The Materia
Medica of the Nosodes.
By Henry Clay ALLEN, M. D.
Presented and arranged by Dr Robert Séror.
PYROGEN.
(A product of Sepsis)For sapremia or septicemia
:
puerperal or surgical ;
from ptomaine or sewer gas infection ;
during course of diphtheria, typhoid or typhus ;
when the best
selected remedy fails to > or permanently improve.
The bed feels hard
(Arn.)
;
parts lain on
feel sore and bruised (Bapt.)
;
rapid decubitus (Carb.
ac.).
Great restlessness,
must
move constantly to >
the soreness of parts (Arn.,
Bellis, Eup.).Tongue
:
large, flabby ; clean,
smooth as if varnished ;
fiery red ;
dry, cracked, articulation difficult (Crot.,
Ter.).Taste
:
sweetish ;
terribly fetid ; pus-like
;
as from an abscess.Vomiting
:
persistent ;
brownish ;
coffee-ground ;
offensive, stercoraceous ;
with impacted or obstructed bowels (Op.,
Plb.).Diarrhea
:
horribly offensive (Psor.)
;
brown or black (Lep.)
;
painless, involuntary ;
uncertain, when passing flatus (Aloe,
Olean.).Constipation
:
with complete inertia (Op.,
Sanic.)
;
obstinate from
impaction, in fevers ; stool,
large, black, carrion like ;
small, black
balls, like
olives (Op.,
Plb.).Fetus
:
or secundines retained, decomposed ;
dead for day, black ;
horribly offensive discharge ;
“never well since” septic fever, following abortion or
confinement.To arouse vital activity of uterus.
Lochia
;
thin, acrid, brown, very fetid (Nit.
ac.)
;
suppressed, followed by chills, fever and profuse fetid perspiration.
Distinct consciousness of a heart ;
it
feels tired ;
as if enlarged ;
purring, throbbing, pulsating, constant in ears, preventing sleep ;
cardiac asthenia from septic conditions.
Pulse abnormally rapid, out of all proportion to temperature
(Lil.).Skin
:
pale, cold of an ashy hue (Sec.)
;
obstinate, varicose, offensive ulcers of old persons (Psor.).Chill
:
begins on the
back, between
scapulae ;
severe, general,
of bones and extremities ; marking
onset of septic fever ;
temperature 103
to 106
;
heat sudden, skin dry and burning ;
pulse rapid, small, wiry, 140
to 170
;
cold clammy sweat follows.In septic fevers, especially puerperal, Pyrogen has demonstrated
its great value as a homeopathic dynamic antiseptic.Relations (Pyrogenium)
Antidote
:
Nux vomica for the agg. from overaction of a single dose or for bad
effects of repeated doses ;
Rhus, Eup. per. for the aching, restlessness and bone pains.Compatible
:
Arn., Bap., Rhus, Eup. Per.In typhoid and other fevers with muscle soreness, bed feels hard.
Ars., Ech., Lach., Malar.(the
vegetable Pyrogen),
Ant. t., Bapt., Brom., Lyc., Phos., fan-like motion of Alec nasi.
Bry., cough < by motion and in warm room. Ipec., uterine hemorrhage (if Ipec. fails when apparently well selected). Bap., Psor., offensive diarrhea. Lept., Psor., black stools. Opium, Plumb., Sanic., constipation, hard black balls. Nit. ac., Sec., thin, offensive lochia. Phos., water is vomited as soon as warm in stomach. Bell., Melil., throbbing, bursting headache. Carbo v., Ech., Psor., offensive varicose ulcers of old people. Hep., Sil., Calc. sulph., tendency to profuse suppuration. Sulph., Psor., patient continually relapsing after the apparent simillimum.Aggravation
:
motion, moving the eye ;
in a warm room ;
rising from lying or sitting up (cough
relieved by sitting up ;
< by lying down, Clarke).Amelioration
:
heat, hot bathing or drinking hot water ;
binding affected part tightly ;
stretching out limbs ;
walking. changing position.Mind (Pyrogenium)
Anxiety, restlessness.
Brain active during the night, could not sleep, was making speeches
and writing articles.Delirious on closing eyes
;
sees a man at foot of bed.Feels when lying on one side that she is one person, and another
person when turning on the other side.Great depression.
