ULCERATIONS OF THE UTERUS AND ADJACENT PARTS.
Anti.crud. Profuse discharge of acrid water, containing portions of pus. Gastric derangements with white tongue is often present. The stools are often liquid containing portions of solid matter.
Argentum nit. Bleeding ulcers, the hemorrhage being os short duration. She seems dizzy and cloudy in her head;l the headache is not severe, but dull and constant. the moral and nervous disturbances come on in quite regular paroxysms every night, in he morning, or at noon, more particularly after dinner. Great debility, particularly in. the lower extremities. Much chilliness and nausea are often attendants in such cases. this remedy, in substance, is often useful in the old practice because of its frequent Homeopathicity to the case; but it is far more useful in our hands, in the two -hundredth preparation, and for the same reason.
Ammo c. The vulva and anus are sore and especially painful during the mission of urine. The discharges are acrid, making the thighs sore, causing a burning pain. Pain between he scapulae between the discharges. Violent tearing in the abdomen and vagina. Great debility and soreness of the whole body. Violent acrid leucorrhoea.
Ammo.mur. Discharge of a quantity of blood with the stool at every catamenial period. Leucorrhoea with distention of the abdomen without flatulence. Leucorrhoea like the white of an egg, or brown and slimy, after every emission of urine.
Asafoetida. the menses are scanty; they are often too early and last but a short time. the ulcer has high, hard edges, and easily bleeds. the ulcer is sensitive and painful. the discharge if profuse and greenish, thin and offensive. an hysterical condition is frequently attendant upon such cases.
Hepar s.c. The ulcer has a bloody suppuration, smelling like old, rotten cheese. Its edges are sensitive; and it often has a pulsative sensation. The discharge is also corroding. the ulcer itches very much.
Muriatic acid. the ulcer has a putrid discharge, is sensitive and attended with a great sense of weakness,. If the anus be very sensitive either with or without haemorrhoids, Muriatic acid is sure to be the remedy.
Mezereum. The ulcer has a biting, smarting or burning and sometimes a prickling sensation. the discharge is albuminous sometimes tinged with blood.
Petroleum. Deep fistulous ulcers, with raised edges and pricking pain. The discharge is thin and scanty. A little fleshy growth is often seen in the ulcer. the patient often has diarrhoea, but only in the day-times, never at night.
Phosph.acid. The ulcer has a copious, putrid, putrid, bloody discharge. These is an itching or corroding pain, or the ulcer is entirely destitute of feeling. the patient is apt to be quite indifferent to every thing,-even to those things which used to interest her most.
Secale corn. the ulcer feels as through it had been burnt. It discharges a putrid bloody fluid, and is sometimes decidedly gangrenous and painless. It is more frequent in thin and scrawny individuals.
Zinc, the ulcer has a bloody, acrid discharge, but is of itself rather destitute of feeling. Her various sufferings, headache, &c., subside during the menses. An excessively violent and obstinate pain in the brain sometimes accompanies this ulcer. This pain may even assume the form of an intermittent.
For other ulcerations, whether though to be malignant or not, see also the remedies recommended for cancer; since the same remedies may answer for the either form of ulcerations,-the malignant as well as the non-malignant;-the sensational and constitutional symptoms being of primary importance in making the prescription.
For sensation of coldness in the ulcers, the following remedies may be consulted, _they are placed in. the order of their importance in this respect: Bryonia; Arsenicum; Silicea; Mercurius; Rhus tox.
