I took Causticum 200, and one dose, after awhile, of the cm. I am usually a high potency man. The result was a cure. Then I recalled the article of Dr. W. P. Wesselhoeft, in October issue, 1906, Medical Advance, under “Reminiscences, ” and had I remembered it I could have been cured of the unsightly warts long before. Some day I may write up the case for the Medical Advance.
It may help out some one suffering from these X-ray warts, so common from X-ray.”-Sgd.-J. W. King, M. D.
Kienbock lays down this axiom: “The stronger the dose given at a instance, the shorter the period of latency, the sharper the reaction, and the longer its duration.” “The first degree of intensity is characterized by hyperemia and infiltration of the skin, accompanied by exfoliation of minute scales and a considerable amount of itching. Atrophy of the appendages of the skin-glands, hair and nails-may follow. “The second degree of dermatitis is characterized by the occurrence of vesiculation and phlyctenule. Inflammatory signs are severe, the tension considerable and the pain intense. Under the phlyctenule the bares chorion appears red and discharging. “The third degree is characterized by total destruction and sloughing of the irradiated tissues. These show the usual signs of dry gangrene; the sloughs separate slowly, leaving behind an ulcer of a very torpid nature, which sometimes remains unhealed for years. “In radiotherapy one should endeavor to irradiate the tissue with the exact quantity necessary to produce a definite result.
In the use of other therapeutic agents we are often obliged to vary the dose. A given drug may have a tonic action in a small dose, an emetic action in a moderate dose, and a poisonous action in a large dose. The same may be said of X-rays. Take, for example, their action on the scalp. In small fractional doses they have a stimulating effect on the hair, whereas in large doses they cause epiliation, and in still larger doses vesiculation, ulceration, and sloughing.”.
Relationships
Compare: the Calcareas, Causticum, Hepar, Medorrhinum, Nat. mur., Psorinum, Pulsatilla, Silicea, Sulphur, Thuja, Tuberculinum, for its power to reproduce old or suppressed symptoms and conditions; Actea, Lilium tigrinum, Lac caninum, Platina, Sepia, Pyrogen, for nervous reflexes and neuralgic conditions from ovarian or uterine irritation; Agaricus, Cur., Tar., Zincum met., for irritation of the cord, spinal reflexes, neurasthenia; electric storms, thunder storms, Agaricus, Medorrhinum, Natrum carb., Phosphorus, Psorinum, Rhododendron, Sepia, Silicea, Syphilinum, Thuja.
ANTIDOTES.
Nux vomica, Sulphur and the dynamic potencies of the remedy.
