, especially in the beginning of the disease, the patient recovers himself and a period of relative health ensues which endures until the next paroxysm. {{anchor:s58}}Only when the malady has already lasted weeks and months does a higher degree of ill-health ensue, in consequence of the repeated paroxysms; the patients, then, no longer enjoy the benefit of recovering their vigor during the pauses between the paroxysms of cough; the entire organism is sympathetically affected; the patient keeps growing sicker, weaker and more wretched; and either he passes away during a paroxysm or else the seed of one of the various, but for the most part, malignant diseases is deposited which often fatally undermine health and life. | {{anchor:s55}}The true peculiarity of Hooping Cough, and which distinguishes it most definitely from all other varieties of cough, consists in the following, viz.: the cough appears in <span grade2>paroxysms,</span> which last a longer or shorter time, <span grade2>are distinct from each other</span> and independent, and <span grade2>are repeated</span>, more or less frequently, by day as well as at night. {{anchor:s56}}During these paroxysms of cough, the individual coughs follow each other more or less quickly in a spasmodic manner and cease, only to admit of long and deep <span grade2>inspirations</span> which are laboriously effected and are accompanied by <span grade2>various</span> but, generally, <span grade2>peculiar tones</span>, whereupon the cough is resumed in a similar manner until the paroxysm is entirely at an end. {{anchor:s57}}After each such paroxysm there follows a longer or shorter <span grade2>pause</span>, during which, especially in the beginning of the disease, the patient recovers himself and a period of relative health ensues which endures until the next paroxysm. {{anchor:s58}}Only when the malady has already lasted weeks and months does a higher degree of ill-health ensue, in consequence of the repeated paroxysms; the patients, then, no longer enjoy the benefit of recovering their vigor during the pauses between the paroxysms of cough; the entire organism is sympathetically affected; the patient keeps growing sicker, weaker and more wretched; and either he passes away during a paroxysm or else the seed of one of the various, but for the most part, malignant diseases is deposited which often fatally undermine health and life. | ||
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| {{anchor:s63}}The <span grade2>duration</span> of the proper Hooping Cough disease, when left to itself, is very various and may be from two months to a half year. {{anchor:s64}}But there are also cases which last still longer and in these, as a general rule, the sequelae are extremely, deplorable. {{anchor:s65}}Allopathy has seldom succeeded in abridging this duration. | {{anchor:s63}}The <span grade2>duration</span> of the proper Hooping Cough disease, when left to itself, is very various and may be from two months to a half year. {{anchor:s64}}But there are also cases which last still longer and in these, as a general rule, the sequelae are extremely, deplorable. {{anchor:s65}}Allopathy has seldom succeeded in abridging this duration. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s66}}§4. THE SEAT AND NATURE OF HOOPING COUGH. {{anchor:s67}}— Investigations and observations upon the <span grade2>seat</span> and the <span grade2>nature</span> of Hooping Cough, have, from the first appearance of the disease to our own day, given occupation to numerous physicians; and, as generally happens, each one of them has expressed an opinion of his own and given it out for the only correct one. | + | {{anchor:s66}} |
| - | {{anchor:s68}}It will hardly be expected that all these views should here be cited and elucidated. {{anchor:s69}}We gladly relinquish to the <span grade2>learned pathologist</span> the task of pronouncing whether the <span grade2>nature</span> (and seat) of Hooping Cough is to be sought for in the <span grade2>irritation</span> produced by an insect (Rosentein, Linnaeus, Clesius), or in a <span grade2>hot exhalation</span> <span grade2>of the blood</span> (Sydenham), or in a peculiar miasm (Jahn, Bohme), or in the <span grade2>stomach</span> or <span grade2>intestinal</span> <span grade2>canal</span> (Dauz, Waldschmidt, Stoll), or in <span grade2>spasm</span> of the <span grade2>glottis</span> and of the <span grade2>diaphragm</span> (Gardien), or in the <span grade2>eighth pair of nerves</span> (Hufeland, Wendt), or - anywhere else. {{anchor:s70}}We content ourselves with