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CORYZA.
None: or useful at the very beginning: especially if acute catarrh of the middle ear is threatened.
COUGH.
Laryngitis from overstraining the voice.
DRY COUGH–
Acute, dry, short, spasmodic cough; worse from touching the larynx.
Spasmodic, dry, hacking cough (during pregnancy), with involuntary spurting of urine: much worse going into open air.
Acute bronchial catarrh, especially in young children.
Paroxysmal cough, mostly at night, or during day when asleep : cough worse in sleep.
Loose, rattling cough at night: less by day: slight fever.
SPUTA–
Mostly none, or scanty; dry by day, loose at night.
WORSE–
Touching larynx, cough worse.
At night, from falling asleep by day.
Morning dressing; going into open air in morning, much worse, dry cough.
Case of Dr. R.F. Rabe.
Child of 3 years.
Face slightly flushed.
Breathing very rapid and difficult.
Cough, dry, hard, and deep-sounding.
Rales, all over chest, both sibilant and sonorous.
Pulse 130, not full, nor hard.
Temp. Axillary, 102 1/2.
Quiet; drowsy; slightly delirious in sleep.
Asks for water occasionally.
Aconit, Belladonna and Gelsemium, failed to relieve.
3 Ferrum phos. 30 degree in water: a teasp., 2 hours.
After 14 hours, temp. 99 degree, cough loose.
Third day, well.
SPECIAL–
Empirical use for acute otitis media is much approved, and its value seems well established (Gelsem).
Author of "A homoeopathic materia medica on a new and original plan ... A sample fascicle containing the arsenic group."
"Therapeutics of the respiratory system, cough and coryza, acute and chronic : repertory with index, materia medica with index"