AnthraGinum

An alcoholic extract of the anthrax poison prepared from the spleens of affected sheep.

Clinical

Acne. Boils. Carbuncles. Cynanche cellularis. Erysipelas.

Characteristics

Anthradnum is indicated in all conditions of boils and boil-like eruptions (as acne in some f arms, and in carbuncles). It was introduced into homoeopathic practice by Lux the veterinarian long before the experiments of Pasteur. The keynote for its employment is "succession of boils" or carbuncles, but it is also of the greatest use in other cases. " Terrible burning " with carbuncle. The potentised virus is the best remedy for the disease from which it is

Mind p. 119

"Splenic fever'' in animals and ''Malignant pustule" in human beings. Erysipelas of a foul kind, and gangrenous erysipelas ; cellulitis. " Hard, stony" swelling in region of right lower jaw and submaxillary gland. Anthrax - quinsy. Whitlow and sloughing. Glands painfully swollen* Induration of cellular tissue. Black or blue blisters. Horribly offensive gangrenous ulcers. A number of symptoms have been recorded from human patients affected with the anthrax disease. ltolati0Dg. — Compare : Anthracinum bovum, Anthracinum suum, Laches., Tarent. c, Arsen., Carb. v. It follows well : Arsen. (burning and ulceration), Phos. ac. Is followed well by : Aur. mur. nat. (periosteal swelling of lower jaw), Silic. (cellulitis). AniidoUd by: Camph., Ars., Rhus, Silic., Laches., Carb. v.. Puls., Kreos., Cart)ol. ac., Salicyl. ac, Apis.

Head p. 119

Headache, as if a smoke with a heating pain was passing fliroi] the head.—Headache with chill.— Swelling of head.

Face p. 119

Parotitis gangrenous. — Stony swelling around lower jaw. — Gland onder chin painfully swollen. It. Abdomen. — Sensation as if diaphragm were pushed forward. — Enlargement <of spleen. — Bellyache with chill.

Stool and Anus p. 119

Vomiting followed by a painless, often bkxxly diarrhoea. — Diarrhoea with fever. — Cholera-like collapse. v Heart and Circulation. — Heart -beats frequent but weak. — C]fago6is. — Blood does not coagulate. so, SI. Back and Limbs. — Axillary glands swollen. — Severe pains in limbs and joints with the fever. — Œdema; ulcers; gangrene; sloughing whitlows. H, Generalities. — Restlessness. — Clonic and- tetanic spasms (marked r mortis after death). — Exhaustion and collapse. — Terrible burning pains.

Skin p. 119

Crusty oozing eruption. — Itching with dry skin. — Black or bine blisters. — Carbuncles. — Boils. — Sloughing ulcers. — Small-pox.