stating, in all brevity and without intending to oppose any other opinion, that we ourselves incline, in preference, to the view of Dr. Whatt, who, after losing his own three children from Hooping Cough, came to the conclusion that this disease consists in an i <span grade2>nflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and its ramifications</span> (Bronchitis [By reason of painful experiences in his own family, Dr. Whatt must, in this case, be regarded as just as good authority as the still more famous Sydenham, whose work on "Podagra" is still held in the highest esteem, <span grade2>because</span> he himself suffered from, and <span grade2>although</span> he himself <span grade2>died of</span>, that same disease.]). | + | ===== §4. THE SEAT AND NATURE OF HOOPING COUGH. ===== |
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| + | {{anchor:s67}}Investigations and observations upon the <span grade2>seat</span> and the <span grade2>nature</span> of Hooping Cough, have, from the first appearance of the disease to our own day, given occupation to numerous physicians; and, as generally happens, each one of them has expressed an opinion of his own and given it out for the only correct one. | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s68}}It will hardly be expected that all these views should here be cited and elucidated. {{anchor:s69}}We gladly relinquish to the <span grade2>learned pathologist</span> the task of pronouncing whether the <span grade2>nature</span> (and seat) of Hooping Cough is to be sought for in the <span grade2>irritation</span> produced by an insect (Rosentein, Linnaeus, Clesius), or in a <span grade2>hot exhalation</span> <span grade2>of the blood</span> (Sydenham), or in a peculiar miasm (Jahn, Bohme), or in the <span grade2>stomach</span> or <span grade2>intestinal</span> <span grade2>canal</span> (Dauz, Waldschmidt, Stoll), or in <span grade2>spasm</span> of the <span grade2>glottis</span> and of the <span grade2>diaphragm</span> (Gardien), or in the <span grade2>eighth pair of nerves</span> (Hufeland, Wendt), or - anywhere else. {{anchor:s70}}We content ourselves with stating, in all brevity and without intending to oppose any other opinion, that we ourselves incline, in preference, to the view of Dr. Whatt, who, after losing his own three children from Hooping Cough, came to the conclusion that this disease consists in an <span grade2>inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea and its ramifications</span> (Bronchitis [By reason of painful experiences in his own family, Dr. Whatt must, in this case, be regarded as just as good authority as the still more famous Sydenham, whose work on "Podagra" is still held in the highest esteem, <span grade2>because</span> he himself suffered from, and <span grade2>although</span> he himself <span grade2>died of</span>, that same disease.]). | ||
| {{anchor:s71}}This opinion, which however should exert no immediate influence whatever upon the treatment of any concrete case, may receive some weight from the fact that the <span grade2>nerves</span> which appear to be especially active during the Hooping Cough-paroxysms and so act upon their various organs, - as, the eighth pair, the facial nerve, the vagus, and the accessory of Willis, the phrenic nerve and the thoracic nerve, are the same which are most affected by respiration. | {{anchor:s71}}This opinion, which however should exert no immediate influence whatever upon the treatment of any concrete case, may receive some weight from the fact that the <span grade2>nerves</span> which appear to be especially active during the Hooping Cough-paroxysms and so act upon their various organs, - as, the eighth pair, the facial nerve, the vagus, and the accessory of Willis, the phrenic nerve and the thoracic nerve, are the same which are most affected by respiration. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s72}}§5. CAUSES. {{anchor:s73}}- Physicians of the old school cite the following as <span grade2>predisposing causes</span> of Hooping Cough: | + | {{anchor:s72}} |
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| + | {{anchor:s73}}Physicians of the old school cite the following as <span grade2>predisposing causes</span> of Hooping Cough: | ||
| {{anchor:s74}}1. Childhood and the female sex; | {{anchor:s74}}1. Childhood and the female sex; | ||
