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AN ABRIDGED THERAPY.

      MANUAL
FOR THE
Biochemical Treatment of  Disease,
BY
DR. MED. SCHUESSLER,
      OF OLDENBURG.
Twenty-Fifth Edition, in Part Rewritten.
    TRANSLATED BY
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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
   It was our intention, and Dr. Schiissler'swish,
that nothing should go into this translation of  the
Abgekurzte  Therapie save what is to be found in
the original.  At his request we waited until  the
25th edition of the German was published, which
differs materially from  preceding editions, and
have  now made our translation in  accordance
with  his  desire  to have  what he wrote on  the
subject of biochemistry, nothing more and noth-
ing less,  given  to the  English-speaking world;
something, he claimed, that had never been done
before.   The author's death, however, following
immediately on the completion of his work  has
caused us to so far depart from his request as to
insert as a preface, a short account of his life and
to give a fac simile of one of his letters.  Other-
wise the book is a strictly literal translation of
the 25th edition of his work, and the only author-
ized translation  of this  work  on Biochemistry
published.
                        BORRICKE & TAFEL. 
 
DR  SCHUESSLER.*
                 OBITUARY.
   Our honored master, the founder of Biochem-
istry, is no more among the living.  The wish of
his many adherents at home and in the wide, wide
world, that  he might  be permitted to labor for
yet many years with his accustomed bodily vigor
and mental energy in advancing the work of  his
life, has not been  fulfilled. Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich
Schussler died on March 30th, in consequence of
an  apoplectic stroke.   Up to the  morning of
March 14th he had felt in good health, but then
he had a stroke; he quickly recovered, however,
so that he was able to finish on the afternoon of
the following day the last proof of the last sheet
of the 25th edition of his Abridged Therapy.  This
was fated to be his last work, for the improvement
did not continue, perhaps the  patient himself
being to blame, as he would in no way spare him-
  * Translated from  Mitth. ueber Biochemie, May, 1898. 
8
Obituary.
self.  Soon his condition became so much aggra-
vated that no  one could doubt his approaching
end, of which he himself was conscious, and the
approach of  which  he saw  coming  with  the
greatest tranquillity.  Having been unconscious
for  several days  he  expired on the evening of
March 30th.
  In Dr. Schussler not only his friends  and ad-
herents, but all mankind have lost one of the best
of men.  The value to mankind of the deceased
as a physician and teacher, posterity will be able
to  appreciate  better thaii the present time,  al-
though even now many signs of appreciation are
manifested. Dr. Schussler was not only a learned
and important man  in his  own domain, that of
medicine,  but  he was also  eminent  in  other
domains of knowledge.  He had a peculiar genius
for  the study of foreign tongues, and  was a
perfect master not only of Da tin and Greek, but
also of French,  Italian,  Spanish  and  English.
His love for comparative philology had induced
him also to study Sanskrit.
  Through his system of Therapy, Dr. Schussler
has become known throughout the civilized world,
and from  all parts  of  the world patients came 
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 to him to get his medical advice.   But all his
 great successes, much as he enjoyed their recog-
 nition, did not make  him proud; he always re-
 mained the plain and simple man  he  had been
 from his youth.  Although he lived in his  own
 large residence, in one of the finest streets of Old-
 enburg, his furniture was no richer than that of
 many a citizen in moderate circumstances. Mak-
 ing money was always a very subordinate matter
 with  Dr. Schussler; the main point  with  him
 was always the cure of his patients and the de-
 velopment of his Therapy.   His fees during the
 whole of his  medical  life were  always low, and
 many families, which he for years had been treat-
 ing gratuitously, will miss him  bitterly.  If  he,
 nevertheless, acquired  a comparatively large prop-
 erty, this is to be ascribed to his extensive medical
 practice and  his very limited personal require-
 ments.  That he had a fellow-feeling also for the
 less wealthy  among his fellow-citizens is shown
 by the.particulars of his last will and testament.
   A prominent  feature of Schussler's  character
was his straightforwardness,  which sometimes,
especially when  something was imputed to him
which  he could  not  reconcile  with his views, 
10
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passed over into roughness, and this without  re-
garding whether his opponents were men of dis-
tinction or common  people.  Free from the fear
of man, he went his way without minding whether
he gave offence on the right hand or on the left;
and full  of conviction of his principles, he  de-
fended his cause against all.  He was  a man of
character in every way.   Even his  opponents, in
so far as their judgment is unbiased, agree with
his friends and adherents in the unanimous recog-
nition of  his worth.  Those who intimately  knew
and understood Dr.  Schussler, the few  whom he
deemed fully worthy of his confidence,  cannot do
otherwise but say with Hamlet:
       " He was a man, take him for all in all,
         I shall not look upon his like again."
  But little  is known as to the life and  develop-
ment  of the creator and founder of biochemistry.
Hardly anything touching it  is  found in  the
papers he has  left behind  him, and there are no
near  relatives living—he was unmarried—who
might give us information.  The repeated re-
quests of his friends to write an autobiography,
he had always put aside with the utmost decision;
for while he was fully convinced of the importance 
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n
 and scientific exactness of the therapy created
 by him, he was reticent and modest in everything
 touching himself personally.
   Schussler was born  on August 21, 1821, in
 Zwischenalm, in the Grand duchy of Oldenburg,
 and there  passed  his  childhood.   He  used his
 youth and early manhood to acquire an extensive
 knowledge in various domains of human knowl-
 edge,  especially in  philology.  In this he  was
 supported by rare  talents, and he could soon suc-
 cessfully act as private teacher.   Thus he ac-
 quired the scientific basis for his later studies in
 the universities.  Only at a mature age Schussler
 could carry out his long-desired wish of entering
 a  university.   He studied  in Paris, Berlin  and
 Giessen.  And in the latter place, after a study of
 five terms, he  acquired his diploma.   Then he
 studied three more terms in  Prague.
   Besides  his  studies  in the  general  medical
 branches,  Schussler  also  took up the study of
 Homoeopathy, in which he later on distinguished
 himself.
   After the newly-created doctor had also passed
the examination at the " Gymnasium"  in Olden-
burg, and before the Collegium  Medicum there, 
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the medical examination required by the State, on
August 14th,  1857,  he received the license —
then still required—of  settling  as  physician in
Oldenburg.  From the first he practised accord-
ing to the homoeopathic  curative system.
  By many successful  cures Dr. Schussler  ac-
quired a great name  in  the  whole country as a
homoeopathic physician;  but far beyond his native
land he became known as  the founder of a new
curative method, that of biochemistry.
  Incited by the study of the works of Mole-
schott and Virchow, he began about the year 1872
to introduce the inorganic substances contained
in the blood and the  tissues  and which there act
as the natural means of function, into his prac-
tice as medical remedies.
  As may appear from the Preface to  his  funda-
mental work on  Biochemistry, the  "Abridged
Therapy," he was induced to found his biochemic
therapy by the following words of Moleschott in
his " Circle of L,ife " {Kreislauf des Lebens):
   " The  formation of the organs and their ability
to live, are dependent on  the necessary quantity
of the inorganic constituents. Founded on this it
is, that the proper valuation of the relation of the 
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 inorganic substances to the various parts of the
 body, a valuation which neither contemptuously
 disregards other momenta nor is full of extrava-
 gant hopes, promises a  glorious future both to
 medicine and to agriculture.  It can no more be
 doubted in the face of the facts bearing upon it,
 that  the substances which remain  behind after
 combustion,  the so-called ashy constituents, are
 as essential constituents of the formative basis of
 the tissues, and contribute to  determining their
 species just as  much as  those substances which
 are volatilized at combustion.   Without a basis
 that furnishes  gelatine there are no bones, and
 just as little can bone be formed without phos-
 phate of lime,  or gristle without the  cartilage-
 salts, or blood without iron,  or  saliva without
 calcium chlorate.
  " Man is  created  from  air and  earth.   The
 activity  of plants called him  into being.   The
 corpse is disintegrated into air and ashes, in order
 that it may  unfold  new powers in  new  forms
 through the vegetable kingdom."
  This new therapy has become known through-
out the world, and there is  at this day probably
no country in which there are not adherents of 
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biochemistry, and physicians who put it into prac-
tice.  In the town of Oldenburg, the birth-place
of the new doctrine, there  are  at present  five
practising physicians active as representatives of
biochemistry, and  in a Memorial Address, dedi-
cated to their departed teacher, they proudly call
themselves his pupils.
  The Abridged  Therapy has been  widely dis-
tributed, and translated into several tongues. As
far as is known there are two translations into
English, two into Spanish and one  into French.
A third translation into English was being made
while the  author was still living and  entirely in
agreement with his wishes, i. e., without any ad-
dition at the hand of the translator, and this will
be published presently in Philadelphia by Messrs.
Boericke & Tafel.
  The 25th  edition of the Therapy was published
shortly  before the death of  the author, and he
still lived  to have the pleasure of distributing a
number of copies  of  the same  among his  col-
leagues and friends.
  The long-cherished hope of his adherents that
this new edition might become a jubilee-edition
has not, we  are sorry to say, been realized; for 
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15
sadness fills their hearts instead of joy, mourning
for their teacher, who died  much too soon for
humanity;  and the 25th edition will ever remind
them of how much they have lost.
  The body of Dr. Schussler, accompanied by  a
numerous mourning procession, was carried to the
grave on Tuesday, April 5th, on a sunny, glorious
spring morning.  The atoms which  had been
conjoined together in this great man, not merely
for joy and for grief, but  still more for the ful-
fillment of  high duties,  have been restored  to
mother earth.   But the labors of his spirit have
not been in vain, and the most distant genera-
tions, we fervently believe, will bless the name of
Schussler and  his work, Biochemistry.
         " The traces of his  earthly life
          Even ages shall not wipe away.''
                                         M. 
 
PREFACE.
  Dr.  Moleschott,  Professor  of  Physi-
ology in the University of Rome, says in
his  work  Kreislauf  des  Lebens (The
Cycle of Life) :
  " The structure and vitality of organs
are conditioned by the necessary amounts
of inorganic constituents.  It is owing to
this  fact that the proper estimation of the
relation  of the  inorganic substances to
the various parts of the  body, an estima-
tion which neither proudly disdains other
momenta nor indulges   in  extravagant
hopes for itself,  promises to Agriculture
and  to  Medicine a brilliant future.   In
view of all the facts bearing on the case,
it can no more be controverted that  the
substances remaining after combustion—
the so-called ashy  constituents—belong
      2 
18              Preface.
just as essentially to  the internal consti-
tution, and thereby to the basis of the
tissues  which gives to them their  form
and determines their species, as do the sub-
stances volatilized by combustion. With-
out a basis  yielding  gelatine, there can
be  no true  bone, but just as little can
there be  true bone without  bone-earth,
nor cartilage without cartilage-salts, nor
blood  without iron,  nor  saliva without
Potassium-chloride.
   " Man  is generated  of earth and air.
The activity of  plants called  him to life.
The corpse is decomposed into air and
ashes, and  through the vegetable world
it then develops new forces in  new forms."
   These  words  caused  me  to  found a
biochemic therapy.  The little work here-
with submitted  contains its development.
In my biochemical theraphy only n reme-
dies are  used,  these being such as  are
homogeneous with  the  inorganic  sub- 
Preface.
19
stances contained in the blood and in the
tissues of the human  organism.
  Owing to reasons which the reader will
find on page 35 and those following, these
remedies must be given in small doses.
  Whenever  small doses are mentioned,
the reader  usually at  once thinks of
Homoeopathy; my therapy,  however, is
not homoeopathic, for it is not founded on
the law of similarity, but on the physi-
ologico-chemical  processes  which  take
place  in the  human  organism.  By my
method of cure the disturbances occurring
in the motion of the molecules of the in-
organic substances in the human  body
are directly equalized  by means of homo-
geneous substances, while  Homoeopathy
attains its curative ends in  an indirect
way  by  means  of  heterogeneous sub-
stances.
  Some of my opponents have averred that
those  of my remedies, as Silicic acid and 
20             Preface.
Calcium phosphate, etc., which had already
been used by physicians before biochem-
istry was established, are on that account
not biochemical remedies.  It would be
just as correct or rather incorrect to assert
that all remedies used before Hahnemann
belong exclusively to allopathy.  But the
truth of the matter is this:
  The principle  according to which  a
remedy is selected  stamps its impress
upon it.   A remedy selected according to
the principle of  similars  is  a homoeo-
pathic remedy, but  a  remedy which is
homogeneous with the mineral substances
of the organism, and the use of which is
founded on physiological chemistry, is a
biochemical remedy.  A Homoeopath us-
ing Silicea unconsciously acts biochemi-
cally.  Silicea cannot produce any symp-
toms   in  a healthy person  which  could
cause its use in diseases according to the
principle of similars.   Homoeopaths use 
                Preface.              21
Silicea on account of curative symptoms
gained  empirically.  In  the same way
they  act  with respect  to the cell-salts,
which they used before the establishment
of biochemistry.
              Dr.  MED. SCHUESSLER.
Oldenburg, March, 1898. 
 
 THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE HUMAN
              ORGANISM.

   Blood consists of water, sugar, fat, al-
 bumen,  sodium  chloride  (common salt),
 potassium chloride, calcium fluoride, silicic
 acid {Silicea), iron*, lime, magnesia, soda
 and potash.
   The latter are combined with phosphoric
 acid or with  carbonic acid and sulphuric
 acid.  Sodium salts predominate in the
 serum of the blood, potassium salts in the
 blood-corpuscles.  Sugar, fat and the al-
 bumens  are  the  so-called organic constit-
 uents of the blood; water and the above
 mentioned salts  are the  inorganic parts.
 Sugar and fat are composed  of carbon,
 and hydrogen and oxygen; the  albumens
  *Manganese is  not a  constant constituent of the
blood and is, therefore, an insignificant constituent so
far as the formation of the cells is concerned. 
 24  Constituents of the Human Organism.
 consist of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, ni-
 trogen and sulphur.
   Blood contains the  material for all the
 various tissues, i. e., the cells of the body.
 This material reaches the tissues through
 the  walls  of the  capillaries,  and  thus
 makes good the waste in  the cells caused
 by the transformation of its substances.
   Sulphur,  carbon and  phosphorus are
 not found in a free  state  in the organism,
 but are always found as  integral parts of
 organic combinations.  Sulphur and car-
 bon  are found in albumen, carbon in the
 carbohydrates  (e. g., sugar  and starch)
 and  in the  products  resulting from the
 transformations of organic substances.
  Phosphorus is contained in the lecithins
 and the nucleins. The sulphur contained
 in the  albumen is oxidized into sulphuric
 acid  by the inhaled  oxygen, and this acid
then combines with the bases of the car- 
    Constituents of the Human Organism.  25
bonates into sulphates, while the carbonic
acid is set free.
  The albumen destined to build up new
cells is split up, through the influence of
oxygen, within the tissues.  The products
of  such  a  division  are  the  substances
forming muscles, nerves, gelatine, mucus,
keratin and elastin.
  The substance which forms  gelatine is
intended for the connective tissue, for the
bones, the  cartilage  and the  ligaments ;
the substances forming mucus, muscles
and nerves are destined  for the mucus-
cells, the muscle-cells, the nerve-cells, and
the cells of the brain and the spinal  mar-
row ; the keratin is intended for the hair,
the nails  and  the cells of the  epidermis
and the  epithelium; the elastin for  the
elastic tissues.   While this division takes
place, mineral  substances   are set  free.
These serve to cover the  deficiencies oc-
curring in  the cells owing  to  their func- 
26  Constituents of the Human Organism.
tions  or through pathogenic excitation ;
they also serve, especially the phosphate
of lime, to incite the  formation of cells.
  Those   mineral substances, however,
which are liberated in consequence of the
retrogressive metamorphosis of the  cells
leave  the  organism by the ways  ap-
pointed for  excretion, thus forming prod-
ucts of disintegration.
  During  the   retrogressive  metamor-
phosis of the  cells, their  organic  sub-
stances are  finally transmuted into urea,
carbonic  acid and water.  As these  final
products with the liberated salts leave the
tissues, they make  room for the organic
substances which have not yet been thus
transmuted, so that  these also may pass
to their final transmutation.
  The products of retrogression  are con-
veyed through  the  lymphatics, the  con-
nective tissues and the  veins to the gall-
bladder,   the  lungs, the kidneys,  the 
    Constituents of the Human Organism. 27
bladder and the skin  and removed from
the organism together with  the  urine,
perspiration, faeces, etc.
  With respect to  the significance of the
connective tissue,  we find  the following
in Moleschott:
  "It  is  one of  the noblest fruits  of
modern research,  for the acquisition  of
which  Virchow and von Recklinghausen
have cleared the way, that the connective
tissue  has  advanced from the indifferent
part first assigned to it into an unlooked-
for fruitful activity. That, which formerly
seemed only  intended to fill up or  to
form a protective  covering  now  appears
to us  as the matrix through which the
most secret currents pass from the blood to
the tissues and back from these to the
blood vessels, at the same time serving as
one of the most important breeding places
for young cells, which may then be raised
from   their undeveloped  youthful  form 
28  Constituents of the Human Organism.

into the most special  structures  of the
body."
  When  through  means  of  food and
drink, properly digested, the blood is com-
pensated for the losses which it has suf-
fered   from  supplying  the  nutritive
material to the  tissues, and when  thus
there is present  in the  tissues  the nutri-
tive material  in the  requisite quantity
and in the right place, and  when there is
no disturbance in the motion of the mole-
cules, then the building of new cells and
the destruction of the old cells as well as
the elimination  of  waste  products pro-
ceeds normally,  and the man is in  a state
of health.
  When a pathogenic  irritation touches
the cell, its  function is thereby   at first
increased, because  it endeavors to repel
this irritation. But when, in consequence
of this  activity, it loses a part of its min-
eral materials for  carrying on its func- 
    Constituents of the Human Organism.  29
 tion,   then  it  undergoes a  pathogenic
 change.  Virchow  says:   " The essence
 of  disease is  the  cell  changed pathoge-
 netically."
   Suppose the functional  material lost in
 the contest with the pathogenic irritation
 to be, e.g., Potassium chloride, then it has
 also  lost  a corresponding  quantity of
 fibrin,  for Potassium chloride and  fibrin
 have   a physiologico-chemical  relation-
 ship.   If the cell in its contest with the
 pathogenic  irritation  has  lost  Calcium
phosphate, it has also lost a corresponding
 quantity of albumen,  because  Calcium
phosphate has a similar relation  to albu-
 men as Potassium  chloride has to fibrin.
 An exudation of fibrin, therefore, presup-
 poses a deficiency of Potassium chloride,
 and  an exudation  of  albumen  presup-
 poses a deficiency of Calcium phosphate
 in the  cells immediately contiguous  to
 the exudation referrred  to.  Losses  in 
30  Constituents of the Human Organism.

