There was no inflammation detectable anywhere in the affected limb. Her gait was definitely limping. The only suspicion was that she must have had some sprain of a very mild nature, while playing with her elder brother, for all of a sudden she left the play and started crying. Relying on this hypothetical history, Rhus tox. 30, three doses were given every two hours which cured her in three days.
CAse No. 13.
An old lady, a widow, age 50 came to me on the 4th June with the following symptoms: Lower extremities feel sore and bruised, right knee joint, in particular, very painful. Pain in the right ankle better by rest. The starting point of the pains were the hip joints. Has to go for a stool, three or four times a day, even them does not feel happy. Sensation of heat all the body over, in the evening, after 4 P.M., aggravated at night.
Palpitation, with pains in the legs. Sleep, very disturbed and unrefreshing. Appetite poor. Menses, irregular during the last two years, and are accompanied by palpitation and gone sensation. Duration of these complaints, five years. No relative or exciting cause for the complaints know. Bleeding from piles after spicy and pungent food. Attacks of biliousness, now and then. Sometimes a burning sensation in the stomach and bitter eructations. Obesity. Varicose veins, on the right calf.
Sepia was her remedy. It was given as follows:.
4th Many, three doses of thirty.
8th May, three doses of two hundred.
20th May, repeated 200, three doses. The patient felt complete relief and left for her native place.
