Cholera Asiatica – Stool and Rectum – Chapter 20 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 20.
STOOL AND RECTUM.

Anus
*

Cholera
Asiatica
* Cholera Infantum * Cholera
Morbus * Constipation *
Diarrhœa * Dysentery
* Flatus * Hæmorrhoids
* Rectum * Stool
* Before Stool * During
Stool * After Stool * Worms

Cholera Asiatica.

Cholera

(Asiatic,
cholerine, sporadic) :-
ACON.,
Æth., Ail., ANT-T.,
Anthraci, APIS,
ARS., Asar.,
Bell., BRY.,
Calc., CAMPH.,
Canth., Caps.,
CARB-V.,
CHAM., Chin-s.,
Cic., COLCH.,
Crot-t., CUPR.,
Cupr-a., Dulc.,
Elat., Eup-per., Grat., Hell., Hydr-ac., Hyos., Ip., Iris, JATR.,
Kali-p., Lach.,
Laur., Mag-p., Merc., Mur-ac., Nat-m., Nux-v., Ph-ac., Phos., Podo.,
Psor., Rhus-t., SEC.,
Stram., SULPH.,
Tab., VERAT.,
Verat-v.

Abdomen, sensitive to
contact, with drawing and cramps in finger :-

VERAT.

Abdominal muscles in
severe cases, spasms of :-

Plb.

Asphyctic stage :-

Camph.,
Carb-v., Crot-t.,
Laur., Op.,
Phos., Tab.

Breath, cold :-

CAMPH.,
CARB-V., Chin.,
Colch., VERAT.

Camphor have been
given, when 2 large doses of, and there is congestion to head and
threatened apoplexy :-

Op.

Chest, oppressive
anguish in, gives patient desire to escape from bed :-

VERAT.

Cholerine, during
epidemic in persons debilitated and relaxed by heat of
summer :-

Phos.

Cold, after catching,
while overheated :-

Tab.

Coldness
sudden extreme :-

CAMPH.,
Crot-t., VERAT.

Colic, with :-

Mag-p.

Colic, violent,
especially around navel, as if abdomen would be torn open :-

VERAT.

Collapse :-

Atrop-s.,
CAMPH.,
CARB-V., Crot-t.,
Cupr., Sec.,
VERAT.,
Xan.

Cramps :-

Crot-t.,
Cupr., Cupr-ar.,
Phos.,
Sulph., VERAT.

Croup, followed
by :-

Spong.

Cyanosis :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Debility, great :-

VERAT.

Exhaustion,
with :-

Acon.,
Ars., CARB-V.,
Chin., Nuph.,
Sec., VERAT.

Diarrhœa of children
epidemic :-

Podo.

Diarrhœa, preceded by :-

Ph-ac.

Diarrhœa, followed by :-

Merc., Ph-ac.

Diarrhœa, followed by,
in old people :-

Coff-t.

Dysenteric if Phos.
fails :-

Merc-c.

Dry sudden cessation of
all discharge :-

Camph.,
Hydr-ac.

Dry without vomiting or
diarrhœa :-

Chlol.

Death or relatives,
from emotional causes fright at seizure or :-

Op.

Deathly anguish face
bluish or pale, blue margins around eyes :-

VERAT.

Death, with fear
of :-

VERAT.

Form, typhoid :-

Bell.,
BRY.,
Rhus-t., VERAT.

Formication all over
body :-

Sec.

Gastric, spasmodic
condition prevails :-

Tab.

Gastric symptoms,
severe :-

Ip.

Hands, wrinkled skin of
palms of :-

Phos.,
VERAT.

Heaviness and dulness
of head, with :-

Hell.

Heart disease and
sudden death, after quinine, occasional omission of 1 heart beat,
causing patient to fear, the omission appeared as soon as he was
talking or thinking of it :-

Ox-ac.

Indifference,
with :-

VERAT.

Inflammatory state,
depending on an :-

Ferr-p.

Midnight, with
laryngeal spasm at, nearly suffocating :-

Stram.

Nerves of intestinal
canal, caused by affection of :-

Mang-p.

Paralytic form :-

CUPR.,
Cupr-a., Verat.

Premonitory
symptoms :-

Acon.,
Coff-t., Nux-v.

Pulse, scarcely
perceptible :-

Crot-t.

Rapid fully
developed :-

GRAT.

Solar plexus implicated
disturbances in circulation and respiration, with cyanosis and
threatened suffocation :-

Op.

Stage, congestive, or
stage of reaction :-

Acon.

Stage, 1st, before
period of collapse :-

Ip.,
JATR.,
Kali-br.

Stage, in 1st, with
severe urging to stool and very scanty discharge spasmodically
retained :-

Nux-v.

Stage, 2nd, caused by
affection of nerves of intestinal canal :-

Kali-p.

Stage, last :-

Hydr-ac.

Sequelæ :-

Phos.

Symptoms, Choleraic,
are better, partial reaction has set in, but tongue becomes thickly
coated with mucus :-

Merc.

Soporous
condition :-

Cic.

Tingling all over
body :-

Sec.

Tongue, cold :-

VERAT.

Tongue gluey :-

Ph-ac.

Torpor of vegetative
system without any great mental or sensory disturbances :-

VERAT.

Urine, retention
of :-

VERAT.

Urine, suppression
of :-

Crot-t.

Vertigo :-

VERAT.

Vomiting,
with :-

Ant-t.,
Ars., Camph., Colch., Crot-t.,
CUPR.,
Cupr-a., Hell.,
Hydr-ac.,
Jatr.,
Kali-p., VERAT.

Vomiting on 4th
day :-

Ph-ac.

Vomiting
predominates :-

Bism.

Vomiting, more retching
than :-

Sec.

Vomiting with constant
desire for cold drinks :-

VERAT.

Violent eructations
upward and downward :-

VERAT.

Voice feeble,
hoarse :-

VERAT.

A prophylactic,
suggested by Hering, consisting of a pinch of powdered milk of
sulphur

(lac
sulphur), sprinkled
into stockings and worn in contact with the soles of feet, has
proved a successful preventive in several epidemics of Asiatic
cholera. Ægidi recommends as a preventive one dose every evening
for a week, of Chin-m., 0,01-0,06 and ozonized water.