Pyrogen

A Product of Sepsis. A Nosode.

Keynotes

For saprsemia or septicaemia; puerperal or surgical from ptomaine or sewer gas infection; during course of diphtheria, typhoid or typhus; when the best selected remedy fails to > or permanently improve.

The bed feels hard (Arn.) ; parts lain on feel sore and bruised (Bapt.) ; rapid 'decubitus (Carb. ac.).

Great restlessness ; must move constantly to > the soreness of parts (Arm, Eup.).

Tongue: large, flabby; clean, smooth as if varnished ; fiery red ; dry, cracked, articulation difficult (Crot, Ter.).

Taste: sweetish; terribly pus-like ; as from an abscess.

Vomiting: persistent; brownish, coffee-ground; offensive, stercoraceous ; with impacted or obstructed bowels (Op., Plb.).

Diarrhoea: horribly offensive (Psor.) ; brown or black (Lep.) ; painless, involuntary; uncertain, when passing flatus (Aloe, Olean.).

Constipation: with complete inertia (Op., Sanic.) ; obstinate from impaction, in fevers; stool, large, black, carrion-like; small, black balls, like olives (Op., Plb.).

Foetus: or secundines retained, decomposed; dead for days, black; horribly offensive discharge; ‘fever well since” septic fever, following abortion or confinement. To arouse vital activity of uterus.

Lochia: thin, acrid, brown, very fetid (Nit. ac.) ; suppressed, followed by chills, fever and profuse fetid perspiration.

Distinct consciousness of a heart; it feels tired; as if enlarged; purring, throbbing, pulsating, constant in ears, preventing sleep; cardiac asthenia from septic conditions.

Pulse abnormally rapid, out of all proportion to temperature (Lil.).

Skin; pale, cold, of an ashy hue (Sec.); obstinate, varicose, offensive ulcers of old persons (Psor.).

Chill : begins in the back^ between scapulae ; severe, general j of bones and extremities ; marking onset of septic fever; temperature 103 to 106; heat sudden, skin dry and burning; pulse rapid, small, wirey, 140 to 170; cold clammy sweat follows.

In septic fevers, especially puerperal. Pyrogen has demonstrated its great value as a homoeopathic dynamic antiseptic.

Relationship p. 239

Compare: Ars., Carbo v., Carb. ac., Op„ Psor., Rhus, Sec., Ver.

Latent pyogenic process, patient continually relapsing after apparent similimum.