A woman of thirty-seven had suffered from migraine since childhood. The headaches were accompanied by an opening and shutting sensation in the head, After two years of prescribing she had fever and less severe headaches. She was difficult, as there were too many “good prescribing symptoms. “Then one day she complained of a cough which on inquiry was found to be paroxysmal and she had had bouts of paroxysmal coughing lasting a few days every years since whooping cough at the age of sight. She did not know whether or not whooping cough had preceded the migraine attacks, which may be was not important in any case. Drosera a 200, 1M and 10M was given. It had to be repeated six months later, since when she has been almost completely free from migraine for three years.
A woman of thirty-eight complained of rheumatism of the left shoulder. “There was some wasting of the muscles of the shoulder girdle which followed poliomyelitis eight years previously. Arsenicum alb. 200 t.i.d. 2 day, b.d. 2 days, was prescribed. She was unduly weak, worse at midnight, she was chilly and had burning pains relieved by warmth. The treatment worked like a charm, but the pains returned immediately it was stopped.
A second course was given with nearly as good a result, then a higher potency was given but with not much effect. Lathyrus sativa 1M, there doses 12 hourly, was given and the pains cleared up for six month, when Lathyrus sativa 1M was again prescribed. She had not further pain for about three and half years, when again Lathyrus was followed by relief. It dose not seem to matter how long after a severe acute infection the appropriate remedy is given.
Shortly after the war I was treating an elderly man for fibrositis of the lumbar region and troublesome paraesthesia of the lower limbs. Despite the fact that careful investigation failed to reveal anything serious, he did not respond to treatment at all until he received Typhoidinum 200 on account of typhoid fever he had in 1886. The following month he came up saying he felt very much better. Glandular fever may be very slow to clear up. Carcinosin may be a useful remedy for such cases.
Pyrogen is sometimes useful when there is a history of septicaemia, severe after-effects of dental extraction, or ill health commencing after an abortion in the absence of any obvious pelvic pathology. Enquiry should always be made, when possible, as to whether or not the mother suffered from any acute infection during pregnancy. The influence of German measles and probably other infections in causing malformation of the foetus has been established, and it is therefore likely that less obvious after- affects occur in the same way that post-natal illness may leave their mark.
He was the Dean of Faculty of Homeopathy London. D. M. Foubister was Assistant Physician, Diseases of Children, to the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital. Circa 1950’s. He authored the following works:
The Carcinosin Drug Pictures.
Constitutional Effects of Anaesthesia.
Homeopathy and Pediatrics.
Lac caninum.
Paediatrics
Significance of Past History in Homoeopathy.
Therapeutic Hints For Students.
Tutorials On Homeopathy.