Kaolin

Porcelain or China Clay. Alumina Silicata,

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.

Throat

▌ Membrane covering both sides of throat. θ Diphtheria.

▌ 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 prostration. θ Diphtheria. (In alternation with Bellad.)

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia

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. θ 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; suffocating spells. θ Croup.

▌ Croup, with labored, sawing respiration, after failure of Acon., Hepar, Spongia, Bromium, Phosphor, and Iodum.

▌ 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,.