Kent`s cases 96: Three peculiar cases. Pelvic Cellulitis Calcarea carbonica

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Mrs. L, age 36, had been in bed with pelvic cellulitis. She apparently had
been a sufferer, notwithstanding ample medical attention. There was much
tumefaction of the abdomen and great tenderness of all the pelvic organs,
and the tenderness extended to the abdominal tissues and viscera.
There was enlargement of the uterus and ovaries with erosion of vaginal
portion of the uterus and anterior wall of the vagina.
Hot douches per vagina and hot hops constituted her only possible comfort,
when her abdomen had cooled from the absence of the hop, pain became
unbearable, so she lived and so she was dying. Every change to cold
increased her suffering.
Her bowels were constipated, her menses came too soon and her feet were
always cold and felt damp. The evidence of her suffering was ample.
Her mental state was gloomy. The hop poultices and hot injections were
discontinued and she was placed in warm clothing.
Calc-c., 85 m, one dose, was given.
No more medicine was needed.
She was able to work in four months and is now perfectly well.
Three days after taking the medicine her menses came on with profuse flow
and increase of pain; at the proper time the flow ceased and all the
tenderness and previous suffering passed away.
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Case 97
Periodical attacks of chronic spasms
Phosphorus
Phosphorus: Mrs. G., widow, 42 years of age, was afflicted with periodical
attacks of Chronic Spasms.

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I called at the house one day and removed a tumor from the hand of her
mother, and the excitement brought on the most intense spasmodic jerking
of the whole body.
Whenever a thunderstorm is raging she has these attacks, said her mother.
They last two or three hours.
I administered Phos. 5m. dry, one dose.
Thunder does not affect her now. She never had another attack. Her whole
constitution and mental state have changed. She considered herself an
invalid and expected no relief.
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Case 98
Prolapsus.
Sepia
Case V.-Sepia: Mrs. K.-a married woman, 28 years old came to me from
the country, with what a gynecologist had called a prolapsus.

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She was a tall, slim woman, otherwise in good health. She was wearing a
Hodge pessary. She could not walk or stand long without her "ring."
She came to the office in a carriage. I removed the ring and gave her Sac.
Lac.
At the end of a week I had noted the following symptoms:
The urine passed slowly, and she must wait a long time for it to start:
Sepia., Lycop., Arn., Hepar., Zinc, Cann-ind.
She was greatly constipated, and always felt a lump in the rectum, even
after stool: Sep.
She complained of a hungry, empty feeling in the stomach: Sep., Murex.,
Ign. Hydr. and many others.
She always had a bearing down in the pelvis, as if the uterus would issue
from the vagina: Sepia, Murex, Lil-t., Nux., Natr-m., Puls., etc.
She must press on the vulva with a napkin for relief: Sep., Murex, Lil-t.
She often crosses her limbs to prevent the uterus from escaping: Sep.
Tall, slim and sallow: Sep.
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She got Sep. C. M. one dose, dry, and Sac. Iac.
It is three years since this case called, and she has never needed a physician
since. She was an invalid before. The one dose cured her.
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Case 99
Prolapsus (2)
Lilium tigrinum
Lil-t. The above lady went home and sent me a similar case.
She called it "a case just like mine."

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She was a short stout woman, dark hair and eyes. She had worn a Hodge
pessary for a year. She was unable to be about at housework, without the
pessary.
I removed the pessary and informed her that she would need to visit my
office every day for a week or so.
She was given Sac. lac., and every day I noted symptoms, until at the end
of a week I believed I had the symptoms that expressed the individuality of
the disease. The most marked feature was her mental state.
The remedy that would cure this case must have mental symptoms of
prominence in its picture.
She complained of a wild feeling in the head, and feared she would lose her
reason: Lil-t.
Bearing down in the pelvis as if the uterus would protrude: Sep., Lil-t..,
Murex, Natr-m., Nux-v., Puls, Pod. and others.
She must press on the vulva with the hand to prevent the parts from
protruding: Lil-t., Sep., Murex.
There were some flying pains going through the pelvis and down the thigh
like those found in Lil-t.
She took Lil-t. 30 for a day in water, and then Sac-lac. one week.
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She had then improved so much that she had walked over the Zoological
garden, which she had not undertaken even with the pessary in situ.
She was sent home with a few powders of Lil-t. 200, to use as per
instruction, viz., to be used when she felt a return of the difficulty.
One year later she wrote me that she had taken one of the powders, and was
keeping the others with great care.
For this last case I was presented with a check for $50 over and after the
full payment for my services.
The husband said it was the cheapest doctor bill he had been called to pay.
One gynecologist had receipted a bill for $200, and this was but a small
part of the "sick expenses."
It may not pay as well to practice pure homoeopathy, but it is the honest
way.
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Case 100
Pharyngitis
Lachesis
A woman of fifty-three years called in January, when she was scarcely able
to go out-doors, suffering with sore throat which she had for six weeks,
under old-school treatment.

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Jan. 20.
Had "grip" six weeks ago. Pharynx soreness since then, better and worse;
Began on left and extended to right, side. < swallowing solids; > warm
liquids: Externally, swollen enormously and very red. Voice and hearing
lost. Larynx and side of neck pain, with dry hacking cough.
No rest in the morning. Desires cold drinks but cold aggravates the throat.
Constipation, for months (chronic symptom). With the exception of the
aggravation from warmth, all features of the case were prominently
Lachesis, i. e., it was predominantly a Lachesis case.
Lach. 10m.
Jan. 25.
Throat, pain on left side much worse after first dose. < cold water. Burning
sensation at night from inhaling cold air. Thirst constant for cold water.
Bowels now normal, first time for months.
Wakeful: hears clock strike 10, 11, 2 and 3. Head pulsating; Cracking
sensation at base of skull when turning head.
Sach. lac.
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All throat symptoms ceased at the end of a week.
The favorable action of the remedy was evidenced in the aggravation
occurring on the first day and the improvement in rectal evacuations.
The wisdom of continuing the same remedy was quite clear when the
disorder of six weeks' duration was entirely eradicated within a week.