ARGENTUM METALLICUM CASES
-GEORGE VITHOULKAS
Cases
Was called in to see a child, about four weeks after its birth, which was suffering from severe ophthalmia, with abundant purulent discharge. The disease had commenced some three or four days after birth, and had been treated, by attendant midwife, with several topical applications, among the most prominent of which was Nitrate of silver. Having once experienced disastrous results in a case of the same character, I allowed only a few days for the trial of Sulph. and Calcarea, neither of which yielded any favorable result. The little patient cried almost constantly, night and day; never opened the eyes except in early morning, or late in the evening when the light was very dim.
The pus oozes from between the lids in jets, as from a freshly opened abcess, and any attempt to get a sight of the eyeball, by drawing the lids apart, was attended by the drawing of the edges of the lids inward and their curling in more and more as the effort was continued, so as to make it entirely useless. When in a state of repose, the edges, and indeed, the whole lids both upper and lower, were swollen and thickened to an alarming degree. On the strength of this symptom I prescribed Arg-met., a dose every 4 hours, from which I noticed a slight improvement in 24 hours, after which I administered the remedy to the mother only, at intervals of, first 4, then 6, and lastly 12 hours.
After a week of this treatment the child was able to bear quite a strong light, to keep the eyes open constantly, and recovered rapidly, without a single scar or blemish on either eye.
M . Preston Noringtown Pa. American Journal of Homeopathic Materia Medica Nov. 1868 p. 198.
2. Dr Teste relates an interesting case of Schirrous ulceration.
The patient was a washer woman, aged fifty years, tall, thin emaciated, of a very irritable temperament; The disease was of long standing. This waman, whose face was of a straw-colour down to the lips inclusive, a characteristic symptom of the cancerous diathesis, was troubled with constant distention of the hypogastrium, which was exceedingly sensitive to contact. Every moment she felt lancing pains in this region, which she compared to pricks with a pin. There was a tension in the groin, and from time to time, crampy pains in the thighs. Her breath was fetid, foul, her appetite pretty good; she was often taken with a diarrhea, or rather lienteria.
The urine was pale, fetid, and profuse especially at night. The mucus membrane of the vagina, which was considerably wrinkled by the descension of the uterus, was almost round; but the neck of the uterus, which was very much swollen, presented only, so to say, a spongy mass so deeply corroded with ulcers in different directions, that it was impossible to discover the os tincae. The purulent, ichorous, and sometimes bloody matter which flowed from these ulcers filled constantly the vagina, from which proceeded such a horrible stench that it would have been impossible for one to remain ten minutes in the same room with this unhappy woman, whose near death seemed to me, and indeed was, inevitable. However, she continued to live for six months, which I attribute to the action of Argentum. Various remedies, conium, cicuta virosa, sepia and lycopodium had been given without any effect. Argentum effected a general improvement almost instantaneously. The diarrhea ceased and the stools became natural. The desire to urinate was diminished one half. The shooting pains in the hypogastrium diminished, so that the patient was sometimes free from them for days. A circumstance which astonished me a good deal was, that the discharge, although still purulent, lost almost entirely and in less than three days, its foul smell. Fleshy, rose-coloured granulations, of a very satisfactory appearance, showed themselves at the neck of the uterus. Her strength even returned visibly, and for two or three weeks, I flattered myself that the patient will get well. Unfortunately, this illusion was not to last long; a relapse took place. The family attributed it to a fit of anger, to which the patient was subject. The diarrhea reappreared, and, with it, all the uterine symptoms. This time Argentum had no effect. Soon the prostration was at its height. Arsenic was of no use. After two days spent in agony death took place.
A. Teste, Homeopathic Materia Medica p. 118-119
Cases
Was called in to see a child, about four weeks after its birth, which was suffering from severe ophthalmia, with abundant purulent discharge. The disease had commenced some three or four days after birth, and had been treated, by attendant midwife, with several topical applications, among the most prominent of which was Nitrate of silver. Having once experienced disastrous results in a case of the same character, I allowed only a few days for the trial of Sulph. and Calcarea, neither of which yielded any favorable result. The little patient cried almost constantly, night and day; never opened the eyes except in early morning, or late in the evening when the light was very dim.
The pus oozes from between the lids in jets, as from a freshly opened abcess, and any attempt to get a sight of the eyeball, by drawing the lids apart, was attended by the drawing of the edges of the lids inward and their curling in more and more as the effort was continued, so as to make it entirely useless. When in a state of repose, the edges, and indeed, the whole lids both upper and lower, were swollen and thickened to an alarming degree. On the strength of this symptom I prescribed Arg-met., a dose every 4 hours, from which I noticed a slight improvement in 24 hours, after which I administered the remedy to the mother only, at intervals of, first 4, then 6, and lastly 12 hours.
After a week of this treatment the child was able to bear quite a strong light, to keep the eyes open constantly, and recovered rapidly, without a single scar or blemish on either eye.
M . Preston Noringtown Pa. American Journal of Homeopathic Materia Medica Nov. 1868 p. 198.
2. Dr Teste relates an interesting case of Schirrous ulceration.
The patient was a washer woman, aged fifty years, tall, thin emaciated, of a very irritable temperament; The disease was of long standing. This waman, whose face was of a straw-colour down to the lips inclusive, a characteristic symptom of the cancerous diathesis, was troubled with constant distention of the hypogastrium, which was exceedingly sensitive to contact. Every moment she felt lancing pains in this region, which she compared to pricks with a pin. There was a tension in the groin, and from time to time, crampy pains in the thighs. Her breath was fetid, foul, her appetite pretty good; she was often taken with a diarrhea, or rather lienteria.
The urine was pale, fetid, and profuse especially at night. The mucus membrane of the vagina, which was considerably wrinkled by the descension of the uterus, was almost round; but the neck of the uterus, which was very much swollen, presented only, so to say, a spongy mass so deeply corroded with ulcers in different directions, that it was impossible to discover the os tincae. The purulent, ichorous, and sometimes bloody matter which flowed from these ulcers filled constantly the vagina, from which proceeded such a horrible stench that it would have been impossible for one to remain ten minutes in the same room with this unhappy woman, whose near death seemed to me, and indeed was, inevitable. However, she continued to live for six months, which I attribute to the action of Argentum. Various remedies, conium, cicuta virosa, sepia and lycopodium had been given without any effect. Argentum effected a general improvement almost instantaneously. The diarrhea ceased and the stools became natural. The desire to urinate was diminished one half. The shooting pains in the hypogastrium diminished, so that the patient was sometimes free from them for days. A circumstance which astonished me a good deal was, that the discharge, although still purulent, lost almost entirely and in less than three days, its foul smell. Fleshy, rose-coloured granulations, of a very satisfactory appearance, showed themselves at the neck of the uterus. Her strength even returned visibly, and for two or three weeks, I flattered myself that the patient will get well. Unfortunately, this illusion was not to last long; a relapse took place. The family attributed it to a fit of anger, to which the patient was subject. The diarrhea reappreared, and, with it, all the uterine symptoms. This time Argentum had no effect. Soon the prostration was at its height. Arsenic was of no use. After two days spent in agony death took place.
A. Teste, Homeopathic Materia Medica p. 118-119
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