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THE
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
IF OUR SCHOOL EVER GIVES UP THE STRICT INDUCTIVE METHOD OF HAHNE-
MANN, WE ARE LOST, AND DESERVE TO BE MENTIONED ONLY AS A CARI-
CATURE IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE.'' — CoHStantine Hering,
£dited by
EDMUND J. LEE, M. D.,
AND
WALTER, M. JAMES, M. D.
PHILADELPHIA :
1123 SPRUCE STREET.
1889.
. 'ToN MEO;;
APR 23
Cil'RAi*^
\L0 ■
AI^R ZZ\e'"'
INDEX
to TBS
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
FAOS
▲oetfeikoid, 218,207
Aooalte, . . 10, ISk 142, Its, 201, 2SK. 246,
2*7,887,428,486
ActoanoemoMk, 200
Aeote and Chronic TomrillitiB. B. J.
AddtWB of Dr. Geo. Wtet XxtrAet
fiomthe. 269
JBKulas fiuppb, 207
^Khoaa, 178,840,848,424
J£thun Cynaplum, Kote on. E. W.
Berridga, 11. D., 888
AcmrlcuB, 48,208,424
A. I H., The, 48
Allanthus, 188
Alcholioiie «t CrlminaUfe6, tnltement
Medical de riviogneiie et de
rivrome. Btf le Br. CMlaYUdin.
Review of; 218
Allen, John V. Itaportory to LobcHr
and After PalnB, 291
Allium Gepa, 82
Allopathic Irnoranoe and AmjgtLDoe.
B.Flncke,M.I>., 212
AlnmliaainlniiuitileParalnis, Action
of. B. W. Benridge, M. D., 248
Ahunlna, Provings of. E. W. Bet^
rfdffe, H. D., 861
Almnina, 842,260,419
Aaoerican Institute, ......... 48
American Imtitute. Sesslonof 1880, . 100
American Public Health Amo. Meet-
ing 812
Ammonium carb., 79
Am]ndalapeiilea, 80
Amyr*nitrite, 424
Anacardium, 246, 347
Annals of Surgory, The. Notloe of,
186,264
Antimonium tart., 26, 180
Antt-Pnrlc Remedies, Bstract ftom
Dr. C. ▼. BcBni^nghaasen'a preface
to his repertory of the. Tians. by
F. H. LotBe, M. D., . . . . ... IM
Apis, 80, 91, 173, 188, 286, 816,825. 882,
808,417,419,424
Approdadve Friends, 108
April Number, *rhe, 196
iugentum, • • 258
Algentum-nlt^ 424,484
Amtoa, . 148. m 400, 208, 881, 864. 870,424
r Catflodi ~
Arnica or
lula,
AnenieuM, 18, 170, 181, IM. ML 247.
248,261,823,^418,486
ArBen.Jod., 184
Arum, tripuyllum, . .80,184,286,446,818
Atrophia sulph., 207
Aurum, 80,848
Badiaga. 879
BakerTw. H., Sec. PnKeediogs of
the Roeheater .fiahnensmnian So-
ciety, 25, 72
Ballard, B. A., It. D. BufMu of 2Ca-
teria ICedioa and Provings, I. H. A. 110
Ballard, E. A. A VerificaOiBA, .... 869
Baptlsia Tinctora. G. W. 4h«rbliio,
mTd 880
Baptteia 80,179,184,208,881
Barytarcarb 19,81,91,190
Barvta-mur., 81
Baylies, B. L. B. Fracture of a rib,
with immediate aggravation and
speedy relief from Hypericmn*. . . 196
Baylies, B.L.B.. II. D. Ifedtolnalaid
in Parturltloii, 142
Bell, James B. Diosootea. Thara-
peuUcs of the Throat, 40
Bell, James B. Indium, Therapeutics
of the Throat 40
Belladonna, 11, 81, 140, 148, M7, 180,
184, 199, 237. 288, 246, 247, 814, 886,
^,886,844,426,483
Benzoic-add, 80
Berberis Vulgaris, CoDBt^Millon of.
John L. Ferson, M. D., 17t
Berberis
Berrldge, E. W., M. D. Nole xm
.£thusa Cynapium
Action ofAlumuMi in infiantUe
Paralysis. 248
Provings of Alumina, 880
Case 01 Sunstroke, 451
A Cinnabar Case, 899
Cllnioal Gases, 146, 192
A Clinical Conversation, ..... 847
Fragmentary Provings, 60
A LiliumTigiinnmOaae; Ml
Poisoning by Tea, 866
Saccharuffl, 884
Proving of Toadies Petaaitai. . . 849
BtrdBall,A.H.,M.D. "^ariftaatfons, . 189
Bismuth sub. nitrate, 498,209
Blind fh>m a Snake Bite. Note, ... 455
•••
m
IV
INDEX.
PAOX
BoBAniiiglukusen, Letter of Dr. Nunez
to Dr., 328
BoennlnghauMn : Relatlye Worth of
Symptoms, with some Remarks on
Borax, 392
Boannlnghausen's Treatment of Croup.
A. McNeil, M.D., 138
Boils In the Axllls, A
Books at the Bedside, Use of. £. J.
Lee,M.D., 49
Book Kotioee and Reviews, . .48,111,
167. 216, 263, 309, 8&7, 401, 454
Borax 121,208,888,839,892
Borax, some Remarks upon. Boanning-
hausen, 892
Boston Organon Society. Proceedings
of, 122, 2&, 299
BoTista, 800
Breasts, the Care of. Read by Dr. J.
B. O.Custis. 886
Breast, a Broken. Frank Kraft, M. D., 414
Brewer's Yeast as a Remedy. B. L.. . 851
Brlght's Disease, Lectures on. By
Robt. Saundby, M. D. Review of, . 809
Bromine, 81,181,184.201,251
Bromide of Potassium, 20
Bronchitis, Subacute 97
Brooklyn Subscriber, 168
Brownell, W. O.. M. D. Is Homoeop-
athy Sufficient in all Cases ? .... 62
Bryonia— Some Notes— Some Mistakes.
H. E. Potter, M. D., 239
Bryonia, 187, 179, 192, 289. 245, 251. 806,
814, 316, 888, 357, 417. 425
Buck, M. J., M. D. Homoeopathy of
the Present as Compared with that
of Hahnemann, 411
Burnett, J. Compton, M. D. On Gon-
orrhoea in its Constitutional Aspects, 217
Butler, Clarence Wlllard, M. D. Trans-
verse Presentation : A Case with Re-
marks, 275
CactacesB. £. M. Hale, M. D. 450
Cactus grand 208
Calcarearcarb.. 19. 82, 144, 149,150.208.
210, 247, 816, 823, 389, 840, 419, 425
Calcarea fluorlca 189
Cal.-iod 82
Calc phoe. 82, 209
Calendula, In Praise of. Alice B.
Campbell. M. D., 298
Campbell, Alice B. In Praise of Calen-
dula. . 298
Camphor, 425
Cannabls-indica 426
Cannabis sativa, 80, 150
Cantharis, Analytic Study of. Ed-
ward Pomias, M. D., 152
Cantharis, 80,82,184.824,426
Cancer, Dr. Mohr's Case of. C.
Mohr, M. D., 95
Capslc-an., 184
Carbolic acid, 197
Carboan., 399
Carbo veratabilis, A Note upon. E.
«l • LASOt IKL. l^a, ••.••.■•.... XUU
Carbo Vegetabills, Therapeutic Ob-
servations upon. C. Heilng, M. D., 244
Carb-veg., 208
Case for Counsel. Geo. H. Clark, . . 205
Case of Einperor Frederick III. By
Edgar a Werner. Review of , . . . 112
Cases fhmi Practice. Charles L. Swift,
M.D.. 487
PAGE
Cases, On Reporting. S. L. 417
Caulophyllum, 426
Caustkium, . . 121, 174, 246, 247, 886,
899,426
C. C. H. In Memorlam— Edward Bay-
ard, M« D , 487
Chamomllla, . .148,190,236,260,887,428
Chelldonlum, • ... 175
China 101,426,486
Chiniumsulph 122
Chronic Cases, Some Practical Hints
upon the Management of, 818
Chronic Diseases. Intercurrent Re-
medies for. F. H. Lutze, 203
Clrcuta-vir., 426
ClmlclAiga, 210, 427
ana. 209, 427
Cinnabar Case, A. E. W. Berrldge,
M. D., . . • 899
Cinnabar, 208
Cistus can., 238
Clark, Geo. H., M. D. Case for counsel, 205
Clark, Geo., H., M. D. Notes fh>m
past meetings of th6 Lippe Society, 234
Clark, Geo. H., M. D. Proceedings of
the Lippe Society. . . 82. 75. 185, 177, 855
Clark, Geo. H., H. D. Sodium Ethy-
late, 806
Clematis, • 209
Clinical Cases. E. W. Berrldge, M. D.,
146, 192
Clinical Cases. George Logan, M. D., 420
Clinical Cases. Clarence M. Payne, M.
D., 199, 250, 898
Clinical Cases, Some. R. M. Theobold,
Clinical Conversation, A. E. W. Ber-
rldge, M. D., 347
Clinical Medicine. G. W. Sherbino,
M. D., 419
Clinical Record, The, Notice of, . ... 168
CUnical Records, The Uses and
Abuses of. Edward Cranch, M. D., . 282
Clausen, Daniel W., M. D. Materia
Medica, . . . .' 160
Clausen, Daniel W., M. D. Theridion
Curassavicum 162
Close, Stuart, M. D. Totality of Symp-
toms and Concomitance, 22
Cocculus, 149, 247
Coffea, 208, 366, 427
Cohen. S. W., M. D., Practice, .... 842
Colchicum In Gout, 826
Colchlcum 82, 161, 197, 816
Colliosonia can., 175
Colocvnth 131. 178
Complimenting Dr. Kent, ... 47
Conium, 190, 247, 324, 84R
Constipation of Berberis Vulgaris.
John L. Person, M. D., 174
Consumptives, Diarrhoea of. F. L.
Grifilih. M. D 202
Copaiva Balsam 223
Cough Symptom, A 15
Cranch. Edward, M. D. The Uses and
Abuses of Clinical Records, .... 282
Cremation of the Dead. Dr. Wm. B.
Clarke. Review of, 454
Crocus Sativus 824
Crotalus, 82, 826,427
Croton, 848
Crot-tlg., 26
Croup. L. P. Foster, M. D 201
Croup, Boenninghausen's Treatment of.
P. P. Wells. M. D.. 6
INDEX.
PAGE
Croup Powden, Bcenningluiuwn'B.
A. McNeU, M. D 802
Croup, BcenninghAuaen and McNeil.
P. P. Wells. 214
''Croapb"More. W. 8. Gee, M. D., . . 250
Cabete 2&8
Colex MuscA, 61
Cuprum, 82,246,247,880,427
Cnpmm-ecet, 42S
Custis, J. B. O., M. D. The Care of the
Breasts, 887
Cyclamen, 82
Cyprepedlum, 428
Diasnoetlc Hint. A 87
Died. Dr. O. Ftolix Matthei, 215
DigltaliB, 66
Dlosoorea, 88
Dloscorea, Therapeutice of the Throat.
James B. Bell, H. D. 40
Diphtheria. Horace Still, M. D., . . 182
Diphtheria, treated by Lac-caninum.
Sequel to a Case 70
Dr. K. M. Hale's Cactaoes 450
Drosera. 338
Dru^ The Dual Action of. £. J. Lee,
M. D 3
Dudley Femberton, M. D. The Insti-
tute Session of 1889, 109
Dulcamara 88, 187
Eaton, Samuel L., M. D. Meddlesome
Midwifery, .... • 139
Editorial Notes. E.3. Lee, M. D., 1,
49, 409
El^M .coral, 83, 208, 857
Electricity and the Methods of its Em-
ployment in Removing Superfluous
Hatr. By Plym J. Hayes, M. D.
Reyiewof. 268
Electricity in the Diseases of Women,
6. Benton Massey, M. D. RCTiew of, 858
Electrical Distribution of Heat, Light,
and Power. By Harold P. Brown.
Review of, 405
Electro-Therapeutics, or Electricity in
its Relations to Medicine and Sur-
Sry. By William Harvey King,
. D. Review of, 268
Errato. . Ill, 264, 811, 406, 455
Eupatorium perfoL, 830, 881
Euphrasia, 209
Explanation Wanted. P. P. Wells, M.
d., . 103
Explanation, An, Julius O. Schmitt, 166
Fagopyrum 196
Favorite Prescriptionsof Distinguished
Practitioners, with Notes on Treat-
ment. B. W. Palmer, M. D. Review of, 48
Ferrum aceticum, 178
Ferrum phoe., 20,38, 83
Person. John L., M. D. Constipation
of Berberis Vulgaris, 174
Filten and other Means Employed to
Purify Drinking Water. Chas. G.
Currier, M. D. Review of, 310
Fincke, B., M. D. Allopathic Igno-
rance and Arrcwanoe, 212
Fistula in Ano. C. C. Howard, M. D.. 280
Fluoric add, 88
For Sale, 264.311, 456
Fomias, Edward, M. D. Canthaiis, . 152
Foster, L. P., M. D. Croup 201
Fracture of Rib with aggravation and
PAOE
speedy relief tram Hypericum. B.
L. B. Baylies. M. D., 196
Fragmentary Provings. E. W. Ber-
ridge, M, D. 60
French, Hayes C, M. D. Homoeo-
pathic Prescribing, 21
French Llquers, 168
Gee, W. S., M. D. More Croup, ... 250
Gee, Prof. Questions Asked by
Students During a Course of Lectures
on the Organon, 169
Gelsemium 69, 84, 145, 875, 428
Gelsemium. A. McNeil, M. D., . ... 834
Germanla, The ; Notice of, 857
Gleanings from Discunions upon
Papers Read at the Recent Meeung
of the International Hahnemannian
Association 361
Gemlasma Verdans, . .* 61
Glonoine 428
Gonorrhoea in its Constitutional
Aspects on. Dr. J. Compton Burnett, 217
Gonorrhoea in its Constitutional
Aspects on, W. M. James, M. D.,. 228
Good Opening, A. Note, 216
Gout, Colchicum in. B. Simmons,
Graphites. 76, 84, 885
Griffith, F. L., M. D. Diarrhoea of Con-
sumptives, 202
Griffith, F. L., M. D. Niix Vomica, . 210
Guarea-trl, 84
Guernsey, Wm. Jeffi^rson, M. D.
• Mastitis 285
Guernsey's Boennnlnghausen, Review
of. 406
Guemsev's Diphtheria Card, 455
Gymnocladus, 84
Hahnemann's Essay 159
Hahnemann Club, A New, 455
Hahnemannian Hospital, The Ro-
chester 891, 447
Hale, E. M., M. D. Cactace®, .... 450
Hamamelis 84
Haralson, H. H., M. D. Therapeutic
Progress, 448
Hawley, Mrs. Wm. A. Obituary, . . 305
Headache and its Materia Medica.
By B. F. Underwood, M. D. Review
of. Ill
Headache and Neuralsla. J. Leonard
Corning. Review or; 112
Heart, the Fatty. Professor E. H.
Klsch 16
Heath. Alfred. Poljrpus of Rectum, . 200
Hellebore, . . . i 247, 248, 428
Helt. L. L., M. D. Homoeopathy
Triumphant 449
Helt, L.L.. M. D., Married, 216
Hepar, Sulphur, 10, 78,84, 92. 151, 180,
201,203, 245, 428
Herlng's Guiding Symptoms of the
Materia Medica, Review of, .... 112
Hering, C. Some Practical Remarks, 151
Hering, 0 , M. D. Therapeutic Observa-
tions upon Carbo Vegetabllls 244
Holbrook, E. H., M. D. A Case Treated
with the Tissue Remedies 38
Holbrook, £. H.. M. D. A Kali-phos-
phorlcum Case, 109
Holmes. H. P., M. D. A Reply to the
Criticism of Dr. Holmes 92
Tl
piaB
Holmes, H. P., M. D. Ther^Mutloi of
ConyulBlona, 428
HomoBOiMkthlc International Gongrea
(Note). Ill
HomcBopathlc Medical Society of State
of Penua., Meeting of, 407
HomoBopathlo Medicines. The Prin-
cipal Usesof the Sixteen Most Import-
ant and Fourteen Supplementary.
£. Gould & Son. Review of, ... 868
Homoeopathic Prescrlblnff. Julius G.
Schmitt, M. D., 120
HomoBopathic Remedy, The Repeti-
tion or the. Translated from Hahne-
mann. F. H. Lutze, M. D., . . . . 118
Homceopathy Triumphant. L. L.
Homoeopathy Again Vindicated.
(Note), Ill
Homoeopathy of the Present as oom-
ried with that of Hahnemann. M.
Buck, M. D., 411
Homoeopathy Sufficient in all (Tases?
Is. W. G. Brownell. M. D 52
Hospital, A Homoeopathic in Italy, . 257
Hospital, HomoeoDthlc, at Melbourne,
Report of, 48
Hospital, Hahnemannian, at Ro-
chester, 48,891,447
Howard. C. C, M. D. Fistula in Ano, 280
Hydrargynim Metalllcum, 118
Hydrastis Canadensis. A. McNeil,
M. D. 98
Hydrastis 69
Hydrophoblnum, 428
Hydrocyanic Acid, 428
HyoscvAmus, 180, 146, 246, 429
Hypericum. Fracture of a Klb. with
Immediate Aggravation and Speedy
ReUefftom. B. L. B. Baylies. ... 198
Ignatla, . . 67, 85, 181, 184, 289, M7, 249.
887, 429
Indiana Institute of Homoeopathy, . . 407
Indigo. 248, 429
Indium. Therapeutics of the Throat.
James B. Bell, M. D., 40
Indium, 85
International Medical Annual for 1880,
Review of, 215
International Hahnemannian Associa-
tion. Notice of. . . . 48, 110, 216, 407. 408
I. H. A. Bureau Of Materia Medica and
Provings. E. A. Ballard, M. D.. . . 110
International Hahnemaanian Associa-
tion, Proceedings of the. S. A.
Kimball. M.D 265
International Hahnemannian Associa-
tion, The New Board of Censors of
the, 407
Influent, Epidemic, 456
In Memoruun. Edward Bayard.
M. D., 437
In Memorlam. Dr. Wm. R. Childs, . 41
In Memorlam. Geo. F. Foote,M. D., . 255
In Memorlam. Henry Noah Martin.
M.D 443
In Memorlam. G. Felix Malthes. . . 256
In Memorlam. David Wilson, M. D., . 441
Iodine 85, 201. 249
Ipecacuanha. An Unnoticed Symptom
GUnically Verlfled. by Dr. Mossa.
8.L., 211
Ipecac 429
Iris venioolor. TA. McNeil, M. D., . . 178
I
t
PAGE
IrisTBis., 76,86^209
Is Homoeopathy Sufficient In AIICmobT
W. G. Bro¥mell, M. D 60
Jaoea 86
James, W. M., M. D., on Gonorrhcsa
In its Constitutional Aspecta. ... 228
Johnstone, R. B. A New Remedy.
and a New Indication for an OTd
One, 267
Journal of HomoBopathios, The, Notloe
of, 216
Kali blchromicum, ... 27, 86, 91,
178, 185, 201, 251, 881, 886, 866,:t81
Eall-brom., 86, 480
Kall-carb., MD, 480
KaU-hyd., 76
Kali-muriat., 86
Kallpermang. . 186
Kali phoephoncum Case, A. S. H. Hdl-
brook, M. D 109
Kali-phos., . 88, 185
Kalmia. 820
Kimball, S. A.. M. D. Proceedings of
the Boston Organtm Society, ... 68,
^,122,187, 299
Kimball, 8. A., M. D. Proceedings of
the International Hahnemannian
Association, 265
Kraft, Frank, M. D. A Broken Breast, 414
Kreosote 269, 4So
Lac Caninum. S. Swan, M. D., ... 864
Lac Cunlnum, . . 29, 86, 185, 249, 278,
285. 416
Lac-can. Sequel to a Case of Diph-
theria Treated by, 74
Lac. fellnum, 192
Lachesls Symptom, Verification of.
J. E. Russell, 254
Lachesls, . 73,76,79,87,91.187,185,
196, 206, 210,245, 249,821, 886, 877, 899,
420, 480, 435
Lachnantbes, 186, 826
LacUcAdd 147
Lactuca vlrosa, 186, 146
Lac Vacclnum. S. Swan, M. D., . . 252
Laurocerasus, 209, 480
Lectures upon the Diseases of the Heart.
By E. M. Hale. M. D. Review of . . 268
Lectures of Professor Morgan. John .
Morgan, M. D., 202
Ledum 417. 419
Lee. E. J., M. D. Acute and Chronic
Tonsillitis. 73
Lee, E. J.. M. D. A Case of Typhoid
Fever, with Comments, 42
Lee, E. J., M. D. The Dual Action of
*Dnig8 3
Lee, £. J., M. D. Editorial Notes. . 1, 49
Lee, E. J., M. D. A Note upon Carbo
Ve«etabilis 100
Lee,£. J.. M.D. A One^ded View, 1
Lee, E. J.. M. D. The Repertory, . . 41f
Lee, £. J., M. D. Telling the whole
Truth, 61
Lee, E. J., M. D. The Use of Books at
the Bedside 49
Ledum 319, 8M
Legouvd, Ernest Resurrection of a
Cnild. An Incident of Hahne-
mann's Practice, 6n
Lilienthal, J. K.. M. D. Sanlcula, . . 898
Lilienthal, S.,«M. D. What shall we
nnxBX
dotonter ttaB KSagSomot MMirte
M«dlM? 108
8«e aJflo " 9. L."
LOlaH TliTiniim Glue, A. B. W.
Benito. H. Dm Ml
UUam fii^on umI PioUpmis Uteri.
ThoBBM S. Bobeits» M. D. 242
Ltepe Society. Notes from past meet-
in^of tbe. Geo. H. ClarlE, H. D.» . SM
Utepe Sodei^. Proeeediiupi of. Geo.
HTcUlfc, M. D., . .88. f&. 135, 177. 8»
liliui, Geone. H. D. dinical Cmoi, 420
Iil|ui,Gegise
119
F. H.. M. D. Antlpeorlc Reme-
#HL Bstrect from Boenlnghauflen't
H./m.' i>.' intercoirent
Bamedife for Chronic Diwaoe. . .
Lotse, F. H., M. D. Bemedlei for DiB-
InrlMuiQeaQf theAntlpeorlcCare, . 208
F.H.«M.D. TbeRepetiUonof
tte HonuBOMlhie Bemeoy. From
Oemum of Hahnemaiui 118
LfeGVOdimil, . 4.87,121,144,150,
1TB, iao7l». 287, 246^ 247, 261, 826,
826, 84^, 374. 480
l4yeopae>Tizg., 15
... 179 340
Kajnerta MaiiAttceL*. '. '. '. 20*, 149* 176
MMiieiiA-Photpboricum, A Proving or
^£ie CM Potency Xvy Olfaction. . . 374
M^neiiA-phoe.. 209,260.874
Hencineuk, 87
]ta»tuaof0ietetice,A. ByW. B.Prit-
eliaxd, H. B.. Beriew of. 167
HsRled. Dr. L. L. Halt. 216
Xeititls. Wm. Jefferson Guernsey, M.
Dn 286
Meetlllik Hi Treatment, with a Reper-
tory, 886
Metcna Hedlce. Daniel W. Clausen,
M. D., 160
Materia Medica? What shall we do
to eater tha Kingdom of. 8. Lilian-
tkal,M. D. 103
Materia Medica. On the ApplioaUon
of tha HomoBOpathlc. 8. X.. . . . 104
Materia Medica and Homceopatbio
ThepspeatloB. A Hand Book of. By
Timothy F. Allen. M. D. Review of, 368
Mattbes. Dr. Q. FaUz, Death of. ... 215
McNeil. A., M. D. Bcennlngbausan*!
Treatinent of Croup, 188
MeKeil, A., M. D., BoennisghanaaB's
Croup Powdaie, 802
McNeil, A.. M. D. Geliemium, ... 884
MeNeH, A.« M- D. HydrastlB Canaden-
MeNaU,A.'.M.D.' iitiVenioolor, .' .' 178
MoNeit, A. Repetition of the Remedy, 171
McNaa. A., M. D. Spinal Paralysis, . 96
Madittl Aid in ParturiUon. B. L. K
Baylies. M. D 142
Medical Annual. The, Motlcaof, ... 216
Melboara^ Bepoet of the Homcso-
la^c Boepitalai, Baviaw oi,. , , 48
MMilotaii alha» 881
Maniagttii OaMhia^teatla iDhaoata.
"MaDtai 'Dsfanmeati.'" 'a' W.
0herblno,M.D 846
Utaa^ . . . 88,92,178,179.109^
ago, 222. 288, 281, ft, 280^ 821.167,417
JienmstaaOTanatOB^ . 88t 186
Mwriiitna-lod-iUiiiHi 88. 188^ 810
FAOB
Merouriua-lod-rubar, 88y 188
MiisimwIsiiiiiB 208
Metal Track on Ballways. Prelimiaary
Report. E. E. Russell Tratmaa.
Review of. 869
Maaereum, 125,176,418
Midwifery. Meddlesome. Samuel L.
Eaton, H. D 189
MiUefollum, 198
Minnesota 8tate Homoeopathic dooiety , 47
Modem Superstition in Disease The
Germ Theory Beoonaldered. Lewis
Sanders. Review of, 404
Mobr, C, M. D. Dr. Mohr's Case of
Cancer, 96
Morgan, John C, M. D. Prof. Mor-
gan's Lectures, 202
MOTphla «*. Homoeopathy. (Note), . . 168
Morrow, H. C Some Practical Notes, 254
MoechuB 480
Murez Purpurea, 60
MuriaUcAcid 88
Najatri, 89.186
Nash, E. B., M. D. A New Potentizer, 106
Natrum mur 191. 194, 208. 210,
247, 824, 888
Natrum sulphuricum, 89, t08, 209
Neuralgia, intermittent. 8. L., ... 854
Nitric Acid in Injuries to the Spine.
B. Simmons, M.D., 827
Nitric Acid, 89,186.228
Notes and Notices. . . . 48,111,168.
215,264,811,406.465
Note, Editors. 15
Note. 8. L 858
Notes, Some PracticaL H. C. Morrow, 254
Nux Vomica. F. L. Griffith, M. D.. . 210
Nux Vomica, . . 30,148,178,191,208.
208. 210, 247, 248. 824. 430. 485
Obituary. Mrs. William A. Hawley, 806
October and November Numbers, The.
(Note) 408
(^anthe-crocata, 480
Official Health Bulletin, No. 7,of Penn.
State Board of Health, Notice of. . . 405
One of Many, 456
Oneida County Hom. Med. Society.
Proceedings of. 282
On the Relative Worth of Symptoms,
with Some Remarks on Borax.
Boenningbausen, 882
Ophthalmic Hcepital ef New York.
The Eleventh Annual Announce-
ment of the College of. Notice of. . 811
Opium, . . . 176»208. 287, 246. 886,
347,431. 484
Organon Society of Boston, Proceed-
ings of. 8. A. Kimball. M. D., 63, 68, 187
Organon, Questions Asked by Stu-
dents Durmg a Course of Lectures
on. The. PioCGee, 169
Otorrbcea, 97
Ovaritis of the Left Side. Thuja4n. B.
Simmons, M. D., 828
Oxalic Acid, A Csae of Poisoning
with. S.L.. 408
Pamphlets Received. Nociee of, . . . 16T
Partemership. (Note) 215
Parturition, Medicbuil Aid in. B. L.
B. BayUes, H. D • . . 142
I FutlBaeaSat., 907
• ••
viu
IKDEX.
FAOB
Payne, C. N., M. D. Clinical Oaset. .
190 250 898
Peculiar Case, A. H. E. Potter, M. D.) 240
Petroleum, 247
PhoephoruB, . . 8, 19, 84, 89, 150. 197,
202, 246, 248, 377, 4S1, 437
Phoe. ae., 898
Photographic niiutrationa of Skin
Diseaseii. Geo. Fox, M. D. Review of; 454
Phyiicians' Pocket Day-book, Joamal.
and Ledger, Review of, 455
Phytolacca, . . 89, 92. 186, 209, 278. 285, 416
FUuitago, 28
Plumbum ; . .90,176,481
Podophyl., 26, 800
Poisoning by Tea. E.W.Berrldge,M.D., 855
Polypus of Rectum. Alfred Heath, . 200
Potentlzer, A New. E B. Nash, M. i>., 106
Potter, H. E., M. D. Bryonlan-Some
Notes-Some Mistakes, 239
Potter. H. E., M. D. Clinical Case,
RusTox 354
Potter, H. E., M. D. PecuUsr Case, A. 240
Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaus-
tion, A. By G. M, Beard, M. D.
Review of. 167
Practice. 8. W. Cohen, M. D. 842
Prescribing. Homosopathic. Hayes C.
French, M. D., . . . 21
Proceedings of the 24th Annual Ses-
sion of Ohio Medical Society, Re-
view of, 167
Provings, Fragmentary. R. M. Theo-
bold. M. D., 258
Ftorinum, 44, 90, 180
Psychic life of Micro-Organlsms.
Alfred Benet. Review of , .... 869
Pscvhology aa a Natural Science Ap-
plied to the Solution of Occult Psy-
chic Phenomena, By C. G. Raue,
M. D. Review of, 401
Pulmonarla Stlcta. 0. Carleton Smith,
PulsaUlla. . .26.125.148,179,182,203,
228, 280, 281, 247, 248, 249, 276, 302,
819, 844, 888. 431
Questions asked by Students during a
course of Lectures on the Organon.
Prof. Gee 169
Ranunculus bulb 151
Ranunculus sceleratus, '. 90. 246
Relation of HomcBopathy to Natural
Science, Review of. 454
Remedies for Disturbances of the Anti-
psoricCure. F. H. Lutoe, 908
Remedies? What are the 258
Remedy, a New,' and a New Indi-
cation for an Old One. R. B, John-
stone, M. D., 257
Removals. . 48, 111. 168, 215. 264, 406, 456
Repertory, The. E, J. Lee. M. D., . . 410
Repertory to Hering'sCondensed Ma-
teria Medlca, Review of. 406
Repertory to Labor and After' Pains.
John v. Allen. M. D., 291
Repetition of the Remedy. A. McNeil, 171
Reply to the Criticisms of Dr. Holmes.
H.r. Holmes. M. D., 92
Report on the Forest Conditions of the
Rocky Mountains. B. E. Femow.
Review of, 360
Reporting Cases, On. S. L 417
Reiolutiona of Honusopathlc Union, 440
TAum
Resurrection of a Child. An incident
of Hahnemann's Practice. Ernest
Legouv6, 60
Rhus-tox. . . 90. 96, 146, 179, 180, 194,
236, 247, 249, 250, 251, 269, 805, 819,
330,386,344,364,487
Rhus-tox, Clinical Caae. H. E. Potter,
M. D., 354
Roberts, Thomas G.. M. D: Lilium
Tigrinum and Prolapsus Uteri, . . 242
Rochester Hahnemannian Hospital,
The 48. 891, 447
Rochester Hahnemannian Society,
Proceedings of the, 25. 72, 182
Russell, J. E., M. D. Verification of a
Lachesis Symptom, 254
Ruta-grav 208
Sabadilla, 90
Sabina, 140. 210, 389
Saccharum. E. W. Berridge, M. D.,> 834
Sambucus, 201
Sanguinarla, 90, 108. 208, 209
SanTcula. J. E. Lillenthal, M. D., . 838
Sanicula. 197, 255, 379
Saraaparllla, 147
Selatlca. B. Simmpns, M. D.. .... 258
Schmitt, Julius G., An Explanation, 166
Schmltt, Julius G., Homoeopathic Pre-
scribing, 120
Schmltt, J. G., M. D. Report of the
Rochester Hahnemannian Society, 182
Seientiflc Ameriectnt The 168
Scilla, 286
Secale Comutum, 145, 481
Semen TIglil. An involuntary prov-
ing of. 8. L., . 852
Sepia. . . 149, 178, 177, 192, 195. 229, 247,
828.888, 890
Sherbino, G. W., M. D. Baptisia Tino-
torla 880
Sherbino, G. W., M. D. Clinical Medi-
cine, • 419
Sherbino. G. W.. M. D. " Mental De-
rangements," 246
SiUcea,! 90,824,386.420,431
Simmons. B., M. D. Golchlcum in
Gout, 826
Simmons. B. , M. D. Nitric Acid in In-
juries to the Spine 827
Simmons, B., M. D. Sciatica, .... 258
Simmons, B., M. D. ThnJa in Ovaritis
of the Left Side. 828
Simmons, B., M. v. Torticollis. ... 825
8. L. Brewer's Yeast as a Remedy, . . 851
8. L. A Case of Poisoning with Oxalie
Add 400
8. L. Intermittent Neuralgia, .... 854
8. L. An Involuntary proving of Se-
men Tiglii. 852
8. L. Meningitis Cerebro Spinalis Sub-
acuta, 883
8. L. Note, 853
8. L. On Reporting Cases 417
8. L. On the Application of the Ho-
mceopathio Materia Medlca, .... 104
8. L. An Unnoticed Sympton of Ipe-
cacuanha Clinically verified by Dr.
Mossa, 211
Smith, C. Carleton, M. D. Stlcta Pnl-
monaria, 85
Smith. C. Carleton. M. D. Some Points
on Tonsillitis, 91
Smith, Oran w., M. D. Verifica-
tions, 207
INDEX.
IX
PAOS
Sodium EthyUta. 6«orge H. CUrk,
M. D. 306
Some Pncticai Bamarka. C. Heriiig.
M. D., 161
Southern Journal of HomoBopathy,
NoUoeof, 2l«
Spigelia, 146. 190, 206
Spinal Paialyiia. A. C. McNeU, M. D. 06
Spine, Nitric Add in Injuria! to the.
B. Simmona, M. D., • . 327
Spongia 8, 10, 180. 201
Stannum, 84, 481
Staph., 181, 210
Sticta, 88
Sdcta Pnlmonaria. C. GarleCon ftnlth,
M. D.. 86
StiU, Horace, M. D. Diphtheria, ... 182
Stramonium, 45.246.247,886,482
Subecriber. A Wide Awake, . . . . : 46
Sulphur and Lycopodium. (Note), . 74
Sulphur, ... 44, 90. 97. 116, 147, 161.
186, 191, 197. 200, 228, 287, 245, 247, 249,
258, 274. 824, 841. 886^ 419, 422, 482
Sulphuric Add, 186, 847
Sunstroke, A Caie ot E. W. Berrldge,
M. D., 451
Surgery. Bureau of, I. H. A. ... . 89
SurgicalJoumaL 456
Swan. S., M. I). Proying of Lac
eaninum^ 854
Swan, 8., 11. D. LacTaodnum. ... 252
Swan. S., M. D. A Proving of Uitil-
ago Maidia 268
Swih, Charlei L., M. D. CaMs ttom
Practice, 486
Symptomsand Concomitance, Totality
oC. StuartCloie, M. D 28
Tabacum, . 907. 246
Tarantula, 166, 482
Tartar Emetic, 482
Telling the Whole Truth. S. J. Lee,
M. D 61
Terebith 197, 482
Testimonial to J. T. Kent, M. D., . . 106
Therapeutic Methoda. ByJabeiDake,
M. D. Review of, 167
Therapeotio Progiew. H. H. Hand-
son. U. D»p .....a.... .. 448
Therapeutici of Oonyulilona. H. P.
Holmes, M. D.. 428
nierapeutics or Nervous Diseases,
Review of. Chas. Porter Hart, M.D., 456
Theobald, R. M., M. D. Fragmentary
Provings, 258
Theobald, R, H., M. D. Some Clinical
Cases, 248
Thexldion Cnrassavicum. Daniel W.
Clausen. M. D 162
Tberidion cur. 186. 166
Throat. Therapeutics of the. James B.
Thuja In Ovaritis of the Left Side. B.
Simmons, M. D., 826
Th^ja, ... 16. 191, 197, 208, 210, 228,
242. 257, 899, 461
PAGB
Tissue Remedies. A Case Treated with
the. £. H. Holbrook. M. D., . . . . 86
To Builders and Those Who Contem-
plate Building 407
Tonsillitis, Some Points on. C.
Carleton Smith. M. D 91
Torticollis. B. Simmons, M. D., . . . 325
Totality of the Symptoms. Stuart
Close, M. D., 22
Transactions of the American Insti-
tute. Review of. 451
Transactions of the Internationa] Hah-
nemannlan Association for 1666,
Revlewof 112
Transactions of the Mississippi State
Med. Asso 454
Transverse Presentation . A Case with
Remarks. Clarence WiUard Butler,
M. D 276
Transverse Presentation. A Case with
Some Remarka, 361
Tubercullnum 70
TuBBtlago Petasltes, Proving of. £. W.
Berridire, M. D 849
Typhoid Feverwlth Comments, A Case
of. E. J. Lee, M. D., 42
Uses and Abuses of Clinical Records.
Edward Cranch, M. D., 282
UstUago Maidis. A Proving of. 8.
Swan, M. D .« 258
Veratrum 246, 247, 824, 432, 436
Verat-vlride, 432
Verification, A . E. A. Ballard. M. D., . 259
Verlflcatlons. A. H. Blrdaall, M. D.. 169
Verifications. Oran W. Smith. ... 207
Verifications of Death, The. (Note), . 264
Vespa, 207
View,. A One-sided. E. J. Lee. M. D., 1
Vipera acuat. car., 857
Viscum-alb., 433
Vltrum, 267
Wells. P. P., M. D. Bcenhlnghausen's
Treatment of Croup 5
Wells, P. P., M. D. Croup, Bcenning-
hausen and McNeil, 214
Wells, P. P.. M. D. Explanation
Wanted 108
What is Contagion. 361
WhatisaHomoepathT 453
What are the Remedies 7. ...... 406
What Produces Death r 452
What Shall we do to Enter the King-
dom of Materia Medica? 8. Lillen-
thal,M. D., 108
Wlgff. Dr. George. Extract firom
dd
AddresB,
250
Zinc, 91,98, 247, 433
ZlncumCyanat 338
Zisea, 438
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APR '.-■.]
Lii'ti.'rK-
TUS
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMCEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
"If oar tehool erer give np the strict Indactive method of Hahnemann, we
are lost, and deserve only to be mentioned as a caricature in
the history of medicine/'^ooNSTAKTiKs herino.
Vol. IX. JANUARY, 1889. No. I.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A Onb-sxded View. — ^We have always held the opinion that
those who lay so much stress upon the curative powers of the
so-caXled Tissue Remedies, to the exclusion of other remedies,
have a very one-sided view of the proper uses of drugs, as they
should be prescribed under the Law of the Similars. Our con-
ception of drugs used in homoeopathic practice is that each drug
has an individual character to which no other drug is exactly
similar ; therefore, one drug can never be said to take the place
of another drug. If one drug be indicated in any case of sick-
ness, it is proof positive that no other drug will do for that case ;
another drug may cover the symptoms very closely but not per-
fectly. It is close attention to this accuracy in adapting drugs
to individual cases that marks the dividing line between the
homoeopath and the non-homoeopath ; it also separates success in
Eractice from failure. This one-sided view of the uses of
omoeopathic remedies is caused by a false pathological teaching,
which would have us prescribe for diseases rather than for
persons ; according to this view, we have certain remedies which
are good for " fever,'* others for " rheumatism/' etc No teaching
could be further from true Hahneraannian pliilosophy than this;
and none is the cause of more eclectic practice.
To show how far from true homoeopathic philosophy these
views lead one, we quote from a letter recently received from a
physician, who seems to place the utmost confidence in the
curative powers of these " tissue remedies.*' He writes :
1 1
2 EDITOBIAL NOTES. [Jan.,
" I have been using the tissue remedies for about five years,
and have found them sufficient in almost all cases (perhaps in
all^ if I could always seethe indications), and have used the old
remedies when I could not cure with tissue remedies. If these
twelve remedies cover the majority of cases (almost, if not quite
all), why carry two or three hundred? Some cases may be so
complicated as to require alternation or combination, and in that
case the indicated vegetable remedy may be selected, if desired
or preferred, which contains such combination as is needed. But
where we can so prescribe, I think it better to use the single
(uncombined) remedy ; for this reason I prefer the direct medi-
cation of Schiissler. I find Ferrum phosphoricum, for instance,
takes the place in all inflammatory troubles of Aconite, Gel-
semium, and Veratrum viride ; why, then, carry these three ad-
ditional drugs, when the Ferrum-phos. does the work as effect-
ually as either or all of them? I find Kali phosphoricum
covers the chief symptoms of Baptisia, Pulsatilla, Cimicifuga,
etc. ; why not use the one and not lumber the pocket with a half-
dozen extra remedies of the same nature? I do not say throw
away the old remedies, but study the new well and prove them
until we get them perfected, and supply the deficiency with the
old."
The opinions of this physician give us a very fair example of
this one-sided view of drugs; Aconite, Gelsemium, and Vera-
trum viride are viewed only as antiphlogistic remedies, of their
wider and much more useful sphere of action nothing seems to
be known. These drugs are only indicated in their peculiar
kinds of fever or inflammation, not by any means in every case
of such disease. Each has its peculiar characteristics which in-
dicate the cases for which it is useful. These drugs are no more
interchangeable than are any three men.
The symptoms which call for the exhibition of these three
drugs are so totally unlike that one cannot imagine how any
physician could expect to cover the three by any one other drug.
Indeed, there is no one drug in the. materia medica that can fill
the peculiar sphere of Aconite alone ; and as Gelsemium differs
so greatly from Aconite, the problem becomes more difficult ;
bui when Veratrum viride is added to the problem, it becomes
simply a redudio ad abaurdum.
No sentence was ever penned in homoeopathic literature which
has done so much harm as the one which called '^Aconite
the homoeopathic lancet." Aconite is not a febrifuge; it is
only occasionally indicated in fevers, and only then when its
peculiar mental and nervous symptoms are present. Let us
1889.] EDITORIAL KOTES. 3
study oar materia medica in its broadest sense; let us not con-
tract, but widen the ran^e of action of each remedy, until finally
we shall have a remedy for every possible combination of
symptoms.
The Dual Action of Drugs. — It is often said that a rose
would smell just as sweet under any other name, and so it is
with drugs ; they will act just as well under the name of Dual
Action as under the undisguised title of Similia. The allopaths
have found this out, and are using small doses of drugs to cure
symptoms which are caused by larger doses of the same drug.
Hahnemann declared that drugs would cure in the sick such
symptoms as they were able to produce upon the healthy ; the
allopaths declare that ''small doses of medicines, administered
to antagonize pathological conditions such as could be caused by
toxic doses of the same drug," are very efiBcacious. These two
declarations sound suspiciously alike, and give the impression
that the latter one is but a crude theft of the former ! In the
following quotation, it will be observed that Dr. Reed denies
that this ''dual action" is homoeopathic; he expressly declares
it to be " antagonistic" (whatever that may mean) in its action.
But how can small- doses cure and large doses cause the same
pathological conditions, both acting antagonistically?
We quote a part of Dr Reed's views — they are interesting as
showing the tendency of a part of old-school physicians toward
Homoeopathy. Dr. Boardman Reed, of Atlantic City, N. J.,
in a recent controversy with Dr. Horatio Wood upon the double
action of medicines, as illustrated by Digitalis, has rather the
better of the argument. The editor of the Therapeutic Gazette
(Dr. Wood) made a very lame attempt to prove that he was
right, and Dr. Reed wrong, in his own publication.
The authorities cited, and the powerful reasoning put forth
by Dr. Reed, give the self-supposed infallible therapeutist (Dr.
Wood) the worst of the argument. Dr. Reed has further
strengthened the position he originally took by an able com-
munication in the Medical and Surgical Reporter, November 24th,
which he concludes as follows:
" The editors of the Gazette offer to award me great glory if
I will ' prove in the laboratory ' that Digitalis can paralyze heart
muscle, and also prove, in the same way, the contrary of various
propositions which they lay down. My answer is : 1st, That
1 am not writing up this matter for glory or credit, but for other
reasons, as already explained. 2d. That other men, who are
4 EDITORIAL KOTES. [Jan., 1889.
experts in laboratory work, have demonstrated what is de-
manded regarding Digitalis, and have furnished materials, as a
result of their experiments, which prove, in my opinion, that
all the drugs referred to have double actions.
" If the aforesaid editors cannot be convinced by the testi-
mony of eminent authorities in their own special field, they
would not believe even one raised from the dead, still less my
own testimony, supposing that I could afford to equip a labora-
tory and find time from a busy practice to make the necessary
experiments. If they really doubt that Aconitine, Veratrine,
and Viridinehave double actions, and will accept as conclusive
the experiments of any reputable pharmacologists, I will under-
take to furnish the net^essary evidence; and in case it should turn
out that any of the drugs mentioned has not been sufficiently
studied, I will then gladly make additional experiments, either
on animals or on men, or on both, to supply the deficiency.
Otherwise, it will be quite useless to prolong this controversy.
At some future time, however, I may publish numerous reports
of clinical cases, showing the efficacy of unusually small doses of
medicines^ ajdminidered to antagonize pathological conditions such
as could be caused by toxic doses of the same. I hope then to be
able to demonstrate at length and with sufficient clearness to
convince even the most timid therapeutist that he need not be
deterred by the fear of treading on heretical ground, from
curing his patients with the smallest effective doses, whenever
these happen to suit best.
'^ Indeed, one of the most satisfactory things about the theory
of the double action of medicines is that it affords an all-suffi-
cient scientific basis for maintaining that the small -dose effect, as
well as the large-dose effect, is really antagonistic to the disease.
It thus quite does away with the necessity for lugging in the
irrational dogma of similia similibus curantur to account for
such cures as those of vomiting by drop-doses of wine of
Ipecacuanha, or of Fowler's solution, and of diarrhoea by frac-
tional parts of a grain of gray powder. Rhubarb, or Podophyllin.
In short, it affords an intelligible and rational explanation of all
curative effects obtained with relatively small doses of tissue-
disturbing remedies, whether administered by regular physicians
or by homoeopaths, when the latter do not administer amounts
so infinitesimally small as to be incapable of producing any
effects." — Medical Register.
Boils in and about axillse; scurfy, itching, moist herpetic eniption ; pus con-
tinues to discharge from boils for an unusually long time, they no sooner heal
than fresh ones appear — Lycopodium.
BCEXNINGHAUSEN^S TREATMENT OF CROUP,
Practically, croup is attended with so much of suffering and
danger to the patient and anxious solicitude on the part of
friends and physicians, that no apology can be necessary for
calling attention to a method of treatment which promises to
diminish these in any degree. To the patient it is always painful,
dangerous, and too often fatal, to be other tlian a cause of alarm
to friends and dread to the intelligent and faithful practitioner.
Every week it claims its victims among the young and helpless,
and the skill of the best talent and learning of the profession
has been wholly unavailing to avert the fatal result. What-
ever, then, adds to our power over this destroyer is worthy of
the profoundest attention ; and any method of treatment which,
after fair trial, claims to have diminished its duration or mor-
tality, cannot be passed by, as of little moment, by intelligent
and conscientious practitioners. It is notorious that the current
methods, both of the old school and new, are too often followed
by misfortune, to be regarded with much complacency, if in-
deed, it be not too great grace to the different, desultory, and
often scarcely better than empirical practices in this disease, to
call them methods.
The old school has relied, and still does, on blood-letting,
emetics, mercury, fomentations, nauseating doses of different
emetic substances, vesications, etc. ; the new school, with better
result, relies on Aconite, Hepar, Spongia, Bromine, Bi-chromate
of Potash, Prot-iodide of Mercury, etc. ; and yet the weekly
reports of mortality are constantly adding testimony to the want
of success which the ordinary use of these means is wholly
unequal to prevent.
Is the ordinary success of the ordinary use of these means
the best which the nature of the case admits? If so, we must
be satisfied. But who dares be satisfied if a better can be ob-
tained by other courses of practice ? The profession in this
country are indebted to our esteemed colleague. Dr. Carroll
Dunham, of Newburgh, N. Y., for an introduction to a method,
which, after protracted trial, claims a far greater success than has
heretofore followed any other, both in the matters of mortality
and duration. In the February number of the second vol. of the
Am/erican HomoBopaihio Review, page 212, in a foot-note ap-
pended to a translation of Boenniughausen's paper on the
6 BCENNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CROUP. [Jan.,
" Advantages of the High Potencies," by Dr. Dunham, he gives
the method of treatment of croup by this great master. In the
body of the article (pp. 211, 212), the writer says: " Of ten
cases of membranous croup in children, in at least nine, the first,
or the first two powders of my high potencies, when promptly ad-
ministered, sufp^cefor the most complete cure. The necessity for
three powders is very rare indeed, and among three hundred cases
not tea have occurred in -which all the five powders^ as lam ax^^
customed to prescribe them, have had to be given J' His five
powders are, first Aeon., second and fourth Hepar svlph,^ third
and fifth Spongia, all of the 200th potency. These are given
in the order of their numbers, every thirty minutes, and their
administration suspended as soon as relief is manifest. So that,
according to the statement above, more than two hundred and
ninety out of three hundred cases of croup which were of such
a character that the writer is willing to designate them as
" membranous," were cured inside of two hours, and the whole
three hundred were cured. There was not a failure. This is
certainly a remarkable success, very remarkable, in comparison
with the results of any other known treatment.*
It was the privilege of the writer of this paper to call the
attention of the members of the American Institute of Homoe-
opathy to this success, at their meeting in Philadelphia, in June,
1860, and to urge on them a trial of Dr. Boenninghausen's
method by these among other considerations.
1st. Its simplicity. Anybody can apply it. The most in-
experienced can make no important mistake by its trial, pro-
vided ho is sufficiently intelligent to suspend the administration
of the powders as soon as improvement is realized. This rule
cannot be neglected, if the best success is to be secured. The
anxiety to do a little more, with the ex|)ectation of something a
little better, should never l>e allowed to tempt to its violation.
Confusion, vexation, and disappointment can only result from
this folly.
2d. Its safety. To carry out the entire plan requires, even
in cases where it may result in failure, only about two hours of
time, the loas of which cannot seriously prejudice a case in its
prospects of benefit from other treatment, if such should be
necessary after the trial of this. If it does this in some de-
*B<£nninghaiisen, on seeing this statement of his method, repudiated it
as to the intervals of time between the doses. In croup, as in all other ca«e8
of sickness, he was aocuntomed to repeat or give a new medicine, as called to
do so by the symptoms of the case, and not to do either at any given stated
time, determined beforehand.
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gree^ the fact can hardly be urged against the greater success of
this method. This remark is made with a full consciousness of
the importance of early appropriate treatment in every case.
3d. The method of Dr. Boenningiiausen cannot be sup-
posed to complicate a case by medicinal symptoms of the agents
employed if they are not effectual to a cure^ which can hardly
be said of most of the other methods employed.
4th. It is prompt in its eflScacy, beyond any other method.
6th. If the rules given by the master are observed, the cure
is more complete^ as well as prompt.
In the twenty years' experience of the writer in the treat-
ment of croup by the ordinary homoeopathic method, it has been
the common course of the disease to return on the second and
third nights, with more or less severity, and till the lapse of the
third night, and the then change of the cough to the catarrhal
character, there was no relief to his anxiety. Exceptions to this
return have been occasional, but rare. Since adopting the
method of Dr. B., there has yet been no return on the second or
third nights in a single case.
The force of these reasons was then felt by the writer to be
great. Here was, undeniably, simplicity y safdy, promptness, and
completeness of cure, with freedom from medicinal complications^
to urge the claims of the method to attention, and better than
all, these claims were backed by an alleged success altogether
without a parallel. But the question has risen and been asked,
" Will this method cure every case of croup ?" I can only reply,
very likely not. I don't know, but I do know it has cured every
case of croup proper in which I have employed it in a time and
manner that has given me one of my sweetest delights. I have
had no second or third night anxieties. But, in this connection,
I may as well warn the practitioner who may be inclined to try
the five powders as directed, that all loud, coarse cough, with or
without wheezing and fever, are not croup, and that he may find
many such which these powders will not cure, simply because
they are not remedies appropriate to their treatment. These
are cases much less important than true.croup, and far easier of
cure by BelL, Hepar sulph., Phos,, etc., as ordinarily admin-
istered. "But will these powders really cure true membranous
croup after the membrane is formed ?" was asked by one of my
friends in Philadelphia. Then I could not answer from per-
sonal observation. Now I can. And I answer, Yes. The fol-
lowing cases will illustrate this :
Case I. — Sept. 1st, 1860, quarter-past nine p. m., saw a child,
fottrand a half years old, of fair complexion, moderately fleshy,
8 BCENNINGHAUSEK'S TREATMENT OF CROUP. [Jan.,
suffering with symptoms of croup. Breathing difficult, with
loud, sawing wheeze, cough frequent and violent, with the
characteristic sound of croup ; great restlessness. Expression of
face anxious. The whole surface covered with profuse hot per-
spiration; pulse, 130 per minute, full and hard. BrecUh
offensive. I prepared the five Boenninghausen powders,
gave No. 1, and in half an hour No. 2, and then No. 3, when
the child became more tranquil, the skin cooler, less perspira-
tion, cough less frequent, the peculiar sound of the respiration
gone, and the child was drowsy and wanted to go to bed. He
had been in his mother's lap. I supposed the battle was won,
and left with directions if the breathing became embarrassed
again to give the other powders at half-hour intervals.
At two A. M. I was called again, the child being reported much
worse, and the parents thought him dying. I found him breath-
ing with great difficulty — respiration loud, with the peculiar
wheeze of croup— cough frequent, violent, and dry, with strong
croup tone, perspiration profuse and hot, great anxiety and rest-
lessness. Inspection of the throat showed a patch of membran-
ous deposit on the left tonsil as large as my finger nail. The
mother had given powders 4 and 5 with no relief. I gave
Spongia*" (Lehrman's), with partial relief /or a time^ when the
symptoms returned, and Spongia gave no relief. I then gave
Bromine, from four A. M. to seven A. M., at half-hour intervals, the
only result of which was an increase in the frequency of the
Sulse and heat of skin. No relief of respiration or cough. I
etermined to repeat the ^^Jive powders/' looking on the case as a
second attack or relapse, the result of cold feet and legs, when
he awoke at two o'clock, from exposure during sleep — a fact
which I now learned for the first time. The three first were
given and all symptoms of croup disappeared in less than two
hours, and did not return. There was a slight catarrhal cough
which yielded to Phos.*". At ten A. M. the membranous patch
was evidently thinner than when examined in the night, and at
five P. M. had disappeared entirely, leaving the surface of the ton-
sils and fauces generally deep-red, and a good deal swollen.
This inflammation soon disappeared under the influence of the
remedies above named.
Were not here two aitaeJcs of croup ? My first impression was
that the powders had failed. When I learned of the cold feet
and legs, I took another view of the case and treated it as a new
attack, with the above result. But, suppose there was only one,
and the symptoms at two o'clock A. M. were only a recurrence
of those seemingly subdued at eleven p. m., what is the objection
1889.] BCENNINGHAUSEN'S TKEATMENT OF CROUP. 9
to a repetition of the series of powders if a case should occur
where the first five should prove inadequate to the cure? I have
not the slightest doubt I should have lost my case if I had
adhered to mv first impression of the failure of the treatment.
The case grew worse rather than better under Bromine (and the
cases this remedy has not cured^ after the failure of the ordinary
remedies, nothing has cured in my practice). But, on giving the
five magical powders the second time, or rather three of them, the
result was even more prompt and satisfactory then when given
the first time. Would this have been the case if the second
attack had been only a recurrence of partially subdued symp-
toms ? Do not such recurrences come with increased inveteracy ?
as is so often seen in cases of hydrocephalus.
In this case the membrane was perfectly apparent on the
tonsils. Indeed the whole train of symptoms, without this, was
indicative of this form of the disease, but the sight of the de-
posit places the matter beyond doubt.
It is worthy of remark that powders 4 and 5, Hepar and
Spongia, given by the mother, after the relapse, previous to my
seeing the little patient the second time, were followed by no
mitigation of the symptoms ; but that Aconite^ Hepar, and
Spongia were afterward promptly efficacious, even more so than
at the first. From this it would appear that the order of
sequence of the administration of the powders is not a matter of
indiiTerence. It may prove to be essential to success.
Case II. — ^The following case has been kindly furnished me
by my esteemed friend. Dr. Carroll Dunham, of Newburgh,
N. Y. It further and beautifully illustrates the affirmative
answer given above in relation to the cure of membranous
croup, and also answers the question as to a repetition of the
series of powders in any case.
On the evening of January 24th, I received a message to the
effect that a little boy, aged eighteen months, fat and healthy,
was slightly feverish, and somewhat hoarse. I was requested to
send some medicine. I sent a powder of Acon.^', mentioning
to the messenger that croup might perhaps be threatening and
requesting to be sent for on the first indications of that disease.
The next morning I was told that the child was not much better,
and was requested to visit it in the course of the day. I went
immediately. As soon as the hall-door was opened, I heard the
hoarse, ringing respiration of the child, which was in the second-
story, and which I found sitting up in its crib, with an expres-
sion of great anguish, breathing at the rate of 35 in the minute
and with great labor. There was but little cough ; occasionally
10 BCENNINGHAUSEN'8 TREATMENT OF CROUP. [Jan.,
an effort which resulted in a hoarse dry bark, but which was
immediately suppressed, apparently because it interfered with
respiration. The face was turgid and of a purple hue. The
hands were frequently applied convulsively to the larynx, but
as a general thing the child was quiet, looking with pitiful, ap-
pealing eyes to the bystander, as if for aid. The skin was hot
and dry except on the forehead, which was moist and cool,
pulse hard, not full, 130. On saying to the mother, " the child
is exceeding ill,'' I was told, *' he has been as bad if not worse
all night." He had vomited once, about an hour before my
arrival, bringing up a small piece of tough membrane.
Here was a case of membranous croup, of great severity,
which had been in full blast at least twelve hours before I was
called to it ; in which the purple, turgid face and the exhausted
aspect of the child, showed that the powers of life had already
begun to fail under the imperfect decarbonization of the blood.
Considering the gravity of the case, and its long duration be-
fore treatment was begun, I hesitated to give the powders re-
commended by BoBuninghausen, but gave at once Bromine^
centesimal, in water, a teaspoonful of the solution every fifleen
minutes.
At the end of two hours, the child was in no respect better —
the pulse was weaker and more frequent ; there had been no re-
lief for an instant to the labored character of the respiration,
which numbered now 40 in the minute. I gave Hepar sulph.*
trit., alternately with the Bromine. At the end of two hours
there was still no change for the better; the disease was steadily
advancing, as it seemed, to a fatal termination. Already it had
reached a point at which I have seen both Guersant ^d Trous-
seau at the Enfans Malades refuse to perform tracheotomy, on
the ground that the disease had, by its long duration, so prevented
oxygenation of the blood and consequent renovation of tissues
that a favorable issue could not be noped for. I determined
now to give the Bcenninghausen powdere ; waiting, therefore, a
half-hour from the time at which the last dose of the Hepar
was given, I gave a powder of Acon.*'^, to be followed at inter-
vals of a half-hour !by Hepar^, Spongia**, and this series re-
peated (the method indicated in a foot-note to my translation of
Bcenninghausen's article, American Homceopatliie Review, vol.
2, p. 212). It was now five p. m., a time of day after which
croup generally begins to be aggravated. At seven o'clock the
child was greatly relieved, respiration 30 in the minute, much
less labored, the sound softer, cough rather more frequent and
somewhat loose in sound. I left a second series of the powders
1889.] BOSNNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CROUP. H
to be taken at intervals of one hour. The child slept at eleven
p. M,, and at intervals during the night, and the next morning
was so much better that it seemed unnecessary to give more
medicine, although I left a series of the powdei:i3 to be given in
case of a relapse. They were not given, however. The child
recovered rapidly without relapse or sequelae of any kind, and
oh the fifth day was as well as usual.
This was unquestionably the most severe case of croup that
I have ever seen recover in this or any country. Judging from
my experience with Bromine and Hepar in other cases, I have
no hesitation in saying that, not acting more evidently and more
promptly than they appeared to do in this case, nothing what-
ever was to be hoped for from them. In croup, if they act
benefically at all, they do so promptly. It seems impossible,
therefore, to ascribe the recovery of this child in any degree to
these remedies, or to deny the curative action of the Boenning-
hausen powders.
Case III. — May 7th, 1860. At ten o'clock a. m. saw M. F.,
two and one-half years old, who had been suffering from severe
catarrhal symptoms with sore throat the last four days. At four
o'clock this morning she awoke her parents by her choking,
strangling, and loud croup cough, for which she had had from
them, Aconite and Spongia in alternation every half- hour with-
out relief. The skin was hot and rather moist, the face red, the
eyes staring, expression anxious, breathing loud, wheezing, and
labored, cough frequent and loud, with the characteristic
croup tone ; swallowing difficult and evidently painful, with great
restlessness. I gave the five powders as directed by Boenning-
hausen, with instruction to suspend their administration on the
appearance of relief of the symptoms. She took the first three,
and the relief was so apparent that, in accordance with instruc-
tions, she was left to their action. I saw her again at five p. M.
She was playing on the floor, and apparently well of all her
troubles except the difficulty of swallowing, which was removed
promptly by Bell.*". The next morning she was dismissed
cured.
It is hardly necessary to remark that the worst form of croup
18 very often preceded by a catarrhal stage like that by which
this case was ushered in, is of the most ol^tinate nature, and not
onfreqently fatal.
Case IV,— The following case, furnished by my friend and
neighbor, Dr. R. C. Moffat, is given to illustrate the fact that
this method is curative, and triumphantly so, even in cases where
massive doses of the same medicines have failed.
12 BOSNNINGHAUSEN'S TREA.TMENT OF CROUP. [Jan.,
Called in the morning to attend a child attacked daring the
night with croupy cough and restlessness, which were repre-
sented as severe. The child was nine months old, large, health-
ful, and vigorous. The usual remission had occurred, and then
presented nothing but the usual loose cough. I prescribed
Aconite and Spongia, one drop each, in two-thirds of a tumbler
of water^ a teaspoonful alternately every hour and a half, the
intervals to be shortened to half an hour if necessary during
the night.
The next day the report was, a very bad night ; the cough,
fever, and restlessness worse than the night before, and still the
remission of the morning was very marked, only a loose cough
with hardly any croupy tone to it. Thinking the family (a
nervous one) had exaggerated their report, I gave directions
— jHepar', every hour and a half till the cough should lighten
in the evening, and then, if the fever, etc., returned, as on
the previous night. Aeon, and Spongia. stronger than before,
every half-hour.
Making an early morning call, I found the night had been
worse than either of the preceding, and the cough was distinctly
croupy, though the respiration, etc., were easy.
I gave Sao. Lqc. for five hours (from ten A. M. till three p. M.),
and then set out Boenninghausen's prescription — Aeon., Hep.,
Spong., Hep., Spong., each 200th, at half-hourly intervals,
with directions to call me in the night, if disturbed.
At my morning call I found the child had slept well all
night, and it required no treatment subsequently.
Case V. — The following case in the practice of my friend
and neighbor, Dr. J. Barker, illustrates the efficacy of the
method in a class of cases almost always fatal when treated by
any of the ordinary courses of practice.
In the fall of 1859, W. L., a child six months of age, while
suffering from a severe attack of scarlet fever, was seized with
marked symptoms of croup. Regarding the complication as
serious, and not being satisfied with the usual remedies in simi-
lar cases, I resorted, for the first time, to Boenninghausen's
treatment for croup, viz. : Aconite, Hepar, and Spongia, each
of the 200th potency. The powders were numbered in the fol-
lowing order : Aconite 1, Hepar 2 and 4, Spongia 3 and 5, and
directed to be given with an interval of thirty minutes in the
order marked. After the expiration of three hours I again saw
my patient, and found him almost wholly relieved from all
croupy symptoms. The attendants expressed great surprise at
the prompt action of the remedies, assuring me that after giving
1889.] BCENNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CROUP. 13
three powders the disease at once gave way. I have since used
the same prescription with most marked success in other cases
of croup, and am convinced that no other treatment in my hands
has proved equally efficient.
This case occurred during a severe anginose affection of the
throat, and interested me much when first related to me by my
friend, as it was then the first case of recovery from a similar
condition I had known. In my previous experience all such
cases had terminated fatally.
Case VI. — The following case in the practice of my friend,
Dr. Morrill, of this city, exhibits the efficacy of the Boenning-
hausen method after a continuance of the croup two days with-
out relief from massive doses of Ipecac and Squills, a common
allopathic treatment of the disease, and also after a failure of
lower attenuations of Aconite and Spongia.
Mary Kelly, aged two and a half years, took a severe cold a
day or two before leaving Montreal on her way to this city.
The first night from home, had a slight attack of croup, which
her mother treated with Syrup of Ipecac and Squills. She ap-«
peared better in the morning, but the cough continuing, the
same medicine was repeated.
The next night she had a second attack, more severe than the
first. The mother administered Ipecac and Squills, and these
not helping the child I was sent for. The symptoms of croup
were very decided. Gave Aconite^, in alternation with
Spongia*, which soon gave relief, and the child slept quietly till
morning.
The next night I was again sent for about eleven o'clock, and
found the child in apparently the advanced stages of croup.
There was the ringing, metallic cough — the stridulous breath-
ing, and great difficulty of inspiration at all. The pulse was
very quick, and the skin hot and very moist. Appearances
were very unpromising; gave the five powders of 200th, Aeon.,
then Hepar, then Spong., in alternation. In about an hour the
child became easier, and soon after it took the fifth powder,
dropped asleep. I called the next day and found the patient
quite well. It has had no return of the disease since.
Comments : — These six cases will illustrate the action of these
remedies in the treatment of croup. That they were cases of
true croup was not a question of doubt. They were treated before
the reception of Boenninghausen's repudiation of the half-hour
interval between the doses. And, nothwithstanding this error,
which no doubt was a violation of a fundamental rule which
dominates all sound homoeopathic practice, they were cured,
14 BOENNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CROUP. [Jan.,
promptly, permanently, and perfectly, and in each case there
was nothing of the return of symptoms to which we had all
been accustomed when we had treated croup with our accus-
tomed numbers in our heretofore accustomed method of admin-
istration. This was a great surprise to each of us, and the
question could hardly fail to arise, How could so perfect and
prompt cures follow so marked a violation of a rule of prac-
tice so important as this : ^' No repetion of doses or change of
medicine while improvement progresses from that already given!^
The question will ask itself now, when we read the report
given above, an4 we can see but one answer to it.
These cases were treated previous to 1859, when weall had had
but small experience with dynamized numbers above the thir-
tieth. It will be remembered at this time, we had been taught,
at least many of us, that acute cases required for their speediest
and best cure low numbers, while chronic were best treated by
high. This false rule was very generally accepted and acted on
by those who at that time were leaders in the homcBopathic
school of practice. And sicknesses of rapid progress in their
distinctive processes, like croup, were treated oftener than other-
wise by numbers not above the third, and often by those lower,
even by the crude drug ; and with croup, where this was over-
come by these low dynamizations, the painful and anxious ex-
periences of the second and third nights were always present.
The thought then was that it was the matter of the drug which
cured, and the third, if it failed to give relief, it was because
more matter of the drug than was contained in this number was
required for relief, and more was given, even to very consider-
able quantities of the crude drug, and then, if the case termi-
nated, fatally, why, was not all done that could be ? Were not
the accepted remedies for croup all given, and in sufficient quan-
tities to cure if this had been possible?
Yes, " all " was done but the right thing, and the wrong was
overdone, and hence the fatal termination of the case. This
was the common practice and experience previous to the publi-
cation of what was suppased to be Boenninghausen's method
with croup. This public4ition contained the error as to time
between the doses, which we have pointed out, and yet cpses
were cured as they had not been by the previous practice with
low numbers and crude drugs. And why? This question
could not fail to ask itself, and the only answer to it we can see
is because the curatives were given in higher dynamizations.
The results of the treatment of these six cases demonstrate,
we think, conclusively, several truths of great practical impor-
J889.] BCENNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CBOUP. 15
tance. 1. That it is not the matter of the drug which cureSy be-
cause here, when the doses given which cured so much more
speedily and permanently must, if they contained any drtigmatr'
ter at all,, have been in mach less guantity than in those given
in the previous practice with low numbers and the crude drug,
2. These cases, and a multitude of others similar to them, dem-
onstrate the greater curing power in the dynamized than in the
crude drug. And, 3. The superior curing effects of these high
potencies over the third and lower demonstrate an increase of
curing power by continuing the process of dynamization. The
third number is, no doubt, a dynamic specimen of a drug power;
but when the dynamizing process has been carried, as in the case
of the medicines used in these cures, to the 200th, the result
has been, and is, increased curing power in the higher number
when its action is compared with that of the third or lower dy-
namization. 4. The falsehood of the rule formerly taught — low
numbers in treating acute diseases and high in chronic — is fully
demonstrated. The superior results of the treatment of croup
by Boeuninghausen's powders as compared with the experience of
treatment with lower numbers can only be accounted for by the
fact, of the greater curing power in the higher dynamizations.
And it is not a little interesting that in these six cases and in
a multitude of similar ones these superior cures were wrought,
notwithstanding the 200th dynamization employed in them
was handicapped by so important a violation of law in the
matter of time between the doses. The increase of curing power
was equal to the cure, and would have it in spite of so impor-
tant a violation of law."^
P. P. Wells.
Brooklyn, November 29th, 1888.
A Cough Symptom : — Cough, with hsemoptysis and feeble,
weak heart action ; deep, violent in evening and night, without
waking ; renewed by change to cold weather and by cold winds.
Expectoration pale, sweetish, unpleasant tasting, at times diflB-
cult, renewed same as cough — Lycopus-virg.
* This paper npon croup waa published some twenty-eight years ago by Dr.
Wells; he has recently revised and added to it. We republish it by request
of some of our readers. Although this method of Boenninghausen's has such
high indorsement, we must remind our readers that the practice is open to
frave errors, and violates the cardinal principles of homoeopathic philosophy.
[omoeopathic practice treats tymptomSj not diseases, nor does it alternate rem-
edies. These tnree remedies are invaluable in treating cases of croup, but they
shonld be prescribed, as in other diseases, only when indicated by the
patient's symptoms. — Editobs.
THE FATTY HEART.
Professor E. H. Kisch, Marienbab.
Macrosoopically we see the fat penetrate, in the form of
yellow streaks, the intermuscular tissue of the myocardium,
which turns into a yellowish-brown color, and becomes soft and
friable.
Microscopical examination reveals the cells of the subperi-
cardial fatty tissue appear larger than normal, containing more
arterial and venous blood-vessels than in the normal state.
One sees the fat-cells around the blood-vessels and in the peri-
cardium accompanying them in their course and penetrating
the muscular substance ; the muscular fibres are pushed asunder,
they proliferate between them, and enlarge the interstices be-
tween the muscular fibrillse, which thus become compressed. It
can be seen best on the right ventricle, where, between the
muscular fibres, larger or smaller diffused fatty foci are situated.
The muscular fibres are commonly well preserved, with normal
horizontal striation, and only degenerated where the interstices
are greatly enlarged by fat. With stronger lenses, the lines are
then only observed in very fine granules, strongly shining. In
some muscular fibres the horizontal striation is lost, one sees
only longitudinal fibres consisting of strongly shining fatty
drops.
VVe have, therefore, as the anatomical result of a fatty heart :
Fat penetrating the sttbpericardial connective tissue, lesion of the
structure of the heart during its furtlier course, decrease of the
contractile substance and molecular changes of the muscular
fibres.
The function of a fatty heart becomes mechanically obstructed,
because the layer of fat proliferating from the subpericardial
connective tissue and nearly surrounding the heart prevents the
motions of the heart. Another functional disturbance is also
caused by the penetration of the fat into the interstitial connective
tissue of the myocardium ; thus the mechanical formation of the
heart is lessened and its power diminished. A further increase
of fat causes a partial atrophy of the muscular walls of the
heart by pressure. In consequence thereof, the structural firm-
ness of the heart is shaken, and its result is dilatation of one
or more cavities or of the whole heart, and with increased
labor the heart may become insufficient. In all cases of obesity,
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Jan., 1889.] THE FATTY HEART. 17
much more is required from the heart than in the normal state.
The increase of the fatty tissue in the pannieulus adiposus,
meseuteriam, omentum, etc., causes new blood-vessels to spring
up, which, corresponding to the increased weiglit of the body
through the formation of fat, necessitates increased labor for
tlie circulation of the blood.
Where the increase of fat in the body is only a gradual one,
and where its accumulation does not reach extreme degrees, the
fatty heart, only moderately surrounded by fat, may still be
able to perform its increased labors for some time. The first
dage of the fatty heart shows only slight troubles. Only when
the patient over-exerts himself bodily by running, ascending,
stooping, and similar locomotions, or after a copious meal, some
dyspnoea and slight palpitation may set in. He still sleeps
good and has no asthma. Objectively the examination of
the heart shows nothing abnormal, only the sounds of the heart
sometimes appear rather dull, and the dullness may extend over
a larger space than normal, and the beat of the apex is found
lower. An intensive dullness over the sternum shows a copious
accumulation of fat in the mediastinal cellular tissue. In its
further course, and by a more copious increase of fat throughout
the body, the increased activity of the fatty heart, in connection
with increased resistance from the extension of the abdomen,
poshing upward of the diaphragm and diminution of the
thoracic space leads to thickening and dilatation of the left ven-
tricle, and when this hypertrophy and dilatation do not suffice
for compensation, it must lead, in consequence of the over-filling
of the venous system, finally to dilatation and hypertrophy of the
riglit ventricle. During the second stage of the fatty heart, we
meet palpitation and increased dyspnoea in ascending or longer
bodily exercise. Severe dyspnoea and vertigo appear; at night
asthmatic attacks. The fat patient wakes up several times
daring the night, must rise from his bed to breathe. Objec-
tively we find the dullness of the heart increased in length as
well as in breadth, the impulse of the heart is mostly diffuse, and
the apex felt more outwanlly. Auscultation reveals pure, but
dull, sounds, sometimes they are loud and clear, or we may hear
with the systole a short blowing or a double sound. The pulse
may be frequent or retarded, or full, large, tense. The more
difficult circulation of the blood, in consequence of the dimin-
ished propelling power of the heart, shows itself all through the
venoQS system, as by dilatation of the superficial cutaneous
veins, by varicose in the lower extremities, and especially by
hemorrhoids. When such a lipomatosis universalis is not kept
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18 THE FATTY HEART. [Jan.,
witliin bounds by rational treatment, the third stage sets in,
fatty degeneration of the myocardium takes place, with all the
symptoms of insufficiency. Dyspnoea is now nearly constant,
with palpitations and precordial anguish. The dullness of the
Eercussion sound is heard over a wide extent, the impulse of the
eart weak, the sounds of the heart dull, the second sound of
the aortic valve more strongly marked. The weakness of the
heart shows itself by stagnation of blood in the lungs, and from
there backwards in the large veins of the body, and cyanosis
follows. We meet now cardial asthma, torturing cough, seeth-
ing in chest with foaming, bloody mucus. Paroxysmal ly
angina pectoris, with other neuralgic pains, often a pain radiat-
ing from the cardiac region toward the left shoulder. Finally,
this stagnation in the larger circulation leads to cerebral symp-
toms, to serous effusions in the subcutaneous cellular tissue,
to affections of the liver, spleen, and kidneys. Albumen in the
urine and oedema pedum are usual manifestations, and a fatal
issue might be expected, oft»n with the symptoms of oedema
pulmonum or a pneumonia by stasis. Paralysis of the heart
may also suddenly set in, and the patient succumbs.
