“In the early part of this year I saw a man who was suffering from a growth in the nose. William Thompson, President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, delivered an address in Dublin on November 13th, 1896, entitled “Some Surprises and Mistakes”, in which the following very important case was narrated : SARCOMATOUS TUMOUR INFILTRATING THE BONY TISSUE OF THE UPPER JAWS Dr. One of these we are minded to reproduce in extenso, being of special interest, as vouched for by the then President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – an unsympathetic and incredulous witness. Robert Cooper, in his Cases of Serious Disease Saved from Operation, gives several of the triumphs of Comfrey (Symphytum). Happily! because it may be possible to get one or other, but not always the one that appeals to us as the most likely curative agent.ĭr. The manner in which pain is instantly banished and healing starts forthwith, needs to be seen to be realized.įrom a thankful heart one is constrained to repeat Hahnemann”s acknowledgment: “God’s great gift, HOMOEOPATHY!”īut you will say, there is a sameness about the indications for all these bruise worts. Urtica urens, the common stinging Nettle, with its marvellous properties in regard to burns, especially the more or less superficial, and therefore the most painful. In the case of fractures, ensure position and immobility, and Symphytum will take charge. It has a special mission in regard to periosteum (Ruta) and bone. Symphytum is our very great remedy of fractures, and of fractures that fail to unite. Specific for injuries caused, not by sharp stabbing instruments, but by blows from blunt masses that damage, but fail to penetrate.Įspecially useful for blows on the eyeball. Eyestrain, and loss of power in eye muscles. Ruta is also a great eye remedy (Symphytum). Has elicited, in provings, bruised sensation all over, as from a fall or blow with soreness of parts on which he lies (Arnica).Ī great remedy of bruises and injuries to bones and periosteum of sprains and of periostitis and pains in consequence of external injuries with erysipelatous inflammation. It is useful in injuries to spine, even of long ago, and to coccyx, as in a recent case of persistent coccygeal pain, when later enquiry evoked the answer, “Oh! that’s gone!” Hypericum relieves nerve pain, often excruciating. Finger-tips also whose fine nerve-endings are wound round little hard “touch corpuscles”, in order that the slightest impact shall be registered. Our marvellous remedy for the comfort and relief of pierced, torn, or injured parts rich in nerves such as lips (we have seen a torn lip with some loss of tissue, heal in a few hours by Hypericum). It is also precious for its effects on the mammae, when indurations persist after blows. A grand remedy for injuries and sprains, which are like those of Arnica, very tender to touch.Īgain, like Arnica, Bellis affects blood vessels and, like Hypericum, nerves. Greatly esteemed in the surgery, and in the midwifery of homoeopaths.īellis perennis. Marigold, which, in addition to its ample vulnerary qualities, stimulates life mechanisms to the prevention or cure of Sepsis. Here it is safer to employ, externally, any one of the others.Ĭalendula. It is used internally, always also externally, provided the skin is not broken in which case it has acquired an evil reputation for provoking inflammation of an erysipelatous nature. It is invaluable for combating the effects of shock, mental as well as physical and jar besides those of over-exertion and strain, and sprains.Īrnica is so sore all over and so tender to touch, as to be in terror of approach. Its great action is on blood, and blood vessels. It is the “Fall-krout” of the mountains and especially valuable for the repair of “soft parts.” It may be useful to set forth the marked features of a few of the most common of these God-gifts for pain and disability.Īrnica montana, whose very name emphasizes its habitat and functions. ONE of the invaluable remedies of “smashed and bruised humanity” is Symphytum – Comfrey : “Bone-set,” – “Healing herb.”įor accidents, extravasations and bruises, we have quite a number of priceless remedies ‘ and while any one on the list will be helpful in any and every case, whether in dilute tincture form, or freshly culled and infused, especially at its own season of perfection of growth and intensity of healing virtue, yet each one differs from all the rest in its relation to the several injured tissues.
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