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| {{anchor:s87}}We, Homoeopathicians, readily coincide with these views but would add to the list of the <span grade2>predisposing causes</span>, the <span grade2>chronic miasms</span>, especially Psora; and to the <span grade2>exciting causes</span>, various items which are mentioned in section II, under II, 2 ("aggravation according to circumstances "), and which need no further notice here. | {{anchor:s87}}We, Homoeopathicians, readily coincide with these views but would add to the list of the <span grade2>predisposing causes</span>, the <span grade2>chronic miasms</span>, especially Psora; and to the <span grade2>exciting causes</span>, various items which are mentioned in section II, under II, 2 ("aggravation according to circumstances "), and which need no further notice here. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s88}}§ 6. TERMINATIONS AND PROGNOSIS. {{anchor:s89}}- The ordinary terminations of Hooping Cough, under allopathic treatment, and the prognosis which is based upon them leave very much, not to say everything, to be desired. {{anchor:s90}}If the disease run even the most favorable course and the patient escape from it, not only with his life, but even with his previous degree of health unimpaired - it is, nevertheless, while it lasts, a most tedious and tormenting affair and fills the days and nights of parents with anxiety and concern. {{anchor:s91}}Hence the unanimous complaints of all physicians, in all ages - that remedies prescribed with most circumspect care against this disease are utterly fruitless - are but too well grounded; and we often hear the most candid and the most experienced among them give utterance to the bitterest complaints of the insufficiency of the healing art against this foe of mankind, and preach only <span grade2>patience</span> and again, and once again, <span grade2>patience</span>! | + | {{anchor:s88}} |
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| + | ===== § 6. TERMINATIONS AND PROGNOSIS. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s89}}The ordinary terminations of Hooping Cough, under allopathic treatment, and the prognosis which is based upon them leave very much, not to say everything, to be desired. {{anchor:s90}}If the disease run even the most favorable course and the patient escape from it, not only with his life, but even with his previous degree of health unimpaired - it is, nevertheless, while it lasts, a most tedious and tormenting affair and fills the days and nights of parents with anxiety and concern. {{anchor:s91}}Hence the unanimous complaints of all physicians, in all ages - that remedies prescribed with most circumspect care against this disease are utterly fruitless - are but too well grounded; and we often hear the most candid and the most experienced among them give utterance to the bitterest complaints of the insufficiency of the healing art against this foe of mankind, and preach only <span grade2>patience</span> and again, and once again, <span grade2>patience</span>! | ||
| {{anchor:s92}}In malignant cases, the patients often just escape, it is true, with their lives, but subsequently there appears a host of the most diverse <span grade2>sequelae</span> or infirmities which the rescued patient must endure till his latest breath. | {{anchor:s92}}In malignant cases, the patients often just escape, it is true, with their lives, but subsequently there appears a host of the most diverse <span grade2>sequelae</span> or infirmities which the rescued patient must endure till his latest breath. | ||
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| {{anchor:s102}}We may then assert, with great confidence, that under homoeopathic treatment, the prognosis and terminations of Hooping Cough are thoroughly favorable. | {{anchor:s102}}We may then assert, with great confidence, that under homoeopathic treatment, the prognosis and terminations of Hooping Cough are thoroughly favorable. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s103}}§ 7. ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT. {{anchor:s104}}- The allopathic treatment of Hooping Cough lies too far from the object of this work, to admit of a special notice. {{anchor:s105}}We restrict ourselves therefore, to a few remarks, which, for the sake of completeness and of comparison with Homoeopathy, could not be entirely omitted. {{anchor:s106}}To avoid all appearance of partiality, we will confine ourselves to quotations from the leading allopathic authors. | + | {{anchor:s103}} |