Remarks. — Professor Kisch, in his Marienbad, has many
opportunities to treat obesity, and thus, also, the fatty heart, and
with his patients the cur, as the German cjill the strictly pre-
scribed diet and the regulation of the drinking of the mineral
waters of this celebrated spring, will certainly benefit them dur-
ing theirsojourn ; but how few keep up this regular mode of living
after returning home, and thus necessitate a yearly pilgrimage to
that shrine, which reduces the amount of fat which they are
obliged to carry about. The same may be said of Professor
Oertel's treatment at Meran, Tyrol, who relies on active exer-
cise, regulated by the physicians, and a.scending hills and moun-
tains in this Alpine region, so rich in oxygen, and thus quicken-
ing respiration and consuming heat-producing tissue.
Arndt has a very good article on this fatty heart in the first
volume of his Encydopasdia, and as Phosphorus, Arsenious acid.
Sulphuric acid. Plumbum, Antimony, and Alcohol have the
power to produce /o^^i/ degeneration ofthehearty he recommends
them in the treatment of this disease; hut the fatty heart in its
first and second stage will hardly be benefited by these power-
ful drugs, and its third stage is nigh incurable. He mentions
Calcarea, Graphites, Lycopodium, and Ferrum phosphoricum,
in minute doses, to antidote the tendency to adiposus, and we
agree fully with him that more can be gained by constitutional
treatment than by drugs whose abuse lead to degenerative pro-
cesses.
1889.] THE FATTY HEART. 19
Leuoophl^macy, malassiniilation, and obesity are all found in
the pathogenesis of the salts of Lime, and especially under Cal^-
oarea osirearum, Hahnemann, in his Chronic Di^eases^ II, 255,
makes here a valuable remark : '^ In affections of persons ad-
vanced in age, Calcarea, even after other intermediate remedies,
can scarcely be repeated with advantage ; a dose which is given
afler another, without any previous intermediate remedy, is
almost always prejudicial. In cases of children, however, sev-
eral doses may be given in succession, provided the remedy con-
tinues to be indicated, the younger the children the more fre-
quently the remedy may be repeated. . And when we look with
its dyspeptic and flatulent symptoms to such indications as in-
terruption of breath when walking in the wind, then in the
rooms dyspnoea, which increases as soon as he walks a few steps;
frequent necessity of deep breathing; shortness of breath, worse
when sitting and in motion; the breath becomes short upon
ascending the least height ; the whole chest is intensely painful
when touched or during an inspiration ; pain in front of the
chest, as if it were pressed upon ; oppressive anguish in the
chest; palpitation of the heart, with excessive anguish, etc., we
get here a full picture of the first stages of the fatty heart, and
its judicious use will prevent it reaching its third stage.'* But
remember Hahnemann's advice of Calcarea when prescribed to
people old in years, for there is also a precocious old age, and
many a one who ought to be in the zenith of life has used up his
life-force prematurely, and I doubt whether for such senility
Calcarea will be the remedy.
Here the bMb of Barium come in, which is considered a valu-
able remedy for senility, so far as this is prefnaiure, and there-
fore morbid. Hughes's Pharmacodynamics, fourth ed., and
Noack and Trinks teach that Baryta is especially suitable for
the affections of first childhood, and more particularly still for
those of old age, when there is mental and physical weakness —
a marasmus senilis. We meet here many symptoms similar to
Calcarea, as fullness of chest, with short breath, especially when
ascending a height, and with stitches in the chest when inspir-
ing ; the pain in the chest is partly relieved by eructations ; ])res-
sive heaviness across the chest, increased by inspiration and then
causing painful stitches under the upper extremity of the ster-
num ; throbbing in the left side of the chest, commencing at the
{nt of the stomach and ascending ; palpitation when lying on
eft side.
Whereas we meet in Arsenicum and Phosphorus fatty degen-
eration and destruction of the muscular fibres of the heart, we
20 THE FATTY HEART. [Jan^
prefer Aurum muriaticum for the atheromatous condition of the
arteries (coronary) so oflen found in ripe old age, with an obesity
of the heart, the fat being imbedded in the connective tissue
around and through the heart between its muscular fibres, but
without destroying its structure ; frequent attacks of anguish
about the heart, with tremulous fearfulness and faintings ; vio~
lent heart-stroke, not synchronous with the pulse; constantly
compelled to be in motion, but, when riding or walking, palpi*
tations compel him to stop, sometimes with irregular, intermit-
tent pulse and dyspnoea.
Under Bromide of Potassiumy we detect some symptoms which
hint at a fatty heart, as, feeble and intermitting action of the heart,
partly relieved by walking ; heart's beats wanting in energy and
its sounds distant and feeble ; action of heart slow and flutter-
ing ; pulse small and slow. We know that Brom. and its prepa-
rations are more suitable to persons with blue eyes and light
hair, and it is a well-known fact that blondes are more given to
obesity than brunettes, and the fatty heart in young persons
may thus find its simillimum in the Bromides,
We have often remarked that the salts of Magnesium are too
oflen neglected, and only since Schussler led our attention
to their great value, we find them more frequently reported.
We have often heard of cases where the salts of Lime failed to
eradicate that unknown psora, while the salts of Magnesium
acted splendidly. We find in both slow dentition, with
bloatedness in abdomen, but in the former more diarrhoea,
whereas the latter has constipation. Magnesia muriaiica has
oppressed breathing, greater after a meal, constrictive pain in
chest and scapulas ; stitches in the heart, arresting the breath-
ing ; palpitation of the heart, when sitting, better from motion ;
violent palpitation, with pulsation in all the arteries ; tension
across the chest, coming from the pit of the right axilla.
Guernsey gives as characteristic indications: sleeplessness,
knotty, hard, difficult, and insufficient stools, crumbling to pieces
as they pass the anus, and frequent fainting attacks, wnich seem
to start from the stomach. Its uterine symptoms prove that it
is worth our consideration in the fatty heart of women with
the three F's — fair, fat, and forty. Where the second stage
merges into the degenerative one. Magnesia phosphorica of
Schussler might do something, and it is a pity tnat we have no
proving of it.
Will Ferrum phosphoricum, the Aconite and Belladonna
combined of Schussler, do something in such cases of obesity ?
Arndt and Kane mention Ferrum, and we know there is such a
1889.] HOMCEOPATHIC PBESCRIBING. 21
thing as a plethoric chlorosis as well as an ansemic chIorosiS|
with great palpitation of the heart and dyspnoea and cardialgia.
Such chlorotio women sometimes show a false plethora, may
even develop a pretty good panniculusadiposus, and, in spite of
all their wailing and ailing, they get no commiseration, for they
look so well. In correspondence with other symptoms, we
ought to think here of the Phosphate of Iron.
Kapka recommends Arnica ; Arndt, Lycopodium and Grapite ;
Kane, Arsenicum, Calcarea carb., Aurum mur.. Digitalis,
Ferrum, Phosphorus, and Sulphur, and we acknowledge our
blindness that for many of these drugs we fail to see their ap-
plicability to the fatty heart.
At any rate, poor people need not go to Marienbad. Hygienic
rules can be everywhere observed, and our materia medica does
the rest. S. L.
HOMCEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING.
Hayes C. French, M. D., San Francisco.
The November number of the Physician was as usual replete
with good things, and the discussion of Dr. Gee*s paper upon
" Peculiar Symptoms'' touched practical and vital points on the
question, not only of the successful selection of a remedy, but also
the ability to hold the confidence of patients and their influen-
tial friends while that remedy is being applied. Having been
won to Homoeopathy from a life-long antipathy to its tenets, my
own struggle into faith gives me some authoritative conception
of the honest doubts with which the new convert scans the first
approach of the priests of Hahnemann. It must be remembered
that the multiplying thousands of homoeopathic physicians in
the land, means a rapid and constant conversion of the people
from the old to the new method of practice, and the question of
the advisability of the physician making a peripatetic library of
himself, may have a vital bearing upon the confidence of an in-
quiring convert, to whose mind the seeming dependence upon
his books may suggest a lack of practical familiarity of his new
doctor with the doctrines he advocates. The world is suspicious
of medical students, and lavishes its fondest trust upon fossilized
antiquarians, to whose hoary craniums it credits all book-lore,
though they be in fact but the cephalic grave of scantest memo-
ries.
Dr. Hitchcock's modest estimate of his knowledge of materia
medica, while betraying a refreshing candor, we will venture to
22 TOTALITY OF SYMPTOMS AND CONCOMITANCE. [Jan^
Eledge^ can be refuted out of his own mind and mouth, and that
e could readily give the characteristics, not only of " a dozen
remedies/' but of a dozen dozen, if put to the test. Without his
confidence we have no patient, and frequently that confidence
will depend upon the doctor's ability to make an off-hand pre-
scription. The best homoeopath we ever knew, failed utterly
for want of tact in the matter of using books at the bedside.
The successful settlement of this question demands a keen dis-
crimination, and if this be used, the man who to-day would at-
tribute your devotion to your tomes to ignorance, will to-mor-
row, in the light of his new-found faith, boast that his doctor,
like his lawyer, studies his case before venturing a remedy;
hence, we cannot see any hope of true success as prescribers with-
out a general and constantly growing knowledge of the leading
characteristics of our principal remedies. If the call is urgent,
we must have an instantaneous grasp of its salient needs, and
act with correspondent promptness. Afterward we can obtain
the best possible details of the symptomatology, and retire to
meditation and the books, and we have no doubt but that the
most rigid adherents of the book method would much less fre-
quently, than in their modesty they now suppose, be compelled
to change the remedy thus selected.
There is a sort of unconscious cerebration accompanying the
process of acquiring materia medica, which impresses facts upon
the mind, not always in the scope of language to express, but
which give their possessor unconsciously, a physiognomy (so to
say) of the remedy in relation to the disease to which it is
adapted, and many a successful prescriber follows what be has
fondly denominated his " intuitions " which are nothing more
than the stored-up fruits of legitimate mental labor. Now does
not slavish adherence to text-books, on all occasions, and in all
places, have a tendency to obtund this inspirational gift?
TOTALITY OP SYMPTOMS AND CONCOMITANCE.
Stuart Close, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
In all discussion, definition of terms is of the first impor-
tance. This is generally acknowledged, but often overlooked.
Hence we too often see the pages of our journals filled with
what might better have been left unsaid.
A correct understanding of certain words and phrases in
common use would clear up all difficulty, and we should be
1889.] TOTALITY OF SYMPTOMS AND CONCOMITANCE. 23
spared the pain of reading unjust criticism, denunciation, and
ridicule of men whose work has stood the test of continual and
eflFective use for nearly a century.
These remarks are inspired by an article contained in the last
issue of The Hom(eopathic Physician (Dec, 1888), entitled
" How to Find the Drug."
The line of argument adopted in this article leads to *he con-
clusion that the qualities expressed by the words, "peculiar and
QDCommon," as applied by Hahnemann to symptoms, are not to
be found in the symptoms themselves, but in their concomitance^
and that this is assential to correct prescribing.
This conclusion is made to serve as a point from which to
attack the Hahnemannian arrangement of the materia medica,
which is denounced as "absolutely destroying this relation of
ooncomitance," and ridiculed as being inextricably confused.
What must be the inference as to its value, in the estimation of
one who holds such views?
If such were the fact, it seems a little strange that so much
could have been accomplished in the way of curing sick people
since the days when Hahnemann gave his Maieria Medica Pura
to the world.
How shall we account for the position of our author, whose
honesty and desire to arrive at the truth will not be questioned?
Simply by pointing out his misapprehension of what a "symp-
tom " really is, as manifested in his article.
On this point, which is of supreme importance, I quote from
the inaugural address of President P. P. Wells before the In-
ternational Hahnemannian Association in 1881, reprinted from
the Transaxstionsy in The Homceopathic Physkjian, vol. I,
p. 279.
These golden words should be studied, mastered, and kept
continually in mind by every homoeopathician^ the more so as
this misapprehension is very general :
" Let us see what is contained in the expression, * totality of
synvplomsJ As prescribers, it is with these we have our start-
ing-point. Until we have these in our possession, we have no
ooneem with the other factors of the problem we are about to
try to solve. A right understanding of this fundamental ex-
pression is necessary before we can take the first step in a true
homoeopathic prescription. ^ Totality of symptoms ' — what does
it mean here? All the symptoms of the case, is it answered?
It means this and more. The * totality ' here means not only
the sum of the aggregate of the symptoms, but also this other
and most important fact of all, in true homoeopathic prescribing,
24 TOTALITY OF SYMPTOMS AND OONCX)MITANCE. [Jan^
the totality of each individual symptom of the aggregate group,
A SINGLE SYMPTOM IS MORE THAN A SIMPLE PACT ; IT IS A
COMPOUND, MADE UP OP A FACT, WITH ITS HISTORY, ITS
ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED. If it be a
cause of suffering to the patient, then in it' are included all the
circumstances of its aggravation or amelioration ; as to the time
of its greatest intensity, position, motion, rest; how affected by
eating, drinking, or the performance of any bodily function ;
how affected, if at all, by different mental emotions ; or by any
other cause of increase or relief of suffering. All this is included
in the ' totality' of each single symptom, and without all this the
prescriber is ignorant of the intimate nature of the symptom
for which he is to find a simillimum."
A fact, then, is not a symptom without all its concomitants.
The concomitants are an integral and necessary part of a
symptom.
If, now, the symptoms of the Materia Medica Pura be ex-
amined in the light of this definition, it will at once be seen
that they comply with the requirements. They stand out in
symmetrical proportion, complete and rounded. There is no
breaking up of the symptoms into fragments and scattering
them here and there, as one would infer from the article under
consideration, but they stand recorded, under their proper head-
ings, exactly as they occurred in the prover. One would not
naturally look for a symptom of the mind under the heading
"Abdomen;" but if ^^ anxiety '^ occurred in connection with
" a sensation as if the abdomen were hollow," you will find it so
stated. ( Vide Materia Medica Pura, article Chamomilla, symp-
tom 183.^ This symptom may serve as an illustration of the
truly Hahnemannian method. Of its ignorant and incompetent
imitators nothing need be said.
The symptom referred to reads asfollows (Dudgeon^s trans-
lation) : "Sensation as if the whole abdomen were hollow, and
at the same time a perpetual movement in the bowels (with
blue rings around the eyes), and when the attack comes on in
the evening, it is for a short time combined with anxiety"
We have here the statement of a fact, with its elements and
concomitants of time, place, and circumstances, and all these
together make up one, and only one, symptom, which is classi-
fied, for convenience of reference, under the general heading of
" Abdomen."
The article under discussion would lead us to infer that
Hahnemann's plan would not only se|)arate the several elements
of which this symptom is composed, but would scatter them
1889.] BOCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. 25
aboot under wholly arbitrary and inappropriate heads, to the
total confusion of the true drug-picture. In the elegant phrase-
ology of the article, " Instead of getting a clear picture of the
drug-sickness as actually caused by that drug, the beginning is
placed at the end, the middle is at the beginning or anywhere
else, and the end comes first or middle or wherever chance
falls/'
Simple reference to the Materia Medica Pvra of Hahnemann
is all that is needed to confute such a statement.
PROCEEDINGS OP THE ROCHESTER HAHNE-
MANNIAN SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the Rochester Hahnemannian
Society was held at the office of R. A. Adams, M. D., October
16th, President R. C. Grant, M. D. in the chair.
Members present: Drs. Grant, Biegler, Schmitt, Adams,
Carr, Baker ; Dr. W. G. Brownell, of this city, and Dr. Walter
Johnson, of Pittsford, N. Y., were present as visitors.
Minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
Sections 164 to 169 of the Organon were read, with discus-
sion as follows :
Dr. Grant — ^The sections read are some of the most important
and interesting of the Organon.
Dr. Schmitt — I think the sections read explain why there are
cases where the high potencies do not act, and the low will. I
do not agree with Dr. P. P. Wells, that a high potency will act
if a low will. I make the point that we can have a remedy, ac-
cording to Hahnemann, very similar to the case — not simillimum
— where a single dose or repeated, of a high potency, will not do
anything for you, but in a lower potency we get an effect,
although transient, and not a cure. The case I will give will
illustrate the point. It is a case of chronic diarrhooa where
the indications were for Sulph. I gave it in the MM, CM,
200, in single and repeated doses, without any effect whatever,
then gave the 30th potency, a dose for two or three mornings,
which controlled the diarrhoea, but did not cure. I knew I had
only the similar, not the simillimum; after a time the patient de-
veloped a cough, that came on at four a. m. with retching, blue-
ness of the face, cold sweat, and trembling. Ant-tart.°", one
dose cured cough and diarrhoea. Sulph. was the similar remedy
and Ant-tart the simillimum.
Dr. Biegler — ^This case of Dr. Schmitt's does not invalidate
26 BOCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. [Jan.,
the principle, that, we must find the simillimum to cure. I think
that his case helps to prove the fact, that we mud prescribe the
simillimum to cure ; his stating that Dr. Wells never knew of a
case that could not be relieved by a high potency, if the low
would relieve, leads us to think there are exceptions ; there are
cases where the symptoms are obscured and do not come up until
developed by some remedy, and I believe that Sulph. developed
this case. The fact still stands, that disease is only cured by the
true remedial agent (the simillimum), and will cure in a high
potency ; a low is not required.
Dr. Johnson — Does it not illustrate the palliative effect of
remedies ?
Dr. Biegler — ^I do not believe that a high potency will fail if
it is the simillimum. I prescribed last year Khus-tox, for a case
of eczema, the indications I do not remember ; it disappeared
quickly, and I thought it was cured ; a few weeks ago it came
back worse than before, and in her letter, begging for the remedy
of last year, without any indication of the present condition, I
informed her it was a mistake to give the remedy of last year,
but did send it, and asked her to write me a true description of
her case, which she did, and I sent Pulsat. Among the chief
indications were : want of fresh air ; aggravation from cold
drinks; this relieved for ten days, and to-day she sends me a
letter, every indication calling for Sulph.
Another case, of a child seven weeks old, diarrhoea since birth ;
two weeks ago the stools liegan to be watery, gushing, and yel-
low ; would saturate everything. I gave Podo. which relieved
for a few days ; then the mother's nipple became sore, with a
shooting pain from nipple through to back. I gave Crot-tig. to
the mother, with improvement in the child ; in twenty-four
hours there was a great disturbance, stools worse and more fre-
quent, almost hourly. Sac-lac. Improvement followed, last-
ing three or four days, then worse, with the same yellow, watery,
gushing stools, with wind; mother's nipple growing better.
I have known the mother a long time, also her father, and
that there was sycosis in the family, the mother bears traces of
it; three days ago I gave Thuja*", one dose, and to-day the
child is much better; two stools last night, and up to noon to-
day only one; if you will compare the stools of Thuja and
Crot-tig. you will find it difficult to distinguish the difference
between them. Here we have a case where it is difficult to
select between two remedies that are similar to the case.
Dr. Grant — ^You gave the Crot-tig. to the mother and Thuja
to the child ?
1889.] B0CHE8TER HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. 27
Dr. Bi^ler — ^Yes ; was tempted to give the Thuja to the
mother, too, but for some reasou I do not now remember I did
not ; this child was feeble from birth and remained so for over a
month. Weare assembled to learn of the best treatment for disease
surrounded by those that shut their eyes, guided by the " scien-
tific,^' and will not study the principles of Homoeopathy ; under
their treatment the stools would have been checked, and the child
would have died.
Dr. Grant — ^There is still another point, that if their treatment
did not kill, if your supposition is correct, the suppression would
complicate any sickness that would follow.
Dr. Bi^ler — ^This case illustrates how a remedy will come
up, seem to be indicated, and not cure. It is not Homoeopathy
that is at fault.
Dr. Johnson — Can you get an aggravation from a high
potency not the simillimum ? The question was suggested by
your statement of the action of Crot-tig.
Dr. Biegler — ^That is a great question ; it looks to me that the
disturbance that followed was caused by the remedy, although
it was not the simillimum. In acute diseases not complicated
with a miasm, we expect a cure after an aggravation.
Dr. Schmitt — Hahnemann says, that if you give a similar
remedy you may get an aggravation of some symptoms, but not
the true aggravation as from the simillimum.
Dr. Johnson — We are taught that when we get an aggravation
we have the right remedy.
Dr. Biegler — ^I should add the other symptoms for which I
prescribed Thuja : The nurse told me (kai when the child
tjieezed a maaa of mucus would be blown from ilie nose; child Iiad
a loose cough with much loose phlegm in the throat. Under
Thuja you have, " Blows out thick, gum mucus, mixed with
blood and pus." There was no blood or pus in this case.
"Much mucus in the throat, hawked up with difficulty."
Dr. Brownell — I have noticed the comparison is very close
b^ween the stools of Thuja and Crot-tig.
Dr. Schmitt — ^I do not think Crot-tig. has any wind with the
stools. .
Dr. Brownell — ^I would like to relate a case, where sugar in
the urine is a persistent symptom ; foul taste in the mouth; cold
sweat on the lumbar and sacral region, worse during stool; burn-
ing of the soles of the feet ; burning of the skin from the
knees down, wants them rubbed, which does not relieve. Gravity
of the urine was 1040 July 6th. Kali-bich. has the symptom,
" sweat on the back during the effort of stool;" also ^' large
28 BOGHESTER HAHNEMA.NNIAN SOCIETY. [Jan.,
quantities of colorless urine/' Under this remedy the sp. gr.
was reduced to 1020, with no relief of other symptoms, except
sweat was partially relieved. I gave Sulph. which relieved,
but the gravity went up. There is no doubt in my mind that
I did not have the simillimum. There is another remedy that
has sweat on the lower region of the back, and he is now on
that remedy — Plantago^™ .
Dr. Biegler — I would give weight to those remedies that have
sweat in the r^ion mentioned, and remedies for cold sweat — ^you
will find them in Boenninghausen or Allen on fevers.
Dr. Adams — In speaking of Thuja, it reminds me that
" sweat on uncovered parts '* is characteristic, and always leads
me to that remedy.
Dr. Brownell — Inhere ia another symptom : he cannot sign his
name if any one is near him, he is so nervous. Plantago seems
to coverall of his symptoms better than any remedy I know of.
Dr. Biegler — There is another point from which we must
look for help, and that is family dyscrasias. I was in consul-
tation in a case of vomiting of pregnancy ; remedies relieved
for a time, and Pulsat. better than any other; several remedies
were well chosen by the physician in charge, but none would
hold the case.
I had been prescribing the past year for the sister of
this lady, and had hard work to keep her from going down —
had spent hours over the ease. During her menses she would
have a severe jerking pain over the right eye, would jerk the
whole body ; she kept going down, looking pale and yellowish-
green, difficult to nourish. I had inquired particularly about
the menstrual flow, but without any light. After a few times,
the mother told me that she had noticed that the color of the
menses was green. On the head symptoms and green menses
I gave Lac-can., with a very happy result ; there is nothing
much to do now in the case. Now, when we attend the sister for
vomiting of pregnancy, remedies do not relieve for any length
of time. On Ipoking over the case I found one symptom that
pointed very strongly to Lao-can., and I mentioned this to the
attending physician, together with the fact that this remedy had
done so much for the sister. On questioning the mother, we
found that this lady had been troubled with green menses too.
Dr. Schniitt will tell you the result.
Dr. Schraitt — She was doing fairly well on the remedies
given, and that night after we were there the husband came to
my office, staling his wife was suffering with headache. He
had to hold her head so she might get rdief; shooting pain up
1889.] BOCHESTEB HAHNEMANNIAN SOaETY. 29
the spine and in the ovarian region. I sent Lac-can.*" one dose,
which relieved all her symptoms, and during tiie last parade she
wanted to ride down-street.
Dr. Biegler — This case illustrates how difficult it is sometimes
to find the simillimum. Family dyscrasias need remedies, and we
will often stumble until we know them.
I would like to read a letter I received from a physician of
Albany, not a true homceopath, and my reply. Although it
does not state the case in full, it gives it very well. An old
gentleman of this city traveled to Albany, and there suffered with
retention of urine from an enlarged prostate gland. The doctors
there failed to relieve him, he called in a prominent member of
the old school^ who aspirated five times, then sent him home, no
doubt thinking that he was going to die, with his physician of
that city, who flung at me all of the '^ scientific nonsense'' that had
been used, such as Morphine, Cocaine, etc. I thought the best
thing that could be done for the patient was first to rid him of
his physician, so I assured him that he could take the first train
home, as we would take care of the case.
"Albany, N. Y., Oct. Ist, 1888.
" My Dear Dr. Bieoler : — Mrs. G. H , who just left
my office, tells me that she is much improved since seeing you,
and also tells me that the gentleman, whom our Albany doctors
failed to relieve, has found relief at your skillful hands. To be
more exact, she said 'you were very busy the day she saw you, and
had a desperate case from Albany.' I knew of the case here
and of the failure to relieve him, and inquired how he was, and
she said ' that he was better and going to get well.'
Now I am an honest inquirer about high potencies and not a
Booffer, and yet not a full believer. Would it be too much to
ask yon to drop me a line saying what remedy and what potency
relieved such a desperate case?
" Very truly yours,
" Geo. E. Q ."
" Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 7th, 1888.
"Geo. E. G , M. D.:—
" Dear DocroR : — As it is often the case with me, several
days ebipse before I can find time to reply to letters, and I am
disappointed in being in that situation since the receipt of your
letter of the 1st inst. I gladly give the information you request
concerning the case oi Mr. Si>erry, who was taken sick in
Albany and returned to his home in care of Dr. J .
30 EOCHESTEK HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. [Jan.,
"When I saw him on the night of his return, I found the
urethra in such a condition as to prevent the insertion of the
catheter. I then prescribed Nux vom.^, for the pur[K)se of
doing away with the effects of the previous drugging — Mor-
phine, Cocaine, etc., and toward morning, Dr. Carr, who had
charge of the case, relieved him with the aspirator. The next
morning I advised the use of the aspirator for another period of
twenty-four hours, and prescribed Benzoio-acid**"* one dose, the
indications for this remedy, or rather for those upon which I
selected it, you will find in Hering's Guiding Symptoms^ also in
the Condensed Materia Medica. In thirty-six hours after the
dose of this remedy, I found the prostate gland retracted, I may
say at least one-third from its former size ; before that it seemed
to fill the cavity of the pelvis; now at this time the flatus,
which was before incarcerated, passed readily, and I also passed a
No. 7 elastic catheter without diflBculty ; this catheter was re-
tained in the bladder three days. After its removal, the urethra
was very sensitive, and the following symptoms were very pro-
nounced ; unsatisfied feeling after micturition (by means of
catheter) ; urging ooniinued for considerable time ; the slightest
toxLch with the fingers aJt the tip of the penis would give severe pain
and bring on spasm. Pain at tip of the penis, you will find under
Cantharis, although not given as here described. We gave him
Cantharis®" one dose dry on the tongue, and in twenty-four
hours the symptoms for which it was given were entirely re-
lieved. The patient now kept very comfortable, and gained in
strength daily for four or five days, requiring the use of the
catheter twice in twenty-four hours, during which time remedies
were not given. At this time, however, fearing that the con-
tinued use of the catheter might be required, and not desiring to
dance an indefinite attendance, I tried several elastic catheters
preparatory to instructing him in their use, and by so doing I
again inflamed, or at least congested the urethra to the extent of
producing the following symptoms : Urethra inflamed and sore
along the whole length; burning while urinating, t<^or«€ after;
burning, smarting in the urethra in its whole length; jerking^
stitching pain in the urethra. For these symptoms we gave him
Cannabis-sat.*^"* one dose dry on the tongue, and in solution,
every four or six hours ; all this was relieved; and he com-
menced to pass water naturally, so that the catheter was used
only once in twenty-four hours for a few days, not necessarily,
but as a matter of precaution to avoid accumulation in the
bladder.
" In justice to myself I must say that I did not volunteer the
1889.] ROCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. 31
information relating to the case to Mrs. H , but that some
one in my office spoke of it first; in fact, I am not aware of hav-
ing said anything.
•* I am thankful for your letter, as it is gratifying to come in
contact with a man who is willing to inquire into the true method
of cure, and when I do, I not only appreciate the honest disposi-
tion, but would do a great deal to help him, as I can well remem-
ber how I groped in the dark during the first ten years of my pro-
fessional life, without a ray of light afforded from any source
except my books.
" Let me now, for the present, ask you to cease looking through
your microscope for the evidence of the remedial power of
drugs and for the cause of disease, for there is nothing material
about either — they are both imponderable powers ; you doubt
this I know, but do not say you will not believe before you have
done what is only reasonable — that is, to investigate honestly and
prove it to your satisfaction. In doing this you must conform to
the law of cure, as it is exacting, and will tolerate no deviations;
and I would here remind you that this law does not require a
high dynamization, but absolutely the simillimumof selection to
the case, and this cannot be done by multiple prescription.
"The alternation of remedies may sometimes be practiced, but
that requires the ability of a master, and in ordinary practice it
is destructive to an intelligent understanding of the peculiar or
8i)ecial action of remedies. As to the efficacy of the higher
powers, this knowledge is obtained only when a thorough reali-
zation of the law is acquired ; they are preferred by those only
who, by long practice, have conformed to the law of cure. Since
writing, I have called on Dr. Carr to ascertain the condition of
the patient to date, and the result I can give you in a few words:
he is welly passes his urine naturally and perfectly freely, which
he had not done in the year past. He has had no other medicine
since I discontinued my visits, which is now more than a week.
" Very truly yours,
" J. A. BlEGLER."
Dr. Brownell — Was there any history of gonorrhoea in the
case?
Dr. Carr — ^IS'one that I am aware of. I have known him a
long time, and believe would have found out if there was any
such condition. He now passes his urine better than for some
years back, and the water is clearer. Seven or eight years ago
he rode all day in the wet, and had an attack of inflammation of
the prostate gland, from which he never fully recovered.
32 PROCEEDINGS OP THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [Jan..
Dr. Sclimitt — This is an immeDse case and should be pub-
lished.
Dr. Biegler — The lady spoken of in the letter came to me for
treatment from the hands of a mongrel, and I made the follow-
ing notes from what she told me : A year ago she had sea-bath-
ing which was followed by rheumatism, ana has not been well
since. She was dosed by a mongrel in Albany, who finally
thought her anus needed attention, and this he stretched to the
extent of nearly killing her. Then he thought that the uterus
needed special attention, and in order to treat her "scientifically "
he explored the uterus with a steel sound, and in this way he
cut her so badly that he became alarmed, and finally peritonitis
followed. After this she was treated by the additional assist-
ance of another physician of " scientific notions," with pondera-
ble doses of Quinine " for chills.'^ Since then she has been dosed
by all kinds of drugs.
Adjourned to Dr. Biegler's office in one month.
W. H. Baker, Secretary,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY.
The 127th meeting of the Lippe Society was held on Tues-
day evening, December 11th, 1888. After the minutes of the
preceding meeting were read and approved, Dr. C. Carleton
Smith read au instructive paper on *' Sticta Pulmonaria," illus-
trating its action in a case of nasal catarrh. The paper will be
published in this journal. Dr. Farley then said as far as he
had observed, the nasal discharge characteristic of Sticta dries
up very speedily. In reply to Dr. Lee, Dr. Farley said that the
remedies having stopped feeling at root of nose, worse lying
down at night are, Amm. c^rb., Lycop., and Puis. Amm.
carb., child awakens from sleep crying for want of ability to
breathe through nose. Lycop., he awakes rubbing the nose,
because of the stoppage.
Dr. Lee related the case of a child in which the annual at-
tack of hay-fever had been kept off by having a sliced onion on
the mantel in the room in which the child slept. Previous to
this both the child and his mother had an attack of hay-fever
unless they crossed the ocean. Dr. Lee also mentioned a case in
which a lady took several doses of Aeon, to check a cold. She
succeeded in checking the cold, and she also succeeded in getting
a proving of Aconite.
Dr. Farley had found that Allium cepa will rapidly cure cold
1889.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. 33
that begins with the usual violent nasal and conjunctival symp-
toms of that remedy : fluid coryza, bland discharge. Dr. Clark
spoke of a case of tertiary syphilis, in which the characteristic
of Sticta : constant desire to blow nose, without discharge, was
present. Sticta cured not only that symptom but others that
were present.
Dr. James then read a paper entitled, "Metastasis of Disease.*'
The paper being opened to discussion, Dr. Lee said that there
could be no question that what the allopath ists usually term
the sequelae of disease, are nothing but metastases. He then
spoke of his own case. Fifteen years ago he had an attack of
ophthalmitis of the right eye. The inflammation was severe ;
there was great photophobia; much pain, and lids were agglu-
tinated in morning. Knowing nothing of Homoeopathy, he
was advised to apply Croton oil back of the ears. The inflam-
mation disappeared in three days. He never discovered the bad
effects until some years after, when he found vision of right
eye almost nil. The practical question is, can we do anything
for such cases? That is, cases in which disease hhs been sup-
pressed, and some chronic affection arises. The experience of
all present goes to show that Hahnemannian Homoeopathy can,
after a time, turn aside the ill effects of badly treated disease.
Every member gave testimony to the effect that the worst,
and most troublesome cases met with are uterine affections, in
which modern gynecologists have been tampering with the uterus
by making various applications. Horrible suffering, and fre-
quently incurable mania often result from such treatment. Dr.
Lee said he knew of a lady who was now an inmate of an asy-
lum, who had ligatures applied to hemorrhoids, previous to
which her health had been good.
In gynecological cases the cautery was less powerful for harm
than drugs ; as is also the knife.
Dr. James spoke of a lady who had been under Dr. Lippe's
care. Before she knew of Homoeopathy, she had been in the
hands of the regulars (?). Her old-school physician said her
troubles were due to ulceration of the lining membrane of the
uterus, and that the mouth of the uterus would have to be
dilated. He introduced several sponge-tents for this purpose,
and, after having his patient suffer much agony, he found noth-
ing. The lady then went abroad and was under the treatment
of a celebrated London gynecologist, who said she had ulceration
of the neck of the womb, and who applied Nitrate of Silver, and
converted the neck into a callous mass. After this she went to
Paris, where the neck was amputsited. On her return to this
country she applied to Dr. Lippe for treatment, and afterward
3
34 PB0CEEDING8 OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [Jan., 1889.
Dr. James treated her, together with Dr. Lippe. Dr. James had
never seen a more terrible case. After many remedies, which gave
only temporary relief, she finally developed lung trouble, from
which she died. One of her most prominent symptoms, and
which was present in an aggravated form, was great goneness
in region of stomach. Stannum and Phos. were tne only reme-
dies which controlled this symptom, after Sepia had failed. The
remedies were given simply according to indications.
Dr. Clark stated that he had found, in cases coming from old-
school hands where goneness of the stomach was present^ Digi-
talis had been given.
Dr. Farley then presented the following case : Mrs. J. Y., set.
forty, married, dark and spare. Has suffered for twenty years
with palpitation, pain, dyspnoea, and anxiety in cardiac region.
She nas"sufferea much from much doctoring." On examina-
tion the following symptoms are elicited: — Smothered feeling in
cardiac region, with terrible anguish and fear of death ; this is
produced or aggravated by the least hurry, excitement, unex-
Eected noise, or on being suddenly spoken to. Sensation of a
uge hand grasping chest in cardiac region. Rapid, forcible
beating of heart, felt throughout the body ; worse lying on left
aide; excluding from crowds and from friendly callers. Weak,
trembling feeling for days after a severe attack. Pain goes
through to left shoulder and down arm.
Perturbed state of mind, canH help thinking of her stale, and
deems it hopeless. Worse from thinking of it ; better if she can
keep her mind occupied from self. Continual dread of imme-
diate death, and also of death in next attack. Sense of shock,
like from fright, in cardiac region, and in solar plexus. May
feel perfectly well for a short time — an hour or two — then, sud-
denly, without warning or provocation, or from emotion, will
feel at her worst. Sleeps well, and when first o|)ening the eyes
feels perfectly well, but just as soon as she is fully awake and
collected mentally, the awful gloom creeps over her like a cloud.
Sinking in solar plexus and cardiac region. Waves of heat
going from nape of neck to forehead. Weakness and dejection
after coitus ; absence of all desire. Cramping, drawing pain in
right ovarian region, better from doubling np or from hard pres-
sure ; must sit down. Weak, all-gone feeling in abdomen, must
wear a bandage to support abdomen.
Agnus cast., and Lycop. were suggested for study in connec-
tion with this case.
After suggestions from several members as to the order of
papei*s to be presented, the society adjourned.
Geo. H. Clark, Secretary.
STICTA PULMONARIA.*
C. Carleton Smith, M. D., Philadelphia.
As we are entering upon the season in which catarrhal dis-
eases are very rife, I propose to call your attention to a remedy
which has a most marked action upon the mucous membrane,
viz., Sticta pnlmonaria, which, when judiciously employed, has
displayed marked curative effects in nasal and bronchial catarrhs,
whether administered in the lowest, highest, or medium poten-
cies. It is an indigenous plant, and, therefoi:e, meets many of
tbase cases of sudden colds ending in catarrh of the head and
chest, which are so common during our changeable winter
weather. And not only do we find it frequently indicated in
acnte attacks of the character just mentioned, but also equally
efficacious in chronic nasal catarrh which has lasted many years.
All the provers felt a dull, heavy pressure in the frontal region
and at root of nose, similar to that occasioned by Nux vom.
This was followed by darting pains in the temporal region, burn-
ing in the eyelids with soreness of the balls in closing the lids or
turning the eyes, and also marked inability to concentrate the
mind. These symptoms continue to increase in severity until a
cough is developed, which is very severe in its nature, hard and
racking, provoked by constant tickling in the larynx, and finally
extending into the chest. These symptoms, given in a general
way, are the result of various provings, which, though frag-
mentary in their nature, have, nevertheless, enabled our school to
make some important cures. But, to be more specific, and in
order to get a clearer idea of the remedy, let us place the symp-
toms in a group as far as we are familiar with them.
Under mind we find a general confusion of ideas, the patient
must talk, even though no one is listening to him. Under head
we find sensation as if scalp was too small, or drawn too tight
over the skull. Pains in right side of head of a darting and
shooting character. Catarrhal headache, even with nausea and
vomiting. Under eyes we find severe burning in the lids, with
soreness of the balls, worse on closing the lids or looking from
side to side. Under nose, we find that the patient wants to blow
that organ constantly, but no discharge results. And the mu-
cous membrane becomes so dry as to be quite painful, while
scabs form quite rapidly, which are difficult to dislodge.
*Bead before the Lippe Society, December 10th, 1888.
35
36 STICTA PULMONARIA. [Jan^
Under throat we find that the soft palate becomes so intensely
dry patient cannot swallow without great pain. Now, take this
group of symptoms as we have recorded them, and you cannot
fail to observe a vivid picture of influenza as we so frequently
meet with it in this latitude.
The cough of this drug is always dry, and invariably worse at
night, preventing sleep. It is noisy and racking, accompanied
with a splitting headache in frontal region. The tickling which
causes the cough is so incessant tliat the patient soon shows sign
of being completely worn out, and if not speedily controlled in
some cases, becomes croupy in sound ; can neither lie down* nor
sleep on account of it.
There are several remedies which we may compare with Sticta,
and observe at the same time the points of diiference.
The stuffed feeling at the root of the nose we also find promi-
nently under Nux vom., but this latter drug has the fluent
ooryza by day, and the dry coryza at night, and the three A. M.
aggravation, which do not obtain under Sticta. The Sticta pa-
tient feels better in the morning and worse in the afternoon.
Sensitiveness to the inspired air we also find under Rumex,
Kali-b., Phos., and Dulcamara. But under Rumex the parts
are so exquisitely sensitive to even the vxirm air of the room
that the patient is forced to cover his head and face with the bed-
clothes or stuff a handkerchief in his mouth ; while under Kali-
b., Phos., and Dulc, the patient must needs be exposed to the
cold, damp outer air in order to bring about this aggravation.
The inspired air in the case of Actea racemosa does not affect
the larynx as we find under the remedies just alluded to, but the
air seems to penetrate into the skull and upon the brain, causing
a cold sensation.
As to the dryness of the nostrils, we must compare with Sticta
Arum triphyllum, which is very important. The patient who
requires Sticta, constantly blows his nose, but no discharge fol-
lows the repeated efforts. While the Arum tri. patient has a
stuffed and perfectly dry nose (breathing through his mouth),
yet there is a constant discharge, which excoriates the nostrils
and skin of upper lip. A similar symptom is found under Nit.
ac. And in differentiating further Avith regard to excoriating
discharges, I would add just here, that Cepa excoriates the upper
lip; Mercurius the ate and columnce of the nose, while Arum
tri. excoriates both nostrils and upper lip, the left nostril gener-
ally the worst.
* Must lie down with the headache^ but cannot with the cough.
1889.] STICTA PULMONARIA. 37
«
There are several peculiar symptoms belonging to this drug
which we will enumerate together, viz. : 1. The patient feels as
if her legs were floating in the air. 2. Pain passing through
from sternum to spine, with sensation as if abdomen were full of
yeast, fermenting. 3. Pulsation, right side of sternum down to
abdomen.
Remarks. — A great many persons who have had sad experi-
ences with the old school fully believe that nasal catarrh cannot
be cured by any method. But, by showing our skill in the use
of carefully selected homceopathic remedies, we will win many
a patient over to Homoeopathy. Shortly after the first frag-
mentary proving of Sticta was published many years ago, I
obtained a vial of the tincture for the purpose of potentizing it,
but, before I had the opportunity to do this, I came across a lady
who was suffering most intensely with all the acute symptoms
of a fully developed attack of influenza. I remarked to her
that she ought to be treated for it, to which she replied that it
would be of no avail, as all previous attacks had to get well of
themselves, her physician being unable to afford her the slightest
relief, besides informing her that catarrh could not be cured. I
urged Homoeopathy upon her, and, after a little persuasion, she
consented to try my prescription, which consisted of a drop or
two of Sticta tincture in half a glass of water, a teaspoonful
once in two hours. The result was a speedy cure, to the pa-
tient's great astonishment.
A gentleman consulted me with regard to a chronic catarrh
of fifteen years' standing. He explained that he was constantly
blowing his nose, but no secretion took place. Besides this, dry
scales frequently formed upon the mucous surface, which not
only added greatly to his misery, but also prevented his smok-
ing with any degree of comfort, on account of the obstruction
to his breathing. If, said he, you can improve my condition so
that I can hold a cigar in my mouth and smoke it without the
necessity of removing it every moment, I will'be satisfied. I
put him upon Sticta, and when I was through with him he
could hold a cigar between his teeth until it was reduced to the
merest stump. He expressed himself as well pleased with the
result. To anticipate a question which is no doubt in some of
your minds, I would say, that my favorite potency in prescrib-
ing this remedy is Fincke's 6M.
December 11th, 1888.
A DiAONOsnc Hint: — The absence of tears in children four months old or
more suggests a form of disease which is usually fatal.
A CASE TREATED WITH THE TISSUE REMEDIES.
E. H. HoLBROOK, M. D., Baltimore, Md.
November 21st, 1888, 1 was called to see Miss B. J., a young
lady about sixteen or eighteen years of age. Her mother told
me she was taken sick on the 16th with severe pains in the
knees, which changed to the heel, and from there to the region
of the heart. These changes had been caused by the application of
some proprietary medicine with which she bathed the parts.
For a few days previous to her sickness she was perceived by
her mother to be very languid, and would stop her sewing and
lay her head down on her arm and go to sleep. Together with
the pains there were profuse hemorrhages from the nose.
Her mother, failing in her treatment, and becoming alarmed
at the unpleasant symptoms which had become developed, called
in a physician in the neighborhood, who prescribed Comp.
Licorice Mixture, with the addition of Paregoric, to be given
in tablespoonful doses every three hours. After a few days'
treatment and no relief being obtained from his medication, the
young lady told the physician she would not take his medicine
any longer, and dismissed him. I saw her between three and
four p. M. on the 21st, and found her suffering very much from
an agonizing pain in the region of the heart, which was beating
as if it was trying to force itself through the walls of the thorax.
She also labored greatly in her breathing, complaining of a
smothered feeling. Tongue was coated dark-brown, and as dry
as a chip; tenderness in ileo-coecal region, pulse full and strong,
high fever, and when she falls asleep she begins a rambling talk,
which continues, especially throughout the night.
I gave at this visit Fer. phoa.^ in water, a teaspoonful every
hour. Between eight and nine P. m. I saw her again. The
pulse had diminished considerably, and the face and forehead
were covered with perspiration. But she said the pain about
the heart was worse. I now stopped the Fer. phos. and gave
Kali pho8.^^ {S\ya,n) in water, a teaspoonful every hour, except
when sleeping quietly. The next morning I found her sitting
up in bed reading a book, greatly relieved in every way, except
that a diarrhoea had set in. Thinking the remedy might stop
that, I continued it that day, but found it had not the next
morning. After examining the movement and questioning the
mother, I found she was not disturbed through the night, but
38
Jan, 1889.] BUBEAU OF SUBGEBY, I. H. A. 39
had her first movement aboat four A« M. It was green and of a
granular nature. I now gave Nat, aulph.^^ (Sy^SLu) in water^ a
teaspoonful every hour until diarrhoea is better, then every two
hours. The following morning I found the diarrhoea checked,
tongue becoming moist and cleaning, and the young lady in
fine spirits. The diarrhoea stopped soon after commencing the
last remedy. From this time there was a steady improvement,
and on Monday, the 26th, she was able to sit up, all soreness
in the bowels was gone, and she had a desire for food. (Was
this a case of typhoid fever thus cut short, or what might it be
caUedf)
BUREAU OF SURGERY, I. H. A.
The Homceopathic Physician of August, 1888, says of this
part of our work : " This is an important bureau in the I. H.
A., as it endeavors to show how the law of similars aids the
surgeon ; how it removes in many cases the necessity for the use
of the knife, and also how, in cases where operations must be
performed it saves the patient from dangerous sequelae. It is
an important work, and should not be slighted. Under
homoeopathic medication many surgical operations are rendered
needless, and many operations are made possible, when under
allopathic treatment death must surely follow.^'
The whole paragraph quoted above may serve as an excellent
introduction to the surgical work of the I. H. A. for 1889.
It shows how the work appropriated to this bureau is not
confined to those who operate more or less, but that any one
who tends a case of cancer, tumor, syphilis, gonorrhoea, ulcer,
aneurism, osteitis, caries, necrosis, gangrene, cystitis, enlarged
prostate, hemorrhoids, anthrax, ascites, fissure of anus, con-
dylomata, warts, corns, coocyodynia, acne, comedones, im-
potence, lockjaw, lupus, orchitis, vaginismus, enlarged tonsils,
white swelling — as well as many other affections of the eye, ear,
teeth, nose, and male and female genito-urinary organs, rectum,
etc., etc., is practicing homoeopathic surgery, and will be able to
report " how it removes in many cases the necessity for the use
of the knife."
There is not a member of the I. H. A. who is not practicing
such excellent surgery as this, and every one should make some
report of it. Look over the best allopathic surgical text-l)ook8
and see how many surgical cases you are treating, and how
much better you are doing it than the allopaths, and give us
40 THERAPEUTICS OF THE THROAT. [Jan.,
your experience for the benefit of the world. Bear it in mind
from this time on, and you will surely observe something worth
recording. Have it ready by June 1st, and send to any of the
following members of the Bureau.
E. Carlton, M. D., 58 W. Ninth St., New York.
Geo. H. Clark, M. D., W. Walnut Lane, Gtn., Phila,
C. H. Lawton, M. D., Wilmington, Del.
T. M. DiLLiNGHAML, M. D., 134 Boylston St., Boston.
J. H. Payne, M. D., 415 Columbus Ave., Boston.
F. L. McIntosh, M. D., Melrose, Mass.
A. McNeil, M. D., 220 Turk St., San Francisco, Cal.
James B. Bell, 178 Commonwealth Ave., Boston,
Chairman.
THERAPEUTICS OF THE THROAT.
DIOSCOREA.
Throat in general. Dryness^ soreness, smarting and burning
in the whole throat. Belching of gas, but the throat is so dry
it stops the gas. Pain extending to both ears. Constant desire
to swallow, but it causes nausea and shuddering.
Sharp, aching pain in both parotid glands. Constricted feel-
ing in throat, as from something tight about the neck, makes
breathing difficult.
Mouth. — Bitter, clammy, dry, but no thirst.
Larynx. — Constant tickling in the larynx, causing cough.
Tickling in the larynx and bronchia causing a hacking cough.
Comments. — ^The best time to cure "a cold " is in the begin-
ning. If we can select the right remedy when the first smart-
ing in the fauces appears, we can prevent the later development
of coryza and cough which will otherwise follow with most
patients.
The importance of Diosc. consists in its resemblance to this
first stage of many colds. We do not get to know its modalities
in this connection, but will have to compare it with .^culus h.,
Berb., Cistus, Euph., Merc, N-mos., Phell., Phyt., Sabad,
Sang., Seueg., Sinapis, Tellur., and others.
INDIUM.
Throat. — ^Uvula greatly enlarged. Back part of pharynx
covered with thick, yellow mucus, very hard to dislodge.
Left tonsil swollen, pain and difficulty in swallowing. Throat
1889.] IN MEMOBIAM. 41
sore on the right sidjs. Dryness, throbbing, stinging, soreness,
swallowing painful.
Throat — In the evening, and morning — eating and drinking
cold water.
Tickling in the throat, inducing continued hawking.
Destructive ulceration of the uvula, sofl palate, and tonsils.
Lips. — Cold sores. Cracks in the corners.
Comments. — Indium is indicated in rather sub-acute catar-
rhal sore throats, and possibly some specific tertiary ulcerations,
after the asual abuse of Mercury. For post-pharyngeal catarrh,
with a tough, leathery streak of yellow mucvs down the back of
the throat, it suits very well. In the relief from eating and
drinking, it resembles .ZE^culus, Benz-ac, Cistus, Lach.
James B. Bell.
IN MEMOBIAM.
On Sunday, the eleventh day of November, 1888, death sud-
denly removed from this earthly existence Dr. William R.
Childs, one of the most faithful and highly esteemed members
of this Board, and for many years its Secretary.
It therefore is fitting that the Medical Board of the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, give expression to
the profound grief felt at this sudden taking ofi' of one of our
most valuable members— one of the most regular and punctual
in his attendance at the meetings of the Board — nothing but
sickness ever kept him from his place at the Secretary's desk ;
one of the most faithful and kind in his attendance on the sick
and injured under his care in the hospital, and one of the most
genial and friendly in all his intercourse with his fellow-mem-
bers on this Board ; and that we place on record a lasting testi-
monial of our r^ard for, and love of Dr. William R. Childs.
Therefore
lieaolvedf That by his death the Medical Board of the Homoeo-
pathic Hospital has sustained a loss that words fail to express ;
that the surgical staff has lost one of its most skillful, careful, and
successful operators ; always punctual, exact, and methodical in
every detail ; gentle but firm, kind but impartial, true to the
trust reposed in him ; that the medical profession has lost a
scholarly, dignified, and conscientious physician, and a brave,
skillfiil, and successfnl surgeon ; that his orphaned children have
lost a kind, loving, and indulgent father ; and that the commu-
nity has lost a whole-souled, unselfish, genial map.
Resolvedf That we tender to the bereaved family of Dr.
42 A CASE OF TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS. [Jan,
Childsy in this their hour of ai&iction, our sympathy and our
condolence.
Resolved, That this testimonial be entered upon the records
of the Medical Board of the Homoeopathic Hospital of Pitts-
burg, and a copy thereof, suitably engrossed, be placed in the
hands of the family of our late fellow-member ; and also copies
be sent to the medical journals of our School.
Resolved, That as a final tribute and token of love and respect,
the Medical Board attend the funeral in a body.
*' He was a man, take him for aU in all,
We shall not look upon his like agaW
W. J. Martin, M. D.,
M. J. Chapman, M. D.,
W. F. Edmondson, M. D.,
Commitlee.
A CASE OP TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS.
In reporting this case of typhoid fever, I have nothing very
new to offer ; the case is reported to illustrate the use of a
remedy not frequently called for in this disease, and further to
show the wonderful curative powers of our drugs, when prop-
erly given, even in the most extreme cases.
March 6th, 1888.— Was called to see E. F. W., aged eight-
teen ; a tall, slim young man with a badly developed cranium^
it being almost flat on the sides. He had been complaining
of various aches and pains for some days, perhaps for two
weeks. For these prodromic symptoms of typhoid fever he
had been treated by an allopath. The young man was away
from home at school; his mother was immediately summoned ;
on her arrival, seeing the gravity of the case, she telegraphed
to her family physician. Dr. Elliott, of Brooklyn, to recom-
mend a Philadelphia physician. He kindly sent her my name*
When I first saw the patient, he had been in his bed for three
days, and, what was much worse, for ten days under the Gatling-
gun-like prescribing of this country allopath I Fortunately
for the young man, his mother was a staunch believer in
Homoeopathy ; had he remained a few days longer under the
scientific treatment of the regular, his end would assuredly have
been death. Before I called he had given the principal of the
school to understand that there was very little hope of recovery.
However, the allopath very kindly consented to meet me,
and he gave me an outline of the case ; premising it by the
1889.] A CASE OF TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS. 43
Btatement that the patient would not respond to his medicines.
He was honest at least ; he probably meant to say that his
medicines would not act as he desired them to act. But^ as he
had been practicing for a good many years^ he ought to have
gotten accustomed to this, as their drugs never do act as they
are labeled to act. He said he had given the boy, in the last
few days, Morphia, Quinia, the Bromides of Sodium and
Pota&sium, and lastly the tincture of Jaborandi had been given,
since five a. h. that morning, for the purpose of making the
patient sweat. The boy's mother told me he had been growing
worse since taking the Jaborandi, had had no sweat uor any
urine. At the time of my visit the following was the condition
of the patient. No urine for some hours, exact number could
not be ascertained ; the patient was lying on his back ; his face
was very pale ; it was hot and dry ; the tongue thickly coated,
white in the centre, edges and tip red, also dry and cracked ;
patient could scarcely protrude tongue, when asked to do so, it
trembled and oscillated ; had ^ be told to put it back again.
The teeth and lips were covered with sordes ; the mouth was
wide open ; the patient was in a stupor, totally unconscious of
all that was going on around him ; could be aroused, but would
immediately sink again into this stupor. The urine had been
passed unconsciously, before its suppression.
The worst feature of the case was the violent convulsive
movements of the limbs; the feet and hands were continually
jerking and twitching ; the motion of the hands was peculiar.
The elbows rested on the bed, the arms and hands waved and
jerked from the rested elbows as from a fulcrum, the finger-tips
were bunched together and the wrists were flexed on the fore-
arm and slightly rotated. The movements were continuous and
violent, unconsciously preformed ; but they ceased whenever the
patient seemed to be sleeping. The eye-lids were half open ; the
eye-balls were turned up, so that only the whites could be seen,
and were immovable; the pupils were dilated and insensible.
On lifting the patient, to arrange the bed, it was discovered that
his back and neck were so rigid that he could be lifted up by the
bead without a bend from head to feet.
This condition, together with the previous dosing, did not
indicate a very favorable prognosis. The appearance of the
patient's face, the cessation of the conmdsive movements on his
sleeping, and the peculiar choraic-like motions, led me to give
him Agaricus% four doses in water. The first dose was given
abont twelve ; at quarter of one p. m., he passed urine, or, as his
mother expressed it, he just flooded the bed. This was, of course,
an evidence of improvement.
44 A CASE OF TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS. [Jan^
March 7th.— At nine A. M., foand the boy conscious ; that he
had had frequent passages of both stool and urine during the
night, both involuntary. The jerkings were less frequent and
violent. The stools were liquid, but of natural color and odor ;
the temperature and pulse were improved. Gave Sac. lac. every
hour; milk the only nourishment allowed. The allopath had
been giving whisky and milk " to keep up the strength.''
March 12th. — Patient improved steadily during lastfivedays,
the urine became lighter in color, the bowels moved less fre-
quently and stools were more solid ; temperature lower, the
pulse firmer and slower. Small boils forming on lip, over
sacrum, and on leg.
March 13th. — Found patient had been more feverish, with
greater delirium. Tongue was heavy coated and dark in the
centre ; the lip, in right corner, was much swollen from the
boil. Boils on leg and over sacrum were increasing in size and
number; action of bowels had changed to a morning diarrhoea
of watery stools. The relapse from previous improvement, the
morning diarrhoea, the boils, and the drowsiness led me to give
one dose of Sulphur*'".
March 14th.— Patient no better; gave another dose of
Sulphur*".
March 15th. — Mother says patient has been worse since last
visit, has been delirious most of the time, but the delirium is of
mild type. Lip is less swollen, tongue gives signs of clearing,
and is more moist ; had three pappy stools ; urine clearer and
more profuse.
March 16th. — Found patient improved ; temperature lower,
pulse again firm, less delirium ; tongue clearer and more moist ;
since last visit has had one or two spells of vomiting of sour
milk with a little blood in it. The boils seem to be drying up.
Continued the Sac. lac. and milk. The second dose of Sulphur
was an error ; it served only to retard improvement. From
this date the patient slowly improved in every way, the mind
became clearer ; the stools and urine more normal.
March 29th. — The patient having been troubled lately by
copious night-sweats, and being despondent as to recovery, one
dose of Psorinum^ was given, with the effect of .stopping: the
sweats and seemingly establishing convalescence. From March
29th to April 6th, the patient seemed to improve steadily, there-
fore no medicine was given ; the diet was chiefly milk, with an
occasional spoonful of Valentine^s beef extract, diluted in water.
Perhaps from over-feeding or from such cause, a decided relapse
was produced. Patient became much worse ; had more fever,
1889.] A CASE OF TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS. 46
with great thirst; wafl very restless, yet complained of being
tired all the time ; had frequent yellow stools^ tongue was dry
and red; licked his lips; had red spots on each cheek, was
drowsy. Arsenicum** was given April 6th. This was, as
afterward proven, a bad prescription. The patient grew worse
for the next two days,
April 9th. — Patient worse ; more delirium, greater tendency
to comatose sleep ; lies with eyes half-open, has delirium on clos-
ing the eyes; talks in sleep but cant remember, on waking,
anything he has said or dreamt ; tongue dry, heavily coated, dark
in the centre ; has disposition to frequently raise the head from
the pillow. For the last two weeks this patient had been
troubled by the delusion that there was "another fellow" in
bed with him ; whenever the bed-pan was used, he would ask
that it be given to the "other fellow" too. As the patient
was improving when this symptom was first noticed, no change
was made in the prescription. It is not given under any of
the remedies mentioned so far in this case ; had this mental
symptom been taken into account when the Arsenicum was
selected, probably a better prescription would have been made.
This delusion, with the peculiar coating of the tongue, indicated
Baptisia, which, as it was at least not contra-indicated by any of
the other symptoms, was given. A dose of Baptisia^ was
given, one dose on the 9th, and a second on the 10th. After
events proved this also to be a bad prescription. Stramonium
would probably have been the proper remady ; but it is much
easier to see our errors after they are made than it is to prevent
making them.
April 11th. — Patient had a bad night, high fever, violent de-
lirium, temperature again high ; deep coma, patient in almost
profound stupor, urine and stool passed involuntarily and un-
consciously. As patient had had a copious warm svveat during
the early morning hours, it was thought best to wait until even-
ing to see if this sweat would relieve. Called in the evening
and found the patient still worse; no urine since early morning ;
stupor deeper. Decided now that another remedy must be
selected. A careful examination of the patient revealed these
symptoms: Stupor with delirious muttering; constant raising
of the head from the pillow or boring into the pillow, so that
he would finally push his head against the head-board of the
bed ; he would raise his hands to his face, ears, etc., or wave
them in the air or scratch on the wall ; there was violent twitch-
ing of the muscles ; rigidity of the back and limbs ; the masseter
muscles were rigid, clenching the jaws ; pupils were dilated, the
46 A CASE OF TYPHOID FEVER, WITH COMMENTS. [Jm^
eyes injected and staring ; frowning ; moving of lips back and
forth; coldness of face^ nose, ears, chin, hands, and feet; invol-
untarily, loose, but small stools; no urine; hot sweat on the
body ; tongue, when last seen, was red on edges and tip, dry and
heavily coated in the centre. The delirium was constant ; the
patient entirely unconscious, yet he wanted to get up and dress
or to walk about the room, etc., fever and delirium worse from
four p. M. to midnight. , These very grave symptoms, occurring
in the sixth week, made a fatal termination very probable. Realiz-
ing the gravity of the case, I retired to another room with a
repertory and a copy of Bering's Condensed. After some
study, I concluded that the sole hope of that boy lay in Stra-
monium, which was accordingly given in the 200th potency, a
dose every two hours, six doses in all. The first dose was
given about seven p. m. ; the first effect of this remedy was to
warm up the cold extremities ; the second was the passage of a
little urine, and the third was the opening of his eyes at six A. M.,
and asking for a drink. Sac. lac. was now given, with milk as
desired.
April 12th. — As the urine was very scanty, another dose of
Stramonium, this time the CM, was given ; the patient recovered
without another dose of anything save Sac. lac. He was five
days regaining consciousness ; but, from the first dose of Stra-
monium, given that night, when death seemed so near, until
leaving his bed, April 26th, to take the cars for the sea-shore, his
improvement was steady and continuous. No stimulants were
used ; the diet was chiefly of milk, with occasional doses of beef
extract, yet this boy was able to travel some forty miles the first
day out of his bed ; the second day he walked into the dining-
room at his hotel for his breakfast, and so on. But I was
severely criticised by the allopathic doctor and by his friends
at the school, for not using stimulants to give the boy strength.
Thus it will be seen that this case began and ended with sup-
pression of the urine and consequent convulsions. The Agaricus
was given for the peculiarities of the patient, and also as the
convulsive motions ceased on his going to sleep ; Hellebore has
this also. It will be noticed that no antidotal remedy was
given for the previous dosing ; none was given, simply because
none was indicated. Opium also covered a great many symp-
toms of the case ; but Agaricus not only covered the symptoms
of the disease but also fitted the peculiarities of the patient's
constitution. The use of Psorinum, which perhaps stopped too
quickly the sweats, may have been an error, for, had these sweats
continued, the subsequent relapse might never have occurred.
1889.] COMPLIMENTING DR, KENT. 47
The use of both ArseDicum and Baptisia, later on, were certainly
improper, and came near causing a iatal termination. The action
of Stramonium was most prompt and thorough, even in face of
such a grave case ; for the end of that boy was certainly not far
off when those few dried pellets of Stramonium were given him.
E. J. Lee.
COMPLIMENTING DR. KENT.
After the closing lecture of the Post-Graduate Course on Hah-
nemannian Philosophy and Materia Medica, delivered by Pro-
fessor J. T. Kent, M. D., at the hospitals of the Woman's
Homoeopathic Association, Twentieth Street and Susquehanna
Avenue, Philadelphia, Dr. G. B. Ehrmann was called to the
chair.
The following resolutions were offered by Dr. A. G. Allan and
unanimously accepted by the class of physicians and students :
Whereas, We the members of tbe first Post-Graduate Coarse of Hahne-
nuinnian Homceopathy known to the world, have kindly and faithfully re-
ceived of Profei<eor Kent the wonderful truth of Hahnemann's philosophy as
given In the Organon, be it
lUsolved, That we as a body tender our thanks to Professor Kent, wishing
him long life, good healtli, and continued usefulness.
Besolvedj That we offer him our hearty co-operation in all things to ad-
vance our common cause, Hahnemannian Homoeopathy.
Dr. R. B. Johnstone offered the following resolutions^ which
were also adopted :
Whereas, The true homoeopath ists of Bochester, N. Y., as represented in
tbe Hahnemannian Society of Rochester, have seen fit to sever their connec-
tion with the so-called Homoeopathic Society for the reason that the said
society is no longer homoeopathic, but mongrel, and
Whereas, The said true homoeopathic physicians have organized a true
homoeopathic society, called the Hahnemannian Society of Kochester, and
are now engaged in an endeavor to erect a homoeopathic hospital in that city,
be it
Be9olved, That we, the members of the Post-Graduate Course of Homoeo-
pathic Philosophy and Materia Medica, now just closing, do extend to the
above true homoeopathic physicians our most hearty sympathies and support.
That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Roc i tester Hahnemannian So-
ciety, the Central New York Homoeopathic Medical Society, Rochester Unum
and Advertiter, HoTnoBopalhie Phifsiciarif Medical Advance^ and the Philadelphia
daily papers.
PaiLA^ Dec. 15th, 1S88. Aspasia E. Raxboroeb, Secy.
M^NTTESOTA State Homceopathig Society.— The Twenty-third Annual
Meeting of the Minnesota State Homoeopathic Institute will be held at St.
Paal, May 21st to 23d. A full and useful meeting is expected. The pro-
gnunme of the work to be done gives promise of this.
NOTES IND NOTICES.
A Wide- A WAKE Subscriber.— '* Editors Homcbopathic Physician:
Please accept my $2.00 for '89. Mj new subscriber is, or will be very soon,
Dr. J. F. F., who has promised to write to you at once. My MSS. will be
along after the first of March. Yours truly, E. C." ( We hope many — nay,
all - of our sub^icribers will as promptly and fully answer our December edi-
torial as has our friend E. C.)
Removai..— Dr. Eliza Lang McClure, from 811 N. Twentieth St. to 1919
Wallace St., Philadelphia.
The I. H. A. — Dr. Kimball has sent out a circular calling upon the mem-
bers of the I. H. A. to send papers to the various chairmen. The next meet-
ing will be held at Toronto, and should be an exceptionally excellent one.
The a. I. H. — Dr. Dudley, the Secretary of the American Institute, is also
active. He, too, has issued a full circular calling attention of members to the
fortysec >nd meeting of the Institute, which will be held June 24th to 28th, at
Lake Minnetonka, a few miles from St. Paul. The object of Dr. Dudley's cir-
cular is to urge activity upon chairmen of bureaus and their members, to warn
them that six montiis of their year of preparation has gone, and that they
must be up and doing if they would be prepared for tbe meeting. Active
8«M:retaries make usetui societies.
The Rochester Hahnemavnian Hospital. — ^The members of the
Rochester Hahnemannian Society are actively prosecuting their work for the
establishment of a genuine Hahnemannian hospital in their city. They are
opposed by the " liberal " homceopaths, who desire to build one also. We
have a suffiv'iency of these eclectic-homoeopathic hospitals ; they are no better
than a full-fledged allopathic institution. The good people of Rochester are
naturally puzzled to know why these two bodies of professed honupoimths
should Be building separate hospitals. To fully explain this is difficult. In
answer to this curiosity, the members of the Rochester Society desire to collect
facts and opinions from Hahnemannian physicians. If our readers have notes
of chronic and incurable cases relieved by the single remedy, etc, this Com-
mittee will be glad to hear from them.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
Favorite Prescriptions of Distinguished Practitioners,
WITH notes on Treatment. Edited by B. W. Palmer, M.
D., pa^es, 256, price, $2.75. New York : E. B. Treat &
Co., 1888.
In this compilation we find prescriptions fornlmost any form of disease, and
as they are recommended by celebrated physicians, they must be good I Can
any one imagine a profession so silly as to use such prescriptions? Nothing
could better illustrate the science of the old school tnan the demand for such
works as this; patients are treated for diseases and in routine fashion. This
method makes tne practice of medicine easy enough for the physician, but it
is rather rough on the patients.
Report of the Homceopathic Hospital at Melbourne,
1888.
Our thanks are due to Dr. Ronton for a copy of this report, showing an
active, useful hospital ; its building is soon to be enlarged, means for this pur-
pose having been donated by a generous friend.
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Homeopathic Physigian,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOM(EOPATHIC MATERIA HEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
"If oar lehool ever give np the atriot Indaotlve method of Hahnemann, we
are loBt, and deserve only to be mentioned as a earicature in
the history of medicine."— gomstantinb hsbim o.
Vol. IX. FEBRUARY, 1889. No. 2.
EDITORIAL NOTES,
The Use op Books at the Bedside. — For one to place
his whole confidence for the curing of the sick in his ability to
properly use books at the bedside is very much like death-bed
repentance.; it may be done, but it is very unsafe to trust to it.
The discussion of the proper method of studying and using
the materia medica is a very useful one, and a continuation of
the subject, if conducted in a proper spirit, cannot fail to be of
great advantage to us all. Some tell us that it is not necessary
to study our materia medica ; that it is no use to try to commit
these long lists of symptoms to memory. In place of this study
we are to carry with us to the sick-room such books as we need,
and there to study out our case. Others, again, advise us to try
to learn and to remember the leading symptoms of our drugs,
and from such knowledge to select our remedies as we need them
without aay reference to books. We respectfully submit that
both of these advisers are right to a certain degree. We should
carefully study our drugs until we know them ; each drug has a
certain character, an individuality ; this we should know. We
cannot remember all the symptoms of each drug, but we can
n^member the peculiar traits (so to S[)eak) of each, and its general
range of action. When, in an emergency, we desire to know
more we can consnlt our books. When we carry books with us
to the sick-room, they are intended to assist our memory, not to
replace it ; we merely use them to refresh our memory.
When visiting patients,, it has always been our habit to carxj
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60 Editorial notes. / [Feb.,
some book or other to as^bt UD*in oaairoi need, jet the cases
where auy real assistance has been derived from such use of
books have been very few indeed. The sick-room is no place
for proper study ; all the surroundings of a sick-bed tend to dis-
tract and disturb one's thoughts. Our rule has always been to
take down the case, and if no remedy was clearly and safely in-
dicated to give the patient sac. lac. Then the notes are taken
home, and the case is quietly and carefully studied out in the
office, where books are plenty and no one present to disturb. If
the case be an urgent one, the next visit can be made as
soon as the remedy is chosen. Any excuse may be made for
this second visit, and the time spent at the office in searching for
the proper remedy mil not be time lost. This course t»n be pur-
sued even in the most urgent cases; yes, even in moribund
cases. We quote a case from Dr. Dunnam's practice to show
the timid physician that he has, even in the most urgent cases,
plenty of time to study out his remedy, and that when the true
simillimum is found it will act so promptly as to quickly r^ain
all time spent in studying out the case.
The case we refer to was quoted in our January issue by Dr.
Wells (see page 9). This patient, a child, had been sick at least
twelve hours when first seen by Dr. Dunham. At the end of
this twelve hours the child was in a condition which Dr. Dun-
ham considered ^'exceedingly i 11," and , as the doctor acknowledges,
about ten more precious hours were lost, yea, more than lost, by
two bad prescriptions, and yet this moribund child rallied in two
hours after being given the true homoeopathic simillimum!
Should not such experience as this teach us to make haste very,
very slowly ? Does it not tel 1 us that no length of time properly
spent in seeking the true homoeopathic remedy is lost time? Let
us suppose that Dr. Dunham had, in this case, spent these ten
hours in studying out his case rather than in trying experiments
with two prescriptions, would not the patient have been in better
condition to \ye promptly acted upon by the simillimum ?
One of the best homoeopathic physicians America has ever
produced was recently discharged by a lady patient because he
consulted a hook at her bedside. She said she could not have
confidence in any doctor who had to consult a book when pre-
scribing for her, yet this doctor had done her more good in a few
weeks than her previous old-school doctors had done in several
years.
We would sum up our advice upon this subject in a few
wonls. First, learn all you can of the true indications for each
remedy .; especially learn to discriminate between related drugs.
1989J] EDITORIAL NOTES. 51
And this can be better and more easily done by studying c^es
than by studying the materia medica druff by drtig, for in this
way we get an idea of drugs in their relation to diseased condi^
tions.
Secondly, don't be afraid to give your patients sac. laa, nor
to take time — ^to take all the time needed for the thorough study-*
ing out of your cases. This, once done, you will find the rest
of the case very easy to treat.
Thirdly, take with you in your daily visits a repertory or.
a materia medica, as preferred, to help you in cases of urgent
need. But never n^lect the study of the materia medica nor
believe you can do without this study if you carry books with
you.
Tellssg the Whole Tbuth. — ^In a recent editorial we
alluded to the teaching given students at the so-called £[ahne<*
maun College of this city in the materia medica and in the
study of the Orgcmon. We remarked that the students were
certainly fed on very light diet in these branches. The editors
of the Jfedieal InkiftUe of the Hahnemann Medical College
seem to be very much hurt at this reflection upon their coll^:
In their December, 1888, issue, we read this stinging retort : '
"While we defer to anj facilities that the ' so-called ' Homceopathic Pht-
srciAif may faaTe for jadging light diet, we are nevertheless sure that the diet
Ibmisbed hj Dr. Mohr in his lectures on Materia Medica and Therapeutic^*
and Dr. Morgan in his lectures on the Organon^ is sufficiently strong to tax to
the ntrooet the digestive functions of all who listen to those persons and many
who ought to listen to them.
*' In Hahnemann College, which is not only ' so-called,* bat so eharadenaed^
evmy lectnrer on the principles of Homoeopathy makes a direct efibrt to im-
plant those principles m the minds of his pupils, and to imbue them with the
tmth of the science they are studying."
■ »
In reply to this, we would say that our knowledge of the
light diet given students at this so-called homoeopathic oollegie
is derived from men who have studied there in the past or who
are now studying there. Moreover, that these students tell us
the lectures on materia medica are generally read to the class
fi^m Dr. Wood's text-book; that the lecturer will spend almost
all of bis lecture hour thus'quoting to them the allopathic uses
of the various drugs, and, when his time is nearly all spent, he will
briefly and very hurriedly allude to a few homoeopathic useb'.
This lecturer recently told his class that any man who called
the hypodermic syringe a ^* squirt gun '' (as the late Dr. Lippe
always called it) was either a bigot or a fool, or he had no
praolioe* So much for the light diet in materia medica.
62 IS HOM(EOPATHY SUPFiaENT IK ALL CASES. [Feb^
As to the lectures on the Organon, there are none, at least, so
we are told. The learned lecturer begins his course at the com-
mencement of the session at old Father Hippocrates, and wends
his way so slowly down the centuries that at the end of the
session he will be one or two centuries away from Hahnemann's
time. We are told this lecturer has never been known to reach
Hahnemann. We have also been informed that the class often
ask him when they are to hear some news of Hahnemann, and
are always put off for a more convenient season. So much for
the diet in the study of the Organon, Yetj in spite of these
complaints we are told ^' every lecturer on the principles of
Homoeopathy makes a direct effort to implant those principles !"
Tell the truth, the whole truth I
IS HOMOEOPATHY SUFFICIENT IN ALL CASES.
Rochester, N. Y., December 24th, 1888.
Dear Doctor : — As chairman of a Committee appointed by
the President of the Rochester Hahnemannian Society, to pre*-
pare a paper for publication on the theme, ^' Is the homoBO-
pathic remedy always sufficient to relieve suffering in incurable
cases ?" I come to you for information. Your name has been
suggested as one who must have record of cases in which eutha-
nasia has been produced by the simillimum, and as one who
tiever resorts to allopathic measures for palliation.
The Committee referred to above is composed of Julius G.
Schmitt, M. D., W. H. Baker, M. D., and myself. We believe
that the question can be answered affirmatively, and we have
some evidence to that effect, but more cases of all the classes of
incurable maladies that have been relieved by the simillimum
are desired, notably such serious cases as the different cancerous
diseases of the uterus, and diseases of the kidneys and lungs.
Of course, it is evident that cases in which a post-mortem ex-
amination has followed such treatment are especially desirable.
We feel encouraged to ask you for such evidence or facts,
knowing through your utterances published in our journals and
the TraTisactions of the L H. A,, of your intense love for the
truth in Homoeopathy. You are, no doubt, aware that the
Rochester Hahnemannian Society has taken such a step recently
to to precipitate a crisis here. Many laymen are inquiring as to
the division thus established, and some of our eclectics, calling
themselves homoeopaths, have publicly state<1 through the me-
dium of the daily papers that the only difference between the
1889.] 18 HOMOSOPATHY SUFFICIENT IN ALL CASES. 53
two &cUoD6 is that thqr *^ employ more powerful measures to
relieve cases sick beyond recovery/' thus, as you will readily
see, ^ begging the (real) question/' Our position has been taken
aAer much thought, and to advance the interests of pure Homoe-
opathy, and consequently we cannot shirk any of the responsi-
bilities following such a move. The publication of an affirma-
tive answer to tne question has become imperative. We desire
that the answer shall be a most emphatic one, and backed by
the most positive evidence, so we are placing ourselves in com-
munication with all the representative Hahnemannians in the
United States.
