Lactate of Lithia.
Clinical
Rheumatism.
Characteristics
A chemist, while preparing a combination of *Lactic acid and *Lithium carbonate, experienced decided rheumatic pains in the small joints. Berghaus (*B. F. H., xli. 380, quoting *N. A. F. H.) on this hint used *Lithium carb., Lact. in local subacute rheumatism with good effect. Allen says it especially affects the shoulder.
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica