Lycopodium 1M, one dose.
Oct.17, 1929. she is feeling much better and has only had 2 slight attacks. Sac. lac.
Feb,19,, 1930. There has been only one spell,which was rather severe. She has been to New York and goes out everywhere. Before treatment she was not able to go anywhere. She has been in splendid condition until yesterday when she had 2 severe convulsions. Lyc. one dose. There has been no attack of any kind to date.
CASE 4.
May 28, 1929. Mrs. M.D. book keeper, aged 26. Chief complaint convulsive twitching all over, from age 15 associated with menses, up to 5 years ago whether finance died,at which time the attacks became more severe and more frequent, true epilepsy with frothing at the mouth, biting the tongue, the spells began in the hands with turning in of the thumbs. there has never been more than one attack a night, sometimes every night, sometimes 3 nights a week. She has had a great deal of trouble with her family, has left home and returned. the spells are definitely related to emotional upsets. The attacks leave her dizzy, confused and sore,.
They always occur between 1-2 a.m.
Come on in sleep.
Can be averted by a drink of cold water if obtained in time.
Can be averted if awakened.
The menses were established at 14 years, are a little early, duration 6 days, profuse, darkened lumpy, and accompanied by cramps. She is definitely worse during the menstrual period, and there is aching in the left leg, especially from the knee down.
The patient is very chilly.
Takes cold easily from draft and wet feet.
Is worse in general in the morning to 10 or 11 oclock.
Is fond of sweets.
Worse from fats.
Has terrifying dreams of being killed, of falling, or being attacked by animals and robbers.
Has habitual constipation with her tongue.
The girl is alone, slender, highly nervous, over emotional,., spoiled. A sister had chorea. Cuprum metallicum 1M, one dose sac lac. Morning and night.
July 16, 1929. Two attacks of any kind for six weeks. She has always had a tendency to crumbling teeth. Calc.carb., 10M, one dose.
Sep. 16, 1929 Better for 3 weeks, this past week she hashed attacks again for e nights. Cupr. 10m. one dose, Sac. ;lac There have been no attacks for several months.
CASE 5.
July 20, 1929. Mrs. B., trained nurse, age 216, very slender, blonde, highly nervous but absolutely stable and well controlled at the same time, has had “heart attacks” for about in the past few months. Her husband is a splendid,quiet man, just the past few months, her husband is a splendid, quiet sure this trouble has nothing to do with the marriage. The attacks are painless and are associated with marked tachycardia; she doe not lose consciousness but is practically unable to speak; she twitches all over; there is blueness of the lips, face, and hands; the arms are stiff with the thumbs turned in the legs are rigid there is cold sweat in the face and forehead;and she is terribly frightened.
It is of interest that she nearly died about 2 years ago from an accidental poisoning by atropine while sick at The City Hospital. Almost instantly on taking the medicine the “walls rushed in on her”, there was a sense of utter disaster,she gave a shrill cry and was unconscious. this lasted for hours. Within one and a half minutes her stomach was pumped out and an antidote given. It was some months after this that the attacks began. Cuprum metallicum 10M. one dose.
June 6, 1930. there have been no attacks until today. She has felt very well. After the past three very hot , tiring days she had a mild attacks with the same symptom but not anywhere as severe as formerly. Cuprum 10M, one dose.
BROOKLINE, MASS.
It cannot be too strongly urged that the confirmation of pathogenesis should be the only object in making clinical reports, and that he pathogenesis of remedies scan never be discovered by there empirical use in disease. Reports made with any other object may sometimes be curious, but can seldom,if ever, be useful tot he true homoeopathist-American Homoeopathic Review, 1859.