the other cell-minerals may be deduced
from their several characteristics  which
may be perused below.
  The cells which have undergone patho-
genic changes, i.  e., the  cells in which
there is a deficiency in one of their  min-
eral constituents, need a compensation by
means  of a homogeneous  mineral sub-
stance.   Such  a  compensation may be
made spontaneously, i.  e.,  through the
curative effort of nature, whereby the re-
quisite  substances enter the cells  from
their interstices.  But if the spontane-
ous cure is delayed, therapeutic  aid be-
comes necessary.   For this  purpose the
required mineral substances  are given in
a molecular form.   The molecules enter
through  the epithelium of the cavity of
the mouth and throat into the blood and
diffuse themselves  in every  direction.
Those  molecules which  enter the seat of
the disease enter there into a  lively molec- 
Constituents of the Human Organism.  31
ular motion, which communicates itself
to the homogeneous substances  around.
These substances enter the cells which
have undergone pathogenic changes, and
thence a cure is affected.  The cells, which
have been restored  to their  integrity  are
then  able to move  again  independently
and  thence  to  eliminate  foreign  sub-
stances or in general anything redundant,
and  therefore also any  exudations that
may be present.
  The constitution  of  the cell depends
on the constitution of the nourishing soil
immediately  surrounding it, just as  the
prosperous growth of a plant depends on
the quality of the  soil  within  the  reach
of the fibres of  its roots.   The  agricul-
tural  chemist speaks of u the law of the
minimum" according to which  the nutri-
tive substance of which there  is  a mini-
mum in the soil must be supplied as  the
manure required for the plant.  The agri- 
32  Constituents of the Human Organism.

cultural chemist uses for this only three
substances as manures, either nitrogen in
combination (ammonia), or Calcium phos-
phate  or potassa.   The  other nutritive
substances required by the plant are con-
tained in sufficient quantities in the soil.
  " The law of the minimum " is also ap-
plicable  to  the biochemical  substances.
To give an example :
  In the nourishing soil of the bones in
a child  suffering from rhachitis in  con-
sequence of  disturbance in  the  motion
of the molecules of Phosphate  of lime,
there has arisen a deficiency in this  salt.
The quantity of  Phosphate of  lime in-
tended  for  the  bones,  which  cannot
reach  its destination, would become re-
dundant in the blood, but that it is ex-
creted with the  urine.   For the kidneys
have  the function of providing for  the
right constitution of the blood, and, there- 
     Constitue?its of the Human Organism.  33

fore, of excreting every foreign and every
redundant constituent.*
   After the disturbance in the molecular
motion of the nutritive soil in question has
been equalized by means of minimal doses
of Phosphate of lime, the redundant Phos-
phate of lime may find its way into the
normal  current  and  the  cure   of  the
rhachitis may thus be effected.
   The biochemical method supplies the
curative  efforts of nature with the natural
material lacking in the parts affected, i. e.,
the  inorganic  salts.  Biochemistry en-
deavors to correct the physiological chem-
istry when it has deviated from its normal
state.  Biochemistry in  a  direct  mode
  *The liver together with the kidneys have the common
function  of caring for the constant constitution of the
blood. But despite  a normal constitution of the blood
in general, nevertheless, in the immediate nutritive soil
of a complex of cells, *. e., in the nutritive fluid between
the cells, there may arise a deficiency as to a certain salt,
and a consequent disturbance in the molecular motion.
This disturbance may prevent the entrance  of the re-
quisite salt from the blood into the cellular interstices.
       3 
34  Constituents of the Human Organism.
reaches its end, which is : supplying a de-
ficiency.  The  other curative  methods
which use means which are heterogeneous
to the substances constituting the human
organism reach this end  in an indirect
way.
  Anyone who will consider without pre-
judice  the end to be  attained  and  the
ways  and means, will come  to  see  that
the biochemical remedies, when used after
proper selection, are sufficient  for  the
cure of all  diseases curable by internal
remedies.
  Some physicians  have  asserted  that
the  biochemical remedies ought to be
proved on healthy persons, and  their in-
dications  should  be  derived  from  the
symptoms  ascertained from  such  prov-
ings.   But this is  altogether erroneous.
The indications of biochemical  remedies
must be derived from physiological  and
pathological chemistry,  i. e., through the 
Constituents of the Human Organism.  35
results  of their use in the  various dis-
eases.
  Who can  believe, that by giving large
or small doses of the cell-salts to healthy
persons, we could cause morbid symptoms
having  any  similarity with  puerperal
fever, with  typhoid fever, with  articular
rheumatism, with chills and fever,  with
hygroma patellae, etc., etc.?
  The biochemical remedies are used in
minimal  doses.  The  possibility of the
action of small doses is manifest from the
following:
  Nature operates only by means of atoms
and  by  means  of  groups  of atoms  or
molecules.  The growth of animals and
of plants is effected by adding new atoms
or  groups  of atoms  to  the molecular
masses already collected.  That infinitesi-
mal, imponderable particles of  substance
still  may operate in the organism, can
not be contested when  we consider that 
36  Constituents of the Human Organism.

waves  of light, which of a certainty are
also  imponderable,  nevertheless  cause
molecular  motions in the  living,  green
parts of plants, by means of which  car-
bonic acid is decomposed into carbon and
oxygen, and  that these same waves on
photographic plates, as also in the delicate
membrane of the retina, cause molecular
motions, which cause the production of an
image.
  The use of small doses for the cure of
diseases in the biochemical method is
a chemico-physiological necessity.  If we
desire to convey into the blood, e. g., some
Glauber's salt, this is effected not by giv-
ing a concentrated solution of  it.   This
would only act within the intestinal canal,
causing a watery diarrhoea, and with these
evacuations it would  leave  the organism.
A diluted  solution of Glauber's  salt will
enter  the  blood  from  the  buccal  and
thoracic cavity and it will also thus enter 
Constituents of the Human Organism.  37
into the other intercellular fluids, and, ow-
ing to the peculiarity of the salt, in that
it attracts to itself water, it will cause the
withdrawal of the redundant water in the
tissues  into the venous blood, and it will
thus cause an increase in the secretion of
urine.
  Every biochemical  remedy  must  be
thus attenuated, so that  the functions of
the healthy cells may not be disturbed,
and yet the functional disturbances pres-
ent may be  equalized.
  In  healthy  men, animals  and plants
the salts are present in dilutions  corre-
sponding to about the  3d, 4th  and 5th
decimal  medicinal  dilutions.   This may
appear from the following analysis of the
blood-cells in the human organism :
  In 1000 grammes of blood-cells we find
contained the  following quantities of in-
organic matter: 
38  Constituents of the Human Organism.
    Iron.............0.998
    Potassium sulphate.......0.132
    Potassium phosphate......2.343
    Potassium chloride.......3-°79
    Sodium phosphate.......0.633
    Soda.............0.344
    Calcium phosphate.......0.094
    Magnesium'phosphate.....0.060
   (See Bunge's Lehrbuch der physiologi-
schen und Pathologischen Chemie, "Manual
of physiological  and  pathological chem-
istry, p. 219.)
  In 1000 grammes of the intercellular
fluid (plasma) we find the following quan-
tities of inorganic matter:
    Potassium sulphate.......0.281
    Potassium chloride.......0.359
    Sodium chloride........5-545
    Sodium phosphate.......0.271
    Soda.............J-532
    Calcium phosphate.......0.298
    Magnesium  phosphate.....0.218
  (Vide Bunge Manual.)
  Besides  these,  the intercellular  fluid 
Constituents of the Human Organism.  39
contains Glauber's salt in minute quanti-
ties, with fluorine and Silicea.
  With  these  analyses compare that of
milk:
  One  litre  (1000  grammes)  of  milk
contains of inorganic matter the following
quanties :
    Potassa............0.78
    Soda.............0.23
    Lime.............0.33
    Magnesia...........0.06
    Iron   .............0.004
    Phosphoric acid.........0.47
    Chlorine............0.44
  (Vide Bunge's Manual, p. 97.)
  Milk also contains traces  of  fluorine
and Silicea.
  A litre of milk (1000 grammes = 15,443
grains)  is the average quantity consumed
daily by a  suckling weighing  about  6
kilogrammes.  Now, if 6  centigrammes
of Magnesia are sufficient to supply the
daily call  for Magnesia in  a suckling, 
40  Constituents of the Human Organism.
how small ought the dose to be to cure a
neuralgia caused by an infinitesimal defi-
cit  in  this salt  in a minute part of the
nervous tissue ?
  The amount of  mineral  substance con-
tained in one cell is  infinitesimal.  By
weighing, measuring and calculating, the
physiologian, C. Schmidt,  has computed
that one blood-cell contains about the one-
billionth part of a gramme of Potassium
chloride.    The  one-billionth  part  of a
gramme  corresponds to about  the  12th
degree of decimal dilution.
  Also allopathic remedies are effective in
minute doses: Prof. Dr. Hugo Schulz, in
Greifswalde says:  Corrosive  sublimate in
a dilution of one part to 600,000, or even
up to 800,000, causes a very violent  fer-
mentation, far exceeding the normal, in a
solution of grape-sugar  containing yeast.
Particulars of this may be found in  the 
     Constituents of the Human Organism.  41
 Berliner  Klinische Wochenschrift, Nov.
 4th, 1889.
   In determining the dose of a biochemi-
 cal  remedy,  the quantity  of a  morbid
 product cannot be  considered as  the  de-
 termining factor.  A  very minute deficit
 of common salt may,  e g. cause in the
 cells of the epithelial layer of a  serous
 sac a very copious serous exudation, and
 a  compensation of molecules  of common
 salt  corresponding  to  this minute deficit
 may cause the reabsorption of this exuda-
 tion.
   A physician  who wishes  to use  bio-
 chemical remedies can  select his dose ac-
 cording to the quantitative  relation here
 laid down.
   In my practice I generally use the 6th
 decimal trituration.*  In acute cases take
 every hour or every two hours a quantity
 *Ferrum phosphoricum, Silicea and Calcium fluoride
I usually give in the 12th trituration, 
42  Constituents of the Human Organism.
of the  trituration  as  large as a pea, in
chronic cases take as much, three or four
times a day,  either dry or in  a teaspoon-
ful of water.
  A milligramme of substance is  calcu-
lated to contain an average of 16 trillions
of molecules, the 6th decimal trituration
should therefore  contain about 16 billion
molecules.  This  number is  more than
sufficient  to  equalize the  disturbance in
the molecular motions of the tissues.
  The objection might be  made that the
molecules of the  salts given as a medi-
cine will unite themselves with the homo-
geneous salts contained in the blood, and
the intended curative  effect will thereby
become illusory.   But to this we should
answer that the unition dreaded  does not
take place, because  the carbonic  acid in
the blood serves as an isolating  medium
to the  molecules of the salt.
   The  inorganic substances which serve 
    Constituents of the Human Organism.  43
as a  means  in plants for their nutrition
and  for performing  their  functions are
also taken up by them only in minimal
quantities.  Liebig says :   " The strong-
est manuring with phosphates  in a coarse
powder is  hardly to  be  compared in  its
effects with a far  smaller quantity in an
infinitesimal state of comminution, which
causes a particle  of the phosphate to be
present in every part of the soil.  A single
root-fiber requires  but an  infinitesimal
quantity of nutriment from the  spot where
it touches the soil, but it is necessary for
its function and existence that  this mini-
mum  should be  present  in  that  very
spot."   (See  Liebig^s Chemische  Briefe
{Chemical Letters), Vol. II, p. 295.)   Min-
erals insoluble in water, if contained with-
in the sphere of nourishment of the plant,
must  be dissolved  by  the acid juices con-
tained in the root-fibres before they can
enter  the organism of the plant. 
44  Constituents of the Human Organism.
  Mineral  matter which  enters  man's
stomach is exposed to the action  of the
hydrochloric acid contained in the gastric
juice.  If the mineral substance is, e. g.}
a salt of iron, then a chloride of iron  is
formed  in  the  stomach.   If, therefore, it
is desired  to convey  Phosphate of  iron
[Perrum phosphoricum) to the cells  that
have suffered a pathogenic  change,  this
must  not  enter the stomach.   It must
therefore, be  given  in a minimal dose ;
the remedy  must  be so far attenuated,
that its  liberated  molecules may be  able
to enter  into the  blood  through the epi-
thelium of the mouth, the throat and the
oesophagus and through the walls of the
capillaries.
   All  substances indissoluble in water
must be reduced to at least the 6th degree
of the decimal scale of attenuation;  sub-
stances which will dissolve  in  water can 
    Constituents of the Human Organism.  45
penetrate the  above mentioned epithelial
cells even in a lower attenuation.
  In the 3d edition of the Baeder Alma-
nach for 1886 we find on p. 121 the follow-
ing remark :
  "Judging from the results, and  from
the  present  analysis,  the  Rilchinger
Water contains especially also those con-
stituents  with which, according  to  Dr.
Schuessler's  " Abridged  Therapy,"  all
curable diseases  are  cured  by the  bio-
chemical method."
  In  the Rilchinger water some mineral
substances  are present  in  such  minute
quantities  that, e.g.,  Phosphate of Mag-
nesia corresponds to the  8th attenuation,
Potassium  chloride to  about the 5th and
silicic  acid to about the 6th decimal at-
tenuation.
  In  the  Balneologic  letters of  Prof.
Beneke we read the following :
  " We would lay especial stress on one 
46  Constituents of the Human Organism.
relation :  This is the degree of concentra-
tion in which the solutions of salt are of-
fered  to the  body.   I am convinced that
many of  the  most  celebrated mineral
springs afford their favorable results just
by the fact that the effective ingredients
are presented in  such a very  attenuated
form, and the experience is very essential,
that we frequently obtain the most signal
effects through doses which, according to
our usual ideas, are very minute. *
  It  is better, in  prescribing a salt for a
biochemical  purpose, to  make the dose
too small than too  large.  If it is  too
small, the goal will be reached by repeat-
ing it;  but if it is too large, the end to be
gained is wholly lost.
  The  motto, " Much  will help  much,"
rests on a traditional error, which can be-
  * We cannot, however, recommend the  use of mineral
waters from the  standpoint of biochemistry.  Biochemi-
cal remedies are  to be prescribed singly; mixtures are in-
admissible. 
    Constituents of the Human Organism.  47

come harmful by  its effects; e.g., large
doses of iron, after spoiling the stomach,
are  evacuated,  unassimilated, with  the
faeces, without touching the disease that
ought to be healed through iron.
  Those  physicians  who  believe  that
large doses are required, but, at the same
time, have little confidence in their medi-
cines, when they  themselves  fall ill, do
not take any medicine at all.  In dosing
other people but   not  themselves  with
their pills and mixtures, they  remind us
of the plantation-lord who  said :  " Down
south we raise  excellent  field-peas; we
cannot,  indeed, eat them; but  they are
excellent for the negroes." 
48
Iron.
  CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIO-
        CHEMICAL REMEDIES.
                IRON.
  Iron and its salts possess the property
of attracting oxygen.  The iron contained
in theblood-corpusles takes up the inhaled
oxygen, thereby supplying with it all the
tissues  of  the  organism.  The sulphur
contained in the blood-corpuscles and  in
other cells, in the form of sulphate of
potassa,  assists  in  transferring  oxygen
to all the  cells containing iron and the
sulphate of  potassa.  When  the mole-
cules of iron contained  in the  muscle-
cells have suffered a disturbance in their
motion through some foreign irritation,
then  the cells affected  grow  flaccid.  If
this affection takes place in the annular
fibres of the  blood vessels,  these  are 
                  Iron.               49

dilated; and as a consequence  the blood
contained in them is augmented.  Such
a state is called hypersemia from irritation;
such a hyperaemia forms the first stage of
inflammations. But when the cells affected
have  been brought back to the normal
state  by  the  therapeutic effect  of  iron
{Phosphate of iron) then the cells are  en-
abled to cast  off the causative agents of
this  hyperaemia, which  are   then  re-
ceived by the lymphatics  in order that
they may be eliminated from the organ-
ism.
  When the muscular  cells of  the intes-
tinal  villi have  lost molecules  of  iron,
then these villi become unable to perform
their  functions: diarrhoea ensues.
  When the muscular  cells of  the intes-
tinal  walls  have  lost molecules of iron,
then the peristaltic motion of the intesti-
nal canal is  retarded,  resulting in  an
      4 
50               Iron.
inertia with  respect to the evacuation of
the faeces.
  From the  above, we deduce the  follow-
ing indications for iron:
  When the muscular cells which have
grown flaccid through loss of iron  receive
a  compensation for  their loss, the nor-
mal tensional  relation  is  restored:  the
annular  fibers of the  blood  vessels  are
shortened  to their proper  measure,  the
capacity of these vessels again becomes
normal,  and the hyperaemia disappears,
and in  consequence  the  inflammatory
fever ceases.
   Iron will cure:
   i. The first stage of all inflammations.
   " TT     ,      \ caused by hyperaemia.
  3. Hemorrhages J            r
  4. Fresh wounds, contusions, sprains, etc., as
it removes the hyperaemia.
   The pains  which  correspond  to iron
are increased by motion, but relieved by
cold. 
          Phosphate of Magnesia.         51

   In the  muscle-cells, iron is found  in
the  form of  a  phosphate; we  should
therefore in  therapeutics  use  Ferrum
phosphoricum*

     PHOSPHATE OF MAGNESIA.
   Phosphate of magnesia  is  contained  in
the  blood-corpuscles,  in the  muscles,  in
the  brain, in the spinal  marrow,  in the
nerves, in the bones and the teeth.
   When  the  motion of its molecules  in
the nerves is disturbed, there  arise pains,
also cramps and paralysis.  The  pains
thence  resulting are  usually shooting
like lightning flashes, or boring; often
combined with a  sensation of constriction
or  alternating  therewith;  they  are  at
times roaming pains.   They  are amelior-
ated by warmth  and by pressure,  aggra-
vated by a light touch.
  Phosphate of magnesia  will cure head-
*As to the potency, I usually give the i2x trituration. 
52         Calcium Phosphate.
ache,  face-ache, toothache  and pains in
the limbs if  they are of  the kind de-
scribed above;  so also  cramps  in the
stomach,  pains in the abdomen usually
radiating from  the umbilical  region, re-
lieved by hot drinks, by bending double,
and by pressing on the abdomen with the
hand, sometimes accompanied with watery
diarrhoea.
   It will  also  cure  spasms  of  various
kinds; spasms  of the glottis, whooping
cough, lock-jaw,  cramps of the muscles
of  the  calves,  hiccough,  tetanus,  St.
Vitus' dance, spasmodic  retension  of the
urine, etc.
   Further  particulars concerning Mag-
nesia may be found under  " ScrofulosiS
and Tuberculosis."

  caecium phosphate  (caecarea
           phosphorica).
   Calcium phosphate is found  in all cells ;
it is most abundant  in the osseous cells 
            Calcium Phosphate.          53

 (osseous  corpuscles).   It  plays a  most
 important part in the formation of new
 cells.  It therefore  serves as a remedy in
 anaemic states, and for the restoration of
 tissues after  acute diseases.  It is par-
 ticularly applicable in cases where the for-
 mation of bones is delayed, as in rhachitis
 and craniotabes, so also when there is a
 defective  ossification of a parietal  bone,
 when the fontanels  remain open too long,
 etc.   It hastens  the formation  of callus
 in fractured bones, and also hastens den-
 tition.  In the  latter case it  competes
 with Calcium fluoride.
  When  the  molecular motion of  Cal-
 cium phosphate is disturbed in the epithe-
 lial  cells  of  the  serous  sacs, there en-
 sues a sero-albuminous effusion into these
 sacs.   In   this way arises  the  hygroma
patellae, the hydrops genu, etc.  If these
losses are compensated by minimal  doses 
54         Potassium Phosphate.
of Calcium phosphate, then  the effusions
are reabsorbed.
  When the  cells of  the  epidermis have
lost Calcium phosphate, then albumen ap-
pears on the surface and dries  there into
a crust;  this crust can be made to come
off by doses of molecules of Calcium phos-
phate.
   When  the epithelium of  a mucous
membrane is diseased from the loss of
Calcium phosphate, an albuminous  secre-
tion  ensues  which  is cured by Calcium
phosphate.
   Calcium phosphate  also cures  spasms
and pains caused by anaemia.  Such pains
are  accompanied with formication, or a
sensation of numbness or cold.

POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE (KALI PHOS-
              PHORICUM).
   Potassium phosphate is contained in the
 cells of the brain, the nerves, the muscles
 and  the  blood (the blood corpuscles), as 
Potassium Phosphate.         55
 also in the plasma (serum) of the blood
 and in the other intercellular fluids.
   A  disturbance  in the  motions of its
 molecules produces:
   1. In   the  domain  of  the   cells  of
 thought:  Despondency, anxiety, fearful-
 ness, an  inclination to weep, homesick-
 ness, suspiciousness, agoraphobia, weak-
 ness  of  the  memory  and  similar ill
 humor.
   2. In the vasomotory nerves: At  first
 a  small and frequent pulse, later on it is
 retarded.
   3. In the sensory nerves : Pains with
 sensation of paralysis.
   4. In the motory nerves : Weakness of
the muscles and  the nerves, even to pa-
ralysis.
   5. In the trophic fibres  of  the Nervus
sympathicus:  Retardation  of  nutrition
even to a  total cessation thereof  in a lim- 
56         Potassium Phosphate.
ited cellular area, and thence a softening
and decay of the affected cells.
  All changes in the state of health have
the characteristic of depression.
  Potassium phosphate cures states of de-
pression of the mind and of the body,
hypochondriac and hysterical ill humor,
neurasthenia, nervous insomnia, spasms
caused  by so-called irritable weakness;
also paralyses, septic states, septic hem-
orrhages,  noma,  scurvy,  scurvy of the
mouth, phagedenic chancre,  carbuncles,
typhoid fever,  and  typhous, adynamic
states ; progressive atrophy of the mus-
cles ;  the round ulcer of the stomach, be-
cause  this is caused  by a disturbance of
the function of the trophic  fibres of the
sympathicus; so also  the alopecia areata
(not to be confounded  with herpes ton-
surans).  Also in the alopecia areata the
cause  is found in a disturbance  of the 
Potassium Chloride.         57
functions of the trophic fibers of the sym-
pathicus.
  POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (KALIUM
           CHLORATUM) K CI.
(Not to be confounded with Chlorate of Potash K CI O3.)
  Potassium  chloride is contained in al-
most all the cells, and is chemically re-
lated to fibrine.  It will dissolve white or
grayish-white  secretions  of the  mucous
membranes and plastic exudations.  It is,
therefore, the remedy for  catarrhs when
the  secretion  has  the  form  described
above ; it is also the remedy for croupous
and  diphtheritic exudations.   It answers
also to the second  stage of inflammation
in serous membranes when the exudation
is plastic.
  When the cells  of the epidermis lose
molecules  of Potassium chloride in conse-
quence of  a  morbid irritation, then  the
fibrine comes to the surface as  a white or
whitish-gray mass.  When  dried,  this 
58         Natrum Muriaticum.
forms a mealy covering.  If the irritation
has  seized  upon the  tissue  under  the
epidermis, then  fibrine and   serum  are
exuded,  causing the  affected  spot on the
epidermis to  rise  in  blisters.   Similar
processes may take  place in  and below
the epithelial cells.

   XATRUM MURIATICUM. SODIUM
     CHLORIDE (COMMON SALT).
  The water which is introduced  into the
digestive  canal in drinking or with  the
food enters  into  the blood through  the
epithelial cells of the mucous  membrane
by means of the common  salt contained
in these cells  and in the blood,  for salt
has the well-known property of attracting
water.   Water is intended to  moisten all
the tissues, i. e. cells.   Every cell  con-
tains soda.  The nascent chlorine which
is split off from  the  Natrum muriaticum
of the  intercellular fluid combines with 
Natrum Muriaticum.         59
this soda.  The Natrum muriaticum aris-
ing by this  combination attracts water.
By this  means the cell is  enlarged  and
divides up.   Only  in this way can  cells
divide so as to form additional cells.
   If there  is no common salt formed in
the  cells,  then the  water intended to
moisten them remains in the intercellular
fluids, and hydraemia results.  Such pa-
tients  have a watery, bloated face ;  they
are tired and sleepy and inclined to weep.
They  are  chilly,  suffer  from  cold  ex-
tremities and have a sensation of cold
along the spine.  At  the same time they
have  a strong  desire for common  salt.
(The cells  deficient in  salt cry for salt.)
The common salt, of which they consume
comparatively large quantities, does not
heal their  disease,  because the cells can
only receive  the common  salt  in  very
attenuated  solutions.
  The redundant common salt present in 
60         Natrum Muriaticum.

the intercellular fluid may in such cases
cause such patients to have a salty taste in
their  mouth  (an irritation of the nervus
glossopharyngeus and  the N. lingualis),
and  the pathological  secretions of  the
mucous membranes as also of excoriations
of the skin may be corrosive (salt-rheum).
  The common salt acting in the healthy
epithelial cells  of the  serous sacs regu-
lates  the  passage of  water  from  the
arterial blood into these  sacs.   A func-
tional disturbance  of the  molecules of
common salt is followed by a transfusion
of water into these sacs.  If this disturb-
ance is therapeutically  removed  by mini-
mal  doses of  common salt, then these
cells are enabled  to  reabsorb  the water
exuded.
  A disturbance in the molecular motions
of the molecules of common  salt  in  the
epithelium of the lachrymal or  salivary 
Natrum Muriaticum.         61
glands is  followed by  lachrymation  or
salivation.
   When  an irritation  affecting a dental
branch of the trigeminus is transferred by
means of the secretory  fibers of the sym-
pathicus  to the  epithelial cells  of  the
salivary glands,   so  as  to  disturb  the
function of the  molecules  of common salt
in these cells,  then there  is  toothache
with  salivation.
   The epithelial cells of the mucous mem-
brane of the intestinal  canal, by means
of the  common salt they  contain, effect
the  transfer  of the water drunk as  a
beverage into the blood of the vena-portae.
A disturbance of their function, through
an irritation  foreign to it, causes a re-
verse current: serum enters into the in-
testinal canal, causing a watery diarrhoea.
If the irritation affects at  the  same time
the mucous cells  of the intestines, there
arises a diarrhoea of water and mucus. 
62        Natrum Muriaticum.
  The mucin of the mucous cells appears
on the surface as  a glassy, transparent
mucus.   If the mucous cells contain too
little  common  salt and too little  mucin,
then  the natural  secretion of mucus is
depressed below the normal.
  The  carbonic  acid contained  in the
blood by its voluminal  effect  liberates
chlorine from the common salt contained
in the  epithelial  cells of  the  peptonic
glands.  The soda thus set free combines
with the carbonic  acid and this  combina-
tion  passes into  the  blood, while the
chlorine liberated combines with hydro-
gen and, dissolved in water, it enters the
stomach as  hydrochloric acid. Now when
the epithelial cells of the  peptonic glands
are deficient in salt, and  in  consequence
there  is no hydrochloric  acid  formed,
then the alkaline  mucus  secreted by the
superficial epithelium of the mucous mem-
brane of the stomach  increases  and we 
Natrum Muriaticum.          63
have catarrh of the stomach, eventually
accompanied with vomiting of mucus.
   In consequence of a considerable  dis-
turbance  of the function  of the common
salt, serum from the blood may transude
into  the  stomach,  then  there   arises
vomiting  of water (water-brash).
   When  a  number of cells  below  the
epidermis  contain no common salt, they
cannot  receive the  water destined  for
them; then  they  will raise  up the  epi-
dermis in the form of vesicles; the con-
tents of these vesicles are clear as water.
   Similar vesicles may rise from a similar
cause on the  conjunctiva.
   There may be  simultaneously, though
in  places distant from   one  another,
diminished or increased   secretions   in
consequence  of the disturbance in  the
function of the molecules of common salt;
e. g., there may be catarrh of the stomach
with vomiting of  water or of mucus, and 
64          Sodium Phosphate.
at the  same  time  constipation  from a
diminished  secretion  of mucus in  the
colon.

SODIUM PHOSPHATE (NATRUM PIIOV
             PHORICUM).
  Sodium phosphate is contained in  the
blood-corpuscles, in the cells of the mus-
cles, of the nerves  and of the  brain, as
well  as  in   the  intercellular  fluids.
Through  the presence of  Sodium phos-
phate, lactic acid is decomposed  into car-
bonic acid and  water.  Sodium  phosphate
is able to  bind to itself carbonic  acid, re-
ceiving into itself two parts  of carbonic
acid for every volume of phosphoric acid.
When  it has  thus  bound the  carbonic
acid,  it conveys  it to the  lungs.   The
oxygen flowing into the lungs liberates
the carbonic acid which  is only loosely
attached to the  Sodium  phosphate;  the
carbonic  acid is  then  exhaled and  ex- 
            Sodium Phosphate.          65
 changed  for  oxygen, which is  absorbed
 by the iron of the blood-corpuscles.
   Sodium phosphate is the  remedy  for
 those diseases which are caused by an ex-
 cess of lactic  acid.  It, therefore, answers
 to  the  diseases  of infants,  who, having
 been fed  to excess with  milk and sugar,
 suffer from redundant acids.  The symp-
 toms in such  cases are: Sour eructations,
 vomiting of sour, cheesy masses ; yellow-
 ish-green, so-called  hacked  diarrhoeas ;
 colic, spasms  with acidity.
  Uric acid is dissolved in the blood by
 two factors ; the  warmth of the blood and
 Sodium phosphate.  If uric acid  is depos-
 ited from its solution in the joints or near
 them,  owing  to  a deficiency  of Sodium
 phosphate, or  when it combines with the
 base of Carbonate of soda  into  urate  of
 soda which is  insoluble, then there arises
podagra or acute arthritic rheumatism.
During an acute attack  of podagra the
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66
Calcium Fluoride.
secretion of  uric  acid in  the urine is
diminished by just so much as  is  re-
tained of it in the diseased parts.
  Sodium phosphate also   serves  to  sa-
ponify the fatty acids ;  it, therefore cures
those dyspeptic ailments which arise from
eating fat food, or which are aggravated
thereby.
  Additional  facts  concerning Sodium
phosphate will be  found under " Scrof-
ulosis and Tuberculosis."

  calcium  fluoride (calcarea
             fluorata).
  Calcium fluoride is found  in the  sur-
face  of the bones, in the  enamel of the
teeth, in the elastic fibers and in the cells
of the epidermis.   A disturbance  in the
motion of its  molecules with a consequent
loss thereof is followed :
  i. By a hard, lumpy exudation  on the
surface  of a bone. 
             Calcium Fluoride,          6j

   2.  By  a relaxation  of elastic fibers;
 thence an enlargement  of the vessels,
 hemorrhoidal  knots;   relaxation   and
 change of position of the uterus, relaxa-
 tion of the abdominal coverings, sagging
 down of the abdomen ;  the after-pains are
 deficient, or there  may be hemorrhages
 from the  uterus.
   3.  The  Keratin* or  horny substance
 exudes from the cells  of the epidermis.
 The  exudate  dries up at  once and be-
 comes a  crust, firmly adhering to the
 skin ; it thus  appears e. g., on the palms.
 When the hand thus  affected is   used,
 chaps and tears in  the crusts are formed.
   Besides these diseases,  Calcium fluoride
 will cure:
   a. Cephalaematom ; since it causes the
absorption of the osseous wall.
   b. Hardened exudations, e. g., in the
mammary glands, the testes, etc.
 *Keratin is contained in the epidermis, the hair and
the nails. 
68
Calcium Fluoride.
  Two explanations may be offered as to
the absorption of hardened  exudations :
  a. Through the pressure of the hard-
ened exudation, the elastic fibers near  it
have lost the ability of performing their
function.   By supplying  molecules of
Calcium fluoride,  the  affected fibers are
restored to their integrity and are  thence
enabled to throw off the exudation, which
is then reabsorbed by the lymphatics.
  b. Through the voluminal action of the
carbonic acid  in the blood, a  part of the
fluorine in the  Calcium fluoride is  split
off.  This  detached  fluorine combines
then with nascent  hydrogen  into hydro-
fluoric acid, which gradually dissolves one
molecule of the exudate after the other,
and these are then received  by the  lym-
phatics.
  The sulphuric acid formed by the oxida-
tion of the albuminous corpuscles may  at 
Silicic Acid, Silicea.         69
times play the  part of the carbonic acid
in liberating the fluorine.*

       SILICIC ACID, (SILICEA).
   Silicic acid is a constituent of the cells
of the connective tissue, of the epidermis,
the hair and the nails.
   If a suppurative centre is formed either
in the connective tissue or in a portion of
the skin, Silicea may be used.
   After the functional ability  of the cells
of the connective tissue, which had been
impaired by the pressure of the pus has
been  restored to its  integrity through a
supply of molecules of Silicea, these cells
are thereby enabled to throw off inimical
substances  (the pus).  In  consequence,
the pus  is  either absorbed by  the lym-
phatics or it is cast  out.  In the latter
case  there   is  a  so-called  spontaneous
breaking open of the suppurative  center.
  Silicea may  also cause the absorption
*As to the potency, I give the I2x trituration, 
70         Silicic Acid, Silicea.
through the lymphatics of an effusion  of
blood in any tissue.   If the  reabsorption
of a sero-albuminous exudation  in a ser-
ous  sac cannot be effected through  Cal-
carea phosphorica, then Silicea  may be
used ; for the delay in the absorption may
also be caused  by a deficiency in Silicea
in the subserous conjunctive tissue.
  Silicea will also cure chronic arthritic-
rheumatic affections, as it forms a soluble
combination  {Sodium  silicate)  with the
soda of the ureate of  soda;  this combina-
tion is then absorbed and removed through
the lymphatics.  For the same reason  it
may also be used in renal gravel.
  Silicea can also restore the perspiration
of the feet when this has been suppressed,
and is thus an indirect remedy in diseases
arising in consequence of such  suppres-
sion {e. g.,  amblyopia, cataract,  paraly-
sis, etc).
  When  a number of cells in the  con- 
The Sulphates.
7i
junctive tissue are gradually deprived of
Silicea, they become  atrophied.  Such a
disease is by no means  rare in the exter-
nal meatus auditorius  with old people.
The meatus in such a case is dry and en-
larged.*
          THE SULPHATES.
  The sulphuric acid  formed  during the
oxidation of the  albuminous  corpuscles
would destroy the tissues, if this acid did
not in its nascent state combine with the
bases of carbonates of the alkalies (potassa
and soda) liberating their carbonic acid.