Hallucination that he is very wealthy
;
remaining after fever.Increased buoyancy of spirits, although he felt ill.
Irritable
(S).
Loquacious
;
can think and talk faster than ever before (S).Muttering delirium.
Sensation as if she covered the whole bed
;
knew her head was on pillow, but did not know where the rest of her
body was.Sensation as though crowded with arms and legs.
The muttering delirium sets in early, leading to unconsciousness
and death.The signs of infection are horror, delirium, stupefaction.
Whispers
;
in sleep.Head (Pyrogenium)
Cerebral symptoms are not usually severe, but there is often a low
form of delirium.Child with cerebro-spinal meningitis was so sick that at one time
it seemed as though she could not recover;
there was automatic motion of the right arm and right leg ;
rolling the head from side to side ;
this kept up until it would turn her around from left to right till
her feet would get on the pillow or touch the head-board ;
she was brought out of this condition with Pyrogenium.Dizziness on rising up in bed.
Dizziness, headache.
Dull headache.
Excruciating, bursting, throbbing headache with intense
restlessness(often
accompanied with profuse nose-bleed, nausea, and vomiting).Forehead bathed in cold sweat.
Frightful throbbing headache
>
from tight band.Great throbbing of arteries of temples and head
;
every pulsation felt in brain and in ears, the throbbings meet on top
of brain (S).Heavy headache, uncomfortable.
Morning headache.
Painless throbbing all through front of head
;
sounds like escaping steam (S).Pains in both mastoids,
< r. ; dull throbbing in mastoid region (S).
Pulsation felt in head, painless throbbing.
Rolling of head from side to side.
Sensation as if a cap were on.
Staggers as if drunk on rising in morning
(S).
Throbbing of carotids and vessels of the neck
;
a distinct, wave-like throb from the clavicles upwards.Eyes (Pyrogenium)
Intense photophobia, lies with fists pressed tight in eyes.
Left eyeball sore,
< looking up and turning eye outward (S).
Lids seem dry and roughened as if filled with sand
;
mucus collecting in inner canthi ;
agglutinated and crusty borders on waking in the morning.Phlyctenular keratitis, both eyes
< by light.
Projecting eyes.
Sticky and inflamed eyes.
Ears (Pyrogenium)
Ears cold.
Ears red, as if blood would burst out of them.
Loud ringing in right ear lasting but a few minutes.
Loud ringing, like a bell, in left ear
;
ringing and roaring in right ear < at night.Sound as of escaping steam, a puffing, purring sound.
Nose (Pyrogenium)
Cold nose.
Fan-like motion of alae nasi.
Nose -bleed
;
awakened by dreaming of it and found it was so.Nostrils closing alternately
(S).
Sneezing
:
every time he puts hands from under covers ;
at night.Sneezing at night, nostrils closing and alternating from side to
side.Thick, gluey discharge from nose
< right.
Face (Pyrogenium)
Circumscribed redness of cheeks.
Face
:
burning ;
yellow ;
very red ;
pale, sunken, and bathed in cold sweat ;
pale, greenish, or chlorotic.Face assumes a pinched and anxious expression.
Hectic flush in afternoon and evening, coming on regularly at
3
or 4
P. M. and lasting till midnight ;
then face covered with large drops ot cold perspiration.Mouth (Pyrogenium)
A nauseating, offensive taste in morning, for many days during
proving.Bad taste in the mouth.
Bitter taste in the mouth
;
tongue dry down the center.During the evening a terribly fetid taste, as if mouth and throat
were full of pus, which lasted24
hours ;
sensation as of a broken abscess in the mouth.Pasty, furred tongue.
Sticky saliva.
Taste
:
took one dose of Pyrogen cm. (Swan)
in the afternoon.Tongue
:
coated white in front, brown at back ;
yellowish brown, bad taste in morning (S).Tongue
:
coated yellowish grey, edges and tip very red ;
large, flabby ;
yellow brown streak down centre.Tongue clean, smooth, and dry
;
first fiery red, then dark red and intensely dry ;
smooth and dry ;
glossy, shiny as if varnished ;
dry, cracked, articulation difficult.Tongue dry and brown.