Will you kindly send, as soon as possible, any cases you may
have that you consider important; also a statement of your
ordinary method of handling incurable cases ; may we use your
name in connection with such treatment? We inclose a circular
letter, recently published, which will state our position to you
more fully. Fraternally yours,
W. G. Bbownell, M. D.,
Chairman^
122 North Avenue.
Our Answer: In reply to the above circular, we would
briefly say that in our experience HomoBopathy strictly prac-
ticed, is capable of giving the fullest peace, comfort, and rest to
the incurable patient, Whether it be a case of cancer, of tubercu-
losis, or what not. Secondly, that in all curable diseases,
Hahnemannian Homoeopathy cures most speedily and effect-
ively.
The method of applying the law of similars is always the
same, whether the case be curable or incurable. Prescribe care-
fully for the symptoms of the individucd; pay no attention
to the name of the disease. Many a doctor will pre-
scribe carefully and hopefully for a patient suffering from a
disea<4e generally considered curable, but when treating a patient
who has a disease called incurable^ the same doctor will become
demoralized, will prescribe carelessly, believing '' there is no use
trying."
The question at issue here is not one of dose, of quantity,
bnt a question of law and principle versvs haphazard careless-
ness. On the one side are men who try to relieve and to cure
all cases of sickness ; on the other, we find men who palliate their
cases, giving a present temporary relief with a permanent aggra-
vation later. — EDrroBS.
« I
THE RESURRECTION OF A CHILD*— AN INCI-
DENT OP HAHNEMANN'S PRACTICE.
Samael HahDemann was one of the grand innovators of the
aineteenth century. He inaugurated^ about the year 1835, a
medical revolution the effects of which are still felt. I do not
discuss the system, I only state the fact.
3|C * « ♦ ♦ ♦
A happy chance, for which I can never be grateful enough,
put me in communication with him at the time when his repu-
tation was most glorious. I did not fail to profit by this
acquaintance, and the description of some incidents which
passed during our inUmacy may serve to make known this
man, so extraordinary and superior.
* ♦ 3|C * ♦ ♦
My daughter, aged four, was dying ; our doctor. Physician of
l'H6tel-Dieu, the Docteur R., had declared in the morning to
one of our friends that she was irretrievably lost
We were watching, her mother and I, as we believed, for
the last time, by her cradle ; two of our friends, Schoelcher and
Gouboux, watched with us ; there was also a young man in full
evening dress, whom we had not known three hours before. He
was one of the most distinguished pupils of M. Ingres, and
was called Amaury Duval.
We had desired to preserve at least a souvenir of the dear
little creature whose loss we already deplored, and Araaury,
Eersuaded by Schoelcher, who had gone to seek him at a ball,
ad consented to come and make her portrait.
When this charming artist (he was then twenty-nine years of
age) entered, troubled and moved, in the midst of our despair,
we little expected that some hours later he would render us the
greatest service that we had ever received, nor that we would
owe to him not only the counterfeit presentment of our daughter,
but her life as well. He placed at the foot of the cradle, on a
* EDProRS HoHOSOPATHTC PHYSICIAN :— The following sketch is trans-
lated from Paris Figaro^ I9th March, 1887, being an extract from a volume
of ''Memoirs'' then in process of pablication. The author, Ernest
Legonv4> Vice-Doyen of the French Academy, evidently appreciated the life,
character, and works of Samuel Hahnemann. Knowing well what inter-
est attaches to all which concerns the master of our art, I have essayed a
translation, which I offer yea in the belief that others will read it, and share
the pleasure it affords me.
Very truly yours, Translatob.
64
Felk, 1889.] THE BESUBRECTION OF A CHILD. 55
high chair, a lamp whose rays fell upon the face of the child.
Here eyes were already dosed, all movements had ceased. Her
thin hair laid in disorder on the pillow, which was not whiter
than her cheeks ; bat infancy has in itself such a charm that
approaching death seemed to lend but an additional sweetness
to her face.
Amanry passed the night at his sketch, often wiping his eyes
to prevent the tears from blotting his paper. At aay break the
portrait was finished. Sympathy aiding, his genius had achieved
a masterpiece.
At the moment of quitting us, when we were mingling our
tears and our thanks, he said, suddenly, '^ But, since your doctor
declares your child beyond help, why do you not seek the aid of
this new method, which commences to make such a stir in
Paris ; why do you not seek the aid of Hahnemann ?"
''He is rights exclaimed Grouboux. ''Hahnemann is my
neighbor, he lives Rue de Milan, just opposite ; I do not know
him, but that does not matter ; £ will go and 1 will bring him
back with me.'^
Arrived at the house of Hahnemann, he finds twenty persons
in the waiting-room. The domestic explains to him that he
will have to wait. " Wait !" exclaims Gouboux ; " the daughter
of my friend is dying, the Doctor must come with me.''
'* But, sir !" exclaims the domestic.
"Yes, yes, I understand ; I am the last. What matter? The
Scriptures affirm that the last shall be first." Then turning
toward the Doctor's waiting patients :
" Is it not so, ladies ? Am I not ri^ht? You do, indeed, wish
to give me your places, do you not ?" And, without waiting a
reply, he goes direct to the door of the consultation-room, opens
ity enters in the midst of a consultation. '^ Doctor," says he to
Hannemann, " that which I have just done is contrary to all
rules, but you must quit all and come with me. It concerns a
little girl of four years, daughter of my friend; she is dying.
She will die if yon do not come. You cannot let her die ; it is
impossible."
The invincible charm of the manner of Gouboux operated as
usual, and an hour later Hahnemann and his wife arrived at
the bedside of our little patient.
My mind distracted by grief, and my head reeling from loss
of sleep, I fismcied, at the first glance at Dr. Hahnemann,
that I was r^rding one of the |>er8onages newly descended
from the pages of some of Hofiman's fantastic tales.
66 THE BE8UBRECTI0K OF A CHILD. [Feb.,
Small of stature, but robust and firm of step, he ad vanoed,
enveloped in a pelisse of fur, and supported by a heavy cane,
gold-mounted. He was nearly eighty years old, his head was
admirable; his white, silky hair was thrown back and neatly
arranged in curls around his neck (nape).
The centre of the eye was of a profound blue, with a circle
almost white around the circumference of the pupil ; the mouth
was imperious and commanding, the lower lip slightly advanced ;
the nose was curved like the beak of an eagle. As he entered,
he went straight to the cradle of the child, cast upon the patient
a piercing glance, and demanded the details of its illness, to
which he listened, without once withdrawing his gaze from his
patient.
As he listened, his cheeks became flushed, the veins of his
forehead swelled, and he exclaimed, in a tone of anger, '' Throw,
for me, out of the window all. that mass of drugs and vials which
I see there ; carry this patient out of this chamber, change every-
thing, pillows, sheets, etc., all ; give her as much water as she
will drink ; they have thrown live coals into her body ; we must
first extinguish the fire.''
We hazarded the observation that this change of linen, change
of temperature, etc., might prove dangerous for the child.
^* That which is mortal for her,'' he replied, with a tinge of
impatience, '^ is this atmosphere and these drugs ; take her into
the drawing-room, I will return this evening. And above all,
give her water, water, water I"
He returned in the evening, but not till the following day
did he commence medication. At each visit he contented him-
self by saying, " Yet another day gained."
The tenth day the peril again became suddenly imminent.
The child was cold to the knees. He arrived at eight in the
evening, seated himself near her, and remained there, motionless,
during a quarter of an hour, watching the child with the air of
a man who was the prey of the most poignant anxiety. At last,
aflber having consulted his wife (who always accompanied him),
he gave us a medicine, saying, '^ let her take this, and watch
well her pulse ; see if it be not stronger an hour from now."
At eleven o'clock, while I was homing the wrist of the child, I
suddenly seemed to be sensible of a slight modification of the pulse*
beat. I called my wife, then Grouboux, then Schoelcher. We
felt the pulse in turn, counted the pulsations, compared our
counts, one scarcely daring confirm the observation of the other,
until after some minutes we discovered so marked an increase of
strength in the pulsations that we embraced each other joyfully,
1889J THE RB8URRECTI0N OF A CHILD. 57
thoDgh tearfully. Toward midnight my friend Chretien Uhran
entered thecbambery he came toward me, and said, with an air
of profound conviction, " My dear M. Legouv6, your daughter
18 saved/'
I replied, '^ She is slightly better, but the distance from that
to a core is very great/'
^* I tell you that she is saved/' he said, and approaching the
cradle where I watehed alone, he kissed her on the forehead and
de^rted.
£ight days later the child was fully restored to health.
The manner in which Hahnemann conceived his system of
medicine paints his character at a single stroke. Was it on his
part calculation ? interest ? desire of renown ? or a conception
purely scientific? No! His system came from his heart!
Physician of the first order, at the head of one of the richest
cHaddes of Germany, he asked one day the assistance of one of
his brother practitioners for his last child, gravely ill ; the case
was indeed grave, the remedies ordered were heroic, energetic,
violent^ painful ; moxas, cuppings, bleedings, etc.
Suddenly, after a night of terrible suffering for the child,
Hahnemann, seized with pity and horror, exclaimed : '^ No, it is
not possible ! God has not created these dear little beings in
order that they should be submitted to such tortures. No ! I
wUl not be the executioner of my children."
It was then that, aided by his long and profound studies of
chemistry that he set himself to the task of seeking a new
physic. It was then that he commenced the construction of this
medical system of which paternal love was at once the foundli-
tion and the incentive.
Behold the man ! As he was then so he was always. The
strong structure of his face, his square jaws, the almost continual
movement of the al» nasi, the mobile corners of the mouth
slightly depressed by age ; everything in him breathed convic-
tion, passion, authority.
His conversation was like his person, original and unique.
" Why," said I to him one day, " do you prescribe, even in
health, the continual and habitual use of water as a beverage ?"
He replied : ^' Of what use are the crutches of wine when
one is sound of limb."
{A quoi ban qaand on ent inpambe lea biquUfea du vin f)
Again, it ts from him that I heard this phrase, so strange if
taken in its absolute sense, but so profoundly true for those who
58 TH£ BESUBBECriON OF A CHILD. [Febw,
know and understand. ^' There are no diaeasesy there are onlj
diseased persons/'
(Jl ny a pas de maladieBj ily a deg maladeg.)
His religious faith was not less lively than was his medical.
On arriving at his house one day in spring-time, I remarked :
^'O M. Hahnemann! what a beautiful day!"
*' All the days are beautiful/' he replied, with a voice calm
and grave. Like Marcus AureliuSi he Jived in the bosom of the
general harmony.
♦ ♦ 4B ♦ » «
My daughter being cured, I showed him the beautiful design
of Amaury Duval. He contemplated for a long time and with
emotion, this image of his little resuscitated patient, as she was
at the time he had first seen her, so near death ; be then asked
for a pen, and wrote on the margin of the sketch, these words :
" God has blessed her and saved her. Sajcubl Hahhshavh."
His portrait would be incomplete if I did not add that of his
wife, who never Quitted his side. In his studio she was always
seated near his desk at a little table, where she worked like
himself. She assisted at ull consultations, no matter what the
malady, or of which sex the patient. She wrote all the indica-
tions Triymptoms?) of the malady, gave her opinion in German
to Hannemann, and prepared the medicines.
If, in exceptional cases, he made visits at the houses of pa-
tients, she accompanied Iiim always.
This singular fact remains to be recorded, viz., that Hahne-
mann was the third illustrious old man to whom she had
attached herself as wife and helpmate.
She had commenced with painting, passed to literature, and
finished with me<Iicine.
At the age of twenty-five or thirty years Miss d'Hervilly
(her maiden name) was beautiful, tall, elegant, with a clear,
fresh complexion ; her face framed in a mass of waving, curling,
blonde ringlets, her eyes were blue, small, and with a regard as
piercing as black eyes generally have. At this age she became
the wife of a celebrated painter, a pupil of David, a M. L m
In espousing the painter she married also his paintings, and it
is said that she earned the right to sign her own name to more
than one of his works, even as later she signed the prescriptions
of Hahnemann. Afler the death of M. L she turned
toward poesy, as represented by a poet of seventy y^aiSf for^
1889.] THE BESURBEGTIOK OF A CHILD. 59
the iarther she went, the more she loved the aged* Thie poet
was M. A ^e then threw herself with as much ardor
into poetry as formerly she had into the great historical paint-
ings of M. L
M. A being dead, the septimgSnaires sufficed her no
more, and she married Hahnemann in his eightieth year I be-
coming at a single step as revolutionary in medicine as she had
formerly been classical and orthodox in painting and literature.
Her'^cuAe'' was almost a fanaticism. One day I complained
in her presence of the thieving propensities of one of my do-
mesticsy whom we had been oblig^ to dismiss. '' Why did you
not tell me sooner/' said she, quickly and with animation, '^ we
have medicine suitable for such cases.''
It would, however, be unfair not to admit that she was of an
intelligence really rare, with the soothing address of a born
nurse. None knew better than she how to invent the thousand
and one devices to comfort the suffering. ^ And more, she united
in herself the pious ardor of a Sister of Charity with the thou-
sand fascinations of a woman of the world. Her care for Hahne-
mann was past praise. He died, as he wished, surrounded by
all her tender cares.
Until his eighty-fourth year he lived the most eloquent de-
monstration of the goodness (bonte) of his doctrine. Not a weak-
ness^ not a lack or tremor of intelligence or memory ! His diet
was simple, but without any affected rigor. He never drank
either pure wine or water ; a few spoonfuls of champagne in a
carafe of water, this was his only beverage. For bread, he ate
every day a "6aia."*
" My old teeth," said he, " find this bread more tender."
During the summer on every clear evening he took a little
stroll as far as " I'Arc de Triomphe," stopping habitually at
Tortini's to take an ice.
One morning on awaking, he found himself less well than
usual ; he prescribed for himself, and remarked to his wife : "If
this medicine does not have the desired eff*ect, the matter is
grave."
♦ " Batia ** is a species of brend where frui^a are introduced. It is of Polish
origin, and is sapposed to have been introdiioed at Paris by King Stan 19-
lans, of Poland.
This ** bread " is made fresh eyerr day, and resembles much the ordinary
** petit poias ** of Pari».
Ingreilieots: carranta^ rabins, citron, saffron, cream.
60 FRAGMENTARY PROVINGS. [Feb ,
The next day his strength diminished, and tweutj-four hours
later he died peacefully, reoommending his soul to Grod.
His death was to me a great sorrow ; few men other thao he
have impressed me as he did with the idea of a superior being.
You ask, then, ''why have you abandoned his doctrine?'' I
answer, " Through aamiratiou for him.''
It seems to me that to follow Homoeopathy it demands more
than confideDce ; it demands faith. The theory of infinitesimal
doses shocks so rudely our good sense that one must believe
blindly in the man'in order to believe in the thing. So, Hahne-
mann having disappeared, my '' cuUe *' fell with the object of
my cuUe, and his successors appeared to me to be so far beneath
him that, little by little (a new friendship aiding), I returned to
the medical religion of my fathers, under which religion I will
die.
I owed, nevertheless, this homage to Hahnemann, and my
ex voto can only be the more valuable from having been offered
by an apostate. Ernest Leqouv£.
FRAGMENTARY PROVINGS.
E. W. Bbrridge, M. D., London.
1. Murex Purpurea, — 1877, January 15th, Mrs. M. B. P.
took two doses of 200th (Swan) under Dr. Swanks supervision.
Third day. — Felt very miserable, very fretful, irritable ; no
patience.
Fourth day. — ^On awaking had a swelled upper jaw — ^right
side — as if there was an ulcerated gum, but there was no pain
in it on pressure ; accompanied with soreness of the median line
under the nose, and also in right nostril ; sensation as of an
eyelash in right eye under upper lid — f)uter end. About four
p. M. it became like a grain of sand, and was extremely painful ;
found a small ulcer in the lid about size of pin-head.
Fifth day. — Last night the pain extended to region of head,
over and around the eye, with lachrymation ; swelling under
right angle of jaw.
Sixth day. — Eye better, face same, and about region of upper
lip, right side is very sensitive to touch ; submaxillary gland
still swollen ; stiffness in both legs, most in hip-joint, as if in
the socket ; stiff on first starting to walk ; goes off on walking.
Seventh day. — On rising, nausea ; nearly to vomiting, with
great sickness all over. Relieved by breakfast Face swells
1889.] FBAOME5TABY PROVINQS, 61
at night) and goes down daring the day. Eye gets worse at
night.
Eighth day. — In morning, despondent, low-ppirited, irritable;
better dnring the day. Urine flows very slowly, seems as if it
wonld never stop dribbling.
Dr. Kent has made provings of Murcx, which I hope lie will
publish.
2. Culex Mu9ca (mosquito). — [Compare provings in TVan^ac-
tioM of I. H. A., 1886.]
Mrs. M. B. P. took about fifty pelleta of 200 (Swan), two or
three at a time, under Dr. Swan's direction; commenced Septem-
ber 7th, 1881. No symptoms for three weeks, then in afternoon
felt hot all over, at the same time a sensation of an internal
chill, which sometimes came in reality. Inclined to be hoarse ;
feels as if she had a cold, but has none ; voice is rough, without
reason ; wakeful in early part of night.
September 26th. — Menses on time — afternoon — scanty at first ;
next day at eleven profuse, flow natural ; pain in left groin in ova-
rian region ; pain m back ; flow mixed with mucus all through ;
fretting over anything which went wrong.
September 27th, 28th. — On the eve of a hysteria ; headache
in afternoon in forehead and right temple; blur before eyes and
pain through them ; aching in nape, relieved by lying flat on
isack without a pillow. Absolute sleeplessness till near morning.
3. Oemicuma verdans {SaJiabury).— October Ist, Dr. S. Swan
took three doses of 30th potency.
On October 7th and 8th, very sleepy in daytime. After
breakfast on 8th, felt lassitude and heaviness in forehead ; felt
slightly chilly, as if it would not require much to bring on a
chill. At noon had to take a nap, which continued till one p.
M. ; felt chilly all over, very slight ; went to lunch, but had no
appetite ; no thirst. Began to grow warm all through ; pulse
96, respiration 32 ; forehead felt hot inside; heat in lace over
malar bones ; heat in eyes, and especially in lids ; eyeballs hot
and slightly congested; tongue slightly coated white, urine
»>lden — sherry color — not very freouent. Stool after chilly
TCeling commenced, loose, lumpy, witn large amount of flatus.
Daring fever still sleepy; saliva has a metallic taste; taking
hold of anything cold causes a chilly feeling. Dryness of throat,
with slight soreness all round, as a ring below glottis, felt when
swallowing, but the heat and dryness are felt all the time.
Sound sleep from five to six p. h. No appetite for supper, but
after a piece of toast and some grapes took a fair meal and f^lt
mnch better afterward, though the heat continued.
62 FSAGMENTABY PBOVING& [FA^
4. Lemofi, Juice. — April 6th^ Mrs. L* took 30ih poteiuy un*
der Dr. Swan's direction.
April 6th. — ^During last night severe pains in chest woke
lier ; could not take a long breath ; it kept her awake about
thirty minutes ; relieved when sitting up.
April 18th. — ^All black before eyes ; soon afterward sick at
stomach. Dull ache in left arm and shoulder.
April 20th. — Left leg, from just above knee to ankle, ached
so that it was impossible to keep quiet.
April 21st. — Pains in left leg the same, but only during
evening. Short breath all day.
April 2dth« — Short breath. Stitch in left side between ribs.
6. GhilincB ^omcuAi tunica irUerior (Ingluvin or fowPs giz-
zard).—1870, October 28th, Dr. Swan took one dose of 200th
at five p. M.
Octol)er 29th. — Soreness of tongue, right side and edge.
Hard, difficult stool, which is unusual. At ten A. M., took
another dose of 200th. Increase of saliva ; tingling of dorsum
of tongue. Dryness and sense of heat in eyelids, without red-
ness. Tongue indented by the teeth. At five P. H. repeated
dose of 200th.
October 30th. — Dryness aud stoppage of nose at night
toward morning; dry scales in nose. Dry, hard stool, requir-
ing straining to pass it At ten A. m. took dose of 200th. At
two P. H. soft stool. At five P. M. soft, lumpy stool with
tenesmus, and the peculiar thrill and painful pressure on anus
as in dysentery, and as if rectum would protrude ; after stool,
slight colicky pain in lower part of bowels; unpleasant sen-
sation, slightly painful, in rectum sometime afterward.
6. Liquorice. — ^Dr. Swan took 6th potency. It caused fullness
in nose as if he had taken cold ; slight chilliness ; pain in fore*
head, especially over right eye ; sleepy.
7. Poisoning by fish. — ^Mrs. K., after eating scalded fish,
esi^ecially mackerel. Redness and swelling of ears, nose, hands,
elbows, knees, and shoulders, with intolerable itching. Dn
Swan cured her with one dose of Scomber^^^ (Swan).
8. Poisoning by egg. — A lady had intense cramps in stomach
and umbilical region doubling her up with the most excruciating
pain ; relieved by brandy. Dr. Swan cured her with Yelk ^
Egg^ (Swan).
9. Gettysburg, — In the Hahnemannian Monthly y VI, 389, Dr.
Swan published a valuable proving of this mineral water, which
has been clinically veritied m spite of the Jiatum of a skeptic
that it was a natural attack of rheumatic fever. Here is another
verification sent me by Dr. Swan April 16th, 1882 :
1889.] THE BOSTON OBQANON SOaETY. 63
** A few days since I woke with a painfully stiff neck when
I brought any strain on the left sterno-cleido-mastoideus or its
attachment to the head ; when quiet there was no pain. Took
one dose of Oettygburg^^ (Swan). Was entirely well on third
day, but on second day had burning pains in pisiform bones of
both hands/'
In the report in the Hahnemannian Monthly, Vol. YI, the
following corrections should be made :
Page 391, line twenty-five, for " hands " read *^ hand J'
'^ 391, line fifteen, after ^' in '' read " ihroai and posUrior
nares."
Page 393, line sixteen, for "joints " read " K>ot8.'^
" " line eighteen, after " painful '' read " on motion,^'
" 395, line four from bottom, for " 5^ " read " IthJ'
PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
ORGANON SOCIETY, BOSTON, MASS.
The first meeting of the Oi^non Society of Boston, Mass.,
since the adjournment last May was held at Dr. Bell's office,
Thursday evening, December 20th. There were present Drs.
Cobb, Bell, Davis, Dike, Dillingham, Dutton, Harvey, Has-
tings, Harris, Kennedy, L. H. Kimball, G. A. Kimball, Plum-
mer, Stewart, Tompkins, Winn, and W. F. and W. P. Wes-
aelhoeft.
Dr. Bell read, b^inning at Section 61*
Dr. Bell — ^Because some physicians have not " correctly ob-
served and considered the deplorable results '' of such treatment,
we hear of such things as the following :
An old patient of mine, a lady seventy years of age, in an
adjoining town, was accustomed to call in the physician there
whenever she needed a little attention. He was supposed to be
a homoeopath, aud generallv did very well for her.
She complained so bitterly of constipation that he gave her
some sugar-coated pills, which proved to be composed of Podo-
phyllum. She would take one of these daily and have a
natural stool each day when taking them ; as a result, she was
soon worse off than before. He was not a correct observer, or
he would have known that the regularity of the stool would
not continue long when produced by the Podophyllum.
Dr. Weeselhoeft— Sections 64 and 66 illustrate the primary
04 THE BOSTON OBGANON SOaETY. [Feb.,
and secondary effects of drags, and show the bad result of the
anti-path io method on account of the secondary effect. The
secondary effect of Opium in large doses has often been observed
to produce a dtarrhcea, and in a case that has recently come
under my notice, this was particularly marked.
Dr. Bell — We have all seen the secondary effects of the action
of drugs, especially in jiatients coming from allopathic hands.
I think we can add to foot-note 63, the effects of anaesthesia
and surgical shock, although Arnica is as valuable in surgical
shock as brandy and that sort of thing.
Dr. Bell — In the first paragraph of Section 70 are we to in-
clude in our thought morbific influence?
Dr. Harris — Does it not refer to the pathology of the case
which must not be considered, but we must treat the symptoms
of the patient only ?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I think Hahnemann means that we are to
have no theories to prescribe for, nor should our minds be biased
by any morbific or material working that would confuse us in
the selection of the remedy, but we should depend on what we
can see, hear, and feel. We should not theorize as to the cause
of the disease. Of course, if we get a history of psora, syphilis,
or a bad vaccination, that is to be considered, and enters into the
symptomatology of the case.
Hahnemann was probably thinking of the theories that might
come up in regard to disease.
Dr. Bell — ^We should not prescribe Mercurius for syphilis,
or Sulphur for psora, unless tney are indicated.
Dr. Kennedy — In the third part of Section 70, the words
^^ According to experience" express a great deal, and seem to
cover the ground. It is not from theories that Hahnemann
draws these conclusions, but from actual experience.
Dr. Bell — According to some of our friends, experience is of
no account, when we talk of cures made by high potencies.
They say such experiences are of no value ! In Section 73,
where Hahnemann speaks of the second class of acute diseases,
sporadic diseases, as being engendered by meteoric or telluric
agencies, it is interesting to note that Dr. Lawson in theMilroy
lectures, at the Royal College of Physicians of London, on Epi-
demic Influence, takes the same ground as Hahnemann concern**
ing cosmic or telluric influence in the causation of epidemics.
He says that the epidemic factors embrace large portions of the
earth's surface at the same time, and that their course from year
to year is somewhat definitely defined. Febrile epidemics pass
uniformly to the northward, till they finally disappear. They
1889J THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. 65
oocor periodically, every second year, or some multiple of two
years, and like a series of waves pass over a greater or less
portion of the earth's surface. The form of fever may be de-
termined by local causes. He calls these influences ^* pandemic
waves/^ and thinks they coincide with a greater dip of the
mai^netic needle.
Section 75 ought to modify our prognosis in cases that
come to us after prolonged old-school treatment.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I can second that with all my heart, and I
think that in many of our failures in chronic cases, which seem
so simple when compared with others that have been cured, it
will be found that such cases are almost always those that have
come to us after being under palliative treatment for years and
years. When a patient comes who has been taking Digitalis for
a long time, little can be done. Something may be accomplished
if the Digitalis has been left off for sometime, but they usually
come after a long-continued use of the drug. When we get a
history of the abuse of Iodine, Digitalis, Mercurius, or Quinine,
in continued dosing, in such cases we must make our prognosis
very carefully.
Dr. Bell — I would add to the drugs just mentioned Salicylic
acid. Homoeopathic physicians are not alarmed by serious heart
lesions, and if Digitalis has not been given, the patient will often
live a long time in comparative ease.
I once had a patient who, before he came to me, was con-
tinaally taking Iodide of Potassium or Colchicum for a rheu-
matic trouble; he iiad both of these drugs at home, and if he
did not happen to feel just right before going down-town, he
would take a dose of one or the other as it happened. But
whenever there were signs of a rheumatic attack, then the dosing
was ad libitum.
When he came under my observation, of course all that was
stopped, and he became very much better in his general health ;
but, because I did not relieve him quite as quickly in one or two
acute attacks as he thought his Colchicum did, he returned to it
and his Iodide of Potassium. That was two years agro, I heard
of him the other day; he is a complete wreck and has just re-
turned from some European baths where he had gone in the
vain pursuit of health.
He could not wait for the complete action of the homoeo-
pathic remedy, although he was getting better generally, but
that was no trial of Homoeopathy after years of such drugging.
Dr. Davis — We ought to tell such patients that the reason we
cannot cure them is not because the case was incurable at first but
because they were so drugged.
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Dr. Wesselhoeft — I do not think it is so much the effect of
the drug itself as it is due to the reactive powers of the system
being so weakened that they will not respond. My father, years
ago, said he did not know what to do with cases of Iodine pois-
oning— that was when they used Iodine for everything. He got
some good results by giving Iodine higli at first. I recall a case
of Digitalis poisoning that we had some time since; the patient
came in a day or two ago, perfectly restored. It was a case of
peculiar heart's action, and he had been dosed with Digitalis for
some weeks. Dr. Bell saw him the second or third time he was
visited, and because he had some marked Digitalis symptoms,
particularly the great sinking at the stomach, he gave him Dig.
in a high potency, and from that time he began to improve, and
required no other medicine. The incurable Digitalis cases are
found in organic heart-diseases, which have been fed on Digitalis
for a long time. When we get cases after long-continued drug-
ging, the same remedy in a high potency may help us out of a
tight place.
Dr. Kennedy — May not that be so in cases of Rhus poison-
ing?
Dr. Wesselhoeft— Yes.
Dr. Davis — Did not the patient in the case just mentioned
recover l)ecau8e he had no heart-disease?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — ^There was no organic lesion, but he had a
very slow pulse, and was spitting a good deal of blood. He
had no other remedy after the Digitalis, but it was repeated
several times.
I wish now to show bv the following: case the results of re-
pressive treatment, and what can be done by the indicated rem-
edy in a few weeks after a suppression of five years' duration ;
it is not a case of drug influence but of suppression :
Miss , age forty-one, has had hemorrhoids as long as she
can remember. Five years ago the external tumors were ligated.
Before ligation they were very painful and tender, but did not
bleed ; she could not sit without great inconvenience. For two
years after the operation she thought herself perfectly well.
The tumors gradually reappeared higher up in the rectum.
For the last six months she has had promse hemorrhages, coming
on in spells lasting from two days to a week, with intermissions
of never longer than a fortnight. With this there has also been
prolapsus ani, even with moderate effort at stool, which reduces
itself spontaneously.
The bleeding ouly occurs during stool ; blood clear, bright-
red, occasionally it spurts out so that it is heard to strike against
the side of the vessel.
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These attacks of bleeding are aooompauted by great exhanstion.
While the bleeding lasts she has no pain, but in the intervals
the hemorrhoids swell and she has a dull^ aching pain, which is
again relieved by the bleeding. The aching is especially aggra-
vated by walking, the stools are daily and rather soft ; menses
regular— painless. Has palpitation on ascending, is very ansemic,
and has a profuse thick, yellow, non-irritating leucorrhcea.
Her mother died thirteen years ago, at which time there was
much sickness in the family, and she went through great
anxieties and grie&. Her constitutional hemorrhoidal trouble
has been much worse since then. Ignatia^ one dose, dry.
A week later — Stools harder, less bleeding, has still to rest
after stool on account of dull ache, which lasts for hours. Walk<-
ing aggravates the pain more than any other exercise. Sac. lac.
A week later — No bleeding, thinks prolapsus is better. Sac.
lac.
A week later — ^No bleeding, scarcely any trouble with pro-
lapsus, can walk after stool without aggravation. Palpitation
much decreased, feels stronger, looks much better. Sac. lac.
A week later — ^No bleeding, no prolapsus, walks up-stairs with
very little fatigue or palpitation, is not obliged to rest after stool,
color in cheeks and lips, and is so much improved that her
friends all remark it. One dose of Ignatia** was all she
received.
Dr. Kennedy — Do we not often attribute the causes of disease
to operations when this is not so? I have a patient now who
had his piles cauterized with the thermo-cautery two years ago.
He now has locomotor ataxia. The trouble began about a year
after the operation. Was that the cause of it ?
Dr. Wesselhceft — I should take it as the cause. I have
known removal of piles to cause intense congestion of the chest
after a fortnight.
Dr. Bell — I recall two cases of rheumatic fever which, I think,
jwere caused by excision of the tonsils. When we suppress a
paoric thing we run a great risk.
Dr. Wesselhceft — If we reftiove the outward showing we have
a metastasis of an expression. It is fortunate, very fortunate,
if the expression returns in the same place as in the case I just
read. Subjects with a bad family history are dangerous ones in
which to suppress any manifestations.
Dr. Bell — ^A surgical line, however, must be drawn some-
where. In ovarian tumors it is often necessary to operate on
aoooant of the mechanical pressure.
Dr. Wesselhceft — Of course, surgery is a very necessary thing,
68 THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. [F6b^
bat things that can be cured medicinally should not be sup-
pressed surgically.
Adjourned to ThursdiTy evenings December 27th.
MEETING OF ORGANON SOCIETY, DECEMBER
27th, 1888.
Dr. Wesselhoeft being absent, Dr. Bell read, beginning at
Section 75.
Dr. Bell — In r^ard to this paragraph, I think we hardly
realize its truth, and do not impress it enough upon our
patients.
I should like to have an expression from each of the mem-
bers present on this subject to see what your experience has been
with patients who have been drugged.
Dr. Dutton— rit often seems to me to be due to a lack of re-
cuperative power on the part of the patient, for while some will
not respond, others, after having been severely dosed, will come
out all right in response to the indicated remedy.
Dr. Bell — How is it with certain drugs ; Quinine, for
instance ?
Dr. Dutton — ^I do not at present recall a case of Quinine
dosing.
Dr. Cobb— I am more and more convinced that such is the
case, that patients that have been drugged will not respond to
homoeopathic remedies ; but there are some exceptions, and some
times we do get a reponse.
Dr. Bell — Do you ascribe it to a lack of constitutional sus-
ceptibility or to the effects of drugs?
Dr. Cobb— Some cases will respond to a certain extent,
although they cannot be made strong and vigorous, but others
won't respond at all to well-selected remedies. These cases are
always those that have been drugged abominably.
I am always discouraged with Quinine patients, but there is
one that I recall who was drugged with Quinine for years. He
had always been treated allopathically with Morphine and such
drugs. After being under homoeopathic treatment for some time,
he now considers himself a well man. He is a young man,
however.
Dr. Plummer — We seem to get quicker responses to our re-
medies with young children, and is it not for the reason that
they have not been drugged ? It seems to be more satisfactory
to prescribe for young children.
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Dr. Hastings — I recall a case of malaria which had been
treated for some time with thirty grains of Quinine daily, but
it was cured with Gelsemium"^. There was a complete cure in
this case.
Dr. J. H. Payne— I remember a case of malaria under the
influence of Quinine which yielded at once to a high potency of
Ignatia, and permanently.
Dr. Davis — ^I have met a good many cases that have puzzled
me, cases especially that had been in the army during the war.
I did not know whether it was due to the drugging they
received there or to their constitutions being affected by the
exposure and hardships.
Dr. Jameson — I do not know that I have found patients that
have been dru^ed particularly unresponsive. I recall a case in
which a patient had a cancer remov^ from her breast about a
year ago. Last summer she had pains in the region of the
stomach, and vomited more or less daily for nine weeks. She
look a good deal of Morphine and other drugs for the pain and
vomiting. Six weeks ago I was called in, and gave her one dose
of Hydrastis on account of great sinking at the stomach and
other symptoms that I do not now recall. The first night
was a good one, the second night she suffered considerably, but
the vomiting stopped the third or fourth day and she has only
vomited once or twice since. She responded very quickly to the
remedy, and has been comfortable ever since*
Dr. Harvey — I have known cases that have been drugged —
chronic cases — to respond to remedies for a time and then fail
to respond. I recollect a case of cancer of the rectum that came
to me after being under Morphine for a long time, I kept him
comfortable for a time, and then, the pain getting worse, he re-
turned to his Morphine physician, and after being under his care
for a while he came back to me for relief, which was afforded
him again for a time; he finally died under the care of the other
physician.
Dr. Nichols — Patients who have taken homoeopathic remedies
indiscriminately are also hard to prescribe for, and we must
select the remedy with great care after a good many remedies
have been taken.
I have an interesting case now of cancer of the breast, which
had been drugged for some time before coming under my care.
There had been no cutting, and the patient has always been in
good health ; there is no history of grief or of a blow.
The most peculiar thing al)out it was the tubercular character
of the growth — very hard, small nodules in the substance of the
70 THE BOSTON 0B6AN0N SOCIETY. [Feb.,
breast and a more superficial line of them to the axilla and out
to the middle of the back. The only other important symptom
was that she had had very severe headaches ; since tl»e cancerous
growths appeared she has had no headaches. The nipple was
retracted, and it had been pronounced cancer by the best allo-
pathic authority here in the city. On account of the tubercular
character of the growths and the former headaches, which were
very similar to the ones that Dr. Swan says are an indication for
Tuberculinum, I gave one dose of Tuberculinum. In forty*
eight hours she b^an to have burning, lancinating pains in the
growths. She bad had some burning pain before, but the seda*
tives given had kept down most of the pain. The burning,
lancinating pains lasted two or three days, then gradually dis-
appeared. The tubercles have softened — becoming a little larger
as they grow softer — ^the retracted nipple is not so much re»
tracted; she is very nearly free from pam, and her general health
is excellent. Of course, we do not know how it will come out,
but the progress so far is very satis&ctory, and the case is interest-
ing, both on account of the diagnosis and the remedy given.
Dr. Bell — ^You do not always have pain in scirrhus. I have
removed two cancers lately in which there had been no pain.
Dr. Nichols — I also recall a case of ascites, which had been
allopathically abused, in which the relief was so quick fn»m
Apis the ascites disappearing as if it had been baled out, that
Dr. Wesselhoeft said at the time that he did not think the case
would recover, the quick result being probably only a palliative
effect. He was correct, the ascites gradually returned, and the
case would not respond again.
Dr. Kennedy — When cases that have been drugged come to
me, aud where there is no remedy indicated, I give an antidote
or Sac. lac, and wait for something to develop.
Dr. Bell — ^The general opinion seems to be that cases will re-
spond even after prolonged drugging. I will now ask Dr. Kim-
ball to read a translation by Dr. Wesselhoeft from Boenning*
hausen's "Aphorisms."
Dr. Kimball — " Those who without visible causes are subject
to severe attacks of syncope usually die unexpectedly. (Hip-
pocrates.)
"When we consider the low stage of anatomical knowledge at
the time of Hippocrates, it is not surprising that he should nave
been ignorant of the probable cause of such fainting spells,
which may be due to organic lesions of the heart or its large
blood-vessels.
"A word of warning may not be out of place here against the
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use of heroto antipathic drags for the frequently occurring pal-
pitationSy which use often induces such lesions as aneurisms and
ossification, or largely promotes their development. We have
observed this fact most frequently after the use of the favorite
and popular Digitalis purpurea, which in these days is given
for ^^ery palpitation of the heart, in excessive doses, and is so
deceitful and seductive on account of its antipathic primary
action. It may not be superfluous to repeat our advice given
twenty-seven years 2^ to the younger homoeopaths, viz.: to be
cautious about accepting such patients who are now for the first
time ready ' to make a trial ot Homoeopathy.' It will be wiser
to refer them back to their former physicians. Nothing ^can be
gained in the way of reputation, or reverence for Homoeopathy
with this class of cases, as the most carefully selected remedies
prove impotent, and the usually sudden death is charged to
HomcBopathy.''
Dr. Hastin^^s — ^What is meant by " invented " in Section 70 ?
Dr. Bell — The original is "thought out" — that is, a distinc-
tion is to be made in the selecting of drugs to be proved.
Dr. Ck)bb— Speaking of the effects of drugging, I now recall
a case of a man who is a hopeless wreck from the effects of over-
drugging ; he may live, but he can never be cured. Years ago
he was mercurialized, then he went through a course of Tliomp-
sonian treatment, then he took sulphur baths, and then he was
treated by electricity and the needle would be passed into him
to the depth of three inches to relieve him of pain. He has
now a constant pain in one spot that troubles him a good deal.
Last year he had a severe attack of sciatica, and he would some-
times respond almost immediately to well-selected remedies, but
the eflect would not last long, the pain would soon return, and
the attack seemed to wear away of itself; the remedies did not
care him.
Dr. Bell — Since Hahnemann's time they have more weapons
of danger, such as strophanus, convallaria majalis, antipyrin,
antifebrine, etc. A physician told me recently of a cnse of
typhoid fever that had been treated with antipyrin, in which an
arm and leg had to be amputated on account of gangrene. He
thought the ^ngrene was due to the antipyrin ; he is quite a
doser himself, and if he thought so, I may think it might have
been due to the same canse.
Dr. Davis — In regard to Section 77, rest will certainly re-
lieve an overtaxed mind.
Dr. Bell — ^We ofl«n have oases from grief or an overtaxed
mind, and we must tell them that medicine will not take the
72 ROCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. [Feb.,
{►lace of rest; they must get that, and then the remedy will re-
ieve them much more quickly. Rest is especially needed in
oases of continued worries and griefs.
Dr. Payne— Medicine will certainly relieve cases of grief.
Dr. Hastings — I have a case of a mother who lost her
daughter four months ago, and her grief is as fresh now as ever
in spite of remedies.
Dr. Bell — I have now the case of an old man who has been
going to business regularly, but only for a short time daily,
because he liked it. I had told him he must not go, but as it
was a pleasure to him to go and sign a few checks, he thought
it could do him no harm. The other night he had an attack of
aphasia, and now, of course, he must have absolute rest.
Dr. Davis — Does Hahnemann mean that we are not to give
a remedv?
Dr. Bell — Certainly not, but rest or change must be insisted
on. In regard to the disease mentioned in Section 80, as arising
from psora, perha|)snervousdebility might bequestionedasalways
being caused by psora. I think it is, however. I have a case
of nerv<ius debility in a very healthy looking woman of about
forty years of a<;e, and it is all traced to a bad vaccinption in
childhood, where the matter was taken from the arm of another
child. That cliild was undoubtedly psoric. Psora does not
always retard development. We cannot always explain these
ihings satisfactorily to patients, but as blood-poisoning is quite
a common expression now, we can tell them that these things
are due to deeply-acting blood-poisonings, and that is always
very satisfactory to them.
Adjourned to January 10th, 1889.
S. A. Kimball, Secretary,
REPORT OF ROCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN
SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the Rochester Hahneman*
nian Society was held at the office of Dr. Bi^ler, November
20th, 1888, President R. C. Grant in the chair.
Members present : Dra, Grant, Biejjfler, Scbmitt, Brownell,
Johnson, Hoard, Hermance, Baker, Carr.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
Sections 169 to 180 of the Organon were read, with the fol-
lowing discussion :
Dr. Johnson — These sections explain the sections read at last
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meeting, also give explanation of the case that Dr. Schmitt
reported.
Dr. Schmitt — All of us have had cases where symptoms have
been developed by a remedy^ and leading us to the curative
drug.
Dr. Brownell — I think the first section read a little confusing.
It speaks of a remedy being homoeopathic to one portion of the
symptoms^ and another remedy homoeopathic to the other por-
tion. As I understand it, we can only have one homoeopathic
remedy — ^the simillimum.
Dr. Schmitt — I think that the point Hahnemann wants to
make is, that if you have two reme<lies that are seemingly indi-
cated, one remedy covering a portion of the symptoms, and a
second remedy covering the remaining portion, you are not to
give the second remedy after the first before you have examined
the case again.
Dr. Grant — It is customary with me to make a note of a
remedy to see next, but I seldom select that remedy. A second
examination generally brings out a different drug.
Dr. Biegler — ^That has been a practice with me for a long
time, and my experience is the same. I seldom select the
remedy that I note to see next.
Dr. Johnson — I would like to ask Dr. Brownell the result of
the use of Plantago in the case reported last meeting ?
Dr. Brownell — It did not affect the case any ; further inquiry
developed a history of suppressed foot-sweat, so I gave Silicea,
which caused a partial recurrence of the foot-sweat. There is
no sugar in the urine now, but he is not well ; at present he is
on Chelidon. I would like to ask Dr. Biegler if he uses a
knife in the treatment of a carbuncle ?
Dr. Biegler — I do not ; it is bad treatment ; with the indi-
cated remedy you will do more for your patient, quiet the pain
attending the disease, and make him comfortable. I believe
the use of the knife will make matters worse.
Dr. Carr — ^I have now a case of carbuncle under treatment.
It first appeared as one large pimple surrounded by a number of
smaller ones, that finally coalesced into one ; the opening was as
large as a half-dollar. I gave first Hepar-sniph., followed by
Lachesis, the color having changed to a purple, with great pain.
I have found the yeast poultice one of the best dressings for
diseases of this kind — it allays the irritation and has a soothing
effect, which is very gatifying to the patient. I look to my
remedy for relieving the pain, and Lachesis kept this case com-
fortable.
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The poultice is made from one teacupful of 'bran, one table-
Bpoonful of flour; add water to make a paste, then add two
te&spoonfula of brewer's yeast (a yeast cake may be used), place
in a linen bag and apply ; it should be changed about every
eight hours.
Dr. Schmitt — I was taught to cut a carbuncle and apply
caustic. The first case I treated homosopathically was with six
doses of Sulpli*^, and the yeast poultice.
Dr. Browuell reported sequel to case of diphtheria reported
by him at the July meeting, and published in the October num-
ber of The Hobcceopathic Physician.
sequel to a case of diphtheria treated by i^ao-
caninum.
Tomraie H . About three weeks succeeding the manifes-
tation of the diphtheritic disease in the case reported to this
Society in which Lac-caninum** proved curative, I was con-
sulted for a condition of paralysis of the muscles of the neck,
which has become quite marked, so much as to cause a falling
forwards of the head so that it rests on the upper portion of
the sternum. There i;* return of fluids through the nose, and
an evident weakness of the muscles of the upper part of the
back. Phos. on general principles.
Auorust 6th. — His father brings the boy back in a much worse
condition than before, the paralysis being more pronounced, and
some stagi^ring in his walk. Complains of stifliiess and sore-
ness of the muscles of the neck, on which I prescribed Rhus-
tox.**.
August 16th — The family has become anxious at the con-
stantly increasing paralysis, and insists that something further
be done, and asked in regard to electricity. I advised one more
trial and gave Lac-can.®*, of which he received one dose,
which restored the use of the muscles, and the boy remains
well.
Dr. Carr was appointed essayist for the next meeting. Ad-
journed to the office of Dr. Schmitt in one month.
W. H. Baker, Secretary.
Sulphur axd Ltoopodiubc : It is rarely advisable to begin the treatment
of a chronic cane with Lycopodiam, as is well known. The late Dr. Fellger
used to Ray that Lycopodiam did not follow Sulphur well in these chronic
cases. Have any of our readers had any experience in this connection? —
Edftobs.
PROCEEDINGS OP THE LIPPE SOCIETY.
The 128th meeting of the Lippe Society was held on Tues-
day evening, January 8th. After the minutes of the last meet-
ing were read and approved, an election for ofiBcers was held.
Dr. C. Carleton Smith was elected President; Dr, F. Powel,
Vice-President, and Dr. George H. Clark, Secretary-Treasurer.
Dr. Preston, commenting on metastasis of disease, said, a few
years ago a lady came to him with an attack of sciatica. The
pains were of an escruciating character, commencing in hip,
going half-way down the thigh, skipped the knee, and then went
to the ankle and foot. The leg was shortened to the extent of
six inches, due to muscular contraction. She had been under
the treatment of an allopathist for a number of weeks without
relief. After a few days of study. Dr. Preston gave three doses
of Kali-hyd.^^, as he learned that the same allopath had treated
her in infancy for an eruption, and had suppressed it with red
precipitate. In one week after taking the Kali-hyd. she was
well. The point of the case is, said Dr. Preston, this : When
I left her, I advised her never to have an external application
made for any disease. Marrying a few years after, and after
her first delivery, she was subject to leucorrhoea. She was at-
tended by her old allopath. He gave her an injection of Alum
and stopped the leucorrhoea. In a few mouths she was an in-
mate of an insane asylum. While there the leucorrhoea reap-
peared, and the insanity disappeared. She became pregnant the
second time, went through the same routine, and was again sent
to the asylum ; the leucorrhoea again appeared, and her mind
became clear. This case, and all similar cases go to show the
bad effects of suppressed disease manifestations.
Dr. Lee then proposed, and the proposition was accepted,
that, at each meeting, instead of having two or more subjects
for discussion, one member be appointed to prepare a paper on
sonie special disease, and one member appointed to lead in
discussing the subject.
Dr. Farley then presented the following case, having the
patient present :
Mr. I. T. E., forty-eight years of age. Bilio-nervous tem-
perament. Has suffered for five or six years with recurring &t^
Uuk» of severe pain in abdomen, epigastrium, and chest. Seem-
ii^Iy indicated remedies have given him relief for periods varying
from two or three days to as many months. Pain at present is
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76 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [Feb.,
located at about centre of lefl hypochondriac r^ion, extending
downward and posteriorly to lumbar r^ion ; is stabbing and
burning in character, and sometimes a dull pain gradually ex*
panding and as gradually retracting, and again a "pressing-out
pain," as if a blunt instrument were forcing itself to surface,
anteriorly, in location named. Occasionally a painful feeling,
as if an apple-core had been swallowed, from fauces to stomach.
On two occasions during the past year, has passed renal gravel
with much suffering, severe, hut quickly relieved by indicated
remedy. First from right kidney, and later from left. Suffers
from attacks of "sick headache," preceded by blindness, that
are speedily relieved by Iri^-v. The attacks of headache are
becoming much less severe and frequent. Paina are in p. M.,
about four o'clock ; ten ^.^L. if not in bed asleepf and when atom*
adi is empty; severe from eating full meal.
Last remedy given was Phos. Remedies recommended for
study are Phytolac, Hepar, Phos., Lycopo.
Dr. Smith thought Phytolacca approached the case. The
characteristics of that remedy are burning pains ; red-hot
pains, especially in the throat, and sensation of apple-core in
throat.
Dr. James — There are only three remedies mentioned by
Boenninghausen having relief after eating enough : Ars., led.,
Phos.
Dr. Powel — Hepar always better after a hearty meal. And
Anacardium, said Dr. Farley.
Dr. Lee advised the continuation of Phosphorus in a higher
potency.
Dr. Powel once cured severe pains in epigastrium, where
patient had to hurry to get his meals, in order to relieve the
pain ; particularly dinner and 8up|)er. Graphites was the
remedy.
Dr. James said that Dr. Lippe had eiven him that symptom
some years as:o as belonging prominently to Graphites.
Dr. Lee then read a paper on ** Acute and Chronic Tonsil-
litis." (See page 77.) Dr. Preston made a motion, which was
adopted, that Dr. Lee be requested to prepare a repertory of the
remedies mentioned in his paper.
After several remedies were suggested in addition to those
named in the paper, Dr. Preston related a case of malignant
diphtheria, in which the child was unable to swallow anything.
Beinor unable to speak, she motioned that she wanted ice-cream,
which, on beins: given, it was found that she could not swallow
a small particle, hut larger pieces were readily swallowed.
Although moribund at the time, Lach. brought her up.
1889.] ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. 77
Dr. Farley then asked for a remedy with the symptom, must
stand ap to eat. A case of angina pectoris. Alumina was
SD^ested for study.
Dr. Powel asked for remedy for nervous tremor and twitch-
ing about right eye and right cheek. Dr. Smith named Mag-
phoa. Dr. Powel had given Agaricus without eflTect.
Dr. Lee then related a case of a young girl who has swelling
on neck ; sebaceous tumor on head ; much dandruff, and hair
falling out. Menses too early and scanty. If menses first
appear in the morning, she has three or four normal stools ; if
the flow conies on in the evening or night, she has no trouble.
Dr. Preston suggested Bovista.
After deciding upon diphtheria as the subject for next meet-
ing, the President appointed Dr. Still, of Norristown, to
prepare the paper, and Dr. Powel to lead the discussion. The
Society then adjourned.
Geo. H. Clark, Secretary.
ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS.
In the treatment of this affection, it is always our desire to
abort those cases which are seen early enough to make this pos-
sible; and in cases seen too late for the accomplishment of this
desirable end, to at least prevent any profuse suppuration. Of
this disease, Flint says: ''Acute tonsillitis generally ends in
suppuration ; an abscess forms, and purulent matter, some-
times fetid, and nauseous to the taste, is discharged after a period
varying in diflerent cases from two to ten days."
Many persons seem to be predisposed to this affection, and
have their tonsils more or lessswollen and inflamed all the time;
others suffer from a chronic enlargement of the glands without
much pain or discomfort; sometimes this swelling is so great as
to threaten the respiration. We have, then, two purposes in
oar treatment of this disease, one to prevent and to ward off the
constant recurrence of these attacks, and to cure the predisposi-
tion to this chronic swelling; the other, to cure as quickly and
as easily as possible the acute attacks, aborting the inflammation
whenever possible.
In prescribing for this, as well as all other diseasa, we must
remember to take into consideration all the symptoms of the
patient — that is, we must consider both the symptoms of the
disease and of the patient. The disease presents symptoms
which are common to nearly all cases of that disease ; the pa-
78 ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITia [Feb.,
tient presents symptoms which are peculiar to the one individual
now suffering from that disease. The true homceopathic simil-^
limum should, therefore, cover the symptoms of the disease plus
those of the patient. Let me illustrate this proposition by sup-
posing we have a case in which the indiviaual symptoms are
covered by a drug which has not the symptoms of the disease,
we then search further until we find a drug which covers both
features of the case ; neither would we give a drug which cov-
ered only the symptoms of the disease and failed to cover those
of the individual ; this would be a very grave error. We should
strive to cover all the symptoms of the case, and if a choice had
to be made between the generic symptoms of the disease and
the peculiar symptoms of the patient, then preference should
always be given the peculiar and individual symptoms of the
patient.
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the glands accompanied by
more or less inflammation of pharyns; great soreness on
swallowing, or talking and opening Jaws, or moving the neck;
sometimes with fever, headache, flushed face, even convulsions
in children. These are the symptoms of tonsillitis as it is gen-
erally met ; they are the symptoms of the disease, and vary only
with the severity of the attack. The symptoms of the patients,
on the other hand, are very variable, differing as they do in each
person, and these are the most important symptoms in deciding
our choice of the proper remedy. In a dozen cases of tonsillitis
of equal gravity, the symptoms of the disease would not vary
much ; but in this dozen cases the individual (and hence the
peculiar) symptoms of the patient would vary in each case. In
prescribing, it is our duty to find out these peculiar symptoms ;
they will be found in each case if searched for carefully and
diligently. Physicians who do not find these peculiar symp-
tomft, and say they do not exjst, are the ones who do not cure
tonsillitis. They claim that one must resort to anodynes, to
poultices, and finally to the knife.
In considering the homoeopathic therapeutics of tonsillitis, we
shall confine our attention almost entirely to the local thera-
peutics ; if we considered all the many symptoms which might
be concomitant to this or any other disease, we would simply
have to take into our paper the whole materia medica. Even
when thus confining our work, we must of a necessity speak of
many symptoms which belong to diphtheria, angina, etc. Jahr's
advice is too brief and of a routine character, but we give it for
what it is worth !
He advises the use of Aconite whenever the case is ushered
1889J ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. 79
in with fever, dry skin, restlessness, etc. ; next, be changes to
Belladonna, if the patient complains of a good deal of head-
ache, and rash of blood to tfae head. If this does not help,
give, according to circumstances, Hepavj if the pains during
deglutition are very severe, glancing and dart to the ear and
cervical glands, with severe drawing pains in the nape of the neck ;
or Lcusheais if the neck is very sensitive to the least touch, and
the symptoms are much worse, after the patient wakes from
sleep ; or SUieecLy if the throbbing and lancing pains and the
swelling of the tonsils continue to increase in spite of BdL and
Hepar. If an abscess begins to form, which BdL had been
unable to prevent, at once resort to MerCy which generally causes
the abscess to discharge in less than twenty-four hours, but
which must never be given prematurely ; for, if the. abscess is
not yet sufficiently ripe, this agent often increases the inflamma-
tion and renders it more qbstinate* If the tonsils become in-
durated, Ignaiia often helps, which will likewise be found indi-
cated by flat, open nloers on the tonsils ; although ulcers that
break out rapidly and spread extensively, most commonly re-
quire BM. ; slowly-arising and rather painless ulcers finding
tneir cliief remedy in Merc. If in this kind of phlegmonous
angina with swelling, the velum palati is swollen rather than the
tonsils, prefer P/umph., Arsen,, or Bry.y if neither Aeon, nor
BdL helps ; or, if the uvula is the most swollen part, give Ooff.
or Laches. Chronic swelling of the tonsils requires particularly
Baryt., Sepia, Sidph., or Oalc. Aphthous angina faucium.
These inflammations are characterized by small, whitish, flat
ulcers on the tonsils ; if they are not soon relieved by Ignat.,
Mere., and Oarbo^eg.y Niir'ac. is often an indispensable remedy ;
likewise Caps, in many cases, especially if the ulcers burn, with
pressure in the &uce8 as if caused by spasm. We will now take
up each remedy in detail, and give its chief symptoms bearing
upon tonsillitis :
Aconite is seldom called for in this disease but may be
needed in cases caused by exposure to cold, dry winds, exhibit-
ing the fever, the restlessness, and anxiety of this remedy, to-
gether with dark-red swelling of the parts ; pricking, burning
in the throat and along the eustachian tube, compelling the
patient to swallow. Stinging pains when swallowing. Pains
worse at night, when they seem to become unbearable.
Akmoniuh-cabbonicitm. Under this remedy we find these
symptoms : Pain in the throat as if right tonsil were swollen
when swollowing. Burning in throat ; tendency to gangrenous
ulceration of the tonsils; tonsils enlarged, bluish, and much
80 ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. [Feb^
offensive mucus. Symptoms worse uight and morning. These
symptoms are frequently met with as concomitants of grave
cases of scarlatina.
The symptoms of Amm-carb. seem to be often given as those
of Amm-mur. ; both Johnson and Lilienthal give under Amm-
mur. this symptom : '^ Both tonsils swollen, patient can neither
talk, swallow, nor open mouth, after taking cold." Dr. John-
son adds, ^' tendency to gangrenous ulceration." Heriug tells
us that the tonsils and glands of the neck throb but are not
swollen. Farrington says : '^ The throat is swollen so that the
patient cannot open his mouth. The mouth is filled with a
viscid phlegm, which the patient expels with great difficulty."
The true symptom of Amm-mur. seems to be about thus: The
throat, inside and out, is swollen and is very sore, with much
viscid phlegm in the mouth, which cannot be easily expelled ;
the tonsils and glands of the neck throb, there is also uneasiness
and anxiety.
Amygdax^a persica. Of this remedy Farrington said:
'^This drug causes a durk-red injection of the fauces, uvula, and
tonsils, with sudden, sharp pains, causing considerable difficulty
in swallowing ; sometimes these pains are so severe as to make
the patient cry out."
Apis. The pains of this remedy are burning, stinging, often
accompanied by dryness without thirst. The tonsils are in-
flamed, swollen, and bright red, smarting or stinging on swal-
lowing. Sometimes we see deep ulcers on the tonsils and palate,
with sloughing abrasions, and an oedematous or erysipelatous
appearance around them. Swallowing is difficult, especially of
solid, hot, or sour substances. Worse from heat or hot drinks,
better from cold and cool drinks. The restlessness, the raw,
scalded feeling in mouth and throat with the puffy swelling, are
pecular to Apis.
AuRUM, has red, swollen, and ulcerated tonsils; after abuse
of Mercury or from syphilis.
Baptisia. The indications for this drug are these : Putrid
ulceration, with salivation ; tonsils and parotids swollen, with
but little pain ; fauces dark red. Tonsils and soft palate very
red and swollen, with constant desire to swallow ; no pain.
Patient can swallow only liquids, the least solid food gags.
2[*his dysphagia of solids is also found under Baryta, Bell.,
ry., Ign., Lach., Lyc.,Natr-m., Stram.) The patient will gener-
ally be found in a typhoid state with this condition of mouth
and fauces, and we are apt to wonder that such a bad-looking
throat causes so little pain.
1889.] ACUTE AND CHROIJIC TONSILLITIS. 81
Babtta-carb. In every case of this disease, where a pre-
disposition to the disease seems to exist, we think of this remedy,
ana it will not disappoint us if used properly. In acute tonsil-
litis or in chronic indurations of the tonsils, occurring after every
little exposure to cold, or after checked foot-sweat, with these
symptoms, we expect to relieve with Baryta.
The tonsils are inflamed and swollen, with smarting pain when
swallowing ; is worse when swallowing food or saliva. Some-
times cannot swallow at all and fluids will be ejected through
the nose. Symptoms going from right to left. (It is well to
remember that under Lacfaesis we find this ejection of fluids
through the nostrils, also under Lye, but the Lachesis patient
swallows solids easier than either fluids or simple saliva;
Lachesis and Sabadilla have their throat symptoms going from
right to left.) Under Baryta, we also find a sensation as if the
food on being swallowed passed over a sore place ; also a feeling
as if there were a morsel of food lodged in the throat. Baryta
is the better indicated if the patient be of a scrofulous habit ;
or if a child, it is dwarfish, or in old fat people. The patient
has viscid phl^m in mouth in mornings, is thirsty. Hering
tells us that the Baryta throat is much paler than that of the
Belladonna patient, and that in cases where the tonsils are in-
flamed in small- pox or scarlatina, especially when Mercurius has
fiiiled, then Baryta may be needed.
Baryta-hur. is also often indicated in scrofulous persons
with chronic enlargement and induration of the tonsils ; there is
profuse salivation, the pain seems to be worse on the right side.
Belladonna. Dryness of mouth and pharynx, with sense
of constriction and difficult swallowing, especially of liquids or
saliva. Constant burning and pressing. Deep crimson color
of the throat and enlarged tonsils, with throbbing ; worse on
the right side (also Baryta) and on swallowing. Soreness ex-
tending to ears. Rapidly forming aphthous ulcers on tonsils, in-
tense congestion and throbbing of carotids. During deglutition
there is a sensation as if the throat were too narrow, and as if
nothing would pass properly. Externally the throat is painful
to touch and on motion. Constant inclination to swallow or to
hawk. The peculiarities of Bell, are its sudden pains, deep red-
ness and throobing, and its signs of intense active congestion.
Bromine may l>e called for in the chronic forms of tonsillitis
in persons of a scrofulous habit, blue eyes, and fair complexion.
There is constant pain in the throat, the tonsils are deep red and
swollen, with a net-work of dilated blood-vessels spread pver
them (see Ham.); the right side of fauces dark red and dry
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82 ACUTE AND CHBONIC TONSILLITia [Feb^
with pain on swallowing. Scraping in throat. Aggravation
on swallowing, especially of liquids. This condition will gen-
erally be accompanied by swelling, hard swelling, of the exter-
nal glands.
Calcarea in persons of a psoric habit, who exhibit the pe-
culiar general symptoms of this remedy with the inflammatory
swelling of palate and uvula or tonsils, with a sensation as if
the throat were constricted on swallowing. Ulceration of ton-
sils. Pains in throat extend to the ears. Sensation of swelling
or of a lump in the throat cause constant desire to swallow
(see Plumb.V
Calcarea-iod. and Calc-phos. may also be needed in the
chronic form of this complaint ; in the latter the throat does
not pain so much on swallowing food or warm drinks as from
saliva.
Canthabis, intense burning, burning as from fire (see Iris.) ;
sometimes with a scraped sensation and spitting of blood.
Aphthous ulcer at back part of fauces, covered with a whitish
adherent crust ; also ou right tonsil. Tonsils inflamed or sup-
purating; swallowing very difficult. Throat symptoms are
worse at night, when drinking, and from wet poultices ; are
better when lying down. Especially indicated when accom-
panied by the urinary symptoms of this drug.
CoLCHicuM. Throat is dry yet there is a flow of ?ratery saliva,
with nausea and discomfort in abdomen. Tonsils inflamed and
swollen ; here and there spots covered with pus ; swallowing is
difficult.
CoocTJLUS has a pressive pain in tonsils, worse when swallow-
ing saliva than when swallowing food. Burning in palate and
dryness in fauces. Choking constriction in upper part of fauces,
with difficult breathing and irritable cough or disposition to
cough.
Crotalus. Quinsy, with much venous congestion, dark,
bluish color of surrounding parts, much oedema, tonsils bulge
and are tender to pressure at angles of lower jaw ; pain worse
from empty deglutition. Especially indicated when occurring
with scarlatina or diphtheria. Also angina tonsillaris, constric-
tion of throat, tongue yellow. Great prostration, etc.
Cuprum, sense of constriction in throat. Tonsils, palate, and
&uces red and inflamed ; dull, piercing pain in left tonsil,
aggravated by touch.
CycIxAMEN presents an opposite condition to enlargement,
etc.,. of tonsils, but may, nevertheless, be mentioned here. Under
this drug the tonsils and palate are shriveled and white.
1889.] ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. 83
DioecoRBA. In the last number of The Homoeopathic
Ph YSiciANy Dr. J. B. Bell calls our attention to the reseniblant*e
of this drug to the first stage of many colds, premising that it
may be found of use in some of these cases. We find, under
this drug, dryness, soreness, smarting, and burning in the whole
throat. Left tonsil smarts and itches, with inclination to cough.
Sharp, stitching pains, seemingly in the tonsil to ear. Mouth
dry, yet full of sticky mucus; no thirst.
Dulcamara probably covers some of the cases for which
Baryta has been given, and failed. For it, too, has a tendency
to ^'tonsillitis'' from taking cold. But, under Dulcamara, we
find the patient is affected by every cold change in the weather
(see Hepar), as well as by actually taking cold. We have,
under this drug (like Gels.) catarrhal angina, hypersemia of soft
palate and uvula, swelling of tonsils, difficult deglutition. Con-
stant hawking of very tough saliva, with rawness in the fauces.
Baryta apd Dulcamara are complementary to one another.
£lap8. D^lutition of solids and liquids almost impossible ;
throat exceedingly sensitive to touch (like Lachesis and Lac-
can*); tonsils swollen so that no passage is visible. Pain goes
to ears when swallowing. Nasal discharge, when present, is
very offensive, smelling like putrid herring brine. Aggravation
from wet weather; never feels happy in wet weather. Elaps
has a peculiar throat symptom, which may sometimes be noticed
as a concomitant of its throat or nasal dise&<%es ; it is this : The
posterior wall of the pharynx is covered with a dry, greenish-
yellow membrane, wrinkled and fissured, extending into nares;
sometimes portions of this membrane are expelled from nose or
month, leaving a raw, corrugated surface.
Ferrcm-phosphobicum. Under this remedy, we find con-
stant inflammation of palate, tonsils, and pharynx, with dryness,
redness, and pain. Pulse full, round; fever, red face, glisten-
ing eyes, etc.; inflammation from relaxation of the blood-
vessels, before any pus is formed.
Fluoric acid. In cases where syphilis is a probable factor,
with these symptoms, Fluoric acid may be useful We find
tonsils, uvula, and soft palate of a livid color, and greatly
swollen. Excessive suffering on swallowing or talking. Sleep
is disturbed by the accumulation of mucus in the fauces. The
throat is irritable, and particularly sensitive to cold ; the slight-
est exposure causes inflammation, with |>ain and impeded deglu-
tition. Tongfue tender, and pains when talking. A peculiarity
of this remedy is the lack of susceptibility of the patient to the
extremes of heat and cold ; yet we find aggravation from cold,
wet weather.
84 ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS, [Feb.,
Gelsemium in oases of catarrhal inflammation of pharynx
and tonsils ; dryness, and burning in the throat ; throat feels
filled up; chilly creepings up the spine; headache, fever, aching
in back and limbs, etc. Sometimes the tonsils are swollen, and
covered with diphtheritic patches.
Graphites has swelling of tonsils, with pain when swallow-
ing. Also roughness and rawness in throat. The peculiar
symptom of this drug, in this connection, is the feeling as
though food could not be swallowed ; it " will not go down."
Ou swallowing, there is always a sensation as of a lump, or
plug, or elevation in the throat, which prevents the passage of
food or saliva. (With Hepar, there is pressure or swelling,
which causes fear of choking.)
Guarea-tri. Swelling of tonsils, rendering swallowing
difficult. Sensation of constriction and burning in throat.
Warm drinks ameliorate throat symptoms. This remedy is to
be compared with Merc, and Silioea in bone pains and suppura-
tions.
Gymnocladus. Inflammation, and purple color of right
tonsil. Sore throat, dark livid redness of fauces and tonsils.
Mucus in throat, and frequent hawking. Shooting, sticking
pains in throat. Aversion to motion.
Hamamelis. Hering tells us this remedy is useful for the
sore throats of those predisposed to fullness of their veins, with
aggravation in warm, moist air. We find sore throat worse on
right side ; right tonsil more swollen than left, reddened, and
veins enlarged. (See Bromine and Crotalus.) Tonsils and
fauces congested; the parts look bluish from the distended
veins.
Hepar-bulph., chronic tonsillitis, especially when accom-
panied by deafness (see Kali-b.), or by a sensation of sticking
in throat, as if from a fish-bone, or splinter (see Nitr-ac.) when
swallowing ; has a tendency to suppuration, after a week or
two ; tonsils swollen so as to leave no opening visible ; swollen
with hard glandular swellings on the neck (like Bromine).
Hering gives this case : Tonsils enlarged, reel ; throat and
pharynx raw, and studded over with enlai^ed reddish follicles;
could not venture out in the slightest damp weather (like Dule.)
without being in fear of inflammation oi the throat, which at
last produced a nervous terror of being choked. This patient
could not work in damp clay, as the dampness aflected him with
hoarseness and irritability of the chest. Especially useful for
patients who have been abused by large doses of Mercury.
(Also Staph.)
1889.] ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. 85
Ignatia. Follicular tonsillitis. Acute paroxysms in chronic
cases, with a feeling of swelling in the throat; painful soreness
during deglutition. Inflamed, liard, swollen tonsils, with small
ulcers. Whitish, tough mucus in spots on tonsils, simulating
diphtheria. Tonsils greatly swollen and inflamed ; several
small openings filled with pus; stitching pains in throat. The
sticking pain of this drug is peculiar; it occurs when not swal-
lowing (see Ledum), also somewhat when swallowing; but the
more he swallows, the more it disappears ; swallowing anything
solid, like bread, seems to cause the sticking to disappear
entirely. Patient is chilly, is despondent, tearful, etc.
Indium-met. may be called for in cases where there is destruc-
tive ulceration of tonsils, uvula, and sofl palate, with thick
yellow mucus in the ulcers. There is dryness, throbbing, sting-
ing soreness in the throat ; apt to lie worse on the right side ;
worse on swallowing. Uvula greatly enlarged; back part of
Eharyux covered with thick yellow mucus, very tough, and
ard to remove (see Elaps). Throat symptoms are worse in the
evening ; are better afler eating, and from drinking cold water.
loDiUM must not be forgotten in cases where the tonsils are
swollen, and are covered witn little patches of exudation. The
palate and tonsils are covered by a thick, grayish-white exuda-
tion; there is much pain in the throat, very painful deglutition,
some salivation, very offensive odor from the mouth ; the exter-
nal glands of the neck are swollen. These are rather the
symptoms of diphtheria than of tonsillitis, but as the two often
resemble one another, they may be appropriately mentioned in
this connection.
Iris-vers. In a patient whose mouth and fauces felt as if
on fire (see Canth.), or &s if they had been s(»lded; from whose
mouth there was a constant discharge of saliva, maybe a ropy
saliva; who complained of a smarting, burning in throat, with
a feeling of enlargement, like a burning cavern (see Phyt),
while his throat was dry, injected, and of a bright-red color,
also pain in tonsils shooting to the ears.
Jacea for cases of syphilitic ulcers, where there is a promi-
nent yellow-greenish ulcer, with adherent pus, in left side of
throat, extending from velum palati over the entire left tonsil.
Much phlegm ; swallowing is very painful.
Kali-bichromicum is especially useful in syphilitic or diph-
theritic affections of the throat. We find recorded under this
drug these symptoms : Swollen tonsils, with deafness in chil-
dren (see Hepar) Tonsils swollen, neck thick below the angle
of the lower jaw (see Crotalus); the eustaciiian tubes seem to
86 . ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. [Feb.,
be blocked up ; is very deaf, could not hear a watch ticking unless
very cIohc to the ear. Also sharp, shooting pains in left tonsil,
extending toward ear, better afler swallowing; suppuration of
tonsils. Indolent enlargement of tonsils, where there is little
fever or inflammation, but there is a tendency to the formation
of small ulcers on tonsils and the velum (something like Ign.).
The ulcers on the tonsils and throat seem to be covered with an
ashy slough ; the surrounding mucous membrane is dark, livid,
and swollen. The uvula and tonsils are red, swollen, and pain-
ful ; finally become ulcerated. There is hawking of much
tenacious mucus, which is difficult to get up ; is so very stringy
that it sticks. The throat pains are worse when protruding the
tongue (see Sabad.), and are generally aggravated on swallowing.
The ulcers of this remedy eat deeply and quickly.
Kali-bromatum. With this drug the tonsils are swollen
and purple; the exudation (diphtheritic) is thick, and looks
something like patches of washed leather; there is a distinct,
but crooked line of demarcation between the healthy and the
affected tissue. There is often dysphagia of liquids; patient
can only swallow solids (see l^achesis).
Kali-muriaticum. Catarrh of the mucous membrane of
the fauces, tonsils, and pharynx, with a white exudation. Angina
beginning with white points on the openings of the ducts of the
glands ; fever, chilliness, dirty, coated tongue, suffering expres-
sion of the face. Tonsillitis, with much swelling. Tonsils
swollen, and covered whitish or whitish-gray. Hawks up little
cheesy lumps having a disgusting odor and taste.
Lac-caninum. Tonsils inflamed and very sore, red and
shining; almost closing up the throat; dryness of the fauces
and throat; swelling of submaxillary glands. Also right ton-
sil red and swollen ; pain in the tonsil of a gnawing kind,
worse at night, and after sleep. The pains and the inflamma-
tion of this remedy continually change from side to side, and
back again. The sore throats begin with a tickling sensation,
which causes a constant cough ; then comes a sensation of a
lump on one side, causing constant deglutition ; this condition
then ceases entirely, only to begin on the opposite side, and
often alternates, returning again to its first condition ; with
women, these sore-throat symptoms aie very apt to begin and
end with the menses. Suppuration begins in one tonsil, and
then in the other, finally returning in the first one, etc. The
exudation is generally of an ashy-gray color. Aggravation on
swallowing. Externally, the throat is sensitive to touch, like
Lichesis and Elaps ; there is aggravation from empty swallow-
ing, like Ignatia.
1889.] ACUTE AND CHBONIC TONSILLITIS. 87
Lachbbib. Swollen^ congested tonsils, with a yellow, small
patch oa each ; great difficulty in swallowing, with constaDt
desire to do so ; pain b^ins on the left side, goes to the right,
and upwards toward ear on swallowing; heat and chills
alternating. Sensation of fullness and rawness in throat; frequent
desire to swallow, which causes pain, extending deep into the
ear ; fluids are ejected through the nose, with great fear of
suffocation ; gums, tonsils, and uvula dark-red and swollen, the
latter looks as if squeezed and crowded back; large collection of
mucus in the mouth, which forms larse bubbles when the mouth
is opened. Aggravation after sleep, from hot drinks, and from
the slightest touch, cannot bear even the sheet to touch his neck.
Chronic ^ilargement of tonsils. Hering says there is no
remedy so effective either for aborting tonsillitis, or for promo-
ting resolution in later stages.
(Dysphagia of liquids is found under Bell., Brom., Bry.,
Ganth., Hydro-ac, Hyos., Ign., Kali-brom., Lach., Lye, Podo.
Djrsphagia of saliva, Calc-ph., Cooc., Ign., Lach., Merc, and
Crotalus.)
Lyoopodiuk. Under this drug we find almost an opposite
condition from that presented by Lachesis ; the symptoms go
from right to left, and are generally aggravated by cold drinks,
eBpedally by other cold drinks than water.
