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16. A girl, aet. 17, affected with chorea, was treated with S. ac., 6 grm. in d. After 2nd day she had headache and buzzings in ears, then some fever, cause of which could not be discovered, and which caused a suspension of treatment. The fever fell the next day but one, and patient’s choreic movements were manifestly less intense. (Lond. Medorrhinum Record, 1877, p. II.).

Experiments on animals

I. Drs. CHIRONE and PETRUCCI publish an account of a number of experiments on the action of S. ac. and S. of soda on dogs, rabbits, and frogs. They sum up in the following conclusions:

1 a. The biological action of S. ac. and S. of soda is identical; but with the former the local, with the latter the general effects are more marked.

1 b. Both, when administered in small doses, lower the temp., but within restricted limits; in somewhat large doses they not only fail to lower the temp., but sometimes considerably increase

it. 1 c. Animals subjected to the daily use of these substances rapidly emaciate and lose weight.

1 d. The heart-beats are, in frogs, reduced in number, especially by S. of soda. In mammalia the latter sometimes retards, sometimes accelerates, the heart’s action, independently of dose. With free S. ac. the number of heart-beats is, in most, constantly reduced.

1 e. S. acid almost constantly reduces the number of respirations; S. of soda ordinarily first increases and then diminishes the number. (Ibid., 1878, p. 175.)

2. KOEHLER and DANEWSKI found that warm-blooded animals succumb to concentrated solutions of natrum salicylate, given per os or by hypodermic injections, and die asphyxiated; and chemical analysis showed that the blood, in colour and loss of coagulability, is similar to that found after suffocation. It is a regular death of poisoning by carbonic acid. It is also well known that salicylic acid and its preparations are a far stronger poison for carnivorous animals than for herbivora. (Centralbl. f. d. med. Wiss., 1876.).

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Richard Hughes
Dr. Richard Hughes (1836-1902) was born in London, England. He received the title of M.R.C.S. (Eng.), in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860. The title of M.D. was conferred upon him by the American College a few years later.

Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.
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