01/06/2022
An interesting case of scarlet fever, treated and cured by Dr. Adolph Lippe.
"On the 22d of April, I was summoned to see a boy seven years of age, who had scarlet fever some weeks ago, and now for ten days had been very ill. He had been treated allopathically till then. I found him lying over his mother’s shoulder, who had to carry him constantly. Had been carried in that manner some eight days. Dyspnea was very great, the pulsation of the heart violent, but the sound muffled, face swollen, especially over the root of the nose and between the eyes, feet swollen, urinary secretions almost entirely suppressed. he would sometimes doze for a few minutes during the morning hours. No thirst. Constipation; pulse over 200 beats in a minute. He received that day and the following day, Apis 200 (Lehmann) dissolved in water, every four hours one spoonful. On the 24th he was slightly better, pulse less frequent, he had more thirst, dyspnea less, some discharge of cloudy urine—no medicine.
He became much worse at 4 P.M., the dyspnea much worse than before, no secretion of urine, this aggravation subsided at 7 P.M. The following morning (the 25th) he was again better and received no medicine till 4 P.M. of that day, when the aggravation of the symptoms again became very alarming. He now received Lycopodium 10 M dissolved in water, every four hours one spoonful; continued this medicine for 48 hours, when a decided improvement had taken place. He was able to lie in bed for the first time in two weeks, he passed more urine, the bowels were moved quite often, six to eight times a day, discharges thin, brown, offensive. The first day he could lie in bed till about 3 P.M., the next day longer, and in four days did not wish to be carried any more. The swelling of the feet and the dyspnea gradually decreased, his appetite returned, all the functions normal, without any further medicine. On the 5th of May my assistance was again requested; he was suffering from violent headache, stupor, pulse full and hard, skin hot, face red, received one dose of Belladonna 2 M (Jenichen).
The next morning (May 6th) I discovered an eruption which proved to be varioloid (a mild form of smallpox), and on the evening of that day, I gave him one dose of Thuja 200. The pustule filled rapidly and began to dry up on the 10th; his urine became very copious and black. He now received Colchicum 200, dissolved in water, every four hours a tablespoonful for 24 hours; the urine diminished in quantity, became lighter and was normal in five days. The patient recovered full health, and when seen at the end of August, had never complained of anything since."