  SODIUM SULPHATE (NATRUM SUL-
             PHURICUM).
  The  action  of the  Sodium  sulphate is
contrary to  that of the Sodium chloride.
Both, indeed, have the faculty of attract-
ing water, but  the end is a contrary one;
the Sodium chloride attracts the water des-
 *As to the potency, I generally give the I2x trituration. 
72          Sodium Sulphate.
tined to be put to use in the  organism,
but the Sodium sulphate attracts the water
formed during the retrogressive metamor-
phosis of the cells, and secures its elimi-
nation from the organism.
  The Sodium  chloride causes  the split-
ting up of the  cells necessary  for their
multiplication ; the Sodium sulphate with-
draws  water  from the  superannuated
leucocytes  and  thus causes their destruc-
tion.   The latter salt is, therefore, a rem-
edy for leukaemia.  Sodium  sulphate is a
stimulant  of the  epithelial  cells and of
the nerves, as will appear in what fol-
lows.
  In  consequence of the activity  excited
by Sodium sulphate in the epithelial cells
in the urinary  canals, superfluous water
with the products  of the tissue changes,
dissolved or suspended therein, flows into
the kidneys, in order to leave the  organ- 
             Sodium Sulphate.           j$
 ism in the  form  of urine  through  the
 ureters and the bladder.
   While the Sodium sulphate  stimulates
 the epithelial  cells of the biliary ducts,
 the pancreatic ducts and of the intestines,
 it causes  the secretion of the excretions
 of these organs.
   Sodium  sulphate is  also  intended  to
 stimulate the  functions of the nerves of
 the biliary apparatus, of the  pancreas and
 of the intestines.
   If the sensory nerves of the bladder are
 not stimulated by Sodium sulphate,  the
 impulse to void urine does  not come  to
 man's  consciousness ;  thence  there  fol-
 lows involuntary micturition (wetting the
 bed).
   If the motory nerves  of  the detrusor
 are not stimulated, there results retention
 of  urine.
   In consequence of an irregular action
of the Sodium sulphate on the epithelial 
74          Sodium Sulphate.
cells and the nerves  of the  biliary appa-
ratus, there arises either a diminution or
an  increase of the  secretion and excre-
tion of the bile.
  If the motory nerves of the colon  are
not sufficiently influenced through Sodium
sulphate, there arise constipation and flat-
ulent colic.
  If in consequence of a disturbance in
the motion  of  the molecules of Sodium
sulphate  the elimination of the  superflu-
ous water  from  the intercellular spaces
takes  place  too   slowly,  there  arises
hydraemia, and functional disturbances in
the apparatus for the secretion  of bile
cause the following diseases :
  Chills and  fever,  bilious  fever, influ-
enza,  diabetes, bilious vomiting,  bilious
diarrhoea, oedema, oedematous erysipelas;
on the skin, vesicles containing yellowish-
water, moist  herpes, herpes circinnatus, 
             Potassium Sulphate.         75

 sycotic excrescences, catarrhs with  yel-
 lowish-green or green secretions,  etc.
   The state of health of persons suffer-
 ing from  hydraemia is  always worse in
 humid weather, near the water,  and in
 damp, moist under-ground dwellings ; it
 is improved by contrary conditions.
    POTASSIUM SULPHATE  (KALI
            SULPHURICUM).
   Potassium sulphate, which in reciprocal
 action with iron effects the transfer of the
 inhaled oyxgen to  all the cells,  is  con-
 tained in all the cells containing iron.
   Where there is a  deficiency as to Potas-
 sium sulphate, according to the  locality
 and extent of  the deficiency, the follow-
 ing symptoms  may  arise:
   A sensation of heaviness and weariness,
 vertigo, chilliness, palpitation of the heart,
 anxiety, sadness, toothache, headache and
 pains in the limbs.   These ailments in-
crease while the person is confined to a
room,  also  in  the  warmth and  toward 
76         Potassium Sulphate.
evening, and they  are  relieved  in the
open, cool air.
  There ensues a desquamation of cells
of the  epidermis   and  the  epithelium,
which have been loosened from their con-
nection because they were not sufficiently
provided with oxygen.  The scaling  off
of these epithelial  cells is  followed  by
catarrhs with a secretion of yellow mucus.
  Therapeutically, Potassium sulphate an-
swers to the process of desquamation which
takes place after scarlatina, measles, ery-
sipelas  of the face, etc.
  It  also  cures  laryngeal catarrh, and
catarrhs of the bronchia, of  the conjunc-
tiva,  of the mucous  membrane  of the
nostrils, etc., where the secretion  has the
above mentioned  characteristics;  also  a
catarrh of  the stomach, when the tongue
has a yellowish mucous coating; also  a
catarrh of the  middle  ear and  renal
catarrh, 
Calcium Sulphate.          77
   Potassium sulphate effects  the access of
oxygen, and this hastens the formation of
new cells  of the  epidermis  and of the
epithelium, whereby  the  cells that  have
been loosened  from their connection are
thrown off.
   Also in inorganic nature, sulphates and
iron serve  for  the transfer  of  oxygen.
When in the surface  layer of the earth a
sulphate and any oxide of iron come into
contact with organic substances undergoing
decomposition, they surrender their oxygen
and form sulphuret of iron.   This may
be  again decomposed through the access
of new oxygen, so that sulphuric acid and
some oxide of iron  will be formed, which
under suitable conditions will again trans-
fer their oxygen.

        CALCIUM  SULPHATE.
  In Moleschott's  Physiologie der Nah-
rungsmittel  (Physiology  of  nutriments) 
78          Calcium  Sulphate.
Calcium sulphate is enumerated as a nutri-
ment.  This work was published as long
ago as the  year  1859.   Since that time
many views have been corrected.
  In  Bunge's  Manual  of  Physiological
and  Pathological  Chemistry, which ap-
peared in the year 1887, Calcium sulphate
is found only in analyses of the bile and
only in two  of these, while it is not found
in two others (pp.  189, 190).
  On page 23 of his Manual, Bunge says
of sulphur:  "It  enters  into the bodies
of animals  chiefly in the form of albu-
men,  and,  after   the decomposition  and
oxidation  of albumen, it  issues again for
the most part in the  highest stage of  oxi-
dation, as sulphuric  acid.   In this form,
in combination  with alkalies, it leaves the
animal body to  begin its cycle anew."
  Sulphuric acid is thus combined  in the
body, not  with  earths, with calcium and


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             Calcium Sulphate.          79

 magnesium, but with alkalies, with potassa
 and soda.
   Calcium sulphate has, indeed, been suc-
 cessfully used in many diseases, (in  sup-
 purative processes, and in affections of the
 skin and of the mucous  membrane); but
 as  it may be seen from  the above quota-
 tions that it does not enter into  the con-
 stant  constitution  of the organism, it
 must  disappear  from  the  biochemical
 system.
   Instead of it  Sodium  phosphate  and
 Silicea are to be considered.
  The inorganic substances found in the
 blood and in the tissues  suffice for the
 cure of all diseases that are at all curable.
  Chronic diseased states, produced by
 the abuse of medicines, such as quinine,
 mercury, etc., can be cured by minimal
doses of cell-salts.
  The symptoms  determine the choice of
the remedies. 
80          Calcium Sulphate.
  While  the  above mentioned diseases
caused by medicines  can be cured  with
cell-salts, acute cases of poisoning  with
arsenic, phosphorus, etc., must, of course,
be  treated according  to  the well-known
principles that have reference thereto.
  Several physicians  have  asserted that
the  organic  combinations  found in  the
human   organism must also be received
into the biochemical  therapy.   But this
idea is  founded on  error, as I shall  en-
deavor to show.
  Biochemical therapy  is,  as  we have
already  indicated above, an analogue to
agricultural chemistry.   If  a plant  pos-
sesses the inorganic substances naturally
belonging to it, it is able  to form of itself
all the organic combinations which its or-
ganism  needs.  We do not  manure  the
plants  with grains  of chlorophyllum  in
order that we  may  cause their leaves  to
become  green, for we  know that the iron 
Calcium Sulphate.          81
 contained  in  the  plants will provide the
 green for the  leaves.   We do not manure
 with lecithin, nuclein, etc., to provide the
 plants  with these combinations of phos-
 phorus; if necessary, we  manure  with
 phosphate of lime. The plant takes from
 the  calcium  phosphate  the phosphoric
 acid, and  combines  this  with  the  sub-
 stances present within them  which  are
 necessary  for the  formation  of lecithin,
 nuclein, etc.
   If anyone  should  assert that agricul-
 tural or horticultural chemists  are mis-
 taken  in  thinking  that  three  kinds  of
 manure are  sufficient, and  should say,
 that all the organic substances  found  in
 plants must be considered in providing a
 manure, e.g.,  chlorophyllum,  gum, resin,
oil, starch,  grape-sugar, malic  acid, etc.,
one would  merely smile at " Daniel come
to judgment."
  If the human organism contains organic
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82          Calcium Sulphate.
nutriments, such as  albumen,  fat  and
carbohydrates,  together  with the proper
inorganic cell-salts, in sufficient quantities
in the  right place, then, through the in-
fluence of  oxygen  and in  consequence
of decompositions and syntheses, all the
necessary organic  combinations will arise,
and the individual in question will be in a
state of health.
  Syntheses, which were formerly thought
to be a peculiar privilege of the vegetable
kingdom, take place as well in the human
and animal organisms.
  Among those who think that organic
substances  should  also be received  into
my biochemical system is  also Dr. Ring
of Ward's  Island, New York.  He  finds
fault with me, because I have not received
the original combinations of organic sub-
stances into my system.  He says among
other things: "Organic substances, like^
keratin, tyrosine, creatine, creatinine, etc., i 
Calcium Sulphate.           83
are  normal  constituents of  those sub-
stances in  which and upon which cancer-
ous  swellings are  formed,  and  we  are
therefore  justified  in supposing  that, if
rightly prepared and rightly chosen, they
should exert a specific action on the tis-
sues related to them."
  This is in part true, but for the greater
part erroneous.  It is true that keratin is
a normal constituent of some tissues ;  but
it is not correct to  say that creatine  and
creatinine are constituents of  the tissues ;
they are merely contained in them as the
products of  the retrogressive  metamor-
phosis of the cells.   All organic combina-
tions which, like creatine, creatinine, urea,
uric acid,  etc.,  are excreted  in  normal
urine  are to be considered  as the final
stages of the  oxidation  of organic  nutri-
ments.  As to their uselessness to  the
human organism, they may be compared 
84          Calcium Sulphate.
with the resin which is excreted by some
plants as a product useless for them.
  The idea that we might cure a diseased
tissue with a related sound tissue is  curi-
ous.  The  cartilaginous  tissue is related
to the  mucous  tissue.  Natrum  muri-
aticum is the functional agent in each of
them.  Now would any one cure a coryza,
a disease of the mucous  tissue that  may
be cured by means of Natrum muriaticum,
with a preparation of cartilage ?
  A number of  years  ago,  Dr.  Constan-
tine Hering had the idea of proving the
horny tissue as a remedy.   He and his
friends prepared Castor equorum, the horny
excrescence  on the  legs  of horses, and
proved it both on horses and on men.  In
the list of symptoms we find the statement:
" An old decrepit horse became  20 years
younger."  Despite this symptom  which
promised  so much, and  which stamps
Castor equorum  as  something analogous 
Calcium  Sulphate.          85
 with the wonderful mill which is to make
 old women young again, the remedy has,
 nevertheless, sunk into  oblivion.
   Dr.  Ring and his associates are having
 the substances above-mentioned prepared,
 and will try their effects on healthy per-
 sons.  Their undertaking will give rise to
 manufactories  of  symptoms.  We  shall
 probably hear of very amusing symptoms.
   If the  chemico-physiological views  of
 these gentlemen were a little clearer, they
 would  see  that their undertaking is a use-
 less diversion.
   If they should, e.g., use lecithin, they can
 at most discover the effects of a phosphate ;
 if  they should make provings  of keratin
 which  is very rich in sulphur, they can at
 most find  out  the effects  of a sulphate.
 Why  roam  afar,  when  biochemistry
already contains five phosphates and two
sulphates ?
  If an inorganic salt is abundantly  ex- 
86       ,   Calcium Sulphate.
creted in the urine, then, owing to a dis-
turbance in the molecular  motion,  there
will be found a deficiency as to the same salt
in the immediate nourishing soil of  some
cellular domain, and a homogeneous salt
is indicated as the remedy {vide Rhachitis,
p. 32); a minimum in the nourishing soil is
always  a cell-salt, never an organic sub-
stance, therefore, organic substances are
excluded from our  remedies.   Whoever
may doubt this, can try whether any dis-
ease can be cured  through the  molecules
of gelatin, mucus, tyrosine, elastin, fat,
sugar,  etc.  The  result  will  ever  be a
negative one.
  For the  construction and preservation
of the  human  organism,  the  following
substances   are  required:  Oxygen, fat,
albumen, a gelatinous  substance, mucin,
keratin,  elastin,  haemoglobin,  lecithin,
nuclein, cholesterin, water and inorganic
salts. 
Calcium Sulphate.          87
  Albumen forms  the chief constituent
of the plasma of the  blood and of  the
lymph; it is contained in the  muscular
fibers, the cylinders of the axis of  the
nervous fibers and  in the protoplasma of
all cells.  The organic frame of the bones,
the  cartilage, the fascia  and the connec-
tive tissue consist of a gelatinous substance.
Mucin is  contained in the epithelial cells
of the  mucous membranes.  Keratin is
the  organic basis of the  epidermis,  the
hair and the nails ; elastin is the basis of
the elastic fibers.
  The gelatinous substance, mucin, ker-
atin and  elastin, are products of  the split-
ting up  of albumen under  the influence
of oxygen.
  The  haemoglobin  of the  blood-cells is
the  combination of a  corpuscle of  albu-
men with haematin, a corpuscle containing
iron.
  Lecithin and nuclein arise from  albu- 
88          Calcium Sulphate.
men,  fat  and  a phosphate,  through  a
change of position of the molecules.
  Whatever  other  organic and inorganic
constituents may be found in the tissues
are merely the products of the retrogres-
sive metamorphosis of the cells and of the
decomposition of the  albumen ; they are
substances  which  must be   eliminated
through the activity of the cells.
  Among these products of the retrogres-
sive metamorphosis of the cells are also,
as before said, creatine and creatinine ; and
among the products of  the decomposition
of albumen we find tyrosine, leucin, etc.
  The albumens and the fats are means
of supply and sources of power; oxygen,
carbohydrates and gelatin  (not to be con-
founded  with the substances  supplying
gelatin)  are  also sources of power; the
inorganic  salts are means  of supply and
regulators of the functions.
  Equalization of functional disturbances 
Calcium Sulphate.          89
is  synonymous with  the  restoration of
health.   This end  is  sought for in the
biochemical method only  through  inor-
ganic salts.
  The hope of Dr. Ring and his associates,
that they may effect cures by means of
keratin,  creatine, etc., is founded on an
illusion, which disappears when viewed in
the light of physiology. 
9°
Fevers.
SPECIAL GUIDE FOR USING THE BIO-
       CHEMICAL REMEDIES.
               FEVERS.
  Fever is intended to effect the removal
of the  exciting  agents of  the disease,
as also of its  products.  During fever the
changes  in the substances of the tissues
are increased.  By means  of  the frag-
ments (scoriae) resulting from  the  retro-
gressive transformation of the cells, both
the exciting  agents and the products of
the disease are removed from the tissues
and  eliminated through  the  excretory
channels.  In such a  way nature may  ef-
fect  a cure.   But such a cure does not
always ensue; therefore  therapeutic aids
are expedient.  But whenever fever is de-
pressed  by  means  of  antipyrin, anti-
febrin, quinine, etc., the changes  in  the 
Fevers.
9i
substances and thereby also the cure are
delayed.   Nevertheless,  this  is done by
many physicians; but such action  is op-
posed to nature.  The fact that despite of
such an unnatural treatment  many per-
sons escape with their lives, simply shows
that it takes a good deal  to  kill even a
sick person secundum artem.   Sometimes,
of course,  the effects are mischievous. So
•I  read  a  short  time ago in  a  paper
from Southern Germany  that a patient
who had  only had  a slight attack  of
pneumonia had died, after his fever had
been  repressed by  too large  a  dose  of
quinine.   This case, which reminds us of
the son of the sexton  of Tweedledum,
who could not  digest opium,  proves that
the descendants of Dr. Eisenbart are not
all dead as yet.
   With respect to the biochemical treat-
ment of fever,  Ferrum phosphoricum cor-
responds  to inflammatory fever, since  it 
92    Exudations and Transudations.
cures  the exciting  hyperaemia,  which
causes  inflammatory  fever.   (See  the
Characteristics of the Effects of Iron, on
page 48 .)
  The fever which accompanies typhus,
the puerperal fever and acute rheumatism
of the  joints diminish  in proportion as
these diseases are  cured  under the  in-
fluence of Kali  phosphoricum,  Natrum
phosphoricum, etc.

EXUDATIONS  AND TRANSUDATIONS.
Exudation of fibrine:  Kali chloratum.
     "     " albumen: Calcarea phosphorica.
     "     " clear water:  Natrum muriaticum.
     "     " yellowish water:  Natrum  sul-
           phuricum.
Exudation of mucus:  Natrum muriaticum.
   When the exudation  becomes smeary
and fetid :  Kali phosphoricum.
   If an  exudation of   mucus  becomes
yellowish  (yellow  mucus), then Kali  sul-
phuricum will answer. 
  Inflammation of the Serous Membranes.  93

  A phlegmonous inflammation of the skin
or of the subcutaneous connective tissue
requires Natrum phosphoricum.  If a sup-
purative center is developed, Silicea  is to
be used, which sometimes effects the re-
absorption  of the  pus, but in most cases
causes  the breaking of the abscess out-
wardly and thus effects a cure.
  If  the pus becomes fetid, Kali phos-
phoricum should be used; if indurations
remain, Calcium fluoride is to be used.

  INFLAMMATION OF THE SEROUS
              MEMRRANES.
                Ferrum  phosphoricum corre-
               sponds to the first stage.  For
               further indications see  exuda-
               tions.

     PNEUMONIA AND  PLELRITIS.
  In the stage of hyperaemia:  Ferrum
phosphoricum.   For  further  indications
see EXUDATIONS.
Meningitis
Pleuritis
Pericarditis
Endocarditis
Peritonitis 
94       Articular Rheumatism.
     ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM,
          PODAGRA, GOUT.
  Natrum  phosphoricum  dissolves  the
uric acid accumulated in the affected parts,
and thus makes it innocuous.  It is then
eliminated, together  with the uric acid it
has taken up, through the channels in the
organism through which the transmuta-
tions of the substances are effected.
  Deposits  of urates  requires Silicea.
See the characteristics of  Silicea, p. 69.
  With respect to muscular  rheumatism,
see what is  stated  under the  heading:
"'Pains in the Neck, Back and Limbs."
     DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS.
  The remedies corresponding to inflam-
mation of the kidneys,  are Ferrum phos-
phoricum,  Kali  chloratum and Natrum
phosphoricum.
  The remedies corresponding to Albumin-
uria are Kali sulphuricum, Calcarea phos- \
\ 
Puerperal Fevers.          95
phorica,  Kali phosphoricum and Natrum
muriaticum.   The accompanying  symp-
toms and the constitutional state of the
patient must decide  in the  choice of  the
remedies.
   Albuminuria after scarlatina, requires
Kali sulphuricum.   The epithelial cells
of the uriniferous tubes, while in a healthy
state, resist the pressure of the albumen
of the blood, it  is only the diseased  cells
which allow albumen to enter the urinif-
erous  tubes.  The epithelium mentioned
may  be  diseased,  owing to  a  lack of  a
sufficient supply of oxygen, or owing to
their premature decay,  or  owing to  the
delay in the division  and new formation
of cells.
   Silicea will prevent the formation of
renal gravel.

