Variolinum

Common name: pus from the small-pox pustule.

It bears the same relation to small-pox that Anti-toxin does to diphtheria (A.).

This remedy is employed as a prophylactic against, and to modify the course of an attack of small-pox (Bl.).

An extended clinical record by competent and reliable observers attests its curative value in vairola-simple, confluent and malignant-as well as in varioloid and varicella (A.).

As a preventive of, or protection against, small-pox, it is far superior to crude vaccination and absolutely safe from the sequelæ, especially septic and tubercular infection (A.).

Delirium with high temperature (Ars., Bell., Lach., Stram.) (R.).

Morbid fear of small-pox (C.).

Great restlessness (Acon., Ars., Phos., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).

Violent headache (Acon., Bell., Ferr-P., Glon., Lach., Nat-M., Rhus-T.) (R.).

Pain in the occiput (Cocc., Gels., Pic-Ac., Sil.) (C.).

Herpes zoster (Canth., Ran-B., Rhus-T.) (R.)

PUSTULAR ERUPTIONS (Crot-T., Merc., Rhus-T.) (B.)

Petechial eruptions (Arn., Bapt.) (R.).

Inflamed eyelids (Ars., Euphr., Merc., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (C.).

Rheumatic pains in the wrists (C.).

Deafness (Bar-C., Chin., Kali-P., Lyc., Phos., Puls., Sep.) (C.).

Chronic catarrh (Calc., Hydr., Kali-S.) (C.).

Nausea (Bry., Kali-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (R.).

Oppressed breathing (Ant-T., Bry., Carb-V.) (C.).

Cough with thick, viscid, bloody mucus (Kali-B., Phos., Sulph.) (C.).

Putrid, coppery taste in the mouth (Merc.) (B.).

Pains in the bones of the limbs (Eup-P.) (R.).

Sensation as if the throat were closed (Brom., Kali-B., Lach., Phos.) (C.).

Sensation as of a lump in the right side of the throat (Merc-I-F.) (C.).

EXCRUCIATING BACKACHE (Bell., Phos., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).

Aching in the legs (Bry., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).

INTENSE FEVER (Ars., Bell., Stram., Sulph.) (Bl.).

Profuse, offensive sweat (Calc., Chin., Merc., Psor., Rhus-T., Sil.) (Bl.).

Severe chill and coldness (Acon., Nat-M., Nux-V.) (R.).

Chilliness, as if cold water were trickling down the back (R.).

AGGRAVATION: On motion; and at night.

AMELIORATION: From rest.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Apis, Arn., Ars., Bell., Bry., Canth., Ferr-P., Graph., Hep., Iod., Kali-P., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Rhus-T., Thuj., Urt. and Verat-V.

Complementary to: Bell. and Rhus-T.