Elements of therapeutics and practice according to the dosimetric system / by D'Oliveira Castro.

  • Castro, D'Oliveira.
Date:
1888
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    indicate to us with certainty the modifications which should be introduced into the therapeutic arrangement. < H i—i 'Dominant. Want of nervous equilibrium ^Hyperasmia . Anemia . Variant. Xervous mobility Spasms . Atony and paralysis ^Encephalopathies . j Arseniate of strychnine. ) Hyoseyamine. j Aconitine. I Digitaline. ] Arseniate of iron. ( Morphine, f Caffeine. J Guaranine. 1 Cyanide of zinc. [ Valerianate of zinc. j Valerianate of atropine. ( Gelsemine. j Phosphoric acid. ( Ergotine. Ì Iodides. -| Arseniates. ( Phosphides. Amenorrhoea.—The absence of menstruation may be accompanied by morbid phenomena, more or less complex in character ; or it may produce neither symp- tom nor inconvenience. It may be either permanent or transitory, and may depend upon organic lesions of the sexual organs, or upon a constitutional state. In the first case, haemorrhage from the cavity of the uterus is prevented by atresia of the genital organs ; in the sec- ond case there is no haemorrhage, and consequently no retention of blood. In the cases of atresia or obtura- tion of the cervix uteri, nothing can be done by the use of drugs, except to soothe the irritability of the uterus, which is caused by the permanent contact of the men- strual fluid, this, irritability being especially marked at the menstrual epoch. We may give, then, cicutine and tannate of cannabine, three granules at a time, as often as seems necessary ; and, if there are painful contrac- tions with reflex phenomena, we can give one granule of hyoseyamine every half-hour. Changes in the constitutional condition sometimes give rise to amenorrhoea of a transient character. Such cases may be associated with chlorosis, in which iron would be indicated ; with tuberculosis, for which we would give iodoform ; with syphilis, for which we would