There are no translations available. Materia Medica by Kent
(gels)If you will observe the weather conditions in sharp
climates, such as Minnesota, Massachusetts and Canada, you will
find that the cold spells are very intense and that people, when
exposed, come down with complaints very rapidly and violently.
That is the way the BELL. and ACON. cases come on, but Gelsemium
complaints do not come from such causes nor appear that way. Its
complaints are more insidious and come on with a degree of
slowness. A Gels. cold develops its symptoms several days after
the exposure, while the ACON. cold comes on a few hours after
exposure. The ACONITE child exposed during the day in dry, cold
weather will have croup before midnight. But in the South
diseases are very slow. Like the people themselves, their organs
are very slow, and their reaction is slow. Their colds are not
taken from the violent cold, but from getting overheated. Hence,
they take colds and fevers of a low, malarial type; they have
congestive headaches a