Homoeopathic domestic physician, in three parts : containing the treatment of diseases ... also an abridged materia medica / revised ... with ... notes, by John Epps ; the third part ... by George N. Epps.

  • Pulte, J. H. (Joseph Hippolyt), 1811-1884.
Date:
1859
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    CASUAL DISEASES. the ulcer of a diseased man or animal, Arsenic is generally the best medicine. (Lachesis is invaluable.—Ed.) Lastly, as a preventive against bad effects, when obliged to touch morbid animal substances, envenomed wounds, or ulcers of men and animals under the influence of contagious diseases, the best method that can be pursued is the appli- cation of dry burning heat at a distance. To effect this purpose, it will be sufficient to expose the hands for five or ten minutes to the greatest heat that can be borne; and after this, it will be proper to wash them with soap. The use of Chlorine and muriatic acid, in similar cases, is well known. Hydrophobia.—Apply distant heat to the recent wounds as described under u Poisoned Wounds,” or until sliudder- ings appear; and continue this practice three or four times a-day, until the wound is healed, without leaving a coloured cicatrixA At the same time, the patient should take, every five or seven days, or as often as the aggravation of the wound requires it, one dose of Belladonna or Lachesis, or also of hydrophobine, till the cure is completed. If, at the end of seven or eight days, a small vesicle shows itself, under the tongue, with feverish symptoms, it will be necessary to open it with a lancet or sharp-pointed scissors, and to rinse the mouth with salt and water. If the raging state has commenced before assistance can be procured for the patient, the medicines that ought to be administered will be according to circumstances, especially Belladonna or Lachesis; or else, again, Cantharides, Hyos- cyamus, Mercury, or also Stramonium or Veratrum. * This remark is highly important. A scar will often remain; but if it is not coloured, the individual is safe. Hahnemann noticed, in reference to a disease too common, that as long as any discoloured scar remains where an ulcer had been, the poison of the disease still affects the system.—Ed.