Materia Medica de A a Z

DIPHTERINUM (diph)

Adapted to patients prone to catarrhal affections of respiratory organs, scrofulous individuals. Diphtheria, laryngeal diphtheria, POST- DIPHTHERITIC PARALYSIS. Malignancy from the start. Glands swollen; tongue red, swollen; breath and discharge very offensive. Diphtheritic membrane thick, dark. Epistaxis; profound prostration. Swallows without pain, but fluids are vomited or returned by the nose.

Relationship

Compare: Diphtherotoxin (Diphtox) (Cahis) (Chronic bronchitis with rales. Cartier suggests it in the vago-paralytic forms of Bronchitis of the aged or in toxic bronchitis after grip.).

Dose

Thirtieth, two-hundredth or C.M. potency. Must not be repeated too frequently.