Mention some nervous symptoms of Physostigma.
It cause tetanic spasms of involuntary muscles. It causes paralysis and diminished reflex action.
What is the difference between death due to Strychnine poison and death due to poisoning by the Calabar bean?
In Strychnine death results from asphyxiation caused by tetanic spasm of the respiratory muscles.
Calabar bean causes death by paralysis.
What are some of the nervous symptoms of Strychnina?
The patient has characteristic irritability from external impressions. the slightest jar or noise into spasms. The patient faints from odors. The patient has tetanic spasms and opisthotonos.
what are some of the nervous symptoms of Phytolacca?
There are convulsive symptoms with stiff limbs, clenched teeth, and opisthotonos.
Mention thee other remedies for tetanus.
Curare, Passiflora and Angustura.
How do the symptoms of Picrotoxin differ from those of Strychnine
Picrotoxine does not have the irritability and sensitiveness to the touch that STrychnine has.
How is STramonium differentiated from Strychnine?
Both cause tetanic convulsions, which is wore from light and touch, but with Stramonium mania is almost always present. With Strychnine the mind is clean to the last.
What are some useful remedies sin impending Tetanus?
Aconite, fever, tingling and numbness.
Veratrum vir and Hypericum, where there is excruciating pain in the wound.
Belladonna, Cicuta and Silicea when the suppurating wound suddenly ceases to discharge, and tetanic symptoms appear.
Give some indications for Cicuta.
Sudden rigidity, followed by prostration renewed by touch; oppression of breathing; fixed stare to eyes.
When is Hydrocyanic acid the remedy?
The body is stiffened and thrown back; cramp in the nape; breathing in paroxysms; set jaws; frothing at the mouth similar to Nux vomica, but the face is flushed.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.