MURIATIC ACID stands between PhosphorusAcid and Nitric Acid. Like the former, three is present taciturnity; the child is too listless to move or take notice. Like the latter, there are aphthae in the mouth. The child has become exhausted from frequent vomiting and diarrhoea, and the stomach has become so weak it will no longer tolerate or digest food. This gastric atony most marked about 10 to 11 A.M. The tongue is shrivelled and dry as leather, or covered with deep-bluish ulcers, having black bases; breath fetid; salivary glands tender, swollen, stool, involuntary when passing urine, followed by protrusion of purplish, extremely sensitive Piles; prolapsus ani during urination. Also useful in muscular debility following abuse of Opiates, soothing syrups, etc.
THERIDION, recommended by Baruch for Scrofulosis, has proved of great value in infantile Atrophy, Caries of the bones, Rachitis, scrofulous enlargement of the glands, especially after the failure of Sulphur, Calcarea and Lycopodium.
OZONE.- In some cases in which the symptoms clearly indicate Sulphur, but that remedy fails, ozonized water cures. The symptoms from provings are all but identical with Sulphur. In one case a hip-disease which defied the latter remedy was cured by Ozone water, three tea-spoons daily.
PINUS SYLVESTRIS has been recommended for Rachitis, when children, from weakness in the knees, do not learn to walk.
OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI, according to the provings corresponds to Atrophy of Infants. It resembles Phosphorus and Iodium, and especially CalcareaPhosphorus The child is emaciated, with hot hands and head. Constant tendency to catarrhs. Bones affected; Rachitis, Fever at night with sweat, mostly on the head, neck and hands. Cannot take milk. Vivid dreams; restless and feverish at night.
HYPOPHOSPHITE OF LIME, when the child from excessive and protracted loss of fluids, as from long-lasting diarrhoea, chronic suppuration, etc., is reduced almost to a skeleton. Face was pale. Abdomen bloated. Limbs habitually cold. At times, the pale face flushes, the head becomes hot, and the child nervous and excitable. Debility with copious exhausting sweats. (Compare: Cinchona, Phosphorus, Calcarea Carb., Phosphorus Acid, etc.)
CISTUS CANADENSIS has hot, grey-yellow, spurting stools; worse after fruit, and from 12 p.m. until noon. The glands especially the cervical, are swollen or suppurating. All symptoms worse in wet weather. Tetter on and around the ears. Caries; indicated in thin scrawny children, of a well-described scrofulous diathesis.
ARUM TRIPHYLLUM, though not well-defined as a remedy in diarrhoea, becomes indispensable in some cases (especially after Scarlatina), with boring in the nose, picking at one spot; rest- less tossing; irritability; mouth and nose sore, raw; alae and corners of mouth cracked and bleeding; putrid odor from the mouth.
MERCURIUS has many similarities with Atrophy of Infants, but must be used with some reservation, as relapse often follow its administration. It is, however, admirably adapted as an inter- current, when Sulphur ceases to improve. Its distinctive symptoms are : Emaciation; skin dry, rough, dirty-yellow or clammy, especially that of the thighs; icy-cold sweat on the forehead, sour or oily sweat on the scalp; eruption like herpes, but soon becoming pustular or suppurating; glands swollen and suppurating; skin chaps easily, becomes raw and sore; thirst; frequent attacks of Jaundice; skin yellow; abdomen and right hypochondrium swollen and sore to pressure; stool green, sour, watery, with emaciation; diarrhoea bloody, slimy or green, with tenesmus often continuing after stool. In this latter symptom Mercury exhibits more constancy than in any other. It is often associated with colic, as from cold or indigestion. Prolapsus ani after stool the tumor being dark-red and sometimes bloody. Genital become sore and excoriated; urine causes pain; child pulls at the penis. The child is pale, weak and obtuse, or precocious and restless; face becomes hot and red; speech is hurried, all reminding one of Belladonna. The fontanelles are open, the head large and covered with an offensive sweat. The gums are soft and bleed easily. Ophthalmia is common, with suppuration, especially when the lids are involved all worse from the heat of the fire. Sour night-sweats. It is rather inimical to Silicea, and must be carefully differentiated.
REPERTORY OF PROMINENT SYMPTOMS
1.Child Sad:
Hepar, Lycopodium Sul., Vio, Tricolor, Psorinum, Graphites
CAUSTICUM… cries at the least thing.
NATRUM MUR…. cries if spoken to.
CALC.CARB…. cries persistently.
KALI.C…. moans, 3 A.M.
BORAX… cries when nursed or rocked.
2.Child Afraid, Full of Fear:
CARBO VEG…. of ghosts.
CAUST…. of ghosts, of strangers.
BARYTA CARB…. of strangers, timid.
BORAX… of being rocked, of downward motion, of noises, clings to those near.
MERCURIUS… restless, full of fear in the evening.
3. Child Apathetic, indifferent:
PHOS…. cares for nothing, is restless.
PHOS.AC…. wants nothing, listless.
LYC…. loses its wonted brightness and becomes quiet.
BARYTA CARB…. sits idly in a corner, cannot bear to red MERCURIUS… indifferent, stupid.
4. Excitable, Anxious:
Phs., Petroleum, Silicea, Mercurius, Sul., Sul.Acid., Borax, Kali carb., Mag.Carb., Psorin.
5. child Irritable:
Sepia, Mercurius, SUL… hasty, hard to manage,.
CALC.PHOS…. perverse, peevish.
ANT.CR…. will not be looked at.
ARSENIC… becomes unmanageably angry, will not be spoken to; more so on awakening.
CALC.CARB…. self-willed, cross before stool, also in afternoon; pupils enlarged.
CARBO VEG…. strikes, bites. kicks, anxious.
LYC…. a mild child suddenly becomes refractory, cross, frightened, kicks on awaking, especially cross when trying to urinate; red sediment in the urine.
KALI CARB…. easily startled by noises, awakens cross, strikes, wants no this, now that. PHOS…. restless at twilight, anger makes the child worse.
ANT. TART,… anger causes cough, will not be touched or looked at.
BORAX… startled by least noise.
STAPH…. cries for things, which received, he throws away.
IODIUM… especially with enlarged mesenteric glands.
SILICEA… nervous, timid.
PETROLEUM… easily angered.
PSORINUM… nervous, cries out at night.
SARSAPARILLA… restless, screams on urinating GRAPHITES… laughs at reprimands.
NATRUM MUR…. cries, if spoken to.
SUL.ACID… restless, irritable, caused by sore mouth, etc.
ZINCUM… brain affected.
ARUM.T.,… restless, irritable, caused by sore mouth, etc.
6. LARGE HEAD, SWEATING, PLACID EXPRESSION, MILD EYES, WANT OF POWER TO SUPPORT ITSELF (TYPICAL OF RACHITIS); Silicea, Calcareaphos., CalcareaCarb., Mercurius]
7. Child Precocious: CalcareaC., Sul., Phosphorus, Mercurius, LYC… mind active, body frail.
8. Delirious, Restless: ARSENIC… tosses about, strikes its head with its fists.
ARG.NIT…. especially before and between convulsions.
LYC…. 4-8 P.M. also awakens as if terrified, screams, knows no one.
PSOR…. awakens terrified.
SUL…. screams on awaking, becomes restless, cries at night, start from sleep with screams.
BORAX… starts from sleep with anxious screams, throws hands about.
KALI CARB…. awakens cross and screaming, anxious reaches for things, startled at slight noises; worse after 12 P.M.
generally about 3 A.M. CALC.CARB…. restless, crises out at night, makes an anxious face when lifted from the cradle, face pale.
CALC.PHOS…. restless, grasps with the hands, anxious face, difficult respiration when raised in the arms.
OLEUM JECORIS…. restless and feverish at night, hot hands.
ZINC…. on awaking screams, knows no one, brain affected.
ARUM TRI…. bores the nose, etc.
9. Stupor, Coma or Drowsiness:
APIS, SUL… lies in a stupor.
CALC.PHOS…. exhausted, limp, drowsy.
CALC.CARB…. drowsy, pale, scratches its head when aroused.
PHOS…. comatose. wasted, pulse thready, cold.
LYC…. sleeps profoundly, lower jaw dropped, rattling breathing, eyes dull.
ANT.CR…. drowsy all the forenoon.
ANT.TART…. drowsy, sleepy, rattling breathing, cyanotic.
BORAX…. falls into a heavy sleep.
SEPIA…. drowsy by day, sleepless after 3 A.M.
CARBO VEG…. lies as if, dead, cold, blue pulseless.
ARSENIC…. lies comatose, twitches, hot, restless, as if, disturbed.
PHOS. ACID…. listless, drowsy, but easily awakened.
MURIATIC ACID…. in a restless, moaning sleep, slides down in bed during sleep, sudden red face with coma.
ZINC…. occiput hot, face pale, rolls head, Hydrocephaloid.
10. Hydrocephaloid: Sul., CalcareaCarb., CalcareaPhosphorus, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Silicea, Lycopodium, Zincum, Apis, (Cinchona prostration which precedes).
11. Fontanelles Remain Open:
Mercurius, Pulsatilla
SUL. CALC.C…. sweat on the scalp.
SUL.PHOS…. especially posterior fontanelle.
CALC.I.SILICEA… head very large, whole head sweats.
SEPIA… jerks head backwards and forwards.
12. Face: SUL… pale, cold sweat on forehead (Hydrocephaloid); sunken with deep hollow eyes, red, old-looking, wrinkled, spotted red.
CALC.CARB…. pale, watery, chalk-like, red at times sunken, pale, pinched, veins show through the face and scalp (sweat).