         PUERPERAL FEVER.
   The specific remedy in  this disease is
Kali phosphoricum. 
96         Typhus and Typhoid.
       TYPHUS AND TYPHOID.
  The specific remedy  is Kali phosphori-
cum.   In  cases  of  deep stupor  Natrum
muriaticum is indicated as an accompany-
ing remedy.
  TYPHOID, ADYNAMIC SYMPTOMS.
  When in an acute disease, accompanied
with fever (diphtheritis, scarlatina,  small-
pox, etc.), sopor, dryness of the tongue,
watery vomiting,  etc.,  set  in,  Natrum
muriaticum is  useful.   When the teeth
show a brown  coating,  the evacuations
have a cadaverous  fetor,  attended with
septic   hemorrhages, Kali phosphoricum
will answer.
            DIPHTHERIA.
  The form  which  appears most  fre-
quently, the  so-called catarrhal form, with
slight swelling and a greyish-white exuda-
tion, answers to Kali chloratum. With con-
siderable  swelling and an abundant white 
                  Croup.               97

 exudation, which  frequently  also  covers
 the uvula, Calcarea phosphorica is the suit-
 able remedy. When the  exudation on the
 swollen tonsils is  yellow, Natrum phos-
 phoricum is indicated.
   If  gangrene appears,   Kali phosphori-
 cum should be  used.   This remedy will
 also cure the paralytic states which fre-
 quently appear  after diphtheria has run
 its course: a nasal voice, strabismus, etc.
   The simultaneous  use  of  lime-water,
 ice, carbolic acid,  etc., is altogether ob-
 jectionable,  as  also  wrapping   in wet
 cloths  to  produce perspiration.    These
 means exhaust the strength of the patient.
 Children sometimes  die  from this weak-
 ness, as frequent experience has  shown.

                CROUP.
   In   pseudo-croup,  Kali chloratum  is
 indicated;   in  genuine  croup,  Calcarea
phosphorica.
       7 
98               Croup.
  Owing to the specific relation existing
between Calcarea phosphorica and albu-
men, molecules of this phosphate combine
with  the  albuminous molecules  of  the
lower surface of the croupous  exudation
adhering to  the mucous membrane.   In
consequence of this process, the exudation
separates  from  the mucous  membrane.
This  separation  of  the  exudation from
the mucous membrane may  be hastened
by alternate doses of Calcarea phosphorica
and  of  Kali  sulphuricum.   The latter
transmits  oxygen from the blood  (see p.
75), and the oxygen favors the formation of
new  epithelial  cells  from the  albumen
separated   from the croupous exudation.
The  molecular  motions taking place dur-
ing this process hasten the separation of
the exudation
  The alternate  use  of  Calcarea phos-
phorica  and Kali sulphuricum is  also in
place in diphtheria with a white exudation. 
Dysentery.
99
             DYSENTERY.
  Ferrum   phosphoricum  and  Kalium
chloratum are in most cases sufficient.  If
delirium and  distension  of the  abdomen
set  in,  and  the evacuations  have   a
cadaverous  smell, Kali  phosphoricum  is
suitable.   This  remedy  also  answers
when a copious quantity of pure blood is
discharged, without any signs of putridity.
  Spasmodic abdominal pains, relieved by
pressure and by doubling  up, require
Magnesia phosphorica.

             SCARLATINA.
  In  light   cases,  Ferrum phosphoricum
and  Kalium  chloratum   are sufficient.
The remedy suitable to severe cases will
be found by considering what  is said un-
der the head of Diphtheria and Typhoid
and Adynamic Symptoms.
  Kali  sulphuricum corresponds  to the
dropsy appearing after scarlatina. 
TOO
Smallpox.
              SMALLPOX.
  Kalium  chloratum should be used  in
the beginning.  If the pustules show pus,
Natrum  phosphoricum  will  be suitable.
If symptoms of adynamia and decomposi-
tion of the blood arise, Kali phosphoricum
should be given.  In confluent pustules,
Natrum  muriaticum is required.
              MEASLES.
  The accompanying symptoms  will in-
dicate  the  remedy :   Ferrum  phosphori-
cum, Kalium chloratum,  Kali sulphuri-
cum and  Natrum muriaticum are  chiefly
to be considered.
             INFLUENZA.
  The remedy in influenza is Natfum
sulphuricum (see the  characteristic  of this
salt, p. 71.).
  The cases of influenza which I  treated
with Natrum sulphuricum showed no after-
effects.   The diseases left in cases where 
Pains of the Head and Face.     101
 other  physicians  had  treated  influenza
 with other remedies were of such a nature
 that they were covered by the sphere of
 Natrum   sulphuricum,  therefore  they
 could be cured with this remedy.

   PAINS OF THE HEAD AND FACE.
   Stitches, or pressure or  beating,  in-
 creased by shaking the head, by stooping
 and, in general, by every motion: Ferrum
phosphoricum.
   Pains, accompanied by heat and redness
 of the  face : Ferrum phosphoricum.
   Pains, with vomiting of bile :  Natrum
 sulphuricum.
   Pains,  with vomiting  of  transparent
 mucus or water:  Natrum muriaticum.
   Pains, with vomiting of food: Ferrum
phosphoricum.
   Pain, with retching up of white mucus :
Kalium chloratum.
   Quick, shooting, lancinating pains, in- 
102     Pains of the Head and Face.
termittent, and varying in their location :
Magnesia phosphorica.
  Pains  in pale, sensitive,  irritable per-
sons : Kali phosphoricum.
  Paroxysms of pain,  followed by great
debility : Kali phosphoricum.
  Pains which  are aggravated in a warm
room and in the evening, but are relieved
in the open, cool air: Kali sulphuricum.
  Pains, accompanied by the  simultane-
ous appearance of small nodules, the size
of a pea, on the scalp :  Silicea.
  Pains, attended with a coating of clear
mucus on the tongue and sluggish evacu-
ations : Natrum muriaticum.
   Pains, attended with a copious flow of
acrid tears : Natrum muriaticum.
   Disguised intermittent fever, appearing
as neuralgia of the head or face : Natrum
sulphuricum  and   eventually  Natrum
 muriaticum.
   The  headaches of  children  are, as a 
                  Scalp.              103
rule, quickly cured by Ferrum phosphor-
icum.
   Pains, with formication and a sensation
of coldness or numbness :  Calcarea phos-
phorica.
                 SCALP.
   The  external application of Natrum
muriaticum is useful in scab-head and in
the falling out of the hair.
   Alopecia areata :  Kali phosphoricum.
   Herpes tonsurans: Nafrum  sulphuri-
cum.
     CONCUSSION OF THE DRAIN.
   Kali phosphoricum is  the answering
remedy.   If disturbances  of vision  re-
main, Magnesia phosphorica is  indicated.
   Hydrocephaloid:  Calcareaphosphoi'ica.
   Chronic hydrocephalus :  Calcarea phos-
phorica.
   Cephalaematom:  Calcarea fluorata.
   Craniotabes:  Calcarea phosphorica. 
104        Delirium Tremens.
  When the fontanelles remain open too
long: Calcarea phosphorica.
  If in any of these diseases there is diar-
rhoea with a  cadaverous  stench,  Kali
phosphoricum must be given  as an inter-
mediate remedy.
  Apoplexy: Silicea.
         DELIRIUM TREMENS.
  Most cases of this ailment  are  rapidly
cured by means of Natrum  muriaticum.
If this should fail, Kali phosphoricum
should be given.
               VERTIGO.
  If vertigo is  caused by a rush of blood,
Ferrum phosphoricum should  be given; if
it is  nervous,  it will be cured by Kali
phosphoricum.  If  there are  any gastric
troubles attending it, the coating of the
tongue must be considered.
                 EARS.
   Pains caused by hyperaemia, noises in 
Ears.
105
the ear, and difficulty in hearing, require
Ferrum phosphoricum.
  In  nervous affections,  Magnesia phos-
phorica, Calcarea phosphorica or Kali phos-
phoricum  should be chosen, bearing a
proper regard to the individualities.
  Inflammatory  swelling, closing the
meatus auditorius externus :  Silicea.
  Discharge of  thin, yellow fluid :  Kali
sulphuricum.
  Discharge  of  thick  pus :    Silicea,
Natrum phosphoricum.
  Hardness of hearing, due to a swelling
and to catarrh  in the Eustachian tube
and of  the tympanic cavity:  Kalium
chloratum, Natrum muriaticum.
  If there is  reason  to think that  hard-
ness of hearing is  caused by indurated
exudations in the interior ear, Silicea and
Calcarea fluorata should be given.
  Mumps:  Kalium  chloratum, and  if 
io6
Toothache.
there is copious salivation, Natrum  mur-
iaticum.
             TOOTHACHE.
  Pains, attended with salivation or lach-
rymation:  Natrum muriaticum.
  Pains, with a swelling of the gums and
cheek :  Kalium chloratum ; if this is in-
sufficient :  Silicea;  if  the swelling  is
hard like bone : Calcium fluorata.
  Pain, which quickly changes  its loca-
tion, is intermittent, and  is alleviated by
warmth : Magnesia phosphorica.
  Pain which  is alleviated  by  pressure
and  worse when lightly touched:  Mag-
nesia phosphorica.
  Pain  which grows  worse  in  a warm
room and in  the evening, but is alleviated
in the open,  cool air:  Kali sulphuricum.
  Hot cheeks, with increase  of pain  by
warm drinks, alleviated  by cold drinks:
Ferrum phosphoricum. 
Ailments During Teething with Children.  107

   If the gums bleed or have a bright red-
dish border: Kali phosphoricum.
   If the  painful  tooth  is  loose, and its
surface painful  to  the  slightest touch :
Calcarea fluorata.
    AILMENTS  DURING TEETHING
           WITH  CHILDREN.
   Calcarea phosphorica  and  more  espe-
cially  Calcarea fluorata, assist the coming
through of the teeth.
   When there is fever : Ferrum phosphor-
icum.
   Spasms with  fever : Ferrum phosphori-
cum.
   Spasms without fever : Magnesia phos-
phorica and Calcarea phosphorica.
   Inflammation of  the  eyes:   Ferrum
phosphoricum and  Calcarea phosphorica.
   Slavering: Natrum muriaticum.
   Spasm  of  the larynx :  Magnesia phos-
phorica . 
io8
Eyes.
   Spasmodic cough : Magnesia phosphor-
ica.
   Spasm of the bladder : Magnesia phos-
phorica.
   Diarrhoea, vide Diarrhoea.
                 EYES.
   Blepharitis ciliaris :  Kalium chloratum,
Natrum phosphoricum.
   Styes, nodules, induration of the  lids :
Silicea, Calcarea fluorata.
   Hyperaemia of the conjunctiva without
any secretion:  Ferrum phosphoricum.
   When the secretion  is white, grayish-
white : Kalium chloratum.
   When the secretion  is watery mucus:
Natrum muriaticum.
   When the secretion  is yellow mucus:
Kali sulphuricum.
   When the secretion  is thick  yellow,
like pus :  Natrum  phosphoricum,  event-
ually Silicea. 
Eyes.
109
  When the secretion is yellowish green :
Natrum sulphuricum.
  When  the  secretion  is  like  cream:
Natrum phosphoricum.
  Inflammation  of  the eyes  of the new-
born :  Chief remedy, Natrum phosphori-
cum ; other biochemical remedies accord-
ing to  the secretion (to be  given  inter-
nally  and also  for  squirting into  the
eyes).
  Inflammation of the eyes in scrofulous
persons: Chief  remedies, Natrum phos-
phoricum and Magnesia phosphorica.
  Trachoma: Kalium chloratum.
  Inflammation  of the cornea:  Kalium
chloratum,  if the  exudation  is  whitish-
grey ;  Calcarea phosphorica, if it is white ;
Natrum phosphoricum, if it is yellow.
  Vesicles on the cornea : Natrum  muri-
aticum.
  Flat ulcer on the cornea: Kalium chlor-
atum. 
no
Eyes.
  Deep ulcer:  Silicea.
  Spots on the cornea: The spot is to be
syringed several times a day with  an at-
tenuation of Natrum muriaticum.   The
molecules of Natrum muriaticum, adher-
ing to the spot affected, produce, through
their  power of  absorbing  moisture,  a
gradual thorough moistening of the spot,
and thence it will melt away.
  Hypopyon : Silicea.
  Inflammation of  the  iris:  Kalium
chloratum, Natrum muriaticum.
  Inflammation of the retina: Ferrum
phosphoricum.
  Retinal exudation : Kalium chloratum.
  Photophobia after over-exertion,without
any other symptoms : Kali phosphoricum.
  Fiery sparks before the eyes : Natrum
phosphoricum, Magnesia phosphorica.
  Spasmodic strabismus :  Magnesia phos-
phorica ;  when caused by worms: Natrum
phosphoricum. 
Cavity of the Mouth.         in
  Strabismus after diphtheria : Kali phos-
phoricum.
  Nervous asthenopia :  Kali phosphori-
cum.
  Hydraemic asthenopia :  Natrum muri-
aticum.
  Violent boring pains in the  eye, as  a
purely nervous affection:  Magnesia phos-
phorica; as  a rheumatic affection:  Na-
trum phosphoricum ; as  an arthritic affec-
tion : Silicea.
  Pains in  the  eyes  with lachrymation,
appearing daily  at  set times:  Natrum
muriaticum.
       CAVITY OF THE MOUTH.
  Catarrhal inflammation of the mucous
membrane  covering the soft palate  the
tonsils and the pharynx :
  When redness  and  violent  pain  are
present: Ferrum phosphoricum.
  When  there  is  a white exudation:
Kalium chloratum. 
112        Cavity of the Mouth.
  When the exudation is golden yellow:
Natrum phosphoricum.
  When  there is  a  transparent  frothy
mucus: Natrum muriaticum.
  Angina tonsillaris :  Natrum phosphori-
cum ; to  chronic swelling of the  tonsils
corresponds:  Magnesia phosphorica.
   Inflammation of the uvula:  Natrum
muriaticum.
   Inflammation of the tongue: If  the
tongue is greatly swollen and dark red:
Ferrum phosphoricum.  Should  suppura-
tion  set in:  Silicea.   For induration:
Calcarea fluorata.
   Cancrum oris and scurvy : Kali phos-
phoricum.
   Gums :  If the gums are pale, Calcarea
phosphorica is most suitable.  If the gums
have a bright red  border, Kali phosphori-
cum is indicated.  The latter also answers
when the gums bleed.
   Coating of the tongue: For a white 
Cavity of the Mouth.        113
 coating, not mucous, Kalium chloratum is
 suitable.  If the coating is mucous  and
 on the  edges of the tongue there  are mi-
 nute bubbles of mucous saliva: Natrum
 muriaticum.
   If  the tongue  is  clean and  moist:
 Natrum muriaticum.
   If the  tongue has  a  dirty,  brownish-
 green   coating,  attended with  a  bitter
 taste:  Natrum sulphuricum.
   If the tongue is, at it were, spread over
 with  liquid mustard, attended with  an
 offensive odor from the mouth : Kali phos-
phoricum.
   Coating,  golden  yellow  and  moist:
 Natrum phosphoricum.
   When the tongue has a yellow mucous
 coating: Kali sulphuricum.
   The  influence of  the  coating  of the
 tongue  in determining the choice of the
 remedy does not extend to the affections
 of all the tissues ;  but it is to be regarded
      8 
114            Vomiting.
in those cases which I have pointed out in
this treatise.  If any one  suffering from
chronic catarrh of the stomach has some
other (acute) disease added thereto, the
coating of the tongue will not always in-
dicate the remedy for the  acute disorder.
  But when a disease—especially a chronic
one—exhibits  only uncertain  symptoms,
then the  coating of the  tongue  will in
most cases lead to the choice of the right
remedy.
  Aphthae  and Thrush: Kalium chlo-
ratum, when it is white or whitish-gray;
but when yellow : Natrum phosphoricum.
When there is a bright-red border: Kali
phosphoricum.
   Noma: Kali phosphoricum.
              VOMITING.
   Vomiting of food: Ferrum phosphori-
cum.
   Vomiting of  food  together with a sour
fluid:  Ferrum phosphoricum. 
                faundice.             115

   Vomiting of bile  only:  Natrum  sul-
 phuricum.
   Vomiting of transparent mucus, drawn
 out in long threads :  Natrum muriaticum.
   Vomiting of a watery fluid :  Natrum
 muriaticum.
   Vomiting of blood :  Ferrum phosphor-
 icum,  Kali phosphoricum and Natrum
 phosphoricum.
   Retching up of white mucus : Kalium
 chloratum.
   Vomiting of a sour fluid or of cheesy
 masses :  Natrum phosphoricum.
   Vomiting during  dentition :  Calcarea
phosphorica, Calcarea fluorata.
   Sea-sickness: Natrum phosphoricum.

