Domestic homoeopathy, or Rules for the domestic treatment of the maladies of infants, children, and adults : and for the conduct and the treatment during pregnancy, confinement, and suckling / by John Epps.

  • John Epps
Date:
1848
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    as above. If there should be restlessness, startings, Hyos. administered as above ; Muriatic Acid, or Oxy. Muriatic Acid, if it can be obtained, (it cannot be kept pure in a family case,) would be bet- ter, when there is a strong tendency to gangrene, and the odor is very offensive, and there is great prostration, one drop in a wineglass of water, and a teaspoonful given in alternation with the opium. Arsenicum, in pellets or powder, if there is great prostration together with the above symptoms. As the fever subsides, the cuticle will be gradually sepa- rated and cast off, and the patient suffers very much from itching of the surface. This will be relieved by a few doses of Rhus Tox. prepared and used in the usual manner of the other remedies, and wash- ing the skin frequently with weak Castile soap water. Finally, a few doses of sulphur pellets will perfect the cure. If the patient remains feeble, add one drop of China to three spoonsful of water, and give one spoonful half an hour before each meal. The greatest care must be observed during con- valescence, for at least a fortnight. Dropsy often follows, and when it does appear, Dulcamara, Hcllc- borus Niger, Pulsatilla and Cannabis, are the chief remedies ; one drop of either of these in a wineglass of water, and one teaspoonful given every hour, will soon effect a cure. — Ed.] THE PURPURA, OR PURPLES. This has been confounded with scarlet fever. It is distinct. The spots are purple red, like red