Case V. Sepia: Mrs. K. a married woman, 28 years old came to me from the country, with what a gynaecologist had called a prolapsus. She was a tall, slim woman, otherwise in good health. She was wearing a Hodge pessary. She could not walk or stand long without her “ring.” She came to the office in a carriage. I removed the ring and gave her Sac. Lac. At the end of a week I had noted the following symptoms:
The urine passed slowly, and she must wait a long time for it to start. Sepia., Lycop., Arnica, Hepar., Zinc, Cann-ind. She was greatly constipated, and always felt a lump in the rectum, even after stool. Sepia She complained of a hungry, empty feeling in the stomach. Sepia, Murex., Ignatia Hydrastis and many others.
She always had a bearing down in the pelvis, as if the uterus would issue from the vagina, Sepia, Murex, Lil-t, Nux vomica, Natr-m., Pulsatilla, etc. She must press on the vulva with a napkin for relief, Sepia, Murex, Lil-t. She often crosses her limbs to prevent the uterus from escaping. Sepia Tall, slim and sallow, Sepia She got Sepia C. M. one dose, dry, and Sac. lac. It is three years since this case called, and she has never needed a physician since. She was an invalid before. The one dose cured her.
PROLAPSUS
Case VI. Lil-t. The above lady went home and sent me a similar case. She called it “a case just like mine.” She was a short stout woman, dark hair and eyes. She had worn a Hodge pessary for a year. She was unable to be about at housework, without the pessary. I removed the pessary and informed her that she would need to visit my office every day for a week or so. She was given Sac. lac., and every day I noted symptoms, until at the end of a week I believed I had the symptoms that expressed the individuality of the disease. The most marked feature was her mental state. The remedy that would cure this case must have mental symptoms of prominence in its picture. She complained of a wild feeling in the head, and feared she would lose her reason, Lil-t. Bearing down in the pelvis as if the uterus would protrude, Sepia, Lil-t., Murex, Natr-m., Nux-v., Puls, Podophyllum and others. She must press on the vulva with the hand to prevent the parts from protruding, Lil-t., Sepia, Murex. There were some flying pains going through the pelvis and down the thigh like those found in Lil-t. She took Lil-t. 30 for a day in water, and then Sac-lac. one week. She had then improved so much that she had walked over the Zoological garden, which she had not undertaken even with the pessary in situ. She was sent home with a few powders of Lil-t. 200, to use as per instruction, viz., to be used when she felt a return of the difficulty. One year later she wrote me that she had taken one of the powders, and was keeping the others with great care. For this last case I was presented with a check for dollar 50, over and after the full payment for my services. The husband said it was the cheapest doctor bill he had been called to pay. One gynaecologist had receipted a bill for dollar 200, and this was but a small part of the “sick expenses.” It may not pay as well to practice pure homoeopathy but it is the honest way.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.