Black Hellebore.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Post-scarlatinal dropsy. Acute meningitis, stage of coma, the symptoms of effusion being well marked. Suppressed eruptions or dentition, with hydrocephaloid symptoms.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
The toxic effects appear to bear no relation to the therapeutic uses of this drug.
DOSE.
From the second decimal dilution to ten drops of the tincture.
The minute dose is preferred.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Acute meningitis. Coma with exudation.
Dentition, with hydrocephaloid symptoms.
Effusions into the meningeal spaces consequent upon suppressed eruptions, etc.
Sudden dropsical swellings.
Anasarca following scarlet fever.