PETROLEUM



Contact Injuries etc.

      Touch:. Pressure:,.

Riding in carriage:, Sprains and bruises.

After burns or scalds (cosmoline dressing).

Skin

      Itching herpes followed by ulcers.

Herpes:,, Chronic eczema, parts seem excoriated.

Itching, sore, moist surfaces or deep cracks.

Brown or yellow spots on the skin.

Welts and blisters, with raw feeling.

Unhealthy skin; small wounds ulcerate and spread.

Ulcers, with stinging pain and proud flesh; often deep, ulcers with raised edges.

Stages and States

      Light hair.

Relationship

      Petrol, antidotes: lead poisoning.

Antidote to Petrol,; Nux vomica

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.