In concluding this paper, I will mention briefly Viburnum opulus and prunifolium. They are both useful remedies in the prevention of miscarriage,and in spasmodic uterine pains.
There are cramps which are very severe in abdomen and legs, a feeling as if the body from the waist to the lower part of the pelvis would collapse. An indescribable sick feeling all over with pain in the rectum. The symptoms are :> when lying down, > fro,m pressure and from open air: < from motion, at night and from a close room. The action of these two remedies is quite similar in converting irregular, spasmodic pains into contractions that are regular, but it is believed by some that Viburnum prunifolium has a a greater sedative effect than Viburnum opulus in the control of after pains and in postpartum haemorrhage.
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DISCUSSION.
Dr.BRYANT: I would like to add one remedy for varicose veins,and that is Vipera. Vipera has one striking modality,and that is the sensation as if the legs would burst when they are hanging down. I have had one striking incident of the assistance that can be had.
Varicose veins are very common in pregnancy. The further they go,and the greater pressure there is on the large venous trunks, the greater the pressure is likely to e in the leg. I think most of you feel a lot of satisfaction if you get that symptom for Vipera.
DR.SCHMIDT: I would like to mention a remedy for vomiting of pregnancy when the other medicines fails to act, without a special indication, Symphoricarpus racemosa. In Europe, the routine remedy to be given for delivery and to avoid complications is Arnica, which is given a week before confinement.
DR.GOBAR: I have used all through my practice, before, and in the last couple of months, Cimicifuga. I use it routinely and I feel it has given me a great deal of help. I think it lessens the period. It develop the pains to a greater extent and takes away a great deal of that fear and anxiety you very often find.
I would like to ask Dr.Schwartz if she has used any remedy or remedies for the production or for the help of retaining the milk of mothers.
DR.SHERWOOD; In regard to Dr.Gobars question,I believe cigarette smoking on the part of the mother has a great deal to do with the retardation of milk. I have seen it where a woman had with the retardation of milk. I have seen it where a woman had absolutely no milk whatever,but who in her next pregnancy had sufficient milk if she gave up the cigarette habit, provided, of course, that was taken into consideration homoeopathically. I am positive that in more than one instance the smoking of cigarettes on the part of the mother was very detrimental to the milk supply.
DR.GARCIA-TREVINO;Calcarea carb has helped some of my cases, when the symptoms agree, of course, in that particular instance.
DR.SCHWARTZ;Of course, many more remedies might have been mentioned, but I did not want to write a paper that was over the time allotted me.
I have used Arnica in helping to reduce haemorrhage, for the soreness, in preventing after-pains, and I also found it useful in one case where there was difficulty is passing the urine. It reduced the swelling and pressure, which was very helpful.
These are the remedies I have found most useful in some of these cases, as I mentioned in the beginning of the paper, with the materia medica so rich in remedies, and also considering the type of patient.
In regard to milk, I have never forgotten one point Dr.Kent mentioned in his Materia Medica. He was where there is difficulty,Of course, that takes us back to the nosodes and the underlying miasms that cause pathological symptoms in any patient.
