Mephitis Putorius

Questions

What is Mephitis?

It is the secretion from the Skioik.

What is it principally used for and with what indications?

Whooping cough, with a marked laryngeal spasm and a whoop; cough is worse at night on lying down; there is a suffocative feeling, and the child cannot exhale.

How does Corallium rubrum, another animal remedy, compare ?

Whooping cough, with smothering before the cough, and great exhaustion afterwards; the child gasps and gasps, and becomes black in the face. "Minute gun," cough short, quick and rinning. Give indications for Coccus cacti, another animal remedy, in Whooping Cough. Paroxysms of cough, with vomiting of clear, ropy mucus, extending in great long strings even to the feet.

Sensation as of a thread in the throat. How does the expectoration differ from that of Kali bich. ?

The Kali bich. expectoration is yellow, not clear albuminous.

What are the indications for Lac caninum, or Dog's milk, in Diphtheria ?

Where the membrane forms on one side and goes to the other, or is constantly changing sides; the membrane is mother-of-pearl like.

What are the principal Ophidians ?

Lachesis, Crotalus, Bothrops, Elaps and the Naja tripudians.

What is the general characteristic action of the family, as a whole ?

They cause decomposition and fluidity of the blood; the parts swell rapidly and proceed to rapid decomposition; the blood is dark and fluid, and these remedies are suitable to diseases where a poisoned condition of the blood obtains, as in Typhoid fever, Diphtheria, Gangrene, low ulcerations, etc. ; they also stain the skin yellow, not from jaundice, but owing to the decomposed blood.

What are some of the general antidotes to the snake poisons ?

Alcohol, Whiskey in large quantities; radiated heat, Ammonia and Permanganate of Potash.