The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Kaolin kaol.
Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91 · 294 words · Kaolin in every book →
General
Porcelain or China Clay. Alumina Silicata.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Croup , Searle, Elliott, A. H. O., vol. 8, p. 128 ; Lilienthal, Raue's Rec., 1871, p. 80 ; Searle, Elliott, Parker, Raue's Rec., 1872, p. 106 ; Landesmann, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 171 ; Boyce, Times Retros., vol. 3, p. 29.
Smell and nose
Nostrils feel sore ; scabs form in nose ; scanty and blood streaked secretion.
Palate and throat
Membrane covering both sides of throat. θ Diphtheria.
Fever, headache in forehead, with flushed face and sore throat ; right tonsil and arch of velum covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane ; breath fetid ; great prostration. θ Diphtheria. (In alternation with Bellad.).
Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia
Husky voice, metallic, rasping breathing and suffocative cough.
Croupous inflammation in lower part of larynx or in upper part of trachea.
Awoke from sleep with croupy cough ; voice husky, later sunk to whisper ; sawing sound during both expiration and inspiration ; high fever. θ Croup.
Voice a little husky ; during night very feverish ; next day skin felt dry ; wanted to be carried about ; appetite diminished ; very little cough ; on auscultation, metallic, rasping sound increasing toward evening ; suffocating spells. θ Croup.
Croup, with labored, sawing respiration, after failure of Acon., Hepar, Spongia, Bromium, Phosphor, and Iodium.
Croup, after failure of Spongia.
Time
Towards evening : metallic, rasping sound increased.
Night : very feverish.
Locality and direction
Right : tonsil and arch of velum covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane.
Sensations
Pain : in forehead.
Soreness : of nostrils ; of throat.
Dryness : of skin.
Stage of life, constitution
Boy, æt. 16 months, strong and healthy parentage ; croup.
Child, æt. 4 ; diphtheria.
Boy, æt. 4 ; croup.
Girl, æt. 4 ; croup.
Boy, æt. 5 ; croup.
Young woman, subject to repeated attacks ; diphtheria.