Tongue dry and not a particle of moisture on it. Has had no thirst
since she has been sick.Throat (Pyrogenium)
Diphtheria with extreme fetor.
Elongated uvula.
Relaxed throat.
Ulcerated tonsils.
Larynx (Pyrogenium)
Burning in larynx and bronchi on coughing.
Cough
< by motion.
Cough attended with rusty expectoration.
Cough every time
I
move or turn over in bed.Cough more in a warm room.
Cough severe after rising.
Cough up yellow sputa through the night.
Coughed up yellow sputa through the night.
Coughing causes pain in back of head.
Coughing when expiring.
Coughing, spitting up large masses of phlegm from larynx.
Laryngitis.
Usually cough.
Appetite (Pyrogenium)
Complete loss of appetite.
Drinking very hot water,
>
thirst and vomiting (dog).Great thirst for small quantities, but the least liquid was
instantly rejected.No appetite or thirst
(19th
day).No appetite, as stomach and bowels feel so full. No appetite for
dinner.No appetite, yet nourishment is freely taken and digested.
Poor appetite for breakfast.
Unusual appetite for chocolate.
Stomach (Pyrogenium)
Belching of sour water after breakfast.
Belching some water after breakfast.
Dyspepsia.
Nausea
>
by drinking very hot water and by vomiting.Nausea and vomiting.
Nausea on first rising.
Stomach and bowels feel too full to eat.
Stomach feels too full
;
< after eating and >
by frequent sour eructations.Urging to vomit
;
with cold feet.Vomiting
:
persistent ;
brownish, coffee-ground ;
offensive, stercoraceous ;
with impacted or obstructed bowels.Vomiting and purging.
Vomiting is not infrequent.
Vomits water when it becomes warm in stomach
;
vomiting >.Abdomen (Pyrogenium)
Ascites
(Bright’s
disease).Full feeling and bloating of abdomen.
Great distension of the abdomen, with high temperature – lochial
discharge, intensely offensive, as if rotten.Pain in umbilical region with passage of sticky, yellow, offensive
stool.Peritonitis. Irregular action of the bowels.
Sensation of cold in abdomen.
Sensation of heaviness in abdomen.
Soreness of abdomen so severe she can breathe with difficulty, and
hardly bear any pressure over right side.Very severe cutting pains right side going through back,
< by every motion, talking, coughing, breathing deep ; >
lying on right (affected)
side ;
groaning with every breath.When lying on left side bubbling or gurgling sensation in
hypochondria, extending back to left of spine.While riding in a buggy aching in left of umbilicus
;
< drinking water ; >
passing flatus.Stool And Anus (Pyrogenium)
Congestion and capillary stasis of gastro-intestinal mucous
membrane, shedding of epithelium, bloody fluid distending intestines(dog).
Constipation
:
hard, dry accumulated feces ;
stool large, black, carrion-like ;
small black balls like olives.Feculent and thin mucus, and finally bloody diarrhea and tenesmus
(dog).
Involuntary escape of stool when passing flatus.
Irregular action of the bowels.
No stool today, very unusual.
Passing flatus, sometimes involuntary.
Profuse watery, painless stools, with vomiting.
Sticky yellow stool.
Stool very much constipated, large, difficult, requires much effort
;
first part balls, last part natural, with streaks of blood ;
anus sore after.Stool, horribly offensive, carrion-like.
(
Sweat about
anus removed ;
fistula relieved.)
Usually diarrhea.Two soft, sticky stools,
8
to 9
A. M.Urinary Organs (Pyrogenium)
Aching in region of the kidneys.
Action of the kidneys irregular.
Frequent calls to urinate as fever comes on.
Got up three times in night to urinate.
(Bright’s
disease.)Intolerable tenesmus of bladder
;
spasmodic contractions, involving rectum, ovaries, and broad ligaments
;
[cured in a case of Yingling’s with Pyrogen cm. (and
higher)
;
patient’s next period came on naturally and painlessly, whereas before
menses had been painful and extremely offensive].Irregular urination.
Red lime inside of vessel, hard to remove.
