The Therapeutics of Intermittent Fever

Book Detail:

• Author: H.C. Allen

• Brand: B.Jain Large Print

• Binding: Paperback

• Number of Pages: 332

• Languages: English

Details:
The treatment of intermittent fever prevalent during old times was mainly by the administration of massive doses of quinine. This type of suppressive treatment practiced by the dominant school of medicine is not only positively injurious but also often fatal. Massive doses of Peruvian bark or any of its alkaloids can only suppress the symptoms and thereby increase the suffering of the patient. Hahnemann’s lesson in the “chronic diseases” on the treatment of acute syphilis must be applied to fevers of all types and acute diseases of every name and every kind irrespective of habitat.

Dr. Bell's admirable monograph on "Diarrhoea and Dysentery," and a desire for some better guide in the treatment of intermittent fever has been the inspiration which has induced the author to undertake the labour of the present compilation. ‘Therapeutics of fever’ deals with therapeutics of typhoid, typhus and fevers of every grade and name, from acute sporadic and epidemic intermittent to the malignant type of the malarial fevers of the tropics.

The present edition has erased misprints and corrected former sins of omission and commission. The difficulty of mastering our voluminous and rapidly increasing symptomatology has naturally led to the demand for monographs and repertories; hence to the bracketed comparison of the former edition have been added some leading characteristics of each remedy and a complete repertory.

Total number of medicines in the materia medica part is 147. The whole febrile condition is divided into four stages: chill, heat, sweat, and apyrexia. Each of these stages is further subdivided into type, time, location, cause, etc., making the selection of rubrics more accurate and easier.

General accompaniment of the fever is given separately, beginning with symptoms of the mind and ending with constitutional and general symptoms. In other repertories, these symptoms have to be looked at in regional chapters.

The book contains both the materia medica and repertory parts, making it useful for easy reference. It provides a complete collection of symptoms and medicines available in one book.