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| ====== Catarrhal diseases of the nasal and respiratory organs ====== | ====== Catarrhal diseases of the nasal and respiratory organs ====== | ||
| - | {{anchor:s2}}Gershom Nelson Brigham | + | {{anchor:s2}}BY Gershom Nelson Brigham |
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| ===== INTRODUCTION. ===== | ===== INTRODUCTION. ===== | ||
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| {{anchor:s354}}Lachesis, with convalescence in a week.{{anchor:s355}}—G. N. B. | {{anchor:s354}}Lachesis, with convalescence in a week.{{anchor:s355}}—G. N. B. | ||
| - | ==== Mercurius. ==== | + | ==== Mercurius [corrosivus] ==== |
| {{anchor:s357}}For nasal affections Merc. cor. is usually preferred, also for internal affections of the ear. | {{anchor:s357}}For nasal affections Merc. cor. is usually preferred, also for internal affections of the ear. | ||
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| {{anchor:s530}}A. L. W., aet. 60 years. {{anchor:s531}}Tall and spare. {{anchor:s532}}Subject to frequent catarrhal attacks with pharyngeal irritation, and dryness of the throat. {{anchor:s533}}Dry cough, worse nights, often awakening him from sleep. {{anchor:s534}}Cough is very continuous and severe when once commenced and without expectoration for the most part, even when of a fortnight's continuance. {{anchor:s535}}Smarting behind the sternum and tickling are usually an accompaniment. {{anchor:s536}}Sometimes cough seems to come from the stomach. {{anchor:s537}}Fluid coryza alternates with stoppage of the nose. {{anchor:s538}}Sang. 3d cured completely in a little while.{{anchor:s539}}—G. N. B. | {{anchor:s530}}A. L. W., aet. 60 years. {{anchor:s531}}Tall and spare. {{anchor:s532}}Subject to frequent catarrhal attacks with pharyngeal irritation, and dryness of the throat. {{anchor:s533}}Dry cough, worse nights, often awakening him from sleep. {{anchor:s534}}Cough is very continuous and severe when once commenced and without expectoration for the most part, even when of a fortnight's continuance. {{anchor:s535}}Smarting behind the sternum and tickling are usually an accompaniment. {{anchor:s536}}Sometimes cough seems to come from the stomach. {{anchor:s537}}Fluid coryza alternates with stoppage of the nose. {{anchor:s538}}Sang. 3d cured completely in a little while.{{anchor:s539}}—G. N. B. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s540}}Several years ago I contracted a severe cold by riding in the dampness of an August night, which declared itself more particularly upon the lower respiratory tract. {{anchor:s541}}I felt the usual prostration attending a severe catarrhal attack. {{anchor:s542}}Was feverish and had considerable headache at the beginning, more upon the right side and in forehead on right side. {{anchor:s543}}Cough was dry and exceedingly annoying; a continuous tickling sensation in the throat pit. {{anchor:s544}}The cough was deep and almost spasmodic at times, | + | {{anchor:s540}}Several years ago I contracted a severe cold by riding in the dampness of an August night, which declared itself more particularly upon the lower respiratory tract. {{anchor:s541}}I felt the usual prostration attending a severe catarrhal attack. {{anchor:s542}}Was feverish and had considerable headache at the beginning, more upon the right side and in forehead on right side. {{anchor:s543}}Cough was dry and exceedingly annoying; a continuous tickling sensation in the throat pit. {{anchor:s544}}The cough was deep and almost spasmodic at times, creating a burning soreness in the upper portion of left lung nearly under the third intercostal space. {{anchor:s546}}Soreness was felt from the slightest percussion on the chest-walls. {{anchor:s547}}Inspiration of cold air aggravated the cough. {{anchor:s548}}I seemed to steadily get worse until I fixed a few drops of the tincture of Sanguinaria in a little hot syrup, taking a teaspoonful at a dose once in half an hour at first and then at longer intervals. {{anchor:s549}}Cure was prompt and complete in three or four days, although my catarrh had been of four or five weeks' standing. {{anchor:s550}}This was before I had become familiar with homoeopathy, and the prescription was made by chance rather than through any knowledge of the pathogenesis of the drug.{{anchor:s551}}—G. N. B. |