Sediment like red pepper that floats at the bottom.
Urinated only twice to-day. Very unusual
;
usually several times a day, normal in quantity.Urine
:
yellow when first voided ;
after standing, cloudy with substance looking like orange peel ;
red deposit on vessel hard to remove ;
deposits sediment like red pepper with reddish cloud on vessel.Urine contains albumin and casts
;
horribly offensive, carrion-like.Urine loaded with albumen.
Urine scanty
;
only passed twice in twenty-four hours.Male Sexual Organs (Pyrogenium)
Testes hang down relaxed
;
scrotum looks and feels thin.Female Sexual Organs (Pyrogenium)
(
Has cured
prolapsus uteri, with bearing down >
by holding the head and straining as in the act of labor.)Abscess of left ovary, acute throbbing pain, great distress, with
fever and rigors(Pyrogen
cm. (Swan)
produced an enormous flow of white creamy pus with general >).Face pallid, with offensive viscid perspiration
;
abdomen sensitive to pressure ;
lochia and milk ceased. Thirsty for frequent small drinks. Pulse 140,
weak, small ;
temperature 103.
Pyrogen cm. 6
doses in water one half hour apart. She made a good, though slow
recovery. Puerperal septicemia.Hemorrhage of bright red blood with dark clots
It has cured prolapsus uteri, with bearing down,
>
by holding the breath and straining, as in the act of labor.Lochia
:
thin, acrid, brown, or fetid ;
suppressed, followed by chills, fever, and profuse fetid perspiration.Menses horribly offensive
;
carrion-like.Menses last but one day. then a bloody acrid leucorrhea, horribly
offensive.Pain in head severe
;
she clasped it with her hands as if she had received a sudden blow and
cried, “Oh !
my head ;”
became very restless, said, she was going to die, and did not want the
baby, of whom she was very fond, near her.Pain starting in the umbilicus or a little above, and passing down
towards the uterus, but at midway of abdomen it would be intercepted
by the same kind of a pain starting from the uterus and passing upward
till they would meet midway between the umbilicus and uterus, then
gradually die – out till another would come as before;
>
momentarily by drawing her knees up to her chin and grasping her arms
around them and holding them tight. Intolerable tenesmus of the
bladder ;
it was more of a spasmodic contraction than anything else ;
at the same time this condition would be reflected to the rectum and
this strong desire to defecate without ability to do sa would also
involve the ovaries and broad ligaments. Nux vom. and Lilium tig. had
no effect whatever.Pain starting in the uterine region and passing upward to the
umbilicus. It was the reverse(a
cork-screw pain)
;
this was momentarily >
by holding the breath and bearing down, as in labor ;
momentarily >
by pressing the hands against the vulva, then she said she would have
to turn loose, as it made her worse. Lilium had previously failed in
this case.Parts greatly swollen
(Bright’s
disease).Puerperal fever, with offensive lochia
(cured).
Puerperal peritonitis with extreme fetor
;
a rotten odor.Septicemia following abortion
;
fetus or secundines retained, decomposed and horribly offensive.Severe chill
;
dull frontal headache ;
restless, pale, anxious.Sharp shooting pains through abdomen.
Mrs. T. B., pale, slender, delicate, but in good health
;
primipara ;
was successfully delivered April 10th,
1901.
