Malandrinum maland.

Grease in Horses

A very effectual protection against smallpox. Ill effects of vaccination (Thuja; Silica). Efficacious in clearing of the remnants of cancerous deposits (Copper).

Scab on upper lip, with stinging pain when torn off. Aching in forehead. Dry, scaly; itching; rhagades of hands and feet in cold weather and from washing. Toes feel scalded and itch terribly. Bone-like protuberances.

Thirtieth potency and highest.

Nosode of the disease in horses called "Grease." Trituration of Sugar of Milk saturated with the virus. Solution of the virus.

Acne. Boils. Fistula. Impetigo. Knock-knee. Measles. Skin, unhealthy. Small-pox. Vaccination, ill effects of.

According to Jenner, the origin of cow-pox is infection of the udders of cows by contact with grass on which a horse infected with "Grease" has trodden. This assertion is to some extent confirmed by the experience of homœopaths, who have found in Maland . a very effectual protection against infection with small-pox and against vaccination. Straube made provings of the 30th potency ( H. R ., xv. 145; H. W ., xxxv. 504). It has been used on inferential grounds with great success in ill effects of vaccination (I have cured with it cases of unhealthy, dry, rough skin remaining for years after vaccination); in small-pox, measles, and impetigo. Burnett has cured with it a case of knock-knee in a child who was constantly handling his penis. Burnett's indications are: "Lower half of body; greasy skin and greasy eruption. Slow pustulation, never ending, as one heals another appears." Impetigo, ecthyma, fat, greasy-looking pustular eruptions are particularly acted on by this remedy. Heath ( Amer. Hom ., xxiv. 141) has cured with Maland . 30 fistula in a pony's neck, following strangles. A. L. Marcey ( H. R ., xiv. 530) relates a striking experience with Maland . 30. In the presence of a small-pox epidemic he vaccinated himself, taking at the same time Maland . 30 night and morning. The vaccination did not take. It was twice repeated and still did not take; nor was smallpox contracted. Called to vaccinate four children in a family whose parents were recovering from small-pox, he vaccinated all and gave Maland . 30 to three of them at the same time; the remaining child was the only one whose vaccination "took." This was so severe that Maland . had to be given to modify its intensity, which it did effectually. The other three were re-vaccinated but none "took." Of five children, from six to seventeen years of age, only the eldest had been vaccinated, and he had a good scar. All except the eldest were given Maland . and were vaccinated, and none of the four "took." The eldest took small-pox. Maland . was then given, and in a few days he was convalescent. In another case of small-pox Maland . was given, and the disease only lasted a few days, the eruption drying up. In Straube's proving the symptoms were < in evening. The Schema is made up of Straube's symptoms. Burnett considers Maland . a very deeply acting remedy, and one not to be repeated oftener than once a fortnight.

Compare: In bad effects of vaccination, Variol., Vaccin., Thuj., Sabi., Ant. t., Apis, Sil. In general; children handling genitals, Medor. (but Maland. has deeper action). In pustular eruptions, Hep., Merc. Compare also: Castor equi., Hippozænin, Hippomanes.

Vaccination.

Dizziness. — Frontal and occipital headache. — Dulness. — Impetigo covering head from crown to neck and extending behind ears. — Thick, greenish crusts with pale, reddish scabs, itching < in evening.

Red stripes under eyes.

Profuse, purulent, greenish-yellow discharge, mixed with blood.

Tongue: coated yellow, with red streak down middle (typhoid); cracked and ulcerating down middle; swollen.

Vomiting of bilious matter; nausea.

Pains around umbilicus.

Dark, cadaverous-smelling stool. — Yellowish, foul-smelling diarrhœa.

(Child constantly handles his penis.)

Vagina closed with impetiginous crusts, yellowish-greenish-brown in colour.

Pain along back, as if beaten.

Sore pains in limbs and joints. — Run-arounds on nails of hands and feet.

Impetiginous crusts on extensor sides of forearms.

Pains, esp. in l. tibia, with petechiæ-like patches on anterior aspect of l. leg from knee to ankle. — Petechiæ on both thighs, < l. — (Knock-knee.)

Small-pox. — Measles; also as preventive. — Impetigo covering back of head, extending over back to buttock, and even into vagina; covering labiæ. — Impetigo on extensors of forearms. — Boils. — Malignant pustule. — Bad effects of vaccination (dry, harsh skin). — Small, dusky red spots on legs, not disappearing on pressure. — (Typhoid fever. — Petechial typhus.)

