Hull's Jahr : a new manual of homoeopathic practice.
- George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hull's Jahr : a new manual of homoeopathic practice. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![acter of spasm, and as a general rule, comparatively small quan- tities of the drug, such as a few drops of the tincture, or even oi the first or second decimal attenuation, are adequate to their re- moval. Secondarily, GcmlophylluTn is homoeopathic to uterine con- ditions resulting from exhaustion or atony of the uterine fibre, such as menorrhagia, metrorrhagia. When prescribed for conditions of this kind, larger quantities of the drug may be required. In dysmenorrhoea, with horrid spasms, icy coldness of the ex- tremities, nausea and vomiting, excessive tenderness of the abdo- men, we have prescribed Gaulophyllum sometimes, with instantane- ous rehef We have likewise administered it as a prophylactic, and have frequently succeeded m regulatiug the catamenial periods to the perfect satisfaction of the ]Datient. A similar result has been obtained when the catamenial discharge was too profuse and too frequent. We have likewise found it very useful in moderating after-pains when they caused the patient to moan or lasted too long ; and we have found Gaulophyllum an excellent means of changing the spas- modic character of labor-pains to normal pains, recurring at proper intervals, and gradually increasing to regular expulsive pains. As a preventive of miscarriage we have never yet used Gaulo- phyllum alone, but either in alternation with Aconite or Secale- cornutum. After miscarriage the nervous system of the patient sometimes remains considerably shattered. Under these circumstances Gaulo- phyllum, or its resinoid, Gaulophyllin, may prove an excellent means of restoring it to its normal condition. In Hale's work on Abortion, we find a case reported by Dr. Ludlam, where, among other ailments, the patient was suffering with an incurable insom- nia. This was speedily cured by means of a few doses of Gaulo- phyllin 2. In 'metrorrhagia we have used it with partial benefit. From what we have seen of the efiects of Gaulophyllum in an accident of this kind, we are prepared to afiirm that it is endowed with re- markable remedial powers in this direction, but we are not by any means of the opinion expressed by some enthusiastic admirers of every thing new, that Caulophylhim supercedes Secale by its superior power to induce uterine contractions. In a case of des- perate flooding, which occurred suddenly about three hours after delivery, and where the uterus had contracted perfectly, Caulo- phyllum seemed utterly powerless to stop the flow of blood, although it was administered in proportionably small as well as 62 1225](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21060654_1233.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