On the 20th
found her with a temperature of 102
;
lochia scanty, pale, offensive ;
but she felt well and had no pain. Fever increased in severity
gradually for several days, until temperature reached 105
and 106,
with a pulse of 120-130
;
still she insisted she felt well and would not go to bed. Several
remedies, Bapt., Bell., Ech., Tar., were given without effect. Finally
a severe shaking chill followed in a few hours by another sent her to
bed, and the nurse was recalled. Pyrogen was given. Following day
temperature 102
;
lochia reappeared in natural color ;
the abdominal sensitiveness ceased and in two or three days
disappeared entirely. She rapidly recovered.Mrs. W. S. C., a slender woman
;
primipara ;
delivered June 10th,
instrumental. Severe peritoneal laceration, which was repaired. The
morning of the third day had shake ;
cutting spasmodic pain in uterus, which was swollen and sensitive ;
lochia dark, profuse, clotted ;
both iliac regions sensitive to pressure < left side. Belladonna gave no relief. Fever continued to rise ; lochia darker, more offensive, containing threads and clots. The odor and other symptoms indicating approaching sepsis she received Pyrogen with very gratifying results, and a rapid recovery.Carrie, aged
16
years, been sick two or three months under allopathic care. Breath,
perspiration, expectoration, menses, urine and feces horribly
offensive, carrion-like ;
disgust up to nausea about an effluvia that arises from her own body ;
soreness of the chest and abdomen, menses last but one day and a
sanguineous leucorrhea that is of the same odor ;
pulse 106,
with a bad cough, worse coming into a warm room ;
large, fleshy, pale, greenish or chlorotic face, mother having just
died of consumption. Pyrogen cm., one dose, and better in ten hours,
and on November 12th
cough, odor and soreness nearly all gone, pulse 80,
tongue clean. Sac. lac., and she remains well to this writing.- Wakeman.
Respiratory Organs (Pyrogenium)
Cough
:
expectorating large masses of phlegm from larynx ;
< by motion ; < in warm room ; cough, burning in larynx and bronchi ; pain in occiput ; stitching in small of back, only noticed in the chair ; coughs up yellow sputa through night.Cough
>
sitting up, < lying down.Expectoration
:
rusty mucus ;
horribly offensive ;
bloody sputa.Wheezing when expiring.
Chest (Pyrogenium)
Chest sore, purple spots on it.
Ecchymoses on pleura
(dog).
Neglected pneumonia
:
cough, night-sweats, frequent pulse, abscess had burst discharging
much pus of mattery taste (rapid
recovery under Pyrogen, three doses).Pain in right lung and shoulder,
< talking or coughing.
Pain in the chest, and perhaps orthopnea, from pleuritic
affections.Pain in the region of the left nipple, as if in the heart which was
going to ache.Respirations are rapid and shallow.
Severe contracting pain within lower sternum, sometimes extending
to rib-joints and up to throat, as if esophagus were being cramped.J. A. W., aged
61.
An old soldier full of rheumatic aches and pains ;
complaining much.April
7,
1895.
Rode twenty-two miles in a big wind storm, chilling and disagreeable,
on the 5th.
Taken to bed at once.Hot and cold flashes,
< moving about. Aching
and sore all over. Bones ache. Very restless and nervous. Impatient.
Head feels big, full
and aches all through head and down neck ;
< coughing. Nasal discharge fluent and thin. Lungs
sore and painful ; < coughing.
Coughs considerably, some little expectoration, < at night.Pulse
84.
Bowels not moved since the 4th.
Urine scant. Chilly when moving. When first taken sick, and when
riding in the storm, his toe
nails felt as if they were flying off, first
one, then another. This feeling was very marked and disagreeable.Pyrogen cmm., three doses, two hours apart.
Within twelve hours the pains were all gone and he had a good
night’s rest. Sat up next morning feeling “better and freer from
pain than in four months.” A very rapid and promptcure.-Yingling.
Heart (Pyrogenium)
Cardiac asthenia from septic conditions.
Could not sleep for whizzing and purring of hear
;
she did sleep was delirious.Ecchymoses on heart and pericardium –
(dog)
Every pulsation felt in head and ears
;
a painless throbbing.Heart tired as after a long run
;
increased action < least motion.Loud heart-beats, audible to herself and others.
Never free from weary sensation about the heart.
Pain in region of left nipple, as if in heart
;
increased action ;
pulse 120.Palpitation
< by motion ; < lying on affected (left) side.
Palpitation
< from motion >
remaining quiet ;
pulse 160
170
per minute.Palpitation or increased action without corresponding in crease of
temperature.Sensation as if heart were enlarged
;
distinct consciousness of a heart.Sensation as if heart were too full of blood.
Sensation as if the heart were pumping cold water.
Tired feeling about the heart, as after a long run, feel as if
I
would like to take it out and let it rest ;
it would be such a relief if it would stop its throbbing ;
temperature not raised.Violent, so persistent that it became very tiresome.
Back And Neck (Pyrogenium)
Bubbling sensation or gurgling in the left hypochondrium, extending
back to the left side of the spine, felt when lying on the left side.Pain in small of back.