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| + | ===== § 7. ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s104}}The allopathic treatment of Hooping Cough lies too far from the object of this work, to admit of a special notice. {{anchor:s105}}We restrict ourselves therefore, to a few remarks, which, for the sake of completeness and of comparison with Homoeopathy, could not be entirely omitted. {{anchor:s106}}To avoid all appearance of partiality, we will confine ourselves to quotations from the leading allopathic authors. | ||
| {{anchor:s107}}"Hooping cough," says, among others, the late Dr. A. F. Marcus in his work upon this disease, and which, alas, was his last work, page 131, "presents a remarkable example of the labyrinth into which physicians are led at the bedside, when the nature and seat of a disease are unknown to them. {{anchor:s108}}There is no remedy of any consequence, no mode of treatment which has not, in its turn, been tried for this disease, extolled and finally rejected." | {{anchor:s107}}"Hooping cough," says, among others, the late Dr. A. F. Marcus in his work upon this disease, and which, alas, was his last work, page 131, "presents a remarkable example of the labyrinth into which physicians are led at the bedside, when the nature and seat of a disease are unknown to them. {{anchor:s108}}There is no remedy of any consequence, no mode of treatment which has not, in its turn, been tried for this disease, extolled and finally rejected." | ||
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| {{anchor:s110}}Of the endless number and variety of remedies that have been given and recommended a tolerably complete view is given in the comprehensive and excellent Medico-Chirurgical, Therapeutical Dictionary of Professor Dr. Barez, Vol. III, pp. 551 et seq. {{anchor:s111}}We there find that almost everything contained in the Pharmacopoeia has been tried and administered - from the deadliest poisons (Hydrocyanic acid, Arsenic,) to substances that have been declared inert and have, therefore, become obsolete (Verbascum, Veronica, and Black Wood-snails). {{anchor:s112}}This long list of remedies might receive no inconsiderable addition from the multifarious domestic and popular remedies, the number of which bears, generally, a direct proportion to the incurability of the disease. | {{anchor:s110}}Of the endless number and variety of remedies that have been given and recommended a tolerably complete view is given in the comprehensive and excellent Medico-Chirurgical, Therapeutical Dictionary of Professor Dr. Barez, Vol. III, pp. 551 et seq. {{anchor:s111}}We there find that almost everything contained in the Pharmacopoeia has been tried and administered - from the deadliest poisons (Hydrocyanic acid, Arsenic,) to substances that have been declared inert and have, therefore, become obsolete (Verbascum, Veronica, and Black Wood-snails). {{anchor:s112}}This long list of remedies might receive no inconsiderable addition from the multifarious domestic and popular remedies, the number of which bears, generally, a direct proportion to the incurability of the disease. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s113}}§ 8. HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT. {{anchor:s114}}- The treatment of Hooping Cough, according to the laws of the homoeopathic system, is divided into two parts: | + | {{anchor:s113}} |
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| + | ===== § 8. HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT. ===== | ||
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| + | {{anchor:s114}}The treatment of Hooping Cough, according to the laws of the homoeopathic system, is divided into two parts: | ||
| {{anchor:s115}}1. The choice of the remedy; | {{anchor:s115}}1. The choice of the remedy; | ||
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| {{anchor:s184}}When, notwithstanding the most careful selection from among the remedies indicated for the <span grade2>first stage</span>, the transition to the second stage has proved inevitable it will be advisable, in most cases, next to direct one's attention to the following table in which those remedies are arranged, which are most frequently appropriate <span grade2>after</span> those which are <span grade2>first</span> named in each series, have been homoeopathically indicated and administered. | {{anchor:s184}}When, notwithstanding the most careful selection from among the remedies indicated for the <span grade2>first stage</span>, the transition to the second stage has proved inevitable it will be advisable, in most cases, next to direct one's attention to the following table in which those remedies are arranged, which are most frequently appropriate <span grade2>after</span> those which are <span grade2>first</span> named in each series, have been homoeopathically indicated and administered. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s185}}Aconite. {{anchor:s186}}- Arnica, Drosera, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s185}}Aconite. {{anchor:s186}}— Arnica, Drosera, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s187}}Belladonna. {{anchor:s188}}- Antimonium tart., Calcarea, Cina, Cuprum, Digitalis, Hepar, Iodium, Lachesis, Mercurius, Sepia, Silicea, Stramonium, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s187}}Belladonna. {{anchor:s188}}— Antimonium tart., Calcarea, Cina, Cuprum, Digitalis, Hepar, Iodium, Lachesis, Mercurius, Sepia, Silicea, Stramonium, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s189}}Bryonia. {{anchor:s190}}- Digitalis, Kali, Ledum, Lycopodium, Mezereum, Squilla, Sepia, Veratrum. | + | {{anchor:s189}}Bryonia. {{anchor:s190}}— Digitalis, Kali, Ledum, Lycopodium, Mezereum, Squilla, Sepia, Veratrum. |
| - | {{anchor:s191}}Carbo Animal. {{anchor:s192}}- Drosera, Ignatia, Silicea, Sulphuric acid. | + | {{anchor:s191}}Carbo Animal. {{anchor:s192}}— Drosera, Ignatia, Silicea, Sulphuric acid. |
| - | {{anchor:s193}}Carbo Veg. - Drosera, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Sulphur, Veratrum. | + | {{anchor:s193}}Carbo Veg.— Drosera, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Sulphur, Veratrum. |
| {{anchor:s194}}Causticum. {{anchor:s195}}— Cuprum, Hepar, Ignatia, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur, Sulphuric acid. | {{anchor:s194}}Causticum. {{anchor:s195}}— Cuprum, Hepar, Ignatia, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur, Sulphuric acid. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s196}}Chamomilla. {{anchor:s197}}- Cina, Hepar, Ignatia, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Stramonium, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s196}}Chamomilla. {{anchor:s197}}— Cina, Hepar, Ignatia, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Stramonium, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s198}}Conium. {{anchor:s199}}- Antimonium tart., Cuprum, Digitalis, Lachesis, Lycopodium. | + | {{anchor:s198}}Conium. {{anchor:s199}}— Antimonium tart., Cuprum, Digitalis, Lachesis, Lycopodium. |
| - | {{anchor:s200}}Dulcamara. {{anchor:s201}}- Cuprum, Ledum, Mercurius, Sepia, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s200}}Dulcamara. {{anchor:s201}}— Cuprum, Ledum, Mercurius, Sepia, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s202}}Euphrasia. {{anchor:s203}}- Arnica, Hepar, Mercurius, Natrum muriat., Senega. | + | {{anchor:s202}}Euphrasia. {{anchor:s203}}— Arnica, Hepar, Mercurius, Natrum muriat., Senega. |
| - | {{anchor:s204}}Ipecacuanha. {{anchor:s205}}- Antimonium crud., Antimonium tart., Arnica, Calcarea, Cuprum, Drosera, Ignatia, Sulphuric acid, Veratrum. | + | {{anchor:s204}}Ipecacuanha. {{anchor:s205}}— Antimonium crud., Antimonium tart., Arnica, Calcarea, Cuprum, Drosera, Ignatia, Sulphuric acid, Veratrum. |
| - | {{anchor:s206}}Mercurius. - şAntimonium crud., Arnica, Cina, Cuprum, Digitalis, Hepar, Iodium, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mezereum, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s206}}Mercurius. — Antimonium crud., Arnica, Cina, Cuprum, Digitalis, Hepar, Iodium, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mezereum, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s207}}Mezereum. {{anchor:s208}}- Mercurius, Silicea. | + | {{anchor:s207}}Mezereum. {{anchor:s208}}— Mercurius, Silicea. |
| - | {{anchor:s209}}Nux Vom. - Ambra, Cuprum, Digitalis, Drosera, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Stramonium, Sulphur. | + | {{anchor:s209}}Nux Vom. — Ambra, Cuprum, Digitalis, Drosera, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Stramonium, Sulphur. |
| - | {{anchor:s210}}Pulsatilla. {{anchor:s211}}- Ambra, Antimonium crud., Antimonium tart., Arnica, Cuprum, Digitalis, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Ledum, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Stannum, Sulphur, Sulphuric acid. | + | {{anchor:s210}}Pulsatilla. {{anchor:s211}}— Ambra, Antimonium crud., Antimonium tart., Arnica, Cuprum, Digitalis, Ignatia, Kali, Lachesis, Ledum, Lycopodium, Magnesia, Mercurius, Natrum mur., Sepia, Silicea, Stannum, Sulphur, Sulphuric acid. |
| - | {{anchor:s212}}Sabadilla. {{anchor:s213}}- Ambra, Antimonium crud., Cina, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur, Veratrum. | + | {{anchor:s212}}Sabadilla. {{anchor:s213}}— Ambra, Antimonium crud., Cina, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur, Veratrum. |
