Lycopod. m. m. (Bœricke). American Journal of homoeopathic materia medica, 1874 Volume 8, Page 298
Lycopodium. -A girl aged 13. Nov. 3oth, 1874. Has not been well for three weeks since the death of her father. On the 28th liked to crouch together near the fire. On 29th, wandering in her talk. Today, 4 P.M., pulse 120. Talks deliriously, chiefly about her business. Picks at bedclothes. Tongue white. Drowsy, but very little sleep. Thirsty; drinks little at a time, but not very often. Pain in the middle of back. Eyes unnaturally bright. Headache. Cough at times. Uncovers herself. Jerking of the body. Puts tongue out when coughing. Some movement of ala nasi.
Lycop. cm (Fincke) every two hours.
Dec. Ist, 4.30 P.M. Pulse 126. Still delirious. Tongue white; clean at tip. Little sleep. Thirsty. Pain in back better. Watery yellow stool. Hacking cough. Still jerking of body. Is more rational; this morning seemed much better. Continued medicine.
2d, 450 P.M. Pulse 120. No wandering all day; only during sleep. Tongue white. Little sleep. Still pain in back. No stool. Hacking cough. No jerking. A little rattling in the chest. Stronger; much better. Stop medicine.
3d, 5.50 P.M. Pulse 90. Tongue cleaner. No stool. Only wandering last night. No pain except in left side of thorax. Cough better. Eyes more natural; sleep better. 5th. Pulse 72. Tongue clean. Eyes natural. Cough better. No wandering last night. Stronger. Natural stool. Sleep good. Pain in left side.
7th. Cough causes shooting in left side. No other symptoms. Gave Kali 4m (Fincke), for cough, and she soon recovered.
Two allopaths saw this patient before I did, and both diagnosed typhoid fever, and one, the parish doctor, told the mother that the child must be removed to the fever hospital. I told her that he had no authority to order the removal, and advised her to refuse. She did so on the 2d, upon which the doctor said that there was no occasion for removal, as the disease was not fever, but bronchitis! There was much typhoid fever in the street.
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