Pains in back in lumbar region.
Stitching pain in the back on coughing.
Throbbing of vessels of neck running up in waves from clavicles.
Weak feeling in the back.
Limbs (Pyrogenium)
Aching
:
in bones ;
all over body as from a severe cold ;
with soreness of flesh, head feels hard ;
>
motion (S).Automatic movement of r. arm and r. leg, turned the child round
from r. to left till feet reached the pillow;
repeated as often as she was put right (cerebro-spinal
meningitis).Cold extremities.
Numbness of hands, arms, and feet, extending over whole body.
Upper Limbs (Pyrogenium)
Dry eczema of hands.
Hands and arms numb.
Hands cold and clammy.
Pain in left shoulder-joint, in front, passing down the arm from
two to three inches, lasting till going to bed.Pain in shoulder-joint
;
in front, passing three inches down arm (S).Profuse exudation in axillary region.
Lower Limbs (Pyrogenium)
Aching
:
in bones ;
all over body as from a severe cold ;
with lameness and soreness of muscles ;
bed feels hard ;
>
motion. < from motion.Aching about knees, deep in bones, while sitting by a hot fire
;
>
by walking.Aching above knees in bones,
>
stretching out limbs.Aching above left knee as though bone broken
(S).
Aching pains in legs, as if in the bones.
Cold extremities
;
feet bathed in cold sweat.Edema of legs, in case of Bright’s disease.
Feet and legs swollen
(Bright’s
disease).Numbness of feet.
Numbness of hands, arms, and feet, extending over whole body.
On going to bed aching in patella
;
>
flexing leg.Tingling in r. little toe as though frost-bitten.
Skin (Pyrogenium)
Mrs.
I.,
aged 35,
mother of two children, swelling of calf of leg ;
vesication formed on top of left foot, followed by a large ulcer,
which eventually covered the whole foot. As the diseased process
extended up the leg, several abscesses formed in succession, the
swelling continuing to spread to the hip. About three inches below the
trochanter a large abscess burrowed in the soft tissues, discharging
great quantities of pus when opened.Restless, unable to lie in one position
;
motion caused great pain, but moving gave >
;
must be continually moved, every hour or two every night, which a dose
of Rhus failed to >.
The feet, ankles and abdomen very much swollen ;
urine scanty, with red sandy sediment ;
constant sensation of repletion ;
is very thirsty yet unable to drink ;
hungry, yet the least food causes repletion ;
very peevish, whines like a child. Swelling and pain still increasing ;
face and neck yellow, emaciated and wrinkled ;
temperature 103,
pulse 120.
After Ars., Rhus, Lyc. and Nux v. failed to give any >,
Pyrogen cmm., one dose, followed by placebo every hour ;
improvement began and continued for four days, when a copious,
painless, watery, offensive diarrhea began ;
another dose of Pyrogen was given and the patient went on to a rapid
recovery.Bed sores easily form and skin shows a tendency to slough on very
slight pressure.Erysipelas.
Obstinate, varicose, offensive ulcers of, old people.
Patches of superficial gangrene frequently occur, without
provocation.Skin and conjunctiva becomes jaundiced.
Skin pale, cold, of earthy ashy hue.
Soon after the rigor, sometimes a subcutaneous abscess forms, or
discolorations and pustules are seen on the skin. Jaundice appears.Nerves (Pyrogenium)
Could not lie long in one place without moving
;
yet moving gives no relief.Great debility in the morning.
Great nervousness and restlessness.
He staggered when attempting to walk.
Nervous weakness attending convalescence from septic fever.
Sleep (Pyrogenium)
Can lie but a few minutes in any position.
Could not sleep till dawn-brain too active-could not keep my eyes
shut.Cries out in sleep as if in pain.
Cries out in sleep that a weight is lying on her.
Disturbed sleep.
Dreamed all night of the business of the day.
Dreamed he had nosebleed, and on waking the nose had bled all over
the pillow.Dreams
:
of various things ;
of business ;
of his patients and the remedy which cured them.Kept awake by purring of heart.
Restless sleep, with moaning.
