Homœopathy : explained and illustrated / by T. Battye.

  • Battye, Thomas
Date:
1854
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    were, even by that time, dreadfully swollen (the accident had just occurred); and so excessive was the pain that the poor fellow writhed under it.^ I gave him medicine, and ordered him to hed. In about three hours I called upon him, and found him very comfortable ; the pain, he said, had almost entirely ceased in an hour after using my plans ; and he has had neither pain nor untoward symptom since. There has not even been the slightest discoloration of the parts affected; the swelling and induration are now all but gone, although only six days since the accident: and in two or three days more he will be in a state to resume his work, which, indeed, he is wanting to do at once. I^o leeches; no purgatives ; no confinement beyond a few hours ; nothing that could in the least reduce his stamina, was employed here. A case like this may appear to many, almost too insignificant to quote, as an effectual cure could be wrought in so short a time ; and on this very account I never thought of mentioning it, although so near, as a reference, had I not been induced to do it, by the contrast it forms with a case mentioned to me by Hanks himself, of a young man an acquaintance of his, who under precisely similar circumstances, was treated on the old school system. He, however, with aU the very active treatment adopted— of leeching, purging, low diet, etc. etc., was unable to resume his work for nearly as many months as my case required days. BAD LEGS—INDOLENT ULCERS. Mr. James King, Grove-street, has been under my care for a few weeks; and, though by no means well, is comparatively a new being, and is daily improving. For many years he has been suffering, and severely too, from inflammation of the right foot, extending nearly to the knee ; stiffness of the ankle joint and foot, and large and unhealthy- looking ulcers on each side of the ankle, as well as on the leg. His account was, that he had long ceased to consult any one, having found after many years’ trial, that his money was spent in vain ; he was no better; but gradually becoming weaker, and worse in every way. I have before said that he is doing well: he has now little or no pain ; his ulcers are fast healing; the stiffness and swelling of the leg and ankle are gradually improving; his nights, which for years have been greatly disturbed from pain, are now comfortable, and his general health is greatly improved. This is the state he is in at present. I have stiU others progressing equally well; small as my practice is at present. I may just mention W. Wheal, Mr. Tollitt’s manager, who has been for years a gouty subject. His pain was almost imme¬ diately checked ; and he has this morning told me that he is better by my week’s treatment, than he has been used to be heretofore in two or three months. Before closing this little Pamphlet on Homoeopathy, I have been very undecided whether to give, amongst homoeopathic cases, or rather in addition to them, some, of the class explained in note B. My success in their management was certainly not attributable either only or
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