Diphtheria

From a lump in the throat: LACH.

The difficult swallowing in this disease is so common it can scarcely be taken as a guiding feature. Yet sometimes empty swallowing is very painful when solids can be swallowed easier and then the following should be inspected: Crot. horridus, LACH., Lac-c., Mercurius, Merc-i-f-, Merc-i-r.

Pain when not swallowing or pain ameliorated by swallowing is often important. CAPS., IGN., Lac-c., Lachesis

The marked distress in touching the throat is often a guiding feature and then Apis, Bromium, Bryonia, Lac-c., LACH., PHYTO., become a group of importance.

The pain is marked in some cases when anything warm is brought in contact with the throat, warm drinks, etc.: Apis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, PHYTO.

When cold things aggravate: Arsenicum, HEP., LYC., Sabad., Sulphur are to be considered.

The membrane has too many features to be examined in this short paper, and hence a repertory must be consulted. But when the exudation is predominantly on the right side: Apis, Ignatia, Lac-c., LYC., Merc-i-f., Phyto., Rhus-t.

When it extends to the left: Lac-c., LYC., Sulphur When predominantly on the left: Bromium, Crot-h-, Lac-c., LACH., Merc-i-r. Extending to the right: Lac-c., LACH.

When the exudate alternates sides, LAC-C, stands alone. When the exudate is predominantly in the nose: Am-c., Kali-bi., Lycopodium, Merc-c., Merc-cy.

When it extends to the nose: Kali-bi., Mercurius, Merc-c., Nit ac.

When the larnyx is the locality affected the state is far more serious and the following remedies must be consulted: Am-c., Apis., Arum-t., BROM., Carb-ac., Hepar, Iodium, Kali-bi., Kali-mang., Lac-c., Lachesis, Merc-cy., Merc-i-f., nitricum acidum, PHOS., Sanguinaria

When extending into the trachea: Iodium, KALI-BI., Phos,.

James Tyler Kent

James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
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.