              JAUNDICE.
   The first remedy to be given in every
 case of jaundice is Natrum sulphuricum.
   This remedy will in most cases effect a
cure.   As  a   second  resort  we  have 
 116  Pains in the Stomach and Abdomen.
 Kalium  chloratrum,  Kali  sulphuricum
 and Natrum muriaticum, which should be
 selected  according  to  the  concomitant
 symptoms.
 PAINS IN THE STOMACH  AND ARDO-
                 MEN.
   Acute inflammation  of the stomach
 with violent pain of the distended gastric
 region, vomiting and fever :  Ferrum phos-
phoricum.
   If in a case where treatment  has been
 delayed there are symptoms of exhaus-
 tion, dryness of the tongue,  etc.,  Kali
phosphoricum should be given.
   Acute and chronic gastralgias, aggra-
 vated by eating and by pressure  on the
 gastric region, and especially  if food is
 vomited,  require Ferrum phosphoricum.
   Cramp-like  gastrodynia,  with  clean
 tongue:  Magnesia phosphorica.
   Sensation  of spasmodic constriction:
 Magnesia phosphorica. 
     Pains in the Stomach and Abdomen.   117

   Stomach-pains with gathering of water
 in the mouth : Natrum muriaticum.
   Pains in the stomach, with vomiting of
 mucus,  attended  with  indolent  stool:
 Natrum muriaticum.
   If Natrum  muriaticum  does  not prove
 sufficient in these pains, there will usually
 be found a coating of the tongue, which
 calls for Kalium chloratum  or Kali sul-
 phuricum.
   Pressure and feeling of fulness, while
 the tongue is coated  with yellow mucus :
 Kali sulphuricum.
   Pinching in the stomach with  eructa-
 tion of  small quantities of air, affording
 no relief: Magnesia phosphorica.
   Pains, caused by accumulation of flatus
 in the colon :  Natrum sulphuricum.
   Colic in  the  umbilical  region, compell-
 ing the person to bend double :  Magnesia
phosphorica.
   Flatulent colic of  little children,  with 
118  Pains in the Stomach and Abdomen.
drawing up of the limbs, with or without
diarrhoea:  Magnesia  phosphorica.    If
there is an excess  of acid, Natrum phos-
phoricum should be given.
   In gastric pains accompanied with vom-
iting, the character of the matter vomited
will indicate the remedy.
   Gastric affections where acidity (heart-
burn)  predominates :  Natrum phosphori-
cum ;  also  after fat food, Natrum phos-
phoricum, as it saponifies  the fatty acids.
   Ulceration of the stomach.   The round
ulcer of the stomach, which is caused  by
a disturbance  in  the  function  of  the
trophic fibers of the sympathicus, requires
Kali phosphorica m.
   Flatulent colic  with  constipation,  in
adults :  Natrum sulphuricum.
   Painters'  colic:   Natrum  sulphuricum
 (2d dilut).
   Gall-stone colic  (where a stone  has  en- 
Diarrhoea.
119
tered the ductus choledochus and lodged
there) :  Magnesia phosphorica.
   Natrum phosphoricum may prevent the
new formation of gall-stones.
   Enlargement  of the  stomach:  Kali
phosphorica m.

             DIARBHCBA.
   Evacuations  watery, mucous : Natrum
muriaticum.
   Evacuations of carrion-like fetor : Kali
phosphoricu m.
   Evacuations,  watery-bilious:  Natrum
sulphuricum.
   Evacuations,  bloody,  bloody-mucous:
Kali chloratum.
   Evacuations, purulent, bloody-purulent:
Natrum phosphoricum, eventually Silicea.
   Evacuations undigested : Ferrum phos-
phoricum.
   Diarrhoea caused by redundant acid:
Natrum phosphoricum. 
120
Worms.
  Watery  diarrhoea with colic before
every evacuation :  Magnesia phosphorica.
  Cholerine  and  cholera: Natrum  sul-
phuricum.
                WORMS.
  Natrum phosphoricum is of use in the
case of the oxyuris vermicularis, by de-
stroying the excess of lactic acid which
conditions  the existence of these worms ;
for  the ascaris  lumbricoides,  Natrum
muriaticum.
           H HEMORRHOIDS.
  The  remedy  for  haemorrhoids is  Cal-
carea fluorata.  When  the varices  are
inflamed Ferrum  phosphoricum  should
be  given.  In violent pains,  without in-
flammation, Magnesia phosphorica is suit-
able.   In the so-called  mucous haemor-
rhoids, Natrum  muriaticum is indicated.
        DIABETES MELLITUS.
  The remedy for this disease is Natrum 
Coryza.
121
sulphuricum.   A  very prominent conco-
mitant  symptom outside of the sphere of
Natrum  sulphuricum  may  require  a
remedy corresponding to that symptom.
               CORYZA.
   Dry coryza : Kalium chloratum ; with
scrofulous  persons:  Natrum  phosphori-
cum.
   Fluent coryza: the secretion watery,
of clear mucus : Natrum muriaticum.
   Fluent coryza: the secretion a yellow
mucus : Kali sulphuricum.
   The secretion thick, purulent: Natrum
phosphoricum, eventually Silicea.
   In  ozaena,  Natrum phosphoricum  and
Magnesia phosphorica are useful.
   When  a green  mucus  is  secreted,
Natrum sulphuricum is indicated.
            HOARSENESS.
   In simple hoarseness arising from  a
cold, Kalium chloratum is suitable.   It is 
122             Cough.
seldom that Kali sulphuricum is required
afterward.   When  the hoarseness is a
consequence of over-exertion of the vocal
organs (with actors, singers, etc.), Ferrum
phosphoricum and  eventually Kali phos-
phoricum will be useful.
               COUGH.
   An acute,  short,  spasmodic  and very
painful cough requires Ferrum phosphori-
cum, followed by Kalium chloratum.  To
genuine  whooping   cough  corresponds
Magnesia  phosphorica. With  respect to
cough accompanied with an expectoration
of mucus,  see Diseases of the Mucous
Membranes.
               ASTHMA.
   Kali phosphoricum and Magnesia phos-
phorica correspond to nervous asthma ; the
latter remedy in cases attended with flat-
ulence.
   Respiratory  ailments connected  with 
Whooping- Cough.          123
catarrhal  symptoms,  /.  e.,  which  are
caused  thereby, indicate the remedies re-
quired by the mucus expectorated.  {Vide
Diseases of the Mucous Membranes.)
          WHOOPING-COUGH.
   The  inflammatory catarrhal  stage re-
quires Ferrum phosphoricum, the nervous
stage   Magnesia  phosphorica.   In  the
vomiting of  food,  Ferrum  phosphoricum
is useful.  According to the quality of
the mucus, Kalium  chloratum,  Natrum
muriaticum or Kali sulphuricum are to
be selected.
   A special concomitant symptom may call
for the use of an inter-current remedy {e.
g., Kali phosphoricum,  Calcarea phos-
phorica) .
   ACUTE (EDEMA OF THE LUNGS.
   Dyspnoea,  blueness of the face, convul-
sive  cough, with the expectoration  of a
frothy-serous mass,  require  Kali phos-
phoricum and Natrtfm muriaticum. 
124  Diseases of the Mucous Membrane.

  DISEASES OF THE MUCOUS MEM-
               BRANES.
  In selecting the remedy, the consistence
and color of the secretion are decisive :
  If fibrinous : Kalium chloratum.
  If albuminous :  Calcarea phosphorica.
  If golden-yellow:  Natrum  phosphori-
cum.
  If yellowish, mucous: Kali sulphuricum.
  If green :  Natrum sulphuricum.
  If clear, transparent:  Natrum muriati-
cum.
  If  purulent:  Natrum  phosphoricum,
Silicea.
  If very fetid: Kali phosphoricum.
  If  excoriating:  Natrum  muriaticum
and Kali phosphoricum.
  The  remedies for  coughs with expec-
toration, leucorrhoea,  coryza,  catarrh  of
the frontal sinuses, etc., should be selected
on the basis of the above distinctions. 
Polypus.
125
               POLYPUS.
  When the gelatinous substance which
forms the  organic foundation of  the con-
nective  tissues  loses Phosphate of lime,
there may result thence a loosening and a
spongy  excrescence of the tissue  in ques-
tion.  When a  part  of  the sub-mucous
connective  tissue is diseased through loss
of Phosphate of lime, a polypus is formed.
This may be cured by Calcium phosphate.
    CATARRH OF THE RLADDER.
  The chief remedy to be considered is
Natrum phosphoricum.
  DISEASES OF THE MUCOUS MEM-
               BRANES.
  Silicea generally corresponds to chronic
catarrh of the bladder.
  Hypertrophy  of  the prostate  gland:
Magnesia phosphorica.
RETENTION  OF  URINE (ALSO WET-
           TING THE BED).
  From the characteristics of the effects 
 J26        Diseases of the Skin.
 of Natrum sulphuricum (p. 71) it appears
 that this  remedy  may  cure  as  well  the
 retention  of urine as  also  involuntary
 micturition  (wetting the bed).   Should,
 however, the one or the other ailment be
 caused by a general  or a local  neuras-
 thenia, then Kali phosphoricum should be
 used.
   In strangury caused by a spasm of the
 sphincter,  Magnesia phosphorica is useful.
   In  children suffering from   worms,
 Natrum phosphoricum should  be given to
 prevent wetting the bed.
   The retention of urine in little children,
 attended with  heat, is cured  by  Ferrum
phosphoricu m.
       DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
   The remedies recommended in diseases
of the mucous membranes also correspond
to affections of the  skin :  eczema, herpes,
etc. 
Diseases of the Skin.        127
   Vesicles  with sero-fibrinous contents:
Kalium chloratum.
   Vesicles  with  albuminous  contents:
Calcarea phosphorica.
   Vesicles  with  watery-clear  contents:
Natrum muriaticum.
   Vesicles  with honey-yellow  contents :
Natrum phosphoricum.
   Vesicles with yellowish-watery contents:
Natrum sulphuricum.
   Vesicles with  puriform contents: Na-
trum phosphoricum or Silicea.
   Vesicles with bloody, ichorous contents:
Kali phosphoricum.
   Pustules  with  pus on  an  infiltrated
base:  Silicea.
   The  scabs, scales or crusts  appearing
after the bursting of the vesicles require
the following remedies:
   Mealy scurf: Kalium chloratum.
   Yellowish-white crusts : Calcarea phos-
phorica. 
128        Diseases of the Skin.
  White scales : Natrum muriaticum.
  Honey-yellow  crusts:  Natrum  phos-
phoricum.
  Yellowish scales:  Natrum sulphuricum.
  Yellow, purulent crusts : Silicea.
  Fetid, greasy crusts  or scales:  Kali
phosphoricum.
  Profuse scaling off of the epidermis on
a viscid base : Kali sulphuricum.
  Hard crusts on the palms, with or with-
out chaps .•  Calcarea fluorata.
  Swelling  of the   sebaceous  glands:
Natrum phosphoricum.
  Inflammation and suppuration  of these
glands: Silicea.
  The humid eruptions call for the Na-
trum salts, varied according to the vary-
ing colors  of the  secretions  mentioned
 above.
   For eruptions arising after vaccination,
 Kalium chloratum or Natrum  phosphori-
 cum should be used. 
            Diseases of the Skin.        129

   For  excoriation  of  infants:  Natrum
 phosphoricum and Natrum muriaticum.  If
 attended  with a diarrhoea  of cadaverous
 odor, use Kali phosphoricum.
   Urticaria  or  nettle-rash:  Kali phos-
 phoricum.
   Pruritus: Magnesia phosphorica.
   Rhagades or chaps :  Calcarea fluorata.
   Disorders  in  the nails of the fingers ;
 when they break easily, tear, become yel-
 low, have spots or grow thick :  Silicea.
   Erysipelas.—The oedematous, soft in-
 flammation of the skin requires Natrum
 sulphuricum ; to the infiltrated inflamma-
 tion Natrum phosphoricum corresponds.
   For  herpes zoster, Natrum muriaticum
 should be used.
   In erysipelatous inflammations, symp-
toms of intense  fever and  inflammation
may  indicate   Ferrum  phosphoricum.
Kali sulphuricum will further the desqua-
mation.
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130        Diseases of the Skin.
  Pemphigus.—The pemphigus vulgaris
(bullae and vesicles with watery contents
and fully distended surface) requires Na-
trum sulphuricum if the fluid is yellowish;
but if the fluid is clear, like water: Na-
trum  muriaticum.   To pemphigus malig-
nus  (blisters  and  vesicles with watery-
bloody contents and flaccid and wrinkled
surface) corresponds Kali phosphoricum.
   Burns  and scalds : When a blister has
been  formed, give  Natrum  muriaticum.
If there is an open surface covered with a
white or grayish-white  exudation, give
Kalium  chloratum.  If  suppuration has
already ensued, Silicea is suitable.   These
remedies should be applied both internally
 and externally.
   Chilblains,  fresh  and  suppurating :
 Natrum  sulphuricum.
   Panaritium: Silicea.
   Furuncle: Silicea. 
                  Mastitis.             131
    Carbuncle:   Calcarea  fluorata,  later
  Kali phosphoricum.
    Proud flesh:  Kalium chloratum, event-
  ually Silicea.
    Consequences of the  stings of insects:
  Natrum muriaticum  (externally).
    Warts on the hands : Kalium chloratum.
  A quantity of the trituration, the size of
* a pea, should be dissolved in a tablespoon-
  ful  of water; with this solution moisten
  the warts and  the surrounding  skin sev-
  eral times a day.
    Also Natrum sulphuricum may be used.
  It withdraws the water from the base of
  the warts and thereby causes them to be-
  come flaccid and to fall off.
                MASTITIS.
    Natrum phosphoricum should first  be
  used;  if given in time, it may cause a re-
  absorption.   If  suppuration  has  set in,
  Silicea is to be  used.  Induration : Cal-
  carea fluorata. 
132        Lymphatic Glands.
         LYMPHATIC GLANDS.
   See the paragraph on  Scrofulosis and
 Tuberculosis.  So also  what is said  in
 various passages on "Suppuration" and
 " Induration."
               GOITRE.
   Magnesia phosphorica.
    CHANCRE AND GONORRHOEA.
   The  soft  chancre  requires  Kalium
 chloratum, but  the  phagedenic chancre,
 Kali phosphoricum;  the hard  chancre,
 Calcarea fluorata.  These remedies should
 be used internally and externally.
   For chronic syphilis, Kalium chloratum,
 Kali sulphuricum, Natrum  muriaticum,
 Natrum sulphuricum, Silicea and Calcarea
fluorata should be used,  according to the
 symptoms.
   Gonorrhoea:  The chief  remedy  is
 Natrum phosphoricum.
   In  bleeding of the urethra Kali phos-
phoricum is useful. 
          Chancre and Gonorrhoea.      133
   For gleet Natrum muriaticum and Cal-
 carea phosphorica should be used.
   If the secretion is greenish or green,
 give Natrum sulphuricum.
   Condylomata  require  Kalium  chlora-
 tum and Natrum sulphuricum.
   Orchitis calls for Ferrum phosphoricum,
 then Kalium chloratum, and  eventually
 Calcarea phosphorica.
   Induration of the testicles :   Calcarea
fluorata.
   CEdema of the scrotum : Natrum muri-
aticum, and Natrum sulphuricum.
   CEdema of the prepuce : Natrum muri-
aticum and Natrum sulphuricum.
   Balanitis :  Kali sulphuricum; if fetid,
use  Kali phosphoricum  (externally and
internally).
   Hydrocele: Natrum muriaticum, Cal-
carea phosphorica, eventually Silicea. 
134        Mechanical Injuries.
       MECHANICAL INJURIES.
   Contusions,  incised  and other  fresh
wounds, sprains, etc., require  at once
Ferrum phosphoricum.   If, after the  use
of this  remedy, a swelling  remains, give
Kalium  chloratum.   If,   in   neglected
cases, suppuration ensues, Silicea is suit-
able.  In sanious discharge or gangrene :
Kali phosphoricum ; proud flesh: Kalium
chloratum.
   Fractures of bones require, besides the
mechanical  measures, at  first Ferrum
phosphoricum for the lesion of the  soft
parts; later  Calcarea phosphorica  to  pro-
mote the formation of callus.
   Tenalgia crepitans (crepitating or crack-
ling painful  tendons), an ailment arising
above  the wrist  on  the  dorsal   side
of  the  forearm  with joiners  and other
artisans, as  a  result of over-exertion in
using a chisel  or other  tool with a semi-
rotatory motion, has been quickly relieved 
Ulcers of the Legs.         135
 by me in two cases with Ferrum phos-
 phoricum.
   A  third  case  which under allopathic
 treatment had become  chronic, I quickly
 cured with  Kalium chloratum, after Fer-
 rum phosphoricum had refused to act.
   Ganglium tendinosum :  Calcarea fluor-
 ata.
        ULCERS OF THE LEGS.
   In   such  cases  the  remedies recom-
 mended  for diseases of the skin and of
 the mucous  membranes are to be con-
 sidered.
   First of all should be mentioned Natrum
 muriaticum  and Natrum sulphuricum.
   For varicose ulcers use Calcarea fluorata.
         DISEASES OF BONES.
   Periostitis with a tendency to  suppura-
 tion requires  Silicea.
   Hard, knobby,  jagged elevations   on
 the surface of the bone require  Calcarea
fluorata. 
136         Diseases of Bones.
  This remedy will be  also found more
suitable than Silicea in cephalgematoma,
a bloody tumor with an  osseous wall  on
the parietal bone in newborn children.
  Rickets require  Calcarea phosphorica.
If attended with atrophy and a fetid diar-
rhoea, this condition must first be removed
by  means of  Kali  phosphoricum.  Ex-
cessive acidity must be  eliminated   by
Natrum phosphoricum.
  Dr.  Kassowitz, in Vienna, Prof. Hagen-
bach,  in  Bern,  and others prescribe in
rickets phosphorus in minimal doses.
  The recipe in question is as follows:
    l=t.  Phosphori,.............0.01
       Solve in ol. amygd. dulc,......10.0
       Pulv. gumm. arab.,
       Syr. simpl.,...........aa.  5.00
       Aqu. distill..............80.00
   This mixture represents  the  fourth
decimal attenuation of phosphorus; but as
it is given in teaspoonful doses, the daily 
             Diseases of Bones.         137
 quantity given is about equal to the usual
 third decimal dilution.  The molecules of
 phosphorus in such a case combine within
 the organism with molecules of oxygen
 into phosphoric acid.  This combines with
 the molecules of Carbonate of lime with
 the elimination of carbonic acid into Phos-
 phate of  lime.   Such  a  treatment  of
 rickets agrees both as to quantity and
 quality with the treatment given in this
 book, when Calcarea phosphorica is given
 in the 3d decimal trituration.
   Since a part of the  molecules of phos-
 phorus or of the phosphoric acid on the
 way to its destination has the opportunity
 of combining with the molecules of soda
 in the blood, the cells in question  will
 perhaps receive only a part of the dose of
 phosphorus destined for them.   The pos-
 sibility that the soda may appropriate all
 the molecules  of the  phosphorus  fur-
nished, explains the occasional failures in 
138           Hcemorhages.
this treatment.  But if Calcarea  phos-
phorica is  prescribed, a  surer  result will
be attained, as this will not combine with
the above-mentioned salts.
  Inflammation of the hip-joint in scrofu-
lous persons :  Natrum phosphoricum and
Silicea.
           HAEMORRHAGES.
  Blood, red, easily coagulating into  a
gelatinous mass: Ferrum phosphoricum.
  Blood, black,  thick,  viscid:  Kalium
chloratum.
  Blood, bright-red  or blackish-red,  at the
same time thin and watery, not  coagulat-
ing :   Kali phosphoricum  and  Natrum
muriaticum.
  To epistaxis in children, as a rule,  cor-
responds Ferrum phosphoricum.
  For the  predisposition to epistaxis give
 Kali phosphoricum.
  Uterine  haemorrhages : especially Fer-
 rum phosphoricum, Calcarea fluorata  and
 Kali phosphoricu m. 
Menstruation.           139
   Bleeding from haemorrhoids: Ferrum
phosphoricum,  Kalium  chloratum  and
 Calcarea fluorata.
           MENSTRUATION.
   In disturbances of the menstrual  func-
tion, the  accompanying symptoms  must
decide the choice of the remedy.
                LABOR.
   Labor-pains, weak: Kali phosphoricum ;
spasmodic labor  pains:  Magnesia  phos-
phorica.
   Deficient labor pains :  Calcarea fluorata
when the relaxation of the elastic fibers
of the uterus is the cause, but Kali  phos-
phoricum when there is deficient innerva-
tion.
          MENSTRUAL COLIC.
  Usually :  Magnesia phosphorica.   Pale,
sensitive,  irritable  persons, inclined to
weep, require Kali phosphoricum.
  If accompanied with accelerated pulse 
140         Secretion of Milk.
and increased redness of the face :  Ferrum
phosphoricum.
  Vaginism:   Ferrum   phosphoricum,
Magnesia phosphorica.
        SECRETION OF MILK.
  Natrum  sulphuricum diminishes  the
secretion  of milk,  Calcarea phosphorica
increases it.
  Natrum  muriaticum  should  be used
when the milk is bluish and watery.
PilNS IN  THE BACK  OF THE NECK,
     THE BACK AND THE LIMBS.
  Pains which  are  only felt during mo-
tion, or are aggravated by motion, require
Ferrum  phosphoricum   (as   a   second
remedy Kalium chloratum is suitable).
   Pains,  laming, ameliorated by moderate
exercise,  but made  worse  by a fatiguing
effort (as by long-continued walking) and
most felt when beginning  to move,  as
when rising from  a  seat: Kali phosphori
cum. 
       Pains in the Back of the Neck.     141
   Pains with sensation of numbness or of
 cold, or with formication, worse  at night
 and while at rest:  Calcarea phosphorica.
   Pains quick, shooting, boring, inter-
 mitting, changing their place : Magnesia
phosphorica.
   Pains, worse in the warm room and to-
 ward evening;  better in the  open,  cool
 air: Kali sulphuricum.
   In pains  which the patients  cannot ex-
 actly describe, some other attendant symp-
 tom which may decide the selection, such
 as an eruption of vesicles, the color of the
 coating of the tongue, etc., should be dis-
 covered.
   Crick in the back :  Ferrum phosphori-
 cum, Natrum phosphoricum.
   Pains in the hip: nervous pains require
 Kali phosphoricum and  Magnesia phos-
phorica  (to be selected according to the
 variety of the pain) ; inflammatory pains :
 Ferrum phosphoricum; rheumatic-arthritic 
142  Spasms and Other Nervous Affections.
pains : Natrum phosphoricum ; if chronic :
Silicea.
   Hygroma patellae  and Hydrops  genu
require Calcarea phosphorica ;  eventually
Silicea is to be used.
    SPASMS AND OTHER NERVOUS
             AFFECTIONS.
   In palpitation of  the heart, Ferrum
phosphoricum,  Kalium  chloratum,  Na-
trum  muriaticum,   Kali phosphoricum,
Kali sulphuricum, etc., are called for, ac-
cording  to the symptoms  accompanying
each case.
   The  chief  remedies in epilepsy  are:
Kali  chloratum,  Natrum  muriaticum,
Natrum phosphoricum, Kali phosphoricum
and Magnesia phosphorica.  They are to
be selected according to the characteristics
before given.
   Nocturnal paroxysms require Silicea.
   Calcarea phosphorica corresponds to the
spasms of  anaemic and rachitic persons. 
           Intermittent Fever.         143
  Spasms of the glottis, tetanus, trismus,
cramp in the  calves of the  legs, writers'
cramp,  St.  Vitus'  dance,  etc.,  require
Magnesia  phosphorica,  Calcarea  phos-
phoi'ica and Kali phosphoricum.
  Kali  phosphoricum  corresponds  to
cramps arising from  an over-exertion of
the parts affected.
  Agoraphobia: Kali phosphoricum.

