CATARRH OF THE BLADDER By Eli G. Jones

 The

Homeopathic Recorder

Vol. XX Lancaster, Pa., March, 1905. No. 3

CATARRH OF THE BLADDER

By Eli G. Jones, M. D.

Several years ago I was called to the southern part of this 

State to see a middle aged man suffering with catarrh of the 

bladder. The physician whom I met in consultation had used 

many remedies to try and relieve the distress of the patient. He 

finally had to use the catheter to draw off the water every few 

hours, and the pain at such times was so great that the neighbors 

could hear him scream with the pain. The discharge from the 

bladder was mixed with blood and mucus, with a burning pain 

extending down from the bladder to the end of the penis. I told 

him I thought I could help him, and in consultation with his phy- 

sician gave him my idea of the treatment of the case. To relieve 

the most pressing symptoms I prescribed Solidago virga-aurea ix, 

third dilution, five drops once in two hours; in twenty-four hours 

he could pass water without the catheter. For the constant dis- 

charge from the bladder I gave him Tr. Chimaphila umb. 9C ten 

drops once in three hours. In cases of this kind it is well to remem- 

ber that the greater the amount of catarrhal discharge the more cer- 

tain the indications for the Chimaphila As his nervous system was 

pretty well unstrung with the pain, I gave him Kali phos. 3X 15 

grains in a goblet of water, teaspoonful once an hour, till his nerves 

were calmer. This plan of treatment was strictly followed out 

until the patient was discharged cured. 

I have used the Solidago (golden rod) in cases where it is indi- 

cated and it is one of our best remedies. 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

A CASE OF COLICKY PAIN WITH A FOETUS-LIKE MOVEMENT - By A. W. K. Choudhury

The

 Homoeopathic Recorder

 Vol. XX Lancaster, Pa., April, 1905. No. 4.

A CASE OF COLICKY PAIN WITH A FOETUS-LIKE

MOVEMENT IN ABDOMEN 

TREATED WITH

A SINGLE HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINE.

By A. W. K. Choudhury, M. D.

Patient, a poor Mohammedan female adult, named Makhau, 

came under my homoeopathic treatment May 27, 1904. She be- 

ing mother of two children, both surviving. She came to me 

with the following history and symptoms: 

The colicky pain commences from the left ovarian region and 

spreads rightward to below the umbilicus, and then extends up- 

wards. It is not constant, but when it ails her it increases in the 

morning and continues till noon, then the pain subsides and fever 

sets in. This fever is characterized by a chill of about an hour, 

then a severe heat followed by sweat, no thirst in any stage. The 

pain under pressure on the left ovarian region is constant, in- 

creasing especially at each menstrual nisus; during menses she 

has pains all over body and is feverish; flow copious, may be 

with blackish clots, and it continues six days; menses irregular, 

some days too early or some days too late. She had been ill nine 

months. 

She notices a foetus-like movement in the abdomen from left to 

right and then sometimes upwards. 

Bowels open daily, once; stool hard, not sufficient; never diar- 

rhoea; no thread-worms; acidity afternoon, evening or morning; 

heartburn; acid eructation; taste in mouth insipid; appetite dull; 

urine sometimes colored; sleep, good; heaviness of head; tooth- 

ache. 

Dark complexion and black hair. 

Never leucorrhoea; vertigo when closing the eyes; headache; 

photophobia and lachrymation since nine months ago; no warts 

anywhere; spleen little enlarged; pain under percussion on right 

hypochondrium and epigastrium, and below navel a little to the 

left; nails all right; vaccinated in infancy; itching all over body 

since about a month; itching increasing while sweating. 

1 -6- 1904. — Thuja 30, two doses given; to be taken daily, one 

dose. 

Diet: Rice, vegetable curry, milk. 

Bathing allowed. 

7-6-1904. — Felt much better for three days; menses five days; 

menses on this occasion at full month; pain in abdomen much 

less; no foetus-like movement in abdomen any more; complaints 

little increased since yesterday; no toothache; pain all over body; 

bowels open; appetite as above; heartburn. 

Repeated one dose of Thuja 30. 

8-6-1904. — Pain in abdomen no more felt; no more foetus-like 

movement in abdomen; pain all over body somewhat less; heart- 

burn always, frequent eructation; daily, one or two better stools; 

stools soft with bad smell; appetite not good after evening; taste 

in mouth insipid; burning of eyes; heat of soles of feet; paleness 

of hands and of vertex; pain under pressure on abdomen a little 

below the navel and a little to the left, where a hardened structure 

of about the size of a hen's egg is felt under the fingers; slight 

enlargement of spleen; no pain under pressure on right hypo- 

chondrium and epigastrium. Placebo. 

She continued under treatment and observation till the 14th 

inst., getting only Placebo. She gradually improved and fully 

recovered. 

Remarks. — Three doses only cured her complaint. A bodily 

complaint of nine months' duration disappearing with the ad- 

ministration of three doses of the medicine would not fail to excite 

envy and admiration in the bosom of our elder brothers, the 

allopaths, if they kindly condescend to study the case. 

Thuja was tried in this case, and why? Dr. H. C. Allen, in 

his Therapeutics of Fevers, mentions Thuja, Crocus, Sulphur and 

Nux as having the movements of living child in abdomen. 

Our patient was vaccinated; and treating chronic cases previously 

vaccinated we may get a good help using Thuja. Her left 

ovarian pain increasing at every menstrual nisus is another symp- 

tom in the patient to indicate Thuja. So Thuja was selected and 

given her. 

Satkhira P. O., Calcutta, India. 

A Case of Constipation

 A Case of Constipation

© Dr. R.S.Mann 2014

A 32yr, female has described her primary complaint of constipation for years, since childhood. No desire to stool even for days, once or twice a week, urging for stool. (India is a tropical country, in tropical areas urging are more frequent) Stool hard, difficult. Thirst less person, no desire to drink. Appetite normal. Desire for cold foods. Patient is very extroverted , communicative and talkative. Lean and thin.

She accepts, she is very irritable and get angry very easily. Menses is regular and normal in quantity. Sleep well but favorable position is right can not sleep on left side.

Very uncommon and strange feature in this case is that she has burning on upper eyelids whenever she is badly constipated. Another symptom is, she feels that her anus remains open even long after stool. 

11 Sep, 2013

Phos 200, 3 Dose prescribed with SL for a week.

18 Sep, 2013

A little better in constipation. Not much progress.

SL prescribed for a week.

25 Sep, 2013

Stool is not hard, but formed and easy, first time in her experience in her lifetime. Feel thirsty many times a day.

SL prescribed for a week.

1 Oct, 2013

Came a day early to report. She has wonderful experience of urging for stool everyday. Stool soft, formed and very very refreshing.

No burning on upper eyelids since last 15 days. No abnormal feeling of open or loose anus now.

SL prescribed for 20 days. And advised to report, if any abnormal symptoms or feelings she has. 

Remarks:- 
       I never seen any chronic case responding so early and so quickly. First time I found, in a single case, the strange, uncommon symptoms, guiding symptoms, characteristic symptoms and unique positional modalities of a single medicine with physical constitutional match.