Kent's cases 10: Anaemia Sulphur

Little Helen, seven years old, presented the
appearance of a very sick child when seen.
Jan. 16. Blood on the pillow, on fingers and in
mouth. (Sulph.) Has passed thread-worms. (Sulph.) Very hungry by spells.
Headache frontal. Vertigo in the morning. Abdominal pains. Faintness.
Thirst more than hunger. (Sulph.) Aversion to milk. Craves meat and
sweets. Has never thrived but has been running down in general health
during past year.
Aversion to milk: Calc., calc. p., carb. v., cina,
LAC. D., NAT. C., nat. s, nat. p., phos. sep., sil., stan., sulph.
Craves meat: Sulph.
Sulphur 10m.
Feb. 13. Generally improved; symptoms all
lessened.
Return of some symptoms in mild form
occasioned repetition of the remedy-first in 10m, then 50m potency-on Feb.
28, April 1 and May 1; the last time all symptoms reported absent except
aversion to milk.
She was robust and rosy as a child should be.
This patient presented scarcely anything but
common symptoms, yet the prescriber was able to find the characteristics
of the patient suffering lack of nutrition, in the abnormal appetite.
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The most peculiar symptoms of other parts were
found to be in harmony with the peculiarities expressed through the
stomach and the remedy met the requirements of a successful prescription.