An interesting case from Dr. Adolph Lippe...

"A gentleman of sixty-four years of age had suffered from great difficulty of micturition for some days, for which he had taken Nitri spiritus dulcis, with partial and momentary relief. I saw him May 14th, 1868. He had had a violent chill on the previous evening, felt very weak, a continuous desire to urinate, and at short intervals, an imperative painful call, with violent pains running like a hot stick from the bladder to the end of the urethra; at times this call would not be followed by any discharge of urine; at other times a small quantity of urine of a blackish hue would be voided; these attacks returned every fifteen to twenty minutes; the region of the kidneys felt very sore. He also had a frequent cough, with splitting pain in the temples.

Not being able to determine what the truly curative remedy for this case might be, and turning my attention to Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, Prunus spinosa, etc. I further learned that he suffered greatly from a painful, sore, tenderness of the front teeth, which made him quite fearful of chewing, as the edges of the teeth did not permit of any contact. The locality of the disease and the objective, pathologic condition of the organs affected left no doubt as to the nature of the malady. Yet neither these or the restless anxiety of the patient and his distressed countenance led me to find the true remedy. The concomitant symptom, peculiarly characteristic in this patient and disconnected with the present pathological condition, pointed clearly and unmistakably to Sulphur. The violent pressure on the bladder, with desire to urinate, and with it burning in the urethra, as well as all the other symptoms likewise belonging to that remedy. I gave him a single dose of Sulphur 40 M. The amelioration began four hours after taking it. A profuse perspiration continued for some days, and he fully recovered under this one dose."

Source: Hahnemannian Monthly 1868; 3: 528.

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