It is useful, when properly indicated, in cases of ulcerated
tonsil, or for chronic enlargement of the tonsils. We find sore-
ness of the throat commencing on the right side, going to the
left side, with whitish ulcer on right tonsil, also tonsils studded
with many small ulcers, sharp pain on swallowing, especially
cold drinks; pain, as if bruised, all over limbs; frontal head-
ache; sometimes a sensation when swallowing as if the head
opened, and as if a pain shot down into the abdomen. Stitching
pain, with sensation as if a hard body had lodged in back part
of throat. Inflammation and enlargement of tonsil, with yel-
low, small patches on each tonsil. Although this drug gener-
ally has an aggravation from cold drinks, it has also a smarting
pain in throat from hot drinks ; this should be remembered as an
exception to the rule. If the case be a severe one, we will find
great prostration, fan-like motion of the al® nasi ; dyspnoea,
Mancinella has great swelling and suppuration of the ton-
sils, with danger of suffocation*; whistling breathing. White,
yellowish ulcers on tonsils and in throat ; with burning pain.
Thirst for cold water, but unable to swallow on account of a
dtoking which rises up from the stomach ; this choking sensa-
88 ACDTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. [Feb.,
tion also rises when speaking. The breath, when offensive, is
noticed by the patient.
Mercurius, soft palate, and tonsils greatly swollen, dark,
ooppery-red, and pressed forward ; stinging pains on empty
swallowing, at night, and in cold air ; worse in fall, spring, and
in wet weather. Tonsils enlarged, dark-red, studded with
ulcers ; mostly useful after pus has been formed to hasten
maturation ; small, flat ulcers.
Mercurius-cyanatus. The tonsils are greatly inflamed,
are dusky-red, and swollen, with whitish spots on them ; later,
deep ulcers, with yellowish-greenish pus. Kight side apt to be
the worst. Eyes heavy, fever, headache, and nausea ; great
redness of the fauces, and difficulty in swallowing ; the sub-
maxillary glands are swollen.
Mercurius-iod-flavus. Under this preparation of Mer*
cury we find the tonsils, uvula, and pharynx red and congested ;
generally worse on the right side; also worse from warm
drinks, and on empty swallowing. This case, given by Hering,
well illustrates the indications for this remedy : '^ Stiffness of
the jaws, diffic;ilt to open the mouth ; altered voice, speaks as if
had pebbles in the mouth ; right side of the throat and tonsil
inflamed ; soreness in right ear, and over right side of head and
face ; enlargement of cervical glands ; sensation of a lump in
right side of mouth; soreness in right ear, extending into
throat ; pain when swallowing, burning ; desire for sour things ;
hawking ; tongue coated yellow at back part, clean in front ;
later, soreness and swelling attacked left ear and tonsil." Very
fretful and restless, as if irom pain ; refuses to eat or to drink.
Cannot sleep. Sometimes the nostrils are dilated with every in-
spiration.
Mercurius-iod-ruber. With this preparation the throat
symptoms generally begin, or are worse on the left side ; are
aggravated by swallowing both food and drinks. The patient
hawks much ; spitting up a tough, white phlegm, [rainful
swelling of tonsils, and submaxillary glands. The deglutition
is painful, with many ulcers in throat ; the tonsils suppurate.
Patient must breathe with the mouth open. Pain in throat,
tonsils swollen, and covered with a slimy, speckled coating;
back part of throat red; slight pain on swallowing; prostra-
tion ; two days later, tonsils, uvula, and back part of pharynx
are covered with a coating looking like dried starch.
Muriatic-acid. In cases of diphtheria or after scarlet fever,
accfimpanied by great prostration, we sometimes find the tonsils
and fauces covered with a dark exudation, the submaxillary
1889.] ACUTE AND CHKONIC TONSILLITIS. 89
glands swollen as large as pigeon's eggs ; patient can only hold
the head bent forward ; continual desire to hawk, with diiScult
expectoration of tough mucus ; swallowing is almost impossi*
ble. CEdema of uvula and swelling of tonsils.
Naja. Right tonsil swollen^ with sharp pains in it as from nee-
dles, short, hard congh ; worse at night ; pain up right side of
neck ; the lamyx is tender to touch, with inclination to cough
from any pressure on it. Patient grasps at throat with a sensa-
tion as if choking.
Natrum-absenicum. Tonsils, fauces, and pharynx oedema-
tous and purplish ; surface irregular, covered with a yellowish-
gray mucus which is hawked out. This chronic case is given
by Hering. After an acute attack of tonsillitis, which occurred
three months previously, the throat remained very much
swollen ; the wnole fauces and upper part of pharynx swollen
and of a dark hue, the tonsils greatly enlarged, the uvula elon-
gated ; parts covered with a dirty-looking mucus ; constant dry
sensation as if something lodged in the throat ; at times a feeling
as if a pin were sticking in the throat, at others a feeling as of
a lump ; always worse in the morning. There is prostration,
swelling, etc., but not much pain; therein resembling Baptisia.
Nitric-acid may be useful in mercurial or syphilitic persons,
with red, swollen, uneven tonsils, having small ulcers on them.
The ulcers bleed readily, have stinging pains in them, their
edges are hard, irregular, and everted. We have also soreness
of the palate, tongue (the mildest kind of food causes smarting),
and the inside of the gums, with stinging pain and ulceration of
the corners of the mouth. Pricking in the throat as from a
splinter (like Hepar), worse when swallowing.
Phosphorus. Dryness of the throat, day and night ; it fairly
glistens. (Under Loc-can. we find the throat shines or glistens
very mark^ly.) Tonsils and uvula much swollen, the uvula is
elongated, with dry, burning sensation ; mucus in throat, re-
moved with great difficulty, is quite cold as it comes into the
mouth. The mucus is white, nearly transparent, and in lumps.
Phytolacca. Tonsils lar^, bluish, ulcerated ; dry, rough,
barning, smarting fauces ; throat feels like as after a choke-pear.
Pharynx dry, rough ; feels like a cavern (see Iris). Sensation
as of a plug in throat ; worse left side. The sore throat is
generally worse on the right side ; the fauces are dark bUiish-
red ; pain worse on swallowing saliva ; sensation as if a red-hot
ball had lodged in fauces when swallowing; cannot bear the
touch of clothing about the neck ; cannot drink hot fluids ; is
prostrated.
90 ACUTE AND CHRONIC TONSILLITIS. [Feb..
Pluhbuh has iDflamed tonsils covered with small, painful
abscesses; oonstriotiou in throat when trying to swallow with
great desire to do so. Angina granulosa going from left to right.
Fluids can be swallowed, bat solids come back into the mouth.
PsoRiNUM has tonsillitis with swollen submaxillary glands,
fetid otorrhoea; the throat burns, feels as if scalded, pains when
swallowing saliva ; ulcers on the right side with deep-seated
pain and burning in the fauces; mouth is inflamed and sore;
worse from warm food, but not annoyed by cold. This remedy
is especially useful for pale, sickly children, and for those who
have a dirty, greasy, or scaly skin. Body always smells badly.
Ranunculus-scel. has swelling of the tonsils with shooting
stitches in them ; there is burning and scraping in the throat.
(This sticking pain we have seen occurs prominently under
Amygdala, Hepar, Kali-bi., and Nitric-acid.)
Khus-tox. Sticking or stinging pain in tonsils, worse when
beginning to swallow ; the right tonsil is covered with a yellow
membrane. Throat sore, feels stiif after straining the throat
Feeling of swelling with bruised pain; erysipelatous inflamma-
tion, parotids swollen, cellulitis of the neck, drowsiness.
SABA.DILLA.. Under this drug we find the tonsils swollen and
inflamed, nearly suppurating; goes from left to right; stitches in
throat only when swallowing. Tonsillitis after coryza; right
tonsil remains somewhat swollen and indurated. Cannot swallow
saliva on account of the pain, must spit it out. Continual de-
sire to swallow, deeply cutting pains, whole body writhes.
There is much tough plegm in the throat, must hawk ; also a
sensation as of a skin hanging loosely in the throat, must
swallow over it ; cannot protrude the tonc^ue with sore throat
(see Kali-bichr.) ; can swallow warm food easily; there is often
a desire for hot drinks.
Sanouinaria, we have ulcerated sore throat, burning, espe-
cially after eating sweet things ; throat feels swollen as if to
suffocation, with pain when swallowing and aphonia. Tonsillitis;
promotes suppuration.
SiLiCEA. The tonsils are swollen and each effort to swallow
distorts the face. In cases where the suppurating gland does not
heal, pus continues to flow, but gets thinner, less laudable, darker,
and more fetid.
Sulphur. Sore throat, great burning and dryness, first right
then left side. Swellins: of palate and tonsils, elongation of
Ealate. Sometimes the whole back part of pharynx appeared to
e in a state of ulceration or sloughing ; much nauseous saliva;
sometimes needed to aid recovery when after suppuration the
parts heal very slowly.
1889.] SOME POINTS ON T0K8ILLITIS. 91
ZiNCUM has herpetic^Iike emption on tonsils, soft palate, and
root of tongae ; whitish, somewhat elevated, ulcerat^ spots in
moQth (sequels to gonorrhcea), also dryness of throat evening ;
mucus collects from posterior nares ; soreness in throat, tearing
in posterior fauces; more between the acts of empty d^lutition
or after eating. E. J. L.
SOME POINTS ON TONSILLITIS.
It is always well to note the objective symptoms when pre-
scribing for tonsillitis, for this reason : The patient may com-
plain of aggravation from anything aiming in contact with the
throat. And on the strength of this symptom we may be led
to prescribe Lachesis, but on this single indication alone we
could not proceed with safety, for the reason that Apis-meL
and Ejtli-bich. each have the same symptom in their pathogene-
sis. Now, if we examine the tonsils and find one or both of
them looking like transparent sacks filled with water, and the
neck of the patient sensitive to pressure, Apin would be the
remedy. On the other hand, if we find the fauces and tonsils
covered with a tenacious mucus which the sufferer vainly tries
to get rid of by hawking, on account of its sticky, ropy nature^
Kali-bich. will be the remedy. When Merc-iod. is indicated, we
will find the root of the tongue thickly covered with a bright"
yellow deposit, the breath extremely fetid, and in place of tena-
cious mucus decided ptyalism will be present, with tonsils
ulcerated and deglutition impossible. Lachesis has feeling as
of a fish-bone sticking in throat. Hepar a sensation as of a
splinter. When Lachesis patient swallows, a sharp pain shoots
up into the ear of afiected side, while with Kali-bich. the
pain shoots from ear down into throat. The Lachesis patient
fears he will choke to death when attempting to swallow, all
fluids taken returning through the nostrils. This latter symp-
tom is similar to Belladonna, but not in such a marked degree,
I think, as under the former remedy. It is easy to choose,
however, between the two with regard to this symptom, as
imder Bell, the patient's face is very red and hot, with some
sweat, while under Lach. he is pale and anxious looking, with
blue rings around the eyes, and there is no moisture. Lach.
has aggravation from hot drinks ; Lye. a^rgravation from cold
drinks ; the former acting on the left side, the latter on the
right.
Baryta-carb. will be found useful in those cases which are
troubled with chronic enlargement of the tonsils, and when the
92 A BEPLY TO THE CRITICISM OF DB. HOLMES. [Feb.,
attacks of quinsy tend speedily to suppuration, and where
scrofulosis is a prominent factor. Hepar is the best remedy of
the two, when this tendency to S()eedy suppuration obtains, if
the patient complains of feeling acutely every little draft of air,
and hence constantly calls out to have the doors kept shut. A
very safe guide for the exhibition of Merc*soI. is perspiration
quite profuse during the night of a sour odor, but which brings
110 relief; the saliva pouring: from the corner of the mouth,
wetting the pillow. The Phytolacca patient complains of
intense dryness of the throat, so intensely dry that he feels it is
impossible for him to swallow, though if he accomplishes it
after persistent effort, he is rewarded by the most excruciating
p:iins shooting up into both ears. It must not be forgotten that
both Lach. and Kali-bich. have aggravation after sleep ; bat
under the former remedy the patient sleeps into the aggravation,
which awakens him each time to renewed suflering, while,
under the latter remedy, the patient is worse after he gets his
full quota of sleep.
Cases of tonsillitis that are tardy in clearing up, especially
where suppuration has taken place, Sulphur is the proper
remedy.
The tonsils should never be lanced, for such a procedure
simply multiplies the attacks in the individual until lie becomes
subject to them both summer and winter. The law of similars
is always equal to the emergency in these cases, provided the
remedy selected is adapted to the individual casein hand, accord-
ingly as the disease affects said individual case, always bearing
in mind that there is no remedy for tonsillitis, but that there is
a remedy for each and every individual suffering with tonsillitis,
and that remedy will bring to him speedy and permanent relief.
C. Cableton Smith.
A REPLY TO THE CRITICISM OF DR. HOLMES.
Editors Homobopathic Physician : — In the December
nurabar of your excellent journal I find a criticism of myself,
and have been asked by postal card and letter from the author
to reply to it. This is the first time I have ever been called
upon to enter into a controversy through the columns of a
journal. I shrink from imposing such an uncalled-for infliction
upon the readers of a medical publication, and would rather
let the criticism go unanswered, if I were certain this erudite
1880.] A BEPLT TO THE CBITICI8M OF DR. HOLMES. 93
gentleman would not do the same thing over again the first
opportunity that offers.
That I may be plainly understood in this matter, and my
position exactly shown to all, I will go back to the original
statement which has caused all this discussion, viz. : ^^ 1 think a
greai error tn owr method of preseribing is to memorize the materia
mediea. I have made U a point never to memorize any remedy,
and I do not beiieve I could give you tlie charaeteristics of a
dozen remedieeJ* The advice given as to the better way was to
be so armed with books as to be able to study the remedy up at
once, and so prescribe accurately. To be certain that I bad not
misunderstood the statement, I asked a question, and the answer
am) the following discussions clenched the method as I had
onderetoodit.
This method struck a killing blow at one of my long-
cherished ambitions, and one that I have struggled harder for
than any other thing in my medical practice — that of being a
briliiant prescriber. Not that I may ever attain that reputation,
but I should like to. In the discussion which followed I am
willing to admit that many of us said things we did not mean
literally, and which had little bearing on the question. But as
for myself, I was sincere in my objection to the above statement
in its literal meaning as given and emphasized.
For the stand I took I have been pretty roughly handled ;
have been called, inferentially and directly, a mongrel, conceited
a$»y and fool; have been told by my able criticiser that my
language was offensive, that I was negligent and lory, and that a
certain inferred confession was criminal. Now, I will ask any
fair-minded person if it is not utterly hopeless to attempt to
sincerely discuss a question with such a peculiarly-minded per*
son as is plainly manifested by the above epithets? If, in order
to be considered a strict Hahnemannian, it is necessary to resort
to black)2:uarding my opponents by way of argumentative intel-
ligence, then I must say I wish to withdraw from the contro-
versy. If he wishes to discuss this question in a serious, can-
did manner, with the good of our grand school in view, and
the wish to help one who is honestly trying to better himself in
his professional standing, then I am with him.
My article in your November issue was written in a spirit of
fun to show my position by stating a perfectly simple case where
the remedy was plainly indicated, and where one could easily
prescribe the correct remedy without resorting to repertories^
provided he had anything like a smattering of the character-
istics of some of the leading remedies. It was only in these
94 A BEPLY TO THE CRITICISM OF DE. HOLMES. [Feb.,
simple cases that I asked the right to prescribe off-hand. There
was DO idea of insulting any one, and no one, unless he has a
disordered liver, will think of taking such a malicious view of
it as has my would-be director.
Well, my criticiser fell into that little thing all over. As
Uncle Remus said of Brer Rabbit when the pail of honey fell
on him, '' he wa'n't dess only bedobble wid it, he was dess
kiver'd.'^ He has drawn all sorts of false inferences from my
report, and then with remarkable boldness has gone to work
and thoroughly demolished the vagaries of his own disordered
fancy. It is impossible to find out just what he is driving at.
He admits that the prescription was a good one, and then says,
" we have no evidence that the prescription cured." The gentle-
man should have inclosed this remark with quotation marks, as
the old school have been using it against all homoeopaths for
nearly a century, and the so-called '^ mongrels " against Hahne-
mannians for nearly the same length of time. It is hard for
some men to forget the influence of their early teaching. With
the above illiberal spirit what can we hope from such a man?
The peculiarity of his jxisition will be more apparent when I
say that I wrote to the honorable gentleman beting him not to
make this a |>ersonal controversy, and that he per^tly under-
stands my position. He writes me that he does not use a
bcx)k more than three or four times in making forty prescrip-
tions. Why did he not say so last summer, and so put himself
in a true light? His inferences regarding my non-use of books
is also overdrawn and wilfully untrue, for I had written him
just how and when I used them, and he virtually admitted that
our methods were the same. When a man in his position thinks
there is any physician in active practice who does not study his
difficult tsases until heart and brain grow sick and weary with
the responsibility and labor, it shows him sadly wanting in that
broad charity so necessary to be shown toward his brother
physicians.
The most glaring fault in his paper, from a literary stand-
point, and the first one to catch the reader's eye, is the continual
repetition of my name. Ten times he enters upon the unneces-
sary task of spelling it out in full, and for a wonder gets it
right every time. If a would-be instructor makes such an
egregious blunder in so short a controversial article, what must
we think of his other abilities ? It would seem as if his igno-
rance of the most common rule of discussion must be taken as
an evidence of the depth of his abilities in his professional
teachings.
1889.] DR. MOHB'S CASE OF CANCER. 95
He questions my right to leave six powders to be given every
half hour, if necessary, instead of relying upon one. If the
gentleman will turn to the Organonj paragraph 247 (and by the
way^ be is lecturing on the Orgarum), he will find my authority
for the frequent repetition of the dose, viz. : " In the most
acute diseases, at intervals varying from an hour to five min-
utes." It must be exceedingly irritating to the shade of Hahne-
mann to know that our Philadelphia friend does not agree with
him in this paragraph, and even criticises an earnest disciple of
Homoeopathy who is guided in his practice by the above plain
instruction. Well, it is to me too I
If this gentleman would have a broader, more liberal view
of his profession, more charity for his fellow-workers, and more
respect for their methods, their beliefs, and their abilities, it
would be better for him and certainly better for the great school
he represents. Itwould place him less in the light of a homoeo-
pathic anarchist. "**
H. P. Holmes.
DR. MOHR'S CASE OF CANCER.
Messrs. Editors: — ^You will do me the favor to set me right
before your readers. In the December number, your report
concerning the case of carcinoma I related to the Homoepathic
Medical Society of Pennsylvania, is far from correct. You say :
'^ The patient, a woman, was being treated with Arsenic. Ery-
sipelas broke out and cured the cancer. This accidental cure.
Dr. Mohr declared has possibly opened up a way by which
cancer can be cured by the virusof erysipelas. * * * Dr. Mohr's
report illustrates the haste physicians make to form theories ;
firesuming upon this case, Dr. Mohr thinks the virus of erysipe-
as may prove a specific for cancer."
I made no declarations, formed no theories, but related simple
clinical facts, and propounded a question to elicit discussion.
My paper was published in full in the N. A. Journal of HoTnce-
apathy for November. If you will read it, you will find that
the conduct of the case shows good homoeopathic treatment, and
that Ars^icum was prescribed after the supervention of erysijie-
las on well-known indications.
Yours respectfully,
C. Mohr.
* We cannot see any advantage to be derived from such personal dipcus-
nons, therefore we hope this one will end with Dr. Holmes's answer. — £di-
T0B8 HOMOSOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
96 SPINAL PABALYSIS. [Feb.
[We have no desire to misrepresent Dr. Mohr, and are very
sorry if we have inadvertently done so.
But, to show that we really did not misrepresent him, we qnote
from the closing paragraph of his paper. The Doctor writes :
^' I am not quite satisfied that the erysipelas alone cured the
cancer ; the Arsenicum may have had something to do with the
result. * * '^ And now for an important question : In the
light of this case, would one be justified in inoculating a patient
suffering from cancer, where operative measures were contra-
indicated, with the virus of erysipelas, to bring about a possible
obliteration of the neoplasm ?"•
Dr. Mohr does not consider the asking of this 'important
?iuestion,'' a method of suggesting a theory I And a very hastily
ormed theory at that ! — Editors.]
SPINAL PARALYSIS.
A. McNeil, M. D., San Fha.nc£800, Cal.
Jan. 25th, 1888, 1 was called to see Fred. Greenland, of No. 1
Jackson St. He is about thirty-five years of age, German, tall,
muscular, and fair, but now reduced. In February, 1885, was
thrown from a horse, and the upper part of femur split. In three
months after the accident returned to his work, but was compelled
to give it up in a week. In fourteen months after his fall his back
became sore and painful, which continued till a well-marked
anterio-posterior curvature forming an angle about midway of
the scapulae formed. This no longer is painful. He is
compelled to walk on crutches, on which he bears heavily and
moving one leg forward at a time. He suffers so much as to
almost deprive him of sleep from pain in lumbar region around
to the right groin and in both legs; sensation unimpaired.
He is a hard drinker. His pains are aggravated by rest,
although motion is painfnl.
I gave him Rhus-tox.* in water for twenty-four hours, «
teaspoonful every two hours; next day Sac. lac.
February 2d. — Rhus-tox.^ a powder dry. He has improved*
but is again suffering more from the pain.
February 10th. — ^Khus-tox.** one powder dry.
On the 21st, Rhus-tox.**^ dry, one |K)wder. He has improved,
but the improvement has stopped.
March 6th. — Rhus-tox." in the same way.
Did not see him till May 13th. He has improved remark-
ably. Grave him Rhus*^ one powder.
1889.] SPINAL PAKALYHIS. 97
He turned up on September 18tfa. Walking with a cane.
Still has some stiffness on sitting or lying quiet for a time.
Rhus'^ one powder, but otherwise walks nearly in a normal
manner. He carries a cane^ but shouldered it and marched like
a soldier. During all of this time he has kept up his drinking
in spite of my remonstrances.
Is he cured or was it a case of recovery ? A reputable allo^
pathic physician said before I began with him that he never
could stand unaided on his feet. And then the long continuance
of the disease and the immediate improvement on my assuming
his case and the beneficial effect which followed in every case
after [ renewed the medicine proved it. His drinking^ too^ was
almost certain to stand in the way of the efforts of the via medi-
eairix ncUurce,
That Bhus-tox. was indicated was evident^ although, from its
letiology, Arnica might be thought of; yet the modalities
pointed to Rhus and not to Arnica. But it may be asked why
did I give the potencies I did. I b^an with the 30th, and did
not repeat until the action was exhausted, and then gave a higher
potency. Not very lone after I b^an to practice scientific
therapeutics, I found that patients ceased to respond to the
potency of the remedy which 1 had given with good effect before^
although the symptoms still indicated that remedy. But, on
going higher, th^ remedy would again do good work. I after-
ward learned that Lippe and other Hahnemannians followed
that rule in the administration of remedies. I now save much
time by never repeating a potency, but always going higher.
OTORRHCEA.
December, 1887. — The child of Mr. A. Skinner had
diphtheria a month ago, which left her with running of the
ears, which the attending physician said to let alone, as it was
incurable, but she might outgrow it. There was an eczematous
eruption behind the ears. The discharge was very fetid. She
disliked to have her toilet made ; mucous discharge from the
nose.
Grave her two powders of Sulph.*^, which produced a decided
improvement for six weeks, then Sulph,"^, one powder, completed
the cure, and she has continued well for nearly a year.
SUBACUTE BRONCHITIS.
October 21st. — Captain Erickson, aet. fifty, just returned
from a voyage to Alaska. He was short-handed, and had to be
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98 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. [Feb.,
exposed very much. For last three months has had a frightful
oough) so constant as to leave him but little sleep, and took away
his appetite^ so that he was much reduced in flesh and strength.
It was so constant that he could not eive me any modalities. The
irritation to cough was a constant tickling in the upper third of
the chest on both sides. The cough was attended by a great
deal of dyspnoea, much anxiety ; coughed a long time and then
raised a little mucus ; some soreness in the chest. He has a
hernia, and every cough presses down on the sac and testicles.
Gave him Zinc-met.*, one powder. This was followed by
prompt relief until November 20th, when the cough became
worse. Gave Zinc?*, one powder, but no relief followed, and I
Sve him Rhus, Lach., Arsen., Phos., and lodium, but he went
)m bad to worse till he scarcely slept or ate ; was feverish ;
anguish and dyspnoea increased till [ became apprehensive that
it would end in chronic bronchitis and death. The symptoms
still remaining the same as first helped by Zinc, I concluaed to
return to it, and gave two powders of the 500th on December
4th. Next day a trifle better, and so till now he is almost well.
Did the Zinc.** possess any virtue? I think not. And its
worthlessness nearly cost a human life.
HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS.
A. McNeil, M. D., San Francisco, Cal,
This drug is one of the new remedies, and is an antipsoric.
Its most characteristic symptoms it has in common with Kali
bichrom., viz. : discharge of tough, striney mucus from any of
the mucous membranes. This mucus, like that of the Kali,
may be either white or yellow, and like the bichromate, it affects
all of the mucous membranes. To differentiate between these
drugs we must carefully compare all the other symptoms.
Like nearly all remedies which aflect the digestive oi^ns, it
has a powerful effect on the mind and disposition. The Hydrast^
patient is forgetful, irritable, or despondent It also has
characteristic symptoms which show its close relation to the
female generative oi^ns. Immediately after the cessation of
the menses she has a Teucorrhoeal discharge like the white of an
egg, which continues for ten days or more and ends by becoming
red and bloody ; during this time, although coition is very pain-
ful, yet she has an almost constant desire, sometimes reacnin^ a
sexual fury. After this is gratified she is prostrated and dis*
tressed at the stomach, and spits up her previous meal or tastes
1889.] HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. 99
it in her mcmth* But after this discharge like the white of an
egg has passed away, she becomes irritiible and disposed to anger^
and any reference to coition provokes her to wrath. Ammonium
mnr. and Bovista have a leucorrhoeal discharge like the white
of an egg, but neither of them have the other features of the case.
There are other characteristic mental symptoms connected with the
digestive and generative organs. She regurgitates her food by
mouthfuls without any nausea, but if the food is not thus thrown
ofiy she beoonneH despondent and gloomy, has headache, is ner-
vous and restless. Another mental characteristic showing itself
in connection with either the digestive or generative organs :
she becomes nervous and irritable after dinner^ and cannot bear
to be spoken to, and her head aches intensely.
The characteristic discharge flows from the eyes, ears, and
nose.
In the derangements of the stomach which are caused by
Grolden Seal, sometimes the tongue is large, showing the imprints
of the teeth on ita edges, precisely as with Mercurius. Some-
times the tongue feels as if it had been burned or scalded as in
Sanguinaria. This remedy is indicated in the sore mouth of
nursing women and of infants, when there is the characteristic
mucous discharge, and more particularly if Mercury or Chlorate
of Potash has been abused, aud the latter drug is very often
thus abused by the profession and laity alike.
In patients we sometimes find a weak, gone sensation in the
pit of the stomach. If it is worse at ten a. m., it indicates
Muriatic acid ; at eleven A. M., Sulphur ; with Sepia it is not re-
lieved by eating but ceases aft;er supper ; with Digitalis it is so
much aggravated by eating that itseems as if life would vanish ;
with Ignatia it is not relieved by eating, and is attended with
sighing. With Oleander it is accompanied by a feeling of full-
ness oi the abdomen, etc., is relieved by brandy ; with Hydras-
tis it is constant and is attended by violent palpitations of the
heart. This remedy is required in all gastric complaints, from
simple dyspepsia to cancer, when there is vomiting of every-
thing taken into the stomach except milk and water mioced
together.
Give Hydrastis in constipation when the stools are hard balls
covered with yellowish tough mucus. Graphites has stools of
lumps connected together by threads of mucus. In hemorrhoids,
when a small loss of blood is followed by excessive weakness,
Hamamelis has the same condition ; the choice must rest on the
remaining symptoms. Hydrastis has soft stools, followed by
iaintness ; Conium and Sarsaparilla also.
100 A NOTE UPON CARBO VBGETABILI8. [Fcb^
I have already described a peculiar leuoorrhoea which meets its
similliafium in this remedy, and the reserablanoe of thedischai^es
from mucous membranes to those of Kali bichrom, Hydrastis
hafl been lauded as the specific in cancer wherever situated.
This is only partly true. There is no specific for any disease.
But carcinoma, with symptoms the totality of which corres-
ponds to Hydrastis, have been cured by it, and it is one of our
cancer remedies.
In common with Lachesis and Phosphorus, it cures that con-
dition in which small wounds bleed much.
A NOTE UPON CARBO VEGETABILIS.
Carbo v^etabilis is one of those grand remedies which owes
its development to the genius of Hahnemann. It is not a little
curious to note how valuable and how deeply acting are many
of these Hahnemannian remedies. Calcarea, Silicea, Graphites,
etc., are a few of these grand remedies, without which Homoe-
opathy would be much weaker, and many diseases, now curable,
would be beyond our curing. Let us then be duly thankful to
Hahnemann for his wonderful discovery of drug potentia-
tion.
Carbo vegetabilis is most frequently called for in diseases of
ttiose persons who are of a scrofulous or bilious constitution,
and who are ^' run down,'' as the phrase is, or whose vital powers
are weakencnl by disease or from excesses. This debility may
be of the kind known as the *^ typhoid '' condition or go so far
as to be called '* collapse ;" in both of these conditions Carbo
vegetabilis is ohe of the remedies to be studied. In this col-
lapsed condition the patient will be found to be cold, especially
the extremities, also the face, nose, ears ; even the breath is
cold to the hand, the skin is blue, lips also, the pulse weak and
intermittent ; in some canes the patient may want to be fanned.
This condition, occurring after a long illness or after severe
hemorrhage, is apt to be best met by Carbo vegetabilis ; but
China mu9t not be overlooked. If the patient has been pre-
viously drugged by Quinine, then, of course, we should use
Carbo-v^. for this collapse, otherwise the choice between these
two drugs must be decided by the other symptoms. With
China the debility is said to be of functional origin ; with Carbo-
veg. it is of organic origin. Both remedies have hemorrhages
and both have them from almost any orifice of the body ; with
China the flow is more active and is apt to be clotted ; with
1889.] A KOTE UPON CARBO VEGETABILia 101
Carbo-v^. the flow is slow and passive and more liquid than
that of China.
The Carbo-v^. patient has been very sick ; he is run down,
is very weak from his disease, his blood and tissues are about
disoi^nized, henoe the tissues of the parts from which the dis->
charge comes, whether blood or pus, are diseased. The patient
IS, therefore, weak both from his low condition and from the dis-
charges. The China patient, on the other hand, is not so low
or weak previous to the occurrence of the discharge ; he is
weakened by the excessive loss of the vital fluids, which is apt
to have suddenly occurred.
In chronic cases, where a cure is impossible, these two reme-
dies are often able to bring some relief to the sufferer. Two
instances of this may be apprvipriately related here. A thin,
lean man of about sixty years had suffered from heart disease,
caused roost probably by constantly lifting heavy boxes ; he
could not lie down, had to spend his days and nights sitting up
in a chair. Large, flat ulcers formed on his swollen legs, whicn
constantly discharged clear water. Occasional attacks of very
severe dyspnoea would occur, when patient would seem to be
fairly gasping for his last breath, the skin would get cold and
clammy, nose and ears very cold, yet he Arould constantly demand
to be fanned and to be fanned very rapidly. Carbo-veg. would
relieve these attacks promptly and sometimes to such a degree
that the poor fellow could lie down for awhile — a most welcome
respite to a man condemned to spend months sitting in a chair.
The other case was in a young man, far gone with phthisis.
We bad been traveling and were delayed over twenty-four
hours. During this time this consumptive had not had one
good meal; to make up for this he made quite free potations
from a bottle of whisky. At the end of this twenty-four
hours we stopped at a hotel for supper and to await the next
train. At the table this patient ate some pickles, which made
him sick and he vomited all the supper he had just taken.
About a half-hour after this vomiting I was asked to see the
patient, as he was thought to be dying. I found him wrapped
op in his overcoat sitting before a blazing wood fire, his face
cold, chin and ears ditto, lower jaw dropped, breathing rather
heavily. He said he was dying and wanted me to send mes-
sages, etc., to his family. In two hours our train was due. He
wanted to travel on it if possible and so did I. One dose of
China*", was given that man. The result was that he c/id travel
on that train and moreover he traveled all that night and until
twelve o'clock the next day without eating or having any proper
sleep, as the train was largely overcrowded and accommodations
102 A NOTE UPON CARBO VEGETABILI8. [Feb, 1889.
could not be obtained. When I again saw that man^ twenty-
four hours later, he was as lively as a cricket
A prominent symptom accompanying the discharges of
Carbo-veg. is a burning pain. We find this burning across the
sacral region in women who have hemorrhages from the uterus;
we find it in the ulcers; the stool is burning; in the chest we
find it even more markedly, being described as " burning as
from glowing coals ;" we also read of burning in the ^^ stomach,
spreading down to small of back and up to the shoulders;" in
the abdomen it is ^^ burning, lancinating in epigastrium and
deep in abdomen.'' This burning reminds us of Arsenicum,
which has it so markedly; Arsenic has more restlessness than
Carbo-veg. ; the Arsenic symptoms resemble those of Carbo-
v^. at many points, as in the hemorrhages, in gastric ailments,
in diarrhoea, etc. The general distinction between the two
drugs is in the restlessness, the irritability, the anxiety, the
thirst, etc., of the Arsenic patient.
The discharges, the diarrhoea, etc., of this drug are apt to be
fetid ; ulcers which are flat, not deep, with a mottled skin
around them, discharging a thin, ichorous, burning fluid; these
ulcers burn so at night that the patient cannot sleep.
When we find loose, rattling rales in the chest of debilitated
persons, accompanied by signs of that cold, weak, collapsed con-
dition just mentioned, then Carbo-veg. is probably the remedy ;
also in the ''asthma" of old or otherwise debilitated persons.
They are weak and trembling ; look as if they were dying ;
maybe they are cold in legs, ears, etc., yet want to be fanned ;
maybe the abdomen is packed full of gas, and they cannot belch
it up. Antimonium-tart. also has this loud rattling of mucus
in the chest, which seems to be full of mucus, yet little or none
is expectorated. The patient may finally show signs of cyanosis
from this mucus filling up the air-passages ; the patient gets cold
and blue and maybe drowsy. This is a case for Antimonium-tart.
In dyspeptic ailments, Carbo-veg. is very frequently called
for, especially when they are due to indulgence in rich food or
in wine^, etc. There is great flatulency, constant passing of
flatus, frequent eructations, which relieve ; has protruding, blue
hemorrhoids which burn. In these cases this remedy is apt to
be indicated after Nux vomica. With rheumatic pains in the
limbs we find this flatulency.
Carbo vegetabilis symptoms are generally better from cold and
worse from heat ; Carbo animalis has just the reverse. Carbo-
veg. acts chiefly upon the upper right and lower left sides;
Carbo-an. acts chiefly upon the upper left and lower right sides*
£• J. Li.
EXPLANATION WANTED.
Deab Hohcesopathio Physician: — In your issue for
January, 1889, p. 25, 1 find my friend Dr. Julius Schmitt
saying :
" I do not agree with Dr. P. P. Wells, tliat a high potency will act if a low
will/*
As I do not remember having said anything like this, and
am certain I never thought it, will Dr. S. kindly give the time
and place where he understood me to have said this ?
I have said several times, and the last time, I believe, was in
June last, and the place Niagara Falls, that I had in my own ho-
moeopathic practice of more than forty-five years, never gained for
my patient, by going from a higher to a lower potency. At the
same time I believe I added, as I have been accustomed to do,
'* I have neighbors of intelligence and veracity who have had a
different experience, and I accept their testimony as to their
gain from low numbers afler the high. This does not sound
like the utterance attributed to me by Dr. S. Will he explain?
P. P. Wells.
Bbooklyk, January 9th, 1889.
WHAT SHALL WE DO TO ENTER THE KINGDOM
OF MATERIA MEDICA ?
Every earnest student of the materia medica has asked him-
self the same question over and over, and the thanks of all of us are
due to Dr. Vandenburg, who, in the December number of The
HoMCEOPATHic PHYSICIAN took the bull by the horns and an-
gered it at once by the word " concomitance ;*' for, though each
drug has its particular symptoms, they, taken collectively^ surely
indicate the drug class ! Hahnemann's arrangement absolutely
destroys this relation of concomitance.
It is true, the British Homoeopathic Society and the Ameri-
can Institute of Homoeopathy have published two volumes of
the Ofclopcedia of Drug PcUhof/eneayy and two more volumes
are promised. My criticism on the first two volumes has been
severely attacked, and still I cannot retract one iota ; and it is
not the fault of the editors that it is only fragmentary for the
microscope dictated harsh rules from which to depart the per-
mission of the Societies must first be gained. I looKed through
several of the provings, as given in the pathogenesis, and I just
103
104 APPLICATION OF MATERIA MEDICA. [Feb.,
missed the ancomraon and peculiar symptoms, which, with their
ooDcomitants to this symptom, would give us the corresponding
picture.
• We must have a full and exhaustive Oydopoedia of Drug
Pathogenesjfy no matter whether the proving was made with the
^ or the MM. SiLoh work mud be paid for. Who will open
the subscription list, not for the finished work, but for the
making of it? Put my name down for the first one hundred
dollars. I think it should be easy to get three or four thousand
dollars together for such a plan, especially as it does not inter-
fere with the work of the Societies. With a full drug pathogen-
esy combined to Litten's ten volumes and Lee's promised
repertory, the kingdom of the materia medica would be
opened to saints and sinners.
8. LiLIENTHAL.
ON THE APPLICATION OF THE HOMOEOPATHIC
MATEEIA MEDICA.
May I ask Dr. Hitchcock what he means when he says, in the
November number of The Homgeopathic Physician, page
687, " I find it the best way not to attempt to memorize, but to
absorb," what? I do not believe the worthy Doctor when he
asserts he could not give the characteristics of a dozen remedies,
as he certainly fairly earned his homoeopathic diploma by passing
a thorough examination of materia medica and clinical medicine.
Materia medica is one of the four branches (materia medica, clini-
cal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics) which has to be passed with
seventy-five percent, to earn a diploma, and some students failed to
pass on account of their deficiency in materia medica. We all know
it is an impossibility to memorize our materia medica, and if one
had such a prodigious memory, it would be of very little use to
him. This branch of medical art and science must be studied
in such a manner that the student or practitioner grasps the
pivotal spirit of the drug in order to make a remedy out of it ;
we must find out the peculiarity of such drug, its uncommon,
characteristic symptoms, by which it differs from every other
drug, and through which it becomes an individuality, an entity,
and all the other common symptoms will naturally find their
place around that key-note. This is the science of materia med-
ica, and to be enabled to grasp this spirit in our drugs, we must
be well versed in all other branches of our profession. If Dr.
Hitchcock calls this absorption, well and good, or otherwise I
1889.] APPLICATION OF MATEBIA MEDICA. 106
would beg to be shown the way for a better study of our materia
medica.
The art of prescribing is the most difficult part, and Hahne-
mann teaches justly that we must be fully convinced of our
selection, hence the use of a repertory at the bedside cannot be
too highly recommended ; but when one has to make from
twenty-five to thirty visits in the city, or where the country
practitioner rides daily a circuit of many miles, he has hardly
time enough to study up every case thoroughly at the bedside,
nor has he space enough in his buggy to carry a little library
and a small drug-store from the 6 to the MM. Let us be can-
did, and do not mislead or frighten the youn^ beginner.
Chronic cases can be fully studied out at the midnight lamp,
and Saccharum lactis will not spoil a case. In acute ea^es, even
the most strict Hahnemanniansees his way from the very start by
taking up the corresponding symptoms of the case and of thedrug.
Seasons, epidemic and epidemic peculiarities have to be taken
jnto consideration, it is often wonderful how one remedy at a
peculiar time covers so many different cases. Grauvogl's con-
stitutions are no idle dreams, and this peculiar, uncommon state
of the patient has to be taken into consideration, though our rep-
ertories fail to give the remedy suitable to their use. In fact^
our repertories are still more than imperfect, and for the same
symptoms they differ in not naming the same remedies. Perhaps
salvation will come from Kansas City.
Alas ! we must, also, individualize our patients. A lady of
one of the wealthiest families in the State and suffering from a
ho6t of chronic ailments, was brought to me for treatment.
Every symptom was carefully noted down in my case-book, and
I promised to study out her case to the best of my ability. I
never saw the case again, for my good lady told her friends,
if that old man does not know enough to prescribe, she had no
use for him — and I made a note of it in my cranium, and Sac-
charum lactis rose still higher in my estimation.
The key-note system has been misused and abused, and too
often the totality of the symptoms on that very account neg-
lected. What one considers the prominent, peculiar symptom
of a case, may be, after all, an error of judgment, and prescribing
for this prominent ])eculiar symptom, though studied out at the
bedside, may lead one astray. I never felt more pleased in my
life, when I heard a Hering acknowledge his failures ; and when
be with his stupendous memory made mistakes, may we not in
humility acknowledge: in omnibus caritas and may the good
Lord forgive our shortcomings.
S. L.
A NEW POTENTIZER
While talking with ray stufleut, Dr. Ellis M. Saotee, one li&y
last nummer, the subject of potencies came up. The young doc-
tor ha'l olwerved enough of- my practice to become convinced^
that the CM poteucies were wonderfully efficacious, whea
closely prescribed. I always try to satisfy a student upon this
poiut, before I let hira into the secret of their preparation, lest
he should fall into the error of the American Institute of
Homceopalhy — that there is no efficacy io anything above the
12th, because they cannot discover any of the gabstarux of the
drug with tlie microscope. Of course he had read the Organon,
and knew tlint Hahnemann used to recommend the 30lh. That
is the first book my students read.
In the conversation about potencies, I explained bow the very
high potencies of Swan, Fincke, Skinner, and Johnstone were
m»ie; the difference between fluxion and suocussion potencies,
etc.
The question finally arose, Why could not a potentizer be
made that would be so cheap and simple that each physician
coutd make Ais own potencies? This was among physicians a
" lonji-feit want."
A full set of potencies now in the market is quite expensive
for most young men beginning the practice of medicine, and if
they do not possess a full set, they are very liable to want first
the one they do not have. It is quite a long and tedious process
to run up by hand a remedy, even to the 200th, which is not,
when done, very high.
Then, again, one may have usefl the highest be has, and want
to go higher, when he must wait until he can send for it, which
he cannot often do, and thus he is obliged to lose the benefit to
106
Feb., 188«.] A NEW POTENTIZER 107
himself and patient, which he might get if he had a rapidly
potentizing machine with which to run it up then and thei'e.
It would be interesting to note the steps by which we came
to the very perfect instrument which is now offered to the pro-
fession. The accompanying cut is very easily understood. The
machine is accurately measured, making as you please, the cen-
tesimal potency on one side or the decimal on the other.
It can be set going and left, and accurately registers from the
Ist to the CM.
It potentizes at the rate of about 2m per hour, but this
varies according to the water present.
The tube furnishing the water for the running of the machine
is easily attached to any ordinary faucet, and the stream being
forced through a cap perforated with thirty fine holes, more
thorough suocossion is really accomplished than could be by the
ordinary band-shake of ten strokes.
The weight of the ix>tentizing raenstrum accomplishes the
emptying of the cup as the required amount for each ]K)tency is
added, and the side of the machine containing the medicine is
immediately brought into position for refilling, to complete each
SQOoeeding potency by the same power which empties it, the
water falling on the opposite side of the partition which divides
the gravitating vessel.
I had thought that when this potentizer was perfect, and we
aboold bring it the notice of the profession, I would publish
cases cured by the remedies prepared by it.
But that is unnecessary, for, as the Irishman says, '^ the proof
of the pudding is in the ateing of it."
In price it is within the reach of every one, and if physicians
woald potentize their own remedies (so they know what they
are) and apply them in the cure of the sick, according to the
rales laid down in Hahnemann's Organon, there would be less
scoffing and more homoeopathic cures.
But let no man imagine that a potency can cure, unless it has
been properly selected.
No amount of potentizing or materiaKzing can make one un-
homoBopathie remedy the simdlKmum.
Dr. Santee is at present in the Hahnemann Medical College
of Philadelphia, where inquiriescan he addressed until April 1st,
after which his address will be Cortland, N. Y.
Dr. J. T. Kent has l)een running one of the potentizers for
some time, and can add his testimony as to their merits.
Cortland, N. Y., Jan. 19th, 1889.
E. B. Nash, M. D.
108 APPBECIATIVB FRIENDS. [Feb., 1889.
TESTIMONIAL.
"I have used the potentizer invented by Mr. Santee, and know
its potencies to be perfectly fluxion centesimal. I have also
used the potencies with proper efifect.'' — J. T, Kent.
APPRECIATIVE FRIENDS.
In our December issue this request was made: Let each of
our present subscribers resolve to write one paper for our pages,
and also to secure one new subscriber for 1889 ; before the end
of the year he will feel himself amply repaid for his labor.
The responses to this request have been numerous ; much
more general than we had dared to hope for. To all of these
friends we return our thanks, both for their new subscribers and
for their promised manuscripts.
Amongst the responses to our request one is unique, both for
its kindly expressions of interest and secondly for the practical
work done in our behalf. The writer, Dr. W. J. Martin, of
Pittsburgh, says: ** I presume you will wonder what you ever
did to ine that I should send you such a list of new subscribers
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published; I would like every homoeopathic physician to be a
reader of it for the good I feel sure it would do them. * * *
Last evening at the regular monthly meeting of the Allegheny
County Homoeopathic Medical Society, I took occasion to call
the attention of the members to the character of The Hom(BO-
PATHic Physician, as being the truest homoeopathic journal in
the land, and read to them the important announcement concern-
ing the Repertory of Characteristics to be published as a supple-
ment to the journal. Then, after a few closing remarks, I
called upon every one, not already a subs(jriber, to give me his
subscription. The result is the fifteen new names and thirty
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The editors of this journal desire to return thanks to Dn
Martin for his letter and for the new subscribers; he is a man
after our own heart ! May many more of our friends " go and
do likewise." — Editohs.
Sanouikaiiia : Neuralgia in upper jaw extending to nose, eye, ear. neck,
and Bide of head; shouting, bur niug pains; must kneel down and hold bead
tightly to the floor.
A KALI PHOSPHORICUM CASE.
On evening of December 18th, 1888, I was called to see a
child that had been vomiting every little while since the day be-
fore. I was informed that she had fallen down two or three
8teps and commenced vomiting soon after. From the informa-
tion received, I hardly thought the fall the prime cause of the
vomiting, and as it was of a bilious nature I prescribed accord-
ing to the vomit The next day she was no better, and the
vomited matter was now green and floculent. I now gave NaU
phos.'^j in water, teaspoonful every hour. When better, every
two hours. Was called again that evening, i. hild was evi-
dently growing worse, and the vomiting increasing in quantity.
I was now convinced that the fall was the cause of it, and that
the brain had been more severely shocked than was at first sup-
posed. When she falls asleep she lies with the eyes half open ;
groans a great deal, and is restless ; the face is greatly flushed ;
awakens with a start as if frightened ; when awake she com-
plains of pain in the head. She now had a dose of Kali phosJ^y
m water. Soon after taking this she went to sleep and slept for
about two hours, when she received another dose, which was
about ten o'clock. I ordered, when I found her sleeping quietly
after the first dose, that she should not be aroused, but if she
awoke or was restless to give it every two hours, but not oftener,
and not that oft;en unless necessary. The next morning I saw
her about eleven o'clock, and I found her better in every re-
spect—Kjuite bright and sitting up in bed. The mother said she
gave the medicine at t^n, twelve, three, six, eight, and ten o'clock.
There was no more vomiting after giving the remedy until about
ten o'clock the next morning, after giving the last dose, and that
only a small quantity and greatly changed in character. I now
gave Sac. lac. every three hours, for the mother to be doing some-
thing, and this morning (21st), I found her up and dres^ and
comparatively well. I found out the child fell farther than was
first supposed, and struck the temple probably against the side
of the stairs or wall. £. H. Holbrook, M. D.
THE INSTITUTE SESSION OP 1889.
EDrroR HoMCBOPATHic Physician: — As a further announce-
ment respecting the Institute session of 1889, 1 have to report as
follows :
The Bureau of Surgery has received assurances of aid from a
number of our distinguished surgeons, and will present a series
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110 BUREAU OF MATERIA MEDICA. [Feb^ 1889.
of papers on " Surgery of the Brain/^ inclading Cerebral Local-
ization; Symptoms of Cerebral Tumor-^its Diagnosis and
Treatment ; Abscess ; Gunshot Wounds ; Tumors of the Dura
Mater; Compound and Depressed Fractures; Epilepsy from
Fractures, and indications for Trephining.
The Bureau of Paedology has promise of active aid from sev-
eral co-workers in that department, and are encouraged with
prospects of a good report on ^^ Preventive Medicine in Psedol-
The Bureau of Obstetrics is engaged on a Report, which will
^ embrace nine papers, relating to '* Puerperal Complications.
All these papers are to be the work of well-known obstetricians.
Encouraginfc reports are l>eing received from individual mem-
bers of the Bureaus of Clinical Medicine, Sanitary Science,
Ophthalmology and Gynsecoli^y.
The Committee on Medical Education will present a careful
Report, embodying the views and suggestions of its various
members. There will be no separate Papers.
Notice is also given that as the chairman of the Committee on
Pharmacy has resigned — involving also his withdrawal from the
Committee on Organization of Provers* Clubs, the President
has appointc<1 as chairmen of these Committees, Drs. T. F. Al-
len, of New York, on the former, and C. Wesselhoeft, of Boston,
on the latter. Those having business with these Committees
should note the change. Pemberton Dudley,
General Secretary,
BUREAU OF MATERIA MEDICA AND PROVINGS,
I. H. A.
P. P. Wells, M. D., Thos. Skinner, M. D., Edward Ma-
honey, M. D., E. W. Berridge, M. D., J. V. Allen, M. D., C.
C. Smith, M. D., H. C. Allen, M. D., E. B. Nash, M. D., H.
P. Holmes, M. D., Alice B. CampbeH, M. D., Flora A. Wad-
dell, M. D.
It is to be hoped no one will feel slighted because he has not
received a written invitation to become a member of this bureau.
Every member not pledged to another bureau is hereby invited
to send a paper for next June, unless he intends to be present.
The bounden duty of every meniber is to be at the meeting
loaded with a paper of practical value. If it is impossible for
him to be there, he should see that he is represented by his
paper.
E. A. Ballard, M. D., Chairman,
97 Thirty-seventh Street, Chicago, 111.
NOTES AND NOTICES.
Removkd.— Dr. Thos. M. Dillingham, from Boeton, to 46 West 36th Street,
New York City.
Kbrata. — In Dr. Bell's notice of the Surgical Bnreau of the I. H. A., in
oar Jannarr issney page 39, line 15 from bottom, for tend read attend; page 40,
line 8 from bottom, for gei to know read yet hum,
HoMCEOPATHic Interhationai. Cokqresb.— Oor French canfrh-es desire
io hare an international gathering of homoeopaths at Paris, in August of this
jear. The French International Exhibition will ojpen in May; many learned
societies will convene at Paris during this Exposition. The time is, there-
fore, appropriate for a gathering of homoeopaths. The Secretary of the Com-
mission (of homoeopathic doctors having this matter in charge) is Dr. Marc
Jooaaet, 241 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris. Any physician who will be
mble to attend, or any who desire to contribute papers, shonld notify Dr.
HoM<EOPATHT AGAIN VINDICATED.— The Westborough, Mass., Insane
Hospital has been open for two years and under homoeopathic management.
Dr. W. Emmons Paine is the superintendent A writer in the Springfield
JUpMiean demotes over a column to showing the good work done in this
hospital ; he finds the coat of maintenance is much less and the recoveries and
general success greater than in allopathic asylums. To the homoeopathic
system of treatment, and to the diminished use of drugs for sedatives and
sdmnlanta, most be ascribed any real increase in the number of recoveries
ander this system.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
Headache and its Materia Medica. By B. F. Uuder-
woody M, D. Pages 212. New York : A.L. Cliatterton &
Co. 1889.
As "headache" is met with so frequently and is often so difficult to relieve,
we may well welcome any work which will aid us in curing this troublesome
oomplainL A headache promptly relieved will, perhaps, give a physician
more reputation than the care of a dangerous disease like typhoid or scarlet
fever, it seems to be easier comprehended and more appreciated I
Dr. Underwood notices, first, the causes of headaclie as nervous, catarrhal,
rbenmatic, etc. ; next, he gives indications for remedies. These are in the
main well given ; but it would have been better to have made a clear, succinct
statement of the therapeutics of each drug« as stated in the materia medica,
rather than give what physicians recommend.
After the therapeutics oomes a brief repertory of head symptoms. As it is
well to look at our therapeutics from all sides, it is probable that Dr. Under-
wood*8 monograph will be of assistance to some. It must not be forgotten, in
prescribing for headaches, that we should prescribe for the whole patient, not
tor the head only ; don't behead your patient I
in
112 BOOK NOTICES AND BEVIEWa [Feb., 1889.
The Case of Emperob Frederick III; with full reports
by the German Physicians and by Sir Morel 1 Mackenzie.
New York : Edgar 8. Werner. 1888.
This ▼olume gives a full and complete report of the treatment of this much-
talked-of case. Taking either way, whether we credit the tale of Dr. Mac-
kenzie or that of the German physicians, no fame ia added to old medicine by
this case. It illustrates both the poverty and weakness of the school and the
littleness and meanness of its practitioners. The record is well worth a careful
perusal, especiallv bv those of the homoeopathic school (particularly the sur-
geons) who would aaopt allopathic means and measures. The record of this
illustrious case, as well as those of Oarfield, Grant, and Conkling in this
country, has revealed to the world a profession lacking knowledge and ability
for all curative purposes ; they can issue bulletins couched in meaningless
scientific phrases; tney can talk learnedly; they can use microscope and
scalpel, but cure — never.
Headache and Neuralgia. By J. Leonard Corning, M. A.,
M. D. Pages 230. Price, $2.75. New York : E. B. Treat
& Co. 1888.
In this volume we have a review from an allopathic standpoint of the
pathology and treatment of headache, neuralgia, and morbid sleep. The
treatment is chiefly by means of ^'sedatives,'' by using electricity, etc.
Hering's Guiding Symptoms to the Materia Medica.
Volumes five, six^ and seven of this valuable work contain articles upon
remedies from Cundurango to Natrum mnriaticum, inclusive. This work is
being edited by Dr. Knerr, assisted by others. Of its merits we have fre-
quently written in the past. We cannot add more now except to sav that no
student of the homoeopathic materia medica can affiird to be without this
work. It is a complementary work to Allen's Eneydopmdia ; the student
needs both ; he can hardlv practice medicine without them. Both of these
works contain errors, doubtless many of them ; but, discounting all of these
errors, they are invaluable to practitioners of Homoeopathy.
Orders for the Ouiding Syn^Honu may be sent to F. A. Davis, 1231 Filbert
Street, Philadelphia.
Transactions of the International Hahnemannian
Association for 1888. Edited by S. A. Kimball, M. D.,
Secretary, Boston.
During the past six months we have published a large number of the ex-
cellent papers read before this Association, which are now published in this
volume ; our readers are, therefore, well ai^quainted with the character of its
contents. In this volume will be found articles upon nearly every subject
which the practitioner of Homoeopathy needfi to study. Those who desire to
possess a copy of these transactions can procure one of the Secretary. At page
342 an article upon Jottings of Oases is given, attributed to Dr. B. L. B. nay-
lies, which the Doctor disclaims having written I
The delay in the appearance of this volume is due to causes over which the
Secretary had no pr<iper control ; another year Dr. Kimball will do him-
self justice and the Association greater credit.
rrsca
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMCEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
**ir oar sehool ever give up the itrlet Indactlve method of Hahnemann, we
are loet, and deaerye only to be mentioned aa a earlcature in
the history of medieine."— constantimb hbhimo.
Vol IX. MARCH. 1689. No. 8.
THE REPETITION OF THE HOMCEOPATHIC
REMEDY.
(Translated from the German by F. H. Latze» M. D., Cheshire, N. Y.)
Id the previous editionB of the Organon I recommended the
necessity of allowing the single dose of the well-selected homoeo-
pathic remedy, given at once, to exhaust its action before a new
one be given or the previous one repeated. This doctrine origi-.
Dated in the positive experience that a larger dose of the remedy^
though well chosen (as lately again proposed like a retrograde
movement), or, which is the same, that several small doses repeated
at short intervals, hardly ever can produce the greatest possible
good in the cure of any but especially chronic disease. For by
Rucb a procedure the life-force does not accommodate itself
quietly from the disturbance of the natural disease into a change
to a similar drug disease, but revolts from a large dose, or even
several smaller ones quickly and frequently repeated, even of a
well-selected homoeopathic remedy, so that the reaction is in
most cases nothing less than curative, produces, on the contrary,
more harm than good. Since then no procedure more helpful
than the one previously taught by me. could be discovered, the
humane rule : ^^ Si wm juvat^ modo ne nooeai^^^ commanded the
homoeopathic physician, who would make the greatest good to
niankind his highest aim, to give for disease in general only one
single dose of the carefully-selected remedy at a time, and that
the smallest, and to allow this to act till its action is exhausted.
I say the smallest, for it ia^mdaevep/willbaraAhomoeapathic law
8 U3
1 1 4 BEPETITION OF HOM(EOPATHIC REMEDY. [Ma^cl^
of cure, which cannot be refuted by any experience in the
world, that the smallest dose of a high potency (X) of the cor-
rectly selected remedy, is its best dose in chronic as well as in
acute diseases, a truth, the inestimable {HToperty of pure Homoe-
opathy, which will separate by a chasm, across which no one can
look, the false healing arts from pure Homoeopathy, so long as
the allopathy (and likewise the new mixed sect composed of
both allopathic and homoeopathic experience) continue, like
cancer, to undermine the lives of the sick and to destroy them
with larger or very large doses of medicine.
On the other hand, however, practice teaches us that a single
one of these smallest doses will, perha^)s, in some very light
cases of disease, especially in small children and delicate and
very susceptible adults, be sufficient to do all that medicine so
far can do ; that, however, in other cases, indeed in most cases of
continued as well as too far progressed, often by previous drug-
ging complicated, as also in grave acute diseases, plainly such a
minimum dose of a remedy, even in our highly dynamized po-
tency, iti insufficient to produce all the curative effects which we
can possibly exf)ect to be produced by this same remedy ; for
here it is undoubtedly necessary to give several of such small
doses, so that the life- force may be ])athogenetically changed to
that degree, and the curative reaction so increased that it may
be enabled to eradicate all of the original disease, which the
well-selected homoeopathic remedy has the power to eradicate
and completely obliterate the same through its counteraction.
The best-selected remedy in so small a dose, given once only,
would give in such cases some relief, but not by far enough.
To repeat the same dose of the same remedy soon again and
again, the homoeopathic physician would not dare to, since he haa
learned from careful observation that he did not derive any
benefit therefrom, but that it resulted, on the contrary, oftenest
in a great deal of positive injury. He generally noticed an
aggravation, when, after giving to-day even the smallest dose of
the suitable remedy, he repeated the same to-morrow and again
the day thereafter.
Now, to benefit his patient more than could be done by ad-
ministering a single small dose of the remedy, of whose moat
careful choice and homoeopath icity he was fully convinced, the
idea occurred to him naturally, since on account of above
reasons it should be but one dose, to increase the dose, and, in-
stead of a single one of the smallest globules moistened with
the remedy in the highest }K)tency, to give, perhaps, six, seven,
or eight at on«e,.or .e\(ea one-half drop or a whole one. The
1889.] BEPETinON OF HOMCEOPATHIC REMEDY. 116
result of thisy however, was almost invariably (or without excep-
tion) less favorable than it should have been, often even un-
favorable, or indeed, verv injurious, an injury which in a patient
so treated is very difficult to make good again.
To give a large dose of the remedy in a lower potency is in
8Qch a case really a no belter expedient.
An increase in the strength of the single dose of the homoeo-
pathic remedy, until it produce the desired and necessary degree
of the pathogenetic stimulation of life-force toward a sufficiently
curative reaction, does not fulfill the desired purpose by any
means, as experience also teaches us. The life- force is in this
way too suddenly and too strongly attacked, so that she has no
time for an even and gradual curative reaction to accommodate
itself to this change, wherefore she will try to reject the excess
of the remedy assaulting her like an enemy, by vomiting, diar-
rbcea, fever, sweat, etc., and in this way she destroys and frus-
trates the aim of the inconsiderate physician for the greater part
or entirely. Very little or no good for the cure of the patient
is thereby accomplished ; on the contrary, the patient is thereby
visibly enfeebled, and we dare not think of it even for a long
time thereafter, to give the patient even the smallest dose of the
same remedy, lest it might prove very detrimental to him.
Likewise, a number of the smallest doses given for the same
purpose in rapid succession accumulate in the organism to an
over-laige .dose, with similar evil consequences, with few and
rare exceptions ; the life-force is in such cases oppressed and
overwhelmed, and unable in the interval between the two,
though small, doses to recuperate ; incapable to react in the
direction toward health, she is compelled to continue passively
and involuntarily the too powerful drug-disease with which
she has been overburdened, similarly, as we daily perceive, from
the allopathic abuse of large, heaping doses of one and the
same remedy, to the lasting injury of tne patient.
Now, to attain our end with more certainty than heretofore,
avoid the wrong methods indicated above, ana give the chosen
remedy in such a way that it may, without injury to the patient,
reach its highest point of activity ; and to produce in a given
case of disease all the good poasible, which it is able to produce, I
have of late adopted a peculiar method,
I recognized, that, to arrive at the proper middle road, the
nature of the different remedies, as well as the peculiar idiosyn-
crasy of the patient, and the severity of the disease would have
to be considered ; and, to give an example of the use of Sulphur
in clironic (psorio) diseases, that the smallest dose of the same
116 REPETITION OF HOMCEOPATHIC REMEDY. [MmcIi,
{Tinct, 8ulph» X°), even in strongly constituted persons and
developed psora could rarely be ofteuer repeated with benefit
than every seven days, an interval of time which ought to be
prolonged the more when debilitated and excitable people are
to be treated; for then it is better to give such a dose only every
nine, twelve, or fourteen days, which should be continued to be
repeated only so long till the remedy ceases to be useful. Then
we will find (to continue with Suiph. as the example) that it
requires in psoric diseases rarely less than four, but often six,
eight, and even ten such doses in like periods one afler the other
{Tinct. Sulph. JC^) to completely cure that much of the chronic
aisease, which Sulphur at best is able to cure, provided that no
allopathic abuse of iSiu^Aur has preceded this. Thus can even
a newly formed (primary) itch eruption, in persons not too deli-
cate, even if the whole body should be covered completely, be
cured inside of ten to twelve weeks by a dose of TincL Suiph,
X^y given every seventh day (that is, then with ten to twelve
globules), so that it is hardly ever necessary to give a couple of
doses of Oarbo veg. ^ (also one every week) as an auxiliary
remedy, without the least external treatment, except clean under-
clothing and proper hygiene and diet.
If, in other chronicdiseases, after due consideration, eight, nine,
or ten doses of TincL Sulph, X^ are deemed necessary, yet in
such cases it is to be preferred, instead of giving these in an un-
interrupted succession, to interpolate aft^r every three doses a
dose of some other perfectly homoeopathic acting remedy and to
allow this also to act eight, nine, twelve, or fourteen days before
beginning again to give a series of three successive doses of
Sulphur. This intercurrent remedy is best such a one as would
be thought prudent to give a couple'of times in succession with
intervals of eight to fourteen days^ after the treatment with
Sulphur is concluded.
Not very rarely, however, the life-force rebels rather than to
allow several doses of Stdphur, given at intervals as stated above,
quietly to act upon itself, though the same might be ever so
useful for the chronic evil, and shows this antagonism by pro-
ducing, during the treatment of the invalid, a few though mild
Sulphur symptoms. Then it is sometimes advisable to give a
dose of Nuayvom, X^j and allow this to act for eight to twelve
days, so that nature may be induced to allow the Stdphur in
oontinued doses to act again quietly and with the greatest possi-
ble benefit In suitable cases. Puis. X^ may be preferred.
The life-force shows itself, however, most averse to allow
SulphuTj though decidedly indicated, to act upon it, shovrs
1889.] BEPETITION OF HOMCEOPATHIC REMEDY. 117
even visible aggravations of the chronic disease, even after the
smallest dose otStUphur, yes, even after the smelling of a globule
no larger than a mustard-^seed, moistened with TincL Sulph. X^,
if Sulphur has been, even several years previously, in large allo-
pathic doses abused.
This is; among many others, the most deplorable condition
which frustrates almost entirely the best medical treatment of a
chronic disease, and would cause us to deplore the common mal-
treatment of chronic diseases by the old school if there were no
remedy for this.
In such cases it is only necessary to allow the patient to in-
hale only once the vapor of a globule the size of a mu8tard-seed
moistened with Mercur, MdalL X^y and to allow this inhalation
to act for nine days. Thus the life-force is induced to allow the
Sulphur^ at least by smelling on Tin<st. Sulph, X^y to exert again
a beneficial influence upon itself, a discovery for which we have
to thank Dr. Oriesdichy of Oarl&ruhe.
Of other anti-psoric remedies (with the exception of Phosph.
X°)^ it is necessary not to give so many doses with similar inter-
vals (of Sepia and SUicea, when homceopathically indicated at
longer intervals and withbut intercurrents) to see our expecta-
tions fulfilled, and cure with the indicated remedy all that possi-
bly can be cured in a given case. Hep. svlp. cede. X cannot
be given internally or by inhalation with shorter intervals than
every fourteen to fifteen days.
It is obviously necessary that the physician who would under-
take such a repetition of doses must be beforehand convinced of
the correct homoeopathic choice of the remedy.
In acute disease the repetition of the suitably chosen remedy
most be regulated according to the more or less rapid course of
the disease to be overcome so that it is to be repeated if neces-
sary after twenty-four, twelve, eight, four hours, or even less in
case the remedy causes improvement without causing new diffi-
culties, but not quickly enough considering the rapid and
dangerous progress of the acute disease, so that in the most
rapidly death-producing disease of which we know — ^in cholera
— at the outbreak of the same we must jrive every five minutes
one to two drops of a weak solution of Camphor to render quick
and sure assistance, but by more developed cholera^ also doses of
Cuprumy VercUrum, PhosphoruSy etc. (X°), after every two or
three hours, as perhaps, also Arsenic^ Carbo-veg, in similar short
intervals.
In the treatment of the so-called nervous fever (typhus) and
other continuous fevers, the same rule as above must be observed
118 REPETITION OP HOMCEOPATHIC BEMEDY. [Maroh,
regarding the repetition of the curative-acting remedy in the
smallest dose.
In syphilitic diseases of the pure type, I generally found a
single dose of Hydrargyrum metallicum {Mero-viv.) X° sufficient,
yet not rarely were two or three such doses necessary to be given
in intervals of six to eight. days if there was but the least com-
plication with psora visible.
But especially in the form of vapor by smelling and inhaling
the continuously evaporating remedial vapors from one with the
dilution of a high potency, moistened globule, lying dry in a
vial, do the homoeopathic remedies act with the greatest certainty
and power. The homoeopathic physician will let the patient
hold the mouth of the uncorked vial, first in one nostril to in-
hale with the act of inspiring the air out of this, and then,
perhaps, if the dose is to be stronger to inhale likewise through
the other nostril more or less strongly, as he may order the dose,
and then put it carefully corked again in his pocket^case, so that
no abuse can be committed with it, and so if he does not choose
he will require no apothecary any more for his cures, A globule,
ten to twenty of which weigh one grain, moistened with the 30th
potency and then dried, retains its full power for this purpose
undiminished for at least eighteen to twenty years (so far goes
my own experience), even though the vial should have been
opened in the meantime a thousand times, provided it is only
trotected from heat and sunlight. Even should both nostrils
e obstructed by chronic catarrh or polypi, the patient may in-
hale by the mouth, holding the mouth of the vial between his
lips. In small children you may hold it during sleep close to
one and then the other nostril, and can be positive of the result.
This inhaling of the vapor of the remedy affects the nerves in
the walls of the roomy cavities through which it passes without
hindrance, and so affects the life- force curatively in the mildest
and yet most powerful manner, preferably to any other way of
administering the remedy in substance by the mouth. All that
can be cured by Homoeopathy (and what diseases, except such
as require actual manual surgical interference, can she not cure?),
the most chronic, not by allopathy altogether spoiled and
corrupted, as well as acute diseases will be cured by this inhal*
ing in the most safe and sure manner. Among the many sick
who sought for the past year and more mine and my assistants'
aid, I can call to mind hardly one in a hundred whose chronic
or acute disease we did not treat with the desired success by
means of such inhalations. In the last half this year, however,
I have arrived at the conviction (which no one could have made
1889.] DR. a V. BOBNNINGH AUSEN'S PREFACE. 119
me believe before) that the power of the remedy by inhalation
in this way is exerted upon the sick in the same degree of force,
yet quieter and fully as long as the dose taken by the mouth, and
that) therefore, the time to re|)eat the inhalation should not be
ordered shorter than when taking the material dose by the
mouth. Samuel Hahnemann.
Kothen, May, 1833.
EXTRACT FROM DR. C. v. BCENNINGHAUSEN'S
PREFACE TO HIS REPERTORY OF THE
ANTI-PSORIC REMEDIES.
(Translated from the Germao by F. H. Latze, M. D., CbeeMre, N. Y.)
* * * As regards the proper size of the dose^ I deemed it
best at that time to be silent, since Homoeopathy has especially
of late years learned from experience, to prefer the highest po-
tencies in the smallest doses. Therefore all the belter homoeo-
paths use of late only the smallest part of a drop of the highest
potencies (t. e., on^, or at the most two of the smallest globules
moistened with this {lotency), and not one of them has had occar
sion to return to larger doses. There are cases, however, where
we are unable to penetrate with such a single dose the disease
diathesis and to affect the life-force sufficiently lasting, so as to
excite the same to the necessary reaction. To remedy this here-
tofore existing deficiency without producing by an incTease of
the size of the dose any untoward effects, and to establish a nor-
mal rule, whereby iu such cases. the smallest dose could be gov-
erned so that we might attain our aim with certainty — this
remained to be discovered by the latest researches of our worthy
and, even in his grand old age, ever busy Hahnemann.'*' To the
noble, gray old man himself I am indebted for the [above] ac-
companying essay, regarding this nowhere else fully-taught
d<x;trine, which will be none the less acceptable to every homoeo-
path and likewise a great ornament to my humble labor.
* The now deceased Jean Paul Richter osed to call him appropriately as
veil Bs deservedly, ^A rare double-head of erudition and philosophyy^ but he for-
Itot this ffreat man's grentesi merit, which, as that of the immortal Linn^, in-
diapntablj consists in this, that he opened a roatl, on which the sciences might
progfusn oninterriiptedly, daily to enrich the treasures of their ex i>erif>nce and
to transfer th«*m afterward to the world to come, pure and useful. Just like
the botanists, hereafter all physicians in the whole world will understand each
other and all will prescribe one and the same remedy for the same symptoms
(though not for the same name) of a disease.
HOMCEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING.
Julius G. Schmitt, M. D., Rochester, N. Y.
Lately there has been a great deal said and written about
using books at the bedside of the patient, and with some physi-
cians, who would not open a book in presence of their patient
for fear of betraying ignorance, the belief seems to have taken
possession that those who use books do not rely upon their
memory at all, but, if they are called to a patient, sit down and
study their whole materia medica, and if it were to prescribe but
Aconite in a case of fever with chilliness when moving or un-
covering and anxious tossing about
The undersigned, aprescriber from materia medica and reper-
tories at the bedside of the patient, should like to have a little
to say in this matter.
Starting out on ray daily rounds of visits, I carry in my
satchel, like most of the followers of Hahnemann in this city,
Bering's Maieria Medica, Lippe's Repet'tory, and Bell's book on
diarrhoea, not with the intention of using them in every ordi-
nary case that may have to be prescril>ed for, but to be in readi-
ness for the extraordinary demands that are often made on the
prescriber.
A case of uterine hemorrhage, diphtheria, croup, pneumonia,
scarlet fever, gastralgia, colic, etc., will seldom require us to have
recourse to the books, since the more acute and dangerous a dis-
ease, the more characteristic are generally the symptoms, and a
physician who has often consulted his books will be familiar
enough with their contents to recognize the called-for remedy.
Here, also, often so-called " intuition " comes in, which, however,
should more properly be designated " un^nscious cerebration."
But this action can only take place in a brain where there is
some storage.
Not long ao^o Dr. J. A. Bie^ler saw a case with me that had
baffled my endeavors so far. The morning we met at the pa-
tient's her symptoms had cleared up remarkably, and were as
follows :
Old lady, about sixty-two years of age, complains of heavi-
ness of lower extremities, so that she can only walk by the
help of a cane ; worse evenings. Itching of canthi, better from
rubbing. Oppression of chest, worse lying down. Borborygmi
in left hypochondrium ; red sand in the urine.
We both had our satchels with books, but did not think of
120
Much, 1889.] HOMQBOPATHIC PBESCRIBING. 121
lookiDg at them when there was Lycopodium so plainly indi-
cated.
A child, twenty-two months old, getting his last bicuspids, is
fretting day and night, wants to be carried all the time. Cough
with gating, especially when excited ; mouth hot, palms of
hands hot. Afraid of falling, when mother lays him down in
the cradle. Now, who ever claiming to be a student of materia
medica, could prescribe anything else but Borax?
Examples after examples could be cited, where even the book
preecriber never resorts to his books, and yet he often meets
cases where he would do a great deal of harm by wrong pre-
scriptions were it not for the books he has ready for use. Permit
me to quote again from practice.
A girl, ten years old, sick with typhoid fever for three weeks,
i>resents the following condition : Paralysis of left side of face,
06S of speech, grinding of teeth as if they were going to be
cmshed to pieces. Stiffness, pain and tenderness of right side
of neck and nape. Vomiting of brown fluid every evening
from six to eight o'clock. Pulse 120, temperature 101.4.
Lippe's Repertory helps us in the following manner :
Cfrijiding of teeth (which was the latest symptom) we find un-
der: Aeon., Ant., Apis, Am., Are., Aur., Baryt-c., Canth.,
Caustic, Cham., Cic, Gin., Coff., Con., Hyosc, Igt., Lye, Merc,
Phosph., Plb., Pod., Seo-c, Stram., VeraUalb.
Loss of power of speech : Ars., Caustic.^ Cic.f Con., Hyosc.y
MerCy Plb.y Stram.j Verai (and others, which, however, have not
the grinding of the teeth).
^ffness of nape of neck: Ars., Caustio.y Merc., Verat-alb.
Brownish vomiting we only find under Ars. and Bismuth, but
Arsenic had been given, especially on account of the periodicity
of the vomiting, but without any response.
Paralysis of half of the face is asymptom belonging to Caustic.
and Graphites. Under Causticum, we read in Hering's Materia
Mediea, " Heat from six to eight p. M. ;*' the question arose :
Could not vomiting, appearing at this time, be also cured by
Causticum, that has the heat at this time, and which covers all
the other symptoms ? Such afaalogies often having proved cor-
rect. Causticum was prescribed and cured the case.
This patient lived half an hour's ride away from ray office, and
it seemed to roe a great saving of time to have my books along.
Besides, the above work was done in ten minutes.
Mr. Tr., twenty-eight years old, has had intermittent fever
while in the Prussian army five years ago, which, of course, had
been suppressed by Quinine. He was seen at half-past eight
122 THE BOSTON OEGANON SOCIETY. [March,
P. M., and presented the following symptoms : Chill at three
p. M., without thirst, with painful swelling of varices; at five
p. M., heat with thirst and chilliness from uncovering ; at half-
past seven p. m., perspiration with general alleviation of symp-
toms. Now, I was not prepared to prescribe then and there
from memory for the uncommon and peculiar symptom *' of
"painj^dnMA arul gwdling ofvariooae veina during chtU/' and there
are many remedies that have cliill at three P. M., thirstlessness
during chill, and thirst during heat. Therefore, Allen's book on
intermittent fever, second edition^ which had been taken along
for this occasion, was consulted. Five minutes suificed to find
the correct remedy, vi;5. : Cbinium sulph., and one dose of the
CM potency cured right away ; there has been no repetition of
the fever since.
