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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    state, and the earliest pathological condition and symptoms being always the same, and having one truly ho- moeopathic remedy, why should we allow our patients to lose time, and allow any serious disease to be deve- loped, whilst dallying with a long list of medicines amongst which they may be lost in choice ? Why not recom- mend them to be content with one old and well-tried friend that will never betray their confidence ? “ In ^cute inflam- mation,” says Dr. Meyhoffer, “ we can never have any doubt as to the medi- cine necessary to subdue it; the action of aconite on the arterial system has pointed to it since the time of Hahne- mann as the antiphlogistic par excel- lence I cannot more ap- propriately close this essay than with the excellent remarks of Dr. Dudgeon in the “ Hahnemann Materia Medica.” He says of aconite—“ It may be looked upon as specific in catarrhal fever, and