Kent's cases 29: Gastric disturbance. Phosphorus

Catherine W., aged 7. Every 2 or 3 weeks paroxysms of vomiting, with
high fever, red face, and thirst for ice cold water.
Since infancy has had these vomiting spells. She vomits yellow and green
mucus, even pure bile. She has taken much medicine and had several
physicians. Jaundiced eyes and skin.


Constipation; has used cathartics and injections. Stools usually undigested.
Urine: brickdust - sediment.
Very chilly in cold weather but the stomach symptoms are worse in hot
weather. Lips chap in cold weather. Suffers much more in summer. The
warmer the weather the severer are the paroxysms. Cold hands and damp
feet.
Skin mottled. Tongue heavily coated. Temperature subnormal when the
spells are not present. Excitable; cries, then laughs.
Phos. 10m.
In five weeks one light attack.
Phos. 10m.
Six weeks later she began to have signs of a return.
Phos. 50m.
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Seven weeks later she vomited, after her mother gave her stronger food (as
the child appeared very well.)
Phos. 50m.
No sign of returning symptoms for two months and ten days.
Phos. cm.
Two months later: Stool formed, undigested. Cold hands and feet. Mottled
skin. Thirst for very cold water.
Phos. cm.
She is now a robust child, growing rapidly; no symptoms.
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