Otitis and otorrhoea



Thuja [Thuj]

Watery, purulent otorrhoea, smelling like putrid meat; inner ear feels swollen, with increased hardness of hearing; noise in ear as from boiling water, granulations in meatus similar to condylomata.

Verbascum [Verb]

(Mullein oil). Otitis and otalgia, especially after getting wet; sensation as if something stopped ears, first left, then right; painful tearing and drawing extending inward; feeling of numbness in left ear.

Zincum [Zinc]

Otorrhoea of foetid pus; frequent acute stitches in right ear, near tympanum; pinching-jerking within ears; noises in ears, (<) at night; a crash, as from the breaking of a pane of glass in ear, on falling asleep; earache of children, especially boys.

Samuel Lilienthal
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal (1815-1891) was from Germany, and became a pioneer homeopath in America. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Munich in 1838. After he moved to the United States, he was hired as Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York College for Women, and also as Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the New York Homeopathic College.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.