CLINICAL CASES


Symptoms recorded by me: sudden, convulsive, involuntary movements of left leg; heaviness in tendo Achilles; coldness, left leg; pain in the left side of the back, during convulsions. White spots on cheeks and legs. Thirsty, specially after midnight; salivation; grinding of teeth in sleep stools bloody. Tendency to catch cold; watery discharge from nose.


Case No.1.

Mrs. J., age, 40. Dragging pain in the spine, aggravated by pressure. Mouth, foul; loss of appetite; constipation. Pain in sternal region” cough, dry, worse by warm drinks. Throat, inflamed, worse after sleep and at night. Sleep, disturbed, Menses, scanty. Cured after four months Sulphur treatment, given in gradually increasing potencies, from 30 to 10m.

Case No.2.

Mr. B.D. Civil engineer, age 45. Mouth, throat and cheeks sore. Sensations, hard plate, ameliorated by warm drinks. Heaviness and pain, in the left upper abdomen, worse after eating in full; loss of appetite; noisy flatulence in abdomen; stools, insufficient. Pain, dull in the upper in the upper eyelids and temples, worse by light and reading. Drowsy, awakens early in the morning; sleepy, in the afternoons. Pain, lumbar region, worse on stooping. Sulphur, 30, cured him of all his symptoms. But severe itching ushered in, which lasted for a fortnight and disappeared without any further treatment.

Case No. 3.

Mr. S.A.P. Suffering from paratyphoid; high fever, before noon and in the evening; feels better by uncovering, likes open air. Pain, all over the body, better by pressure. Swallowing; difficult; thirsty for warm drinks. Stools, watery, particularly in the early morning.

Urine, scanty, burning during micturition. Cough dry, at night, aggravated by lying on back. Sleep, very unsatisfactory, with anxious dreams. Prostration; anxiety. Abuse of quinine. Repertorized with Therapeutic Packet-Book. Ars. 66; Lach. 57, (lacking in ameliorated by pressure). Merc. 63; Nux v. 66; Rhus. alb. 30, was given without [ The Fundamental mistake here has been in the failure to distinguish between the numerical totality and the related or logical totality-L.D.D.] relief. Sulphur, 30, in three doses was given early in the morning, with some relief.

Two days after, Sulphur, 200, one dose was given, which relieved him of his symptoms to a very great extent but was followed by urticaria. Sterilized coconut oil only was used to allay the irritation for about a week. He afterwards made an uneventful recovery without any further medication.

Case No. 4.

Miss. V. L. K. Age, 8 years. Sudden convulsive movements of left leg, treated by her family physician, for a long time, without effect; tonsils removed under his advise, but the condition continued same. Referred to me, for homoeopathic treatment.

Symptoms recorded by me: sudden, convulsive, involuntary movements of left leg; heaviness in tendo Achilles; coldness, left leg; pain in the left side of the back, during convulsions. White spots on cheeks and legs. Thirsty, specially after midnight; salivation; grinding of teeth in sleep stools bloody. Tendency to catch cold; watery discharge from nose. Feels better by uncovering, like open air. Santonine with effect, one or two round worms were passed.

Merc. sol. 30, was given without any effect. Improvement set in under Sulphur 30, administered on 20-3-39; this was followed by Sulphur, 200, on 5.4.39, and Sulphur, 1000, on 16-5-39, with good effect. White spots on cheeks and legs disappeared.

Case No. 5.

Baby. K. Age, 2 years. Suffering from continuous high fever for a fortnight. A weeks allopathic treatment without effect. Symptoms recorded: Rickets, pot bellied and large headed; spine, curved; fever, high, thirsty; liver, enlarged; tongue, coated yellowish; better, uncovering; fever worse in the afternoon. Stool, white. Micturition frequent. Sleepless. Phos. 3o, aggravated all his symptoms and convulsions set in. Calcarea carb. 30, relieved him of all his troubles. Calc. carb. antidotes Phosphorus.

Case No.6.

A child, male, age, 5 years, from Ratnagiri; suffering from dysentery, for four months, inspite of half a dozen injections of emetine and the usual allopathic treatment in addition. Ayurvedic treatment improved the condition only to a slight extent. Refered to me by his uncle as his son was cured by me homoeopathically.

Symptoms recorded: Stools, slime with blood, 15 to 20 times a day, more frequent in the night; griping; prolapse of the anus; desire: eats lime, likes pungent food; mouth, sore; loss of appetite; thirsty; livery enlarged; pot bellied; passes thread and round worms. Anaemic, feverish, weak, feels better by uncovering, likes open air; large headed, rickety. Made complete recovery in four months, under Calcarea carb., 30 and 200, two doses each, at infrequent intervals.

Case No. 7.

Mrs. T., age, 45. Painful swelling of legs. Vertigo, on rising. Dragging pain in the joints of the lower extremities, worse on descending. Obesity. Thirsty, loss of appetite, constipated, feels better after eructations and after passing flatus. Sleep, disturbed. Menses, scanty. Worse in cold air and getting wet. Better in open air and by uncovering, worse after waking. Pulsatilla and Sulphur were given from 30 to 1000 potencies without effect. Improved under Calcarea carb, 30.

Case No. 8.

Mrs. N.G. Age, 22. Appetite nil, but ravenous hunger. Menses, irregular, in clots, black; weakness, before and during menses. Bitter and sour vomiting; constipation, stools, hard. Heaviness in abdomen. FAce, pale. Skin: falling of hair; white spot on face; dryness. Sleepy in the afternoon. Better by uncovering and open air. Sepia, 30, gave her relief.

Case No. 9.

Mr. L. Pain in the chest, with thick expectoration, streaked with blood. Fever, afternoon and evening, with sleepiness; thirstless. Taste, insipid; loss of appetite. Seminal emissions, during micturition. Amorous dream. Legs, cold in the morning. Better, by covering. Worse, by pressure, by lying on back, by motion, by touch. Sepia, 30, improved him.

Case No. 10.

Mrs. M. Age, 40. Lump, in he lower right side of the abdomen. Duration, nearly a year. Pain in abdomen, particularly in the morning and after midnight. Stools, insufficient. Mouth, foul; no thirst; teeth, loose. Urine, scanty. Sweat, on upper of the body. Sleeps in the afternoon; night, wakes at 3 a.m. Worse, on exertion; better by uncovering and open air. Menses, late and scanty. Eyes, agglutinated. Sepia, 30, in unitary doses, for three days, relieved her of pain in abdomen and the lump disappeared after 10 days. This was followed by general improvement.

Case No. 11.

Mrs. P. T.B. lung. Cough with expectoration. Dull pain, in between the scapulae, worse by sitting, by becoming cold. Fever, worse forenoon and afternoon, Cramps in calves. Better by lying on back. Moist eruption, on right toe desquamation. Nose, watery, better by warm application. Pain in forehead, worse evening and forepart of night. Sepia 30, and Tuberculinum, 30 at weeks interval improved her considerably.

S R Naik