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| - | {{anchor:s545}}creating a burning soreness in the upper portion of left lung nearly under the third intercostal space. {{anchor:s546}}Soreness was felt from the slightest percussion on the chest-walls. {{anchor:s547}}Inspiration of cold air aggravated the cough. {{anchor:s548}}I seemed to steadily get worse until I fixed a few drops of the tincture of Sanguinaria in a little hot syrup, taking a teaspoonful at a dose once in half an hour at first and then at longer intervals. {{anchor:s549}}Cure was prompt and complete in three or four days, although my catarrh had been of four or five weeks' standing. {{anchor:s550}}This was before I had become familiar with homoeopathy, and the prescription was made by chance rather than through any knowledge of the pathogenesis of the drug.{{anchor:s551}}—G. N. B. | + | |
| ==== Senega. ==== | ==== Senega. ==== | ||
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| ==== Ammonium Muriaticum. ==== | ==== Ammonium Muriaticum. ==== | ||
| - | {{anchor:s648}}Indicated when there is external swelling of the left nostril, as in Arum, which is sensitive | + | {{anchor:s648}}Indicated when there is external swelling of the left nostril, as in Arum, which is sensitive to the touch and filled with a bloody crust; constant itching of the nose, with an inclination to blow it (Hyd.) It feels as if obstructed with a large body; loss of smell. {{anchor:s650}}Itching also of the ears (Rumex.) with fluid discharge of ear wax. {{anchor:s651}}Humming, roaring and obtuseness of hearing; chilly on awaking from sleep; heat and chilliness alternate. {{anchor:s652}}It excites and gives activity to the mucous follicles and corresponds most to a flowing catarrh. {{anchor:s653}}Coughs from tickling in the throat; worse from lying on side— better from lying on back; <span grade2>spitting of blood with itching in the throat;</span> rawness of throat which provokes hawking, when small lumps of mucus are raised. {{anchor:s654}}Sensation as if the blood was in a state of constant-ebullition. {{anchor:s655}}Sweats from slight motion. {{anchor:s656}}Is especially adapted to bloated persons with lax fibre, and inclined to adipose; lymphatic temperaments with scanty growth of hair. |
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| - | {{anchor:s649}}to the touch and filled with a bloody crust; constant itching of the nose, with an inclination to blow it (Hyd.) It feels as if obstructed with a large body; loss of smell. {{anchor:s650}}Itching also of the ears (Rumex.) with fluid discharge of ear wax. {{anchor:s651}}Humming, roaring and obtuseness of hearing; chilly on awaking from sleep; heat and chilliness alternate. {{anchor:s652}}It excites and gives activity to the mucous follicles and corresponds most to a flowing catarrh. {{anchor:s653}}Coughs from tickling in the throat; worse from lying on side— better from lying on back; <span grade2>spitting of blood with itching in the throat;</span> rawness of throat which provokes hawking, when small lumps of mucus are raised. {{anchor:s654}}Sensation as if the blood was in a state of constant-ebullition. {{anchor:s655}}Sweats from slight motion. {{anchor:s656}}Is especially adapted to bloated persons with lax fibre, and inclined to adipose; lymphatic temperaments with scanty growth of hair. | + | |
| ==== Antimonium Crudum. ==== | ==== Antimonium Crudum. ==== | ||
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| ==== Arsenicum Iodatum. ==== | ==== Arsenicum Iodatum. ==== | ||