| - | {{anchor:s214}}Veratrum. {{anchor:s215}}- Arnica, Cina, Cuprum, Drosera, Mercurius, Sepia, Stramonium. | + | {{anchor:s214}}Veratrum. {{anchor:s215}}— Arnica, Cina, Cuprum, Drosera, Mercurius, Sepia, Stramonium. |
| - | {{anchor:s216}}Verbascum. {{anchor:s217}}- Ambra, Mezereum. {{anchor:s218}}Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Veratrum. | + | {{anchor:s216}}Verbascum. {{anchor:s217}}— Ambra, Mezereum. {{anchor:s218}}Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Veratrum. |
| {{anchor:s219}}With regard to the <span grade2>indications of the remedies</span> above enumerated for the <span grade2>third stage</span>, but of which the number is far from being complete, it would be impossible to give more minute details than are afforded in the <span grade2>text</span> and <span grade2>second</span> <span grade2>part</span> of this work, without greatly exceeding the limits of this introduction. {{anchor:s220}}The reason lies chiefly in the fact that Hooping Cough patients who have been from the beginning or from a sufficiently early period under homoeopathic treatment very soon experience a diminution of all malignant (?) symptoms; and a <span grade2>third stage</span> strictly so-called, with symptoms of greater or less danger, never occurs except when the patients have been previously under allopathic treatment, or when, generally in consequence of proper aid having been too long delayed, the psora miasm is awakened into activity and then, as so often happens, a drug-cachexy, induced at an earlier period of the disease, has come to complicate it. {{anchor:s221}}For if we reflect how very great, as mentioned above, section seven, is the number of drugs, the powers of many of which are in great part <span grade2>unknown</span> - <span grade2>to us</span> at least - which are brought into requisition against this disease by the old school, and if we consider in addition, the just as numerous and various <span grade2>forms</span> of disease which owe their origin to the <span grade2>awakened psora,</span> we shall easily perceive that a treatise upon this subject, embracing, as it must, the manifold sequelae of Hooping Cough, would attain, even were it but half complete, an extent which would make it entirely out of place here. | {{anchor:s219}}With regard to the <span grade2>indications of the remedies</span> above enumerated for the <span grade2>third stage</span>, but of which the number is far from being complete, it would be impossible to give more minute details than are afforded in the <span grade2>text</span> and <span grade2>second</span> <span grade2>part</span> of this work, without greatly exceeding the limits of this introduction. {{anchor:s220}}The reason lies chiefly in the fact that Hooping Cough patients who have been from the beginning or from a sufficiently early period under homoeopathic treatment very soon experience a diminution of all malignant (?) symptoms; and a <span grade2>third stage</span> strictly so-called, with symptoms of greater or less danger, never occurs except when the patients have been previously under allopathic treatment, or when, generally in consequence of proper aid having been too long delayed, the psora miasm is awakened into activity and then, as so often happens, a drug-cachexy, induced at an earlier period of the disease, has come to complicate it. {{anchor:s221}}For if we reflect how very great, as mentioned above, section seven, is the number of drugs, the powers of many of which are in great part <span grade2>unknown</span> - <span grade2>to us</span> at least - which are brought into requisition against this disease by the old school, and if we consider in addition, the just as numerous and various <span grade2>forms</span> of disease which owe their origin to the <span grade2>awakened psora,</span> we shall easily perceive that a treatise upon this subject, embracing, as it must, the manifold sequelae of Hooping Cough, would attain, even were it but half complete, an extent which would make it entirely out of place here. | ||
