ï~~l 148 IOWA HOMEOPATHIC JOURNAL IOWA HOMEOPATHIC JOURNAL 149 less; there is fear of death or that if he recovers he will never be able to do anything. The apprehension is marked. Eupatorium perf. Eupatorium perf. cured some cases in old weak people when there were; chill followed by vomiting of bile; pain and soreness of eyeballs (Bry.); thirst but water tastes brackish or oily; great soreness and severe aching of bones and mus cles; pain in the occiput after lying on it, with sense of weight (Pic. ac.); coryza with sneezing; hoarseness and loose cough causing a soreness in the chest so that patient must support it with the hand am. binding chest tight (Bry. cepa.) vomit ing and purging of large amount of bilious green watery sub stance. Also the 6th and repeat every three hours. Ars. Iod: Discharges irritate all tissues from which it comes or flows over. The discharge may be thick or thin, watery or purulent, yellow or green but, whatever it is, it itches, burns, and leaves the mucous membrane raw, red, angry and swollen. The prostration is profound, the pulse rapid and irritable. There is fever and sweat in alteration. There is always a tendency to diarrhoea. There is a great emaciation. If pneumonia complicates the "flu'' there is a. tendency to abeess (Cap., Sulph.) The indication is all the clearer if the patient has a t. b. c. history. Use the 3rd and 6th. For pale anemic patients, during the first stage of the pneumonia of "flu", you will find intense conjestion of the lungs with expectoration of pure blood (Phos.) The temperature is high, the pulse rapid, a short tickling painful cough. All symptoms are agg. from 4 to 6 A. M. We have chill in about half the cases. Ferrium Phos: 4 Ferrium phos. was successful in most of the cases of ''Flu' pneumonia in the middle west last year. It was used in the 3rd and five grains were given at a dose. Bryonia: Bryonia is useful for both complicated and uncomplicated forms of "flu.'' You find pains, shooting; aching, stitching in all the muscles agg. by the least motion. The eye balls not only ache but are very sore from both motion and pressure. There is a splitting headache agg. by a jar e. g. cough. The stools are dry, dark and hard. The tongue is coated at first white then brown. There is marked thirst for cold water which refreshes. There is a bitter taste to every thing including the saliva. The above is the group of uncomplicated cases. For the complicated with bronchitis or pneumonia we find in addition, a hacking cough which causes much pain in the tubes and pleura, which pain is am. by lying on the affected side or having the chest bound tightly. We may have pleurisy with the murmur and sharp stitching pains. I am confident that Bry. will prevent effusion in many cases. Use the 3rd and 6th. Iodine We find Iod. useful for patients of dark complexion who have made up their mind that if they ever get the "flu'' their time had come. Patients emaciate very rapidly. Pros tration is also rapid and profound. Bronchial and pulmonary congestion is marked and hemorrhages from the lungs are frequent (Phos., Fer. phos.); There is so great debility that the effort to talk makes him sweat (Chin. ars.), and all the muscles tremble. The patient is chilly even in a warm room. The chill alternates with heat. The sweat is profuse and cold. There is violent palpitation of the heart agg. by least exertion.