| - | {{anchor:s670}}This remedy, though given under the head of acute catarrh, is even more important in some cases of chronic catarrh. {{anchor:s671}}It corresponds to the same pale-delicate complexion as Arsenicum album, the same fault of assimilation, with tendency to oedema; and covers more completely the tubercular diathesis. {{anchor:s672}}Hence in catarrhs based upon a tubercular habit it is among the first remedies to be thought of; in ozaena and in otorrhoea with acrid discharges accompanied with a <span grade2>burning sensation</span> it is the remedy to begin with and often completes the cure. {{anchor:s673}}Corrosiveness, foetor and burning are guiding indications. {{anchor:s674}}Ameliorations by warmth and aggravation by cold and dampness are characteristic. {{anchor:s675}}It is often useful in malarial complications as well as in the tubercular. | + | {{anchor:s670}}This remedy, though given under the head of acute catarrh, is even more important in some cases of chronic catarrh. {{anchor:s671}}It corresponds to the same pale-delicate complexion as Arsenicum album, the same fault of assimilation, with tendency to oedema; and covers more completely the tubercular diathesis. {{anchor:s672}}Hence in catarrhs based upon a tubercular habit it is among the first remedies to be thought of; in ozaena and in otorrhoea with acrid discharges accompanied with a <span grade2>burning sensation</span> it is the remedy to begin with and often completes the cure. {{anchor:s673}}Corrosiveness, fetor and burning are guiding indications. {{anchor:s674}}Ameliorations by warmth and aggravation by cold and dampness are characteristic. {{anchor:s675}}It is often useful in malarial complications as well as in the tubercular. |
| === Clinical. === | === Clinical. === | ||
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| {{anchor:s731}}S., aged 19, has had chronic catarrh for many months, and received but little benefit from former treatment. {{anchor:s732}}The patient is unable to breathe through the nose at night and sleeps with the mouth open; smell lost; nose is full of ulcers; nose is quite sensitive to touch. {{anchor:s733}}No signs of syphilis, and no syphilitic history. {{anchor:s734}}Aur. met. 30 cured in a few weeks.{{anchor:s735}}— Hoyne. | {{anchor:s731}}S., aged 19, has had chronic catarrh for many months, and received but little benefit from former treatment. {{anchor:s732}}The patient is unable to breathe through the nose at night and sleeps with the mouth open; smell lost; nose is full of ulcers; nose is quite sensitive to touch. {{anchor:s733}}No signs of syphilis, and no syphilitic history. {{anchor:s734}}Aur. met. 30 cured in a few weeks.{{anchor:s735}}— Hoyne. | ||
| - | {{anchor:s736}}B. T., aged eleven years; light complexion; a bright, active, amiable girl; has had nasal catarrh from infancy. {{anchor:s737}}When first brought to me, she presented the following symptoms : The nostrils were filled with large, yellow, thick, soft scabs; occasional, and a; times profuse discharge of thick, yellow matter; sensitiveness of the nose to touch. {{anchor:s738}}For a year past there has been a thick, creamy discharge from the right ear, not constant, with hardness of hearing. {{anchor:s739}}Her breath, the nasal discharge, and, at times, the discharge from the ear were exceedingly offensive, sufficiently so to make the presence of the child in a room almost unbearable. {{anchor:s740}}The gums were thickened, sore near the teeth and bled easily. {{anchor:s741}}Excessive foetor was the prominent symptom of the case; the patient herself seemed wholly unconscious of it. {{anchor:s742}}After the use of Sulphur and of Pulsatilla, each given for some weeks, she received Aurum muriaticum 12th and was permanently cured in about three months.{{anchor:s743}}—H. R. Arndt. | + | {{anchor:s736}}B. T., aged eleven years; light complexion; a bright, active, amiable girl; has had nasal catarrh from infancy. {{anchor:s737}}When first brought to me, she presented the following symptoms : The nostrils were filled with large, yellow, thick, soft scabs; occasional, and a; times profuse discharge of thick, yellow matter; sensitiveness of the nose to touch. {{anchor:s738}}For a year past there has been a thick, creamy discharge from the right ear, not constant, with hardness of hearing. {{anchor:s739}}Her breath, the nasal discharge, and, at times, the discharge from the ear were exceedingly offensive, sufficiently so to make the presence of the child in a room almost unbearable. {{anchor:s740}}The gums were thickened, sore near the teeth and bled easily. {{anchor:s741}}Excessive fetor was the prominent symptom of the case; the patient herself seemed wholly unconscious of it. {{anchor:s742}}After the use of Sulphur and of Pulsatilla, each given for some weeks, she received Aurum muriaticum 12th and was permanently cured in about three months.{{anchor:s743}}—H. R. Arndt. |
