The practical advantages of homoeopathy, illustrated by numerous cases : dedicated by permission to Her Majesty Queen Adelaide / by Harris Dunsford.

  • Dunsford, Harris F., 1808-1847.
Date:
1842
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Credit: The practical advantages of homoeopathy, illustrated by numerous cases : dedicated by permission to Her Majesty Queen Adelaide / by Harris Dunsford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    constriction of the throat, conquered only by hyoscyamus, which has been observed by Ha- milton, Sauvages, &c, to produce it. Asclepiades cured a patient affected with inflammation of the brain, with a small quantity of wine. Rademacher published, in Hufeland's Journal, a case of febrile delirium attended with stertorous breathing—a state similar to that succeeding great intoxication from wine—which was cured in one night by giving the patient wine. It is well known, that a strong infusion of tea occasions palpitation and anxiety in those not accustomed to it. Hence, a small quantity of this beverage is an excellent remedy for such symptoms, when they arise from any other ex- citing cause, as stated by Rau. Lethargy, which had lasted several days, Hufeland cured with opium, which could only be explained on homoeopathic principles. The baths of Tosplitz, as well as other sul- phureous waters, produce frequently an eruption which resembles that to which woollen workers are subject. On this account, these baths, as well as sulphur itself, cure psoric eruptions. Beddoes states, that English physicians found