Restlessness
>
after sleep.Slept awhile
;
woke to roll and tumble in every conceivable position.Unable to sleep from brain activity and crowding of ideas.
Unrefreshing sleep.
Whispers in sleep.
Fever (Pyrogenium)
After dinner, ache all over, chilly all night, bed feels hard.
After getting into bed, chilly, teeth chatter
;
woke 10
P. M.Blood was throbbing all through every part of head and body-could
feel it even in my fingers.Burning in the face.
Chills running up and down the spine in successive waves
;
heat gives no relief.Chilly all night.
Chilly at times and a little aching
;
a little feverish.Cold sweat over body.
Constant terrible aching all over the body
;
bed feels hard, must move frequently in search of a soft place.Delirium when closing the eyes
;
sees a man at the foot of the bed or in the farther part of the room ;
hands cold and clammy ;
abdomen so sore that she can scarcely breathe ;
bowels so sore cannot bear any pressure over the right side ;
< from sitting up in bed ; vertigo on rising up in bed.Every other day dumb ague.
Feels hot as if he had a fever, but temperature was only
99°
F., feels like 105°.Fever of the intermittent type, with the usual accompaniments of
loss of appetite, restlessness, thirst.Feverishness.
Fevers caused by
:
sewer gas poisoning ;
surgical infection ;
dissecting wounds, blood poisoning, or absorption of pus by medicated
topical application.Frequent calls to urinate as soon as fever came on
;
urine clear as water.In all cases of fever commencing with pains in the limbs”
(Swan).
in perspiration on upper part of body
;
>
motion (S).Perspiration horribly offensive, carrion-like
;
disgust up to nausea about any effluvia arising from her own body.Puerperal fevers.
Pulse becomes weak and rapid.
Pulse felt in head and ears, painless throbbing.
Pyemia.
Rigors cease after the first few days, but the temperature usually
maintains a remittent character.Septicemia.
Shivers and begins to move about restlessly
;
temperature rises gradually and as gradually subsides (dog).Slight elevation of temperature, severe rigor, followed by
sweating. The rigors are usually severe, and they occasionally occur
with the regularity of ague.Temperature rises rapidly to
104°
F., and sinks rapidly from heart failure (dog,
fatal dose).Typhoid fever.
N. B., child
4
years old, resided in a house in which plumbing was being repaired. A
few days after was attacked at 2
A. M. with :
Vomiting and purging ;
stools profuse and watery. Cold extremities, ears and nose ;
forehead bathed in cold perspiration. Tongue heavily coated,
yellowish-gray ;
edges of tip very red. Great prostration. Great restlessness mental
and physical ;
pulse 140,
small and wiry ;
temperature 99.
Great thirst for small quantities, but the smallest quantity was
instantly rejected. Later in day stool was horribly offensive, of a
carrion-like odor ;
face pale, sunken, bathed in cold perspiration. Tongue dark red and
free from the heavy coating of early morning, intense thirst, but
water < both vomiting and purging. After Ver., Ars., Carbo v. and Bap. had been given, with no improvement, the patient evidently sinking, impossible to count the pulse, thinking perhaps sewer-gas poison may have been the factor, and the clean, fiery red tongue called my attention to Dr. Burnett's cures in the Homeopathic World with Pyrogen. I gave two doses dry on the tongue with prompt and permanent relief.Miss E. B., aged
14,
complained of feeling weary, unable to go to school. Applying
thermometer, found temperature 102,
pulse 108,
and her father sent for me. I
found tongue abnormally red, thin, white fur at base. Had a slight
epistaxis in the morning which Bryonia >,
but failed to affect the fever. As there was absolutely no pain and
very few symptoms, she was allowed to wait a few days on placebo.
