Cold-catching, cold-preventing, cold-curing / John Henry Clarke.

  • Clarke, John H. (John Henry), 1852-1931.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Cold-catching, cold-preventing, cold-curing / John Henry Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gelsemium.—In acute colds. 6>w//tfwj.—Creeping cliills up the back; fulness of the head ; heat of face ; fulness over root of nose; sneezing, fluent coryza; restless- ness at night, with drowsiness and langour. The fever remits, passing off without perspira- tion, and recurring again. \Vith the chills there is profuse flow of urine with relief to the head. Aggravation of symptoms by warmtli of bed; after midnight; in damp weather; and from change of weather. Dose: No. i, one drop or one pilule every hour. Hepar.—Acute and chronic colds when Mercurius is indicated but fails to act, or where the jDatient has been over-dosed with mercury formerly. Symptoms. — When each draught of air produces a fresh cold or a headache, the cold affecting one nostril only, and the head- ache being made worse by movement. Dose: No. 6, two drops or pilules every two hours.