Muriaticum acidum

REMEDIES FOLLOWING THE FIRST OR PRODROMAL STAGE OF TYPHOID FEVER

CARBO VEGETABILIS AND MURIATIC ACID

Muriatic acid is another remedy that almost vies with Carbo veg. in these almost hopeless cases of typhoid. The vital depression is very great. Febris stupida. The weakness is so great that the patient constantly sinks or slides down in the bed, with loud moaning and groaning during sleep. Muttering and unconsciousness even when awake; lower jaw dropped; tongue shrunken (sometimes to a third its natural size) and dry, like leather, patient cannot move it at will even when conscious; putridity; involuntary stools while passing urine; bleeding from the anus; pulse intermitting every third beat. In one of these desperate cases that I cured with this remedy the tongue and gums were covered with deep bluish ulcers, otherwise the characteristic symptoms above named were present, especially the sliding down in bed, paralyzed tongue and involuntary bloody stools and urine.

It is always a source of comfort to the physician, when conducting a case of typhoid, to feel that he has two such remedies as Carbo veg. and Muriatic acid in reserve, even tho’ it is true that very few cases well managed ever need them.