Description:
The crusts vary in form and character, and the appearance differs as much in animals as many skin diseases of the same family do in the human. Dr. W. P. Wesselhoeft reports a case in which: "The crust assumed a conical form; a thick layer of crusts, if allowed to remain without removal, heaped up one-half an inch. They were fragile, moist, yellow, about the consistency of honey-comb. When removed a raw surface remained with deep fissures and thick crusts reformed into their original size in 48 hours. There was evidently no itching, but some soreness after removal of the scabs."
These crusts resemble forms of eczema and rupia.
From Jenner we have it that the origin of cowpox is infection of the udders of cows by contact with grass, on which a horse infected with grease has trodden; While the other historical origin from a similar source of infection, also from Jenner, is that it was from the unwashed hands of the stable neys who milked the cows after grooming the horses infected with grease. These assertions are to some extent confirmed by the clinical experience of many homeopaths, who have successfully used Malandrinum against infection with smallpox, and for the bad effects of vaccination.
John H. Clarke says: "It has been used on inferential grounds with great success in bad effects of vaccination. I have cured with it cases of unhealthy dry, rough skin remaining for years after vaccination; in small-pox, measles and impetigo."
Burnett cured with it a case of knock-knee in a child who was constantly handling his penis. His indications are: "Lower half of body affected, greasy skin and greasy eruption. Slow pustulation never ending, as one heals another appears."
For the bad effects from vaccination: The late Dr. Fellger, of Philadelphia, probably had a more extensive experience in treating variola and the effects of vaccination than any other man of his time. He had given much thought and many years of study to the subject and came to rely almost wholly upon Malandrinum as a prophylactic for variola, and as the therapeutic remedy in acute cases. He used Malandrinum for confluent small-pox with great success. Where the skin has an unnatural color between the pustules, and small-pox takes on the confluent form, it is always serious and often dangerous. When the eyeball becomes congested and red, it enables the physician to prognose danger.
Dr. Boskowitz, of Brooklyn, was the first to introduce and use Malandrinum. He made the first potencies up to the 30th from the crusts of the "grease of the horse." To the observations of Dr. Boskowitz in the use of this remedy, both as a prophylactic and therapeutic remedy against small-pox and the bad effects of vaccination, are added those of Drs. Raue, Carletan Smith, Wm. Jefferson Guernsey, Selfridge, Wesselhoeft, Burnett and Clarke. The potencies of Boericke and Tafel were obtained from Dr. Raue; those of Fincke, Swan and Smith, of New York, came direct from Dr. Boskowitz. It is needless to add that these original preparations were hand-made, but we believe all are reliable. The remedy has had an extensive proving by W. P. Wesselhoeft, H. C. Allen, Steere Holcombe and students of Hering College, in 1900 and 1901. The provings were made with potencies ranging from the 30th and 35th to the 200th. No prover knew what was being taken.
We consider it a deep, long-acting remedy, to be repeated not oftener than once a fortnight.
Impetigo, ecthyma; fat, greasy looking pustular eruptions are especially affected by this remedy. A. L. Marcy, H. R. Vol. XIV. p. 530, relates a singular experience with Malandrinum 30. During a small-pox epidemic he vaccinated himself, taking at the same time Malandrinum 30 night and morning. The vaccination did not take. It was twice repeated and still did not take, nor was small-pox contracted. Called to vaccinate four children in a family whose parents had small-pox, he vaccinated all and gave Malandrinum 30 to three of them at the same time; the remaining child was the only one whole vaccination "took." This was so severe that Malandrinum had to be given to modify its intensity, which it did effectually. The other three were re-vaccinated but none "took." Of five children from six to seventeen years of age, only the eldest had been vaccinated, and he had a good scar. All except the eldest were given Malandrinum and were vaccinated and none of the four "took." The eldest took small-pox. Malandrinum was then given, and in a few days he was convalescent. In another case of small-pox Malandrinum was given, and the disease only lasted a few days, the eruption drying up.
The only previous attempt at proving was made by Straube with the 30th potency, published in the H. R. Vol. XV, p. 145, and the H. W. Vol. XXXV, p. 504. These symptoms are included.

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