Ferrum phosphoricum

CROUP.

Ferrum phos. and Kali mur., so highly recommended by tissue remedy admirers, I have not tried because I have succeeded so well with the above, but

BRONCHITIS.

ACUTE BRONCHITIS.

Aconite. Chill followed by synochal fever, high temperature, quick pulse, general dry heat, dry skin, with great restlessness, fear and agonized tossing about. There is generally short dry cough, even croupy (in children), and such cases are more often apt to occur after exposure to dry cold air. It is best adapted to sanguine, full blooded subjects. If such an attack should occur in a delicate, pale or weakly subject Ferrum phosphoricum would generally do better work. With Ferrum there is not so much of the nervous excitability as with Aconite, but the fever is very great and congestion to the lungs more liable if anything.

PNEUMONIA.

Ferrum phos. seems to me to stand midway between Aconite and Belladonna, for while it does not present the excitement and fear of Aconite, on the other hand it does not produce so strong brain symptoms as Belladonna. I have found it of most service in pale anæmic subjects, who are subject to flushes of heat and redness of the face, and to local congestions generally. It certainly does fine work in such subjects in this stage of the disease. In regard to