PUERPERAL CONVULSIONS



Hydrophobin. the spasms are excited whenever the attempts to drink water; or if she hears it pouring from one vessel into another. This remedy may also e indicate by the sight or sound of water.

Hyoscyamus. When there is bluish color in the face, ad twitching and jactitation of every muscle in the body, those of the face, eyelids and all.

Ignatia. Deep sighing an sobbing with trace compressed feeling in the brain.

Ipecac. One constant sensation of nausea, a the whole time, with occasional convulsions. Such symptoms, convulsions characterized by continuous nausea, are always relieved by Ipecac. alone.

Kali.c. The spasms seems to be relieved or to pass of by frequent eructations.

Lachesis. The convulsions are particularly violent in the lower limbs, with coldness of the feet, stretching backwards of the body and crying out.

Laurocerasus. She is conscious of a chock passing through her whole body before the spasms.

Mercurius. Much salivation, a constant driveling from the mouth; convulsions mostly in the extremities.

Nux mosch. Particularly when there is a convulsive motion of the head from behind forwards.

Nux v. Great torpor of the intestinal canal; in persons who are of an irritable disposition; and in those who are accustomed to wines and high living generally.

Opium. Sopor, with stertorus respiration; the stertorus respiration continues constantly from one spasms till the next, and so on, incoherent wandering, and convulsive rigidity of the body, with redness, swelling and heat f the face; hot perspiration, and insensible pupils.

Phosphorus. Previous to the convulsion a sensation of heat rushes up the back in to the head This was several times perceive as a forerunner of the first convulsion.

Pulsatilla. the countenance is cold, clammy and pale. Loss of consciousness, and of motion; stertorous breathing and full pulse. The labor pains re deficient, irregular or sluggish, otherwise she is in good condition mild and tearful.

Secale c. In scrawny, badly -nourished women with too feeble labor pains. “Ergotismus convulsivus.

Stramonium. this medicine is particularly indicated where the patient show such signs of fear as to cause her to look frightened and to shrink back and the first objects she cases after opening her eyes, If she has had so spasms she soon will have, after betraying such symptoms, unless Stramonium be immediately administered. the same frightened appearance occurs also after the convulsions commence. Sardonic grin. Stammering, or loss of speech. Puffed and red face; loss of consciousness and sensibility. Cries; frightful visions; laughter; singing;attempting to escape. The fits are revisions; laughter; singing attempt to escape. the fits are renewed by the sight o brilliant objects and sometimes by contact.

Verat viride. Great activity of the arterial system. Convulsions, or mania; or when the mania continues after he convulsions, have ceased.

Zincum met. Particularly if eruptions have recently disappeared, even old eruptions. Zincum met. Particularly if eruptions have recently disappeared even old eruptions. Zinc has been known to cure obstinate puerperal convulsions after Phosphorus being indicated, had failed.

H.N. Guernsey
Henry Newell Guernsey (1817-1885) was born in Rochester, Vermont in 1817. He earned his medical degree from New York University in 1842, and in 1856 moved to Philadelphia and subsequently became professor of Obstetrics at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (which merged with the Hahnemann Medical College in 1869). His writings include The Application of the Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy to Obstetrics, and Keynotes to the Materia Medica.