Asiatic Cholera: Cases By R. C. Mitter

The

 Homeopathic Recorder

Vol XX. Lancaster, Pa., February, 1905. 2

ASIATIC CHOLERA CURED BY SINGLE MEDICINE

By R. C. Mitter

Of sixty-seven cases of Asiatic cholera treated by me in 

Sahebgunge(Bengal), the following require special mention: 

Case I. — Hindu, male, aged thirty years, was attacked with 

cholera on the 15th of August, 1904. When I saw him in the 

evening I could perceive no pulse, except at an interval of seven 

minutes. He was evacuating profuse rice-water stools with sago 

sediment; unquenchable thirst for large quantity. Sudden jump- 

ing out of bed. I prescribed Jatropha 12X, in drop doses every two 

hours. 

16th August, 1904. No restlessness; thirst at an interval of 

fifteen to twenty minutes; no vomiting; stool, yellow; pulse, 

natural, though not healthy. Jatropha 12X, one dose. 

17th August, 1904. Cured. His father wanted some medi- 

cines and I gave him three powders, Sugar of Milk. Diet, barley 

water (Robinson's). 

Case II. — 16th August, 1904. Mahomedan lad, eight years. 

Collapse; vomited thirty times, but no purging. Vomited sub- 

stance: First, only food, then bile, and lastly the water he 

drank. Tabacum 30 C, four powders every hour. No call for 

the night. 

17th August, 1904. Perfect recovery. 

Case III. — 16th August, night. A boy of five years, col- 

lapse. Had about sixteen motions and the same number of 

vomiting. He was yet restless and very thirsty. Prescribed 

Dr. Salzar's preparation of Camphor trituration, one grain made 

into four powders, every half hour. 

17th August, morning. Pulse returned, but the boy was 

screaming and crying loudly. I examined and found this was 

due to excruciating pain in the abdomen. He was quieted in five 

minutes by Aconite 1x. 

Case IV. — 17th August, forenoon. A Mahomedan woman 

evacuated about fifty times. Pulseless; present color of stools, 

rice-water; no thirst; coma; can hardly be aroused. Ricinus 6x, 

every hour. No call for the night. 

18th August, morning. Pulse returned, but still in coma. 

Repeated the same medicine every three hours. I saw her again 

in the evening; much better; she can now articulate and with 

difficulty described her malady. 

19th August. Cured. Diet, Robinson's Barley as usual. 

Case V. — 18th August. A cartman, aged thirty-five years, 

was expiring when I saw him at 10 o'clock in the morning. 

Deathly appearance; no pulse; labored breathing. Purging and 

vomiting stopped. Eyes sunk in the sockets. Cannot articulate 

a single word. I expected every breath would be his last. I at 

once gave him Cobra 200 C, five globules, which he could with 

difficulty deglutinate. I would have used hypodermic syringe, 

but I preferred the internal application in the usual way if it 

could be done. The patient seemed to be improving. I followed 

a second dose in another twenty minutes, although this was 

rashly given without waiting an hour or so to see the effect of the 

higher dilutions; the patient was almost cured as his respiration 

was nearly normal. I waited there for nearly three hours to see 

how he fared, when I saw him in perfect composure in about four 

hours after the administration of the second dose I was cheerful 

and returned home peacefully. I saw him again a 3 p. m., he 

seemed to be all right. I left a few powders of Sugar of Milk. 

19th August. He is doing well. 

Case VI. — 19th August, 1904. A Mahomedan woman, aged 

sixteen years, was found in collapse state, lockjaw, stools of rice- 

water, cramps in lower abdomen and vomiting of bile were 

present. Retention of urine. I injected hypodermically Agaricus 

phalloides 30 C. and returned home. I was called again in an- 

other three hours and saw her in the same state. Injected a 

second dose and came back. No call for nearly four hours. I 

was summoned again and saw the lockjaw was gone, vomiting 

stopped, purging was still going on. I prescribed the same 

medicine which she could swallow easily. I saw her again in the 

evening. She was in perfect humor and had no complaints what- 

ever except the purging. I gave her no more medicine and left 

with her relatives a few powders of Sugar of Milk. I saw her 

again the next morning, the 20th August, and found her to be 

cured. Diet, barley water. 

N. B. — It is preposterous and non-homoeopathic use to ad- 

minister a certain remedy in weakness after cholera. Indian 

homoeopaths have always used China indiscriminately in each 

case without knowing that the remedy that has worked out the 

reaction has also its curative power in weakness brought on by 

the malady. 

Sahebgunge, India, Nov. 26, 1904. 

High Potencies in Cases of Cholera - By P C Majumdar

This clinical case is published in THE MEDICAL ADVANCE, A HOMOEOPATHIC MAGZINE, Vol XXXIII, Chicago, July 1, 1895, 
No 1.

EXPERIENCE OF HIGH POTENCY IN CHOLERA

P. C. MAJUMDAR, M. D., CALCUTTA, INDIA

In a recent outbreak of cholera in the city of Calcutta, we had the greatest satisfaction in observing the efficacy of high potencies. In earlier years of our practice we generally used to prescribe very low dilutions. In the last epidemic about the beginning of February, 1895, which lasted till the end of

April, we often had recourse to high potencies successfully and sometimes after failing with the lower ones. Among others, I cite two cases here to show what I contend to be true.

CASE I. M. N. Degs, age about five years, had an

attack of cholera on the 18th of March, 1895. An old school physician was called who prescribed some astringent and stimulant medicines for a whole day without any effect. The case went on worse and I was sent for the next morning. Violent purging and vomiting of rice water stuff, cramps in the extremities, cold perspiration, especially on the head, considerable thirst and restlessness, pulse thready. Prescribed Veratrum album 12X after each stool. Three hours after I visited the patient again. Purging stopped but a good deal of retching, thirst increased but small quantity at a time, pulse scarcely perceptible, burning and restlessness. Arsenic 30 every hour.

Reported the same in the evening, symptoms unabated.

I was thinking of changing the medicine but the indications were clear for arsenic, so I determined trying a high potency. Arsenic CM, one dose every two hours. In my next visit I found the patient better in every respect, after taking only two doses of the remedy. I stopped medicine and the patient was convalescent.

CASE II. A male child of two years old came under my treatment on the 29th of March, 1895, for purging and vomiting. The child had been suffering from fever and congestion  of liver for which purgatives was ordered by a county physician. This brought on the attack. I found watery stools with flakes, restlessness, intense pain in abdomen, cramps and thirst. Veratrum album 12X  was given. After a few hours, stools, became greenish, less in quantity and more consistent. Other

symptoms were less severe. Father of the patient reported to me all week.

On my visit next morning I observed pulse thready and frequent, head hot but the extremities cold and great restlessness. Aconite3X one dose every two hours. No improvement after four hours. Head very hot, hands and feet cold, eyes red and shining, thirst and restlessness increased, there was a tendency to sleepiness. I gave Belladonna 5X, one dose every

two hours. Called in great haste at noon, child in state of convulsions, could not swallow medicines. Belladonna 3X and afterwards 30 by inhalation. The patient was in imminent danger, eyes upturned, respiration impeded, eyes and face bright red, tonic spasms of the whole muscular system of the body. Opium, Hydrocyanic acid, Cicuta, Zincum, were

administered both internally and by inhalation without any effect. I was about to come out in despair when it struck me to try a high potency so Belladonna CM a few globules with difficulty placed on the tongue. In about half an hour the spasms abated, every other symptoms so much relieved that the child fell fast asleep. No other medicines given for this, but he

required some other remedy for diarrhoea and other symptoms that remained.

Complete cure was effected in a week.