New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers

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NEW, OLD AND FORGOTTEN REMEDIES.

PAPERS BY MANY WRITERS.

COLLECTED, ARRANGED AND EDITED BY

E. P. ANSHUTZ.

PHILADELPHIA:

BOERICKE & TAFEL. 1900.

COPYRIGHT BY

BOERICKE & TAFEL.

1900.

T. B. & H. B. COCHRAN, PRINTERS, LANCASTER, PA.

PREFACE.

During the many years that the compiler has had the management of the publishing department of Messrs. Boericke & Tafel--long to look back over, yet short to live--so many inquiries came in for "literature," or, in the form, "where can I find something about" this, that, or the other, remedy, that finally I became convinced that there might be a niche in the great world's already over-crowded library for a book containing, in part, at least, the information desired by my numerous correspondents. This determined, and the great publishing house willing to back the enterprise, came the task of collecting the material. The work once begun, it was soon found that it is much easier to plan such a volume than to carry out the plan, for it involved no inconsiderable amount of delving in dusty piles of old journals to discover the sought for matter, which, when brought to light, had to be scanned closely to determine whether it was of a nature to justify this literary resurrection. However, in the odd hours of time that could be bestowed the work was finally completed and--the result is before you, kindly reader.

That this collection of papers has many gems is, I believe, not to be questioned; that some better papers on the remedies than those herein presented may exist is also probable; that it may contain some that are of doubtful value is not to be denied, and even some that have no right in such a book may have crept in. But what it is, it is; take the good and, in the current phrase of the hour, "forget" the rest.

The part born by the editor, beyond delving for and selecting the remedies, will be found scattered through the book in bracketed small type, and consists simply in announcing who the writer of the paper was and where it may be found; no attempt has been made at editing any of the papers, or commenting on them, beyond a little cutting out of a little verbosity here and there, or of matter not bearing on the use of the remedy.

The material was drawn from journals of all "schools," wherever a paper could be found that seemed to contain something not to be found in medical-book literature, and to be honestly written.

The new remedies of the laboratory have been purposely ignored because they do not come in the scheme of this book, they having a literature of their own that, not infrequently, may be had "free on request" to the laboratories. Only remedies (with a few exceptions) such as nature gives us are included in this work.

And now the task completed naught remains but for the compiler to subscribe himself,

EDWARD POLLOCK ANSHUTZ.

1011 Arch St., Philadelphia, January 2, 1900.

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Acalypha Indica, 1 Acidum lacticum, 4 AEthiop's antimonialis, 5 Agave Americana, 8 Ambrosia artemisiaefolia, 11 Amygdalus persica, 12 Anagalis arvensis, 15 Arsenicum bromatum, 20 Aspidospermine, 26 Aurum muriaticum natronatum, 27 Avena sativa, 36 Aviaire, 41 Azadirachta Indica, 38

Bacillinum, 41 Bellis perennis, 60 Berberis aquifolium, 62 Blatta orientalis, 65 Boletus laricis, 79

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Calcarea renalis praeparata, 81 Ceanothus Americanus, 85 Cephalanthus occidentalis, 86 Cereus Bonplantii, 87 Cheiranthus cheiri, 98 Chionanthus Virginica, 99 Cornus alternifolia, 104 Crataegus oxyacantha, 108 Cuphea viscosissima, 114

Echinacea angustifolia, 115 Epigea repens, 129 Eryngium aquaticum, 131 Euphorbia corollata, 133

Fagopyrum, 133 Fagus sylvaticus, 137 Fraxinus excelsior, 139 Fucus vesiculosis, 140

Gaultheria, 142

Heloderma horridus, 148

Jacaranda gualandai, 168

Lac caninum, 170 Lapis albus, 172 Latrodectus mactans, 174 Lemna minor, 188 Levico, 197 Lathyrus sativus, 198 Liatris spicata, 202 Lloium temulentum, 203 Lycopus Virginicus, 204

Malaria officinalis, 205 Mullein oil, 205 Mucuna urens, 219

Naphthalin, 221 Narcissus, 223 Negundo, 225

Onosmodium Virginianum, 226 Origanum majorana, 232 Oxytropis Lamberti, 233 Oenanthe crocata, 242