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| {{anchor:s222}}We conclude then with Hahnemann's oft-repeated admonition: "Follow the example set - follow it full or confidence - but follow it <span grade2>precisely</span> as it has been detailed!{{anchor:s223}}" And we do not hesitate to add: "If, after having done this, the expected result does not ensue, relate the whole course of proceeding, honestly, truly and fully, that every expert may pass judgment upon it and then venture, in fall confidence, to warn every one against the homoeopathic treatment of Hooping Cough." | {{anchor:s222}}We conclude then with Hahnemann's oft-repeated admonition: "Follow the example set - follow it full or confidence - but follow it <span grade2>precisely</span> as it has been detailed!{{anchor:s223}}" And we do not hesitate to add: "If, after having done this, the expected result does not ensue, relate the whole course of proceeding, honestly, truly and fully, that every expert may pass judgment upon it and then venture, in fall confidence, to warn every one against the homoeopathic treatment of Hooping Cough." | ||
| - | {{anchor:s224}}THE REMEDIES AND THEIR SYMPTOMS. | + | {{anchor:s224}} |
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| + | ===== THE REMEDIES AND THEIR SYMPTOMS. ===== | ||
| **<span grade2>{{anchor:s225}}Aconitum nap.</span>** {{anchor:s226}}- Clear ringing or whistling Hooping Cough, excited by burning sticking in the larynx and in the trachea; generally without expectoration; rarely in the morning and during the day, with expectoration of some mucus mixed with coagulated blood. | **<span grade2>{{anchor:s225}}Aconitum nap.</span>** {{anchor:s226}}- Clear ringing or whistling Hooping Cough, excited by burning sticking in the larynx and in the trachea; generally without expectoration; rarely in the morning and during the day, with expectoration of some mucus mixed with coagulated blood. | ||
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| <span grade2>{{anchor:s494}}Aggravations</span>. {{anchor:s495}}- Generally evening until midnight. {{anchor:s496}}The feet becoming cold. {{anchor:s497}}Eating, especially of warm food. {{anchor:s498}}Eructations. {{anchor:s499}}Lying upon the left side. {{anchor:s500}}Active motion and ascending. {{anchor:s501}}Stooping. {{anchor:s502}}In the cold, open air. {{anchor:s503}}Being in the company of (strange) persons. {{anchor:s504}}Thinking of one's illness. | <span grade2>{{anchor:s494}}Aggravations</span>. {{anchor:s495}}- Generally evening until midnight. {{anchor:s496}}The feet becoming cold. {{anchor:s497}}Eating, especially of warm food. {{anchor:s498}}Eructations. {{anchor:s499}}Lying upon the left side. {{anchor:s500}}Active motion and ascending. {{anchor:s501}}Stooping. {{anchor:s502}}In the cold, open air. {{anchor:s503}}Being in the company of (strange) persons. {{anchor:s504}}Thinking of one's illness. | ||
| - | <span grade2>{{anchor:s505}}Concomitants</span>, - A version to playing. {{anchor:s506}}Dread of strangers. {{anchor:s507}}Disposition to weep. {{anchor:s508}}Indecision. {{anchor:s509}}Sudden ebullition of temper with cowardice. {{anchor:s510}}Dull redness of the face. {{anchor:s511}}Sore throat with swelling of the tonsils. {{anchor:s512}}Roughness in the throat. {{anchor:s513}}Much thirst. {{anchor:s514}}Pains in the abdomen, which is hard and swollen. {{anchor:s515}}Coryza, with thick mucus discharged from the nose. {{anchor:s516}}Dyspnea. {{anchor:s517}}Sensation as if there were smoke in the larynx. {{anchor:s518}}Hoarseness. {{anchor:s519}}Loss of voice. {{anchor:s520}}Chest obstructed by mucus. {{anchor:s521}}Soreness in the chest. {{anchor:s522}}Sensation as if something hard fell down in the chest. {{anchor:s523}}Sensation of soreness at the heart with violent palpitation. {{anchor:s524}}Stiffness of the nape of the neck. {{anchor:s525}}Drowsiness, day and night. {{anchor:s526}}Chilliness. | + | <span grade2>{{anchor:s505}}Concomitants</span>, - Aversion to playing. {{anchor:s506}}Dread of strangers. {{anchor:s507}}Disposition to weep. {{anchor:s508}}Indecision. {{anchor:s509}}Sudden ebullition of temper with cowardice. {{anchor:s510}}Dull redness of the face. {{anchor:s511}}Sore throat with swelling of the tonsils. {{anchor:s512}}Roughness in the throat. {{anchor:s513}}Much thirst. {{anchor:s514}}Pains in the abdomen, which is hard and swollen. {{anchor:s515}}Coryza, with thick mucus discharged from the nose. {{anchor:s516}}Dyspnea. {{anchor:s517}}Sensation as if there were smoke in the larynx. {{anchor:s518}}Hoarseness. {{anchor:s519}}Loss of voice. {{anchor:s520}}Chest obstructed by mucus. {{anchor:s521}}Soreness in the chest. {{anchor:s522}}Sensation as if something hard fell down in the chest. {{anchor:s523}}Sensation of soreness at the heart with violent palpitation. {{anchor:s524}}Stiffness of the nape of the neck. {{anchor:s525}}Drowsiness, day and night. {{anchor:s526}}Chilliness. |
