Kaolinum
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General
Porcelain or China Clay. Alumina SUicata,
Clinical Authorities. — Croup, Searle, Elliott, A. II. O., vol. 8, p. 128 ; Lilienthal, Eaue's Rec, 1871, p. 80; Searle, Elliott, Parker, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 106 ; Landesmann, Eaue's Rec, 1870, p. 171 ; Boyce, Times Retroa., vol. 3, p. 29.
'^ Smell and Nose. ■ Nostrils feel sore; scabs form in nose; scanty and blood streaked secretion.
13 Throat. I Membrane covering both sides of throat. ^Diph- theria.
■ Fever, headache in forehead, with flushed face and sore
throat ; r. tonsil and arch of velum covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane ; breath fetid ; great prostra- tion. ^Diphtheria. (In alternation with Bellad.) ^" Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia, i Husky voice, metallic, rasping breathing and suffocative cough.
■ Croupous inflammation in lower part of larynx or in
upper part of trachea. ■Awoke from sleep with croupy cough; voice husky, later sunk to whisper ; sawing sound during both expiration and inspiration ; high fever. ^Croup.
■ Voice a little husky; during night very feverish ; next
day skin felt dry ; wanted to be carried about ; appetite diminished ; very little cough ; on auscultation, metallic, rasping sound increasing toward evening; suff'ocating spells. ^Croup. ■Croup, with labored, sawing respiration, after failure of Aeon., Hepar, Spongia, Bromium, Phosphor, and lodum.
■ Croup, after failure of Spongia.
^ Time. Towards evening: metallic, rasping sound increased.
Night: very feverish. *^ Locality and Direction. Right: tonsil and arch of velum
covered with heavy, yellowish white membrane. *^ Sensations. Pain: in forehead.
Soreness : of nostrils ; of throat.
Dryness: of skin. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Boy, »t. 16 months, strong and healthy parentage ; croup.
Child, set. 4 ; diphtheria.
Boy, set. 4 ; croup.
Girl, set. 5 ; croup.
Boy, set. 5 ; croup.
Young woman, subject to repeated attacks; diphtheria,.
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