Some fever cases

It is often considered difficult by the homoeopathicians to treat the cases of malaria and fevers especially the acute attacks, and therefore, are tempted to prescribe quinine. But some of the peculiar and strange symptoms often make the choice of the proper remedy easy. Dr. S.M.Pease cured a case of intermittent fever with Nat Sulph on a strange and rare symptom, when he took off his boots at night, the ball of the right great toe invariably inched.
The following cases cured by me or cited in other books will help the drs and readers in relying more on the materia medica than on quick snap shot prescribing.

Case 1.
A delicate 9 years old boy had quotidian type malaria for 3 days. On the fourth day at about 10 am, parents brought the child to me when chill shook the boy so violently that his parents held him, though heavily wrapped in their embrace to hold him. Considering the above symptom and the time of occurrence of the chill as well as thirstlessness  ( as I was told that the child never asked for water during any of the stages on previous days)  I prescribed Gelsemium 200, two doses 15 minutes apart. The effect was rapid. The violence of the chill reduced and heat with prostration superseded. The temperature rose to 39 °C and the child lay down quietly. He complained of pain in forehead. A dose of Gelsemium 200 was repeated in heat stage as well. No more attacks of the intermittent fever. Though it is often recommend that the medicine should better be given after the attack and in repeated doses, I chose to administer the medicine during the chill and heat stages in frequent doses and the rapid recovery followed.
Dr. T. D. Stow cured the following intermittent fever case.
M  had tertian fever for five or six weeks. Pulsatilla 200 was administered, which seemed to aggravated, changing the fever to a quotidian type symptoms. Paroxysm commenced at 8 am. Hard and shaking chills, last one hour after great thirst followed by fever with no thirst, headache, flushed face, dry red eyes and after the fever, sweating with thirst, but very profuse perspiration at night, particularly upon the parts on which he lies. Great debility after perspiration. China 200,  ten doses, one dose every three hours. Speedy recovery followed.

Case 3
One of the most puzzling cases of internment fever I have cured is that of a boy of 13 years old who lacked most of the routine symptoms but had some striking symptoms which I missed owing to my absence at the time of the occurrence and going according to the narration of the parents.
The child has paroxysms on alternate days around 8 am. The chill was violent and was preceded by intense thirst and pain in the whole body. Vomiting water during chill. During heat,  the temperature rose sharply to 40 °c and the child went into convulsions and had considerable difficulty in breathing  (as was narrated to me by the parents).  The heat stage was followed by scanty sweating. When I seen the paroxysms was over. Any way, considering the above symptoms, I prescribed a dose of Eup perf  200 with the instructions to immediately call for me as soon as the next paroxysms started. I was told that the child felt prostrated during the apyrexia period and complained of bitter taste in the mouth. I was called when the paroxysms struck the child again on the third day. The chill had just started after the child had taken two glasses of water and it was heavily covered with blankets. Eup perf 200 was administered every ten minutes without any difference in the intensity of the chill which then was followed by great heat. I was baffled by the apparent inefficacy of Eup perf in spite of it being well indicated and being given after the earlier attack and during the present attack. Soon I observed that the heat stage brought the frightening convulsions and terrible dyspnoea. On examination, I observed terrible swelling of spleen. During the convulsions, the child became very rigid bending backward. The mother of the child started weeping as she thought the child was going to die. The convulsions and rigidity immediately brought to my mind the drug picture of Cicuta vir, which was immediately administered in 30, potency, two doses ten minutes apart. The picture immediately changed for the better. The child straightened up, the convulsions disappeared, the breathing became free, which brought great relief to me and the child's parents. It seems, the dyspnoea of Cicuta is connected with the enormous swelling of spleen. The child had no more attacks of fever, but as a safeguard, a two doses of Cicuta vir 200 was administered to the child to check the recurrence of cerebral symptoms.
Case 4
A 15 years old school girl consulted me for her severe headache over eyes, in temples and occupit which according to her lingered on after a bad attack of malaria about 6 months ago. She had been treated with quinine after positive blood tests for plasmodium. The dull pain remained almost throughout the day was worse from the studies or mental exertion. She also complained of coryza with thin watery discharge and sneezing worse in the noon. She had grey hair which reported had started appearing 5 years ago. Sometimes she had severe earache and swelling of the lymphatic glands.
On these symptoms, I prescribed two doses of Nat mur 1m. Potency one dose second dose after gap of one hour. After about 10 days she had great relief in headache and coryza later of Nat mur 10 m potency completely cured her. Her hair also started regaining normal colour.