| {{anchor:s527}}Is suitable not merely for old men but also for atrophic children, especially when, after the slightest cold, repeated inflammation of the throat occurs, with swelling and suppuration of the tonsils. {{anchor:s528}}This remedy certainly belongs among the polychrests, is as yet, however, too little used and hence is but little known. | {{anchor:s527}}Is suitable not merely for old men but also for atrophic children, especially when, after the slightest cold, repeated inflammation of the throat occurs, with swelling and suppuration of the tonsils. {{anchor:s528}}This remedy certainly belongs among the polychrests, is as yet, however, too little used and hence is but little known. | ||
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| **<span grade2>{{anchor:s1252}}Dulcamara solanum.</span>** {{anchor:s1253}}- Hooping Cough, excited by excessive secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea; hence each paroxysm is attended by copious, easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, and often with florid blood. | **<span grade2>{{anchor:s1252}}Dulcamara solanum.</span>** {{anchor:s1253}}- Hooping Cough, excited by excessive secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea; hence each paroxysm is attended by copious, easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, and often with florid blood. | ||
| - | <span grade2>{{anchor:s1254}}Aggravations</span>. {{anchor:s1255}}- At night. {{anchor:s1256}}By long repose and subsequent exertion. {{anchor:s1257}}Deep respiration. {{anchor:s1258}}Talking. {{anchor:s1259}}Damp cold atmosphere. {{anchor:s1260}}By taking cold from getting wet. {{anchor:s1261}}From repercussion | + | <span grade2>{{anchor:s1254}}Aggravations</span>. {{anchor:s1255}}- At night. {{anchor:s1256}}By long repose and subsequent exertion. {{anchor:s1257}}Deep respiration. {{anchor:s1258}}Talking. {{anchor:s1259}}Damp cold atmosphere. {{anchor:s1260}}By taking cold from getting wet. {{anchor:s1261}}From repercussion of eruptions of various kinds. |
| - | + | ||
| - | {{anchor:s1262}}of eruptions of various kinds. | + | |
| <span grade2>{{anchor:s1263}}Concomitants</span>. {{anchor:s1264}}- Restlessness and impatience. {{anchor:s1265}}Rush of blood to the head. {{anchor:s1266}}Roaring in the ears. {{anchor:s1267}}Epistaxis with light colored blood. {{anchor:s1268}}Red cheeks and pale face. {{anchor:s1269}}Dry, swollen tongue. {{anchor:s1270}}Difficulty in speaking. {{anchor:s1271}}Much mucus in the fauces. {{anchor:s1272}}Salivation. {{anchor:s1273}}Hunger without appetite. {{anchor:s1274}}Excessive thirst for cold water. {{anchor:s1275}}Vomiting of mucus. {{anchor:s1276}}Mucous diarrhea. {{anchor:s1277}}Involuntary discharge of fetid urine. {{anchor:s1278}}Mucous sediment in the urine. {{anchor:s1279}}Dry nasal catarrh in a dry atmosphere. {{anchor:s1280}}The trachea is full of mucus. {{anchor:s1281}}Hoarseness. {{anchor:s1282}}Oppression of the chest from accumulation of mucus. {{anchor:s1283}}Nocturnal palpitation of the heart. {{anchor:s1284}}Convulsions beginning in the face. {{anchor:s1285}}Inactivity of the external skin with excessive secretion from the internal mucous membranes and glands. {{anchor:s1286}}Restless sleep after midnight. {{anchor:s1287}}Dry heat with burning in the skin. {{anchor:s1288}}Entire absence of sweat. | <span grade2>{{anchor:s1263}}Concomitants</span>. {{anchor:s1264}}- Restlessness and impatience. {{anchor:s1265}}Rush of blood to the head. {{anchor:s1266}}Roaring in the ears. {{anchor:s1267}}Epistaxis with light colored blood. {{anchor:s1268}}Red cheeks and pale face. {{anchor:s1269}}Dry, swollen tongue. {{anchor:s1270}}Difficulty in speaking. {{anchor:s1271}}Much mucus in the fauces. {{anchor:s1272}}Salivation. {{anchor:s1273}}Hunger without appetite. {{anchor:s1274}}Excessive thirst for cold water. {{anchor:s1275}}Vomiting of mucus. {{anchor:s1276}}Mucous diarrhea. {{anchor:s1277}}Involuntary discharge of fetid urine. {{anchor:s1278}}Mucous sediment in the urine. {{anchor:s1279}}Dry nasal catarrh in a dry atmosphere. {{anchor:s1280}}The trachea is full of mucus. {{anchor:s1281}}Hoarseness. {{anchor:s1282}}Oppression of the chest from accumulation of mucus. {{anchor:s1283}}Nocturnal palpitation of the heart. {{anchor:s1284}}Convulsions beginning in the face. {{anchor:s1285}}Inactivity of the external skin with excessive secretion from the internal mucous membranes and glands. {{anchor:s1286}}Restless sleep after midnight. {{anchor:s1287}}Dry heat with burning in the skin. {{anchor:s1288}}Entire absence of sweat. | ||
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