In my practice almost every case is taken down in writing,
according to the rules of Hahnemann, and it is astonishing how
often a seemingly simple case turns into a hard nut when proper
care is taken to elicit every symptom. This procedure lias been
such a help to me in correct prescribing that I cannot under-
stand how any man can undertake the cure of any case, espe-
cially, however, of a chronic one, without following this dic-
tum of the master, who always knew what he was about. And
yet there are many true followers of Hahnemann who never
think of taking down a casein writing; if they ever would try
it, they would find it to be a great saving of time, although I
know they claim just the contrary.
But, even if it were so, shall time play any consideration when
we are engaged in curing the suffering sick ? It is the mongrel
that flies from patient to patient, and is satisfied with a trifling
compensation for the effort of jumping in and out of his car-
riage, for his legs certainly suffer more than his brain.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE ORGANON SOCIETY, BOSTON, MASS.
The regular meeting of the Bdiston Organon Society was held
January 10th.
Dr. Wesselhoeft read from the Organon, beginning at para-
graph 82.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I will only remark after paragraph 83,
that if, after the examination of a chronic case, we give a remedy
and it does not do what is ex|>ected of it, and we give a second
remedy and are still disappointed^ what are we to do then ? In
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such cases I shall uever forget what Dunham once told me of
Bcenninghausen, with whom he had been for more than a year.
He said it was the rarest thing for him to make a mistake in
his first remedy, and this was especially true in intermittent
fever, which was very prevalent in Muuster. If he did make
a mistake and the first remedy did not help, he would cross out
the last examination and make a new one, starting again as if
he had never seen the patient. I am reminded of this by an
instance that occurred in my own practice not long ago. A
patient, who had been off and on under my care since she was
five years old, had a very peculiar ansemia come on after living
in Paris two years. She is now twenty-two years old. After the
anaemia, hysteria developed which was characterized by a left-
sided paralysis, this would get better and then return. I
thought the first examination was a most excellent one, but as
she was going to New York for a time, I had her see a physician
there, to whom I wrote a short history of the case and asked
him to make a careful examination. He made a most masterly
record, in which appeared an entirely new history of the begin-
ning of the case : he found out the cause, which was a deep
mental one, and I think she will now be cured. If I had crossed
oat my first examination a long time ago, I might possibly have
come upon the same history.
We are now coming to a very important part of the Organon^
and we must pay strict attention to every word Hahnemann
has written.
Dr. Kennedy — ^How many physicians, homoeopathic physi-
dans, follow these directions?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — Perhaps one in fifty. This part of the
Or^anon is the foundation of all homoeopathic prescribing; with-
out following these directions it is impossible to prescribe accu-
rately oi' homoeopathically. Of course, we all slur over our work
occasionally, and are not as careful as we should be. My pre-
ceptor would never let me approach him with a verbal state-
ment, it must all be written down, if it were only a case of
toothache.
Dr. Tompkins — ^How many patients can one see daily, if he
is to make such a careful record in each case?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — This is an important point. Probably none
of us see more than two or three new patients daily. Now, in-
stead of making a hasty examination, I think we would all feel
better if, af%er studying for some time and not being satisfied,
we should give them a few powders and ask them to come again
in a few days, and when we could devote another hour to them.
124 THE BOSTON ORG ANON SOCIETY. [Mwdi,
This would be much better than to be in haste and give a wrong
remedy. I know of a successful physician who never prescribes
for a rose cold until he has watched the case for some time.
This is much more honorable than hap-hazard prescribing.
After the first prescription it is easy enough to wait.
Dr. Bell — Hahnemann used to see a great many patients daily
when he was in Paris^ so he is giving directions that he proba-
bly followed.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I do not think one can see many chronic
patients daily. I do not think that Dr. Wilson, of London,
will see- more than twenty, and he devotes nearly the whole day
to them.
Dr. Bell — It is a question if we should wait for each patient
to go through their whole history, especially when it is of no
importance. Of course, a patient should not be interrupted
while relating his symptoms intelligently, but they do not
always do that, and every one finds his own way of shortening
an examintion while getting the essential facts.
Dr. W^sselhoeft — It depends largely upon the patient, an in-
telligent patient can tell you in his own words. There is
nothing so bad as to tell a patient to keep still and you will ask
him questions. Some patients cannot express their symptoms,
and you can get nothing out of them. Patients often ask
how they shall report by letter, I usually tell tliem never to
give me a symptom without its conditions.
Dr. Bell — I have here a letter which shows how a report
should be made, and will read it :
" Dear Dr. Bell : — I have been suffering for the past week
with a severe faceache. It does not seem to come from any
special tooth, as they are none of them sore to the touch. It is
on the lefl side, both upper and lower jaw, the pain in the lower
jaw running forward into the chin, the jaw feels stifi^ when I
move it, pain sharp, and going from back of upper to front of
lower jaw and then back again. Outside of cheek feels cold to
the hand, but neither hot nor cold applications relieve the pain.
The pain is intermittent. It came from sailing on a very cold
day, and driving in cold wind makes it much worse. It is
better when I move and walk than when sitting, worse when I
lie down. The pain is not the unbearable kind, but very
wearing, and I find after eight days of it the world looks very
cloudy.^'
Diagnoda of the remedy.
Left side : Cham., Nat-fn.y Phos., Rhus.
Whole row : Cham., Merc., Rhus, Staph.
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Intermittent : Bell., Bry., Cham., Coff., Chin., Merc., Nux-v.,
Pols., Rhus, Sil., Staph., Sulph.
Caused by cold wind : Aoon., Puis., Rhus, Silioea.
Worse from cold wind: Bell,, Hyosc, Nat-m,, Nux-v.,
Sabin., Sil., Staph., Sulph.
Better moving : Puis., Rhus.
Worse sitting or lying : Ara., Bell., Bry., Cham.y Hyos.,
IgD., Merc., Nux-v., Phos., Pub., Rhus, Staph., Sulph.
As it was caused by the cold wind, and because she was of a
mild, gentle disposition, I sent Puis., and in five days received
the following :
** Dear Dr. Bell : — My face has been much better, although
I have felt it a little at night.
" Yesterday I ventured out, and the cold air brought back
the pain, not at the time, but it came in the night and continues
this morning. The pain is worse or centres in the jaw-joint
near the ear, running down through the jaw and up into the
temple. The pain is sharp but does not last long at a time.
The upper part of jaw, and the joint feel numb all the time.
" It is still entirely on the left side, other symptoms the same
as when I wrote last, indeed, the only change seems to be that
it has settled higher up in the jaw, the feeling of numbness in
the joint is very marked, although it is not stiffs "when I move it.''
On account of the numbness I sent a dose of Mezereum,
which speedily removed the whole trouble.
Dr. Winn — Perhaps it is not exactly appropriate, but this
report of the toothacne reminds me; I would like to ask about
amalgam fillings in teeth.
Dr. Wesselhosft —We are told there is no appreciable oxidation
of the mercury in an amalgam filling, but I thing there is
enoogh to aflect the patient, and in affections of the mucous
membranes I have patients take out their amalgam fillings and
take off their woolen under-clothing. I was first led to see the
harmful effects of amalgam fillings by an ulcer on the tongue of a
patient, a number of years ago. It was a terrible, punched-out
nicer with high edges, and had been going on for some time. It
was very obstinate ; I treated it for several weeks without much
change. At last I discovered that this ulcer fitted right over an
amalgam filling of a built-up tooth. I had this amaWm taken
cat and a soft filling substituted, then the ulcer healed in a sur-
prisingly short time. The amalgam filling had been in many
years.
Dr. Tompkins — ^How about the red rubber plates for false
teeth ; is there not cinnabar in such plates ?
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Dr. Wesselhoeft — I always have them taken out if possible,
and black rubber substituted.
Dr. Davis — How is it best to keep records ?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — My father used to have a large folio, and, as
lie wrote a very small hand, he could use one page to a case. I
used to use neparate slips; they are very convenient when you
have to visi«; chronic cases. Now I use medium-siased books,
indexed, one volume from A to J, the other K to Z. The im-
iportant point is to keep a record that you can refer to, for it is
very reassuring to a patient to have you refer back to a record
made five, ten, or twenty years before, and compare his present
condition to the previous one. Boenninghausen's practice was
altogether an office one, and he kept his records in large folios.
Dr. Hastings — I fiod after a patient has been carefully ex-
amined that there are often symptoms given that we cannot find
in the Materia Medica.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — We often cannot find the symptoms, but we
can find the conditions.
Dr. Davis — Are not the concomitants more important than
the symptoms ?
Dr. Kennedy — ^We often find patients giving symptoms in
regard to their eyes and ears, for instance, that we cannot find
in the books.
Dr. Wes&elhoeft — That is where the modalities come in, and
we have to go by them.
Dr. Tompkins — Provers were not always questioned as care-
fully as patients are, except by Hahnemann.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — A good way to do is to ask in the line of a
remedy if you get a cue. That is, ask some of the leading char-
acteristics of a remedy that the patient's answer may suggest,
and if you find that his case does not correspond to that remedy,
you can try another.
Dr. Dike — Are we not apt to be biased in favor of remedies
that we know best?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — ^Yes, I think we are, and we must be careful
not to ask leading questions.
Dr. Kennedy — A point that is sometimes overlooked is, that
the peculiarities of a patient in health are often not taken into
account enough. I think we are often led to the remedy by the
ameliorations or aggravations of the patient^s general condition
when he calls himself well.
Dr. Weaselhoeft — We often know when a patient comes in
and before he has talked much that some remedies are excluded.
Dr. Bell — ^Tiie making up of a record stamps the physician
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BB a carefal man ; the patient feels better for it, and it gives him
great confidenoe, particularly if he comes back after five or ten
years and finds that you still have it.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — Patients can be held by a fortnightly or
monthly examination of which a record is carefully taken, but
you cannot remember without a record.
Dr. Hastings — Patients often say they are no better, but on
going over the last examination you find they are very much
better.
Dr. Wessclhceft — We often hear chronic complainers say: "I
don't know that I am any worse." That always means that
they are better. We can tell by the record if we get an aggra-
vation, and those aggravations that last a long time are very
important.
Dr. Tompkins — Patients should be educated in regard to hay
fever, etc., so that they will not try to obtain temporary relief
from {latent medicines and such things.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — How much relief do they get? Of course,
they must be educated. I think if you explain to patients the
necessity of their coming to you before the attack comes on, they
will understand it.
Dr. Bell — I believe if Beecher Iiad been treated homoeopathic-
ally for his hay fever instead of running all over the country,
he would not have died of apoplexy.
Dr. Wesselhoeft^ — Apoplexy is always of a deeply psoric
origin.
Dr. Tompkins — Could not the people be educated by
popnlar tracts of the right sort?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I think it would be a good idea to have a
popular treatise on Hahnemann's psoric theory and the metas-
tasis of disease. It would have to be carefully done, but would
be an important factor in educating the people up to these
things.
Dr. Winn — Do not the allopaths admit of chronic diseases?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — ^They talk of a diathesis, the word is getting
more and more common. Syphilitic diathesis, they are up on
that now ; that is because it is more acute than the other miasms,
sycosis being less acute and psora least acute. They will come
to these, however; look at syphilis, what does it not do now ?
What did it do forty years ago ? The next thing will be no
local treatment for the original cause.
Dr. Bell — It is a good idea to tell patients that such things
are constitutional.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — ^Don't tell them that the suppression of such
128 THE BOSTON OBGANON SOCIETY. [March,
things by local measures will produce the same thing interoally,
but it will disarrange the internal organs.
Dr. Tompkins — 1 think we can tell patients that they will be
better after an acute disease when it has been carefully
prescribed for and so cured.
Dr. Bell — I have now under my care a singer with a bad
cold ; she will probably get over it in a week, but she will be
better after the cold is cured, and I told her that she would not
take cold so much after one or two of them had been cured
homoeopathically.
Dr. Wesselboeft — Most professional singers are homoeopathists;
they know what helps them. I tell them they must not take
cold, that shows that something is the matter with them. It is
better for them to take the remedy for a cold, even if they
recover no quicker than without it; it will prevent their catching
cold so easily again. Colds often indicate the psoric remedy, but
when a patient is under treatment for a chronic disease, and
under the influence of a remedy, I never prescribe for a cold,
always give them sugar, the cold often shows what the remedy
is doing.
Dr. Tompkins — ^The allopaths never think of the future
health of a patient.
Dr. Wessclhoefl — ^That shows the beauty of Hahneroannian
philosophy. A patient under allo|iathic treatment for mucus in
the throat, will be sent to an eye doctor for anything the matter
with her eye, or to an ear doctor for her ear, and all these may
be prescribing for her together. Hahnemann's idea is so mudi
more beautiful than such cobbler's work, and after we have met
such things and have overcome them, then we can realize some-
thing of the beauty and grandeur of Homoeopathy.
Adjourned to January 24th.
Regular Meeting, January 24th.
Dr. Wesselhoeft read from the Orgaiion^ beginning at para-
graph 92.
Dr. Bell — We may find a patient under the influence of
Morphine with contracted pupils, it may be necessary to
interfere. When such drugs are stopped, we are going to get
their secondary efi*ect8, and these we have to meet without wait-
ing for them to pass off.
Dr. Cobb— Would the effect on the system be better to allow
the drug effect to pass off witliout medicine ? Now I had a case
before ooming here this evening, where the symptoms were due
1889] THE BOSTON OBGAKON SOCIETY. 129
to over-indalgeooe in coffee. Ignatia seemed indicated^ and I
gave it.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — ^I think in such cases if we find a remedy
indicated we should give it. But, if you have given a carefully
selected remedy in a chronic disease, and the patient comes in
with symptoms from some indiscretion in diet, it is much better
to let it |Miss off than to interfere with another remedy ; such is
my experience.
Dr. Bell — ^You may be called to a case of typhoid fever where
the temperature has been kept down by antipyrin, and you may
have a drug effect when the antipyrin is stopped. Dr. Duke, in
his book, speaks of a man with a congestive headache whose feet
were put in hot water, and he was much relieved. But, later,
the congestion returned with much greater severity, resulting in
anoonsciousness and death. That was not a drug effect, but it '
was a secondary effect of applying the hot water to the feet.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — Note seventy-nine is very important, par-
ticalarly that part concerning mental causes and influences. It
is a most important thing in chronic diseases.
Dr. Bell — How do you get the confidence of the patients so
that they will tell you their mental symptoms?
Dr. Wesselhfleft — I usually tell them, if I have a suspicion
that there is a mental cause in the case, that this examination is
entirely different from any other examination they ever had, that
often mental influences have a serious effect upon a patient, and
that the examination is entirely confidential, and then I ask
them if they have had great griefs or troubles. I often feel in
the examination of a patient that there is something at the
bottom of the case, some mental disturbance. I had an instance
to-day in a case that I have been treating three months without
sttcoess. I have had a suspicion that some mental trouble was
at the bottom of it all, so I obtained her confidence and found
an enormous mental history. We often know by the way a
patient reports that there is a mental cause for the trouble.
Dr. Bell — Sometimes they will conceal the history of mental
g^ef, sometimes they will tell it.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I have foand that infectious diseases are
more often concealed than emotional ones. I recollect a case I
treated a long time withont success when a friend of the patient
mid one day, '' Yon will never get her weir until she gets over
her jealousy.'' The next time the patient came in I found on
careful inquiry that she was very jealons of her husband, with
no reason for it Thisn0le is vxryi inatrncttve, especially in its
list of emotions..
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130 THE BOSTON ORGAKON SOCIETY. [Mareh,
Dr. Bell — All such causes are practically overlooked hj the
old school.
Dr. WesselhoBft — How much Ignatia, Hyoscyamus, Staphisa-
?;ria, Phosphoric acid^ and such remedies help us, and by care-
ully comparing them we are often lead to the remedy necessary
for the cure.
Dr. Tompkins — ^What are the mental Indications for Phos-
phoric acid ?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — A condition of apathy, resulting from men-
tal griefs and such causes. How many griefs have beeu helped
by Ignatia !
Dr. Dike — Can we always trace the connection between the
cause and the result? I have a patient, the insanity of whom
I think is due to a fall, but Arnica does not help.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — The fall may not have been the cause, but
many complaints date from the time of a fall, so with mental
emotions they may be a cause. Of course, the majority of cases
are not traced to mental causes, but when it is so, it is of great
importance.
Dr. Bell — I had a case of a young man suffering from de-
lusional insanity, he could not sleep, and he hud been to a so-
called homoeopath who had given him remedies, also sleeping
Cowders without avail. I found on careful inquiry that he had
ad a severe disappointment in love. He was very suspicious,
thought he was being followed, fearful of bodily injury, sleep-
less. He got Hyosc., and in a short time was practically re-
stored.
Dr. Tompkins — Do you give the preference to the drug
covering the symptoms present, or to the drug covering the
cause?
Dr. Wesselhoeft — I am apt to question in the line of the drug
covering the cause, such as griefs, anger, etc. If I find nothing
in the line of one remedy I drop it and try another, if I find
nothing after trying several remedies I then make up my mind
that the element of grief or anger, etc., had nothing to do in
the causation of the case, and take the present symptoms as the
only factors. How many times it* hap))ens that after writing
down a whole list of symptoms you find out that all this trouble
hvL^ dated from a certain mental shock ; then you can go back
and supplement your examination by asking for symptoms in
the line of certain remedies.
Dr. Bell — ^I think the cause sometimes overrides everything.
I recall a case of colic where Bell, was indicated but did not
help. I found the patient bad been very indignant and the colic
1889.] THE BOSTON OBGANON SOCIETY. 131
followed. I then gave him Coloc., which relieved him at once^
It was Dot a Coloc. oolic with doubling up and relief from
pressure^ etc., but the cause poiuted to the remedy.
Dr. Tompkins — I recall a case of so-called gall-stone colic,
where the patient had had several attacks treated by Morphine
by a so-called homoeopath. I found out that these attacks always
came on after domestic disturbances. I gave her Staph., and she
has never had an attack since, that was a year or more ago.
Dr. WesselhcBft — Hahnemann's genius in this particular dis-
covery has always been to me most wonderful in my own ex*
pericnce, that he should have found not only renie<lies for
mental emotions, but that these emotions of themselves are the
exciting cause of chronic ailments shows a wonderful genius.
It is easy for us to follow him. We know that an angry
mother's milk will kill a child, and we can find no microbes or
anything else in the milk to account for it, but to have dis-
covered that chronic troubles date from griefs and mental
emotions, shows a power of observation never before equaled.
Ignatiaand Nux vomica both contain the alkaloid Strychnia, and
are opposites in temperament. Dr. Hering once told me that
Hahnemann did not know that Ignatia contained Strychnia, and
yet Hahnemann said not to follow Ignatia by Nux because they
were so nearly allied. In regard to note eighty, the symptoms
before dining and after any function are of the utmost importance.
Dr. Kennedy — I have a case now that illustrates that point,
a case of mania in a young lady who says she has lost her mind,
says she lost it a year and a half ago. She can talk rationally
enough before strangers but is always sad before her family;
Bays she takes no. interest in anything. One of the things that
suggested the remedy was the geueral disturbance before men-
struation— pains, heEulache, etc. — all of which were relieved by
the flow, another thing was that she was always worse after
sleep ; these led me to the remedy, from which 1 hope to get a
good result.
Dr. Wesselhoefl; — ^That is very nice. I hope to hear how it
comes out. That is the way that remedies often have to be
selected ; we find the indications for the remedy in an entirely
diflerent sphere from that for which they expect to be treated.
Another thing occurs to me about giving a remedy for difficult
menstmation. If the menses are at hand, wait until menstrua-
tion is over before giving the remedy. The most mischief is
done by giving a remedy at the time of an agonizing dysmenT
orrhcea — that is, if the patient is under treatment The curing
must be done in the intervals between the menses ; such has been
132 BOCHESTEK HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY, [Mareh,
my experience with most of the cases that have been relieved.
Hahnemann speaks particularly of menstruation as an im-
portant consideration in the selection of a remedy.
Dr. Kennedy — In regard to Section ninety-five, I think we
often find at the second or third examination that patients have
troubles that they have never mentioned, because they have had
them so long and have become so accustomed to them that they
think it is no use to bother about them.
Dr. Wesselhceft — ^This is a very important paragraph ; we
often have just such cases to deal with. There is another class
of patients, and usually a very intelligent class, who say they do
not wish to complain any more than they are obliged to ; they
think it is wicked to complain too much. But when you ex-
plain to them and show that often things they think of the least
importance are of the greatest value in selecting a remedy, they
realize the importance of the symptoms and often help yoa
very much.
Dr. Tompkins — ^The most unimportant thing in their opinion
often leads to the remedy.
Dr. Bell — ^Yes, and you often get that very important thing
just as they are going out of the door.
Dr. Wesselhoefi; — These things are usually of no importance
in the diagnosb of the disease, the homoeopathic physician has to
go to work in an entirely different manner in the diagnosis of
his remedy.
Dr. Bell — There is still another class of patients who do not
want you to care anjrthing for any other symptoms except what
they come for. Those are the symptoms they wish cured, and
they do not want you to ask about any others.
Adjourned to February 7th.
S. A, Kimball, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE ROCHESTER HAHNEMANNIAN
SOCIETY.
The regular annual meeting of the Rochester Hahnemannian
Society was held at the office of Dr. W, G. Brownell, January
1 5th ; President R. C. Grant, M. D., in the chair.
Members present: Drs. Grant, Schmitt, Carr, Hoard, Her-
mance. Baker, Brownell, Johnson. W. S. Lanning, M. D., of
this city, was present as visitor.
Officers for 1889 were elected as follows: President, Allen
B. Carr, M. D. ; Vice-President, Julius G. Schmitt, M. D. ;
1889.] BOCHESTEB HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. I33
Secretary and Treasurer, W. H. Baker, M. D. ; Censors, J. A.
Biegler, M. D., Chairman ; R. C. Grant, M. D., and A. C, Her-
mance, M. D.
Dr. V. A. Hoard was elected delegate to the next meeting of
the I. H. A.
Before adjournment, R. C. Grant, M. D., the retiring Presi-
dent, made tlie following remarks :
"Gentlemen op the Rochester Hahnemannian So-
ciety : I cannot resign the oiBoe you so kindly intrusted to me
a year ago, to my successor, without thanking you for the kind-
ness and courtesy with which I have been ever treated during
my term of office. My shortcomings, which I fear have been
many, have ever been passed lightly by; and my weakness ever
supported by the strength of others, and in return it has been
my aim to discharge my duties at least impartially, promptly,
and regularly, if not with grace and wisdom. I thank you ; I
can say no more, I can say no less.
" I feel that this has been a red-letter year in the existence of
this Society. We have gained in numbers, we have pained in
earnestness and steadfastness of purpose, we have, I trust, gained
in wisdom. The first subject of large importance that we had
to meet the past year was one which I had the honor to bring
before you, and which found ready response in the hearts of
all ; I refer to the establishment of a Hahnemannian hospital.
I am asked almost daily, 'is there need of another hospital in
Rochester? we have already two in operation on quite a large
basis, and another chartered.' I answer always and promptly,
yes ; could a city be so full of allopathic and eclectic physicians
that there would be no need of a homoeopath ? The two exist-
ing hospitals are allopathic; the newly-chartered institution — if
it ever reaches a consummation — will be an eclectic hospital, with
a homceopathic name only. We do need a hospital here where
we can assure our patients and friends that they can have ho-
mcBopathic treatment, and where we can demonstrate, as they are
demonstrating daily in the noble Woman's Homoeopathic Hos-
Eital in Philadelphia, the undoubted superiority of absolute
[oraoeopathy. With a hospital under Hahnemannian Homoe-
opathy, if we succeeded in reducing the mortality, in curtailing
the course of disease, or in alleviating pain without injuring the
patient, or retarding recovery, we would be at once furnished
with a weapon that the armor of allopathy or eclecticism couid
not withstand. Yes, gentlemen, we do need a Hahnemannian
hospital in Rochester, and, unless all signs fail, our hopes will
aoon grow into full fruition.
134 R0CHE8TEB HAHNEMANNIAN SOCIETY. [March,
" The next question was our withdrawal from the Monroe
County Homceopathic Society. The only side I wish to view of
this is^ whether it was more calculated to help or harm our
school (that there was any question of a personal nature in the
move is not to be thought of).
"We hearvthe cry that this internal warfare in our school im-
pedes our progress ; that, notwithstanding our prodigious growth,
we are still a weak minority and that we should forget difier-
enoes, join hands and go forth together to meet the common foe.
Thank Heaven, this cry comes chiefly from those who cry also
good Lord, good Devil in their practice. Of course, we are glad
to see our numbers increase; we would be glad to see every
physician in the land in the active, honest practice of pure
Homoeopathy. But do we want men enrolled under our banner
who teach their patients the use of the hypodermic syringe and
directly lead them into a confirmed Opium habit? Do we want
men who will assume our name and then say publicly and
repeatedly that when they want to cure acute painful diseases
they have to resort to physiological doses of empirical prescrip-
tions? Do we want those with us who will sneer at the efficacy
of the dynamized drug?
" Whom did the little handful of patriots who so earnestly
desired the independence of these United States most dread (and
I may add despise) the regular British army, with their open
manly resistance and avowed enmity, or the sneaking Tory who
Erofessed friendship, that he might lead his unsuspecting
rother into the hands of his enemies? And I might also add
for whom did the British have the most respect?
" These Tory friends of ours say they are just as good horaceo-
paths as we, that it is merely a difference in the interpretation
of the laws. I say no ; there can be no honest difference in the
interpretation ; it is simply and solely acceptance or rejection of
the law. They say, too, that it is simply the potency question
that divides us ; that we are high and they are low. If they
were honest, they would blush at this deception themselves ; it is
begging the question. We all know that the greatest latitude is
given as to potency, if potency be used, but there is the rub ; a
crude drug is not and never was a potency ; and an empirical
prescription is not and never was an interpretation of the
homoeopathic law, under whatever circumstances it might be
given. One Judas did more to injure our Lord than all His
open enemies combined, and so 1 say, gentlemen, that the
support or condoning of weak-kneed homoeopaths is an impedi-
ment to our growth.
1889.] PBOCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. 136
^* Eveiy bomoeopathist who makes an empirical prescription
is putting off the millennium. On these grounds I think we
were right in the action taken. I believe that there has been in
the past five years a more rapid growth in pure HomGeopathy
than in any previous ten. Not only does the physician, but the
layman also, take an interest in the question of what is and what
is not pure Homoeopathy, and when it is once honestly and earn-
estly studied and understood, the Homoeopathy of Hahnemann is
sure to be accepted.
"Even students where a very doubtful kind of Homoeopathy
is taught are bringing up the question for open discussion in
their Societies, and Homoeopathy has advocates among the
undergraduates who should put many a practitioner to the
blush. There is no doubt in mv mind that the next decade will
see our ranks pretty well thinned of the Tory element, the
Judas element, and a vast army of loyal homoeopaths upholding
the banner of Hahnemann/^
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY.
The one hundred and twenty-ninth meeting of the Lippe
Society was held on Tuesday evening, February 12th. There
were present Drs. C. Carleton Smith, M. Preston, F. Powel, Lee,
W. R. Powel, Farley, Clausen, James, and Clark. Dr. Smith
occupied the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved. Dr, Lee then read a communication from
Dr. Berridge, of London, with some interesting cases, showing
the proper method of selecting the remedy, for which the thanks
of the members were tendered Dr. Berridge.
Dr. Clausen then read a paper (see p. 162) on Theridion, with
a prelude upon the pro|)er method of a Society's work and its
decorum. After the reading. Dr. Clausen said he was very much
interested in Theridion, and wished the members would give
him any verifications they had noted. Dr. Smith had repeatedly
verified it in vertigo on closing the eyes, and found one dose of
the CM sufficient. Dr. Preston had often used it for violent
frontal headache, with heavy, dull pressure behind the eyes.
Dr. Lee called attention to the vomiting when closing the eyes.
Dr. Clark spoke of the peculiar cough, whi(*h is a frequent,
convulsive cough, during which the head is spasmodically jerked
forward, and the knees jerked up toward ab<iomen. Dr. Farley
said that with Therid.*' he was always able to make happy a
woman who sufiered terribly from symptoms of spinal irrita-
136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [March,
tion with Bevere headache. The indication: she could not bear
the least noise, and the jar of the foot on the floor was so aggra-
vating that it made her cry out.
Dr. Clausen — Bell, has aggravation from jarring, and even
touching the bed, particularly in uterine affections.
Dr. Farley — Bell, has the symptoms of congestion; Therid.
extreme nervous symptoms. It is similar to Sulph. as an in-
tercurrent in the psoric diathesis.
Dr. Clausen — Dr. Baruch ascribes to it marked antipsoric
power.
Owing to the unavoidable absence of Dr. Still, who had been
appointed to read a paper on diphtheria, that subject was con-
tinued for the next meeting after Dr. Lee read some notes of
Drs. Bering and P. P. Wells u|K)n the subject.
Dr. Farley then read notes of two or three difficult cases, and
asked advice. The cases were studied and suggestions for the
remedy given.
Dr. Lee then read the cases sent by Dr. Berridge, Dr. Pres-
ton, commenting upon the Lactuca case, said that some years
ago he had been able to make a cure with Lactuca in a woman
who had apparent disease of the pancreas. Patient could not
retain food; and there was much pain in region of the stomach.
From the 8i/mptomen Codex he learned the value of Lactuca.
Dr. James then said that within a short time he had seen
several cases which strongly confirmed what Dr. Lip|)e had fre-
quently told him about the difficulty in getting the imfiortant,
peculiar symptoms from some patients. How they will ignore
the facts, or so answer that one is not able to get at the proper
remedy. Dr. James related the two following cases in his own
experience, illustrating this point : A young lady was seized
with violent pains in the muscles in the region of the right liip.
The indications were very obscure, and no remedy could be
given. It was not until the third visit that the symptoms lead-
ing to the choice of the remedy could be obtained. On entering
the room the doctor ftuind the patient lying upon the painful
side. On inquiring why she lay that way, she answered that it
was impossible to lie in any other position. She added that she
was worse from the slightest motion. Here were clear indica-
tions for Bryonia, which was accordingly given, and the pain
began to improve immediately. That night she had a profuse
perspiration, and the next morning she was well. The perspira-
tion following the administration of Bryonia was a favorite in-
dication with the venerable Dr. Lippe that Bryonia had been
correctly prescribed. Dr. Lippe has spoken to Dr. James many
1889.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE LTPPE SOCIETY. 137
times of this sweat, and insisted upon the certainty of its occur-
rence when Bryonia was the true simillimum.
The second case spoken of by Dr. James was a case of con-
sumption occurring in one of Dr. Lippe's patients. Oue after-
noon a week ago the patient awoke from his afternoon nap witli
sense of suffocation. The cough had entii*ely disappeared and
a terrible stiniggle for breath had begun. Every inspiration
was followed by a groaning expiration. The symptoms given
by the patient were indefinite, and it seemed impossible to select
the remedy. Several hours passed without relief when acci-
dentally the sister of the patient spoke of his being wakened
from his afternoon nap by the dyspnoea, and that in great haste
they had cut away the collar from his neck because he could not
bear the alighted pressure upon the neck. The instant the doc-
tor heard these statements, he gave Lachesis^ (B. <&T.) in water,
and great relief quickly followed. In both these cases valuable
time had been lost by the neglect of the patient to give the
symptoms at first. The severe cross-questioning only seemed
to puzzle the patient and attendants, and bafiSe the doctor in
getting the correct indications.
Cases for consultation were then called, and Dr. Farley offered
the following : Child set. seven months. Eructates mouthfuls
of food, and a sour, acrid, watery substance. Copious and
frequent belching, which aggravates. Thirst for large draughts;
worse in evening. Tongue coated yellowish-brown. Sour
smelling, corrosive stool. Kreosote and Ferrum were suggested
for study.
Woman nt. fifty-five years. Angina faucium for twenty-nine
years. Constant aching pain in roof of mouth, and in post-
nasal space, and at bri<lge of nose. Soreness of the sterno-
cleido-mastoid muscle, left; side ; worse soon a^ weather gets cool.
No soreness on swallowing. " Blind spells " come on occasion-
ally— ^that is, temporary dimness of vision, as though a heavy,
dark veil were before eyes. Aching, tired feeling over eyes in
morning ; passes off after she stirs around awhile. Very fond of
salt; often excessive thirst. Suppressed intermiiteftit fever. Sup-
pnration in throat occasionally. Baw feeling from contact with
cool air, and highly-seasoned food. Soreness disappears for a
time only to reappear. Sometimes talking hurts much, and
sometime only a little. Therid., Lachesis, and Lac caninum
were recommended as bearing on the case.
Dr. Clark then suggested that the Lippe Society celebrate
Hahnemann's birthday by a banquet. The suggestion was
approved. The Society then adjourned.
Geobqe H. Clark, Secretary.
"BCENNINGHAUSEN'S TREATMENT OF CROUP."
I can scarcely nerve myself to the task of criticising such
men as Boenuinghaasen, Carroll Dunham, and P. P. Wells.
Tiiey are men whom no praise or blame from me can belittle.
And I yield to none in my admiration of them. But it is only
in defense of principles that I can even appear to differ from
such illustrious men.
My objections to the prescribing of Boenninghausen's powders
are, 1st. It is treating a disease or for a name, not patients,
thereby entirely ignoring treating the totality of the symptoms.
2d. It is an alternation of remedies, and 3d. It is not the most
successful way of curing croup. It is a work of supererogation
for me to prove that the first two are not the correct way of
treating disease to the readers of The Homceopathic Physi-
cian. And, moreover, it is to Boenninghausen, Dunham, and
Wells that the best expositions of the error of thus treating dis-
ease that we are indebted. I refer to vol. V, page 529, of the
American HomcBopathio Review for a masterly attack on the
alternation of remedies, by Dunham. As for Boenninghausen,
he discusses all such points in his invaluable work, which has
not been translated, Aphorismen des HippohrateSj and the read-
ers of The Homceopathic Physician need not l)e reminded of
the ability with which the venerable P. P. Weils defends the
fundamental principles of Homoeopathy. I may, therefore,
confine my attention to the last proi)Osition, viz., that this un-
Hahneraannian prescribing is not successful in curing croup or
anything else. Permit me here to. give my own experience in
the treatment of croup. During the first five years of my pro-
fessional life croup was my horror. Speaking from recollection,
I think that half of my croup patients died. I used Boenning-
hausen's five powders repeatedly, and I gave those drugs sepa-
rately. I gave all remedies for croup that were recommended
by those I considered reliable, and I used the different medi-
cines, mostly in medium potencies (30th), and the result was the
same. I assert that I never saw any good come from Aconite.
I recall one case that I cured with Spongia alone. After five
years of such practice, I worked my way up to prescribing
homoeopathically, viz., according to the precepts of Hahnemann.
And in fifteen years I have not lost a patient that had not had
another physician first. I had one die in San Francisco who
had been given up by another.
138
Mu€h, 1889.] MEDDLESOME MIDWIFERY. 139
What produced the change iu results ? A close following; of
the principles of Hahnemann, viz., prescribing for the {mtient
and not the disease, I stoppecl all giving of '' croup ^' remedies,
and gave the simillimum, usually in the 30th or 200th, and as
soon as improvement was perceptible, gave placebo. Speaking
again from recollection, I cured with Mercurius, Tartar emetic,
Lachesis, Bryonia, and Rhus tox., given according to the totality
of the symptoms, and the remedy given was generally the one
corresponding to the genus epidemicus.
But the question may arise in the minds of my hearers. Did
Bcenninghausen, Dunham, and Wells give false reports when
they relate such brilliant results? By no means. I have too
great a reverence for those illustrious men to whom I am so
much indebted, to even think it possible. I cannot turn to the
passage of Bcenninghausen's works in which he gave those in-
structions, but I am of opinion that they were intended for the
laity, and as many of the believers of Homoeopathy in Ger-
many then, and even now, would not avail themselves of the
aid of good homoeopathic physicians such was justifiable, and I
also believe that at that time in Germany, and when Dunham
and Wells had such results in the United Slates, Aconite was
the epidemic remedy and Hcpar followed it well, owing to the
relation in which these drugs stand to each other, and for
the same reason the Spongia did well after Hepar had done its
work. I am confident now that, in San Francisco at least,
Bryonia and Rhus given in that way would have caused equally
as brilliant results as those celebrated physicians have recorded.
And at no time has Aconite been the epidemic remedy since I
b^an the practice of medicine. As to why Aconite, Hepar, and
Spongia should make so many cures of a disease at one time and
other drugs at another time, would require more space than the
genial editor of The Hom(BOPAThic Physician would be
willing to grant or my kind readers time to read in addition to
this long article. A. McNeil, M. D.
MEDDLESOME MIDWIFERY.
Samuel L. Eaton, M, D., Watkins, N. Y.
This term indicates a fault for which the laity is perhaps
fully as much to blame as is the profession. I have often been
surprised to observe the child-like glee with which people of
years and discretion welcome the chance to ''do something"
for their sick friends, even when they are conscious that what
140 MEDDLESOME MIDWIFEBY. [March,
they are doing is aseless or worse than useless. The physician
instinctively recognizes this craving for action ; and, yielding to
it, is led into various kinds of meddling — obstetric and other-
wise. It is the former variety that I wish to illustrate by a
brief history of two of my patients.
Mrs. J., aged twenty-seven, mother of two healthy children
of three and five years respectively, sent for me one morning
last June. She had just been delivered of a threft months'
foetus, and was very anxious about the after-birth, which, she
informed me, had always been a source of trouble on similar
occasions in the past. At one time the placenta had been forcibly
removed by difficult and painful measures ; at another time it
had been allowed to remain, with the result of poisoning the
patient by septic absorption. I found her flowing quite freely
out not alarmingly, the mouth of the womb closed, the patient
nervous. I prescribed Sabina, to be taken at half-hour inter-
vals, and tola her husband that I expected the placenta would
come all right. He was quite incredulous, but allowed me to
depart with the promise of returning in two hours. At the
expiration of that time I found that the placenta had just come
away, and the patient was comfortable. Nothing hindered her
making a speedy recovery.
A single miscarriage ought to be enough for any one year,
but in December the same accident happened to my patiebt.
The fcBtus was born as before, without much trouble, at about
the third month. The placenta did not make its appearance,
and the flow was very slight. I prescribed Belladonna on ac-
count of a throbbing headache, and went my way — this time
without meeting with any opposition. On the following day
the patient presented no headache, no hemorrhage, no symptoms
of any kind. No medicine. On the third day I saw her about
noon, and she was still perfectly comfortable. Prescribed
Pulsatilla, to be taken every hour. Early on the morning of
the fourth day I was sent for on account of a quite active
hemorrhage. Found the placenta presenting at the os uteri
and easily removed it with my finger. The patient again made
a very rapid recovery, and has remained well up to the present
writing.
The other case which I wish to cite was diametrically oppo-
site in its important particulars* Mrs. X., aged twenty-nine, of
nervo-bilious temperament and delicate constitution, approached
her confinement last fall under circumstances which caused me
some anxiety. In 1884 she had given birth to her first child,
had gotten up too quickly, and about six weeks after its birth
1889.] MEDDLESOME MIDWIFEKT. HI
had suffered from alarming hemorrhages. This was under old-
school treatment. In the following year she had a miscarriage
at the fourth month, followed by a tedious illness, with a long-
continued floWy which, taken with her previous history, seemed
to indicate a real hemorrhagic diathesis. In 1886 she was de-
livered of a healthy boy, and at that time did fairly well. In
1887^ she was again pregnant and went to term, with a naturally
delicate constitution much debilitated by the heavy drafts paia
since her marriage. Labor was not specially rapid, but was re-
markably easy. The pains were few and far between, but, owing
tea roomy pelvis and the extremely lax condition of all the fibres,
very little effort was required to bring the child into the world.
A few minutes after its birth I endeavored to remove the
placenta by combined traction and expression, without success.
I then gave a dose of Pulsatilla, and, after ten minutes, made
another unsuccessful effort. I then sat down to wait, but after
waiting about twenty minutes, alarmed by the extreme pallor of
my patient, I investigated and found her lying in a pool, I may
say a lake, of blood. Directing the nurse to administer Chloro-
form, I forced my hand through the nearly closed os uteri,
reached the placenta, which was still partially adherent, peeled
it off the side of the womb, passing my hand up to the fundus,
and extracted it. The doctor was nearly as much exhausted as
the patient. But the result was favorable. The sluggish womb
contracted under this severe stimulus, and the hemorrhage was
no longer troublesome. For two days ray patient was consider-
ably tnmbled with after-pains, but she made, on the whole, a
good recovery.
Was this " meddlesome midwifery ?" To be sure. It was a
case when active meddling was necessary. A few minutes more
and she would have been beyond the reach of all meddlers. I
have placed these two cases in juxtaposition because they illus-
trate the necessity of adopting different methods to different
cases. In the first case, a laissez /aire policy, combined with
prescribing the remedies which seemed to me adapted to the
condition, was attended with the happiest results. In the last
case, active mechanical measures were necessary to save the
patient. I am quite sure that she might have been saved by
purely medicinal measures. But the knowledge of the materia
medica which most of us possess is, unfortunately, finite, and
the exigency was too instant and pressing to admit of consult-
ing a repertory. — Bureau of Obstetrics, I, JET. A.
MEDICINAL AID IN PARTURITION.
B. L. B. Baylies, M, D., Beooklyn.
It would be superfluous and ridiculous to attempt the aid of
a wisely constructed and adapted organ in the normal and
healthy performance of its function. " Meddlesome midwifery
is bad.'^ Normal and healthy parturition requires no assistance ;
there should be no interference, digital or instrumental, with
labor, which can possibly be avoided. By reason of the danger
of disturbing the harmonious nervous and muscular action of
tlie parturient organs, it is best, if certainly ascertainable, to
determine the position of the child by palpation through the
abdominal walls, and frequently better that the obstetrician,
leaving the patient in charge of a well-chosen nurse, should
only be within hearing distance, interpreting the utterance or
cries of his patient, as significant of the stage of the process ;
ready to give aid, comfort, or encouragement when required.
The physical system is, however, usually disturbed by the
pregnant state, or the parturient function ; its latent dyscrasias
so awakened into activity, that homoeopathic medication will
often operate most essentially^ to defeat the rheumatic, psoric,
or other antagonist, and prepare the way for easy delivery.
How often has the suitable remedy, administered during ges-
tation or parturition, imparted health, promote<I the normal
development of the foetus, aided labor, and sometimes prevented
death of mother or child. I will .present for illustration the
operation of some of these remedies :
The woman is anxious, restless, fearful of death ; predicts the
time of death ; face hot, flushed, with frightened expression ;
acute fever, pulse full, strong, and hard; giddy while sitting,
pains of labor distressing; vagina hot and dry; violent labor-
pains in rapid succession, especially with a large child ; shriek-
ing ; red, sweaty face (Hering). A single dose of Aconite in
such a case relieves the patient's terror, and composes her to
assist the regular efforts of labor.
When the labor is powerless or irregular, as a consequence of
excessive exertion or fatigue, with sensation of weariness ; pain-
ful sensitiveness of the body to pressure ; soreness apparently
resulting from abnormal sensibility of the neck of the uterus to
the pressure of the child's head ; fitlse pains will be removed, or
the feeble action quickly rendered efficient by Arnica.
Belladonna for '^ violent pressing toward the genitals as if
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Karch, 1889.] MEDICINAL AID IN PABTURITION. 143
everythiDg wonld fall ont there ;'' or labor-pains deficient, cease,
only periodical, slightly press! ve on the sacrum (I quote Hering's
Ouiding Symptoms) \ amniotic fluid gone, yet the os seems
spasmodically contracted ; first delivery, muscles rigid. For
two primiparas, when the head, being in the inferior strait, pains
bad suddenly ceased, a dose dry of Bell.*'"* (Fincke) induced
powerful labor immediately, and the birth so instantaneously
followed as to alarm me, with apprehension of rupture of the
perinseum.
Chamomilla : Drawing pain in the back, and stitches in the
back ; sensation as if the lumbar region would be broken, with
dragging and drawing pains extending from the region of the
liver, over the abdomen, and deep into the pelvis, when lying in
bed ; dragging towanl theurrters like labor-pains, with frequent
urging to urinate; drawing from the sacral region forward,
griping and pinching in the uterus, followed by discharge of
lai^ clots of blood (placenta previa?); flushed face, irascible
and impatient temper ; convulsions in the back, with throwing
backward of the head, and stifiiiess of the body, as in tetanus
(Allen's Encyclopasdia, Jahr's Symptomatology). (Puerperal con -
vulsions of tetanic character.) '' Threatened abortion, with dis-
charge of dark blood, great restlessness and agony,'' lal)or-pains
press upward ; she is hot, thirsty, and inclined to scold, labor-
pains spasmodic and distre&sing, tearing pains down the legs ;
she is over-sensitive to the pain and wishes to get away from
herself; hour-glass contractions; rigidity of the os ; afler-pains ;
powerful convulsions (Hering, Guiding Symptoms),
Pulsatilla : Drawing, pressive pain extending toward the
nterus, with qualmishness; contractive pain in the left side of
the uterus, liRe labor-pain, obliging her to bend double; violent
cutting pain low down in the abdomen, with a sensation as if a
stool would occar (a common and annoying symptom in labor) ;
cutting, dragging pains in the hypogastrium, extending around
to the loins, and making her feel faint (verified) (Allen's Enoy»
dopoedia). In threatened abortion, when the flow ceases, and
then returns with double force, ceases again, and so on, pro-
motes expulsion of moles (Hering's Condensed). When labor-
pains are irregular, deficient, or sluggish ; excite suffocation, or
fiiiut spells ; for retained placenta from inaction, or hour-glass
contraction of the womb. It has also in numerous cases seemed •
to correct mal-presentation.
Nux vomit*a : Extreme pains, apparently constrictive, in the
first 8ta<;e of labor, impeding dilatation of the os ; in the last
stage^ the expnkion of the placenta ; crampy pains with flatu-
lence, bruised feeling of the abdominal wall or intestines, with
144 MEDICINAL AID IN PARTURITION. [Mareh,
frequent desire to defecate and urinate; each pain attended by
sudden sharp cramps in the' calves of the 1^ ; the extremities
cool ; sensibility to currents of cool air. A dose of Nux v.®"
has often promptly removed these symptoms. I have given
Actea racemosa for distressing and protracted pains in the
region of the cervix, during the first stage of labor ; with the
apparent effect to arrest pain and pastpone labor. Hcring's
Guiding Symptoms gives for it these indications : '^ Spasms of the
broad ligaments ; ovarian pains shoot up to the side ; darting
pains in the uterine region, from side to side ; pains worse from
motion ; bearing down in the uterine region and small of the
back ; false labor-pains ; sharp pains across the alxlomen ;
fainting fits or cramps, with severe, tedious, or spasmodic labor-
pains; cardiac neuralgia in parturition; in labor, rigidity of
the OS uteri; crampy and stitching pains in the limbs; limbs
heavy and torpid. Given during the last month of gestation, it
shortens labor.'' Stitching pains and torpidity of the limbs ;
and shooting transversely in the uterine region, distinguish it
from Caulophyllum. The symptoms indicating Caulophyllum
are : Sensation as if the uterus were congested, with fullness and
tightness in the hypogastrium ; pricicings as from nee<lles in the
cervix, spasmodic rigidity of the os, delaying labor; accom-
panied by tremulous weakness ; severe spasmodic bearing-down
pains in the back and loins; labor-pains short, irregular, and
spasmodic (Hering). Successful experience with Caulophyllum
in dysmenorrhoea, withr severe intermittent spasmodic drawing
pains in the region of the broad ligaments, and nervous weak-
ness, suggested to me their resemblance to symptoms sometimes
occurring in indolent labor. I formerly gave it much in the 2d
centesimal potency to promote expulsion of the placenta, but,
with more discriminating selection, now rarely use it.
Lyco|K>dium : During the labor-pains she must keep in con-
stant motion, with weeping. Labor-pains run upward (Hering).
After-pains, with sticking in the right or left iliac region, drag-
ging toward the inguinal region ; urging to urinate, but ina-
bility to do so, with constant bearing-down feelings ; retention
of urine.
Calcarea carb. : Jerk-like tearing down the sides of the abdo-
men ; griping and cutting in the hypogastrium ; dragging in the
groin ; burning, sore pains in the genitals. A case of excessive
menstrual flow, twice in succession, occasioning the expulsion of
a small foetus; with a sort of labor-pain ; cutting and bearing
down in the hypogastrium, and violent desire for stool (Hahne-
mann). Hering recommends it in threatened miscarriage in
those who generally have profuse menses, or are subject to bem-
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orrbage. A fleshy and lymphatic^ clumsily-moving woman,
subject to profuse general perspiration, and troubled also, during
pregnancy, with anasarca, who formerly had several still-births
at term, improved in health and bore a healthy living child after
taking Calcarea at intervals during gestation. A colored woman
whose previous children had died within a few weeks after birth
from profuse hemorrhages per anura, and who was herself
sulgeet to exhausting hemorrhoidal flux, took Calcarea c.^"^
(Fincke) during pr^nancy and gave birth to a healthy child.
Secale cornutum : During labor, prolonged bearing down and
forcing pains in the uterus; pains irregular, feeble, ceasing.
£verything seems loose and open ; retained placenta, with
strong bearing down, or with relaxed feeling of the parts; after-
pains long and painful (Hering). Aversion to heat and wrap-
Eing up. Sensation of remarkable coldness in the abdomen and
ack ; norripilation of the abdomen, back, and limbs; diarrhoea,
discharges from the vagina almost black, fluid, and very fetid.
Puerperal metritis; miscarriage followed by tearing pains in the
extremities. Tetanic rigidity. Epileptiform convulsions. The
symptoms indicate its use in metritis, with septicemia.
Hyoscyamus : According to Dr. Hering, spasms during par-
turition, with nervous irritability. Every ten or fifteen minutes
an attack of twitching of the limbs, and of the muscles of the
&ce; unconsciousness; puerperal spasms; shrieks, anguish;
chest oppressed, unconscious ; after miscarriage or labor, hemor-
rhage of bright-red blood, flowing steadily; commences with
spasms, single shocks; twitching and startings; with every
start, more blood comes. Puerperal fever; no will to make
water in child-bed. Watery, painless diarrhoea of lying-in
women. Total suppression of milk or lochia (Bering's Guiding
Symptoms). I have unfailingly used it to relieve retention of
urine in child-bed.
Grelseraium : Great lassitude, complete muscular relaxation
with motor paralysis; dullness of mind, relieved by profuse
emissions of urine. Severe, sharp labor- like pains in the uterine
region, extending to the back and hips. '^ Labor gone; os
widely dilated, complete atony ; drowsy. Albumenuria. Labor
delayed by rigid os, or when pains go from before backward ;
the uterus seems to go upward ; sensation like a wave from the
otems to the throat, ending with a choking feeling. This seems
to impede labor '' (Hering^ Condensed),
Each of these, like many other drugs in a potentized form, is
a beneficent agent, the characteristic features of which must be
recognized, and its similitude perceived, to determine the sphere
of its ministry. — Bureau of Obdetdo^ L IL A.
10
CLINICAL CASES.
E. W. Berridge, M. D., London,
(1) Lactuoa tTtrowi.— April 24th, 1883.— Mr. T.,aged thirty-
seven, has suffered since childhood from heart-burn ; it is
brought on by sherry, whisky, mustard, oatmeal porridge, toast,
or. even tlie plainest food. Lately has frequently had brtdsed
pain at anus. Lactuoa mrosa^'^ (Swan) twice daily for fourteen
days.
May 17th. — ^Writes that the medicine effected wonders with
r^ard to the heart-burn ; does not remember to have ever been
so entirely free from it. Bruised pain less.
February 11th, 1884. — Writes that he has been very well for
some time, but has had more constipation, and sore, bruised pain
at anus. Lactuoa rirosa^^ (Swan) twice daily for fourteen days.
February 27th. — The medicine proved to have been too fre-
quently repeated, and caused a severe aggravation. He wrote
that the constipation was less, but he had been greatly troubled
with heart- burn, caused by brown bread or porridge. Anus feels
very sore and bruised. I gave no medicine.
March 28th. — ^Wrote that he was much better ; much less
heart- burn.
April '. 7th. — Wrote that there had been no heart-burn lately,
and when he wrote again, July, 1887, it had not returned.
(2) Wiua toxicodendron. — Mrs. C, aged fifty, October 10th,
1882, sprained her right knee three weeks ajro when getting out
of a carriage with a high step. After rubbing it with Pond's
Extract it improved, but for the last week has been much worse.
(Suggestion tor Count Mattel, to add to his materia medica
HamameliSf under the name of Anti-rlieuniatico.) There is no
Bwelling, but the hollow of right knee is tender, with acute pain
there on moving ; there is pain there when knee ie in bent poet'
tion ; relieved when it ia stretched cut straight ; the pain goes
down calf; sometimes it shoots from hollow of knee to ankle.
Acute pain in right calf on putting right foot to ground in
walking, when the heel- comes down ; less severe if she walks on
her toes. Pain in 1^ is tcorse on beginning to walk ; relieved by
continued motion, Rhus toxicod,^^^ (F. C.) thrice daily for six
days.
October 17th. — Pain less acute ; more of a dull pain in calf,
shifting toward heel occasionally. Cannot get in or out of car-
riage without severe paiP4. flepeat medicine for six days.
146
t
4
Marcli, 1889.] CLINICAL CASES. 147
August 13th, 1883. — Knee became quite well in three or four
weeks. Now at times has sharp pains in outer side of right
knee, then it goes to inner side ; sometimes sharp pains in right
calf. Pain in right knee on going down-stairs, and sometimes
in left. Pain is worse on commencing to walk. At times when
walking, right patella seems to move out of place* Bhus
^ mm (Fincke) twice daily for eight days.
August 21st, writes that the pain in knee is worse, and the
giving way of the patella is very painful. No medicine.
September 24th, writes that the symptoms soon ceased ; but
has now strained the left knee, producing exactly the same
symptoms as those of the right knee. Rhus iox.'^ (Fiucke)
twice daily for fourteen days.
September 27th, wrote that the knee was much better. She
soon recovered, and has had no return of these symptoms up to
present time (1888).
In this case, Fincke's millionth potency seems to have acted
better and more permanently than Skinner's lOlM.
(3) Sarttaparilhi^^ (Fincke^ cured swelling of spermatic cards
after ungratified sexual excitement. This symptom I have
verified in other cases.
(4) Sulphur. — ^The following case was communicated by a pa-
tient : September 14th, 1888. — A young lady had had for three
days, on blowing nose, a stinging pain b^innin^ in right side
of nose and going up to forehead in the middle line; yesterday,
at the same time, swelling of a vein in forehead just above nose
was observed. For two weeks darting pain in right knee, worse
when the right leg is lifted to step, or when it is off the floor
while sitting, or if it is too far back in walking, or if she puts
it too far back when sitting. She took one dose of Sulphur^
at three p. m.
September 18th. — Pain and venous swelling on blowing nose
qnite gone; almost gone on 15th. Pain in knee very slight on
l6th; quite gone yesterday.
(5) Lactic add. — January 26th, 1 886. — Miss D., knuckle of
rijB^nt forefinger red and painful, aching on touch. Lcustic acid^^
(Fincke) thrice daily.
Took medicine for four days and was well ; then pain came
on in right great-toe joint, soon passing off.
(6) Belladonna. — Mrs. C, aged eighty-seven, November
I 22d, 1882, complains of paroxysms of darting pains in left;
lower jaw, eomtn^ and going suddenly ; it has been worse sincjs
a mental shock ; has been subject to it for thirty or forty years^
BeUadonna*^ (F. C.) every three hours for six days.
148 CLINICAL CASES. [March,
Noveraber 29th. — ^Neuralgia, less severe and less often. Bel-
ladonna^^ (F. C.) thrice daily for six days.
December 12th. — Neuralgia quite gone. She says the medi-
cine acted wonderfully, and that it is the first time the result has
given her any faith in trecUmerUfor it. She had been under the
treatment of the late Drs. Quin, Partridge, and Hibbers, besides
two living mongrels, but Bellad,^^ was the first medicine
which ever did real good. She had no return of the neu-
ralgia till April 19th, 1883, when a repetition of the medicine
soon cured it. Subsequently she had other attacks, which, at
her advanced age, is not surprising, but the same remedy again
relieved.
(7) Spigdia. Miss S. H., aged forty-four. July 11th, 1888. —
For fourteen days has had neuralgia, which increases, and last
night was worse than ever. It comes on, between 11.15 P. M. and
11.80 P. M., about fifteen or twenty minutes after lying down in
bed ; beginning in left malar bone extending down face, some-
times to neck, and only on left side. The pain is shooting
downward, with burning and throbbing and the part feels
swollen. It continues till about 3.15 A. M. or 3.30 A. m., when
she gets to sleep. It is worse lying, better directly she stands up.
It is the same whichever side she lies on. It is temporarily
relieved by hard pressure, and by either cold or warm applica-
tions. During day left side of face feels as if it haa been
scorched, but no actual pain ; only a throbbing of it. Pain is
better after eating.
She had tried to cure herself by " Christian Science," but she
found thatdenyingthat she was in pain had no effect.* Spigeliof^
(F. C.) one dose at ten a. m.
July 12th. — ^The pain came on last night about 11.15 p. m.^
but not nearly so bad as before ; much less throbbing and shoot-
ing ; it was more a dull pain. Fell into a half sleep soon after
12.30 A. M. Woke at 2.30 A. m., and pain was worse, bat not
so bad as last night, and got better at 3.30 A. m., soon after
which she slept much better than before. This morning some
catarrh and cough, which passed off by afternoon.
July 13th. — -The last two days have been very cold ; was
* Note. — One of the high priesteflses of this new faith is deeply pitted from
smallpox, one eye is distorted and disorganized, and she is lame from disease
of the bones of one leg. Nevertheless, she proclaims publicly the all^eiifficiencr
of Christian Science, and looks forward to a time when it will oreroome death
itself. ^ Physician, heal thyself.^' I am informed by an Orientalist that
whatever in ''Christian Science'* is true, was known ages ago to the Hindoo
3^^ and comprehended much more scientifically also.
1889.] CLINICAL CASES. 149
compelled to have a fire yesterday. Last night went to sleep
as when in health, woke a little after three a. m., with throbbing
bnt no shooting ; it was not nearly so bad as before, and she
did not have to rise; it lasted about forty-five minutes, when
she went to sleep, and it did not return.
July 14th, — Yesterday weather was much warmer. Woke
at about 3.15 a. m. last night, and left side of face felt stiff and
tight, with very slight pain ; it was much less than previous
Bight, and lasted only fifteen minutes, and she then slept, and
the pain did not return.
July 15th. — "Went to bed last night at 10.45 P. M., woke as
before at 3.15 a. m., but felt only a little soreness and stiffness
of face, which did not keep her awake.
July 16th. — ^Last night no pain or other symptom. Quite
well and has remained so (December, 1888).
(8) Oaharea oarbonica. April 26th, 1887. — Mrs. C. since
April 16th, has had '^ cramp ^' in hollow of right knee and
right calf, but worse in the knee ; she says it is like a dart from
hollow of knee to calf, and onoe extended as far as ankle. It
comes on if she bends leg ; must keep it straight when walking.
She can bend leg when lying, but it pains her if she bends it
when walking. Yesterday she felt the pain in hollow of knee
when stretching 1^ out. Calearea carbJ°^ (F. C.) one dose.
May 17th. — Reports that the pain went in a day or two, and
did not return.
(9^ CocGuluf^ (Fincke) cured enlargement of liver after ac-
<x>acnement ; the indication being that the liver was more pain-
ful after anger {Liifi^^B Repertory, p. 124).
(10) Magnesia muriaiica, — Mrs. B., subject to gall -stones, had
burning in right hypochondrium up to the right scapula ; deep
breathing on moving right arm, catches her in right scapula;
pain in right hypochondrium on putting right foot forward in
walking. If she reads much, or tries her eyes, the left eye
Beems to turn inward toward nose. Magnesia muriatica^ at
first every four hours, then twice daily cured ; she improved
moch in two days.
no) Sepia. — ^The same patient, after seven or eight weeks,
had two attacks of shivering, the last at three a. m. This was
followed at seven a. h. by pain in liver, afterward going across
to stomach and spleen, and round back ; liver relieved by lying
on it; pain generally relieved by eructations, and she feels it
would be better if she cmdd pass flatus downward. Sepia^^
gB^incke) every thirty minutes, till better, then every two
oars. The pain decreased after first dose, commencing in
160 CLINICAL CASES. [Mmrch,
the spleen. Next day so much better that I stopped the
medicine, and she soon recovered.
(11) Cannabis saliva. — November, 1882. — ^C. W. B., aged
forty-five, consulted us for progressive locomotor ataxia. Among
other symptoms, he had for five years been subject to pains from
waist to feet, sharp, lacerating, jumping about, sometimes as if
red-hot pincers were applied to upper-posterior part of thigh,
giving the part a wrench ; the pain compels him to hold on to
something firmly.
Ounnabis satitHf^ fFincke), a dose every other day for about
eight weeks very considerably improved these pains, with general
improvement in his health. (See Encydopcsdiay symptoms 371,
411^ This symptom of ^'pinching'' seems to be characteristic
of Cannabis,
(12) Phosphorus — Calcarea. — August 8th,1881,Miss G. com-
plained of constant aching in small of back for three weeks, worse
when walking or lifting; back always weak. Sleepy at any time,
but is unrefreshed on waking in morning. Feels worse in morning.
For a day or two has had frequent diarrhoea. Giddy on rising.
For some months pain at stomach-pit on leaning forward to
write ; it is suc.lden, sharp, moves up to top of central portion of
chest and round to cardiac region. Has stxidied much, and the
food at the college has not been good. Phosphorxuf^ (F. C), a
dose daily for seven days.
August 17th. — Much better after second dose. Can now lift
anything without pain. No pain in back since third dose, and
no weakness there. The abnormal sleepiness ceased after third
dose, and she sleeps well and naturally at night. No giddiness.
Less diarrhoea. Stomach-pain returned of itself yesterday when
leaning back in a chair. No medicine.
February 17th, 1883. — Reports that the pain in back re-
turned within the same year, but passed away without treat-
ment, and has not returned. For a month has had giddiness
during school-work as if she did not know for ten minutes
where she was. For over a year, has had pain in cardiac region
when lying on left side at night, sometimes also in the daytime.
For three or four weeks cannot sleep from multiplicUy of thoughts.
Calcarea carb^^ (F. C.) once daily for seven days.
February 24th. — No giddiness for last four days ; no pain in
chest for last two nights. Sleep improving. Feels weak.
Calcarea oar6.""* (F. C) once daily for seven days, and
needed no more medicine.
QS) iycrtporftum""* (F. C.) one dose, cured axillary perspi-
ration smdling of onions, so bad that her mother could not use
the same sponge.
J 889.] SOME PRACTICAL REMARKS. 161
(14) Hepar, — March 3d, 1882. — Miss W., aojed seveDteen.
Never thoroughly strong since age of four. Twice has had
pneumonia ; the first time nine years ago with scarlatina ; the
second a year or two afterward. In the first attack was attended
by the late Dr. Alabone (mongrel); in the second by an allopath.
Two and a half years ago suffered from ansemia ; consulted a
dishonest mongrel who sneers at high potencies, and prescribes
allopathic mixtures ; afterward consulted an honest though
mistaken allopath. Their treatment did do good ; but she im-
proved on going into the country.
Present stcUe. — ^Tired, languid feeling, especially in morning.
Pale. Appetite poor; dislikes fat ; likes very strong tea. Un-
less she has a cold bath she catches cold in head, followed by
tightness of chest Feels worse alternate days. To diminish
tea gradually and take pnresolidified cacao ; also to practice deep
inhalations. Hepar «u//)A.**(F.C.) once daily for fourteen days.
March 17th. — Decidedly l>etter this last week. Less tired.
More color in face. Appetite better, but still dislikes fat.
Hapar^^ (F. C.) alternate days for fourteen days.
Did not see her again, but subsequently she sent me a patient,
who informed me that Miss W. had quite recovered.
I think it best to diminish tea, coflTee, or alcohol gi'odually,
not suddenly, if patients are very weak.
SOME PRACTICAL REMARKS.
Gases spoiled by the use of Aconite may oflen be got right
again by giving Sulphar. Arnica is more apt than Aconite to
spoil a case. Arnica makes a much more profound impression
upon the system than Aconite. Its real culminating action is
similar to typhus fever. Brilliant results have frequently
been obtained with it in the worst forms of typhus.
Physicians who wear spectacles, and ride long distances in
very cold weather, will fina protection from freezing of the parts
coming in contact with the metal, by bathing the skin with
camphor.
Ranunculus bulb, is one of our most effective agents for the re-
moval of bad effects from the abuse of intoxicating drinks.
At least one-half of the chronic diseases of women and chil-
dren are developed by using too much sugar.
Aecnite is rarely, if ever, of use in scarlatina^ notwithstanding
the *'high fever ^' and the "dry skin," because, instead of the
162
ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHABia
[March,
agonizing tossing about of Aconite, the patients are dull and
drowsy, the pulse is not hard, etc.
The water treatment : Wet bandages are often of great use in
scarlcUina, but never together with Belladonna. Either the one
or the other ought to be omitted. C. Bering.
ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARIS.
Camtharis,
< Dr i D k i n g
cold water
and coffee.
]>Knbbing,
warmth, and
lying down.
ACoffea.
■I
Urinary
TRACT.
DiOEBTlVE
TRACT.
1. Irritation^ inflammation, ar(/of tirtiicr,
tenesmus wsrsiea, cystospasmua. ^rittjriM-
muSfChordet,dy9uria,8tranmuria ^Capa.),
hceinaiuriOf strong sexual desire (Phos.),
euUing^ inurning in urethra b^are, during,
and after urination (Can. sat). Also
stinging, dull aching, crampy, tearing,
jerking, drawing, and pulsative pains ;
paroxysmal as a rule, eitlier on the
renal region, along the ureters, down
to the bladder, urethra* and even to
tip of penis; limited to the bladder,
urethra, spermatic cord, and even tes-
ticles. Scanty, bloody ^ ailniminous urine,
eoTilaining cylindrical eaata, mucus
shreds, or pus; or turbid, like loam
water. It passes in a thin, divided
stream. (Can. sat.) Discharge of
dirty, purulent, or yellow fluid from
the urethra, often mixed with blood.
Swelling of the glands.
2 Furred tongue, with red edges ; swol-
len, «jseorui/ed, trembling (Lach.V Spon-
gine<w, dryness, soreness, and burning
of the oral mucosa. Tkirfiy with aver-
sion to all fiuids, especially water ( Ars.) ;
even the sight of water makes the pa-
tient worse. Dysphagia, Pharyngeal
tpasmSf espedaUy when attempting to
swaUnw water. Vomiting, with violent
retching. Sensitiveness and violent
burning in stomach (Ars., Caps.). Burn-
ing, cutting, great distention and painful
sensitiveness of the abdominal wiills to
fonch. Pain in the bowels and heat in
the intestinal canal. Dysenteric stools^
connsting of white mucus and solid pieces^
looking likefilse meoAranes or seraptn^
q/'tnfeBftii^s (Colch., Coloc.). Green or
bloody-mucous stool, < at night, pre-
ceded by colic, attended by burning at
anus, and followed by tenesmus, 6«ni-
11147, ^i*^ chilliness (Merc oor ).
1889.]
ANALYTIC STUDY OF CAKTHAEI8.
153
Castbajus.
BSBPIBATORY
TRACT.
Skdt.
'3. Dryneat and weakneu of ihe air-
poMageSj with ftebU, ttmid voice. 8ore-
ness of the larynx. Contraction, con*
Btriction; or burning heat in the larynx
and trachea (Caps.). Hoarwnen,
Bough nese of throat and chest. Early
morning cough, with difficult expecto-
ration. Sharif dry^ hacking cougk.
Bloody expectoration after a short
spell of coughing. Hawking^ with de-
tachment of tenacious, viscid, or
bloody mucus. Difficult breathinir,
even dyspnoea. JVessure, teruion, or
sUtchen now here, now there, in eheai, fa-
peeially in the right tide. Sticking pain
and stitches in lower right chest, ex-
tending toward the middle of the ster-
num, sometimes on inspiration (Bry.,
Kali c). Stitches on the left side, at
niglit, during inspiration, not permit-
ting one to lie on that side, with arrest
of breathing. Heat and burning in
chest, with rising of little clots of
blood, or darting pains in chest. Chest
very sensitive to touch. Exudation
within the pleura,
4. IKngling, heat, smarting, burning. Bed-
dened and raised papillse. Vesicles and
blebs of tarums sizes, filled with a yel-
low-white serum, rich in albumen, as-
suming later a purulent character.
Bedness and swelling of the underly-
ing tissues. Ulceration. Gangrene.
Erysipelatous inJlammaUon of vesicular
type (Bhus tox.). Principally in the
nose, face, hands, arms, and chest. In
the dorsum of the nose spreading to both
cheeks, but more to the right, with swelling,
hardness, and subsequent desquamation.
Ulcerative pain in the affected parts
when touched. Ulcers, with itching
and lacerating pains, especially in the
legs. Eczema. Erythema.
lo order to study this drug advantageously, we must analyze
the sections of the summary one by one, and commencing with
the genito- urinary organs, we perceive at once how profound
and marked is its action on that especial sphere. From a slight
irritation it advances to violent inflammation, and even destruc-
tion of the parts involved. The accompanying symptoms are
of an acute and painful character, bringing about great suiTering
and distress. This important group clearly reveals the applica-
bility of the remedy to urdhriiis, eydUiSf nephritiaj and other
154 ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARIS, [March,
urinary diffieMies. Eom reterUion and suppreaaUm of uHne,
with urcBmic coma^ ddiriuMy and convulsiona are oonditioos often
demanding this drug. But we must bear in mind that all the
symptoms exhibited by this drug elsewhere are almost subordi-
nate to the urinary phenomenay which are, we may say, its
leading feature.
In specific urdhritisy no matter in which stage, it is indicated
when tne inflammation threatens to extend, ordoes actually extend
to the bladder. Its selection here does not depend so much on
the character of the pain and discharge, as upon the dysuric or
stranguiic symptoms. Painful erections^ priapism and satyriasis^
as well as ohordee and hasmaiuria are complications which prom-
inently point to this remedy. But the most dreadful complica-
tion is cystitis, either from acute or suppressed gonorrhoea, for in
such cases the disease is prone to involve the prostate gland, and
in severe' cases extend to the kidneys. The tmsted or divided
stream, the nocturnal urgings, and the difficulty of passing watery
with discharge of a few drops of blood instead of urine, indicate
this remedy in stricture of the urethra, either the spasmodic or
callous, especially after gonorrhoea. It may be even advantage-
ously employed in mo)*bis Brightii, if the symptoms agree. In
hcematuria the discharge is either of fluid blood, in drops, or
coagulated, with violent urging and tenesmus. The scanty loss
of blood is usually attended by cutting and crampy pains in the
bladder, extending up to the kidneys and down the urethra.
Painful burning in the urethra after coitus is a condition I had
occasion to treat successfully with Cantharis. We must just
here remember the itching and burning of the pudendum and the
inflammatory swelling of the cervix and os uteri, symptoms to be
considered in treating gonorrhoea of the female.
The various pains produced by Cantharis have been grouped
together in order to study tj^em more conveniently. The most
prominent and constant are cuiiing and burning, y^hxi^i in the
urethra especially are exhibited with characteristic persistence.
They not only precede and accompany the act of micturition,
but remain for. some time after, decreasing and again increasing
in gravity, and thus assuming a paroxysmal character. The eui"
ting especially is sometimes so violent as to cause one to bend
double. The urethra is not their only site, we find them in the
renal region, running from kidneys to ureters and bladder;
from the neck of the bladder extending to the fossa navicularis ;
along the spermatic cord to testicles, and down the penis, with
drawing up of the testicles ; in the ovaries, and even in the ab-
dominal walls and viscera. But burning and cutting are not the
1889.] ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARIS. 165
only pains produced and cured by Oantharia. In the kidmys we
have also sUngiiig^ tearing ^ pulaative, and pressing pains. In the
renal region^ a dull aching or jerking. Along the ureters^ tearing
and ccntradwe pains. In tlie bladder, together with the burning
and painful urging, there is a marked dinging sensation, as well
as crampy pains, the latter extending up to kidneys and
down to the urethra. In the neck of ike bladder, premising, tear-
ing, and stinging, and at its forepart, stitching pain. In the
urdhra, tingling, jerking, biting, and tension. The tingling
especially after micturition. Also itching before and after pass-
ing uHxier. In the spermatic cord, dratcing and jerking.
The knowledge of the nature and site of so many painful
phenomena is obviously important.
Passiu)? now to the second group of the summary, a glance at
it will suffice to value rightly its especial adaptability to gastritis,
enteritis, peritonitis, and dysentery, and this would still become
more patent should the bladder become involved in the morbid
process.
In amte gastritis, a thickly-furred tongue, with red edges ; the
aversion to cM kinds of food ; a great thirst, yet loathing of drink ;
sour eructations; nausea and vomiting of water drunk, of bile, or
ingesta, with violent retelling ; occasional dysphagia and aphonia;
diills or rigors, and, above aU, the sensitiveness and violent excorion
Hng burning pain in the stxmajch, especially if the patient tosses
about, as if in despair, on aecouni of the pain, are all symptoms
indicative of Oantharis. If the inflammation of the stomach is
due to the ingestion of irritant and corrosive poisons, and after
admiuistering the proper antidotes there should remain vomiting
of shreds of mucous membranes and purging of the mme nature,
with an intense burning pain referred to the stomach ; cold skin ;
dammy sweat ; weak and timorous speech ; death-like features ;
iniemal heat and third, with aversion to water ; variable pulse,
and finally weakness, prostratum, and faintness, Oantharts be-
comes again the remedy.
The discharge of membranous shreds or casts from the bowels,
with or without blood, being the characteristic feature of
croupous enteritis, we cannot well overlook Oantharis in this
affection, especially since we know that in such cases the passage
of necrosed mucous membrane is usually attended by nutting
pains and tenesmus, and the abdomen is very tender to touch.
No less useful is the remedy in peritonitis, a disease which not
only exhibits marked abdominal tenderness, tympanitis, and
violent cutting pains, but which by extension may implicate the
bladder, and produce drangury-and vesical irritation. This drug
156 ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARIS. [March,
would still beoome more prominently indicated should the
patient fall at onoe into collapse, a condition usually present in
peritonitis from perforation.
But it is in acute dysenie^'y or viceraiive colitis where Cantharis
has been employed with great success. In the sporadic vaiHety
the bloody stools, the over-prodtu^ion of muouSy the cutting pains
in the abdomeUy the burning in the rectum and the almost constant
tenesmus have been the leading symptoms for its employment ;
while in the croupous or epidemic form more than the pains and
tenesmus, it is the presence in the stools of blood and epithelial
debris mixed with mucus, that first led us to this drug in this
painful affection. We must also remember that nausea and
vomiting, strangui*y, anxious countenance, expressing extreme
suffering ; sunken eyes, surrounded by livid circles; cold skin,
feeble pulse, faintness, chilliness, prostration, and collapse, all
symptoms of Oatharis, are usual concomitants of this disease.
Entering now upon the consideration o£ the third group, we can
but admit that in this country we have not brought to advan-
tage all the varied symptoms produced by Cantharis in the
respiratory tract. French homoeopath ists, and among them Dr.