Sewer-gas was now discovered as the cause ;
Pyrogen, one dose, was given with rapid recovery.Inclined to talk all the time at night during the fever
;
cold sweat over the body ;
pain in-the small of the back ;
desires to urinate ;
it is scant ;
talks to herself ;
urging to vomit, with cold feet ;
restlessness >
after sleeping ;
purple spots on the chest ;
cries out in her sleep that some one or a weight is lying on her ;
heart beats hard, has a laborious action ;
sensation as if the heart was too full of blood ;
it beats very loud, heart sounds can be heard some distance from the
thorax, always can hear her heart beat ;
could not sleep last night for whizzing and purring of heart, when she
did fall asleep was delirious. Sensation as if a cap were on her head.When she awakens and finds it there she knows that she is all
right, that she is not delirious;
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after vomiting ;
whispers in her sleep ;
whispers to herself, if you ask her what she said does not answer ;
sensation as if she covered the whole bed ;
she knew that her head was on the pillow, but she could not tell where
the rest of her body was.She feels when lying on one side that she is one person and that
when she turns to the other side she is another person;
sensation as though the fever would not run in each alike, that is to
say, she felt as though she was existing in a second person, or that
there were two of her.Coldness and chilliness all day that no fire would warm
;
sits by the fire and breathes the heat from the stove ;
chilly whenever leaving the fire ;
at night when the fever came on he had a sensation as if his lungs
were on fire and that he must have fresh air, which soon brought
relief.Sensation as though he was crowded by his arms and legs
;
when turning over in bed they were still crowding him ;
as soon as the fever came on he commenced to urinate ;
he can tell every time when the fever is coming on because of this
urgency to urinate. The urine is clear as spring-water.Very severe pain in the right side
;
knife-like pains going through to the back ;
< from every motion, from coughing or talking or taking a long breath ; >
from lying on the affected side ;
groaning with every breath ;
redness of the face and also of the ears, it looked as if the blood
would burst out of them.After the fever leaves he still has the hallucination that he is
very wealthy and he has a very large sum of money in the bank, and
this was the last to leave him-this idea that he had the money.I
can hardly
mention Pyrogen without becoming enthusiastic, on account of the
wonderful results that I
have had from it in blood poisoning. In any kind of septic infection,
either puerperal or traumatic, Pyrogen will do wonders, when the
symptoms correspond. It is similar to Anthracinum in some respects.An old woman dying with gangrene inoculated one of her nurses
;
the nurse had chills, high fever and red streaks running up the arm
following the course of the lymphatics. Pyrogen rapidly removed the
whole process. –
Boger.
The palmar surface of the left forearm was torn to the bone by a
buzz-saw. It was dressed by adhesive plaster, which was put on so
tightly that it had to be removed in24
hours, replaced by another and a few stitches taken ;
but the whole hand began to swell, became very painful, gradually grew
worse for eighteen days, during which patient had but few hours sleep.
Whole hand and forearm were enormously swollen, almost black ii color
and mortification threatened. Amputation was now decided.At this stage a homeopathic physician found in addition to the
symptoms above the patient delirious and excited;
he could not lie down, for the bed was too hard, nor could he rest the
arm on anything, for everything on which it lay also seemed too hard.
Pyrogen 50m.
In a few hours he was sleeping quietly, temperature reduced and pain
lessened. Improvement was rapid and steady to complete recovery.Generalities (Pyrogenium)
A sudden attack of pleurisy occurring in any one with otorrhea.
Aching all over, bed feels hard.
Cannot lie more than few minutes in one position,
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change.Cries when washed.
Debility in morning, staggered on trying to walk
(S).
Feebleness.
General lassitude.
Great aversion to being washed.
Great muscular debility
;
rapid recovery in a few hours (dog).Great nervousness and restlessness, wants to be covered or rocked.
Malaria, pains in limbs, especially in legs and back, with
headache, distress in stomach, like a heavy wad.Nervousness.
Pains in limbs and general uneasiness.
Peculiar sweet smell about the patient, as in diabetes.
Pyemia may be suspected.
Restless and moaning, in persons dying, especially from scarlet
fever or diphtheria, often enables them to recover.Restlessness, turning in bed, groaning.
Restlessness, when beginning to move and during motion.
Soon after the initial rigor, pain and swelling of one or more
joints occurs.Will not sleep in bed, but wants to be held in lap and kept in
slight motion;
wakes when the motion is stopped or on attempting to lay her down.Aggravation (Pyrogenium)
Restlessness
>
when first commencing to move (Rhus
< when first commencing to move).Amelioration (Pyrogenium)
From hard rocking in a chair.
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