There was nothing of the snakelike nature in the patients make-up, so Lachesis was ruled out. Asafoetida was not of sufficient calibre to cope with so severe a case. This narrowed it down to Pulsatilla, Lycopodium and Sulphur. Of these Pulsatilla seemed to cover the nature of the patient better than anything else. Throughout her life she had been prostrated by heat and humidity. She always had desired open air, dry air and open windows. There was never any marked thirst, her blue eyes and voluble emotional nature were like the Pulsatilla, so Pulsatilla was given and the result seems to have justified the choice.
She is not yet a well woman, but she is steadily progressing toward health; spends a large part of her time out of doors, goes up and down stairs at will, walks about the grounds every day. There has been only rarely in the past two months any reminder of the asthma. She lies down at nigh and sleeps usually about six hours or more. There are still some attacks of the bronchial cough, but they are growing less frequent and less severe. Best of all her color and strength are constantly improving and she herself feels that she is getting well. It seems fairly probable that another remedy will be needed before the end of this case, and it is still uncertain as to what that may be.
