Diphtherinum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Weak and restless, but without pain, or aching, breaking joint pains, > lying. Wants to be held. Drawing in muscles, then sudden snap. Jerking of single parts. Internal trembling. .................... Sees visions. Carphology. Moisture at edge of hair. Fanning of alæ nasi, with snoring. Yellow, thick nasal discharge. Flushed face; center of cheeks purple. Moist tongue, with red tip or a dark red spot back of tip; red papillæ. Throat dark. Thick, gray membrane; on tonsil (l). Fetor. Wants cold air down throat or craves cold drinks. Diphtheria; prophylactic; painless; relapsing. Post-diphtheric paralysis. Obstinate tonsilitis. Faintness at stomach, > sips of milk. Dry, hot palms; they feel withered. Dry skin. Talks in sleep, with open eyes. Low temperature. Chilly, then hot.
Worse
Lying. Cold. Milk.
Region
Blood. THROAT.
Relationships
Related: Carb-ac.
What the other books say about Diphtherinum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Diphtherinum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Diphtherinum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Diphtherinum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/diphtherinum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.