Cliarg6, have not only employed this drug successfully in pleuri-
tis, but in pulmonary congestion and even aphonia. The said
Doctor, in his work entitled *' TraiUment HomoBopathique des
Maladies des Organes de la Respiration,^' recommends this
remedy in aphonia following quinsy with hoarseness, when we
can admit, as near causes, thickening of the mucosa of the larynx
and atony of the nerves, or when it is sympathetic to an affection
of the urinary tract. Also in pulmonary congestion, when there
is burning in chest, d^lcult and accderaJLed breathing ; oppression ;
burning pain in the chest, with a little blood in the sptda ; stitches
in the chest from one side to the other, which manifest themselves
and usually become worse on inspiration; precordial anxiety,
palpitation and stitches in the heart; cough provoked by a tickling
in the throat, with oppression and acceljerated respiration.
According to this authority, the most favorable time for its
employment in pleuritis is when the fever subsides, and the exu-
dation persists or incre&ses. *^It is counter-indicated when
the pulse is hard, strong^ and about 100, and when the pain in
the side is very axsute. The fever of Cantharis is attended prind-
pally by coldness and chilliness. The pulse is small, controAsted,
hard, and somewhai frequent, but there is no external heat. There
is paleness about the nose and mouth, and blue rings about the
eyes. The dullness is complete ; absence of vesicular murmur ;
tubular souffle, stronger on expiration than on inspiration, in the
r
1889.] ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARI8. 157
a'pex of {he lung ^ front and bcusk, intenae dyspncsa; palpitation ;
wet skin or profuse sweat ; restless nights,"
" The cough is short, dry, and frequent. Painful stitches arrest--
ing the respiration^ prindpally in the sides, right and lefty attended
by more or less dyspnoea."
^' If, wilh all these signs of an exudation, which by itself is
sufficient to determine the choice of Oantharis, the patient should
exhibit as concomitants any of the following symptoms : Imgue
peeled off, very painful and covered with sniaUflai ulcers ; lower
cAdomen sensitive to touch ; urine scanty, with painful and fre-
quent emissions; great debility, and tendency to syncope, we
have then the complement for the perfect indication of this drug^
which in such cases will prove to bo the remedy par excellence.
Buty of course^ no matter how real the beneficial results obtained
by this new therapeutic agent may be, we should not extol it in
detriment of Sulphur, which in pleuritic exudations stands
uppermast."
It is an indisputable fact that whatever success the old school
has attained by the local use of the Spanish-fly in the treatment
of pleuritis, it has been due to its dynamic action, for blisters, if
we are to believe those who are in the habit of using them, are
only beneficial in pleuritis when the fever decreases, the pain
lessens or disappears, or the exudation persists or threatens to
increase. To consider even the fallacious notion that free vesi-
cation and the maintenance of the discharge by irritating oint-
ment will drain off the fluid, as it were, from the water-logged
pleura, would be unpardonable.
This barbarous trdsitment, says even Ringer, drains important
nutritive material from the system and weakens the patient when
strength is most needed. We might just as well bleed to the
same amount, for the serum of blisters contains almost as much
albumen as the blood itself. '
It is very significant that many of our opponents admit the
fact that blisters will redden and inflame the pleura, and con-
demn the practice of blistering to the point of vesication, assert-
ing that it depresses the bodily powers in proportion to the
amount of serum withdrawn from the vessels, and still they be-
lieve that by blistering in a milder way good results can be
obtained. If this is the case, it must be by virtue of the
dynamic action of the remedy.
How often have some of our men overrated the value of
Bryonia by simply ignoring or forgetting the fact that in this
acute aflection the severe pain is of short duration and spon-
taneously lessens or disappears.
158 ANALYTIC STUDY OF CANTHARIS. [March,
The phenomena developed on the akin and comprised in the
last group are principally the effects of the local action of Qxn*
tharia. Its irritative action here results in an eryaipdatous
inflammation of the veaievUar type. As soon as a blister is ap-
plied to the surface of the body we experience ^t7)^^m(7,8mai*^tn^y
and a aenaailon of heat ; the papiUce quickly beoome reddened and
raiaed ; nexty in a varial^le time determined by the length of the
application^ on theae papular elevationa minute veaideaformy which
gradually enlarge^ and by their kUeral edenaion aoon coalesce^ ao
aa to form bleba of various aizea, filed with a fluid rich in albumeny
and generally contain aome flhrine^ later aaauming a purulent
charojcter. If allowed to act for a long time^ ulceration and de-
atrudion of the tiaauea will eriaue, or in other words^ if blisterinf;
is carried &r enough to produce large hlebs^ the serum will not
become absorbed and the blebs will at last burst. Should the
air then penetrate the raw surface, a violent inflammation sets
in, which may end in an extensive slough. Such effects should
be borne in mind wheq treating deep, severe burns.
I could not close my remarks on this drug, without making
even allusion to its applicability in diseases having their point
of departure in the oerebro-spinal system, such as rabiea,apaamf
tetanusy etc. The congestion and inflammation of the brain,
attended by ddirium, atupor, and dilated pupils, advancing to
coma, and ending finally in deathy clearly show its powerful
action on this region ; while the proatration, poujerleaaneaa,
dyaphagia, dread of liquiday friglUful convulaiona^ tdanua, col-
lapae, and death point to its action on the cord.
Through this same system, this drug acts also upon the heart
and circulationy first as a atimulanty secondly as a depreaaant, the
order of these effects depending largely upon the dose. In the
first case under its stimulus the pulae ia quickened, the arterial
tension increased, andthe temperature raiaed; while on the second,
a lowering of the pulae and arterial tension and a dedine of the
temperature mark the advancing depreaaion.
Its action on the mind seems to be in harmony with its pri-
mary and secondary general effects. App'ehenaion, anxUty,
reaUeaaneaa, irritability, nervouaneaa, vehemence, inaolenoe, contra*
didion, frenzy, and rage, on the one side ; duUneaa, languor, con-
fuaion, didtxustion, and deapondency on the other. Of all these
varied mental conditions, the most characteristic are the rage and
frenzy; the former paroxysmal in nature, commencing usually
with an anxioua redleaaneaa, attended by crying, barking, and
beating, and renewed by the aigld of water or other bright, dazzling
objeda, when touching the larynx, and on attempting to drink
1889.] HAHNEMANN'S ESSAY. I59
focUer (a complete picture of hydrophobia) ; the latter, amorous
in characUr^ with drong and persisting ereiotions and an irresist^
iUe sejmal desire. Next iu importance comes the covfusiony
distra/diony irriiabiUly, and despondency. The confusion is at-
tended by pulsation in the forehead and occurs princtpally in the
morning. Uie patient is so distracted thai he is unable to concen^
(rale thought, so irritable that he is dissaiisfied with every one
and everything y so despondenty thai she says she must die. And
finally in insolence and contradiction compares favorably with the
Nux vom. patient. With Bell., Hyosc,, and Stram., Cantharis
forms an important group to combat a furiousy almost frenzied
delirium.
The pernicious efiects of Oantharis are readily neutralized by
Camphor, with which it bears many points of resemblance. Its
other antidotes are ^con., Lauroo., and Puis. The relation
existing between Oantharis and Coffea is inimical. For profit-
able comparisons the student is referred to Farrington's Qinical
Materia Medico. Edward Fobkias, M. D.
711 Pine Street, Philadelphia.
HAHNEMANN'S ESSAY.
Any words of advice upon the practice of medicine which
come to us from the pen of Hahnemann must always be wel-
come to the lovers of truth. We, therefore, feel sure our read-
ers will be thankful to Dr. F. H. Lutze for his translation of the
essay upon ''the Repetition of the Homoeopathic Remedy,^'
which we believe now appears in English for the first time.
Dr. Lutze has given the German idea almost literally, thereby
risking no chance of altering in any way the true meaning of
the master's words. Dr. Lutze writes as follows :
"Tliis essay was published by Dri C. v. Bcenninghausen, as
a pre&ce from Samuel Hahnemann, to his (Dr. v. B.'s) reper-
tory of Antipsoric Bemedies, 2d edition, Munster, 1833. As
very plainly appears from the accompanying extract (page 119)
from Dr. C. v. Boenninghausen's own preface to the same reper-
tory, this essay was written and sent by Samuel Hahnemann
himself to Dr. C. v. Boenninghausen, who was anxious to give
his brother homoeo|)aths the benefit of it. I am not aware that
it has ever appeared in the English language before, therefore,
I have translated it, and offer the same through The Hohceo-
PATHic Physician to the English speaking part of the homoeo-
pathic profession.'^
MATERIA MEDICA.
THB PROPER SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION IN ICEDfCAL-SOCIBTT
MEETINGS ; ALSO, A FEW REMARKS ON THE DECORUM THAT
OUGHT TO BE OBSERVED IN SUCH MEETINGS.
Daniel W. Clausen, M. D., lately of Auburn^ N. F.
(Read before The Lippe Society, Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday evening, Feb-
ruary, 12ih, 1889.)
Mr. President and Gentlemen op the Lippe Society:
— I have brought with me, for the last time, a paper which
had the ill-luck to be ^^ crowded out " at our last meeting ; and
hope that it may not share the same misfortune on the present
occasion.
Materia medica — ^the nature of my paper — is, I believe, gen-
erally conceded to be the soul of Homoeopathy ; and, in my
opinion, just as the immortal soul of man gives individuality
and character to his spirit, so should the soul of Homoeopathy —
materia medica — characterize the spirit of us who claim to be
homoeopathic physicfans. This should be our force — our con-
trolling spirit — when engaged individually at the bedside, and
not less so when we are convened as a society for the purpose of
mutual improvement in the attainments of our high and noble
calling. To make our convention an opportunity for the dis-
cussion of '^ a paper on some disease, with the treatment,'' is to
favor the idea of those very principles which we, as homoeo-
pathicians, strictly repudiate ; for, it is one of our most forcible
tenets that we ^' treat patients and not diseasesy'* and it is none
the less true that we cannot possibly think of " treating a dis-
ease," without in some measure favoring the materialistic idea.
It is, moreover, a fact worthy of note, tnat, however individual
a so-called ^' disease " may seem, we cannot treat it per 86, with-
out generalizing — in violation of the scientific principle of in-
dividualizing, proper to us as the professed followers of the im-
mortal Hahnemann. To speak oi '^ the remedies for a disease ''
is an absurdity ; for he that would tell us of those ** remedies "
must, of necessity, as a homoeopath, instruct us concerning
every remedy in the maJteria medica^ since any one remedy, never
before given in a similar ^^ disease," may be indicated in any
certain case, according to those individual peculiarities appreci-
ated by the homoeopath alone. We are not to have our knowl-
edge compressed — narrowed down — confined to a few therapeutic
160
)lan^l889.] MATERIA MEDIC A. 161
hints for the use of still fewer remedies ; but, on the vast breadth
and extent of our elaborate materia medica we are to search for
" the similar '^ to that something in any given case of sickness,
never, perhaps, before seen in a case of the kind. Verily, the
nnpriDcipled devotion of our time during the convention, to the
discussion of ** a paper on some disease, with the treatment,^' is,
to say the least, an outrageous waste of time that might far better
be appropriated to our improvement in that knowledge which
alone can secure to us our individuality as homoeopathicians —
even a better acquaintance with the homceopathic materia
medica. A good paper on materia medica, bringing out the
genios and important features of a remedy, calls forth the most
interesting and useful of all medical discussions. One member
utter anotner tells whether he has verified such or such a symp-
tom; and, in this way, not only our knowledge, but our faith
also, is built up, we become enlarged, and not narrowed down
to the gill-pot measure in the treatment of disease with a few
remedies. At a recent homoeopathic convention, a prominent
meml)er stated that he had cured a patient of gonorrhoea with
Cokhicum, to which remedy he was guided by the peculiar
symptom : Loathing the smell of food. Now, it is not at all likely
tW Colchieum would be included in the list of those '' remedies
for gonorrhoea,^' by the gentleman who would read us a paper
on that '^ disease and" its treatment.'' Let us, therefore, strive to
learn something more in that department of knowl^ge — the
homoeopathic materia medica — which no living homoeopath will
ever live long enough to thoroughly master.
There is another point of much importance, to which I would
call your attention : it is in relation to the decorum that ought
to be observed in our medical meetings. We presumably con-
vene ourselves for the purpose of mutual improvement in the
learning of our profession ; in other words, we come together
as dudenis. But while we come together as students, we do not
properly do so with confusion and disorder. We have duly^ ap-
pointed officers who are entitled to our respect in the meeting ;
each individual member of us owes not only to the other mem-
bers, but also to himself, a degree of respect proper to a homoeo-
pathic physician ; and among the members of the assembly, in-
dividually and collectively, a due share of scholarly behavior
and dignity should be observed, as becometh those who claim
the title of homoeopathic physicians. But, how far short of
this order, when some useful and well-written paper is being
read, and the reader is interrupted by the whispering and hutn
bab of others who thus show an utter disregard for both
1 62 THERIDION-CIJRASSAVICUM. [March,
his material and his ability, as if they " knew it all !" This
inattention and hubbub is esi>eeiany offenmve to the reader who
is fervent in spirit and enthusiastic in his profession ; and it is
a forcible illustration of the truth uttered by a colored preacher
on a certain occasion, at meeting, when one member of the con-
gregation after another was called upon for "testimony." The
excitement was intense, and the interruptions provoking ; and
the preacher exclaimed : " Brudderen, it are a fact, dat we may
all am^ togedder ; but, sure as you live, we can't all taUc to-
gedder."
The reader or speaker, also, at a medical meeting, should not
forget the etiquette and dignity proper to the occasion and to
himself. Due regard for the other members, and especially for
the president, beside self-respect and a desire to call the more
earnest attention to the subject of this paper, should prompt
him to stand upon his feet, with parliamentary observance, and
pour his utterances down upon the hearers. Men like Gladstone
and Disraeli could never have made Parliament feel their full
power, nor could the illustrious Daniel Webster with all his
eloquence have shaken the Senate as he did, had they maintained
the sitting posture while speaking. I tell you, gentlemen, the
power of a man is in his legs, as well as in his tongue.
These remarks concerning the decorum to be observed in
medical meetings, are by no means personal ; they are kindly
submitted to the Society, with an ardent desire for its welfare
and progress.
THERI DION-CUR ASS A VICUM.
Daniel W. Clausen, M. D., latdy of Auburn, N, F.
(Read before The Lippe Society, Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday evening, Feb-
ruary 12th, 1889.)
Mr. President and Gentlemen : — I hold in my hand a
paper which was very hurriedly written and intended to be read
before the late Hahnemannian Association of Pennsylvania.
On the occasion for which the paper was intended, however, the
members of the Association failed to convene — ^and here lieth
the paper unread to any one (save myself), unrevised, and with
the same imperfections that covered it when written. Abiding
under the shadow of your patience and indulgence, I shall read
it as it appeared for the above-mentioned occasion :
1889.] THERIDION-CDEABSAVICUM. 163
Mr. PteMerd and Qenilemen of The Hahnemannian Association
of Pennsylvania :
The present occasion brings me to an outlet of a strait or
narrow passage in which F have been confined for several days
past. Bound on the one band by a sense of responsibility for a,
kindly requested paper as well as by a due appreciation of that
request, and on the other hand by a feeling that I could not, un-
der circumstances of domestic affliction, write a paper worthy of
your esteem, I have at length concluded to occupy a small space
on the broad back of that beautiful spider known as ** Theridum"
euroMamcum/^ and allow it to wafl roe about the broad field of
your wisdom and discussion that I may learn better things con-
eerning the therapeutic value of this beautiful creature that I
propose to ride — ^not as a " hobby/' however.
Theridion-curassavicum is a small spider of the West Indies,
well known among the people as very poisonous. It is found
chiefly on the island of Cura^oa, and frequently among the
orange trees, from which fact it is called the ^* orange spider.'^
'^ It may be found also in South America. The Arrowackians
— the principal tribe that occupied the whole coast from the
Oronoko to the Amazon— describe and call* it * Barra garru.' "
There has been some dispute, however, regarding the propriety
of the name '^ Theridion/^ but it is retained as a sufficient iden-
tification until the matter is settled by a full scientific descrip-
tion.
As a therapeutic agent, Theridion-curassavicum is mentioned
ID Staphs ArckheSy vol. XIV (1834), Jahr's Symptomen Codex^
Allen's EncydopoBdia of Materia Medica, in vol. Ill of the Volks-
blaUer (1838), and in a Grerman work where several cures of
sheep are recorded (1843^ but the best and most complete path-
ogenesis of the drug is to be found in Hering's Materia
MeduMy vol. I, wherein are contained some well-verified prov-
iogs by the author on himself and others in 1832. The most
remarkable and important circumstances corroborating all the
characteristic symptoms have been contributed by Dr. Neidhard,
of Philadelphia.
On the mindy and more especially on the sensorium, Theridion
acts profoundly. The nerves of sight and hearing are in a high
degree of exaltation, and are so sensitive as to be the media
through which the sensorium is aflected.
Mind. — ^To the mind of the patient time seems to pass more
rapidly. Many provers experienced a great inclination to be
startled. There is great aversion to work, even to professional
labor.
164 THEBIDION-CUBASSAVIGmL [Mitfch,
Sensobitjm. — I would particularly call your attention to the
profound vertigo, its conditions and peculiarities of aggravation
as found under Therid, The vertigo is renewed by the least
motion ; increased by every noise or sound (sensitiveness to noise
is a strong characteristic of Therid. [Farrington]), and one
especial feature of its aggravation from sound lies in the fact
that every penetrating sound and reverberation penetrates the
whole body, particularly through the teeth, and increases the
vertigo, which then causes nausea. Here we perceive a decided
action of the drug on the sympathetic nerve. The jar of per-
sons walking the floor, the motion of a vessel, riding in a car-
riage— these are among the aggravations of Theridion vertigo
associated with nausea— deathly nausea and cold sweat. Let me
just here suggest that if any of you should ever again have to
prescribe for sea-sickness, or for that sickness to which some
persons are subject when riding on the cars, please eive Theri-
dion a place in the cerebral lol^ of your reflection when you are
considering the stereotyped Cocculus and Petroleum. A bottle
of Theridion (high) should be in the pocket of every homoeo-
path when he is on board a ship, or on the cars. In the intoxi-
cation of b^inning tobacco smokers this remedy ought to work
^^ like a charm," and probably in certain cases of cholera, where
the profound nervous depression exists without the bowel eva-
cuations, it would prove a useful agent.
But there is still another peculiar aggravation of Therid. ver-
tigo : it is on closing the eyes (Thuja) ; vertigo and nausea when
closing the eyes from weariness. Vertigo from stooping also
(compare Bell., Calc-carb., Lye, and many oAers). Alumina
may be contrasted with Therid., in some of its mental and sen-
sorial symptoms.
Head. — A word now on the headache of Therid. This also
lA aggravated by motion. Headache behind the eyes (compare
Badiaga, Daphne-ind., and Lach.). Head feels very thick, as
if it were another, strange head, or belonged to somebody else.
Yery thick in the head, with nausea and vomiting on the least
motion, more particularly when closing the eyes.
Teeth. — Through the teeth Therid. exercises some influenoep
as I have already shown. Ordinary cold water taken into the
mouth affects the teeth as if it were too cold. Every sound
penetrates the teeth, e. ^., the crowing of cocks.
Please remember the peculiar conditions of aggravation in
symptoms of the head, sensorium, and sympathetic stomach
troubles, viz. : agg. from noise, every penetrating sound, the jar
of persons walking the floor, closing the eyes, motion of ibe
1889.] THEBIDION-CURASSAVICUM. 165
vessel, and riding in a carriage. These are worthy of a place
in your memory*
Moschoa antidotes the nausea produced by Therid. ; Aconite,
the sensitiveness to noise and the violent paroxysms.
Stomach. — Among the symptoms of the stomach we notice
qualmishness and vomiting in the morning. Let us remember
this in the "morning sickness'^ of pregnancy. Case. — A woman
having had (in child-bed) a violent spell of sickness at the end
of the first week, and apparently recovered, was, in the third
week, after washing clothes, suddenly attacked with nausea and
fcdniing; after it, very pale, and sick at the stomach as soon as
she closed her eyes, with vanishing of her thoughts. Smelling
of Therid.", she completely recovered (Hering's Materia Medica).
Nervcs. — From the foregoing statements, we must not
wonder that Therid. should exercise a powerful influence on the
nervous ^rstem' generally. It seems analagous to Moschus in
certain nervous affections. Hysteria at puberty and at the
climaxis. The patient faints after every exertion. Tetanus
after the bite of the spider has been observed by Dr. Hi lie.
(There are stinging pains in various parts of the body, and a
continuous aching in the left chest, near articulation of floating
ribs. [_Califamia Homceopathy August, 1888.])
Hypochondria. — ^Violent burning pain in the hepatic region,
which |2px>ws more painftil when touched. In abscess of the
liver, Dr. Lippe highly recommends it for the relief of the
vertigo and nausea. During the pains, retching, vomiting, and
bringing up of bile. It has proven a wonderful remedy in the
anthrax of sheep, with great tumefaction of the hypogastrium.
It cared all cases where the swelling had not turned blue.
(When the swelling turns blue, think of Lach., Ars.,and Carbo-
veg.) The violent burning pain in the hepatic r^ion, other
symptoms considered, may he a fine indication for Therid. in
cancer of the liver; and in this symptom, Tareutula-cubensis
may be favorably compared. For a knowledge of this com-
parison, I am indebted to my learned friend. Professor J. T.
Kent, who has administered Tarentula witli remarkable success,
when the severe burning pain in cancer of the liver could not
be controlled by any other remedy given. A most noted case of
the kind was that of a lady, thfe daughter of a late homoeopathic
veteran of this city, who never, until death, ceased to thank
Professor Kent for the prescription (Tarentula) that had pro-
daoed so wonderfully soothing an efTect upon his daughter, and
had rendered her death a painless one.
But, gentlemen, in these few considerations we have, by no
166 AN EXPLANATION. [March, 1889.
means, exhausted all that may be discussed regarding the thera-
peutic value of Theridion ; for, behold ! even in that monster —
'^ scrofula" — this valuable drug has been considered indispen-
sable; and Dr. Baruch, of New York, confirmed the supposition
contained in the Archives of 1834, that Therid. will often be
found useful after Calc. and Ljc. have improved the case, but
not finished the cure. I will now read an extract of a letter
from Dr. Baruch to Dr. C. Hering :
'' In cases of scrofulosis, where the best chosen remedies do
nothing, I always interpolate a dose of Therid., which must act
for eight (8) days ; and I have seen the most surprising results
from it, particularly in caries and necrosis. For phthisis
Florida, Therid. is indispensable, and effects an entire cure if
given in the beginning of the disease. In cases of rachitis,
caries, and necrosis, I depend chiefly on Therid., which, although
it does not seem to affect the external scrofulous symptoms, ap-
parently goes to the root of the evil, and effectually destroys the
cause of the disease."
Now, gentlemen, shall we dare presume Theridion-cur, to be
an antipsoric remedy? Let us study it. The contents of this
paper are by no means exhaustive ; they are merely suggestive ;
but if they shall move any student of this Association to carefully
and thoroughly study a drug which seems, to me at least, so
valuable, I shall feel that my humble remarks have been
awarded much honor.
AN EXPLANATION.
Editors Homoeopathic Physician : — In your issue of this
month, my revered friend, Dr. P. P. Wells, asks for an
explanation how I came to qnote him as having said: ^'A
high potency will act where a low will." After looking over
the proceedings of International Hahnemannian Association for
1886, page 248 and 249, 1 found that I had misrepresented Dr.
P. P. Wells, who had then in substance made the same remarks
as in your last edition.
I therefore beg his pardon for my error, made in an off'-hand
talk in one of our Rochester meetings.
Julius G. Schmitt.
fioCHJBSTBB, N. Y., February 6th, 1889.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
A Manual op Dietetics. By W. B. Pritchard, M. D. Pages
87. Price, 60 oents. The Dietetic Publishing Company, New
York city.
This little Tolame is a compendiom of useful information upon the manage-
ment of infants and also for the proper selection of diet for the sick. The style is
simple, technical terms being avoided as much as possible ; it is a volume for
the laity rather than for the professional man.
A Practical. Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion. By the
late G. M. Beard, M. D. Edited by Dr. A. D. Rockwell.
Pages 254. Price, $2.76. E. B. Treat & Co., New York city.
This volnme is a reprint of Dr. Beard's work upon netirssthenia or ner-
vous exhaustion. The subject is one we may all well study thoroughly, for the
disease, in its many manifestations, is ver^ often seen. The American is per-
haps more prone to this nervous exhaustion than any other person.
Therapeutic Methods. By Jabez P. Dake, M. D. Pages
195. Otis Clapp & Son, Boston and Providence.
This is a second edition of Dr. Dake's little volume. It gives first a brief
sketch of medical historv from the time of Pythagoras and Hippocrates down
to Hahnemann. Next follows a rU/ame of the requisites for a medical edu-
cation. In part second we find therapeutics proper considered. Part third is
devoted to the *' Demands of Similia." These last are considered from Dr.
Dake's peculiar standpoint. His well-known views upon drug proving and
upon posolo^y and pharmacy are given.
Transactions op the Homceopathic Medical Society of
THE State op New York. Volume XXIII. 1888.
A neatly printed volume of 370 pages, with much of the same routine re-
e»rt8 which characterize the '^ work " of mo8t medical societies. The President,
r. J. H. Paine, indulges in a tiresome harangue upon the iniquities of dyna-
mtzatioo and of the deluded phywicians who use such vagaries. The Bureau
of Materia Medica, under Dr. Van Denburg, gives a study^ of Belladonna.
Proceedings op the 24th Annual Session op the
HOMOEXIPATHIC MeDICAL SoCIETY OP THE StATE OP
Ohio. Drs. C. E. Walton and H. Pomeroy, Committee
of Publication. 1888.
^ In this little volume of two hundred odd pages, some interesting and prac-
tical qaeations are discussed. Dr. H. C. AUea gives a partinl provins^ of
Magneaiaphosphoricum,.a remedy which U attracting attention and needs to
he farther developed.
Dr. R. N. Warren gives "an involuntary proving of Hellebore;" Dr.
J. P. Hershberger attempted to report some provings of Cactus, but, as
poiendes had been used in the provings, the Indon't-believe fellows ruled out
nis report I Yet these potencies do act.
Pamphlets, etc., received.
The Sixth Annual Announcement of the Hahneman Hospital College of
Sui Francisco; session of 1889.
The Report of the Pennsylvania State College for 1887 ; Agricaltaral Ex-
perimentSLl Station.
167
168 NOTES AND NOTICES. [March, 1889.
Fourth Annual Keport of the Tnutees of the Westborongh (Mass.) Insane
Hospital.
The Eighteenth Annual Report of the State Homoeopathic Afljlnm for the
Insane at Middletown, New York.
Is The American Heart Wearing Out ? Bjr J. W. Dowling, M. D. Bead
before the N. Y. State Homoeopathic Medical Society, September 11th, 1888.
NOTES AND NOTICES.
Removal. — Dr. H. S. Phillips, from Canonsbnrg, to 328 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburg, where he will be associated with Dr, W. D. King.
The Clinical Rboord is a new journal started hy W. A. Chatterton, of
Chicago. It is to give brief extracts of clinical data ; volume began in Janu-
ary ; price, one dollar per jear.
The Annalb of Suboery began its ninth volume with its January issue.
This is perhaps the only English journal devoted exclusively to surgery ; it
has an American and an English editor ; it gathers its data from the surgi-
cal reports of the world. To those who devote time and attention to surgery,
the AnnaU is a necessity. It is published by Messrs. J. H. Chambers A Co.,
914 Locust Street, St. Louis.
Brookltn Sctbscriber. — A subscriber to this journal recentiv mailed
(Feb. 20th) us from Brooklyn an unsigned subscription blank, with a two-
dollar note inclosed. We shall be glad to have the name and address sent us.
Morphia tw. Homcbopathy. — But, says the morphinist, when my patient
is suffering, he wants immediate relief, and the hypodermic does it without
wading through the intricacies of an overloaded materia medica. Granted —
but do not claim to be a follower of Hahnemann's teaching. Low potencies
and palliatives go hand in hand versus high potencies and strict application
of the law of similarity. We do not infringe on your libertv, but please
do not let it run to weeds in the form of license. Charity to all, but do not
abuse those who pride themselves upon being strict followers of the father of
Homoeopathy. — S. L. in Med. InslUuU,
The Scientific American, published b^ Munn & Co., New York, during
more than forty years, is, beyond all ouestion, the leading paper relating to
science, mechanics, and inventions published on this continent. Each weekly
issue presents the latest scientific topics in an interesting and reliable manner,
accompanied with engravings prepared expressly to demonstrate the snbjecto.
The Scientific American is invaluable to every person desirous to keep pace
with the inventions and discoveries of the day.
French LiquEBS. — Absinthe, the favorite intoxicant of the French, is
almost always manufactured with alcohols of industry, ill rectified, rendered
green by the addition of sulphate of copper, and saturated with resin, so ns to
ffive it the beautiful greenish-white precipitate produced bv pouring water on
It, and which drinkers so much admire. ''Vermouth,'' another favorite
liquor, is adulterated with hydrochloric or sulphuric acid in order to give it a
Sungent taste. ''Kirsch " is extracted from the leaves of the cherry-laurel.
Lum is manufactured always with alcohol distilled from beet-root, to which is
added ether and formic acid. The ** bouquets " of brandies are manufactured
by the action of sulphuric acid on castor oil. The coloring matters employed
are extracted from logwood, the elder, sorrel, fuchsine, and coaL Such is the
poison which is daily consumed by the Parisians.
THE
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMCEOPATHIC MATERIA HEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
"If onr school erer give ap the strtet Inductive method of Hahnemann, we
are lost* and deeerre only to be mentioned as a oaricatare in
the history of medicine."— constantinb hkrino.
Vol. IX. MAY. 1889. No. 6.
QUESTIONS ASKED BY STUDENTS DURING THE
COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE OROANON AS
GIVEN BY I^ROF. GEE, OF CHICAGO.
1. How does a drug cure by the law of similars? Why
does it not increase the disease?
The process of restoration as brought about by the curative
remedy is largely a matter of conjecture. Some theories have
been advanced as to how it may be effected ; as, for instance, by
a change of polarity and repulsion resulting as with two nega-
tives or two positives.
Hahnemann has given his theory in page 29 of the Organon:
«« 4c * * Bomewiiat stronger, similar, artificial morbid affection
is implanted upon the vital power, deranged by a natural disease,
* * * * but owing to its brief duration it will soon be
overcome by the vital force, which, liberated first from the
natural disease, and finally from the substituted artificial [drug]
affection, now again finds itself enabled to continue the life of
the organism in health.''
He gives illustrations in the succeeding sections, but states an
important fitct in Section 28 : '^ A scientific explanation of its
mode of action is of little importance ; I therefore place but a
slight value upon an attempt at explanation."
2. When two remedies are markedly indicated, do you pre-
scribe the one covering the greater number of symptoms, or the
one covering the symptoms giving the greater distress to the
patient ?
12 169
170 QUESTIONS ASKED BY STUDENTS. [M»t,
This 18 a practical qaestion^ and the answer to it must be con-
ditional. Ordinarily we should give the remedy covering the
greater number of symptoms. Quality of symptoms must be
considered. A. remedy may meet a large number of common
or unimportant symptoms, and not be the curative one.
The symptoms giving most distress to the patient must be
carefully studied and iiUerpreted in making the prescription.
The more the nervous system is disturbed by them, if peeuKar,
the more likely are they to be guiding symptoms.
Section 153 covers this point very well : '^The morepromtn^n^,
uncommon, and peculiar [characteristic] features of the case are
especially, and almost exclusively considered and noted; for
these in particular should bear the closest similitude to the symptoms
of the desired medicine^ if that is to accomplish the cure. The
more general and indefinite symptoms, etc., deserve but little
notice, etc.'' (Read it all carefully, and refer to it every week or
oftener, especially if you have a troublesome case on hand.)
The difficult part is in taking the case. Number of symp-
toms cannot make up for quality. The key is the interpretation
of the symptoms.
Remember the common ones in making the so-called ^diag-
nosis.
3. When one remedy does not cover all the symptoms, and
there is another remedy which will exactly cover the balance of
them, why not mix the two drugs, if they do not act diemically
on each other ?
You are not likely to meet a case where a remedy will cover
** all the symptoms ;" in fact, too close similitude would lead us
to suspect poisoning by that remedy. Nor is it necessary that
the remedy should meet all of them. The guiding symptoms
are the ones which should bear the closest similitude.
We do not know when a remedy will affect the human organ-
ism curatively until it has been '^ proved.''
We must, then, give the remedy on those indications, and
without interference, to expect curative results.
Give the remedy indicated by most of the guiding symptoms,
give it time to act, and then take the case anew.
4. If WQ know our materia medica well, how can we help
but associate remedies with the various symptoms as they are
derived from the patient?
This is one great cause of failure, for the student who knows
a great amount of materia medica is greatly tempted to pre*
scribe hastily and spoil the case or make a failure. He does
not wait to take the case fully, but frequently interrupts the
1889J BEPETinON OF THE REMEDY. 171
patient when a characteristic is touched, in trying to fit the
patient to the remedy, instead of taking all the symptoms and
suitioe the remedy to the totality.
6. Is not clinical experience just as fallacious and liable to
change in the hands of the homoeopathic physician as in the
hsDcIs of the allopath?
Most certainly.- The experience varies constantly. No two
are alike. No two cases of the same disease are alike. Our
experience is helpful to us in many ways. A better acquaint-
ance with remedies enables us to more readily distinguish the
individuality of each, as the close acquaintance of a friend
enables us to recognize him at a distance, in a crowd, and with
exactness.
REPETITION OF THE REMEDY.
(From Bcenninshaosen's Apkorimns. Translated by A. McNeil.)
The foundation of all diseases rests on an internal, immate-
rial, purely dynamic affection of the vital power, which is
either limited to one organ or the entire organism may be
affected. And if heterogenous or effete matter is present in the
system, with the exception of that which is introduced from
without, it is to be considered as the result of that disturbance
of the vital activity and not at all as the actual cause of the
disease, the driving out of which is necessary to the restoration
to health.
To oppose these natural diseases we employ those agents
which are designated medicines, to differentiate them from the
purely nourishing substances which we call foods. These medi-
cines have purely dynamic, sick-making properties, whereby
they have the power of reproducing such oiseases in their ex-
ternal similarity as nature herself does, although they do not
necessarily .possess the same mysterious, intrinsic character which
is and always will remain concealed from us by an impenetrable
veil.
It has been proven by constant experience, although it cannot
be demonstrated by lojncal reasoning, that medicines generally
possess the property of curing certain diseases. In answering
the Question, Under what conditions is this done ? tlie two
schools diverge, although hitherto they have been in unison, as
the allopaths accept as their guide the formula of contraria con-
(rcariast and the homoeopaths that of mmUia aimiHbvs. However,
they again agree with each other that only by exciting the vital
172 BEPEflTION OF THE REMEDY. [Mbj,
power by suitable medicine can recovery be obtained, and that
withoat this vital power and its reaction, every curative agent
must be completely unefficacious*
In this active reaction of the vital power, we homoeopaths
perceive the foundation on which rests wnat we call the primary
and secondary action of drugs. The primary action of a medi-
cine is that which follows when its sick-making property makes
its direct attack on the livine oi^nism. The seoondai^ action
consists in the reaction of the active vital power against the
assault made on it. The two kinds of action stand in direct
opposition to each other, and although each one is to be consid-
ered as the result of the mutual dynamic power of the vitality
and of the medicine, yet they manifest differences in their
struge^le against each other which an experienced eye easily
recognizes.
The complete cure of a disease is, oonseauently, the direct re-
sult of the secondary action in which the living and constantly
reacting organism obtains more and more the upper hand in its
struggle against the medicine, until it (the medicine) and with it
the natural disease fin whose stead it appears) is entirely sub-
dued and annihilatea, and thereby health is restored.
From this it is easily perceived how careful the homceopathic
physician must be not to interfere in the contest between the
primary and secondary action, either by the administration of
new doses of medicine to aid that already given and thereby to
inevitably prolong the strife. Therefore, in our opinion, noth-
ing is more dangerous and pernicious for the physician than
impatience ; and he will never repent waiting quietly as long as
he sees the conflict in full activity, which he perceives by his
accurate knowledge of the peculiar or characteristic symptoms,
and that there is no change of the indications calling for another
medicine. In this latter case, which does not often occur, there
are the most positive criteria and cautions to guide him, and he
will scarcely run the risk of either an injurious haste or of a
hurtful delay.
It remains to be mentioned briefly that the period of waiting
after the primary action of a drug is extremely different accord-
ing to the nature of the medicine and the character of the case,
wliile in the most acute diseases, as cholera, for instance, the
time is measured by minutes, and in the most painful suffering
instant relief and a rapid removal is possible, yet, in chronic
diseases often entire weeks pass before the health-bringing sec-
ondary action begins to manifest itself. And it is in just these
old, long-continued chronic complaints that a too hasty repeti-
1889.] IBIS VERSICOLOR. 173
lion or a too early admiDistration of ^ new remedy is the most
iujariooS; often to such a degree that the harm can scarcely be
overcome, and then only after a great loss of time« It is on
this rock that the beginner in Homoeopathy is most likely to
be wrecked ; and also those who have long served under the
flag of allopathy, for quo ed imlnUa recens, aervabit odorem ieda
diuf
IRIS VEEISICJOLOR.
This dnie has been lauded as a specific for sick headache.
Beware of utis and all such delusions. There are no specifics for
diseases^ but every drug is a specific for a certain group of symp-
toms, and I will endeavor to show those which are curable by
Iris.
It 18 indicated in sick headache which b^ins with a blur
before the eyes. Kali bichrom. cures blindness, followed by
violent headache ; the vision returns as the headache increases.
Gelsemium also has headache preceded by blindness. It cures
another form of headache, in which there is dull throbbing or
shooting in the right side of forehead, attended by nausea, is
worse toward evenine, from rest, cold air, and coughing, and
is ameliorated by moderate motion. Ferrum aceticum is some-
what like it, being ameliorated by slight motion ; while Sepia is
directly contrary to it, being aggravated by moderate motion
and relieved by continuous hard exercise in its headaches and
other forms and complaints, as, for instance, asthma relieved
by dancing is cured by it. Iris has a headache of sharp, cut-
ting pains of short duration, and changing location oflen.
Ins is to be thought of when the mouth and tongue feel as
though they had been scalded ; Apis and Sepia also ; while, with
Sanguinaria the tongue alone feels as if scalded. Iris, with many
other remedies, has salivation, but it has a symptom accompanying
which dificrentiates it from that of all other drugs— viz, : the gums
and tongue feel as if covered with a greasy substance. This pe-
culiar feeling should be borne in mind in gastric conditions, in-
cluding sick headaches.
Iris is indicated in any of the diseases of the throat, including
dtpbtheria, when it smarts and burns, with a feeling of enlarge-
ment, as if it were a burning cavern.
We should remember this remedy when milk disagrees, it
becomes sour, and is thrown up. In JSthusa, the milk comes
up in clots, and the vomiting of milk, which is characteristic of
Mercorius is, like that of Iris, sour.
174 CONSTIPATION OF BEEBERI8 VULGABia [May,
Iris has a large field of nsefnlDess in gastric derangements.
It is useful in nausea and vomiting of sour food (Caloarea carb.
and Chamom.)^ the whole person smells sour. Hyperio., Magnesia
carb., Rheum, and Sulphuric acid all have the sour smell of the
person. It is indicated in vomiting of thin, watery fluid of an
exceedingly sour taste.
It is the remedy in a peculiar vomiting of an extremely sour
fluid which excoriates the throat, with a burning in the mouth
down into the stomach.
Iris is curative in diarrhoea of watery stools, the anus feels on
fire : this burning may be either at the anus, or it may extend
through the whole alimentary canal, from the mouth. Arseni-
cum is also characterized by this burning at the anus, but the
other symptoms of these drugs are too different to embairass yon
in your selection.
A. McNeil.
CONSTIPATION OF BERBEEIS VULGARIS.*
John L. Febson, M. D. PrrreBCBo.
The constipation of Serb, is accompanied by hemorrhoids.
The stools are pale in color, hard, and like sheep's dung ; some-
times covered with blood. Much straining is required to expel
them, due to a painful sensation of oonstriction in the rectum^
which seems to prevent their escape. In consequence of this
impediment there is a frequent urging to stool. The hemor-
rhoids are accompanied by itching or burning, particularly
after stool. The anus is very sensitive to touch ; tiie pressure
on it when sitting causes pain, and there is pressure in the peri*
neum. The absence of any statement as to whether the hemor-
rhoids protrude or are retained in the rectum, with the record-
ing of the sensation of painful constriction in the rectum, and
only soreness and sensitiveness of the anus lead me to conclude
that the hemorrhoids of this drug are internal, and my compari-
sons will be made considering this as established. If any one
knows differently let im know it. Cbii«^., Chd.^ CbUin., Mag-m.,
Mez.f Op,f Mumb.^ B.nd Sepia, all have stools similar in diaracter
to the one of Berb. under consideration.
The Caxtst. stool resembling that of Berb. is ^' light colored,
hard, knotty, like sheep's dung/' In color and condition very
similar to Berb, Under OaiMi. the color may even be white.
There is frequent urging to stool with both remedies. With
* Bead before the Farrlngton Club of Pittsbni^.
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Berb. the urging is in great measure fruitless because of the
sense of constriction in the rectum. With Oavsi. the urging is
ineflTectual because of a spasmodic, painful contraction of the
sphincter ani ; with the straining there is anxiety and redness of
the fiuse. Both remedies have hemorrhoids ; but with Cauat
they are external, protruding painfully. Both have itching and
burning ; Oatut. having also sticking and stitching pains. Serb,
has pressure in the perineunu Cai^. has the same, and pulsa-
tions in the rectum.
Chelxdoniuk also has a stool like sheep's dung in size and
form, and, like both Berb. and OavsLj the color is light. There
is itching in the rectum with both ; but there is a crawling
sensation present with the itching under CSieL The hemorrhoids
are absent. Jaundice is present under both remedies, and, al-
though the urinary symptoms are not very similar, yet CheL
affects the kidneys quite markedly. The burning so promi-
nently present in any part effiected by Berb. is absent.
OoLUNSONiA CAN. and Berb. botli have constipation consist-
ing of hard balls like sheep's dung, and of light color. Both are
accompanied b^ internal hemorrhoids. Both have itching in
the rectum, which is accompanied by heat in OoUin.y while there
is pronounced burning with Berb, OoUinsonia has to distinguish
it a sensation as of sticks or sand in the rectum, which makes it
resemble JEsc hip. With Berb. there is sometimes a covering of
the stool with blood, while with OaUin. there are frequently de-
cided hemorrhages of dark, tou^h blood. There is no constric-
tion in the rectum as with Berb. ; instead is a sense of weight.
The frequent urging of Berb. is absent
Maqnbsia mur. has a hard, knotty stool, like sheep's dung.
Its color is not given. There is no hemorrhoidal condition pres-
ent, as with Berb. There may be '' much pressure to stool,'' as
tliere is with Berb., but a more characteristic condition, in
marked contrast is an atony of the bowel, without any desire,
and this condition affects also the bladder, in which the urine ac-
eumulates vrithout creating any urging to urinate, and its evacu-
ation is only partly secured by great voluntary bearing down
and pressure over the bladder. Both remedies have burning at
the anus after stool, but there is no itching with Mag-m.
Mezereuh causes a very hard, knotty, dark-brown stool in
balls. In hardness resembling Mag-m. and Plumb. In a gen-
eral way, aside from density and color, resembling Berb.
Hemorrhoids are not present, but there is an expulsion of the
rectum with the straining which attends the efforts at defecation,
weakness and laxity of the tissues being the cause both of the
176 CONSTIPATION OF BEBBERIS VULGARIS. [May,
straining and the prolapse. The straining is painless, but the
expulsion of the nectum may be followed by a constriction of
the sphincter about it, which will cause swelling and intense
pain. A fissure of the anus maj be present to complicate mat»
ters, and when so, there is painful constriction of and drawing
and tearing in the anus, extendine to the perineum and through
the urethra. There is much fetid flatus discharged, especially
before stool.
The Opium stool is hard, dark, and of balls like sheep's dung;
differing from Berb. only in color. Instead of the frequent
urging and straining of Berb.y there is a paralysed condition of
the bowel which allows the accumulation of feces to go on for
days without either urging or inconvenience. In some cases
there is desire for stool, but when such is the case there is a sen-
sation as if the anus was occluded ; same as with Nux-v., but
lacking the frequent urging of that drug (Jahr). There is
marked dryness of the stool under Opium. The mucous mem-
branes are likely to be dry from lessened secretion, this all
through the intestinal canal, including the mouth. All the
itching and burning, the constriction and sensitiveness, found
under Berb. are absent.
Plumbum produces a very hard, dark stool, in ball like
sheep's dung. Its resemblance to Berb. may even be closer, be-
cause under it the stool may lack bile, and be pale in color ; and,
to further heighten the similarity, jaundice may be present.
Usually, however, the stools are aark with Phvmb. The cause
of the constipation is the same as with Opium — i. e., paralysis
of the muscular coats of the intestines, together with a dryness
of the mucous membranes; but, unlike (>ptiim and similar to
Berb.^ there is frequent urging to stool. This urging exists in
spite of the fact that there is a paralyzed condition of the bowel,
and is due to a constriction or spasm of the anus, even causing
tenesmus.
A fissilre of the anus may help along very materially in the
way of pain. Note that the constriction is at the anus with
Plwmb.y while with Berb. it is in the rectum. With Plumb, there
is a sensation as if the anus were being drawn up.
The abdominal symptoms of Plumb, are very characteristic
of the drug, and, being so intimately associated with the symp-
toms of the stool, affo^ as easy a guide for the selection of the
remedy in constipation as the urinary symptoms of Berb. do for
that drug when they are present.
Sepia has hard, knotty, scanty and insufficient stool, like
sheep's dung. Unlike Berb, and indeed all the remedies oon-
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sidered, the stools are not diy, but are covered with mucus.
The color is not meutioned.
As with Berb^j there is urgent desire to have a passage;
attempts are unsatisfactory. Both remedies have straining in
expelling the stool. With Sepia the weakness of the muscular
coats of the rectum is such, that the expulsion of even a small
quantity of mucous-covered feces requires great straining.
The scanty dischai^ from the bowels, in spite of the frequent
nrgtng and severe straining, gives slight if any relief; there
remains so much of an accumulation that the urging continues^
and there is present a sense of weight in the anus.
The straining causes, as with Jfes. and Plumb., a prolapse of
the rectum, and the anus becomes swollen.
Sqna has burning of the anus like J3er6., but lacks the itching.
There is a constricting pain in the rectum and anus, which ex-
tends into the perineum or vagina (Dunham). This is similar
to the constricting sensation in the rectum under Berb, Like
Berb., Sepia has hemorrhoids, but they are external.
Distinctively /Sepia has a ''weak feeling in the abdomen after
a stool; constant oozing of moisture from the rectum; and
floi^eness between the buttocks.''
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY.
The 130th meeting of the Lippe Society was held on Tuesday
evening, March 12tn. Dr. C. Carleton Smith occupied the
ciiair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved. .
I>r. Farley then reported that the case published at p. 75,
HoMCBOPATHic Phtbiciak for February was given one dose of
Phos.^ after which there was one paroxysm of pain, and none
since.
Dr. James — ^With the permission of the members, I should
like to turn aside from the regular order of business, and offer
a few remarks upon the question, Is the homoeopathic remedy
sufficient in relieving suffering? Allopaths and mongrels
always maintain that we are unable to relieve pain without
Morphia. They say Morphia is the great stand-by ; is Grod's
great gift, etc. In February, 1881, Dr. Lippe was extremely ill,
and continued sick for over two months. 1 was in the charge of
his practice at the time. A few weeks previously a tel^ram
bad come to Dr. Lippe, from a physician in Detroit, asking
for a remedy for a case of renal colic. The patient was a
178 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [May,
lady who had been under old-Bohool treatment. She had
then fallen into the hands of the homoeopathist from whom
the telegram came. She had been eiven Morphia and Ether
by both the old-school doctor ana a mongrel homoeopath,
withoat benefit. She had passed numbers of large calculi^
and Dr. Lippe advised Lyoopodium. She got almost instant
relief. The lady thought it better to be where the physician
resided who could give her relief so readily, so she came to
Philadelphia. Owing to Dr. Lippe's illness, I took charge of
her. The next attack came on one evening. I found her
writhing. Her sister w^ on the bed pressing the right side
of the patient, who was constantly crying for harder pres-
sure. She was groaning horribly; although the pain was
aggravated by slight .touching, hand pressure would relieve. I
gave her Nux vomica^, which made her quiet in a few mo-
ments. She then asked, *^ What makes me so quiet? the pain is
no better. Did you give me Morphia?" ^^No, I am a homoeo-
path ician. I have given you a high potency of a homoeopathic
remedy." She said, ^' If you have ^iven me Morphia 1 shall
know it, and I shall immediately sena you away, for it has such
a bad effect that I shall never take it again." The relief from
the Nux vomica was striking and singularly prompt. Even-
tually she had abscesses in the kidneys. ' Finally she went to
Boston, where she was under Dr. Wesselhoeft's care, and the
simillimum always produced complete relief from pain.
Dr. Farley — Some years ago I had a similar case. I resorted
to Morphia, of which I gave a grain within an hour. It was
of no benefit Then I did what I should have done before,
looked for the remedy. Nux vomica'' gave relief in five
minutes.
Dr. James — Some time ago I was called to see a boy whom I
found on his knees in the hallway pressing his hands into his
abdomen. He was bent double and could not get up, the pain
was so intense. Colocynth.'''^ was given. In five minutes he
walked up-stairsand was in bed.
Dr. Powel — Occasionally I have just such attacks. Colo-
cynth., high, always relieves in a few minutes.
Dr. Clark — Some years ago a man came into my office late
one night suffering excruciating pain from renal calculi. I found
he had had a similar attack the night before. An old-school
doctor had given him Morphia and Chloroform. He had been
subject to the affection, at intervals, for several years. I gave
him Lyoopodium^"^ . When he came in the pain was so great
that he immediately laid down on the floor. In less than a
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balf-hoar afler the medicine was given he left the office and
walked home, a distance of two miles. For over two years
he did not have another attack. Afterward I lost sight of
him.
Dr. James— -I published a case in the Qrganofiy in which
a man had excniciating pain in left knee. The pain came
suddenly, causing him to fiill. I found he wanted to have his
I^ extended upward in order to get relief. The slightest motion
aggravated, yet he was forced to move the leg ; must get a new
position, yet there was no relief. I gave Pulsatilla, and he was
oetter in a moment.
Dr. Farley — ^That was a perfect picture of Bryonia.
Dr. James — ^Dr. Lippe had about that time taught me the
difference between Rhus tox. and Bryonia and Puis., Rhus
tox. must change to a new position, which relieves for a few
moments. Puis., change of position does not relieve. Puis, is
better from slow motion, while Rhus is better from rapid motion.
Dr. Lippe said Mag. carb. patient is obliged to ^et up and move
idbout slowly, to obtain relief; he cannot sit still. Mag. carb.
has beating, pulsating toothache, pain goes up into cheek, jaw-
bone, and eye, and into the neck ; it is insupportable while sitting
still.
Dr. Farley — Prosopalgia, with toothache, better from sweat,
worse after getting in bed, is chenop. glauc. aphis.
Dr. James — ^Tbe next case, with regard to relieving pain, was
a little girl with a bad form of thrush, which seemed to indicate
Mere., which did not relieve. Further study led me to Bap-
tisia, which relieved in one hour.
Dr. Lee — ^A woman who was in the habit of using Morphia
byperdermically on herself, sent for me to relieve her of painful
irf ^toms. I 'foand her ^ing from one bed to another ; she
could not keep still. She abu^ me for not giving her Morphia
at once. I gave Ars., which relieved in ten minutes. She ac-
knowledged that the medicine did her much good.
Dr. Farley — Some time ago I went to a dentist who used
Arsenic to kill the nerve of a tooth. I became so restless that I
could not keep still. I took Ars.^"^, and was all right in
fifteen minutes.
Dr. James — A man took cold from sudden suppression of per-
spiration. Tonsillitis came on, and his suffering was terrible.
His tongue was indented, and saliva ran from his mouth in
drops, and he perspired profusely without relief. Merc.*"
cared him in two days. An old lady had erysipelas. The in-
flammation began on the right temple and spread to the left.
180 PROCEEDINGS OP THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [May,
The cheek was much swollen and the eye appeared as though
pushed back into the head, Lyeop. was given. In six hours
all pain wasgone, and the next day the inflammation disappeared
in reverse order to its appearance.
Dr. Farley r—In facial erysipelas going from left to right, I
gave Rhus tox., and the patient was well in forty-eight hours.
Dr. Lee — A woman had attacks of terrible itching of skin
without eruption through three periods of gestation. In the
last she complained of the same itching, when Dr. Lippe advised
Psorinum. In two days erysipelas appeared. Her face was
very much swollen. The child was born on the day after. On
the second day the lochia stopped, for which a dose of Bell, was
given, and there was no further trouble.
Dr. Farley then presented the following: a baby, set. eleven
months, has had a croupy cough since oirth. I was called
hastily, Jan. 2 1st, nine P. H., and found the little one gasping for
breath, with harsh, sawing respiration, and clear, ringing, rasp-
ing cough. Gave one dose Spongia*" dry. In ten minutes the
child was quietly sleeping, and the respiration was clearing
rapidly. On the morning of Jan. 22d, the father called and
said baby seemed all right. At six p. m. I called and detected
slight rasping sound and cough, with harsh laryngeal sound.
Gave one dose Spongia** dry, and left powder of Hepar", to
be given if child grew worse. Jan. 23d, father called and
said baby slept nicely until midnight; after that breathing be-
came labored and harsh, and cough ringing and rasping. He
had given the Hepar at two a. m.; amelioration followed and con-
tinued until eight A. M. From that on the child grew worse. I
saw the child at ten A. H., and found the breathing labored and
gasping. All the voluntary muscles were being used to aid
respiration. Respiration was noisy and rattling, tne larynx and
chest seeming to be loaded with mucus ; cough harsh and rasp-
ing, worse from cold water ; blood becoming carbonized, as was
evidenced by lividity of the face. On examining throat detected
small particles of membrane on tonsils, and during cough saw
a mouthful of lemon-yellow, muco-purulent matter well up
into fauces. The also nasi were expanding and contracting
markedly at each respiration. I had given a dose of Ant tart.,
to be repeated in an hour if not better. Called at twelve M. and
found tne patient worse, of course. I then went over the case
carefully, and got the condition clearly, as above described; I
failed to get a clear record at one o'clock. I now gave a dose of
Lyoop.**, and left Sac. lac, to be given every half-hour, and
went away, confident of success.
1889.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. Igl
At half-past three o'clock I was hastily called^ as the child
was said to be worse. Child seemed to be a little worse in every
way. The cough was more violent and frequent, respiration more
labored and obstructed. I told them the was doing just what I
had reason to expect, and that I firmly believed she would get
well. I felt sure it was the four to eight P. M. aggravation of
Lycop., and determined not to call again until after eight o'clock.
Called at half-past eight o'clock, and found the parents happy
and the child sleepmg peacefully. The breathing was still
somewhat labored. Continued Sac. lac.
Jan. 24th, ten A. M., child playing in cradle and seeming
perfectly well. Had slept well all night.
The 131st meeting of the Lippe Society was held on Tuesday
evening, April 9th. Dr. Carleton Smith occupied the chair.
After the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved,
the Secretary reported that Dr. Still had sent him a paper on
diphtheria to be read at the March meeting ; that it had mis-
carried, and was received only the dav before this meeting. The
paper was then read. Dr. Smith called special attention to tlie
peculiar symptom of Ignatia in affections of the throat, the
suffering worse when not swallowing. It belongs to no other
remedy so characteristically, and is always relieved by Ignatia.
Dr. Preston — Some time a|so I was called to see a boy aged
five years, who had an attack of diphtheria. I had been pre-
ceded in the family by allopaths, who had lost two cases. The
child was moribund, and liis death was expected hourly. I
found he was crying all the time except when swallowing. By
this peculiar symptom I was led to ignatia, and he recovered
speedily. Ignatia is excellent in croup where the same peculiar
symptom is present.
Dr. Powei — I have just successfully treated one of the worst
cases of diphtheria I have ever seen. A child, set. seven years,
first taken with scarlatina. The fauces were completely covered
with false membrane, also the posterior nares.
As the discharge was excoriating, I first gave Arum-tri.,
which did no good. Arsenicum^°^ was then given for the symp-
toms, which caused improvement. Laryngeal complications
then appeared, and for the hoarse, croupy cough, and the char-
acteristic loose, rattling cough I gave Bromine®"', a few spoon-
fills in water, with excellent results. There was almost total
oppression of urine.
Dr. Clark then reported a very interesting case of dysmen-
orrhcea, calling special attention to the many contradictory symp-
toms, which seemed characteristic of several remedies.
1^2 DIPHTHERIA. [May,
Dr. Lee said that he knew of a somewhat similar case in old-
school hands, in which there was anteflexion of the uterus*
After the flexion had been reduced the symptoms were mitigated,
but even then oophorectomy was performed to ''cure" the
case.
Dr. Preston — ^I had a case of severe menstrual trouble, which
prevented the patient from being out of bed for months. She
got the idea that her uterus was displaced, but all that could be
done to convince her she was wrong was of no avail. After
she had had several attempts made to replace it, without benefit,
Pulsatilla made her well.
Dr. Lee said we did wrong not to wait until several menstrual
periods had passed before we change the carefully chosen
remedy, if that has failed to relieve.
Dr. Farley thought that we should see some sign of improve-
ment in the first period after the appropriate remedy was
given.
Dr. Preston — I should wait for at least three periods. If at
the end of that time I saw no change for the oetter I should
study the case and choose another remedy.
Geo. H. CI4ABK, Secretary.
DIPHTHERIA.
HoBAGE Still, M. D., Nobristown, Pa.
This is defined to be a specific, contagious, asthenic disease
which sometimes prevails as an epidemic, and is endemic in some
localities.
It is characterized by the exudation of a false membrane on
the mucous surface of the soft palate, uvula, tonsils, pharynx,
larynx, and trachea, or it may involve the posterior nares and
eustachian tube, or it may appear in more remote localities.
Together with this false membrane there is more or less marked
prostration of strength, the appearance of albumen in the urine,
sometimes a cutaneous eruption, enlargement of glands, and
where the larynx and trachea become involved, the distressing
croupy symptoms appear. These, t<^ether with other symptoms
known to all, constitute the picture of the disease. But, rather
than a description of the disease, it is the treatment which is of
the most interest to the homoeopathic physician. Bight here,
let me say, it is in this disease that some of the greatest triumphs
of Homoeopathy have occurred, while, on the other hand, the
mortality on the part of the old school is large, the treatment
1889.] DIPHTHEBIA. 183
UDsatisfactoTVy as is evidenced by the utter want of well-credited
and successful measures^ and their constant seeking after some-
thing which will destroy the so-ealled microccus diphtheriticus,
and thus, as they mistakenly suppose, cure the disease. There
is only one true way of curing an individual afflicted with symp-
toms which are termed diphtheritic, and that is by strict adherence
to the homcBopathic law of cure^ founded upon its three (3) fun-
damental principles :
1. The Similar Remedy.
2. The Single Remedy.
3. The Minimum Dose.
There is no one specific for diphtheria, but every case must be
carefully and patiently individualized.
REMEDIES AND THEtB IKDICATIOKS.
Ailanthus g. — ^Diphtheria with scarlatinal complications :
where there is a livid and swollen thr«»atand tonsils studded with
numerous deep, angry-looking ulcers, exuding a scanty, fetid
discharge ; livid, purplish appearance of the skin ; semi-conscious
oi»idition, or entire insensibility.
Ammcn^ iyawL — ^Especii^lly in diphtheritic croup : marked
hoarseness ; low, husKy cough ; suffocative spells with great
anguish ; breathing hurried ; pulse rapid, feeble, wiry. The
whole tlm)at ooveraci with a white exudate, with intense pain in
throat; gre^t difficulty in swallowing; great weakness and pros-
tration, not in proportion to the short duration of the disease.
Apis m. — This remedy, as you well know, is so highly recom-
mended by Jahr in his forty years' practice as to lead one to
believe it to be a specific for nearly all cases ; it does not, I think,
occupy any such position in the homoeopathic materia medica,
bat shoula be prescribed only according to well-defined indica-
tions.
There is marked debility from the beginning ; throat presents
a varnished appearance ; the membrane is of a dirty gray color;
and, although the parts are highly inflamed, there is com-
paratively little pain ; uvula often becomes oedematous and looks
as if filled with water ; the margins and a little beyond the mem-
brane are fiery red and shining, and this fiery margin moves as
the membrane increases ; pain in the ears when swallowing ;
often a stinging pain in the throat between the acts of deglutition;
the throat, externally, is often swollen and puffe ; tnirstless-
ness ; there is often a sensation of rapid swelling of lining mem-
brane of throat ; sense of suffocation, can bear nothing about
the throat ; skin perspires, and dries up in starts ; urine scanty^
albuminoas.
184 DIPHTHERIA. [Maj,
Araen. aJb. — SometimeB called for with the characteristic
restlessness, thirst, prostration, aggravation after midnight
and albuminous urine.
Ar8en.jod. — ^Recommended where the deposit extends even to
the outer edge of the lips ; foul breath ; short, difficult respira-
tion ; marked adynamic symptoms ; glandular enlargements.
Arum tru — Mouth burns and is sore, so that they refuse to
drink ; discharge of a burning, ichorous fluid from nose, excori-
ating the upper lip ; nose stopped up and they can only breathe
with the mouth o|)en, this is the case with <^r without discharge
from the nose ; picking at lips and nose, making them bleed ;
fetid breath ; sensation of something hot in throat; hemorrhage
from nose, mouth, and throat ; great restlessness.
Baptisia. — ^Very little pain, muces oedematously swollen, with
constant inclination to swallow ; membrane has a dark appear-
ance; breath offensive; suffocating spells; can only swallow
liquids; prostration; stools dark and blood streaked; mind
wandering ; low, muttering delirium.
Bell. — Useful sometimes in beginning; restlessness ; desire to
£wal low, and sensation as if he would cholke if he did not swallow ;
;great difficulty in swallowing solids or fluids ; throat highly con-
gested, bright red ; right sided aggravation ; sleepy but cannot
-sleep ; pupils dilated ; red face, etc.
Bron^um. — Croupous symptoms; recommended for diph-
tliGria apparently commencing in larynx and spreading up-
ward ; stiff neck with diphtheria ; hoarse, croupy cough.
Oantharis, — Burning in throat, with scraping sensation and
spitting of blood ; spasmodic constriction and intense pain at the
back part of the throat ; dysuria ; urine albuminous and shreddy ;
extreme prostration ; sinking, death-like turns ; rash on skin or
shining through.
Oapsic. an. — Burning and soreness in mouth and throat ;
fauces covered with a considerable deposit, with smarting, beat-"
ing, and throbbing in the head ; rapid pulse; vertigo; epistaxis;
chilliness in the back.
lanatia. — ^This remedy, as you are aware, was first introdaoed
in the treatment of diphtheria, by Dr. Boskowitz, of Brooklyn.
It was subsequently used by Dr. W. C. Slough, in an epidemic
in Lehigh County, this State, with marked success, and that,
too, with the 200th trituration. The symptoms characterizing
this epidemic were ''green vomiting; putrid throat, seldom
painful (the painful cases were less likely to prove &tal);
greenish-yellow patches ; delirium, headache ; green stools ; sup-
pression of urine, sometimes chilliness, sometimes high fever.''
1889.1 DIPHTHERIA. 1 86
This remedy, a]so, is most likely to be useful where the right
side is affected, although the exudation maybe ou both sides;
high fever with delirium, characterized by fearfulness or dread;
soreness of throat, worse between the acts of deglutition ; pain
in the back of the head, trachea, and sometimes in the ears.
AffgrawUion. — When not swallowing (between the acts), and
-when swallowing liquids.
Amelioraiion, — When swallowing food.
Kali bieh, — Tough, stringy discharge from the nose, which is
often fetid ; pharynx red, swollen ; thick ; tenacious, ashy-gray
membrane, which has a strong tendency to spread downward to
larynx ; smell from the mouth as of decayed meat; uvula looks
like a bladder; parotid glands swollen; harsh and stridulous
breathing ; voice partially suppressed ; an almost unconscious con-
dition when aroused from it or when awaking from apparent sleep;
marked aggravation ; awakens with desire to cough or to hawk
up detached portions of the diphtheritic deposit, and throws off
tough, ropy, yellow mucous expectoration, frequently streaked
with blood ; extreme prostration.
Kali permang. — Fauces covered with a peculiar wash-leather,
grayish membrane, breath offensive from the beginning; thin,
watery, sainous discharge from nose, excoriating the upper lip ;
fluids taken by the mouth return through the nose ; vomiting ;
dark-colored, offensive diarrhoea ; general prostration ; sometimes
a comatose state.
KaUphas, — ^Has been recommended where there is a marked
putrid, gangrenous condition and a fearful stench from the
month.
Lac can, — One side of the nose stopfied up, the other free
and discharging thin mucus at times and thin blood, these con-
ditions alternate, first one nostril is stopped up and the other
fluent, €ind vice versa ; fliiidsescape through nose while drinking;
on swallowing, acute pains at one time on right side of the throat,
and at another on the left side ; diphtheritic membrane, white
like china; mucous membrane of the throat glistening as if var-
nished ; membrane changes sides repeatedly ; desires for warm
drinks ; there may be difficult breathing, suffocative spells ; pulse
weak and rapid ; tongue dry and coated grayish-wnite. This
remedy is often useful after Lachesis.
Loch. — Commences on left side and goes to the right ; aggra-
vation from empty swallowing, less from liquids, relief from
solids. Fluids return through the nose ; spasmodic constric-
tion of tliroat worse after sleep or arousing from sleep ; intoler-
ance of anything touching the throat ; fever marked ; pulse
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186 DIPHTHEBIA. [May, 1889.
weak and rapid ; great restleflsness and prostration ; sometimes
delirium, with great loqaacionsneas and changing from subject
to subject ; useful in diphtheritic croup.
Lachncmlhea t — Uselul in cases with stiffness of neck and
head drawn to one side during or after the attack.
Lyeop. — ^Disease commences on the right side or beginning in
the nose; mise stopped up; not able to breathe through the
nose, so that they are obliged to keep the mouth open, with
tongue partly projecting, producing a silly expression on the
face ; wring-like motion of alas nasi on awaking out of a short
sleep, patient is often cross or will jump up in bed and stare and
not recognize anybody ; aggravation from hot drinks, they
make the throat smart.
Merc. oy. — Useful in putrid forms of diphtheria ; likely to
commence in nostrils and spread downward ; grayish-leathery
exudatiou ; much salivation ; great fetor ; excessive prostration
and datiger of collapse from commencement.
Merc, jod^ /a».-^ Worse on right aide ; thick, dirty-yellow
coating at base of tongue, tenacious mucus in throat ; offensive
odor n'om mouth ; glands swollen ; a^ravation from warm
drinks.
Merc. iod. rub. — ^Worse on left side; swallowing botk of
fluids ana solids painful ; exudation limited, transparent, easily
detached ; gums and tongue swollen and sensitive.
Najatri. — Patient grasps at throat with sensation of diddng;
must sit up ; breath fetid ; short, hoarse coi:^h ; taw feding in
the upper part of trachea ; blue appearance of the skin ; pulse
intermittent, thready ; threatening cardiac paralysis.
NU. ac — Membrane on fauces and tonsils extends to the nose;
stoppage of nose or corroding discharge from the nose; terrible
fetor ; swollen parotids ; pain as from a splinter in the throat,
worse when swallowing; intermittent pulse.
Phytolacca dec. — Dirty, wash-leather membrane ; mucus
hawked with difficulty from posterior nares; from which it hangs
down in strings ; excessive fetor of breath at times ; severe
aching of head, back, and 1^ ; great prostration, with faintness
on rising.
Sul. ac. — ^Thick yellow membrane on fauces and tonsils,
very tenacious ; deglutition impeded ; voice thick ; swelling of
parotids ; marked fetor from mouth ; much weakness ; exces-
sive paleness.
Sulphur. — ^Yellow deposit about posterior wall of pharynx ;
quick pulse ; flashes of heat ; faintness ; sinking spells ; com-
plaining of closeness of room, in sluggish cases.
ORGANON SOCIETY OF BOSTON, MASS.
Meeting Febuary 7th, 1889.
On aooount of the abeence of Dr. Wesflelhoeft, Dr. Kennedy
read, b^inning at Section 100.
Dr. Kennedy — ^In regard to Sections 101 and 102, they
seem to me to state a yery important feature of Homceopathy.
How many physicians realise the value of looking carefully at
the first two or three cases of an epidemic ; if they did it might
save them much trouble later.
Dr. Lincoln — Did Hahnemann express himself as he really
meant? He speaks of specifics for epidemics. When speaking
of the cholera, he said that two or three remedies would proba-
bly cover the majority of the cases.
Dr. Kennedy — ^I do not think he speaks of a specific remedy,
but of the appropriate homceopathic remedy.
Dr. Bell — ^We must first ascertain what Hahnemann means.
I think he refers to such epidemics as do not always retain
characteristics, and would therefore exclude yellow fever, small-
pox, eta How much then will it exclude and include? I have
always thought it applied to epidemics of inflaenza or winter
diarrhoea, and these maydiffer in January, February, or March.
I have tried to apply Hahnemann's teachings, and have seen
evidences of the truth. Through last December we had coughs that
called for Arnica, causing pain in the sides with desire to hold
on. It was quite a severe cough, and, while Arnica did not help
every case, it was the remedy for the majority of them. The
winter diarrhoeas have been characterized by vomiting with stool.
Several cases called for Dulcamara. In one case Dulc. did
not seem indicated as well as some other remedy, but that
producing no result, it was much helped by Dulc.
Dr. ^^eeler — I have had one case of diarrhoea this winter
which was cured by Dulc.
Dr. Bell — ^We rarely use Dulc. in winter, but this winter has
been rather warm and damp. Section 103 indicates the way
Hahnemann got the picture of psora and discovered the anti-
psorics.
Dr. Lincoln — Can you find a case that represents psora alone
or syphilis or sycosis alone? There always seems to be a
combination of two or more.
Dr. Bell — " Materia V in Section 105, should be " instru-
ments,'' as in the original.
187
188 OBGANON SOCIETY OF BOSTON. [Maj,
Dr. Ebstings — ^This shoald be understood thoroughly, as
most of the so-called homoeopathic physicians claim that the
law is not always sufficient.
Dr. Bell — ^We should not search for some occult meaning in
Hahnemann's language. It seems to me that he means we will
find remedies for almost all our cases. We may fail to find the
remedy for some case, for the remedy .may not be known. He
is talking now of the instruments^ not of the law governing
their use.
Dr. Davis — ^Does Section 108 exclude symptoms observed on
the sick ?
Dr. Bell — No, but that is left for masters in the art of observ-
ing. See Section 142.
Adjourned to February 28th.
Meetikg Febkuaby 28Tn.
Dr. Wesselhoeft still being absent. Dr. Bell read, beginning
at Section 110.
Dr. Bell — ^Hahnemann is bringing out the theme expressed in
Section 110, everywhere in the Organon. He has but two or
three themes in the Organony and is constantly referring to
them. People oft;en ask if ^^ that little sugar " can do them any
good. I usually tell them that a powder of Arsenic or Tartar
Emetic would look exactly the same as the sugar powder, and
that they cannot tell by the looks or the taste of drugs, but by
the effect of the remedy after taking it.
Dr» Cobb— I usually ask them if they know what gave them
typhoid fever.
Dr. Dutton — ^Do yon use pellets moistened with alcohol for
placebos?
Dr. Bell — I generally use dry pellets or powders with pellets
in them. Sometimes I use tablets. In regard to Section 111,
it is a very common impression that you can make the remedy
suit by changing the potency, whereas no potency of a non-
indicated drug is of any value.
Dr. Cobb— A friend who is a physician " out West*' told me
of a man who came to her one afternoon with a raging toothache.
She gave him a remedy, and it helped him so much that the
next morning he thought he would take home with him what
was left of the solution — he lived some distance away, and
happened to be in the town for the night. So he put the solu-
tion in an essence of peppermint bottle, and suocesstully relieved
1889.] VERIFICATIONS. 189
himself of other attacks of toothache^ and some of his friends
also. The doctor knew of these facts by his bringing back the
bottle to be filled again, and it was very strong of the pepper-
mint then. The remedy was Merc, sol.*** .
Dr. Bdl — ^I have known a remedy to act perfectly when
given to a man with his mouth fall of chewing tobacco. What
I gather from Section 117 is that, although few symptoms may
be produced in some powders, the drug is just as valuable.
Dr. Eaton — ^Note 92 ; will only one drug be indicated in a
given case?
Dr. Bell — One will certainly be more appropriate than the
others.
Section 121 — ^Dr. Bell — I do not think this was Hahnemann's
latest thought. Lye, Calc., Sil., Nat mur. are certainly better
proved in the potencies.
Section 129 — Dr. Bell — Hahnemann says additional pellets
may be taken. Have any of you seen any difference in the
number of pellets given ? I have not had much experience in
proving, but in prescribing I never noticed that the number of
pellets given made any difference.
Dr. Dutton — ^Are people ever, injured by proving ?
Dr. Bell — ^I do not think there is any permanent injury.
Provers distinguish the symptoms of the drug from those of
ordinary health.
When .1 was proving Calcarea fluorica, I had a backache
from riding that I had never experienced before. I had ridden
a great deal, but never had such a backache. Then another
feeling that the remedy brought out was the fear of want ; the
leeling that I should come to want I knew these symptoms
as being entirely different from my feelings in ordinary health,
S3 they were not natural to me.
Adjourned to March 14th. S. A. Kimball, Secretary.
VERIFICATIONS.
Cases fboh Practtice.
A. H. BiRDSALL, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Case I. — A young man came into my office complaining with
what he termed a stabbing toothache. He said that he had
taken cold the day previous in a tooth which was decayed, and
since twelve o'clock that night had been suffering with severe
gUtbbiTig or jerking pains comiTif^ at intervals of every half-miniUe —
mriffk sharp stabs from the tooth up into the temple and ear. This
190 VERIFICATIONS. [May,
was the peculiarity of his toothache, and I do not think it ex*
aggerated as r^arded the frequency of these pains, as I noticed
that he would as frequently jump and jerk back his head, signifi-
cant of pain. I spent some ten minutes in looking for the
simillimum in the young man's case. When I found m Reper-
tory, under Baryta carb., the symptom, single jerks in iedh and
and also in the provings '^ Todhaolie in single jerks in decayed
iedh from cold, the pain reaching^to temple and ear,'' I gave
him a single dose of Baryta carb. Q^ncke) dry on the tongue.
At the expiration of four minutes the pains had entirely ces^ed,
and the swelling and slight soreness of face and iaw gradually
disappeared in the course of the next twenty-four hours.
Case II. — ^Miss L. took a heavy cold in the head, whieh
latterly developed into a severe neuralgia of the entire left
side of head and face, involving eye of same side ; the pains
seemed to start from left occipital r^ion and extend forward,
pains sharp and tearing, especially in and around eye (ciliary
neuralgia), causing much lachrymation, constant feeling of nausea,
and occasional vomiting of bile, the least noise— <even talking —
ag^gravates the pain, and light is intolerable to the affected eye.
She had been suffering in this manner for about three hours
when I saw her. One dose of Spigelia*" (B. & T.) stopped her
pains in fifteen minutes.
Case III. — ^Mr. R., aged twenty, while exercising in the
gymnasium, accidentally received a severe bruise upon his right
testicle. For a few minutes he suffered considerable pain, which
gradually passed off, leaving a slight soreness for several days.
