VARIOLINUM
Lymph from Small-pox Pustule
Lymph from Small-pox Pustule
Used for "internal vaccination." Seems to be efficacious in
protecting against, modifying and aiding in the cure of smallpox.
Head.--Morbid fear of small-pox. Deafness. Pain in occiput.
Inflamed eyelids.
Respiratory.--Oppressed breathing. Throat feels closed. Cough
with thick viscid, bloody mucus. Feeling of a lump in right side of throat.
Relationship.--Excruciating backache.
Aching in legs. Tired all over with restlessness. Wrists
pain. Pains shift from back to abdomen.
Fever.--Hot fever, with intense radiating heat. Profuse,
bad-smelling sweat.
Skin.--Hot, dry. Eruption of pustules. Shingles.
Relationship.--Compare: Vaccin (same action); Malandrinum--the morbid product of the grease of the horse (a
prophylactic of small-pox and a remedy for the ill-effects of vaccination; chronic eczema
following vaccination).
Dose.--Sixth to thirtieth potency.