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it to a close without danger. (A single weak dose of Nux 
vomica will often cure this complaint homeopathically, in a few 
hours.) When a large dose of Camphor causes danger, opium 
is the proper antidote, as Camphor is a powerful acid in cases 
of poisoning by opium; thus each of these two substances 
destroys the other. Is it not strange, after this, that we should 
so often find them together in the same prescription ?”” 
Cuintcat OxssErvations.—Noack and Trinks: Vertigo. Loss 
of consciousness and coldness of the body appear to be the 
primary symptoms of a dose of Camphor, and point to a dimi- 
nished afflux of the blood to those parts which are distant from 
the heart; whereas the rush of blood to the head, heat of 
the head, etc., are symptoms denoting a reaction of the vital 
powers, just as forcibly as the former symptoms denoted their 
diminished action. Slight and recent inflammations which 
have come on suddenly may therefore be removed by the pal- 
liating, cooling effects of Camphor; old inflammations never. 
The continued use of Camphor will frequently induce obstinate 
ophthalmia, corresponding to the permanency inherent in the 
reaction of the organism. ‘I (Hahnemann) am not prepared to 
deny the homeopathicity of external applications of Camphor 
to inflamed eyes in acute cases; but I cannot advocate it, for 
the reason that I never use external —— i — 
treatment of ophthalmia.” eee 
_ According to Noack and Trinks, Camphor is, next to rssh; 
the most volatile remedial agent, and is remarkable for the 
rapidity with which its effects pass off, and its primary symptoms — 
succeeded by the secondary. It is especially suitable when the 
sensibility of the nervous system is diminished or suspended ; 
when the muscular fibre is affected with paralytic weakness; — 
when the irritability of the organism, and especially that of the _ 
capillaries, are lessened. It is especially suitable to lax, bloated, — 
and particularly rheumatic, catarrhal constitutions, and to the 
phlegmatic and melancholic temperament; to individuals with 
cold extremities, slow respiration, and languid pulse ; to those 
