I have many times cured with it acute catarrhal conjunctivitis,
phlyctenular conjunctivitis and keratitis and ulcers of the cornea, and
have subdued the acute aggravations of conjunctivitis trachomatosa,
where the above symptoms, or some of them, were present. It is also
frequently successful in the treatment of abscess of the lid, which,
while not a serious, is an extremely painful disease.
Dr. W. A. Phillips, in an article published in the _Jour. of Oph., Otol.
and Lar._, July, 1899, page 224, recommends the use of rhus tox., “when
the ciliary muscle itself seems to be the special seat of trouble; when
its muscular tone is disturbed from previous straining, and when
inability is present after using the eyes for reading any considerable
time, notwithstanding optical correction.”
He has had much success with the drug in these cases and considers that
its action here is on a plane with that on lameness or soreness due to
rheumatism. In my opinion another factor may be spoken of. One of the
differential points between arsenic and rhus is that the arsenic patient
is _actually_ so weak that he cannot do what he would wish, while the
rhus patient _feels_ so weak that he cannot do it, but by making the
effort he can overcome his weakness and accomplish what he desires. This
seems to indicate in the rhus case an indisposition to exertion due to
want of _tone_ of the muscular system, and this explanation applied to
the ciliary muscle would account for the successful action of this drug
in the class of cases indicated.
I would not have it understood that I consider rhus tox. an universal
panacea for all the inflammatory diseases of the eye; all of these
affections are many times extremely variable in their presenting
symptoms and other remedies are frequently called for, but the drug
under consideration is one of the first importance and is most reliable
and efficient when accurately prescribed.
TREATMENT OF SARCOMA WITH THE MIXED TOXINS OF ERYSIPELAS AND BACILLUS
PRODIGIOSUS.
BY A. WORRALL PALMER, M. D., NEW YORK.
The numerous modes of treating sarcoma or any other variety of cancer,
and the constant experimentation on the part of the profession with new
methods, only go to show how inadequate is our ability to meet this
intractable disease.
These neoplasms are not so rare, as there are ninety-nine authentically
recorded cases, situated within the restricted domain of the
naso-pharynx and pharynx.
For these reasons, and because I have been able to find only one case of
sarcoma treated with Coley’s fluid reported in our homeopathic
literature, do I take the liberty of occupying your time with the
_résumé_ of my investigations into the subject and my meager practical
experience.
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