Taking cold : (the cause of half our diseases) its nature, causes, prevention, and cure; its frequency as a cause of other diseases, and the diseases of which it is the cause / by John W. Hayward.

  • Hayward, John W. (John William), 1828-
Date:
1866
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Credit: Taking cold : (the cause of half our diseases) its nature, causes, prevention, and cure; its frequency as a cause of other diseases, and the diseases of which it is the cause / by John W. Hayward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the hands and feet are cold; the pulse is thin, feeble, rather slower than na- turally, or at any rate not much ac- celerated. This condition is soon su- perseded by the opposite group of phenomena generally designated as fe- ver. The chill is the primary effect of the disease ; the fever constitutes a se- condary effect, or the reaction of the organism. In selecting a remedial agent for this derangement, it should be homoeopathic, not only to the primary chill, but also to the secondary group, fever. Aconite is such a remedy. Aco- nite is homoeopathic to the chill which marks the first invasion of the disease, and to the fever which marks the be- ginning of the organic reaction. We are seldom called to a patient during the primary invasion of the disease: the organic reaction is generally fully established when we first see the pa- tient. Nevertheless we prescribe aco- nite, knowing full well that the inflam- matory stage must have been preceded by a chill. . . . The primary action of