IODOFORMIUM
Iodoform
(IODOFORMUM)
Should no longer be forgotten in the cure of tubercular meningitis, each as a neighborhood software to the head and internally (Bacil). Tuberculous conditions. Subacute and continual diarrhoea of children.
Head.–Sharp, neuralgic pain. Head feels heavy, as if it ought to no longer be lifted from pillow. Itching of occiput. Meningitis. Sleep interrupted with the aid of sighing and cries. Very drowsy.
Eyes.–Pupils, dilated; contract unequally, react poorly. Diplopia. Failing sight due to retro-bulbar neuritis, central scotoma-partial atrophy of optic disc.
Chest.–Sore ache in apex of proper lung. Feeling of a weight on chest, as if smothering. Cough and wheezing on going to bed. Pain in left breast, like a hand greedy at the base of the heart. Haemoptysis. Asthmatic breathing.
Abdomen.–Scaphoid abdomen. Chronic diarrhoea with suspected tuberculosis. Abdomen distended; mesenteric glands enlarged. Cholera infantum. Chronic diarrhoea; stools greenish, watery, undigested, with irritable temper.
Extremities.–Legs weak; can’t stand and stroll with eyes closed. Weakness of knees when going upstairs.
Dose.–Second trituration. Three grains on the returned of the tongue will relieve assault of asthmatic breathing.