       INTERMITTENT FEVER.
  Natrum  sulphuricum  and  Natrum
muriaticum are the remedies for intermit-
tent fever.
  Natrum sulphuricum stands first;  but
Natrum miwiaticum  is suitable when an
eruption of vesicles on the lips or some
other symptom indicating common salt is
present.
  Natrum sulphuricum cures  by killing
redundant leucocytes, by withdrawing the
water from them, and by eliminating from 
144    Scrofulosis and Tuberculosis.
the organism the redundant water result-
ing from the retrogessive transformation
of the cells.
  Natrum  muriaticum owes its  curative
powers  to  the  fact  that  it increases the
number of red  blood-corpuscles  and  ef-
fects a  proper distribution of the water
necessary to the tissues.
  Patients  with  intermittent fever should
not eat any fat viands.
 SCROFULOSIS AND TUBERCULOSIS.
  It is well known that sugar  of milk,
which is a constituent of milk, is  changed
into lactic acid by a so-called ferment, and
also that lactic acid causes a coagulation
of the albumen contained in the milk.   It
is also known that Natrum phosphoricum
decomposes lactic acid  into carbonic  acid
and water.   These  facts  serve to explain
the formation of swellings  of the lym-
phatic glands, when lactic acid is present
there,  as   also  the curability  of  such 
        Scrofulosis and Tuberculosis.      145
 swellings  of  the  lymphatic  glands by
 means of Natrum phosphoricum.
   When there is a redundancy of lactic
 acid  in  the organism and a  portion  of
 this  lactic  acid gets into the lymphatic
 glands, then a coagulation of the albu-
 mens in the lymph within these glands
 takes place and we have swellings of the
 lymphatic glands.   These swellings, so
 long  as they have not become indurated,
 may  be  removed by Natrum  phosphori-
 cum,  because this  salt  decomposes the
 lactic  acid,  as  before said, into carbonic
 acid and water.  When the lactic acid is
 decomposed, the albumen not  yet indur-
 ated becomes fluid again  and can then
 enter again into the lymphatic  current.
   Since  the lymph also contains  fat, the
 coagulated albumen may also  be  saponi-
 fied.  If  there  is a caseous degeneration
 in the glands or in other places, Magnesia
phosphorica is to be used.
       10 
 146     Scrofulosis and Tuberculosis.

   But so long as there is not as yet any
caseous   degeneration,  we  should  use
Natrum phosphoricum, as  may be  seen
from what is said above; but caseous de-
generation   requires   Magnesia   phos-
phorica.   This is the chemico-physiologi-
cal functional remedy which secures the
independent  activity  of  all  the  cells.
 Owing to their independent motion, sound
cells are able  to reject  substances which
 encumber them.  When  the cells  near
 these caseous masses are  too weak  to
reject them, they are deficient in Magnesia
phosphorica.  By the therapeutical supply
 of minimal  quantities of this  salt these
 cells are restored to  their  integrity and
 thus enabled  to gradually  reject  these
 tuberculous  masses.   The detritus of the
 rejected masses is then removed from the
 organism by the usual excretive channels.*
   Magnesia phosphorica  has  proved  its
  * Magnesia phosphorica is perhaps also a cure for
 cancer. 
     Chlorosis and Other Ancemic States.  147
 efficacy  in tuberculosis  not too  far ad-
 vanced and in lupus.
   Besides the  use  of  Magnesia  phos-
phorica,  the  use  of  other  biochemical
 remedies is required to cure the catarrhal
 symptoms  and  the haemorrhages from
 the lungs, etc.
   What is the relation of  the bacilli to
 tuberculosis ?  When there  are tubercles,
 bacilli can come in and use them for their
 nourishment.   What  mites are  in  old
 cheese, bacilli are to the tubercles.
  CHLOROSIS AND OTHER ANAEMIC
                STATES.
   The  blood-corpuscles contain,  as  has
 been shown in the analysis on page 38,
 iron,   Potassium   sulphate,   Potassium
 chloride, Potassium phosphate,  Phosphate
 of lime,  Phosphate  of magnesia, Sodium
phosphate and soda.  The multiplication
 of blood-corpuscles is effected through
their division while in the current of the 
148  Chlorosis and Other Ancemic States.
blood;  it  is  effected  in  the following
manner:
  From the Sodium chloride contained in
the  plasma of the  blood,  a portion of
chlorine is split off through the  carbonic
acid acting in volume;  the part  split off,
combines with the soda  contained in the
corpuscles into Sodium chloride.  This
attracts serum and receives it into itself;
thereby the corpuscles  are enlarged and
in  consequence  they   subdivide.   The
small cells issuing from  this division take
up  blood-albumen to effect their  growth,
and this is organized by means of Phos-
phate of lime.
  In the  blood-albumen the iron neces-
sary for the formation of blood-corpuscles
is present in  sufficient  quantity; in the
normal (red) blood-cell  the proportion in
weight of the iron to the  cells is  as 1 to
1000.   {Vide, p. 38.)
  When in a blood-cell there is a mini- 
     Chlorosis and Other Ancsmic States.   149
 mum  of soda, no  sufficient quantity of
 Sodium chloride can be formed, as may
 appear from  the  above statement;   the
 contents  of water  in the blood-corpuscle
 cannot then be increased  in the degree
 necessary for its partition.
   If there is a minimum of Phosphate  of
 lime in the intercellular  fluid,  then the
 albumen  necessary for the  growth   of
 the   young   cells   cannot  be   organ-
 ized in  sufficient   quantity.   In  cases
 where  Sodium chloride cannot be formed
 in the  cells, this salt must  be  furnished
 to the  patients in  minimal doses.   The
 Sodium chloride of the intercellular spaces
 represents a solution of common salt which
 is too much concentrated for the cells ;  it
 must therefore be given in a higher dilu-
 tion.
  If the common  salt of the blood  could
 enter  into  the  diseased  and  into  the
healthy blood-corpuscles, their  partition 
150  Chlorosis and Other Ancemic States.
would  be effected prematurely ; for parti-
tion would follow on partition even to
eventual annihilation, for the  small cells
resulting  from these  partitions  would
have  no time  for  their growth and  for
entering on their functions.
   Sodium chloride and Phosphate of lime
are the chief remedies in chlorosis.   If we
cannot in  any  stated  case  determine
exactly  which  of the  two remedies  is
indicated, the two remedies may be  given
in alternation.
   Anaemic states which have been caused
by depressing  emotions need  for their
cure Kali phosphoricum, because this salt
is then contained in a minimum quantity
in the blood-corpuscles and in the plasma
of the  patient.    The  general state  of
health of the patient or at least some of
his symptoms will be imaged forth  in the
characteristics  of  Kali  phosphoricum
 {Vide, p. 54.) 
      Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.  151
   The remedy for leukaemia is  Natrum
sulphuricum, which causes  the  disinte-
gration of the superannuated leucocytes
by withdrawing water from them.   There-
fore it will also cure chronic suppurations
in leukaemic patients.
SOME THOUGHTS AS TO THE ALLO-
      PATHIC TREATMENT OF
             CHLOROSIS.
   Some allopaths  now use lime  in their
treatment  of chlorosis.  By doing  this
they have unconsciously entered  into the
paths of  biochemistry.   As chlorotic pa-
tients frequently have a desire for chalk—
Carbonate of lime—we may say :  the  dis-
eased cells cry out  for lime !   This voice
of nature ought to have been hearkened
to before this.
  The great number of allopathic physi-
cians, as  is well known, open their  cam-
paign against chlorosis with iron.  The
use of this remedy for this disease is as 
152   Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.
old as the history of medicine.  The fact
that all known preparations of iron have
been used in the treatment of this disease,
and that other and better preparations are
still being sought after,  shows that  all
these various curative efforts have not as
yet satisfied  anybody.  The rejection of
known preparations of iron and the search
after new ones in  order to cure chlorosis
have been nothing but moving in a vicious
circle.  Iron and its artificially concocted
combinations do not enter from the intes-
tines into the blood.
   Every salt of iron  introduced into the
stomach is decomposed  there.   " They
are  all transformed," as Bunge says in
his Manual of Physiological  and  Patho-
logical  Chemistry, p. 91, "into combina-
tions with chlorine.  When these touch
the walls of the stomach, which are always
alkaline  from  Sodium   carbonate,  the
chloride is transformed  into an  oxide, 
     Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.  153
which  remains in solution owing to the
presence  of  organic   substances.  The
chlorate  of  iron is transformed into  car-
bonate of oxide  of iron,  which is also
soluble  in  the carbonic  acid and  the
organic substances present.   Its not be-
ing absorbed  is not, therefore, a conse-
quence of its insolubility.  Finally  the
combinations of iron being acted upon by
the various  combinations of sulphur and
the reducing agencies—of the  nascent
hydrogen and other products of partition
which  are  readily  oxidized—they  are
changed into sulphuret of iron  and ex-
creted with the faeces.  The combinations
of  iron  with organic  acids  cannot act
otherwise.   Among the organic acids we
must  also number the  albumens.  The
iron albuminates  are also at once decom-
posed  by the hydrochloric  acid  in  the
gastric   juice, forming  chlorides   and
chlorates of  iron.  Our food must, there- 
154   Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.
fore, contain quite different combinations
of iron, combinations which  are  not de-
stroyed in the intestinal canal, which are
absorbable and  furnish the material for
the haemoglobin."
  From  this  it is  plainly manifest  that
iron and the artificial combinations of iron
cannot by their direct action cure chlo-
rosis.
  Those  allopathic  physicians who are
now using muriatic acid to cure chlorosis
obtain thereby  better results than those
who are unwilling to give up  iron. Muri-
atic acid favorably affects the  digestion in
the stomach, but iron spoils  the stomach
when  it  is  given  in allopathic doses.
When the peptonic  glands  of chlorotic
patients do not furnish sufficient muriatic
acid, the  function of the  stomach is de-
pressed.
  Bunge  says, on page 95 of  his manual:
"The main  significance  of  the gastric 
     Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.  155
juice consists probably in the antiseptic
action of the  free muriatic acid.  When
the quantity of this muriatic acid is in-
sufficient, then fungi and bacteria enter
into the  intestinal  canal, especially  also
those producing the fermentation of buty-
ric acid.  But in this fermentation hydro-
gen is liberated, and through the reducing
effect of nascent hydrogen from the com-
bination of sulphur in the food there are
formed combinations of sulphur and the
alkalies.  These destroy the organic com-
binations of iron.  In view of this, the
later statement, that muriatic acid is a still
more  potent remedy for  chlorosis  than
iron, becomes worthy of notice."
  The sulphur of  the  sulphur-alkalies
deprives  the food in the intestinal canal
of its  iron, forming sulphuret  of  iron.
This loss of iron causes  a diminution  of
the material required for haemoglobin.
  If iron in  large doses  is ingested into 
156   Allopathic Treatment of Chlorosis.

the stomach, and  thence into  the intes-
tines, it combines with the sulphur in the
sulphurets of the alkalies, but the iron in
the food remains undisturbed by the sul-
phur.  Thus it is that  haemoglobin may
be formed in sufficient quantity.
  A cure of chlorosis produced by iron is
not a natural one; it is rarely permanent.
  If the function of the stomach is im-
proved by  supplying muriatic acid, thus
avoiding the formation  of sulphurets of
the alkalies, and the diminution in the
formation of haemoglobin, there will be a
cure,  but  it will  also  lack permanence
unless the  epithelial cells of the peptonic
glands which  had  lost  the  ability of
forming muriatic  acid, should regain it
during this process.
  If it is desired to supply the stomach in
a natural manner with muriatic  acid, we
should, instead of  muriatic  acid, give
Natrum muriaticum in a  minimal  dose. 
Facial Diagnosis         157
This remedy will effect a permanent cure.
(Vide the characteristics of common salt
on page 58.)
  That iron  cannot cure  chlorosis  may
appear from  the fact that the serum of
venous blood contains traces of iron, which
is excreted by the kidneys in consequence
of the retrogressive metamorphosis of the
cells.   The serum  of arterial blood con-
tains  no  iron.  This  proves that  nature
has  no  intention  of  patching  blood-
corpuscles  by means of  iron, or to influ-
ence them thereby in any way.  Whoever
in spite of this, endeavors to do so, does not
act  in agreement with nature.  Chlorotic
and anaemic  patients  must receive new
blood-corpuscles  in the  manner indicated
in the preceding article.