Twelve days after the injury he sent for me in great haste, when
I found him writhing in ionizing pain in his right (injured^
testicle ; the pain sharp, cuJUmg, and running up spermatic cora
to lower part of back and also through scrdum to root of penis.
It was with difficulty that I obtained the latter and only charac-
teristic symptom 4n his case, so great was his suffering. A dose
of Conium*^ relieved his pain in five minutes, and at the end of
twenty minutes it had entirely disappeared.
Case IV. — ^Mrs. S., seven months enceinte, was taken one
evening with intolerable neuralgic pains confined mostly to lejt
side of head and face, apparently emanating from some carious
tooth, although she was unable to locate it, as the teeth and gums
of the entire left side were sore and sensitive, especially to any-
thing voarm taken into the mouth, I found her aliout eleven
o'clock in the evening, walking rapidly up and down the room,
moaning and crying, extremely irrkable, decidedly uncivil, if not
disposed to be quarrelsome. A few pellets of Chamomilla^
1889.] VERIFICATlONa 191
(JohoatODe) gave relief in a very few minutes, and in less than
half an hour I had the gratification of leaving her entirely free
from suffering, and completely transformed into a state of
supreme compiaoency of mind.
Case Y. — A gentleman came in my office, saying that he had
been troubled for nine months with a diarrhoea that had baffled
all the old-school doctors he bad consulted, and that he would
like to give Homceopathy a chance. Examination for his remedy
seemed to elicit nothing really.characteristic in his condition.
Stools watery ; yellowish at times, accompained with pain ;
again painless. Usually six or seven movements through the
diay, never at night; nothing particularly seemed to aggravate
or bring on a movements I was about to prescribe Nux-vom.
and await devdopment of symptoms, when he told me that he
had noticed one thing throughout his trouble — that he invariably
had a movement every morning ajler his hreaJkfajdj and also that
if he ate no breakfast, he might have no movement for a couple
of hours. One dose of Thuja and plenty of Sac-lac. cured this
man in the course of five days, and he had no return of his
irouble.
Case YI. — ^Mr. L., aged forty-five, had been suffering with a
severe, almost coneestive type of chills and fever for two
weeks, whidi he had been keeping partially under control with
Quinine. His chill would usually occur every other day in the
afternoon about four or five o'clock ; the coldness, as he expressed
it, seeming to penetrate every part of his body, causing him to
shake terribly for nearly two hours, no amount of covering or
external heat giving him any relief from the chill ; his hands,
feet, and face get very blue. Much restlessness and anxiety,
and some thirst ; drinking makes him feel more chilly. Fever
follows, lasting most of the night, with mwh, third. Chilliness
during fever if moves or turns or raises covers ; sweat with
thirst follows heat, with desire to be uncovered. One dose of
JViia>-«Hii.**^ immediately after a severe paroxysm completely
intercepted the next chill, and cured without repetition of dose
or paroxysm.
Case VII. — A little girl of ten years of age had been
troubled with an eczema situated on back of neck at border of
hair for a period of two years ; would get better and worse at
times, but never entirely disappearing. There constantly exuded
from it a secretion having the appearance of peach-gum. One
dose of Natr.-muriaiJ^ (Swan) cured in two months without
return — now one year since. Six years ago I cured a lady of
hay fever (which had troubled her every summer for a number
192 CLINICAL CASES. [M«j,
of years) with several doses of the same remedy, solely on the
strength of the above indications.
Case VIII. — ^A theological student had been troubled with
dyspepsia and chronic constipation for several years, at times
eiving him so much trouble that he would have to relinquish
his studies. Appetite generally good, but slight errors in diet
were apt to bring on an attack of gastralgia. Much tenderness,
and at tiroes bloating; in the epigastrium, so that the clothing
would be uncomfortable and painful ; frequent spells of empty,
weak feelings in pit of stomach. Food always lay heavy in
stomach, producing sensation like a stone lying there, attended
with good deal of belching. Generally awakens in the morn-
ing with dull feeling, in head and pain across the forehead,
bowels inactive — always had to take cathartics to get them to
move. If not would use enemata, when the pain and straining
would become almost intolerable, the stools being large, dry, and,
as he expressed it, hard as though baked. He also complained
at times of pain and soreness of right side, felt mostly in step-
ping heavily in walking, and deep breathing, coughing, or sneez-
ing. Three doses of Bryonia 2000 (Jen.) at intervals of tea
days cured permanently in three months.
CLINICAL CASES.
E. W. Berbidoe, M. D., London.
(15) &pia.— August 27th, 1886.— Mr. B. wrote that he had
been ailing for some time ; aching in calves, extending up to
knees, with a feeling almost as if the bones were decaying. The
excitement and occupation of business during the morning
makes him forget his aching limbs. Has had much worry
lately. /Sgwa®" (F. C.) twice daily for eight days soon cured.
(16) Lcuifdinum. — ^Mr. E., aged twenty-eight, March 26th,
1888, consulted me for iritis. I first prescribe for him August
18th, 1884, when he told me that he had had six attacks of in-
flammation of the eyes, alternating in either eye in the three
previous years. It had been diagnosed as iritis at an ophthal-
mic hospital. The attack would last four or five weeks. The last
two attacks had been five months apart ; generally there was an
interval of six months; never more than eight He never bad
syphilis. I gave him according to the changing symptoms
Jlcon., JVcrfr-wtir., and 2Sno. He was well by September 16th,
but had improved much sooner than usual ; the attach having
1889.] CLINICAL CASES. 193
lasted nine days when I first saw him. Two allopaths had told
him be never would be cured.
On January 9i\ 1885yhehad another attack in right eye, which
I cored with Snc, followed by Merc. He was nearly well by
January Slat, and said it was the shortest attack he had ever
had.
On January 2dy 1886^ had another attack in right eye, hav-
ing remained well longer than ever before. I cured it with
^oon. and Merc.
He remained quite well till March 17th^ 1888 ^more than two
years), then the right eye was attacked during tne excessively
cold weather. I saw him March 26th. Right eye was much
inflamed ; aching in it at night ; shooting frofii right eye to temple
and eyebrow, worse at night between three and five A. M. Has
been worse since 22d. Sight very hazy. Iris looks dull. Since
17th a black spot before right eye, moving with the eye, when
in sunlight. Laefelinum*^ (Fincke) every four hours.
April 4th. — ^Took the last dose last night; after the third
day took it Only thrice daily. He improvea the first night, the
improvement increasing each night; the third night the pain
dia not wake him at all. No return of the aggravation between
three and five a. m. since commencing the medicine. The shoot-
ing pain, which was the last to appear, was the first to disap-
pear. Sight not nearly so hazy ; can see a red stone in a ring
which he could not before. £lye looks clearer. Yesterday
morning, feeling of grit in right eye on waking, lasting two or
three hours (? effect of medicine). No more medicine eiven.
April 19tn. — Has felt quite well for five days, and has gone
back to his work, which is wheeling a bath chair. No black
apeck. Sight getting clearer daily ; can read print now. Eye
looks natural, and there has been no pain in it for eight or ten
days. Since April 2d, and worse for the last two weeks, inner
side of arch of right foot is swelled, with aching pain, worse at
night if he wakes and moves, and he has to limp on first getting
oat of bed ; the pain ceases after walking about ten minutes, but
if he rests he feels it when he moves again ; the pain is as if the
maacles there were contracted.
These symptoms were like those of RhuSy but as the transfer*
enoe of symptoms from the eye to the foot was a curative effect,
I gave no medicine. Invariably when symptoms pass from
above downward, or from within outward, or from a more im-
portant to a less important organ, the medicine should be allowed
to act without repetition or interference. It is only when the
new symptoms persist that further medicine should be given. I
194 CLINICAL CASES. [Maj,
onoe greatly relieved a case of chronic headache with Nux ; her
feet became more painful, and to relieve them I prescribed KaU,
The feet improved ; but the headache returned as badly as ever,
and the patient gave up treatment. I know better now.
June 13th. — No return of pain in eye, but black spot has
returned. No swelling of foot or pain at night Foot feels sore
on first standing, and stiff after sitting, but not nearly so bad as
before.
I have not seen him since ; but as he was a free patient and
had never been relieved before he tried Homoeopathy, I conclude
he is still well.
(17) Stdphur. — April 18th, 1885. — ^Miss A. says she caught
cold in right eye about two months ago, which caused lachryma-
tion and pricking pains. This she cured (?) by application of
rose-water. About three weeks ago both eyes became affected,
and this time rose-water did no good. She has now constant
lachrymation, of a rather gelatinous character, all day, but worse
morning and evening. In the morning sees a halo round arti-
ficial light, yellow inside, then green, then yellow outside;
removed by washing. Graslight looks dim. Smarting in exter-
nal canthi, which are red and prick at times. 8ulphur^^(F.C,)
once daily for seven days.
April 26th.— Writes that eyes are really better ; symptoms con-
tinue, but are all less marked, and eyes do not pain nearly so
much ; the halo is thinner and smaller, and sight less dim ia
evening. No medicine.
May 11th. — Writes that she is almost well; eyes are only a
little weak ; a pricking sensation in them when exposed to wind ;
lids very heavy on first waking in morning. Halo quite gone
for more than a week.
June 24th. — Reports she has remained quite well.
(18) Natrum mwriai.^ (P. C.) — Removed an inability to
blow the nose, the mucus getting into throat.
(19) i2Au« tox.— May 27th, 1886.— Miss C, aged thirty-eight,
in November, 1884, had lumbago and neuralgia in neck from
getting wet. It was treated with linaments and Morphia injec-
tions, and was followed by left sciatica. About three weeks ago
had return of the neuralgia, for which she took Quinine and
Iron, but without benefit. Present symptoms : The pain begins
in nape like a rheumatic stiffness, worse on left side of neck ;
relieved by wrapping it up in woolen shawl, but worse by heat
of fire; better by leaning back with head leaning on something.
The pain comes on in daily paroxysms, except on 24th and 25tfa,
during menses. The first came on in evening, but now in morn-
1889.] CLINICAL CA8£a 195
ing, aad to-day she woke with it. The pain begins in nape,
extendine over occiput to vertex, and a little into ears. During
the attacks, utter aislike to wine, even of the kinds which she
likes* Has noticed the attacks wcr^t before damp weather. Feet
tender all over, worse on top and in left foot, Keck better by
rubbing. Sometimes has several paroxysms of pain during day.
Comes on little toes, worse on left, paining most in hot weather.
Bhua toxj^ (F. C.) thrice daily for eight days.
June 5th. — Paroxysms have not come on so frequently, nor
have lasted so lone, till yesterday, when they were very bad.
Once has been free from the attacks for two consecutive days,
liast dose was taken yesterday morning. Feet less tender yes-
teiday ; felt very weak with the pain. Since taking the medi-
rine, and not before, palms have felt subjectively damp, but
were not so ; also once the same sensation on vertex. Soon
after commencing the medicine, had on two occasions an aching
in left; arm. Yesterday there was great intolerance of noise.
No medicine.
June 13th. — Has had threatenings of the pain, but no real
attack since. Feet much less tender. No return of dead feel-
ing of palms, or of aching of left arm. Corns have not troubled
her much.
June 22d. —No more attacks of pain even from draft ; has
been altogether more free from pain than the previous week.
Feet rather more tender the last two days.
July 22d. — Has been, on the whole, very well, and has been
able to go out to entertainments, which she could not do before
without a bad attack. Has only had a few threatenings of the pain.
Feet have been tender again the last two weeks, since the weather
became very hot. 12Attrf'"(Fincke) twice daily for fourteen days,
August 1st. — Feet less tender. Has had a little of the old
pains in the left hip and thigh. No medicine.
February 15th, 1887.— Consulted me for a catarrh. Has
had no return of the old symptoms, except that the feet have
been very tender for four or five months.
(20) Svlphui^^ (F. C.) cured an obstinate and regular dedre
lor stool, at five or six a. h., keeping her awake for an hour or so,
then she is obliged to rise to get relief; it came on daily for
three weeks or more.
(21) Siepia.— July 6th, 1888.— Mr. W., aged fifty-five, caught
oold six or eight weeks ago, followed by ^^ inflamed pain ''
in abdomen, relieved by hot flannels. Now has loss of appetite ;
eannoi ahoays mpoUow 9oHidfood^ but mast take U out of mouth ;
keeps turning it over in mouth, but cannot swaJlow it. Driving
196 CLINICAL GASES. [Majr,
causes pain in hypochondria, abdomen^ and lumbar r^ion, with
desire to lie down. Full feeling up from abdomen to throat ;
it comes on from eleven a. m., to one p. M., and then lasts all day ;
better by resting. Septa"" (F. C.) one dose.
July 21st. — Apf)etite better. Pains when driving altogether
better. The full feeling went in three or four days, and has not
returned.
September 22d. — Reports that he became quite well in two
weeks, and has remained so.
(22) Fagopyrum. — Sept. 1 6th, 1 888. — Mrs. , for a week, on
wctking in morning, pain in top of left shoulder ^ rather posteriorly,
extending up neck ; it is a dull, bruised pain, worse on moving
the part ; it goes off after breakfast, but returns somewhat two or
three times during day. Increased constipation for a week. For
about two weeks, and worse for last weeK ; nausea a liUle before
eleven A. M., lasting thirty minutes, but witliout vomiting; with
the nausea, and lasting aflerward, has dull pain in left temple.
Shoulder also feels painful if she wakes in night. For the last
few days has felt hot all over, though the weather has been
cooler. Fagopyrum ^"(F. C), one dose.
September 21st. — ^On 16th the pain in shoulder on waking
was much worse; *much better by night. On 17th, less pain on
waking, and none since till this morning, when she had a little
on waking. No more constipation. Very little return of nau-
sea, and no pain in temple. Still feels hot, but less. No medi-
cine.
October 3d. — Reports that none of the symptoms had
returned. This belongs to an interesting and complicated case
of tumor, which I hope, when completely cured, to publish in
full. In the meantime, I give this extract to illustrate the
action of a comparatively new remedy.
Here is another verification :
Miss L., aged thirty-four, had chronic diarrhoea. On April
25th, 1888, she reported that it had increased ; generally com-
meneing abotU six or seven A. M. ; also sinking in ^onuich, as if
she wanted food, coming on suddenly about six p. M. Fagopy-
'nim^^ (F. C), one dose.
The sinking was much worse for about a week after the dose,
then improved, and almost entirely ceased. The diarrhoea im-
proved for some time, but afterward increased, and I had to
prescribe Lachesis.
Symptoms 336, 426, 368, 602-6, 612-14, in Encydopoed&i
are thus verified : Fagopyrum has over eight hundred symptoms^
but I have seen no cures reported by us.
1889.] CLINICAL CASES. 197
(23) In a case of chroDicmetrorrhragia, occurring in a woman
sixty-eight years old^ and with weak heart, the following
symptoms were removed. Each remedy I gave in this case
acted promptly, and I hoped to cure hePj^but, after great im-
5>rovement, the weak heart suddenly failed, and she died in a
ew hours. This is the only death that has occurred in my
practice since May, 1885, and tliat case was a death at age of
seventy-^ix from old age. Single doses of the following reme-
dies were given :
Uiuja^ (F. C.) cured dislike to fresh meats and to potatoes.
Terelnnihina^^ (Fincke) cured : warm drinks cause, in their de-
acent, pain in sternal region, middle part, with tenderness to
touch ; the pain is somewnat burning.
Cblchieum^^ (F. C.) cured constipation, with constant, inefifec-
tual desire, but only passes a little clear, transparent, colorless
jelly with some froth ; the urging to start is accompanied with
sharp pain in rectum and bowels; better after the jelly has
passed.
Sanicula^ (F. C.) cured dirty-brown discharge from uterus,
with horribly putrid odor, like a battle-field after a few hot
days; the discharge came in hot gushes.
Carbolic aoid^^ (Fincke) cured an aversion to tea, of which
she was usually fond ; and much improved a diarrhoea.
SuljJiur^^ (F. C.) cured uterine discharge, watery, whitish,
copious, in gushes and scalding ; sometimes thicker, whitish-yel-
low, staining the napkins a mustard-yellow, with yellow
granules like crushed mustard seed, and fecal odor.
(24) Phosphorus.— April 18th, 1887.— Miss W., aged sixty-
three, has tiad much brain work. Constant fidgets since
Christmas; occur two or three times daily, a/iray« ai seven p. m.
whether she dines early or late. The attack begins either with
sleepiness, or with pricking or irritation in various spots on skin^
as if something had bitten her ; then a contractive feeling in
one or other thigh, as if the parts were drawn together, compel-
ling her to walk, or stand, or use the 1^, which temporarily
relieves it ; if she does not move the leg, it causes pain in sacral
region and occiput. At seven p. m., she feels as it the day was
over, and that she ought to go to bed. Sleep, sometimes long
and heavy, sometimes only from two A. m. to five A. h.; has lain
awake till six A. M. With the contractive feeling, sometimes
has palpitation. Often has shuddering, and cutis anserina, with
the fidgets. Occasionally had these fidgets when young. A
brother has them if fatigued.
PhosphorueT^ (F. C.) twice daily for one week, cured her
speedily.
FRACTURE OF A RIB, WITH IMMEDIATE AGGRA-
VATION AND SPEEDY RELIEF FROM
HYPERICUM*".
A boy eleven years of age, while playing iu the street was run
down by a coup^, which was seen to pass over the lower portion
of his chest. A neighboring physician temporarily prescribed
for him. I saw him two hours after the accident, and found him
prostrate, but quite conscious and intelligent ; skin cool, much
pallor of the face; pulse rather slow ; respiration 46, inspira*
tions partially repressed, painful and grunting ; expectoration o£
blood ; pains acute and pricking in the region of the lower ribs
of each side, especially of the eighth rib, right side, which waa
very sensitive to pressure at about two and one-half inches from
its cartilage. After applying the bandage to the chest, Aconite"**
and afterward Arnica ^ were given without relief. The shock
and the pricking character of the pains, and probable puncture
of the lung suggested Hypericum perfol., a solution of the
900th (Fincke) of which was given, and was only in the mouth
when the patient quickly drew up his limbs, exclaimed oh I
oh ! and suffered much aggravated pain in the injured parts ;
this gradually subsided, and be slept at intervals; but pain
returning, took another dose an hour and a half after the first,
followefl immediately by similar sharp aggravation, but subsid-
ing like the former. In two hours from the first dose of Hy-
pericum, respiration had declined from 46 to 33; he passed
fairly well the latter half of the night, sleeping at one time
an hour, having been turned, at his request, partially on the
injured side. The following day, bloody expectoration continu-
ing, he took, in solution, Millefolium^, which also has stitches
in the " lower right ribs,'^ " in the left false ribs,'' etc. ; this
seemed to arrest expectoration of blood. On the tenth day
after injury, Symphytum was riven. Fifteenth day, he feels
quite well. Some callous swelling of the injured portion of the
rib. Recovered without further trouble. The immediate aj?-
gravation from Hypericum*"^, and the rapid reaction, with the
relief following it, were remarkable.
B. L. B. Baylies.
The April kumbeb having been out long enough for our
readers to examine it, they will readily understand that the great
care required to avoid errors caused the delay in its appearance.
198
CLINICAL CASES.
C. N. Payne, M. D., Port Jebvis, N. Y.
Adelphia W., age eight years. PeritonitiB. First saw
patient January 4th, 1889, at ten p. h. She had been sick for
about thirty-six hours, with the following symptoms: First
twelve hours, more or less chilliness, but no history of distinct
chill ; sharp pains in lower abdomen, causing her to draw her
limbs up and scream. Terrible '' bearing down " pain on uri-
nating. Bowels had moved three times, and had vomited twice
green and yellow mucus.
Present condition: Temperature 101.6, pulse 120. Lyilig
with limbs partially flexed. Abdomen extremely sensitive to
least touch, even of bed-clothes, and pain aggravated by any
movement or jarring. Pain very sharp, comes and goes quickly.
Some distention of bowels. Rumbling of flatulence, etc. Severe
pain on urinating, a " bearing down," but no smarting, burning,
or cutting sensation. Urine scanty, but of normal appearance.
Pain begins and is most severe in ilio-coecal region, and extends
down to bladder and then up on opposite ^ide of abdomen.
Inside surface of knees " blacK and blue,'' from striking them
together during paroxjrsms of pain. But little thirst.
Patient's m<^er had given her Hyos., Aeon., and one dose of
Bell.^, and then stopped it, as it seemed to aggravate all her
in^mptoms. I prescribed Bell.* every fifteen minutes for four
doses, and then every half-hour or hour.
At four p. M., summoned by telephone. Patient worse.
Temperature 102.5. . Mother said second dose of medicine ag-
gravated, therefore had stopped it.
Intense throbbing headacihe, says '^ feels like hammers in her
head." Eyes sensitive to light. Very sensitive to noise. Face
very red and hot. Tongue, thin, white coating. More thirst.
Cannot bear least touch of abdomen.
Prescribed Bell.**, one dose (spoonful) after every paroxysm
of pain.
At half-past nine P. M., temperature 102, pulse 116. Slight
general improvement soon after taking last remedy, and had
slept about two hours altogether, since last seen. Continued
remedy.
January 6th, nine A. M., temperature 99.3, pulse 88, great
improvement. Little or no headache. Very lUUe sensitiveness
of bowels ; no distention of them. Scarcely any pain on nri-
199
200 POLYPUS OF RECTUM. [May, 1889-
Dating. Mother says, had considerable pain ap to half-past two
A. U.J and some delirium, but had slept most of time after that
hour until eight A. H.
At five p. M., found patient sitting in easy chair, dressed
and able to walk about room without pain, in fact, well and
very hungry.
POLYPUS OF RECTUM.
Messbs. EBrroBS : — ^l^he following may be of some interest ;
it also shows how needless operations often are.
A gentleman, a few months since, came to me suffering from
bleeding piles, for which I gave him Sulphur*'^, with marked
good results ; all inconvenience of any kind disappeared.
At the b^inning of November last he came complaining that
the bowel protruded ; on examination I found the bowel to be
prolapsed so much as to be very inconvenient standing or
riding.
I prescribed Merc sol.*", and advised a rectum pad to
prevent its slipping down when exercising ; in about a fortnight
the pad could be entirely dispensed with, and was only worn on
riding, as a precaution, but was needless; a friend of this
gentleman advised his getting a goad opinion.
He went to one of the first surgeons of London (I give the
name, but not for publication) who, after examination, said that
apart from the prolapsus, there was a polypus high up in
rectum.
I thought it not unlikely that the tumor (for I found there
was a small one) was the cause of the prolapsus, and I pointed
out that if such were the case, the prolapsus being apparently
cured, that the polypus must be better also, but nothing would
satisfy him, and it was arranged the operation should take place
immediately. Accordingly, one week aft;er examination by this
specialist, he came to operate, but, to his astonishment, found
there toas no polypus to remove; he staled thai it must have
remaned iteeJfy and passed away^ further , thai the prolapsus also
was gone ; this we knew before ; accordingly not to lose his
time, he removed three piles. Now as there had been no trouble
from hemorrhoids for some months, this was, probably, quite
unnecessary, even from an allopathic point of view.
Yours truly,
Alfred Heath, F. L. 8.
114 Ebuby Street, London, January 19th, 1889.
CROUP.
Mr* Editor : — I like your criticisms on the article by P. P.
Weilsy in January number^ giving Boenninghausen's treatment of
croup. It is not homoeopathic nor scientific. I also take ex-
ceptions to the cases cited as membranous. My experience has
taught me that true membranous croup seldom, if ever, begins
before midnight, and comes on so deceptively that the friends
do not get alarmed until the membrane is well formed and has
been two or three days growing. Usually, tnie membranous
croup b^ins about four a. m., and the first night the child only
coughs a few times and feels as well the next day as if the
Cfx>up or cough had never occurred. The second night at four
A. M. the cough is repeated, with aggravations, and the next
da}^ the child seems quite well. The third night and day the
case becomes more alarming and the physician is called, to find
either a Kali-bi., Brom., or lod. case — seldom, if ever, a Hepar
or Spongia case. There is no' necessity for a mistake for the phy-
sician to make if he will observe his case, slowly, and be gov-
erned by the following brief points in selecting his remedy :
Cough before midnight remedies are Aeon., Spongia, and
Hepar.
Aconite, Dry, hot, feverish, thirsty, with labored breathing.
The child awakens from sleep coughing; he turns over, goes to
sleep, and is awakened with cou^h again.
Hepar. Hoarse, deep cough ; child ehokea when coughing with
rattling of mucus in chest.
Spongia. Dry, hollow cough with wheezing or asthmatic
breathing ; no rattling as in Hep. The coughs sounds like a saw
sawing a board.
Remedies after midnight, Sambucus and Kali-bi.
Sambucus. Wheezing, hoarse, suffocating cough ; child sits up
in bed to breathe and cough,
Kali-bi. Cough with metallic sound ; wheezing or rattling in
larynx ; expectoration of a tough, stringy, viscid mucus.
Bromium. Great prostration ; child white, delicate skin, blue
eyes ; hoarse, loose, ratUing cough,
lodium. No prastraiion ; child with dark skin and eyes; a
wheezing^ sawing respirationy and the child grasps the throat
when coughing.
In Bromium there is prostration and rattling.
In lodium there is no prostration and no rattling, but wheez-
ing and a difference in color of skin and eyes.
14 201
202 DIAERHCEA OF OONSUMPTIVEa pCty,
Phosphorus, Dry cough, with pain in larynx when speaking;
the child sajs it hurts him to talk.
Other remedies may be indicated, but these are the more com-
mon ones called for, and I must say, since using the high poten-
cies, my success far surpasses any treatment in former years with
the low.
L. P. Foster, M. D.
Minneapolis, Minn.
PROF. MORGAN'S LECTURES.
Editors Homoeopathic Physician :
I wish to be allowed a brief reply to your criticism of my
lectures on InslUiUes in Hahnemann Medi^ College.
You are incorrectly informed as to the course ; and I have to
say, first, that I have only freshmen, or first young men in my
class, who are unsuited to study the deep things of Hahnemann's
Organon without a preliminary co.urse of some extent upon the
history of medicine, which the majority of the class have the
good sense to perceive and profit by. If there be any individu-
als who fail to do so, it will surely prove a future disadvantage
to them, as I think you will agree.
Secondly. Since Christmas I have lectured <ndy upon the
Organon and its teachings faithfully, and, if the earnestness of
the students proves anything, most acceptably and profitably.
In addition, some thirty of them have engaged in the proving
of a new drug in the line of the year's work of our national
society. If this be not homoeopathic teaching, it seems hard to
say what would be.
Very truly yours,
John C. Mobgan.
Philadelphia, March 9th, 1889.
DIARRHOEA OF CONSUMPTIVES.
F. L. Griffith, M. D., Edina, Mo.
Mrs. , age twenty-two, in the last stage of consumption, was
attacked in June last with a most weakening diarrhoea. She
had been under the care of allopaths for several months, till
last August, when I was called. Her friends knew the case was
hopeless and expected her to die in the fall, but they were vary
desirious of having the troublesome and weakening diarrhcea
1889.] REMEDIES FOB CHRONIC DISEASES. 203
Stopped. I gave Sulpli.*™, Podo.*", Lye.*". I gave these three
drugs from August to October, one dos$e of each about a month
apart, without effect, yet they each at various times seemed in-
dicated. About the middle of October they were expecting her
to die every day, and I had given up all hopes, till one day in
carefully looking over my interleaved Lippe, I noticed a line,
viz. : ** Diarrhoea of consumptives — Acetic acid." I determined
immediately to try it. I gave three powders of the 30cm potency,
to be taken dry, one each night, till the three were used ; it
acted marvelously ; it not only stopped the diarrhoea, but gave
her a natural and regular action. The patient got stronger and
lived till February I5th. She was not troubled any more till a
couple of days before her death. I had copied the idea from
Dr. Kent's interleaved repertory, and have proved it in one
cosie most effectually. I could not see, in the provings of Acet-
ac, anything similar to my case, but it most certainly seems to
act in this disease where the indicated remedy fails.
I. INTERCURRENT REMEDIES FOR CHRONIC
DISEASES.
[Trmnslated from Dr. C. ▼. Bcenninghaiisen's Repertory of Antipsoric Reme-
dies.—F. H. Lutze.]
CoFPEA (X°R) t. e. (**) for over-sensitiveness and painful-
ness of diseased parts, fretfulness, and sleeplessness.
Hepar 8ULPH. CALC. alternately with Nitric acid for over-
excitement from abuse of Mercury.
Magnes. arct. for over-excitement with trembling, fidget-
iness of the extremities, great distention of abdomen, anxious
irresolution ; solicitous and great nervous debility.
AIesmerismds. Nervous debility in general.
Nux VOMICA (X^RX if the nervous system is too much
affected and irritated ; nypersBSthesia of the organs of special
sense ; fearfulness, anxiety, inclination to lie down, aversion to
the open air, violent, stubborn, obstinate; also, if the menses
appear too early or continue too long.
Opium (X°R). Lack of sensitiveness of the nervous system,
deficient reaction of the life- force. (Carbo veg,^ Laurocer., Moach.y
NUr. ac, or StdpL (all in X^R.) may also be useful here.)
Pulsatilla (X°R) in some cases, with proper intervals,
alternately with Nux v. to remove too great an irritability.
In rare cases, if there exists too great an irritability of the
nervous system ; Asarum, Chamom., China, Ignat., Teucrium, or
Valeriana may have to be used in the same mannery if these
remedies correspond better to the general condition.
204 BEMEDIES FOR DISTURBANCES. [May, 1889.
II. REMEDIES FOR DISTURBANCES OF THE
ANTIPSORIC CURE.
BruiBes and wounds : Arnica X^R.
Burns, superficial : repeated applications of hot alcohol or oil
of turpentine.*
Cold, catching of, in general : Nux vom. X®R.
followed by attacks of dyspnoea. Ipecac.
III°R.
followed by catarrh, with loss of smell and
taste : Puis. X°R.
diarrhoea : Dulcam. X^R.
fever and heat : Aeon. X^R.
pain and inclination to weep : Coffea
X^R.
Debility, from loss of fluids ; as sweat and pollutions, etc. :
China X^R.
Fright, causing fear (immediately after) : Opium X^R.
followed by grief: IgnatiaX^R.
with vexation : Aeon. X°R.
Homesickness, with red cheeks and sleeplessness at night :
Capsicum X^R.
Inebriation, bad effects of, from wine, etc. : Nux v. X^R.
Love, unhappy with quiet grief: Ignatia X®R.
jealousy : Hyos. X°R.
Protrusion of hernia ; most generally : Nux v. X^R,
Stomach, chilling of, as per example, with fruits, etc., : Ars.
X°R, or sometimes Puis.*,
deranged, from fat, especially pork : Puis. X*^R.
with regurgitation of what has been
eaten, nausea and vomiting: Antimon.
crud. X^R.
with gastric fever, chilliness and cold-
ness : Bry. X®R.
overloaded : abstinence and drinking a little coffee.
Sprains and over-lifting, effects of: in some cases Airnica,
but better : Rhus tox. X®R.
Vexation, with anger, violence and heat : Chamom. X^R.
causing quiet anger, grief, or shame : Ignat. X^R.
with ^etfulness, and accompanied with chilliness
and coldness of the body : Bryonia X^R.
indignation and throwing away of whatever one
holds in his hands : Staphisagria X^R.
* Cantharu low extemallj and high internallj. Transl.
CASE FOR CX)UNSEL.
A young woman, aet twenty-four years, has been subject to
dysmenorrboea for several years. Her mother died of pneumonia ,
after inheriting a tuberculous tendency. Her father in his
early manhood bad rheumatism.
The menses are always preceded a day or two by pain of a
sharp character in the lower abdomen. The pain is worse in the
night, and she is sleepless. When the flow comes on the pain
grows much worse, and is unendurable. It is a sharp, cutting
pain, going from the front to the back of the pelvis, and running
down the hips and thighs to the knees, and at times as far as
the feet During the pain she is obliged to sit up, as lying
makes it much worse.
Daring the menses there is much heat and irritation in the
vagina, particularly during the last two days, and the irritation
gives rise to symptoms of nymphomania, but as she is very
strong-willed, she is able to conquer the more pronounced symp-
toms of that condition. While this symptom is worse she
cannot keep her legs still, but is rubbing them together constantly .
On the third or fourth day of the menses, she has paroxysms
of opisthotonus, which usually come on about eight in the
evening, and continues for two or three hours. Stramonium^^
or ^ is usually given for these paroxysms, and she then will be
free until the next evening. This continues for three or four
days, and does not reappear until the next menstrual period.
She is much depressed ; very irritable. Everything seems
nnnatural ; things and people seem so far off that the sensation
of loneliness is terrible. This is during the first three or four
days of the menstrual period. Before menses, dread of having
the flow appear, because of the above. Feels as if she could not
stand it. There is throbbing pain in top of head, drawing
pain in back part that comes up from the back.
Head feels too full, and is hot internally. Across middle of
top of head something pressing down hard, as if it would cut it.
Soreness to touch over top of head. Wants to press head into
isomething^, but it hurts it to do so. Sharp pains all through
head. Tight band around head. Trying to think makes all the
symptoms worse, and she feels fairly wild. Head gets dull, feels
perfectly blank. Bones in back of head feel knitted together.
Sharp pains through right eye, goes back into head, and at
times goes down into cheek. When it is bad, there is a mist in
front of the eye. Worse in high wind and in damp weather.
Singing sound in ears; a far-off sound. Comes on when head
205
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206 CASE FOB COUNSEL. [May, 1889.
is very bad. Almost deafening at times. Feeling of pressure ;
pressing out. Mouth gets very dry. Pain all through teeth ;
at times sharp, at others a dull aching. Bites tongue, cheeks,
aud lips; more when asleep. Throat is sore every night and
morniug. A sensation as of lump in throat ; wants to swallow.
It worries her to have anything close about throat.
Soreness in region of stomach ; cannot bear pressure about the
waist.
Nausea that comes from head. Turning in stomach. Feels
as if it were being stirre<i up.
Aching in abdomen, coming from the lower part, uterine re-
gion, and going through into back and down the legs.
This is constant, and is better from heat.
Dull, heavy pain in left ovarian r^ion.
Feeling as if everything would be forced out of pelvis.
Abdomen very tender ; cannot bear the least pressure.
Dull pain across upper part of abdomen.
Constipation. Haemorrhoids, bleeding when bad ; protrude.
Burning, throbbing pain in heemorrhoids.
Soreness in left side of chest. Feels as if the ribs were mn*
nino^ into her, or as if they were fast to something inside. K-ca.
Sharp pains in chest. Feeling of weight in chest, especially
when falling asleep ; makes her feel as though she could not
breathe.
Burning, throbbing pain the entire length of the spine, which
runs up into head. Clothing feels too warm on bacK.
Tenderness of spinal column.
Drawing in back and head, which, when bad, goes all through
body, and she feels as if she could scarcely breathe. End of
spine very tender.
Arms ache and feel too heavy. Sharp pain in right shoulder,
goes down into hand. Numbness of arms and hands; they seem
to ffo to sleep easily.
Legs ache, and feel heavy. Numbness of legs.
Sometimes feels unable to move arms or legs; she feels as i£
she had no power in them. Dragging in legs.
Feet perspire a great deal. Corns very sore. Coldness of
feel, extending to above knees.
There is numbness all over, which comes from back.
Feeling as of prickly heat, all over; worse at night.
Feeling as if she could not move, as if all life had gone out of
her ; worse just before menses.
The sharp pains all through her are worse in damp weather.
. Symptoms all worse before, during, and after menses, and
when tired, and in damp weather. Georqe H. Clark.
VERIFICATIONS.
Editobs Homceopathic Physician: — Perhaps the few
items I seud you may aid you in your commeDdable work. If
every homoeopathic physician would contribute of his reliable
knowledge and experience, what a valuable store-house of facts
your Eepertory woukl be— not that I am depreciating its value
at all, but there is so much that is garnered up in the experience
of most active and observing M. D's.
The "verifications" that I send are of symptoms less fre-
quently noticed, and therefore worthy of record. Those symp-
toms that are the results of poisoning or large doses or experi-
mental doses or continued or excessive use, are those that occur
under .^Iscalus hip., Pastinaca sat. (wild parsnip), Acetic acid
(hard cider), Atropia sulph., Tabacum, Ruta, Vespa, Ars, iod.,
aud were due, without doubt, to the drugs and substances named.
" C. 8." following the liame of a remedy indicated cured symp-
toms. These symptoms were prominent in the cases cured, and
the cures were unquestionably due to the medicine. They are
mentioned only where the single remedy was used and the result
so prompt as to eliminate doubt.
PATHOGENETIC.
Acetic acid (hard cider, excessive use) : Dark, bluish-red
tumor as large as a good-sized chestnut on left verge of anus.
JEacuiAJS HIP. (child three years old ate several) : Vomiting of
a watery, colorless fluid. Posterior half of tongue covered with a
thick, yellow fur. Anterior half coated thinly white, and studded
with minate red points.
Pastixaca sat. (wild parsnip ; child two years old poisoned
by handling and eating) : Vomiting of milk in large, hard curds.
Externally skin was red, hot, swollen. Scrotum, eyelids cedema-
tous and translucent to lamp-li<rht, seemingly distended with
floid. Blebs and blisters on hands and fingers.
Tabacum (excessive smoking) : Prolapsus ani. Great drowsi-
ness during day when trying to read or study.
Vbspa (stung three times about head and neck) : Tremb-
ling of hands whenever trying to use them. Dilated pupils.
Vision indistinct. Head seemed to expand whenever moving it.
This sensation of expansion began in nape. Sensation of con-
striction as though sKull were too small for brain.
Atropia sulph. (1-40 grain, experimentally) : Great dry-
ness of mouth, tongue and fauces, yet no thirst. Strong desire
207
208 VERIFICATIONa [May,
to urinate, yet almost complete loss of expulsive power. In
dreams, great contempt for religious and sacred matters. Head-
ache worse when lying down. Vision for smaller letters im-
paired. Larger letters appeared as if printed with yellow ink,
with a narrow border of black. While writing, pen seemed to
have a double point.
RuTA GRAV. (after long-continued use internally of 3d dec.) :
Granglionic swelling on front of left wrist.
VERIFIED.
Cinnabar : Headache, frontal, commencing in the morning
soon after getting out of bed, relieved by pressure of the hands
upon the forehead.
Bismuth sub. nit. : Pain in stomach relieved by bending
backward.
Nat. mur. : Painful eruption in border of hair on right
temple.
Nux VOM. : Coryza, from left nostril. Fluent during day,
dry at night.
K0BA1.T. Puu3. Sep. Zinc : Pain in back relieved by walk-
ing.
Elaps. cor. : Inflammation, soreness, and intense itching of
left eye.
Nat. 8ULPH. : Pain in right hypochondrium. Worse lying
on left side. When lying on left side, a dragging sensation in
right hypochondrium.
Spiqelia : Pains as if needles were thrust into right eye-
ball.
Lach. : During chill wants to be held close.
Calo. carb. : Cough excited by least current of air, even by
a person passing near.
Carb. veo. : Soon aft:er eating, belching followed by burning
in the stomach.
Thuja : Cough during day. None after lyin^ down. Pain
on inner side of left arm from elbow to hand. Worse forenoon.
Begins three a. m.
Cact. gr. : Sensation of a band of three fingers' width con-
stricting the epigastric region ; felt especially before stool.
Borax : Apthse inside of lower lip, on tip of tongue.
Awakens very early in the morning. Hunger.
Sanq. : Pain shooting from lower part of left chest to left
shoulder.
Agar. musc. : Yellow spots before vision when looking at
anything white.
I
1889.] VEEinCATIONa 209
Clematis: C. S. Crawling, creeping sensations in scrotum.
Euphrasia : C. S. Cough loose through day, dry at night.
Sa^o. : C. S. Headache concentrating in a small spot over
right eye. The eye itself becomes red and sore, yet hard pres-
sure upon eye relieves.
Abnica : C. S. Frontal headache, aggravated by jar, noise, and
moving. Pain extends to eyeballs. Pillow feels hard as a
stone.
Laubocebasus : C. S. Stitching pain from left scapula
through lefl side to infra-mammary region. Ache in forehead,
with cold sensation as if cold wind were blowing upon it.
Cabb. veg. : C. S. Excessive hunger at night. Must eat to
appease it Desire to urinate whenever arising from sitting pos*
ture. Cheerful forenoons, despondent evenings.
Cabbolic acid : C. S. Excessive accumulation of gas in
stomach. Belching.
Bismuth sub. nit. : C. S. Eructations tasting of food eaten
twenty-four hours before.
Sang : C. S. Red streak through centre of tongue.
Mao. phos. : C. S. Toothache, second molar, lower jaw, left
side. Steady pain with shootings.
Ibis. vebs. : C. S. Purging and vomiting at the same time.
Nat. sulp : C. S. When lying on left side pulling sen-
sation in right hypochondrium.
Calc. phos : C. S. Pains in the scars of old abscesses.
Actea. bag : C. S. Sensation as if her head was full of
little beings that kept at work. Sensation as if she were in a
cloud (mentally). Beating and fullness in sides of neck. Feels
as if blood all left the heart and went to head.
Abg. met.: C. S. Left inguinal region occupied with a
hard red swelling. Very painful. Pain follows Poupart's
ligament over top of hip bone to back and kidney. Marked
sensation of tension and drawing in lifting region.
CiNA. : C. S. Involuntary urination when under excitement
or emotion. Wetting bed at night (child).
Phytolacca : C. 8. Hunger at the onset of a chill. Dur-
ing chill soles of feet become very cold. Sharp shooting pains
in a broken 1^. Pains b^in in heel and shoot upward to hip.
Leg jerks upward.
Baptisia : C. S. Numbness and tingling in the whole of
left side. A distinct sensation of crepitation in left wrist when
bending the hand. Shooting pains about the heart. Great
anxiety and fear of an incurable heart disease. Tongue coated
upon right side.
210 NUX-VOMICA. [May,
Merc-iod-plav : C. S. Vertigo, with sensation as if he was
walking upon the air.
Sabina : C. 8. Uterine hemorrhage with pain in the back.
Lachesis : C. S. Sickening pain in left hypochondriam going
through to back, with a sensation as if a cord were drawn tight
about the left side.
Staph.: C. S. Sensation of stiffness and contraction in hol-
lows of knees. Dribbling of urine.
Calc-carb.: C. S. Cough with bursting pain in occiput;
with loss of taste and smell; redness of tip of nose. Cough
with soreness through lower part of abdomen ; holds abdomen
with hands when coughing. With cough, cutting pain in right
side of throat, which aches afterward. Severe aching in left
mastoid process, with severe shooting pains extending upward
and downward when moving the head.
Nat-m0r.: C. S. Chill beginning in elbows and knees.
Thuja: C. S. Cutting, shooting, and squeezing pains in re-
gion of left ovary.
Nux-VOM.: C. S. Sensation under middle of sternum, like a
lump of hot lead as large as two fists.
Oran W. Smith.
Union Springs, N. Y,
NUX-VOMICA.
Editors Homoeopathic Physician : — I am induced by the
idea that it will be of some benefit to Hahnemannians to saj a
few words in reference to Nux-vomica. We are told by the
masters that it is a good idea to begin the treatment of a badly-
drugged patient with Nux-v., that it will act powerfully as an
antidote to allopathic or patent medicines, and leave you a clearer
picture of disease without so much of the dt^ug picture, and that
it also often goes further even to the cure or partial cure of the
case.
As I am the only homoeopath (that I know of) in the north-
east corner of Missouri, I have considerable experience with
chronic patients who have withstood an enormous amount of
drugging. I have followed the plan in numerous cases, and with
astonishing success. When I get a bad old case I give Nux-v.*'
for four days, four doses a day. At the end of four days, I see
the patient again and write up a second and altogether new his-
tory of the case, for which I prescribe according to the law.
We have repeated evidence that allopathy often defeats nature
1889.] AN UNNOTICED SYMPTOM OF IPECACUANHA. 211
in her strenuous effort to throw off disease. I will give one
case to illustrate.
Mr. y aged fifty-five, had been afflicted for six months
with sciatica, and during the time took a great deal of strong
medicine internally and various kinds of liniments applied ex-
ternally. The disease was of a most tormenting nature. When
I was called I gave Nux-v.*, as above described, on account of
the drugging he had had. I was greatly surprised in four days
to find my patient almost well. The trouble got well " from above
downward " (one of our famous laws of cure) but seemed to
localize in the heel, for which I gave one dose of Sepia®"*.
My patient has been perfectly well for six months, and I got
a great deal of credit for antidoting the medicine in the man and
allowing him to get well — I say, get well, because I saw noth-
ing in Nux-v. similar to his case. Nature was laboring for the
cure, but allopathy and the disease combined were too much for
her.
F. L. Griffith, M. D.
Edina, Mo.
AX UNNOTICED SYMPTOM OF IPECACUANHA
CLINICALLY VERIFIED BY DR. MOSSA,
STUTTGART.
{AUg. Horn. ZeUung^ No. 3, 1889.)
A young man suffered from a queer toothache — stitching
}>ain8 in right cheek, radiating from the various teeth of the
upper maxilla into the temples, ears, and nose, < at night.
As Mercury failed, he had the offender extracted, but no relief
followed, and he complains now, off and on, in the upper teeth,
of a painful wreneh as if the teeth were jnMed out, especially in
daytime, and it did not trouble him much at night. He re-
ceived Ipec.**, three times a day, and a few doses cured him.
In Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura, Engl. ed. 788, S. 41
(G. E. third v. 175) we read : "A pain in the teeth, as if they
were pulled out, in fits (after eight hours) ; very violent pain in
a hollow tooth when biting, immediately, as if it was pulled
out, causing loud howling and crying out and thereafter con-
stant tearing in it. In the first edition Hahnemann puts the
symptom in ( ), as if doubtful, but Weber gives it in full and
open. Hering mentions in his Domestic Physician : Arnica,
Causticum, Nux-mosch., Nux-v., Phos-ac, Rhus for pulling,
tearing pains, a symptom which we also meet in Coccinella,
Cyclamen^ Manganese, Mezereum, and the north-pole of the mag-
212 ALLOPATHIC IGNORANCE AND ABROGANCE. [May,
net. Raue does not mention Ipecacuanha, and we fail to read
of it as a remedy for toothache in Burr, Jousaet, or Kafka. It
may be, therefore, of interest to give a hint as to its use to the
students of materia medica.
S. L.
ALLOPATHIC IGNORANCE AND ARROGANCE.
The building ofthe first German railroad (Nuremberg-Furth)
which was opened December 7th, 1835, was sternly opposed by
the highest medical authority in the land, the '' Obermedicinal
Kollegium in Miinchen," in a plenary assembly, which decreed
that ^Hherunning of ateam-carahad to beforbiddenuncondUionaUy
in the interest of the public hygiene. The rapid motion produces
wiihordfaU a disease of the brain of the passengers. Howecer^ if
it should not be desired to prevent tliose who wovM not hesitate to
expose themselves to such a danger of getting sick, yet it remains
tlie duty of the government to protect all those nan-passengers who
might look at the cars, for the m>ere look at a rapidly-moving
train of cars would cause exa^y the same disease, and, therefore^
U is required at least that every railroad ought to be inclosed in a
tight fence aJt least ten Bavarian feet high.^^
This document is in the possession of the Direction of the
Nuremberg-Fiirth railroad, but was not printed in Hageu's
book, " Die erste deutsche Eisenbahn " {Horn. Mon. BLy Stutt*
gart, March, 1889, p. 44).
The HomoBop. Monatsbldtter, Stuttgurt, March, 1889, p. 45,
gives the following letter :
" Treated for a complaint of the larynx (polypus of the vocal
chord) without success for one and a half years, I finally went to
Berlin for an operation. After examination by the most cele-
brated specialists, Professor Virchow stated that the disease was
of a cancerous nature, and I W£is informed that the larynx must
be cut open from outside and the diseased parts removed ; if I
should survive the operation, my speech, of course, would be
gone forever, and the duration of my life would be in God's
hands.
" In this sad and hopeless time, I wrote to Dr. Volbeding,
homoeopath, in Dusseldorf, and now I am so fortunate as to be
cured of a terrible complaint without any operation, merely b^
taking the medicine of the gentleman mentioned.
" D. ZUiiON, Master-saddler.
"Hagenon, Meckl.-Schwer., December, 1888/'
1889.] ALLOPATHIC IGNOBAKCE AND AEEOGANCE. 213
This case waa published by Dr. Virchow in the Deutsche
Med. Wochenschrifly No. 8, with the addition of a lengthy ex-
planation^ the ena of which is here given literally :
''As I have learned from credible authority, the patient has
not submitied to the partial extirpation of the larynx proposed
at that time, but went home and has, by letter, soueht the ad-
vice of the homoeopath, who, in the same way, sent him advice
and remedies without having seen the patient before or aiter-
ward.
'' In the latter days a new examination of the patient has
been made by Professor Krause himself, on account of sickness
of the assistant. The Professor stated that a cure had not taken
place, though the patient at present, therefore more than fourteen
VKmihs after the endo.-laryngeai tumor ha» no subjective com--
plaints whatecery except a permanent hoarseness, yet the exami-
nation with the laryngoscope proved that the disease continues
nncfaanged in its nature.
"Rudolf Vikchow.
"Berlin, February 14th, 1886.*^
The disease, therefore, though not annihilated, has been so
modified in consequence of the homoeopathic treatment that the
patient considered himself cured. More, indeed, cannot be ex-
pected in such a severe suffering and at the old age of the patient.
But Virchow and his followers do not seem to comprehend.
(See Die Munchener Nachrichten),
ADDENBITM.
Dr. Zoeppritz, of the ** Hahnemannia,'' has written to the
gentleman above in regard to his alleged cure and received the
following answer, which speaks for itself. It is literally trans-
lated :
" Honored Sir : — ^Professor Erause has been here in his
own interest, and has rt*quested me to make an examination. He
has here declared that I was perfectly healthy, but that I never
entirely would regain my speech, since the right vocal chord
had been destroy^ by Dr. Friedlander (his assistant). He was
pleased at my healthy appearance. In contradiction to this
r^rofessor Virchow writes quite differently ; I do not know what
to say to it * * *
« D. ZiiuoN.
"Haoenon, March 7th, 1889.^^
The cancer is in another place than in Mr. Zulon's larynx.
B. FlNCKfi.
CROUP, BOENNINGHAUSEN AND McNEIL.
Editors of Hom(eopathic Physician.
Ge^^ts :— In your issue for March, 1889, your highly
esteemed correspondent, whose name is given above, enters the
field against the treatment of croup practiced by Boenninghau-
sen for many years, and with an unparalleled success, and by my-
self and colleagues for a shorter time, and, so far as I know, to
this time, with no one failure to cure, and gives the following
three reasons for his disapproval of the method :
1. ** It ifl treating a disease for a name, and not patients, therebj entirelj
ignoring the treatment of the totality of the symptums/'
There is a seeming foundation for this objection in the
fundamental principle which requires the treatment of the sick
Jerson and not of any name which fancy or quasi science may
ave given to the sickness to be treated. This principle has not
been more clearly recognized and obeyed by any man than it
was by Boenninghausen, and yet he had treated " more than
four hundred cases of membranous croup without a loss/'
when he told me how he had done it. We do not readily see
how a better record could have been made by a different treat-
ment. With myself the same treatment has been uniformly
successful to this day.
Then, the above principle being admitted as binding in all
clinical efforts under the guidance of the law of similars, and
the above successes being jaotSf the question asks itself whether
here the violation of the principle is not rather seeming than
real. The question may be answered in this way perhaps. In
our interchange of ideas of sicknesses, we are compelled to use
names of so-called diseases, and there is no /ailure of duty to
therapeutic law or to its cardinal principles when we so use
them. There are names of sicknesses which, when spoken, pre-
sent to the mind a picture which is so perfectly repeated in the
successive examples of this sickness that the name contains in
it, to the intelligent 'mind, a more or less complete expression of
the totality of the phenomena of that sickness. No doubt
Boenninghausen's treatment was the outcome of the fa4sts of
croup, and not in the least of its name.
The Doctor says —
2. " It is an alternation of remedies."
This was certainly hastily spoken. Your correspondent is
214
May, 1889.] NOTES AND NOTICES. 215
surely sufficiently intelligent to recognize the difference between
guecession and " alternation^^ Boenninghausen never alternated
remedies, and in his method with croup he made no departure
from his life habit in this respect.
And, farther —
8* " It ifl not the most suooeasful way of curing croup/'
Has your correspondent a more successful record to present
Qs of croup treated in some other " way.*' Between four and
five hundred cases without a loss is certainly a remarkably good
record, and this was given to me by Boenninghausen himself in
April, 1858, as the result of his then past experience with his
method. But the Doctor says this '* is not the most successful
way.'' What is the better, and where is its record ?
P. P. Wells.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
Alcoholishe £t Criminality, tbaitement Medical be
l'ivboonerie et de l'ivresse. Far le Dr. Gallavardin,
de Lyon, en France. 1889.
In this brochure Dr. Gkillavardin points out the well known evil effects of
cbronic alcoholism ; to its baneful enacts most of the crime and many of the
carrent diseases are attributed.
The International Medical Annual and Practitioners^
Index for 1889. Price, $2.75 ; pages 680. E. B. Treat
& Co., New York and London.
Medical annnals have of late years become a prominent feature in medi-
cine. The IfUematiorud Annual gives the latest ideas and theories current in
medicine, sargerj, and therapeutics ; thus, whatever there may be that is
Tmluable is brought within ready reference for the busy practitioner. All
reference to homoeopathic literature is unfortunately omiited.
NOTES AND NOTICES.
DlTD— Matthbb.— Dr. G. Felix Matthes, of New Bedford, Mass., died
If arch 17th, 1889. Dr. Matthes was one of our oldest and most successful
practitioners ; he graduated at Halle, Prussia, in 1836.
Rrmovaul — Dr. L. R. P. Knox, from 1001 North Jefferson Avenue, to
8559 Olive Street, St. Louis. Dr. Charles 8. Mack, from Boston to Fifty-
•efenth Street and Lake Avenue, Hyde Park, Illinois. Dr. F. M. Leitch has
located at Campbell, Coles County, Illinois. Dr. L. L. Helt has located 284
8. Eighteenth Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Partkebsrip. — Drs. W. Capps and S. £. Chapman have formed a co-partner-
sbip and located at Watsonvme, California. Dr. Chapman was formerly at
F<ir«at Hill, Cklifomia*
216 NOTES AND NOTICES. [May, 1889.
Marrikd — Dr. L« L. Helt, dow of Colamba8» was recently married to Mim
Frances £. Fenton, of Winchester, Obio. Our best wishes' for their suooees
and future happiness.
Southern Journal of Homobopatht will hereafter be edited bj Dr. G.
G. Clifford and published at San Antonio, Texas. Dr. C. E. Fisher, who ea-
tablished the journal and has edited it for nearly six years, resigns the work
on account of poor health, and will recuperate in Europe. Eventually Dr.
Fisher expects to locate in California. The Homceopathic PMTSicrAK ex-
tends to the new editor a cordial greeting and best wishes for success in hia
new and difficult work.
A Good Opening. — Dr. J. A. Hatzfield has remoyed from Hamburg to
Pottstown, Pa. The Doctor writes that Hnmburg offers a good opening for a
physician who can speak both German and English, and who b *' a man in the
full sense of the word." Dr. Hatzfield oSen to do all he can to aid such a
successor. Address at Pottstown.
The Medical Annual will be issued early in 1889 by E. B. Treat, pub-
lisher, 771 Broadway, New York. This will be the seventh annual issue of
the English Medical Annuo/, a regume in dictionary form of new remedies
and new treatment that have come to the knowledge of the medical profession
thronghout the world during 1888. The editorial staff" will include articles
or departments edited by Sir Morrell Mackenzie, M. D. (Laryngology), Lon-
don; Jonathan Hutchinson, Jr., M. D. (G^nito-Urinarr Diseases), London;
J. W. Taylor, M. D. (Gynaecology), Birmingham: \^illiam Lang, M. D,
iOphthalraologist), of London; James B. Learning, M. D. (Heart and Lunj^),
^ew York ; Charles L. Dana, M. D. (Neurologist), New York ; H. D. Chapm,
M. D. (Pediatrics), of New York, and others, comprising a list of twenty-
three collaborators, widely known in Europe and America. In its enlargol
and widened sphere it will take the name of The Iniemaii4mal Medical Anmudj
and will be puollshed in one octavo volume of about 600 pages at |2.75.
The International Hahnemannian Asbociation will meet at Toronto,
June 18th-2l8t. Arrangements have been made for the accommodation of
the members at *'The Queen's," at jrates of $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, and $4.00 per
day, according to the location of rooms. The sessions will be held in the
amphitheatre of the ** Pklucation Department,'' one of the chief objects of
interest to visitors at Toronto, and easily accessible bv horse-cars from the
hotel. The first session will be held Tuesday, June 18th, at 10 a. m.
This early notice is given that members mapr have ample time to make
arrani^ments for attending the meeting, and it is earnestly desired that there
be a full attendance, not only on account of iU influence in behalf of pure
Homoeopathy in Canada, but wherever Homoeopathy is practiced. Yon are
urgently requested to make every effort in your power to oe present, to testify
to the truths of the law of similars as seen in your daily practice, a duty 'Chit
devolves upon every adherent of pure Hahnemannian iJomoeopathy.
S. A. Kimball, Secrdary 1, H. A.
The Journal of Homobofathics. — Dr. Harlrn Hitchcock has under-
taken the publication of a new journal, with the ab^ye title, which is to be
devoted to the teaching of the philosophy of Homoeopathy. The subject
certainly needs greater attention than it receives. We therefore wish Dr.
Hitchcock all success in his arduous imdertnking. The first number was issued
in April. The journal is to be issued at No. 18 Broadway, New York, and
subscription only one dollar. Success to yon, Brother Hitchcock. There is
id ways room at the top I
•rsiE
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMCEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
**U our school erer give np the strict inductive metliod of Hahnemann, we
are lost, and deserve only to be mentioned as a caricature in
the history of medicine."— oonstantinb hkbino.
Vol. IX. JUNE, 1889. No. 6.
ON GONORRHCEA IN ITS CX)NSTITUTIONAL
ASPECTS ; WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO THE SYCOSIS OF HAHNE-
MANN.*
J. CoMPTON Burnett, M. D., London.
For years past I have thought that it would be a very desir-
able task to be undertaken, to investigate afresh those diseases
that give the groundwork of the biopathology of the Seer of
Coethen, and I have often wondered that the vigor and enter-
prise of some of our number of this generation have so long left
this field of research comparatively untilled — that is, untilled in
this generation. For, in our gropings after truth, each suc-
ceeding generation gains a little on its predecessor, by the gen-
eral progress of knowledge, and by the slow moviugs of the
baman mind toward as much of certainty and of finality as
seems attainable for the limited and finite.
And then, whether we believe in psora, syphilis, and sycosis
or not — that is, as they are taught by Hahnemann — ^a large part
of the work done by the homoeopathic school during the past
fifty years is more or less tinged with these doctrines ; and,
moreover, anything taught by so able an observer as was Hah-
nemann deserves serious investigation at our hands. And,
* Prepared to be read at the British Homoeopathic Congress, held at Bir-
nia^hain, September, 18SS» and published in the Monthly Homoeopathie
Bmew^ London.
15 217
218 ON GONORRHCEA. [June,
wliatever may be said of the therapeutics of general medidne,
positive diagnostics has distinctly advanced during the past de-
cade, and I submit that it is desirable that our own position
should be reviewed in the light of this advance.
When I had given the First Hahnemann ian Lecture^ known
as " JEJece Medicua" I certainly thought one of my followers in
the orator^s chair would have tackled the Coethen phase of
Homoeopathy, and exhibited it in the light of modern research
and experience, so as to determine for us of this generation how
much of it still holds good, and what part, if any, must be con-
sidered as no longer tenable. But, thus far, the work has not
been done since then, and I, therefore, will proceed to consider
the subject in part here.
Mr. Punch is a great authority for us in this country of spleen
and gravity, and, as we all know, his reiterated advice in r^ard
to things to be done is that if you want them done well, do
them yourself.
Hahnemann, as is well known, spent his younger and more
vigorous days in demolishing theories and hypotheses ; indeed,
he threw them all right out of his mental window, and made a
fresh start altogether with medicine sans piithology, sans theo-
ries, sans everything, in fact, but the therapeutic law of similars,
which is still for many a very filmy theory indeed. However,
the law of likes is no more theory for us ; for us it is the one
thing common to our body ; outside of the law we practically
agree about nothing, and yet, notwithstanding this almost gen-
eral disagreement amongst us, our friends, the enemy, will have
it that we and the medical profession at large are not solidaire;
surely the fact that we disagree about almost everything that is
of vital importance should offer them sufficient internal evi-
dence of their and our solidarity.
But, as I said, we agree on our fundamental law, except, in-
deed, that some of our number of late years have had sad search-
ings of heart about the law also I It is a rule, they say, 'not a
law ! Or, again, it is a method. So that, as a matter of fact,
we do not quite agree about anything whatsoever ! Therefore,
we may at any rate claim still to be very professional to the
full extent of the proverb, that " doctors differ."
And as to whether we should speak of the idea of similars
as a law or as a rule, the contention that it is a rule rather
than a law is, I submit, quite groundless. But as some have
been captivated by the reasonmgs of those who pose as the
champions of rule as against law, it might not be amiss to point
out that the whole contention for the rule is based upon the
1889.] ON GONORRHCEA. 219
poor grammar of the disputers. I have, thus far, never known
of a Uerman or a Frenchman go in for '^ rule/' and that for the
very 8u£5cient reason that they understand the use of the sub-
juDctive mood, which cannot be said of all Britishers, no
matter how learned they may be. In order to really understand
Hahnemann on this point, it is absolutely essential that one
naderstand Latin and German composition, more particularly in
regard to the subjunctive. Those who contend for ^' rule '' had
better scuttle out of their position as quietly as they can, lest
someone, some of these fine days, take the trouble to pour out a
vial of wholesome ridicule upon their " rule." The same re-
marks apply in r^ard to the question of the noted formula of
the homoeopathic school — viz., whether should we say Mmilia
%milibu8 cwrarduTj or simUia simUibvM curenlur f Of course, the
reply is that both are correct, they both express precisely the
same thing, only ouq is in the indicative and the other in the
subjunctive. I do not admit that it is in the imperative. In
some of the old Hermetic works you will find it put similia
shtUlUnts curariy which is, of course, precisely the same thing,
only in another mood. You will also find simile a simila curari;
hence, it is really, in more ways* than one, merely a matter of
mood.
However, everything in this world is comparative, and, com-
paratively speaking, we do agree that like cures like ; and be it
notion, principle, law, rule, or method, we so far agree to admit
that these words, similia similibiis euraniury express something
positively demonstrable in clinical life. AH this falls within
that phase of the development of Homoeopathy anterior to the
sojourn of Hahnemann at Coethen. And this part has been
really almost completely exhausted, so let us go over to Coethen
and hear the oracular pronouncement that all chronic disease
is primarily due to three somethings — psoraf syphilis, and sycosis.
When a man comes out of the land of darkness of school
teachings, and throws over school physic (I do not mean brim-
stone and treacle, which was my school physic), and passes into
the comparative glare of Hahnemannic therapeutics, he is gen-
erally considered perturbated by the violent change of climate —
I. e., from darkness to lieht. He requires some time to acclima-
tixe. At first he usually has an acute attack of homoeopathic
enthusiasm, a veritable fever that yields neither to Aconite nor
to Pyrogen, and he makes a tabula rasfi of everything, and a
good deal besides.
But when a few failures have sobered him down a wee, he
goes back into himself, and finds out a few things for himself.
220 ON GONORRHCEA. [Jiine^
He finds that Bdladonna will cure the delirium of tubercu-
losis of the meninges, and other of its symptoms^ but the patient
in the end dies all the same. He gives Baptma, Araenicum^ ser-
pent poisons, acids, etc., in low fevers, but his patients are very
apt to die in the end, all the same. He has a patient given to
picking his nose, or things in general, and after consider! ne the
merits of Arum triphyllumy Ooniuniy HellfboruSy LaSiesUy
Sdeniumf Stramonium^ and the like, and exhibiting them, he
finds — the worms live on still I
In fact, he learns to discriminate, and to differentiate between
true initial and all-along-the-line similarity, and that which is
ultimate and superficial only. When a man in his homoepathics
arrives at this stage of his developmental process, he is apt to do
one of three things, viz. : he may, 1st, throw your Homoeopathy
clean overboard ; or, 2d, admit the limitedness of its sphere
of application ; or, lastly, he may set about procuring a pathol-
ogy to fit his therapeutic doctrine. I have gone through all
these stages myself now, and am beginning to understand the
Coethen setiologic phase of Homoeopathy. If space would allow,
I would seek to encompass this setiologic phase of Homoeopathy
in its entirety ; but, as it will not permit of this, I have chosen
only one of the three Hahnemannic, chronic, so-called miasms
for consideration, and that sycosis.
I have a special reason for choosing sycosis. I mean tlie
sycosis of Hahnemann, and not the sycosis autorum, viz., our
knowledge on the subject has much increased of late years, for
science has been shining upon it.
Now, leaving syphilis and psora quite out of consideration, I
propose to inquire into the Hahnemannic doctrine of sycosis in
the light of modern science and experience.
First of all, I would make a preliminary observation in re-
spect of the word miasm, which is current in homoeopathic liteni-
ture in a very peculiar sense. Hahnemann himself calls the
supposed causes of chronic diseases miasms, and his translators
carefully and conscientiously translate the word by itself!
Now, in English miasm means an infection floating in the
air ; the effluvia or fine particles of any putrifying or noxious
bodies rising and floating in the atmosphere — in fact, exhalations.
Therefore it is hardly accurate to use the English word miasm,
or its pure Greek form miasma, as the English equivalent of the
word '^ miasma " as used by Hahnemann, or if you do, you
must carefully define the use of the word first, for our word
miasm, being derived from fiiaivct to soil, to defile, to pollute, to
dirty, might etymologically stand as the translators of Halme-
1889.] ON GONORBHCEA. 221
mann have it, but r6 idaaiia means not only a defilement, a soiling,
a befooling, but also an impure exhalation, in which restricted
sense only it has come into use in English. Miasm in our
vernacular means impure particles or e£9uvia in the atmosphere,
and nothing else. What Hahnemann meant when he used the
Grermanizea miasma was not at all what we understand by
miasm, but was rather what we now understand by virus when
applied to the primary form of a disease, and iaird when used to
denote the latter phases. If in speaking English in these days
we talk of the syphilitic virus or taint, the gonorrhoeal virus or
taint, the virus of itch, the itch-taint, we are expressing our-
selves, so far as the words are concerned, accurately, and every-
body knows what we mean, but when we speak of the miasms
of these diseases we are really, as I must submit, using jargon,
and so gratuitously mystifying ourselves. Ague is supposedly
due to a miasm, syphilis to a virus. So much, therefore, for
the word miasm, as wrongly used in homoeopathic literature. I
say wrongly, because it tends to obscure, and in all conscience
the thing is obscure enough without any verbal mystifications.
Now, let us go on to inquire what Hahnemann understood by
sycosis. The highest English authority on the exegetics of
Homoeopathy is, I think all will admit. Dr. Dudgeon, and he
says {Lidures on the Theory and Prcuslice of Homoeopathy, 1854,
p. 300) : " As regards the third of Hahnemann's chronic miasms
sycosis, or the condylomatous venereal disease, the notion of its
independent nature has been considerably contested, not alone
by allopaths, but also by some of our own school. The disease
always arises in consequence of impure coitus, and appears in
the form of dry or nasty-looking, or soft and spongy excrescences
in the form of a cockscomb or cauliflower, easily bleeding, and
secreting a foetid fluid, and sometimes accompanied by a sort of
blennorrhoea from the urethra. Their seat is the glans or fore-
skin in the male, the vulva and its appendages in the female.
Their removal by the ligature or cautery, actual or potential,
is, according to Hahnemann, followed by similar growths on
other parts of the body or other ailments, the only one he men-
tions being shortening of the flexor tendons, particularly of the
fingers.
" It is, Hahnemann alleges, the rarest of the three chronic
miasms, and, as I before observed, it is very doubtful if it be a
peculiar disease, and not rather a form of syphilis. The second-
ary effects Hahnemann describes as arising from it must cer-
tainly be rare, for I can state from my own experience that I
know several persons who have had such venereal condylomata
222 ON GONORRHOEA. [Jane,
burnt off many years ago, and who have never had the slightest
trace of those after-effects Hahnemann alludes to ; though at the
same time I am bound to admit that I think I have observed a
connection of certain pseudo-rheumatic affections and inveterate
gleets with the fig-wart disease." Thus far Dr. Dudgeon.
So the only a'fter-effect of the fig-wart disease mentioned by
Hahnemann is a shortening of the flexor tendons, particularly
of the fingers, and yet Dr. Dudgeon speaks of" those after-effects
Hahnemann alludes to !"
It can thus hardly be maintained that Dr. Dudgeon puts
sycosis before us in a very clear light, though his remarks in
regard to gonorrhoeal rheumatism shows the accurate observer,
and John Hunter had observed the same thing long ago. That
people do get venereal warts admits of no doubt whatever,
that they are a form of syphilis, as stated by Dudgeon, is not
now generally admitted.
Hahnemann very clearly differentiated between syphilis
and sycosis, because he found Mereiirius helped to cure syphilis
but not fig-warts, and modern experience and science are seem-
ingly on Hahnemann's side on this point. Dudgeon very pro-
perly objects to consider diseases as sycotic simply because they
can be curatively modified by Nitric add and Thuja. But then
we cannot entirely ignore the aid obtainable from this source ;
for instance, a very bad chronic ulcerated sore throat that yields
straightway to full doses of the Iodide of Potassivm tells a tale
we all understand without any commentator. I have long l)een
puzzled with Hahnemann's divisions of drugs— i. e., how he
arrived at them — and I am beginning to sus])ect that he made
them largely by an appreciation of the ex juvainiibus et nocenti^
lyu8 teachings. And a number of his indications are, beyond
any doubt, derived from the time-old signaturce rerum natura-
Hum, Thuja to wit.
Now, I complain that the great exegete of Homoeopathy, Dr.
Dudgeon, whom we all delight to honor, devotes too little at-
tention to the doctrine of sycosis ; he neither establishes it nor
does he demolish it. Dr. Dudgeon mentions it in passing,
throws doubt upon it, and then leaves it. Dudgeon'^ doubt as
to the separate nature of the condylomatous venereal disea5e is
based upon his observations that he had known persons in whom
the condylomata were burnt off many years ago, and yet the
flexor tendons of their fingers had never become shortened ! I
can say the same, and, no doubt, we all can, but we have equally
seen plenty of people who had syphilis many years ago, and
who have never had any later manifestations of the disease, but
1889.] ON GONORRHCEA. 223
that in no nvay militates against the specific nature of late, later,
and latest manifestations of syphilis where they do occur.
Dungeon speaks with no great respect of those homoeopathic
practitioners who have r^;arded ordinary warts as evidence of
sycotic infection, because Hahnemann distinctly declares such
warts as of psoric origin. This looks like a formidable indict-
ment, but one which vanishes when more closely examined. It
is quite true that Hahnemann puts common warts, encysted and
other tumors, down to the very large account of psora, but he
does not say" all '* warts, only some. And herein lies des
PudeU Keniy as I will proceed to show.
Let us now go to Hahnemann's own account of sycosis and
see if it tallies with Dudgeon's. Turning up the Chronische
Krankheiten we come upon the chapter devoted to the subject,
and find it is just as scant and unsatisfactory as Dudgeon's exe-
gesis of it. Hahnemann only devotes one small chapter of four
pages to it, and Dudgeon's account of it is quite correct, except
that he fails to point out the strange statement by Hahnemann
that sycosis is an epidemic affection, "iVttr von Zeit zu Zeit
herrschend waVy^ and ever getting more and more rare.
Common gonorrhoea, Hahnemann says, does not appear to
penetrate the whole organism, but only to irritate the urinary
organs locally.
His remedies for sycosis are a few globules of Thuja^ and
Nitric acid^. His remedies for the common clap are a drop of
fresh parsley juice, if there is much urging to urinate, and
Oopaiva balsam ; about one drop of the mother tincture when
there is less inflammation, and if these do not do the trick, why
you get a gleet which is psoric.
According to Hahnemann, therefore, there are two kinds of
gonorrhoea, or clap ; the one with condylomata, which is con-
stitution infecting, and in which the urethral flux may occasion-
ally but not often be wanting, and which constitutes his sycosis,
and which must be monoposically cured by Thuja^ and Acid
vdt.^, leaving each from twenty to forty days' time of action.
I would here remark, with some emphasis, that Hahnemann
very distinctly differentiates between local irritation and an
organismic evil in regard to the dose ; when he wants to treat
the organ or the part, topico — ^specifically he uses the mother
tincture— or simple juice of the plant — and when he wants to
treat the organism he uses the higher dilutions ; and I may say
that my own observations tally with this view exactly, with this
difference, viz., that for the topic action the small material dose
has to be often repeated. Before we go any further, let us note
224 ON GONORBHCEA. [Jane,
that Hahnemann uses the word miasm for the cause of the com-
mon non-condylomatous clap as well as for the other.
Let us now resume for a moment. According to Hahnemann
there are two kinds of clap, the condylomatous^ which is con-
stitutional, and is to be cured monoposically by Thuja and Nitric
acid; and the common clap, which is a merely local affection of
the urethra, and is to be cured by the juice of Petroaelinum
saiivum, monoposically also, if much urging to urinate ; or a
drop of the alcoholic solution of the Balaam of Copaiva when
there is less inflammatory irritation.
This is, practically, all that Hahnemann tells us about his
sycosis and his common gonorrhoea.
We have now considered Dudgeon as exegete and Hahne-
mann as the originator of the doctrine of sycosis, but we have
herewith not overmuch light, and conceptions not too clear.
During the past forty years there have been very numerous
authors who have written on Hahnemann's sycosis. Boeuning-
hausen, Wolf, Grauvogl, Hering, H. (roullon, and many otherSi
and it would be very interesting to follow these thinkers in their
yearnings and gropings after truth, in their desire to harmonize
the facts of science with their veneration of the master.
But I am afraid the task is too great, and, moreover, I prefer
another plan. I suggest that we take, first of all, Hahnemann
himself, as likely to know most of his own mental offspring. I
suppose the majority of us feel that we know most of our own
children after the flesh, and a man may fairly, I should think,
be considered an authority on his own mental offspring also.
I quite agree with the principal ex^etists of Hahnemann
that it does not follow that because ITiuja and ^t^rtc acid may
cure a complaint that therefore said complaint is of a sycotic
nature, as Hahnemann understands it; but, inasmuch as we con-
clude that grave ulcerations, which readily yield (at least tem-
porarily) to the Iodide of Potasshim. are in all probability of a
certain specific nature, so in like manner it may fairly be con-
ceded, at least for the sake of study and argument, that what
can be cured by the two grand antisycotics may very probably
be of a sycotic nature.
Let us take merely the standpoint of probability, that much
may be safely conceded without any great danger to scientific
truth. Therefore, I invite you to consult Hahnemann on the
subject of sycosis under the headings of Thuja and Nitric acid.
Well, the Hahnemannian pathogenesis of Ihuja does not help
us a bit, and, oddly enough, NUric add is classified by Hahne-
mann as what ? as an antipsoric ! So we see that Hahnemann
1889.] ON GONORRHCEA. 225
classifies NUrie ocicfas an antipsoric after having mentioDed it as
second in order for the radical cure of sycosis. Then, again^
althoaeh he classifies Nitric add as an antipsoric, he mentions
warts (of the psoric kind ?) and also condylomata and inguinal
adenomata as curable by Nitric add^ while the symptomatology
of this acid clearly portrays gonorrhoea (8. 375 to 389).
