Special pathology and diagnostics with therapeutic hints.

  • Charles Gottlieb Raue
Date:
1878
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    cystitis. In all such cases the ascertaining of previous syphilitic infection is an indispensable requirement for a sure diagnosis. In secondary ulcers of the throat and nose the most important remedies are : Kali bichrom., Sanguin., Aurum, Nitr. ac, Lye, Cinnab., Sublim.; Thuya, Laches., Kali hydroj., Mezer. Iritis Syphilitica. The sclerotica and conjunctiva are inflamed; there is quite a dis- tinct red ring around the cornea. The cornea grows opaque, and the iris loses its natural color, and grows paler. The pupils are drawn together, or into an irregular shape. The patient cannot bear the light; has great pain in the supra-orbital region-, worse at night. Exudation in the anterior chamber of the eyes takes place; in con- sequence of which the pupullae are gradually shut up. Therapeutic Hints*— Sublim., Nitr. ac, Thuya. Syphilitic Affections of the Periosteum, of the Bones and Cartilages. They are always attended with severe pains in the bones, of a boring, grinding nature, and always worse at night from nine o'clock in the evening till towards morning, when, with a slight perspiration, they usually abate. Gradually a structural change is observable; the periosteum commences to swell, forming so-called tophi, and when the inflammation spreads to the bones, causing swelling of the bones, (exostosis,) which may terminate in necrosis and caries. Such struc- tural changes attack the skull bones, which, when they are on the in- side, may cause convulsions, paralysis, amaurosis and deafness. Those which attack the bones of the nose cause horrible disfigurations of the face. It also attacks the vertebras, destroying portions of them, and cartilages, although not so frequently. The cartilage of the nose is destroyed as well as the bones, and instead of the nose, nothing is left but a hole in the middle of the face. The cartilage of the sternum and the cartilages of the larynx have been found destroyed. Therapeutic Hints.—Pain in the bones, Aurum, Guajacum, Mczer., Nitr. ac, Phos., Phos. ac, Staphis. Tophi and exostosis, Aurum, Fluoric ac, Lye, Mezer., Phos., Phos. ac, Staphis., Sulphur. Caries and necrosis, Aururn, Fluoric ac, Kali hydroj., Nitr. acv Silic.