         FACIAL DIAGNOSIS.
  Two Spanish  students wandering from
Penafiel to Salamanca discovered near the 
158         Facial Diagnosis.
highway a tombstone on which were en-
graved the words:  aAqui  esta enterrada
el alma del  licenciado  Pedro  Garcia."
(Here is interred the soul of the licentiate
Peter Garcia.)   One of  the two students
laughed, because he did not  understand
the meaning and intention  of  the inscrip-
tion.  He went  on.  The  second student
remained behind; he lifted up the tomb-
stone and found under it a purse contain-
ing gold  coins ; a note lying by it stated
that these coins were intended for the per-
son who would guess the meaning of the
inscription.
  My intention  in calling up this old tale
will be seen from what follows, as we shall
treat  of  facial diagnosis,  which will be
judged of variously by the readers of these
lines.  He who  only uses   biochemical
remedies, if he will practice his powers of
observation, will in the course of time ac-
quire the  faculty of  recognizing in many 
Facial Diagnosis.          159
cases, especially in chronic diseases, from
the physical state of the face and from its
physical expression, which one of the bio
chemical remedies will  correspond with  a
given disease.   Such  a facial  diagnosis
ought not, indeed, of itself to determine
the choice of the remedy to  be used, but
it  may facilitate, respectively confirm the
selection.
   Whoever  wishes  to  learn this facial
diagnosis must acquire it in an autodidac-
tic manner.   The attempt to acquire it by
means of a printed direction would lead to
mistakes.  A shepherd knows every indi-
vidual member of  his flock ; but he will
be unable to indicate the deciding charac-
teristics.
   Whoever would acquire facial  diagno-
sis should give  his  particular attention
first to one species of faces.  The common-
salt-face—if  I  may be allowed  to com-
pound such a word—is  most easy to rec- 
160         Facial Diagnosis.
ognize.  He should impress on his memory
the quality and expression of the faces of
those persons whom he has cured in a
proportionally quick manner with Natrum
muriaticum.   A  red thread will, as  it
were, run  through  the several impres-
sions ; he will recognize a family likeness.
  Having first secured  the common salt
face, let him next pass to another soda
face.
  It is, of course, not necessary to state
that physicians who are accustomed to give
two or even more remedies in rapid alter-
nation will never  acquire facial  diagnosis.
Giving two remedies in  alternation is per-
missible only very exceptionally, in cases
where it, is or appears to be, unavoidable.
  He who has once acquired this diagno-
sis will be convinced that it is just as im-
portant in a therapeutic sense as the soul
of licenciate  Peter Garcia was  in  a pecu-
niary sense. 
              Facial Diagnosis.          161
   Whoever  may doubt the possibility of
 a  facial diagnosis  may  be interested in
 the following case:
   In the clinic of a university a man had
 died  as to whom  the clinical professor
 and  his assistant physicians, in spite of
 their application of all diagnostic means,
 had  not succeeded in making a diagnosis.
 When the body had  been transferred  to
 the professor of pathologic anatomy, he
 exclaimed  as soon as he saw it:  " Cancer
 of the liver l" and this diagnosis was veri-
 fied by  the dissection.
   Of course no  one  can acquire  facial
 diagnosis who, besides biochemistry, also
 uses all other kinds of curative methods,
 e. g., if after giving a biochemical remedy
 he uses electricity or massage, or  wrap-
 ping  in wet sheets, or if he  uses  a so-
 called Lebenswecker  (stimulator of life),
pricking the skin  of the patient and
rubbing in so-called  " Mueckenfett" (fly-
      n 
16 2         Facial Diagnosis.
fat).  When a patient recovers by such a
procedure no one can know  to what to
ascribe  his cure.  It may be, indeed, in-
different to the patient to what process he
owes his cure, but this cannot be indiffer-
ent to the physician, for he has not learned
anything from the case.
  It would be a great mistake if anyone
should expect to hasten the treatment of
a biochemical case  by various different
remedies; the contrary would be the case
in all  probability.  If we consider  that
the particles of the biochemical remedy
cause molecular motions  in  the  seat of
disease  which are to regulate the mole-
cular  motions, which have suffered path-
ogenic  disturbances, it may  be manifest
that the molecular  disturbances  caused
by  electricity,  massage,  etc., must  dis-
turb the others  just as, e.g., the swing-
ing of  the  pendulum  regulating  the
mechanism  of   a clock  would  be  dis- 
Facial Diagnosis.         163
turbed if we should endeavor to hasten it
by sudden  impacts.
   It has been asserted by certain persons
that biochemistry will not  suffice in  all
cases.   I would request  those who make
these assertions carefully to study facial
diagnosis.   When you  have  mastered
that, you may find a case where you will
feel  yourself  called upon to use, e. g.,
Magnesia phosphorica  in a septic case.
In consequence you will  establish a cure.
The difference between  the remedy  in
question and  Kali phosphoricum may
not, however, in the meantime be exactly
expressed in words. 
EPILOGUE.
  Those readers  who  have followed the
development of my therapy from one edi-
tion  to  the other will remember that I
have endeavored to remove mistakes made
in the beginning and to insert new indi-
cations  in  my little work.   This treatise
was  translated   several years  ago  into
English, into  Spanish  and into  French.
In these books, beside  the errors already
mentioned, there are   many  indications
supplied by  the  translators  which are
either insignificant or erroneous.
  When a  translator, owing to his lack of
apprehension of  the  subject, introduces
his own false  views into the translation,
he injures the cause  and discredits  the
author with his readers, who have no ink-
ling  of  the fact that the translator has
taken the liberty of adding the products
of his own  wisdom to the translation. 
INDEX.
 Abdomen, pains in the,  116.
 After-pains, deficient, 67.
 Agoraphobia, 55,  143.
 Agricultural Chemistry, 31, 81.
 Albumen, its constituents,  23; a. divides to make
     new cells, 35; its uses, 87.
 Albuminuria,  94,  95.
 Allopathic remedies also active in small doses,
     40.
 Alopecia areata, 56.
 Amblyopia, 70.
 Anaemia, 147.
 Angina tonsillaris,  112.
 Aphthae, 114.
 Apoplexy,  104.
 Asthenopia, in.
 Asthma, 122.
 Atrophy, 56;  a. in  the external meatus auditorius,
    70.

Balanitis, 133.
Benecke, Prof., on doses, 45. 
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Index.
Bilious  fever, 74; b. vomiting, 74; b. diarrhoea,
    74-
Biochemical  Therapy,  founded  on  the physio-
    logico-chemical processes taking place in the
    human body,  19;  contrasted  with Homoeo-
    pathy, 19.
Bladder, 73.
Blepharidis ciliaris,  108.
Blood, its constituents,  23;  blood-cells, their con-
    stitution, 37; new blood-cells cannot be formed
    when soda is deficient in the blood-cells, 148.
Bone,  18;  fractures  of bones, 134;  diseases of
    bones, 135.
Brain, concussion of, 103.
Bronchial catarrh,  76.
Burns,  130.

Calcium fluoride, its characteristics and what it
    cures, 66.
Calcium  phosphate, 19, 32;  in blood-cells, 38;
    in  the  serum,  38; its  characteristics, 52;
    what it will cure, 53.
Calcium sulphate,  its characteristics  and what it
    cures, 80.
Cancer of the liver, diagnosis of,  161.
Carbuncle, 56,  131.
Cartilage-salts,  18.
Castor equorum, proved, 84.
Cataract, 70. 
Index.
167
Catarrh, 121, 123, 124; c. of the bronchia, 76; c.
     of the conjunctiva, 76; c. of the stomach, 76;
     c. of the middle ear, 76;  renal  catarrh, 76;
     c. of the bladder, 125.
Cavity of the mouth, in.
Cells, 25; new cells  are formed and old  cells dis-
     integrated, 25; cells deficient in minerals, 29;
     cells changed pathogenically,  29, 30; a cell
     depends on its proximate nourishing soil, 31;
     how much mineral matter in a cell,  40;  cells
     cannot be multiplied when soda is  deficient
     in the blood-cells, 148.
Cephalaimatoma, 67, 103,  136.
Chancre, 132.
Chaps, 129.
Chilblains, 130.
Chills and fever, 74.
Chlorine in milk, 39.
Chlorosis, 147; allopathic treatment of 151.
Cholerine, 120.
Cholera,  120.
Chronic diseased states cured by cell-salts, 80.
Colic, 117, 118, 120.
Compensation of lost material,  33.
Concussion of the brain,  103.
Condylomata, 133.
Conjunctiva,  hyperaemia of, 108.
Connective tissue, its use in the circulation, 25,
    27. 
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Index.
Constituents of the human organism, chapter on,
    23-
Contusions, 53; their treatment, 134.
Cornea, inflammation of 109; vesicles on c, 109;
    flat ulcer one, 109; spots on c, no.
Corrosive sublimate, active  in minute  doses, 40.
Coryza, 121.
Cough, 122.
Cramps, 142.
Craniotabes, 103.
Creatine, 83.
Creatinine, 83.
Crick in the back, 141.
Croup, 97.
Crusts, 128.

Delirium tremens, 104.
Depression, 56.
Despondency,  55.
Desquamation, 76.
Diabetes mellitus, 77, 120.
Diagnosis, facial, 157.
Diarrhoea, 119.
Dilution.   The 6th  decimal dilution is the  one
    generally  used in biochemical remedies, 41;
    in  Ferrum  phosph., Silicea  and  Calcarea
    fluor. the 12th  decimal is  used,  41;  indis-
    soluble substances  below  the 6th  decimal
    cannot enter the blood  through  the epithe-
    lium, 44. 
Index.
169
Diphtheria, 96.
Disturbances  in  the motion of  molecules  are
    equalized by doses  of  homogeneous  sub-
    stances,  19.
Doses, biochemical substances are to be given in
    small doses,  19, 35; their  effect,  35;  how
    great, 41; Prof.  Benecke on doses,  45.
Dysentery, 99.
Dyspnoea, 123.

Ears, 104.
Eczema,  126.
Elastin, the basis of  the elastic tissues,  25, 86.
Endocarditis, 93.
Epilepsy, 142.
Epilogue, 164.
Epistaxis, 138.
Errors in American,  Scotch and  French elabora-
    tions of biochemical therapy, 164.
Eruptions,  126, 129.
Erysipelas, 129.
Excoriations, 129.
Exudations, their treatment, 92.
Eyes, 108;  inflammation of the eyes of the newly
    born, 109.

Face-ache, 52.
Facial  diagnosis, 157;  must  be acquired auto-
    didactically,  159- 
170
Index.
Feet, perspiration of the feet restored, 70.
Fever,  chapter on, 91;  intermittent fever, 143.
Finger nails, disorders of, 129.
Fontanels, remaining open too long, 53, 104.
Fracture of  bones, 134.
Furuncle, 130.

Gallstones,  no; gallstone-colic, 118.
Ganglium tendinosum, 135.
Gangrene, 97.
Gastralgia,  116.
Gastric affections,  116.
Gastrodynia, 116.
Gelatine, 18, 25, 86.
Glands,  swelling of the  sebaceous,  128; inflam-
    mation  of same, 128; lymphatic glands, 132.
Glauber's salts, 36.
Gleet,  133.
Goitre, 132.
Gonorrhoea,  132.
Gout,  94.
Gums, 112.

Haemorrhoids,  120;  bleeding, 139.
Hardness of hearing, 105.
Haemorrhages  caused by  hyperaemia,  cured by
    iron, 50; their treatment, 138.
Herpes zoster, 128;  herpes,  74,  126;  h. circin-
    natus, 74;  moist h., 74. 
Index.
171
Hiccough, 52.
Hoarseness,  121.
Homesickness, 55.
Hydraemia, 75.
Hydrocele, 133.
Hydrocephaloid,  103.
Hydrochloric acid, in the stomach acts on mineral
    substances, 42.
Hydrops genu, 142.
Hygroma patellae, 142.
Hypopion, no.
Hysterical ill-humor, 56.
Inflammation cured by iron, 50;  I. of the  serous
    membranes,  93.
Influenza, 74, 100.
Injuries, mechanical,  134.
Inorganic  constituents determine  structure and
    vitality,  17;  inorganic and  organic constit-
    uents equally essential,  17;  I.  constituents
    of the blood,  23.
Insomnia, nervous, 56.
Intermittent fever, 143.
Iris, inflammation of,  no.
Iron.  Without  iron,  no blood,  18,  38;  I.  in
    milk,  39; Salts of  iron  decomposed  in  the
    stomach, 44; characteristics of  iron,  48; I.
    attracts oxygen, 48; what iron will cure, 50;
    iron should  be  given in the form of phos-
    phate, 44, 51; iron in large doses, is changed 
172
Index.
    in the stomach to sulphuret of iron and  is
    cast out, 153.

Jaundice,  115.

Keratin, 25, 83.
Kidneys,  function of, 33  (footnote); diseases of
    the k., 94.

Labor, 139.
Laryngeal catarrh, 76.
Lecithine, 24, 81, 85.
Leucocytes.  Superannuated 1. are destroyed by
    sodium sulphate, 72.
Leucorrhoea,  124.
Leukaemia, 72, 151.
Liebig's law of the minimum, 31, 43.
Lime in milk, 39.
Liver, function of, 33 (footnote).
Loss of functional material,  25.
Lymphatics, 26; lymphatic glands, 132.

Magnesium phosphates,  in  blood cells,  38;  in
    cerum, 38; in milk, 39; in  the Rilchinger
    water, 45; characteristics of  M.  phosphate
     and what it will cure, 51.
Mastitis, 131.
Measles, 100.
Membranes, diseases of the mucous, 124. 
Index.
173
Meningitis, 93.
Menstruation, 139.  .
Menstrual colic, 139.
Milk, its chemical constitution, 39.
Minimum.   The law of the m.  applies to bio-
    chemical substances, 31; the  minimum must
    be present  in the very  spot, 45;  the  mini-
    mum is always a cell-salt, 86.
Molecular form of remedies, 30; sixteen trillions
    of molecules in a milligramme, 42.
Moleschott, Dr., 7, 27, 80.
Mucus, 25.
Mumps,  105.

Natrum,  see Sodium,
Nettle-rash,  129.
Neurasthenia, 56.
Noma, 114.
Nuclein,  24, 86.

CEdema of the lungs, 123; of the scrotum, 133;
    of the prepuce, 133;  oedema,  74; cedematous
     erysipelas, 74.
Orchitis,  133.
Organic constituents of  the  blood,  23;  organic
    tissues are not remedial,  84, 86.
Ozaena, 121.

Pains caused  by hyperaemia,  50; pains in  the 
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Index.
    head  and face, ioi;  pains  in  the back of
    the neck,  the back,  and the  limbs,  140;
    pains in the hips, 141.
Palpitation of the heart, 75, 142.
Panaritium, 130.
Pancreas,  73.
Paralysis, 55, 70, 97.
Pathogenic irritation of the cells,  28.
Pemphigus, 130.
Pericarditis, 93.
Periostitis, 135.
Peritonitis, 93.
Phosphorus,  24; Phosphate  of lime induces  the
    formation of new cells, 26.
Photophobia,  no.
Piles and  Haemorrhoids,
Pleuritis,  93.
Pneumonia, 93.
Podagra,  94.
Polypus,  125.
Potassium salts predominate  in the  blood-cor-
    puscles,  23;  potassium  chloride  is related
    to fibrin, 29; potassium  sulphate, P. chloride
    and  P. phosphate  contained in  the blood-
    corpuscle, 23;  P.  phosphate and  P. chloride
    in the serum, 38; Potassa  in milk, 39;  P.
    chloride in Rilchinger water, 45;  Potassium
    phosphate, its characteristics  and what  it
     cures, 54;  Potassium  chloride,  its charac- 
Index.
175
     teristics and what it cures, 57; P. sulphate,
     its characteristics and what it cures,  75.
 Prepuce, oedema of, 133.
 Proud flesh, 131.
 Provings of Keratine, 85.
 Pruritus, 129.
 Pseudo-croup,  97.
 Puerperal fever, 95.
 Pustules, 129.

 Remedies.  Only  11 remedies  are used  in  bio-
     chemical therapy,  18;  these are homogene-
     ous with  the  inorganic substances  in the
     blood and in the  tissues, 18; they are suffi-
     cient for all the diseases curable by medicine,
     34;  their indications are evolved  from phy-
     siological  and   pathological  chemistry, 34;
     they are to be given  in minimal doses, 35;
     such doses will enter  into  the blood from
     the buccal and pharyngeal cavities, 36.
 Renal gravel, 97.
 Retching up mucus, 115.
 Retina, inflammation of, 110; exudation  on the,
     no.
 Retrogressive metamorphosis, 26; its products, 88.
 Rhachitis, how caused, 32; its treatment,  136.
 Rhagades, 129.
Rheumatism, articular,  94;  muscular, 94.
Rickets, see Rhachitis. 
176
Index.
Rilchinger water, its constitution, 45.

Saint Vitus' Dance, 143.
Scabs, 128.
Scalds, 130.
Scales, 128; scaling off of  the epidermis, 128.
Scalp, 103.
Scarlatina, 95, 97.
Scrofulosis, 144.
Scrotum,  oedema of, 133.
Scurvy, 112.
Secretion of milk, 140.
Septic case treated  with  Magnesia phosphorica,
     163.
Silicea or Silicic acid, 20; its characteristics and
     what it will cure, 69.
Skin, diseases of, 126.
Smallpox, 27.
Sodium salts predominate in the serum, 23; S.
     chloride  and S. phosphate  contained in the
     blood-celts,  38;   S.  chloride and S.  phos-
     phate and soda contained in the intercellular
     fluid,  38;   Soda contained  in  milk,  39;
     Sodium  chloride,  its   characteristics  and
     what it  will cure, 58;   Sodium  phosphate,
     its characteristics and what it will cure, 64;
     Sodium sulphate, its characteristics and what
     it  will cure, 71;  when soda is  deficient  a
     multiplication of  the blood-cells cannot be
     effected, 149. 
Index.
177
 Sparks before the eyes, no.
 Spasms, 142; of the glottis, 143.
 Sprains cured by iron, 50.
 Stings of insects, 131.
 Stomach, pains in the, 116; inflammation of  the,
     116; ulceration of the, 118.
 Strabismus,  110.
 Strangury, 126.
 Styes, 108.
 Sulphur, 24.
 Suppuration, treatment of, 69, 93.
 Sycotic excrescences, 75.
 Syntheses not limited to the vegetable kingdom,
     82.
 Syphilis, 132.

 Teething, ailments during, 107.
 Tenalgia, 134.
 Testicles,  induration of the, 133.
 Tetanus, 143.
 Thrush, 114.
 Tongue, inflammation  of  the,   112;  variously
     coated,  112.
 Toothache, 106.
 Tracoma,  109.
 Transudations, their treatment, 92.
Trismus, 143.
Tuberculosis, 144.
Typhoid fever,   96;   Typhoid   and adynamic
    symptoms, 96. 
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Index.
Typhus,  96.

Ulcers, 135.
Urea formed, 26;  not a normal constituent of the
    body, 83.
Urethra,  bleeding of, 132.
Urine, retention of, 125.
Urticaria, 129.
Uvula, inflammation of the,  112.

Vaginism, 140.
Varicose  ulcers, 135.
Vertigo,  104.
Vesicles,  127.
Virchow, 27.
Vomiting, 114.
Warts, 131.
Water formed  by retrogressive metamorphosis,
    26.
Weakness of the memory, 55; of the muscles, 55.
Whooping cough,  122.
Worms, 120.
Wounds, fresh, cured by iron, 50;  their treat-
    ment, 134.
Writer's  Cramp, 143. 
 
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