Hull's Jahr : a new manual of homoeopathic practice.

  • George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr
Date:
1870
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    actual paroxysm of epilepsy may promptly occur. Abdominal epilepsy is said to happen most frequently between the seventh and eleventh years of life; it is four times more frequent in males than females; the attacks are more common towards the full of the moon, after which they lessen, and towards the last quarter they are entirely ab- sent.—J. C. P. If -3^]thusa ie homoeopathic to epilepsy, it ought to be antipathic to paralysis ; yet Noack has recommended it in paraplegia inferior. It causes great debJity, lassitude, and tiredness, especially in the legs, attended with dro-wsiness ; also, paralytic pain in the left shoulder; sudden lassitude of the fore-arms while knitting; weakness of the right wrist; paralytic pains in the thighs while sitting, disappearing after motion; great lassitude of the legs. These are all symptoms which point to great debility, and, perhaps, to approaching paralysis; but, as ^thusa is pi rjeminently a convulsive remedy, it must be anti- pathic to paralysis, except when it occurs in consequence of the ex- haustion which succeeds previous convulsive action.—J. C.P. Nerves of Sensation.—It is supposed to act much less specifically upon these than upon the nerves of motion; in fact, most of the ^thusa-pains are rending and piercing, such as occur in muscular or fibrous strictures, and are comparable to rheumatic or muscular contractive pains, like labor-pains. Thus, it is homoeopathic to rend- ing and piercing pains in the muscles ; in the head, especially in the temples, mostly in the afternoon ; in the ears ; zygoma; in the gums ; in the epigastrium, extending up to the oesophagus ; in the lumbar and hypochondriac regions; in the nape; in the elbow, hand, and finger-joints; in the thighs, knees, and feet.—J. C. P. MuscuLAP^ System.—Any remedy which acts specifically upon the nerves of motion, almost necessarily acts equally specifically upon the muscles. It may prove homoeopathic to the convulsions which attend Bright's disease.—J. C. P. Vascular System. Fever.—Chill in the room; chill after hav- ing walked in the open air. General coldness. Internal coldness. Coldness of the whole body, accompanied by somnolence; coldness of the whole body, perceptible to the touch, without thirst, for two days. Redness of the face during the coldness. Horripilation, with heat extending over the whole body. Painful lassitude, hot breath, and jactitation during the horripilation. General heat. Complete absence of thirst, notwithstanding the great general heat. General sweat. He cannot bear to be uncovered during the sweat. Irregu- , lar pulse ; full, accelerated, imperceptible pulse. The febrile pymp^ toms manifest themselves more especially in the morning -with very 6 t
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