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fear, combined with anger ; and it is also the most certain means 
of curing them rapidly. 
““ Whenever Aconite is chosen homeopathically, you must, 
above all, observe moral symptoms, and be careful that it closely 
resembles them. 
* Aconite is found of great service in allaying all bad symp- 
toms arising from suppression of secretions, alarm, agitation, or 
fear.” 
Curnicat OssErvations.—Noack and Trinks: Aconite is 
especially suitable to individuals of a plethoric habit, lively 
character, bilio-nervous or sanguineous temperament, dark hair, 
bright complexion, and to old people. Congestion of blood in 
different organs; acute inflammation of all organs; violent 
hemorrhages ; attacks of violent general pain ; effects of fright, 
anger, and chagrin; bilious affections ; yellowness of skin, as in 
jaundice ; congestion of blood to the head, when combined with 
vertigo; headache ; catarrhal affections ; great liability to catch 
cold ; the exanthemata, in the first stages; erysipelas ; nettle- 
rash; synochal fevers; acute rheumatism, especially of the 
joints ; acute arthritis ; gout; neuralgia; fainting fits ; dementia, 
with apprehension of death, and great anxiety; oph- 
thalmia; bleeding at the nose (epistaxis) ; catarrhal inflamma- 
tion of the tonsils, palate, and pharynx; hematemesis ; perito- 
nitis; active metrorrhagia; croup; hemoptysis; pleuritis; 
bronchitis and pneumonia (in first stage generally); organic 
affections of the left side of the heart; hypertrophy of the 
heart. 
On comparing the homeopathic and allopathic uses of 
Aconite, it will be seen that both systems have given this 
medicine occasionally for the same diseases; but that the 
homeeopathists have been led to the use of it in disease from the 
symptoms it produces, either in large or in repeated small 
doses, on persons in health; whilst, under the old school, it 
has been given empirically, chiefly because it is supposed to be 
a “benumber,? and therefore useful in allaying increased pain 
