ANTIMONIUM ARSENICOSUM mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Gatchell gccx Another important remedy - a rival to Ant-t. The class of cases to which it belongs are the pneumonias of elderly or cachectic people especially those cases secundary to epidemic influenza. It is especially applicable to cases in which there is precedent organic disease of the heart or kidneys. It is also indicated in pneumonia secondary to emphysema. The condition demanding its use is threatened "paralysis of the lungs." Intense dyspnea; loud ratting in the bronchial tubes; frothy, watery sputum, expectorated with difficulty; inability to clear the bronchia tubes; feeble rapid pulse; failing circulation. Dose: D2, two grains, repeated every half-hour or hour. Paige 3 Valuable in broncho-pneumonia of the aged, with the loose rales and threatened suffocation of Ant-t. associated with the thirst, restlessness and feverish prostration of Ars. Lilienthal ll1 In Pleuro-pneumonia esp. when the left side is affected, with recent or old exudations, chiefly in desperate cases, threatening asphyxia. Boericke br1 Found useful in emphysema with excessive dyspnea and cough. Worse on eating and lying down. Catarrhal pneumonia. Pleurisy, especially of left side, with exudation. Pericarditis, with effusion. Sense of weakness. Edema of the face. Clarke c1 ...Prefereably upper left lung ... equally effective in right-sided cases in old pneumonias and broncho-pneumonia of children; in old pleuritic effusions, and in pericardial exudations. The cough is agg. by eating and on lying down. Choudhuri cda1 After pneumonia and pleurisy when all the acute symptoms have subsided and only dyspnea remains, a few doses of Ant-ar. will be very helpful. Compare with: Ant-t. gccx, Ars. gccx Followed by: Am-c. - Pneumonia in children, when Acon. and others failed. rma1