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====== WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ====== | ====== WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ====== | ||
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- | BY C. M. BOGER, M.D., Parkersburg, W. Va. | + | BY C. M. BOGER, M.D., Parkersburg, W. Va.\\ |
[Read before I. H. A., Bureau of Clinical Medicine, June 7, 1935] | [Read before I. H. A., Bureau of Clinical Medicine, June 7, 1935] | ||
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recently in the instance of a feeble child with whooping cough; it suddenly developed | recently in the instance of a feeble child with whooping cough; it suddenly developed | ||
generalised pleurisy of a severe type. It was either the similimum given promptly or an early | generalised pleurisy of a severe type. It was either the similimum given promptly or an early | ||
- | death. She awoke in anger, breathed with the greatest pain and the alae nasi moved in and | + | death. She awoke in anger, breathed with the greatest pain and the [[en:ahr:lippe-ad-a-question-on-characteristic-indications-addressed-to-dr-bayes-158-10551?s[]=the%20fan-like%20motion%20of%20the%20alae%20nasi#s20|alae nasi moved in and |
- | out convulsively. In four hours after a dose of <span grade2>Lycopodium</span> she started to sweat profusely and | + | out convulsively]]. In four hours after a dose of <span grade2>Lycopodium</span> she started to sweat profusely and |
was out of danger by the next day. Most articles on pleurisy fail to even mention this | was out of danger by the next day. Most articles on pleurisy fail to even mention this | ||
remedy. | remedy. | ||
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this should be avoided because of the numerous pitfalls sure to be encountered. Hahnemann | this should be avoided because of the numerous pitfalls sure to be encountered. Hahnemann | ||
did the same thing, however, when he saw the similarity between the effects of cinchona | did the same thing, however, when he saw the similarity between the effects of cinchona | ||
- | bark and typical malaria, between the action of Belladonna and the smooth type of scarlet | + | bark and typical malaria, between the action of <span grade2>Belladonna</span> and the smooth type of scarlet |
- | fever, or later in life when he pointed out the resemblance of the effects of Camphor, | + | fever, or later in life when he pointed out the resemblance of the effects of <span grade2>Camphor</span>, |
- | Cuprum and Veratrum album to three different types of cholera. When in 1830 he | + | <span grade2>Cuprum</span> and <span grade2>Veratrum album</span> to three different types of cholera. When in 1830 he |
recommended the use of <span grade2>Mercurius corrosivus</span> in dysentery he certainly matched up the | recommended the use of <span grade2>Mercurius corrosivus</span> in dysentery he certainly matched up the | ||
- | main features both of the disease and the drug effects. The finer distinctions upon whichother remedies had previously been prescribed were relegated to a secondary place in | + | main features both of the disease and the drug effects. The finer distinctions upon which other remedies had previously been prescribed were relegated to a secondary place in |
favour of the coarser disease as well as drug effects. Even here we must not be too hasty in | favour of the coarser disease as well as drug effects. Even here we must not be too hasty in | ||
concluding that the sublimate is the certain and specific remedy for dysentery, because there | concluding that the sublimate is the certain and specific remedy for dysentery, because there | ||
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the symptom picture but many times we are forced to look for it elsewhere. Here the finest | the symptom picture but many times we are forced to look for it elsewhere. Here the finest | ||
discrimination is needful if we wish to attain success. | discrimination is needful if we wish to attain success. | ||
- | PARKERSBURG, W VA | + | |
+ | PARKERSBURG, W. VA. | ||