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DENTITION. 



DENTITION (Teething). 



Where the patient presents the following symptoms : Constant 

 restlessness, thirst, dry, not skin ; give ACONITE. 



Gums swollen and inflamed ; convulsions ; wakes from sleep as 

 in a fright; moaning in sleep ; hot head BELLADONNA. 



Child nervous ; cannot bear a downward motion; sore month, 

 causing child to cry when nursing BORAX. 



Large head ; perspires on head; teeth slow in coming; white 

 chalk-like stools; vomits milk in thick curds CALCAKEA GARB. 



Irritable and sensitive; wants to be carried all the time; starting 

 and crying out (Bell.); one cheek red, other pale; diarrhea with 

 greenish, yellowish or whitish mucous stools CHAMOMILLA. 



Child very excitable, sleepless COFFEE. 



During dentition, sour smelling diarrhea; colic before stool 

 and urging after, sour smell of whole body ; twitching during sleep 

 RHEUM. 



For repetition of dose, see page 456. 



DIARRHEA. 



Acute with great prostration ARSENICUM, CAMPHOR, SECALE 

 CORNUTUM, YERATRUM ALB. 



Chronic form ARSENICUM, CALCAREA GARB, PODOPHYLLUM, 

 SULPHUR. 



When caused by cold drinks ARSEN. BRY. PULSATILLA. 

 Taking drugs Nux YOMICA. 

 Eating fat food PULSATILLA. 

 " unripe fruit IPECAC. 

 " milk CALCAREA GARB. 

 " veal KALI NITRICUM. 

 Caused by fright AGON., OPIUM. 



" grief GELS., COLOCYNTH, IGNA.T. 

 " J ov COFFEE. 

 " impure water ZINGIBER. 

 " getting wet RHUS. Tox. 

 Painless diarrhea CHINA., HYOS., POD. 



When the patient presents the following symptoms: Stools 

 thick, dark green, mucous, or black and watery, with burning at 

 the anus ; great weakness and restlessness ; worse from cold food or 

 drink ARSENICUM. 



Or, diarrhea worse when weather changes from cold to warm; 

 worse in morning (Podoph.) and from moving about, after sup- 

 pressed eruptions give BRYONIA. 



Diarrhea of scrofulous persons; stools whitish or watery; pro- 

 fuse sweat on head; (children when teething); sour vomiting 

 GALCAREA C^RBONICA. 



Stools green, watery, preceded by colic, smelling lik* rotten 

 eggs; children are very fretful; can only be quisled by 



