THE TREATMENT OF HERPES ZOSTER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUTO- HEMO-THERAPY

THE TREATMENT OF HERPES ZOSTER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUTO- HEMO-THERAPY. Crusts soon formed and the skin itched and burned severely. In this case, three injections of the patients own blood were given, and Mezereum was ordered as the remedy of choice, because the patient soon exhibited peculiar neuralgic signs, consisting of shooting pains in the head and neck, which jerked him up out of bed. After three doses of Mezereum, the neuralgia subsided.