Case Bidwell (from EH G3basic2007) in Radar 210
Case 4. -Mrs. A.S. , aet. 28; married four years; menses have always been irregular, but during the first year of married life, were more regular but always profuse. The third year married, gave birth to a seven-pound child; labour normal; no lacerations. Since labour, has never been well; the menses would appear every two weeks; then every five or six weeks, with no regularity. The flow would be profuse and weakening. Had had curettages and various treatments without any relief. The condition of patient at the time of first prescription was as follows : Menses irregular and profuse; great weakness when walking; the walk from the car to office completely exhausted her. Cannot sleep; what sleep she gets, is unrefreshing. No appetite; does not want to think of eating. Craves beer, of which she had never tasted but once, and then it was repulsive; Sweats easily; is in a perspiration most of the time and has to be very careful about getting in a draft, as when becomes chilly she is nauseated.
Repertory Analysis.-Menses irregular and profuse.-Apis, Arg. n., Art. v., Benz. ac., Calc. c., Carb. ac., Caust., Cimi., Cocc., Con., dig., Ign., Iod., Ip., Iris, Kreos., Lyc., Murex., Nux m., Nux v., Secale, Sepia, Staph., Sulph., Tuberc.
To take the rubrics
in Radar:
To check if there is a rubric Irregular and Profuse: Type
?Irregular (space) Profuse Enter: No results: Close the Window (or Press the
keyboard key Esc – usually in the top Left corner of the keyboard – always
takes you back to previous screen)
1)
Mouse: Click on the Binoculars Icon on the top
(horizontal) toolbar. Click on
Female (or type Fe); Click OK
(or press Enter); Click on M; Click on Menses; Click on I; Click on Irregular;
Click on OK; Drag the word Irregular to the Clipboard 1 on the Left hand
Toolbar (it turns blue and a number 1 appears below it – success!)
1a) Keyboard:Type: Fem
(Enter); Mens (Enter); Ir (Enter); Enter – Then drag the word Irregular to the
Clipboard 1 on the Left hand Toolbar (it turns blue and a number 1 appears
below it – success!)
To find the rubric Female
Menses Copious
2) Mouse: From the rubric Menses Irregular: Click on the Glasses Icon (next to Binoculars); In the Select Symptom Window, Click on the word Menses in the top part of the Window; Click on Copious; Click OK; Drag Copious to Clipboard 1
2a) Keyboard: Type F3; backspace; Type Cop (Enter); Enter
Worse from warmth.-Arg. n., Calc. c., Cocc., Con., Ign., Iod., Ip., Lyc., Nux m., Sulph.
3) Mouse: Click on Binoculars; Click on Generals: Click on W; Click on Warm; Click OK; Drag Warm to Clipboard 1
Extreme weakness when walking.-Calc. c., Cocc., Con., Iod., lyc., Nux m., Sulph.
4) Mouse Click on Glasses Icon; Click on Generals; Click W; Click Weakness; Click W; Click Walking; Click OK, Drag rubric to Clipboard 1
Great desire for beer.-Calc. c., Cocc., Sulph.
5) Mouse: Click Glasses icon; Click Generals; Click Food and Drinks; Click B; Click Beer; Click Desire; Click OK; Drag rubric to Clipboard 1
Nauseated when chilly.-Cocculus.
6) Mouse: Click Binoculars; Click N; Click Nausea; Click C; Click C; Click Cold agg; becoming; Click OK; Drag rubric to Clipboard 1
6) Just a word in explanation of our selection of the rubrics in this case. Why did we start with the symptom, "menses irregular and profuse?" In the first place, it is a general symptom; then it is the symptom above all others that has proved the change in the patient's general condition; if we expect to cure this case we must have a remedy that has in its symptomatology this condition. On the other hand, if we took any of the remedies we find in the first and second grades under this rubric we would have a remedy for this local condition that so many and various lines of treatments had been used upon with no results; so not only must we take this symptom, but must take the other symptoms, which make this case of irregular and profuse menses different from every other case of the same condition; in other words, that makes of it an individual case. Therefore, we proceed with the other symptoms.
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6) One word more, about our fourth rubric-great desire for beer. Ordinarily this symptom would be of little value, but here we find a patient that before she was affected with this change of internal condition, did not like beer; in fact, she had never tasted it but once, and then it was repulsive to her, but now she is sick; some change in her desires has produced a condition of her economy whereby she has a craving for beer. Now the condition has changed and a symptom, which in other cases would be of little or no value deserves a prominent place in our record analysis.
6) This case also has another interesting peculiarity, in that if the keynote prescribers had been working at it, hey might have reached a correct solution, for in this case we find that the particular symptom, nauseated when chilly, is found under only one remedy, Cocculus.
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6) Our selection of Cocculus in this case was justified, for the case was cure. The menses became regular and normal; the weakness disappeared; the craving for beer vanished; the excessive perspiration and nausea left, until after four months she was discharged stating that she never felt so well in her life.