The Therapeutics of Fevers

Laurocerasus laur.

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Characteristic

Coldness on forehead as from draft of air.

Drink rolls audibly through œsophagus and intestines.

Painlessness with most complaints (Stram.).

Diseases attended with rapid sinking of the vital forces

(Camph., Ver.).

Deficient reaction, want of energy of vital forces, especially in affections of the chest; the well chosen remedy does not act.

Long lasting fainting spells.

Irresistible sleepiness; after dinner; in the evening.

Chill

With thirst; in the afternoon or evening. Violent chill and coldness, with shivering, not relieved by external warmth; coldness and shaking chill, not relieved by heat of stove, alternating with burning heat. Deficient animal heat (Led.). Vertigo; stupor, and apoplectic symptoms (Opium).

Heat

After the chill; from evening till midnight; descending the back (see Ver.).

Sweat

During and after the heat; after eating; rarely profuse.