Special therapeutics

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Boericke and Tafel, 1880
 

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Page 587 - ... (Gypsum). I detected it in the form of an opaque white substance without lustre, and, to the naked eye, devoid of crystalline structure, in cakes and somewhat rounded masses varying in size from that of a small pea to that of a...
Page 187 - Sensation as if a heavy black cloud had settled all over her and enveloped her head, so that all was darkness and confusion, while at the same time it weighed like lead upon her heart.
Page 756 - ... for an adult, a wineglassful several times a day ; orange peel may be added. Dose of the powdered root, twenty or thirty grains. No analysis has yet been made. In the old work on "Herbs...
Page 257 - I have seldom prescribed more than a teaspoonful, mixed with a wineglassful of water, twice a day. In several cases of bronchitis with profuse expectoration, I have witnessed remarkable benefit after a very brief use of the remedy, evinced by a rapid diminution of the discharge, and also by a corresponding improvement in the general condition of the patient.
Page 156 - A certain state of mental excitement, and augmentation of vital energy; florid face, and a sensation of heat throughout the body; full and strong pulse; more or less perspiration and no thirst. This group lasted from twenty to forty minutes in some, and disappeared after that time to return no more, without any other abnormal manifestation in their health; whilst in others, the symptoms were prolonged for one to two hours, and were followed by— 2ND.
Page 330 - Homoeopathy, occurs the following symptom : " A fear of going to sleep on account of loss of breath, which awakes him.
Page 365 - The natural secretion is at first increased ; then it becomes abnormal in quantity and quality. At first clear, white, tenacious and transparent, it becomes yellow, thick, green and even bloody, but always tenacious, capable of being drawn out in long strings.
Page 815 - Jj., was given, but immediately rejected by the stomach ; but some brandy, given directly afterwards, was retained. A large mustard poultice was applied to the epigastrium, and a hot-water bottle to the feet. Two or three efforts at retching afterwards took place ; and he once or twice vomited food, mucus, and a small quantity of blood. Warmth gradually returned to the surface, and the pulse became somewhat better in volume and power. Brandy was given at short intervals, and after about an hour a...
Page 189 - Excruciating pain in the forehead and in the eyeballs, vertex, nape of the neck and occiput, with fullness and throbbing, as if the top of the head would fly off. Dull pains in the occiput, with shooting pains down the back; the head is jerked backward.
Page 503 - ... the permanence in power of the party of consolidation is universal and uniform compulsory education by the general government, which will, if adopted, complete and preserve the work of unification. Education is the American hobby — regarded, as uneducated or poorly educated people usually regard it, as a sort of panacea for all the ills that flesh is heir to.

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