Kaolin. (Alumina Silicata.)

by Constantine HeringThe Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica

Porcelain or China Clay. Alumina Silicata.

CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.

  • Croup , Searle, Elliott, A. H. O., vol. 8, p. 128 ; Lilienthal, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 80 ; Searle, Elliott, Parker, Raue's Rec., 1872, p. 106 ; Landesmann, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 171 ; Boyce, Times Retros., vol. 3, p. 29.

SMELL AND NOSE [7]

Nostrils feel sore ; scabs form in nose ; scanty and blood streaked secretion.

PALATE AND THROAT [13]

Membrane covering both sides of throat. θ Diphtheria.

Fever, headache in forehead, with flushed face and sore throat ; right tonsil and arch of velum covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane ; breath fetid ; great prostration. θ Diphtheria. (In alternation with Bellad.).

VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA [25]

Husky voice, metallic, rasping breathing and suffocative cough.

Croupous inflammation in lower part of larynx or in upper part of trachea.

Awoke from sleep with croupy cough ; voice husky, later sunk to whisper ; sawing sound during both expiration and inspiration ; high fever. θ Croup.

Voice a little husky ; during night very feverish ; next day skin felt dry ; wanted to be carried about ; appetite diminished ; very little cough ; on auscultation, metallic, rasping sound increasing toward evening ; suffocating spells. θ Croup.

Croup, with labored, sawing respiration, after failure of Acon., Hepar, Spongia, Bromium, Phosphor, and Iodium.

Croup, after failure of Spongia.

TIME [38]

Towards evening : metallic, rasping sound increased.

Night : very feverish.

LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]

Right : tonsil and arch of velum covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane.

SENSATIONS [43]

Pain : in forehead.

Soreness : of nostrils ; of throat.

Dryness : of skin.

STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]

Boy, æt. 16 months, strong and healthy parentage ; croup.

Child, æt. 4 ; diphtheria.

Boy, æt. 4 ; croup.

Girl, æt. 4 ; croup.

Boy, æt. 5 ; croup.

Young woman, subject to repeated attacks ; diphtheria.

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