| ==== Baryta Carbonica. ==== | ==== Baryta Carbonica. ==== | ||
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| ==== Kreasotum. ==== | ==== Kreasotum. ==== | ||
| - | {{anchor:s1033}}Kreasote corresponds to that condition of the mucous membranes which secretes an acrid, excoriating offensive matter; symptoms are aggravated by cold bathing (Sul.) and in cold weather. {{anchor:s1034}}It has a good record for chronic catarrh in old people; for offensive smell before the nose on waking in the morning, which destroys the appetite. {{anchor:s1035}}The Kreasote cough is spasmodic, fatiguing, with a crawling sensation low in larynx, as if mucus was there which could not be dislodged. {{anchor:s1036}}Lupus upon the left side of nose and epithelial cancer on the ala nasi upon the right side have been somewhat successfully treated by Kreasotum. {{anchor:s1037}}Numbness and pulsations are somewhat characteristic of Krea. {{anchor:s1038}}It seems to be best adapted to those cases where there is profound prostration of the vegetative sphere, and breaking down of structure accompanied with <span grade2>foetor</span>. {{anchor:s1039}}Chilliness, as in Pulsatilla, is a prominent symptom. {{anchor:s1040}}Has worked well for cases bottomed on a syphilitic taint, and when there is suppressed influenza, or a metastasis of nasal catarrh to the stomach or intestinal membranes. {{anchor:s1041}}The fact that scales are thrown off from the mucous membranes suggests its adaptability to ozaena. {{anchor:s1042}}Many symptoms better after sleep (Reverse of Lach.) | + | {{anchor:s1033}}Kreasote corresponds to that condition of the mucous membranes which secretes an acrid, excoriating offensive matter; symptoms are aggravated by cold bathing (Sul.) and in cold weather. {{anchor:s1034}}It has a good record for chronic catarrh in old people; for offensive smell before the nose on waking in the morning, which destroys the appetite. {{anchor:s1035}}The Kreasote cough is spasmodic, fatiguing, with a crawling sensation low in larynx, as if mucus was there which could not be dislodged. {{anchor:s1036}}Lupus upon the left side of nose and epithelial cancer on the ala nasi upon the right side have been somewhat successfully treated by Kreasotum. {{anchor:s1037}}Numbness and pulsations are somewhat characteristic of Krea. {{anchor:s1038}}It seems to be best adapted to those cases where there is profound prostration of the vegetative sphere, and breaking down of structure accompanied with <span grade2>fetor</span>. {{anchor:s1039}}Chilliness, as in Pulsatilla, is a prominent symptom. {{anchor:s1040}}Has worked well for cases bottomed on a syphilitic taint, and when there is suppressed influenza, or a metastasis of nasal catarrh to the stomach or intestinal membranes. {{anchor:s1041}}The fact that scales are thrown off from the mucous membranes suggests its adaptability to ozaena. {{anchor:s1042}}Many symptoms better after sleep (Reverse of Lach.) |
| ==== Lithium Carbonicum. ==== | ==== Lithium Carbonicum. ==== | ||
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| {{anchor:s1600}}THE END. | {{anchor:s1600}}THE END. | ||
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| + | ====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ====== | ||
| + | ^ Source: | Catarrhal diseases of the nasal and respiratory organs, 1883, Second Edition | | ||
| + | ^ Description: | Catarrhal diseases of the nasal and respiratory organs | | ||
| + | ^ Author: | Brigham, G. N. | | ||
| + | ^ Year: | 1883 | | ||
| + | ^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting | | ||
| + | ^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |} | ||
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