Parafine, 247 Parthenium hysterophorus, 259 Passiflora incarnata, 267 Penthorum sedoides, 275 Phaseolus nana, 279 Pothos, 285 Primula obconica, 303 Pyrus Americana, 305

Salix nigra aments, 308 Salvia officinalis, 309 Saururus cernuus, 310 Scolopendra morsitans, 311 Scutellaria laterifolia, 312 Sisyrinchium, 313 Skookum chuck, 316 Solanum Carolinense, 321 Spiritus glandium quercus, 325 Solidago virga-aurea, 330 Stellaria media, 337 Stigmata maidis, 340 Succinic acid, 341 Symphytum officinalis, 342 Symphoricarpus racemosus, 347

Tela araneae, 349 Thallium, 353 Thlaspi bursa pastoris, 354 Thyroid, 362 Trychosanthes dioica, 364 Tuberculinum, 41

Usnea barbata, 366

Verbena hastata, 367 Viscum album, 368

Wyethia helenioides, 376

New, Old and Forgotten Remedies.

ACALYPHA INDICA.

NAT. ORD., Euphorbiaceae.

COMMON NAME, Indian Acalypha, Indian Nettle.

PREPARATION.--The fresh plant is macerated with two parts by weight of alcohol.

(Dr. Tonnere, of Calcutta, India, seems to have been the first to call attention to this plant as a remedy. In a small work, Additions to the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, collected and arranged by Henry Thomas, M. D., and published in London in the year 1858, appears the following credited to that physician.)

Tincture of the Acalypha Indica, prepared and administered in the sixth decimal dilution, is specific in haemorrhage from the lungs. In three cases in which I have employed it, the persons were affected with phthisis. In one case there was a tuberculous affection of the upper portion of the left lung, of some two years' standing. Haemoptysis had been going on for three months; the expectoration had been in the morning pure blood; in the evening dark lumps of clotted blood, and the fits of coughing were very violent at night. In this case all homoeopathic remedies had been tried unsuccessfully, when I accidentally discovered the virtues of the Acalypha Indica, that remedy having been given me by a native for jaundice. I prepared the mother tincture upon the homoeopathic principle, and took 10 drops, which brought on a severe fit of dry cough, followed by spitting of blood. Having noted all the symptoms experienced by myself, and finding that they were nearly all similar to those of my patients, I gave six drops 6th [decimal] dilution in half a tumbler of water, a spoonful to be taken every half hour, beginning immediately (9 A.M.). At 6 P.M., the blood stopped. I continued this for eight days, and the blood has never reappeared (now three months since). The patient is improving, and auscultation proves the disease has decreased, and I am in hopes to affect a cure, yet one month since I have been giving them the medicine they have not spit any blood, although previously one of them never passed a day without spitting a great quantity. Calcarea carb. is an antidote to the Acalypha.

Another transatlantic medical friend writes:--"I hope you obtained some of the Acalypha Indica while you were here. I have found it perfectly successful in arresting haemoptysis in three cases of consumption in the last stage; I could not perceive any other effect from its use, but the cessation of the hemorrhagic sputa was, I think, a great advantage."

Its use in my hands has been very satisfactory, but I have only tried it in similar cases to those already cited. The first instance of my using it--in a hopeless case of phthisis--a continued and wearisome haemoptysis succumbed to its exhibition, and quiet sleep succeeded its use--the patient eventually died of pulmonary paralysis.

In a case of passive haemorrhage from the lungs, after Arnica was used with little benefit, Acalypha benefited, and then failed; after which the use of Arnica entirely stayed the haemorrhagic flow. (Perhaps Hamamelis would have at once cured, but it was not at hand.)

Homoeopathic Review, vol. 1, p. 256.

K., a phthisical patient, had haemoptysis to a considerable extent; in a short time his voice failed him; he took half-drop doses of 7th [decimal] dilution of Acalypha in water every half hour, and in a few hours the blood spitting left him entirely.

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(In 1885 Dr. Peter Cooper, of Wilmington, Delaware, read a paper on the drug Acalypha Indica of which the following is an abstract:)

Professor Jones recapitulates as follows: "Time. Haemorrhage occurs in morning. Blood. Bright-red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse. Neither quickened nor hard; rather soft and easily compressible. Cough. Violent and in fits at night; patient has a played-out feeling in the morning and gains in strength as the day advances.

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