Hughes tells us that our only pathogenesis of Nitric acid was
first published in the second edition of the Chronic Diseases,
containing 1,426 symptoms. This cannot be correct, for my
edition is the first, 1828, and it contains a pathogenesis of Nitric
acid, with 803 symptoms.
Well, with all this we get no clear conception of Hahne-
mann's sycosis, as an adequate basis for the huge structure which
some of his disciples have built upon it, and which is the sycosis
of the homoeopathic authors, but I am not satisfied that it is
Hahnemann's.
I propose now to consult Ameke's History of Homceopaihy on
the point, and on page 138 of Drysdale's Translation, read
'^ Besides this 'psora ' there were other fundamental causes, viz.,
'sycosis,' the phenomena connected with gonorrhoea and
'syphilis.' Though there may have been some substratum of
truth in these views, Hahnemann nevertheless far transcended
the limits of probability, and fell into a great error." Here,
then, according to Ameke, as translated by Dr. Alfred Drysdale,
and edited by Dr. Dudgeon, we find% sycosis defined as '' the
phenomena connected with gonorrhoea." So, according to this,
sycosis and the clap disease, the Tripperseuche are identical.
This positive statement of the identity of the gonorrhoeal dis-
ease in its entirety and the sycosis of Hahnemann so surprised
me that I turned to the original and find the translator has in-
terpolated the definite article the, which makes all the difference.
Ameke's words are "ausser dieser Psora blieben noch als Grun-
dursachen ubrig die Sycosis, mit dem Tripper zusammen-han-
gende Erscheinungen, und Syphilis," and these mean '^ sycosis,
phenomena connected with clap," not the phenomena.
The words of Ameke, viz., " there may have been some sub-
stratum of truth in these views " (of Hahnemann) really pretty
nearly epitomize the actual attitude of the homoeopathic practi-
tioners of the world at large. Speaking broadly, you to whom
these words are addressed ao nxd accept the setiologic phase of
Homoeopathy, and yet almost every man of you is daily, almost
hourly, influenced by it in his modes of thought, of practice,
and of writing and speaking. You do not accept the aoctrines
of psora, syphilis, and sycosis, and yet you do not quite reject
226 ON GONORRHCEA. [June,
them ; you seem to think there is something in them after
all.
Now, to keep within the bounds of my plan, viz.j of sycosis,
surely we ought to be able to know whether the doctrine of sy-
cosis is true or false. Indeed, I think it about time sycosis were
elevated from the position of a scholastic doctrine to that of
positive scientific demonstration, at least clinically, or else cast
out altogether ; for it must be manifest that there either is, or
there is not, a condylomatous venereal disease which we call
sycosis.
At this stage of our inquiry we are encountered with a diffi-
culty, for to my mind it is very questionable whether sycosis and
the entire gonorrhoeal disease are identical. We have seen that
Hahnemann differentiates two kinds of clap, the one a local
affection of the urinary organs, and the other sycosis, in which
there may be no urethral pyorrhoea or blennorrhoea at all.* And
this quite coincides with what we no doubt have all seen over
and over again, viz., condylomata, or verruoce aocuminaioif in
persons who have had no gonorrhoea at any time ; but in all
the cases which I have ever observed, impure coition had prob-
ably taken place (the hereditary ones in children always ex-
cepted), and hence these warts are certainly venereal ; but are
they always gonorrhoeal ? To say that the principal exegetes of
Homoeopathy and the pro-sycosis writers, such as H. Goullon,
and the various and numerous authors quoted by him in his admir-
able prize essay on TTiuja and the Lues Oonon-hoicaf accepts sycosis
as synonymous with the whole gonorrhoeal disease, which Au-
tenrieth and other writers before and at the time of Hahnemann
fully recognized and proclaimed as due to a constitution-infecting
virus, and which they termed Tripperseuche, or clap disease, and
which they also ascribed to a miasma or virus, as did Hahne-
mann. To say this does not satisfy my mind that Hahnemann
thought the gonorrhoeal virus the primary cause of fig-warts and
other tK)nstitutional ailments. I think everything must hinge
upon the answer to this question. I have weighed the matter
carefully, and have come to the conclusion that sycosis for Hah-
nemann was the condylomatouB venereal dUease indeed, and noth-
ing else, and not the TMpperaeuche^ or clap-disease, of Auten-
rieth in its entirety.
If you will take the trouble to read the greater medical writers
of Grermany of the first four decades of this century, you will
find (and I am sure Drysdale, Dudgeon, Hughes, H. Groullon,
to name no others, will all agree with me) that gonorrhoea was
considered by very many of them as a Seuche, or constitutional
1889.] ON GONORRHCEA. 227
affection, and as the prime cause of many specifically gonorrlioeal
ailments or manifestations, only one of which is the condy-
loma.
The clap disease, die Tripperaeuchey was a recognized prime
canse of chronic disease years before our founder promulgated
his sycosis, and if you admit that sycosis and clap-disease are
synonymous terms, then sycosis is not the mental property of
Hahnemann at all ; this much is certain, either sycosis and clap-
disease are not the same thing, or else if they are, there is no
such a thing as sycosis to be attributed to the genius of the
founder of Homoeopathy.
We must not forget that Hahnemann differentiates two
kinds of clap, the common variety and that of the condyloma,
so he evidently did not include the whole clap disease in his
sycosis.
It is seemingly no use for us to hunt about in Hahnemann's
works for any real enlightenment on the subject of sycosis, as
they contain none; and why? Simply because Hahnemann
himself had but very little knowledge on the subject, as he prac-
tically admits on page 63, of vol. I, of his Chronische Krank-
heiteTL I should not be surprised if he had set aside sycosis for
study and consideration in a future time, but apparently that
time never came — that is, it never came so far as we know ;
possibly the Paris MSS. may contain something on the
subject.
We are then brought face to face with this primary question.
Is the sycosis of Hahnemann identical with the gonorrhoeal dis-
ease of Autenrieth ? If so, then it is not the property of Hahne-
mann ; and if not identical, what is it ? syphilitic, gonorrhoeal,
chancroidal, or a separate and independent disease sui genetnsf
These points being settled, we could proceed to a comparison
of gonorrhoea in its constitutional aspects, with the sycosis de-
lineated in the original works of Hahnemann. For I for one
cannot admit that the* ayco9t8 autorum homoeopathicorum is the
sycosis as painted by Hahnemann himself.
Note. — The above quoted paper of Dr. Burnett's was pre-
pared by him as an introductory to an extended study of gon-
orrhoea and sycosis ; the more practical consideration of the
subject was prevented 'by sickness in his family. It is to be
hoped Dr. Burnett will complete his essay at an early day, for
all true homoeopaths are interested in this subject, and would en-
joy reading an essay upon it from the pen of such an interesting
writer as the Doctor. — Editors H. P.
ON GONORRHCEA IN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AS-
PECTS.
In reading the proof of the article having the above heading,
by Dr. Burnett, in the present number of The Homceopathic
Physician, we were reminded of two or three interesting cases
of gonorrhoea that have fallen under our own observation at
di£^rent times.
One of these we recollect had a decidedly syphilitic aspect.
There were chancroids along the tract of the urethra. Tiiere
was contraction of the walls of the urethra, with, consequent
rupture and bleeding when spells of chordee occurred. A bubo
started in the right ^roin, while a red line led to it from the end
of the prepuce — which was rather long, and in a state of phi-
mosis. Tne urging to urinate was very sudden and violent, and
almost involuntary, with profuse flow as if from a force-pump.
All these symptoms seemed to call for Mercurius. We accord-
ingly gave Mercurius-vivus"" (Fincke), and the violent symp-
toms subsided in twenty-four hours. We were not so fortunate
in controlling the flow of mucus from the urethra, which con-
tinued some weeks longer. It was finally cured by Sulphur*
(B. & T.) in water.
Then followed a rheumatism which, rather singularly, was
confined to the heels and mostly in the Tendo Achilles as far as
we could discover. This was cured by Pulsatilla" in three or
four days. No condylomata followed during six months of our
subsequent knowledge of the patient. After that period we lost
sight of him.
Another case that occurs to us was in a young man who had
had repeated attacks of gonorrhoea. When he contracted his
latest attack he decided that Homoeopathy was too slow for him.
So, notwithstanding our warnings, he* consulted a physician
of the old school of medicine. Injections were administered,
and the usual result followed — ^stricture and condylomata. His
physician treated the stricture with bougies. He proposed to
**8nip of" with the scissors the fig-warts, which formed a com-
plete Elizabethan rufl^ around the head of the penis, when the
patient happened to mention that his homoeopathic doctor could
cure such things with medicine. " Can he ?" exclaimed the
doctor in surprise ; " I would like to see that done. Go see
him and ask him to do it." The young man obeyed. He came
to our office, told the facts, and desired treatment. He assured
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June, 1889.] THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. 229
US that the bougie treatment had practically ended. So we gave
him Sepia** (Jenichen), and in two or three weeks they were all
gone. The regular physician then sent the patient to our office
again with a message inquiring what remedy it was that we
gave^ as he had a dozen men whom he '^ would put upon it to-
morrow ! !''
Yet another case came to hand. A young man who had had
gonorrhoea treated with injections, consulted us for "piles."
We took his word for it and gave several remedies that had no
effect. We then did what we should have done at first. We
made an examination and discovered the anus encircled with a
ring of condylomata. The young man said he had " caught the
piles from a water-closet !" After this discovery we gave Sepia,
and in three weeks the fig- warts disappeared.
Our own supposition from the limited number of cases we
have seen, some of which are not sufficiently interesting to re-
late, is that the fig-warts generally result from suppressing the
urethral flow with astringent injections.
W. M. J.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON ORGANON
SOCIETY.
Meeting held March 28th.-r-Before beginning the reading of
the OrganoUy Dr. Wesselhceft gave a very entertaining and in-
structive account of his recent trip among the Caribbean Islands.
He spoke of their advantages in regard to climatic conditions,
especially the island of Martinique. Upon this island almost
any desirable altitude may be obtained.
Unfortunately, owing to the lack of intelligence or to negli-
gence of ordinary precautions, small-pox is rife there, and the
island is now and has been in a state of quarantine for two
years. The climate of the other islands is very fine, Barbados
in particular, but the island being rather more flat than moun-
tainous different altitudes cannot be obtained. If steamship
communication is ever established between Florida and these
islands in order to avoid the dangers of Hatteras, this will be an
excellent place to send our phthisical patients. He spoke of two
cases of wonderful recovery of phthisis at Barbados, one of
which was carried on a cot from the steamer to the hotel, and
who now were seemingly as well as anybody. They had been
there about two years.
The reading of the Organon was then commenced by Dr.
Wesselhoef);, thinning at the 148th Section.
230 THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. [June,
Dr. Wesselhoeft — This explanation never satisfied me, and,
in fact, I do not care how it is done, but the most satisfactory
explanation is that the remedy acts antidotally to the disease and
not with it. Xbe remedy meets the disease symptoms, if it is a
simillimum it cures them, if it is not a simillimum but a
simile, it partially meets them or meets them at an angle, and
another set of symptoms, the resultant of tliese two forces, is
generated, and a remedy must be selected for these, and so tlie
patient is zig-zagged into health as Dr. Lippe used to say.
These things, however, are all theoretical, and will never explain
how it happens any more than we can explain how life happens.
Dr. Bell — The only value of a theoretical explanation is in
regard to the dose, whether a larger or smaller dose is necessary.
Patients often ask for a powerful dose. The remedy calls
into action the vital force as the pressure on an electric button
sets in action the fbrces that ring a bell, or cause a large explo*
siou.
Dr. Kennedy — We should separate the principle of selecting
the remedy from the principle of its action. It always seemed
to me that an imitation of the vital force causes disease. If the
vital force is strong enough to overcome it alone the patient
Sets well without medicine. If it is not strong enough the
rug helps it.
Foot-note, 101. Dr. Wessellvoeft — ^What could be more
scathing than this foot-note, and it is just as true now.
149. Dr. Wesselhoeft — How quickly we relieve with the
specific remedy in cases that last for weeks under other treat-
ment ! A follicular tonsillitis will recover in forty-eight hours
with no after effects ; it will never get well so quickly under
mercurial treatment or swabbing with Corrosive Sublimate, etc.
How often do we see in cases of recent wettings an inflammatory
process cut short if we get there in time? I recall a case of
sickness after eating pork, in which relief was obtained in two
hours after taking Puis. The patient had always been sick
days before in similar cases. Hahnemann makes a distinction
between acute and long standing drug disease. There is great
difficulty in finding the remedy in cases of drug complication.
With patients that have been treated allopathically for syphilis,
it is always a long story of wrongly applied remedies, and not
the result of the disease. We have seen many cases come with
the worst kind of primary symptoms that have been cured with
no secondary symptoms.
Cases are often made incurable by a wrongly selected remedy,
and a remedy partially homoeopathic may do just as much harm
1889.] THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. 231
as an antipathic remedy. The disease is nothing compared to
the ordinary method of cure.
Dr. Bell — I saw a case this morning that has been under
treatment since last August. He* came at th^t time with a
primary hunterian chancre that he had then had for two
months. He had been treated carefully out West before coming
to us^ had been given one dose of Mercurius^ and had been
told to let the thing alone.
I examined him carefully to-day ; he is perfectly free from
disease; his glands are all free. He received about three doses
of medicine and never had any secondary symptoms, but a few
maculae.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — Now, when they are giving Corrosive Sub-
limate and large doses of Iodide of Potassium, it takes three or
four years to get a patient rid of such a drug-complicated dis-
ease. That is what Hahnemann meant by a drug disease, and
it takes three or four times as long to effect a cure after a drug
poisoning. We have cases of fever and ague that after being
cured homceopathically can return to malarial districts without
contracting the disease again.
Now, old-school physicians have always said when we re-
ported such cases that our diagnosis was wrong, they do not say
so now ; they know that we can 'make as good a diagnosis as
they can. Some time ago I had a case of gonorrhoea that had
been treated by injections, the urethra stretched for stricture^
and as a last resort the urethra was to be cut ; then the patient
came to me. The injection had caused a prostatitis, and, in
addition, there were several condylomata present. After a dose
of Pulsatilla the difiSculty of urination passed away, together
with the prostatitis and the condylomata, and the discharge was
re-established, proving effectually to the patient what had been
the cause of all his troubles.
He told his former physician, in a few weeks, how much
better be was, and how all the distressing symptoms indicative
of stricture had disappeared, and all that worthy could say,
was, " Well, he must have used some very powerful medicine !"
Dr. Bell — We would not have cases of tertiary syphilis if
the patients were properly treated in the first place.
Dr. Wesselhoefl^ — I recall a case of syphilis complicated with
malaria, with profuse hemorrhages from the kidneys ; he was
very ansBmic but is now perfectly well.
150. Dr. Wesselhoeft — Hahnemann means that we are not
to give a remedy for every little thing. Adjourned to April
11th.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONEIDA COUNTY HO-
MCEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The quarterly meeting of the Oneida County Homoeopathic
Medical Society was held April 16th, in Rome (N. Y.) Present,
Drs. S. O. and N. C. Scudder, Southwick, Touseley, and Gifford,
Rome ; Brainard, of Little Falls, and Wells, of Utica.
In the absence of the President and Secretary, Dr. S. O.
Scudder was elected President and L. B. Wells Secretary pro
tem.
The Secretary read the letter of Judge Barrett to the New
York Medical Times in relation to medical practice, which was
fully discussed by all present.
Dr. L. B. Wells, of Utica, read the following :
" The answer (to a question by the editor of the New York
Medical Times) if correct, has an important bearing upon all
practitioners of every school of practice. The principal extracts
will be found in the New York Medical Times for April Ist.
This opinion has a direct bearing upon the organization of the
homoeopathic medfcal societies as to who shall be its members.
In answer to questions of this nature, some few years since.
Judge Davis, an eminent jurist of New York city, gave his
opinion. He quotes the laws of this State in regard to the or-
ganization of homoeopathic county medical societies. Homoeo-
pathic physicians, not less than five, may assemble at the county
seat and organize a county society. He asks the Question, ' Who
are homoeopathic physicians V His answer is, 'Tnose who prac-
tice Homoeopathy according to the law of cure as promulgated
by Hahnemann.' He says 'Not allopaths, not eclectics, not
electricians, not hydropathists.'
" The County Homoeopathic Medical Society of New York
County was organized on the principles of pure Homoeopathy,
and after the opinion of Judge Davis was published, a large
number of members who were eclectic in practice withdrew
from the society. Our county society was organized on the same
platform of pure Homoeopathy. Our first State society was or-
ganized on the pure platform. In the transactions of the State
society of 1872 you will find the Constitution and By-Laws
of that and the Constitution and By-Laws of the new
society. In the first you will perceive that the law simiiia
similiims eurantur was recognized, but not as published
by the new, while Dr. H. M. Paine was Secretary. But let us
232
Jane, 1889.] ONEIDA CO. H0M(EOPATHIC SOCIETY, 233
now refer to the facts that aocordiDg to reports to boards of
health those who practice pure Homoeopathy have the most
favorable results^ showing the least mortality.
'' Judge Barrett's opinion leaves the impression that homoeo-
pathic treatment often fails, making resort to other means neces-
sary by the knowledge and consent of the patient. This is an
erroneous conclusion. The homoeopathic physician who care-
fully and thoroughly studies the Homoeopathic Materia Medica^
the result of provings upon the healthy organism, and the char-
acteristics of drugs will no more resort to Quinine, Morphine, Bro-
mide of Potash, Chloral, etc., as used by our allopathic brethren
of the old-school practice than the skillful, keen-eyed rifleman
would to the old-fashioned, , long-time-discarded blunderbuss.
The failure is not, therefore, of Homoeopathy but the practi-
tioner. From this cause alone Homoeopathy has suffered more
injury from wounds in the house of its professed friends than
from all the opposition and ridicule of its foes/'
He also read the following written by Dr. I. Dever, of
Clinton :
" The Utica Morning Herald^ of April 3d, contains an ex-
tract from the New York Medical Times which is intended to
mislead the public in regard to the different medical practices.
Judge Barrett is quoted as authority, and made to voice the
opinion of the Medical Times. We do not take exceptions to
the l^al aspect of the question, but when Judge Barrett gives
his opinion in r^ard to the relative merits of the different schools
of medicine it is but the opinion of a layman, and not that of a
learned jurist, as the Times would have it, from the fact that
the evidence is not all in, and he is ruling in favor of the Medical
Times without evidence. He presupposes a case in which the
homoeopath is made to fail with his remedies and fall back to
allopathic drugging and blind stabbing, a hypothesis upon which
the Medical Times and Judge Barrett base an opinion and rule
against Homoeopathy. But suppose we present a small amount
of evidence from the other side? During the epidemic of 1849
and 1850 Drs. Pulte and Ehrman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, treated
cholera with a loss of three per cent., while the regular practice
lost fifty per cent. Dr. Kubini, of Naples, Italy, treated seven
hundred patients in 1854 with a loss of only three. But we
will see how Homoeopathy succeeds in the dreaded disease of diph-
theria. During an epidemic of diphtheria in Philadelphia, Dr.
Neidhard (a homoeopath) lost but two patients out of three
hundred.
" Dr. J. P. Dake, of Pittsburg, Pa., lost seven out of one
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234 PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [June,
hundred and ninety-three cases treated. Dr. J. N. Brigham, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., lost one case out of fifty treated during
the summer of 1887. Out of two hundred and fifty cases treated
by Dr. DeForest Hunt, of Grand Rapids, Mich., during the
summer of 1887, he lost eight patients. The average death
rate in later years, under old-school treatment, is about twenty
per cent. The Medical limes and its friends would create an
examining board, fabricate a case against HomcBopathy, and con-
demn all practitioners of that school without a hearing.
"Clinton, N. Y., April 4th, 1889."
The question of using allopathic measures was called up and
was ventilated. Dr. N. C Scudder thought the r^ulation of
doses should be according to the judgment of the physician to
suit the constitution and temperament of the patient. Dr. Wells
thought there was nothing in the system of Homoeopathy to for-
bid the use of large doses of medicine — ^allopathy doses, so-called
— if they should be deemed desirable in any case.
Dr. S. O. Scudder said that the lawotsimilia simUUma euran-
tur was a very important discovery, and that the practice should
be confined within that circle. He spoke at some length on the
theory.
Dr. Brainard said that he believed in the homoeopathic law
of applying medicine, but he believed the size of doses should be
r^ulated by the judgment of the attending physician solely.
He thought many of Hahnemann's ideas and theories were falla-
cious. He cited some instances of proof.
The subject of Psora and Hahnemann's theory of the same
was freely discussed, with reports of cases where suppression of
itch by external means resulted in various forms of chronic dis-
eases. Various cases of hernia were reported, with a discussion
of the best means of reducing the same to avoid the necessity of
resorting to an operation, attended often with danger. Adjourn-
ment.
NOTES FROM PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE
SOCIETY.
Messbs. Editors : — In glancing over the minutes of some
past meetings of the Lippe Society, I am constrained to compare
the proper method of showing the value of our pathogeneses, and
the way adopted by some self-styled teachers of materia medica.
The following remarks of Dr. Lippe are taken from the
minutes of a meeting held February 17th, 1880. Although
they contain nothing new, they are of permanent value,
1889.] PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. 235
and I am sure you cannot give space to anything of more worth :
'' Hahnemann was the first to prove Aconite. In reading this
proving we should first read the preface. Hahnemann then
gives us what we may properly call the key-note of Aconite.
This, however, is not the modem key-note. Hahnemann's key-
notes are very few. The last one is the most important.
'^ When Aconite is prescribed, the mental symptoms must be
f resent, else that remedy is not indicated. The key-notes are :
rresistible restlessness, agnizing tossing about, thirst, and fever.
In fevers (pathological) the above symptoms must be present.
'^ Why do the mongrels give Aconite in large doses ? Because
they are looking for pathological conditions.
" Another mental symptom is to be found in the effects of
fright and anger, and here it is a great remedy. Thus, for sup-
pressed menses from fright and anger, Aeon, is the remedy. The
patholc^ical people do not believe that fright and anger will
stop the menstrual flow. Hence they miss excellent cures.
Where the feet get wet, and there is suppression of menses as a
consequence, Puis, is the remedy.
" In the winter of 1838, a young girl was baptized in a stream
where the ice had to be broken for the purpose ; suppression of
menses followed, and a condition giving a perfect picture of
Aeon, came on. Notwithstanding the clergyman's saying that
no medicine was needed for such a case, I gave Aeon., which
soon brought about a normal flow.
" The pathological gentlemen do not believe in Aeon, for the
eflects of fright, because they never read Hahnemann's preface
to the proving.
" We never see Aeon, indicated in typhoid fever. A young
lady had been suffering with fever. Her mother gave her Aeon.
as directed by the domestic books, and the fever disappeared.
The next day the fever reappeared and she was again given
Aeon. Thus it went on for a week, when I was called and
found her advanced in typhoid fever. The Aeon, was not in-
dicated, and had retarded the cure.
^' If the other symptoms correspond, and the mental symptoms
are present, then you can successfully give Aeon., and only then.
The Aeon, restlessness is agonizing. The patient does not tumblcy
he tosses about.
'' We have another kind of restlessness in which the patient
tumbles about like a kitten. He goes so fast and so constantly
that we cannot get a chance to talk to or question him. This is
Apis.
'' Arum tri. has restlessness with picking of the lips till they
bleed. In such cases Arum will cure both sym]!>toms.
236 PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [June,
'^ In Khus tox. cases the patient is restless and turns to a new
position. He remains quiet for a few minutes and then changes.
The Puis, patient cannot lie auiet, but must turn to a new posi-
tion constantly. The very idea of moving is terrible, yet he
must move ; but he is not relieved by the change of position.
The Khus patient^ on the other hand^ does find relief for a few
minutes in the new position.
^' All that we know of Aeon, is found in the Materia Medica
Pura — thifst^ fever, and the agonizing tossing about. That is
the whole story.
'^ Aeon, is useful only in the worst kind of acute cases. I
do not touch my Aeon, vial once in six months. It is useful in
cases of hypertrophy of the heart. The patient cannot sleep
because he is so restless and in such fear. This drug will not
cure the heart trouble, but it will make the patient sleep r^a-
larly, sometimes for months. In labor, where there is the agon-
izing tossing about, with fear that she cannot stand the pain,
Aeon, is indicated. As I have said, I seldom find it indicated,
but when it is given its results are wonderful.
" In the present epidemic of measles, Aeon, is frequently indi-
cated. In some cases Puis, follows.
^'In brain diseases it is at times indicated. In children,
when they are better from being carried about, Cham, is the
remedy. Similar to Cham, are Ant. tart, and Ignatia. Where
Bell, is indicated, the child may desire to be carried about, but
the headache gets worse from the motion. The child may not
be able to mention this fact, and it may escape observation, and
we may then wrongfully prescribe Cham. To give Cham, to
every child having a desire to be carried about is to make serioas
blunders in many cases. In the Bell, case the headache is worse
from lying down. By noticing this we will not mistake and
prescribe Cham.
" The Aeon, headache is better from lying down. Aeon, has
very little that can be compared with any ouier remedy.
''There is some little similarity between Aeon, and Bell.
Aeon, has cough which is short, as we find it in measles. A
short, hacking, continuous cough. There is pain in the region
of the liver, also stitches. The mental symptoms occur with
the Aeon, cough. The child will not lie quiet. If he does
remain quiet Scilla is the remedy.
'' It is a great mistake to give Aeon, in measles merely be-
cause there is an eruption with fever.
'' I recollect giving Puis, to a case of measles, thus bringing
out the eruption. Vomiting then set in. The child vomited
all day, but I decided to give it nothing else. Next diarrhoea
1889.] PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. 237
appeared. I left a dose of Sulph. with the mother^ to ^ive in
case the diarrhoea did not disappear by midnight. Still, I felt
certain the diarrhoea would soon cease, and it did. The Puis,
brought out the eruption. Then came the symptom, involun-
tary stool while urinating. This symptom occurs in Mur. acid
and Sulph.
'^ I have cured more cases of croup with Bell, than with any
other remedy."
From these few notes one can see how a master taught materia
medica.
At a meeting held on March 16th, 1880, Dr. Lippe, in con-
nection with a statement by Dr. C. Carleton Smith, of a case
of fistula nine inches in length, in the knee joint, subsequent to
a maltreated attack of typhoid fever, said that Lycopodium was
a ereat remedy in the after effects of typhoid fever.
Dr. Lippe then described a case of pneumonia in illustration
of the repetition of the dose. The patient was given Sulphur,
which did not act promptly, and had to be repeated for three or
four days. It caused him to perspire profusely ; but as soon as he
ceased to take the Sulph. the perspiration ceased. He had
never perspired before — not even while living in the West Indies.
Dr. Lippe was ready to give him up as a nopeless case, when
suddenly the old man set to coughing. It was an incessant
cough, day and night, and he stormed and swore at the doctor
for not relieving him. It was not thought advisable to stop the
couch, as it was necessary to his recovery, and he was given no
meaicine. The cough soon disappeared. Then a severe diar-
rhoea set in. Still no medicine. He shortly got well.
Dr. Lee thought that it was always dangerous to stop a cough
in serious lung troubles.
Dr. Clark related the case of a woman whose father, mother,
and brother died of tuberculosis. The woman had been running
down for two years. With a violent cou^h, she had many other
serious symptoms, which were conquered by appropriate reme-
dies. Her cough still continued, and she was constantly beggine
for something to stop her cou^h, notwithstanding her general
condition was all that could be desired. She was warned against
having the cough stopped.
She was under Dr. Clark's treatment for three years, continu-
ing well, with the exception of the cough. While visiting in
Brooklyn she contracted a heavy cold. She was then treated by
a so-called homoeopathic physician, who gave her material doses
of Opium. Much to her delight her cough stopped. In less
than two weeks afterward she was in her grave.
238 PAST MEETINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY. [June,
Dr. Lippe said he had cut his eje-teeth many years ago in a
case of typhoid ftver^ in a drunken Irishman. On the seventh
day after the delirium was over his nose began to bleed. With*
out giving any remedy than that given previous to this symptom,
he waited for fourteen days, the bleeding continuing for that
time, and the man rapidly recovered.
Dr. C. Carleton Smith remarked that he could never see the
use of prescribing medicine every two hours. It is a perfectly
arbitrary period of time, and there does not seem to be any sense
in it.
Dr. Lippe — It is a common thing to meet with so-called ho-
moeopath ists who give several remedies at a time, in repeated
doses. If you give Bell, in more than one dose, you will be sure
to witness an increase of fever the next day at four o'clock.
Dr. Lee reported a case where there was pain in the right
arm ; must lie on the arm. The patient complained of being un-
able to raise the arm to the head. There was no particular
reason why she should raise the arm to the head, but this spon-
taneous expression of the symptom led him to eive a dose of
Sanguinaria. It produced no effect, whereupon ne gave it in
water, and the patient was relieved in that arm, and the pain
then appeared slightly in the left. This would seem to show the
advantage of many doses.
He asKed the question as to whether he should have let the
one dose have more time to act.
Dr. Lippe answered that lie "probably did right ; that the
repetition of the dose was necessary in many patients with feeble
vitality ; that Dr. Lee's patient was a poor subject, and that
there would be much trouble in curing her. In such cases it is
neoessanr to repeat the remedy.
Dr. Lippe, in answer to Dr. W. M. James, said : In my
paper (on the Repetition of the Dose) this evening, I wish the
mference to be drawn that a remedy may not show its action for
three days after taking it. Therefore we must wait. Dr. Jacob
Jeanes, who was a very acute prover, used to say that when he
took a remedy for proving, he could tell within a minute if it
were going to act, by some slight symptom. Then it would lie
quiet for three days before he could get symptoms.
Dr. James asked for a remedy having cough caused by tickling,
with tickling increased by coughing, and extending up into the
ears.
Dr. Lippe answered that Cistus can, is a remedy having this
symptom.
Geo. H. Clark.
1889.] BRYONIA— SOME NOTES— SOME MISTAKES. 239
[lenatia : The longer he oonghs, the more the irritation to
cough increases. Maram Yerum Teucrium : Short, dry
cough from tickling in upper part of trachea aggravated by
coughing. See Lippe's Materia Mediea, — Eds.]
BRYONIA— SOME NOTES— SOME MISTAKES.
Last October was called to see Harry S., set. six years. Found
he had been taking Aeon, and Phos. alternately every hour for
two or three days— on general principles, I suppose.
His malady seemed to be of a periodic character ; there were
fever (102^), intense thirst, excessive irritability, and a desire to
lie perfectly quiet on the painful side (right). The least motion
and even the respiratory effort greatly aggravated the pain. He
was constipated, only meagre burnt stools had been secured for
several days by assiduous repetition of enemata.
I diagnosed a Bry. case and prescribed accordingly ; instruct-
ing the mother to discontinue the medicine as soon as improve-
ment was apparent. The following day I called, finding my
patient mudi improved. The medicine had been stopped after
the second or third dose, given at two-hour intervals. The
bowels moved naturally without any injection.
Case No. 2. — Mr. S., a merchant, who had no use for little
pills, got at outs with the local allopathic brethren, and sent for
me to give him a hypodermic of Morphine. I don't own a
hypodermic syringe.
The man had been suffering for several days with influenza,
which had become complicated with pleurodynia. Of course,
he was in that condition when relief from suffering was very
essential. He had for some time been taking Aconite and Bry.
alternately every hour, which remedies had been prescribed by
a homoeopathic (?) druggist. Well, I'm not a " faith healer,*'
so didn't try to fathom his mental evolvements as I told him
'twas not Morphine, but a homcBopathic remedy which he needed.
He said he didn't care a what did it so the pain was taken
out of his side, that he might cough without killing him. I
studied the case closely, and finally prepared some Bry. He
took it, remarking, ^'Same old gag," and doubtless thinking
he'd be obliged to get some Morphine on his own account at
last ; but two days later he was attending to his business, which
he had not done for a week. It is only fair to conclude, as he
very sensibly did, that the one remedy cured him whereas two
had failed.
Case No. 3. — Mrs, B., jet. thirty-five years, recently passed
240 A PECULIAB CASE. [June,
through her sixth oonfinement. While making ray first visit
after the advent of the baby she said she never haa had other than
a '^colicky baby/' and that she was always constipated at such
times. This constipation seemed to point to Bry., which was
given in form of No. 30 pellets^ six pellets to be taken three
times daily when necessary, but to discontinue them as soon as
relieved.
Some improvement was noticed after having taken them the
first day ; but I suppose she thought if a little was good more
would be better. At any rate, she continued to take the pellets
till she had a characteristic Bry. chill and many other patho-
genetic features of the drug, among which were insatiable thirst,
diarrhoea, and a desire to be perfectly quiet. Had I not feared
disastrous results to the babe, I would have encouraged her to
continue the proving ; but she soon recovered on discontinuing
the medicine, and now does not take a second dose of any medi-
cine except as ordered. I do not know the exact potency of the
remedy used in those three cases ; I began with the 3x some two
years ago and have been filling up since, till I suppose it now to
be between the tenth and thirtieth. H. E. Potter, M. D.
Clifton, Kansas.
A PECULIAR CASE.
Mrs. G., aet. forty-five years, supposed herself undergoing the
" change of life.'' When I first saw her, November 18th last,
she had been flowing about a week — the first for four months.
Before I was called she had passed two bodies, which they had
not saved, resembling in shape and size the heart of a chicken.
To myself I said " mole," and proceeded to arrest the hemorrhage,
which was beginning to tell on the patient, who complained
of coldness, faintness, and roaring in the ears. Internal medi-
cation was first tried but proved inefiectual, either from faulty
selection of the remedy or because time enough was not allowed
for its action. Hot water was next in order, and this was in-
jected directly against the neck of the uterus till a half gallon
had been used and the return stream scarcely tinged with blood.
I now left her quite comfortable, the flow having entirely ceased.
Next day she was reported " comfortable," but on the follow-
ing morning she sent in to tell me that she was again flowing
slightly, and was in much pain, not having slept at all during
the night because of backache. I sent Cimicifuga and visited
her alx>ut twelve hours later. At this visit a more careful ex-
1889.] A LILIUM TIGRINUM CASK 241
amination was made^ revealing the womb in about such condi-
tion regarding size and position as would be expected at the
close of the fourth month of gestation. I now made a digital
examination, finding the os patulous and some stinking debris in
the vagina, which latter very much resembled a miniature
placenta.
I now determined to empty the uterus of whatever it might
contain, so introducing a Brewer speculum I began a careful ex-
ploration with the sound. The point of the sound impinged on
a yielding body, which was very easily ruptured, a quart or more
of fluid escaping having the odor and appearance of amniotic
fluid. Well, I expectSi something to follow this escape of
water, and it has a sequel. All pain immediately subsided, and
the lady rapidly recovered her usual health and strength under
the influence of an occasional dose of Ars. alb. She has men-
struated regularly every twenty-eight days since. To me it's
something new, and according to the books, I think a very lucky
finale. H. E. Potter, M. D.
Clifton, Kansas.
A LILIUM TIGRINUM CASE.
E. W. Berridge, M. D., London.
June 23d, 1887. — A lady aged fifty or more consulted me for
the following symptoms : Pain in apex of heart, as if grasped
by the hand, preceded and accompanied by a cold feeline, ex-
tending from the apex of heart to under left scapula; a
spot at apex of heart, size of finger-tip, is tender to pressure.
This lieart trouble has been very bad for a week, and for a
longer time has had it less severely ; she had it also years ago. The
pain is excited by worry ; it is worse on lying on right side,
better by lying on left side and when busy at woj^k. Constant
hacking cough ; every morning attack of asthma during break-
fast, and lasting two hours, caused by feeling of hard pressure
at lower end of sternum ; she has had this asthma at intervals
of six or seven weeks, daily for the last two weeks. Constant
desire to draw long breath and sigh (the most recent symptom).
When walking, and less often when sitting, the right leg from
hip to foot turns in ; with this symptom, she feels a weakness all
down right side, right arm, and right leg, and at times slight
tingling and burning in right upper arm and all down right leg;
she has had this symptom for two weeks, and years ago used to
have it. For a few weeks, dryness of vagina, the parts seem
242 LILIUM TIGRINUM AND PROLAPSUS UTERI. [June,.
to rasp together when walking, with occasional sharp, stinging
pain. I gave LUium tigrinuwF^ (Fincke) one dose, and a few
more doses to be taken if the symptoms returned in the same
form and persisted.
I did not see her for about a year, when she told me the
remedy had cured all the symptoms. She could not remember
if she had to repeat the dose ; but was certain that not more than
two or three doses, at the most, were required.
The following symptoms were also cured in the same patient :
July 15th, 1885. — Alumina^ (F.C.) relieved an intense drag-
ging^ burning pain in back of eyes, with intense photophobia ;
also a blaze of light before the closed eyes ; attacks of pain worse
at three a. m. The pain improved before the photophobia.
Nov. 2d, 1885. — Attacks of pain beginning in left side, some-
times going round to left side of back, on waking in mornine ;
and when she begins to move, the flesh there feels torn from the
bones, slightly relieved by eructations, though the eructations
cause spasms across spleen and round stomach. Thuja^^ (F. G)
cured " like a shot.''
Feb. 25th, 1886. — Tellurium^ in water, two or three times
daily for four days, removed a feeling as if the lashes of lower
lids were turned in.
LILIUM TIGRINUM AND PROLAPSUS UTERI.
Thomas G. Roberts, M. D.
Some years ago Miss C, a brunette twenty-eight years of age,
consulted me for relief from prolapsus uteri, that had severely
troubled her for several years. She had been under regular
treatment for a long time, and had been treated with pessaries,
injections, tonics, etc., but, thus far, without securing the much-
desired relief. She was much discouraged, and often felt like
ceasing all efforts to recover her health ; but, as she had never
tried Homoeopathy, she thought she would see if it could pro-
duce any better results than had been exhibited by the dominant
school. She was so low-spirited that she could hardly keep from
crying, and I have rarely seen one who looked so melancholic
and forlorn. She was annoyed with a constant hurried feeling,
as if she must immediately attend to important duties, and she
manifested, in a marked degree, opposite and contradictory men-
tal states.
Her greatest suffering was a dragging or bearing-down sensa-
tion, that extended from the chest and shoulders all the way
18890 ACTION OF ALUMINA IN INFANTILE PARALYSIS. 243
down to the vulva ; and this feeling was so intense that it seemed
to her that all the pelvic viscera were being gradually forced
through the vagina. There was a feeling that the abdominal and
uterine regions needed support, and, to relieve the bearing-down
sensation, she sometimes pressed with both hands against the
vulva. In addition to the symptoms already given, she had,
in the left ovary, a pain, running down. As every symptom was
characteristic of Liilium tigrinum, that remedy was prescribed in
the 30th potency, and the patient was requested to take a dose
morning and evening for one week, and then report to me. At
the end of that time a marked improvement was manifest ; and,
giving a placebo for ten days, tne same remedy, in the 200th,
was given at increasing intervals for about three months, when
not a vestige of her trouble remained. Not long after she
married, and is now the happy mother of three children ; and,
as I have been her physician ever since, I know that she never
had a return of her ailment. No change was made in the dietetic
or other habits of the patient, aud no local measures of any
kind were used. This was one of the first cases of chronic dis-
ease that I cured with the single remedy, and it made a great
impression on my mind. Surely, nothing else is so curative as
the simillimum ; and cases like this ought to stimulate every dis-
ciple of Hahnemann to use the utmost care in the selection of
the remedy, for, when the simillimum is found and rightly
administered, the results that follow seem almost miraculous.
ACTION OF ALUMINA IN INFANTILE
PARALYSIS.
E. W. Berridge, M. D., London.
When in the United States, in 1880, Dr. E. M. Hale related
to me a remarkable case, which at my request he wrote out for
me. The following is a copy of his statement. It will be seen
that Alumina has cured a symptom supposed to belong exclu-
sively to Causticum :
"A female child, three years of age, formerly healthy, was
observed by the mother to drag or awing the left leg. When this
had lasted several weeks I was called. On inquiry the follow-
ing concomitant symptoms were elicited : I%e child could only
evacuate the bowels when standing ^ and then only by luird strain-
ing fffortSy as if the abdominal muscles or the rectum were para-
lyzed. When straining, the face became red, the eyes suffused,
and the child trembled as from fear or pain.
244 THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS. [June,
'^ The nearest simillimum appeared to be Alumina, of which six
?ellets of the 30c was prescribed, to be given morning and ni^ht.
n a week there was great improvement. The Alumina was tnen
given only at night ; and in another week the patient was cured,
and has remain^ well to this date (three months).
"Observations. — The symptoms above given point unmistak-
ably to an acute inflammation or congestion of the anterior por-
tion of the spinal cord, or, according to Hammond, the ' an-
terior tract of gray matter.' It is reasonable to suppose that,
had the disease not been averted in its early stage, atrophy and
complete paralysis would have resulted. This case proves that
Alumina has a specific action (1) on the lower portion of the
cord ; (2) on the anterior portion of the gray matter ; and (3)
that it will act promptly as a curative agent in the high poten-
cies.^'
This is Dr. Hale's report. Doubtless his pathology is correct,
but of what therapeutic utility is it ? Will the knowledge that
a remedy acts on the spinal cord enable any one to cure unless
the totality of the symptoms agrees with the pathogenesis of the
remedy ? And if the totality harmonizes, what do we want with
theories as to the minute lesions of the tissues ? How will path-
ology differentiate between the action of Alumina and Oaudicum
with r^rd to the peculiar features of the stool ? So far as the
scanty literature of this symptom shows, I think the Oausticum
symptom is not attended with severe straining, whereas this is
an important feature of the Alumina symptom.
THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS UPON CARBO
VEGETABILIS.
Carbo vegetabilis, though so often applicable in the abuse of
Quinine, is still more so as an antidote to the injurious effects
of Calomel, particularly for the sensitiveness to every change of
weather by which its use is so frequently attended. A hieh
state of atmospheric temperature often causes nausea and sick-
ness of the stomach, which are greatly aggravated W partaking
of the tepid or otherwise bad water of large cities. These symp-
toms (very often to be met with in persons who, by their profes-
sion, are exposed to the severest heat of the day) have been fre-
quently relieved by Carbo vegetabilis, even in some cases where,
by the palliating, but too sudden cooling effect of ice-water,
asthenic fever had been induced. The latter was sometimes
accompanied by diarrhoea, and in such cases Bryonia was admin-
1889.] THERAPEUTIC OBSERVATIONS. 245
istered, either previously, or subsequently to Carbo veg. It
appears singular that Carbonic acid, so well Known for its refresh-
ing coolness, was of no avail in these affections. A third equally
new observation we owe to one of the most zealous friends and
advocates of Homoeopathy, who, for want of a physician, was
compelled to attend his own child. It was but a few weeks old,
when, in spite of the utmost attention to cleanliness, it became
excoriated to such a degree, that the ejpidermis was destroyed,
not only at the usual places, but also behind the ears and about
the neck, presenting raw surfaces of considerable extent. Sul-
phur and Lycopodium relieved the little sufferer in some meas-
ure, but Carbo veg. very soon effectually cured him. We have
since had occasion to observe this effect of Carbo veg. in several
other instances.
During the autumn of 1833, the whooping-cough prevailed
epidemically in Philadelphia, and the usual remedies, such as
Drosera, Cma, Veratrum, and Sulphur, had but little effect in
relieving the paroxysms, which generally ended with vomiting;
but upon administering Carbo veg. the disease soon yielded.
The same beneficial effect was experienced by other practitioners
in 1836, and we likewise found that in the catarrhal stage of the
disease, as well as for its sequelce, it could also be relied on. In
catarrhs attended with a characteristic hoarseness in the morning
or at night, Carbo veg. is often beneficial. The influenza in the
autumn of 1834 ^nerally yielded either to Hepar sulph. or to
Merc. viv. ; but when the hoarseness just mentioned remained or
recurred after a new cold, it was removed by Carbo veg. We
also succeeded in curing a considerable number of cases of ^'the
mumps " with Carbo veg., though Merc, solub. is the usual
remeay for that disease.
This observation, in conjunction with the one mentioned at
the beginning of these remarks, indicate an afiinity between
Mercury and Carbo veg., whilst the curative effects of the latter
in removing the injurious consequences of ice water appear,
moreover, to confirm its afiinity to Arsenic, which is already
established by the fact that both remedies are often employed in
intermitting fevers, and that they have characteristic burning
pains, offensive and easily bleeding ulcers, and many other symp-
toms in common. When Carbo veg. thus appears to rank be-
tween two such different metals, it follows that its affinity with
the two relates to different spheres of action, as we may see by
the diagnostics of these remedies. Lachesis is one of the anti-
dotes of Carbo veg., either when the latter has been taken in
its crude state, or homceopathically prepared, particularly when
246 "MENTAL DERANGEMENTS." [June,
its effects are manifested by soreness of the gums^ mouth; or
throat.
From the effects of Carbo veg.^ we also see demonstrated the
important truth that the pathogenetic and the therapeutic effects
of medicinal agents perfectly correspond with their chemical action,
which we see also exemplified in the effects of Arsenic, Causticum,
Kreosote, Cantharides, and Lachesis, which remove symptoms
similar to those produced by the bite of a snake. Dr. Franz, in
treating of Ranunculus bulbosus, also remarks that the local
symptoms occasioned by the external application, and those pro-
ceeding from its internal use are identical, and Y makes
the same remark in regard to Ranunculus sceleratus. In order
to become duly impressed with the practical import of this propo-
sition, we ought to consider it in its connection with other doc-
trines and demonstrate its relation thereto, which our sjpaoe will
not permit us to do on the present occasion. We, therefore, only
remark that Hahnemannism, or the pathogenetic action of certain
substances, bears the same relation to general organic action that
electricity bears to magnetism. This proposition is of the same
importance in Homoeopathy that Oerstedt's electro-magnetism
is in natural philosophy. C. Hering.
" MENTAL DERANGEMENTS/'
In states of exaltation we find an excited and mild state
cured by Opium, Phos., Aeon., Tabac. Raging, shouting,
laughing, singing have been removed by Verat. Scolding and
inclination to destroy by Hyos. Ready inclination to anger, to
strike, or to tear one's clothing by Stram. Mania in the highest
degree, with attempts at destruction and murder, by Bell.
Foolish imagination, by Anacard. Great talkativeness, con-
fused talking of complicated things, by Cup., Opium, and
Verat. When attenaed with active muscular motions, by
Stramon. Talkativeness with delivery of speeches, by Lachesis.
Thoughtless actions by Verat. ana Hyos. ; occasionally, by
Bell.
Shameful conversation with sexual excitement by Stram. and
Verat.
Religious mania has been cured by Verat. and Aurum.
Seeing ghosts and devils by Opium and Cuprum.
Visions of animals by Bell., Hyos., and Opium.
False impressions about one's self and body by Anac, Stram.
Among the states of depression, we find loss of will and
1889.] "MEKTAL DERANGEMENTS." 247
power to decide apon anj action have been cured by Coocul.
and Helleb.
An apathetic state with dullness, indifference, and brooding,
and stupid expression, by Baryta., Helleb., and Opium.
The most numerous observations and cures have been made
in the forms of melancholy, from dejection of spirits to the
highest degree of anxiety and despair.
Depression of spirits by Conium and Petrol. With fear of
death by Platina. Depression of spirits by Stram. and Sepia.
Anthropophobia by Anacard.
Melancholic condition by Aurum, Ig., Nat, Sepia, and Rhus
tox. When attended with weeping and occurring in connection
with pregnancy and con'finement oy Puis. With desire for
solitude, and fear of coming to want by Nux and Calc-c.
Feeling of being unfortunate by Verat. When occasioned
by child-bed and misfortune by Bry. Melancholy from care
and grief by Caust. Anxious solicitude and fear of starving
by Sulph. and Calc-c. Fear of being alone by Stram. Of
frightful forms and figures by Puis. Anxious conscientious-
ness by Lycopod. Anxiety about phantoms of the imagination
and constant endeavor to fly from them, Bell.
Restlessness and desire to escape by Stram. and Helleb. and
other remedies ; despair about shattered health and fear of death
by Calc.
Despairing anxiety with fear of approaching misfortune, at-
tended with complaining and weeping, by Cuprum. On account
of an unhappy position by Verat.
When the mental derangement assumed the form of fixed
ideas we find expectation of approaching death during child-bed
cured by Aconite.
The idea of having committed a crime with fear of the offi-
cers of justice indicates Cuprum and Zinc^ When the physician
is mistaJsen for a police officer, Bell.
The illusion of not being in one's own house indicates Opium.
The belief of never being able to be happy in one's own house,
Arsenicum. Notions about supposed intentional insult with
scruples of conscience,- Ignat., iNux, and Puis.
Fear of not being saved, Ignat., Sulph., and Calc-c. Fear
of coming to want, Bry-alb., Nux, and Calc-c. Notion that
one is composed of two persons, Anacardium.
Arsenicum has cured the inclination to suicide with clear con-
sciousness, from an internal frightful anxiety, although the pa-
tient was not tired of life, but wished to be watched and re-
strained.
248 SOME CLINICAL CASES. [June,
Id delirium tremens a man in second story of a house was
restless and anxious. Wanted some one to stay in the room
with him. He was fearful that he would do himself harm by
jumping from the window. Thirst, drinking little and often.
Cured by Arsenicum.
Aurum has cured persons who thought seriously of taking
their own lives ; Nux will cure the melancholy with disgust for
life, which drives one to commit suicide.
Aurum is most useful when there is a state of discontent with
one's self from supposed bad behavior, or when there is exces-
sive conscientiousness with anxiety, agony of heart, and longing
for death.
Hellebore has cured a girl who attempted to drown herself.
It is homoeopathic when one is tired of life, feels unhappy when
he sees others enjoying themselves, and is very envious,
Nux is homceopathic when there is anxiety, as if from a bad
conscience or anxiety, with palpitation of the heart driving one
to commit suicide, or when one regards his condition as insup-
portable, so that he would rather die. Pulsatilla, disgust for
life, with inclination to drown herself. Anxiety in the region
of the heart, with inclination to commit suicide. Veratrnm has
cured a woman who was about to drown herself on account of
her unhappy position.
G. W. Sherbino.
SOME CLINICAL CASES.
R. M. Theobald, M. D., London.
(1) Miss R., aged thirty-three. December 28th, 1888. —
Cracking in right ear when speaking ; deaf from a cold ; had
discharge of pus and blood from ear some time ago ; low
spirits ; stye in left-lower eyelid ; very much wind. PAcw-
phorua^^ (Fincke) one dose.
January 4th, 1889. — Better, but ear symptoms severe ; hiss-
ing like wind going into ear. Has had two styes, which have
now gone.
January 21st. — Says it cured like magic. Quite well. Indigo^,
twice daily for two days.
(2) Mr. N. February 11th, 1889.— Rheumatic fever. Old
rheumatic case, with heart disease and mitral regurgitation.
Very passive, quiet disposition. No swelling or redness. Pain
1889.] SOME CLINICAL CASES. 249
in moving, but afterward relieved by movement. Rhu^ (F. C),
two doses in twenty-four hours.
February 14th. — Much the same. SiJphur^^ (Fincke), one
dose. This cured; more progress in three days than in two
months previously under allopathy.
(3) Mrs. H., aged twenty-nine. November 26th, 1887. —
Thin, weak, emaciated. Leucorrhoea always profuse. Frequent
diarrhoea. Menses delayed, scanty, painful. Appetite vanishes
while eating. Heavy weight after food. Hysterical. Before
any illness, sight becomes much clearer than usual — i. e., things
look brieht. Giddy. Pain in left ovary. Sulphuf^^(Fincke)y
two or three doses for one day.
December 10th. — Cervical glands swollen and painful. Gen-
eral symptoms same. LachesUF^ (F. C), two or three doses, for
one day.
December 17th. — ^Yery much better and stronger. Glands
less. Less diarrhoea or leucorrhoea. No pain in left ovary.
Always heat at vertex.
December 24th. — Leucorrhoea has been very bad for one or
two days. Other symptoms better. Repeat IxichemB.
December 31st. — Better. Repeat Lachesis,
January 11th, 1888. — Sick when beginning to eat. Diarrhoea
three times daily. Cough with bits of tasteless mucus. Soon
tired ; very sleepy ; low spirits ; heavy headache ; stomach feels
swollen ; pulsation in abdomen ; hands burn and swell ; feels
oold. IgnaUa for one day.
January 15th. — Giddy. Throbbing over right eye. Con-
fused. More diarrhoea ; sick and faint before and after it. Lac
caninum^ (Fincke) for one day.
January 21st. — Better. Violent pain one night in left ovary.
All symptoms better.
January 28th. — Not so well. Repeat Lac can,
February 3d. — Better. Diarrhoea still. Menses this week,
bad, dirty color. Tongue white in morning. Very much flatu-
lence. Throat sore at menses. Repeat Lac caninum.
February 10th. — Stronger ; better in all respects. Lac can,
one dose.
February 24th. — All symptoms better. Very little diarrhoea.
Less leucorrhoea. No pain in left ovary. Pulsation in epigas-
trium. Iodine for one day.
March 9th. — Better. Lac, caninum. Gradually got well,
with occasional doses of Lac can.
17
CLINICAL CASES.
Clarence N. Payne, M. D., Port Jervis, N. Y.
Case (1). — Patrick M., age thirty-two, coal-heaver. First came
to me Feb. 22d, 1888, with the following symptoms of many
years duration, which had led him to apply to " every doctor
in town :"
Symptoms always aggravated in winter. A gnawing sensa-
tion, aggravated, about half an hour after eating, or a feeling as
if had not eaten anything. Is especially aggravated by pota-
toes, cabbage, and beans. Tasteless eructations sometimes re-
lieve. No thirst ; fond of meat and fat food.
Alumina^ relieved him promptly for that year.
In April this year, patient returned to me with same symp-
toms, and was again promptly relieved by two doses of Alu-
mma*'^.
Case (2). — Mrs. H,, age sixty-five, Dec. 19th, 1888. Pain in
left thigh, nature of sciatica, aggravated at night. Cannot stay
in bed ; has to get up and move about, which relieves ; also re-
lieved by heat, and wrapping limb up in flannel. Limb very
sore and cold, no sweat, neck stiff, aggravated before storm.
Promptly and decidedly relieved by Rhus.
Case (3). — Baby K., age two and a half months. Dec., 1888.
Constant crying since birth, but only during day ; sleeps well
at night.
Cham.* seemed to aggravate. Bell.**, relieved very little.
Cham.^ relieved entirely and at once all irritableness, so that
'^ baby is as good as can be.''
Case (4). — Mrs. Diantha B., aged seventy. Nov., 1888. Neu-
ralgia of many years duration.
Pain in right lower jaw, and some pain above rieht eye. Of
late has been getting much worse. Pain is also felt in side of
tongue, and is aggravated by moving tongue. Jaw is sore. Pain
is relieved by heat, and aggravated by cold air and cold weather.
Cured by Mag. phos.*, arar the failure of many other remedies
to give relief.
MORE « CROUP.''
The controversy regarding the treatment of croup has been in
the main interesting, and to some degree, profitable. My good
old friend. Dr. Wells, would have placed himself in a better
260
June, 1889.] MORE " CROUP," 251
positioD, if he had adhered to the law by telling us WHEN to
give Aoon^ Hepar^ and Spongia.
Surely something more than the name '^ croup " is necessary
to make a homoeopathic prescription.
No one is more conscious of this fact, probably, than the
learned doctor, but he certainly talks pathology, diagnosis, and
remedy in such close ^' aucoession " that one may easily infer a
leaning to ^' pathological prescribing/'
The statement that so many '^ hundred cases were thus treated
without a loss,'' is the argument used to induce people to take a
patent nostrum, and is not very convincing to a physician who
is earnestly seeking for undoubted evidence that the recoveries
were due to the pre»yribed remedy.
It is a very doubtful question to many of us whether any one
physician ever sees " four hundred cases of membranous croup,"
or even half that number, in an average lifetime. Hence, to
question this dii^nosis is a natural sequence to such a report.
For myself, in a busy practice of eight years, but three cases
have come under my care that were undoubted cases of membra-
nous croup, uncomplicated with diphtheria. Fortunately, all
recovered, but after many days and nights of anxiety. In one
case, Ars.®™ was the curative remedy. In another, Kali-bich.
was curative, and in the other I do not remember, except to say
that neither of the trio was curative. My impression is that
Brom. was the remedv, but am not positive.
It is conceded that the 'Miaguosis which is, in many instances,
at best problematical, suggests to our minds certain remedies be-
cause they are most frequently indicated^ but this cannot help us
in the case at hand if the indications are not present for the
favorite remedies.
I am confident our venerable friend would not, for the same
reason, give Rhus, then Bry., then some other remedy, and then
Rhus again, because these remedies have cured '^ between four
and five hundred cases without a single failure."
Nor would he advise Bry., then Phos., then Lye, then Bry.
again for ^'pneumonia," for the same reasons given above. No,
I must think our friend has not said what he intended, for his
many valuable writings which precede do not agree with the
statements made in his last productions. It will be pleasing to
see a further explanation of the matter in which his former
teaching is upheld.
It is unnecessary to quote from Dunham, Lippe, Guernsey,
Hering, and others, for no one knows better their teaching than
Dr. Wells. May it not prove to be the case that Boenning-
252 LAC VACCINUM. [June,
hausen cured so many cases of the same disease with the same
remedy, the cases happening to call for thai remedy, that he
steppea too far and considered the remedy ahnost a specific for
that disease ? Does not his statement regarding Alum — ^in spinal
paralysis — rather confirm this impression ?
None will question the greatness of the man, as a physician,
yet even he made mistakes, and why not profit by trying to do
better ?
W. S. Gee.
LAC VACCINUM.
S. Swan, M. D., New York.
(This is pure milk potentized, not skim-milk, which is the
Lac Vaccinum D^loratum.)
Miss H. took one dose IM (Fincke). It caused frequent pro-
fuse discharge of clear urine, no sediment, and nearly colorless.
White, watery leucorrhoea; pains in sacrum; sensation of plug
in throat or larynx ; sour taste in mouth ; acid saliva staining
handkerchief yellow ; contractive pressing pain in stomach-pit,
relieved by external pressure.
The following are cures from high potencies :
(1) After drinking fresh cow's milk in morning, had short
rheumatic pains in knee and tarsal joints when walking ; pas-
sage of stinking flatus. (Cured by Br. Fincke.)
(2) Fever at night, followed by profuse sweat all over ; the
fever was preceded by chilly feeling, commencing at shoulders
and then running up from feet to head ; headache. Lae vacd-
nwm"~ cured.
(3) Mr. H. L. had ulcers on tongue, flat, white, sunken ;
tongue swollen, exceedingly sensitive, covered with white, slimy
mucus on the parts not ulcerated ; breath extremely fetid ; sores
extend to insiae of cheeks and tonsils ; deglutition so painful he
refused to eat Mercurius having had no efiect, gave Lac vac-
cinum^^ a drop every four hours. Improvement commenced in
an hour. In about six days brown crusts appeared at the cor-
ners of mouth, when the medicine was discontinued. In two
weeks from the first the disease had entirely disappeared, leav-
ing depressions on tongue where the ulcers had been, as if the
surface had been eaten away. It was nearly three weeks before
it resumed its natural appearance. The disease has never re-
appeared.
(4) Brown crusts, having a greasy appearance, especially in cor*
1889-] A PROVING OF USTILAGO MAIDIS. 263
ners of mouth, similar to what are called ^' butter-sores/' yield
rapidly to high potency of Ikic vaccinum,
[5) Fullness of h^ as if too large and heavy.
;6) Vertigo.
(7) Eructations and passing of much flatus.
f>
FRAGMENTARY PROVINGS.
R. M. Theobald^ M. D., London.
Oubeb^ , one dose, produced in a lady patient numbness and
coldness, all down right leg from hip to ankle when lying in
bed at night ; the coldness was obitetive and subjective.
Argenium nUricum^ produced in the same patient throbbing
headache in vertex, and shooting across vertex.
StUpkw^'^y one dose, produced in the same patient dry cough,
with pain in left lower chest like a stitch, with tenderness ; worse
when lying, especially on right side. This improved, but she
then had constant headache shooting downward in vertex,
aggravated by stooping or looking fixedly, and worse immedi-
ately after dinner. Shooting across forehead ; eyeballs tender,
painful when moved ; compelled to close eyes, which relieves
the headache. With these symptoms, improvement in the gen-
eral health, especially a chronic diarrhoea.
A PROVING OF USTILAGO MAIDIS.
8. Swan, M. D., New York,
Gave Mrs. Ustilago^'^ (Fincke), four doses for aching dis-
tress and extreme soreness of os uteri. Aft^r twenty-fobr hours
she was cured, but had the following symptoms, never before
felt by her : Headache in temples. Pains at root of nose, ex-
tending in toward canthi, and up and out at each eyebrow.
Pain in back of neck. Great pains in bones all over body, and
especially in calves, which are somewhat cramped. Pain in both
shoulders, especially on raising arms. Stiffness in shoulder^
joints on bringing down the arms on waking — the arras were ex-
tended over head when sleeping. Thirst for cold drinks. Felt
chilly externally, but not internally. Frequent urination, with
pain at meatus as the last drops were passing.
VERIFICATION OF A LACHESIS SYMPTOM.
I oontracted a slight cold in the head from inadvertent ex-
posure of the left side to the draught from an open window.
The effect was a eraduallj increasine sensitiveness of the
whole left side of the head, which resulted in the most exquisite
Eain on the slightest movement of the head, while to touch the
ead with the band was impossible; the bare approach of the
hand to the head seemed to develop pain in each individual
hair.
I thought it about time to interfere and modify its severity,
and for that purpose took a dose of Lachesis, Johnstone potency
CM.
In not longer than forty minutes thereafter I rose from my
desk, and on turning the head suddenly discovered that I experi-
enced no pain. I then passed my hand through the hair and
over the whole left side of the head without there being a par-
ticle of sensitiveness or any pain.
I will merely say in closing that I had taken nothing for it
previously, thinking it would pass away as other slight attacks
bad done.
I have seen the properly selected potentized drug do rapid
work before, but liave seldom seen as quick a response in so
acute an attack as I experienced.
Brooklyn, N. Y. J. E. Russell.
SOME PRACTICAL NOTES.
I received the first installment of the Repertory, and am de-
lighted with it. I think every true homoeopath should have
this Repertory. Since you invite criticism, I am sorry you did
not put down the rubric " Visions on closing the eyes." It is
true you have this heading under " Faces " and " Spectres,"
but "Visions" embraces all. Faces, Images, Spectres, etc.
The combined list of remedies under these two headings is not
complete, if you mean all the remedies that have " Visions on
closing the eyes." When you arrive at " Rectum and Stool '^
under the rubric, " Odor like rotten eggs," I hope it will be
more complete than Bell's last edition, " l)iarrhoea, etc." Under
that rubric he omits Sulphur.
I cured four cases of diarrhoea (Sulph.*** Fincke) a year
ago where this was the principal and almost only odor. I
254
June. 1889.] IN MEMORIAM— GEORGE F. FOOTE. 255
was raised on a farm, and have had rotten eggs to burst in my
face, and I know what the odor is. One of the above-mentioned
cases was of many years standing. I consider it (this symptom)
almost as characteristic of Sulphur as of Chamomilla, and snoula
be printed in italics. My list complete under this rubric is :
Arsen. alb., Asclep., Oxfo-c, Carool. ac, Carlsbad, Cham.,
Fagop., Hep-s., Psor.y Spruedel, Staph., SiUph., Sulph. ac, Wies-
baden.
I am sorry you did not include Sanicula in your Repertory.
I consider it the most valuable addition to our materia medica
of recent years. It takes a place alonc:side of Calc-c, Lycop.,
and Sulphur. It is of great value in tne treatment of the diar-
rhoeas and summer complaints of children. I cured last fall
with the 50M (F.) a little baby of diarrhoea which liad been
sick the whole summer under the care of a mongrel. If I may
so call it, Sanicula is the chronic of Chamomilla. A peculiar
clinical symptom in the above case was that he wanted to lie on
something hard^ althoueh as poor as a snake. I have been
suffering since I was a lad from the effects of suppressed itch.
I stated my case to Dr. Sherbino, who gave me Sanicula, and I
am in better health now than for twenty years. Good prescrib-
ers had before failed to ^ive me any lasting relief. 1 had the
symptom, '^ felt as if he nad on cold, damp stockings," but Cal-
carea would not touch it. Also '' Sweat about tne head and
neck when asleep, wetting the pillow far around."
I have a case of chills, which has the symptom, during chill,
*' feels all over body as if packed in wet salt." Also chilliness
(flashes o(\ starting from spine in lumbar r^ion, and instan-
taneously like lightning, running up back to top of head, down
the legs, and to the feet (same case).
I also recently had a case of gall-stone colic, with the fol-
lowing symptom : During the severest paroxysms of pain
wanted to sit up (erect) and pidl against something with all her
might. Can you give me the remedies which cover them ? If
not, will you publish in the Physician ? I hope I have not im-
posed on you. H. C. Morrow.
IN MEMORIAM— GEORGE F. FOOTE.
Many of our readers will hear with deep regret of the sudden
death of Dr. Greorge F. Foote, which occurrea at Chicago, May
8th, 1889.
Dr. Foote has been practicing Homoeopathy for many years,
he being one of the earliest members of tlie American Institute.
He was formerly a professor in the old Homoeopathic College of
266 IN MEMORIAM— G. FELIX MATTHES. [June, 1«J9.
Penna. Later be established a sanitarium at Stamford, Conn.^
for the treatment of nervous and mental complaints. Upon the
death of bis wife, a few years ago, he gave up the sanitarium, and
removed to the West. Dr. Poote was one of the organizers of
the I. H. A., and always a firm believer in Habnemannian
Homoeopathy. In 1884, Dr. Foote was chosen President of the
I. H. A. ; he always expressed great interest in its welfare, and
entertained the most hopeful views of its success. A few years
ago the Doctor became interested in investigating the so-called
"Faith-cure," and recently published a brochure upon the
subject.
G. FELIX MATTHES.
Dr. Gustavus Felix Matthes, who died in New Bedford,
March 17th, 1889, was one of the oldest physicians in the city.
Death resulted from paralysis, produced by a fall which he re-
ceived about two years ago. For the past year he had been
confined to the house. Dr. Matthes was born in Schwedt,
Prussia, on the last day of 1809. Choosing his father's calling,
he entered the united Universities of Halle and Wittenberg,
from which he received his medical degree in March, 1836, but
he continued his studies for two years longer in Vienna, Prague,
and Berlin. He commenced practice in the latter place in 1838,
but in 1840 he removed to his native place, Schwedt.
Notwithstanding he had bitter prejudices against Homoe-
opathy, yet, in 1845, his attention was drawn to it by the favor-
able results obtained by the neighboring owners of the large and
costly herds of merinos, who had entirely discarded their pro-
fessional veterinary surgeons, and adopted the homoeopathic
domestic practice. He soon became a thorough adherent of the
despised system.
In 1849 he came to America, arriving in New York in July.
His stay there was short, for in the following autumn he re-
moved to Boston, where he practiced medicine for about a year.
Then he located in New Bedford, where he has since resided.
He was a true homoeopath, kind and genial, ever ready to
assist the poor, and in scores of households, where he was a
trusted adviser for many years, he was regarded with an affec-
tionate appreciation such as few physicians can command. Dr.
Matthes was always devoted to the interests of his patients, and
thoroughly realized the responsibilities of his profession ; no
man was more highly esteemed by all, both as a physician and
as a man.
A NEW REMEDY, AND A NEW INDICATION FOR
AN OLD ONE.
ViTBUH (crown glass). — ^Bone diseases, when the discharge is
thin, watery, and stinking, mibch firie griridingy grating pain, like
nibbing from sand-paper or grit (cured in a case of Pott's
disease after Silicea failed to make any impression).
Thuja (high). — In women who have a tendency to hernia on
left Me after labor, especially when the feet get sore and swell
(syootic historyj.
Thuja. — Wnen babies cry much the umbilicus protrudes,
frows red and sore, especially when the father has a sycotic
istory.
Infantile hernia on left side — inguinal — child cries all the
time, and is only quiet when the left inguinal region is relieved
from pressure or when the thigh is flexed upon tne abdomen.
K. B. Johnstone.
A HOMCEOPATHIC HOSPITAL IN ITALY.
The April number of the Rivista Omiopatica, a journal pub-
lished in Rome, under the direction of Dr. G. Pompili, contains
an article under the above heading, so interesting that we spe-
cially call the attention of our readers to it.
A benevolent and generous citizen of Verona, Joseph Cam-
ploy, died on the 12th of last February in Venice, at the ad-
vanced age of ninety-five years, leaving a will, in which he
bequeathed the whole of his property to the city of his birth, for
the purpose of founding a nospital, to be called " The Hahne-
mannian Hospital, Camploy.'^
According to the terms of the will, only Hahnemannian
Homoeopathy is to be practiced in it.
Dr. G. Pompili, of Rome, is appointed medical director for
life. He will name his successor, who must be a Hahnemannian,
and indorsed by the municipality of Verona as such.
This second director must in turn name his successor, and
thus it is hoped the Hahnemannian character of the appoint-
ments will be maintained.
A resident-physician is provided for at a salary of 150 lire a
month (less than thirty dollars).
The will concludes : " In giving such an institution to Verona,
I hope and feel that it will bring a great benefit to my country-
257
258 SCIATICA. [June,
men^ as Hahnemann's method is the only meihod of curing sim-
ply, surely, and perfectly."
Dr. Mattoli, who contributes this article to the Rivida, adds
the following comment :
" We here perceive that our good friend, Camploy, does not
understand any deviation from the strict teachings of Hahne-
mann ; he recognizes no physicians who mix allopathy and
Homoeopathy, and calls all such mongrels." [Eds.]
WHAT ARE THE REMEDIES ?
. What remedies have the following symptoms ?
1 . Sensation as if he would creep into his own body ; he
crouches together as much as he can, with pain in the thighs.
2. After the chiU^ thirst ; drinking causes headache ; tickling
in larynx causes dry, continuous cough, which lasts through the
heat ; oppression of breathing, heaviness in middle of chest, with
anxiety, abstaining from drinking, ameliorates all these symp-
toms ; sweat relieves.
3. Sensation as if being lifted up high into air, tormented by
anxiety, that slightest touch or motion would make her &11
down from this height ; headache.
4. Tetanic spasms from swallowing tobacco.
6. Pain as if all the bones were being torn to pieces, with
vomiting and pain in the bowels.
6. Sciatica, sudden shooting, causing lameness; feels as if
(left) hip-joint were wrenched ; pain and lameness extend to
popliteal space; worse from moderate, better from violent
motion.
7. Pains shift about rapidly in phalanges and metacarpal
bones.
8. Dares not remain fasting ; better from warm diet.
9. Pinching, grasping pain in left hamstrings; worse at
night, with night-sweat, and frequent urination.
10. Diarrhoea from drinking coffee; sugar aggravates pain in
stomach, and wine causes headache.
SCIATICA.
Editobs op the Homoeopathic Physician:
I am collecting the characteristic symptoms of remedies use-
ful in sciatica ; may I beg your readers to forward me any in-
formation they can on the treatment of this disease, so as to
1889.] EXTBACT FROM ADDRESS OF DR. GEO. WIGG. 259
make this attempt the more practically useful to those who
individualize their cases. Only characteristic symptoms are ajsked
for. The Materia Medica will contain all that refers to this
malady that is published in Hering's Condensed, Lippe's,
Cowperthwaite's, and Guernsey's Materia Medicos; then will
follow a repertory of the same, with a few concomitants. There is^
perhaps, no disease which so thoroughly tests the skill of the
nomceopathic physician as the selection of the simillimum in
cases of sciatica, and it may be hoped that the publication of the
above in yoor valuable pages may help the younger members of
the profession to win more laurels for the homoeopathic healing
art. Old-school physic can do very little for sciatica, but the true
simillimum, judiciously given, will act as promptly in this as in
other intractable maladies,
I am, sir, yours faithfully,
B. Simmons, M. D.
30 Alberto Terrace, Sydney,
New South Wales, April 12th, 1889.
A VERIFICATION.
In Gregg's illustrated repertory, one of the pains of Kreosotum
is shown as starting at the centre of the sternum, extending to
left shoulder and down arm. During the last weeks of his life
the late Dr. Greo. F. Foster, who died of valvular disease of the
heart, suffered a good deal with this pain on both sides, worse on
the right. One dose of Kreosote (so-called MM), cured it,
leaving the Doctor free from pain during his last days.
E. A. Ballard.
EXTRACT PROM THE ADDRESS OF DR. GEORGE
WIGG
Before the Annual Meeting of Homceopathic Medical
Society, held in Portland, May 14th and 15th.
Fellows of the Homceopathic Medical Society of the State of
Oregon : — The days of another year of anxiety and toil have
thrown their lengthened shadows athwart our pathway. Another
twelve months have been from the old bell of time tolled into
eternity. How swiftly have the sands run, and how rapidly
the year h&s drawn to its close. It is gone ; and on its pages
are inscribed our every act ; acts that are now beyond our control
260 EXTBACT FBOM ADDRESS OF DR. GEO. WIGG. [June,
to alter or ameod^ however much we might wish^ not one line
or syllable can we erase, for, as time past never returns, so an
act onoe accomplished, no matter whether for good or evil, is
done for all time.
The miffhty waves of ages may continue to wash against the
shores of the past, and throw oblivion over its pages, but are
powerless to efface a single letter.
To-day brings us face to face with another milestone, and the
inscription upon it informs us that the Homoeopathic Medical
Society of the State of Oregon has arrived at the thirteenth
year of its existence. And on this anniversary day, we, the
members forming this society, have assembled. I trust the
object of our thus meeting is for the purpose of exchanging
fraternal greeting, extending our acquaintance, and comparing
notes upon the results of our experience in the art of healing,
for the benefit of humanity.
We have met, not only to receive, but also to give, and in so
doine we must not lose sight of the fact that a one talent may be
to this society, at this time, of as much importance as a ten. No
doubt, ladies and gentlemen, that, during the past year, you have
met with both success and disappointment. Let the former in-
spire you with hope and confidence, and the latter urge you to
investigate and improve. Again, some of you may have been
compelled to bear heavy burdens and undertake great responsi-
bilities alone, when you would have gladly shared them with a
f)rofes8ional brother, but, owing to unkindness, you have been
eft alone with your patient, to battle with disease as best you
could. But, thanks to the true spirit of inductive philosophy,
found in Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, you have, by keeping your
eyes fixed upon the pole star, Simtlia similibua curaTUrir^ passed
through the trying moments, bringing your patients back to
health, and their friends to a haven of joy.
A careful captain will often take his soundings, examine his
chart, and note the needle in his compass. This he does to guard
against danger, and that he may bring safe to land the charge
intrusted to his care. Thus should we, as physicians, make this
an occasion for observation and ascertain the condition of Homoe-
opathy generally. Ashomoeopathists, we must bear in mind that
we are not like those brought up at the feet of Hippocrates, cast
adrift on the great ocean of human affliction, with no pole star
or beacon light to guide them to a haven of safety. They find
themselves tossed in the surging sea of suffering humanity with-
out compass or sheet anchor. They hear the groans and cries of a
whole world of men, women, and children bowed down beneath the
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carse of disease, and as they watch the craft as it drifts ii^to the
whirlpool of death they exclaim, in the language of Dr. Hufe-
land, ^^ that more harm than good is done by pnysicians, and I
am convinced that had I left my patients to nature, instead of
prescribing drugs, more would have been saved." It was the
opinion of Sir John Forbes that in a '^ considerable proportion
01 diseases it would fare as well, or better, with patients, in the
actual condition of the medical art as more generally practiced,
if all remedies, at least all active remedies, especially all drugs,
were abandoned." And Dr. Grood says it is his experience that
'^ the science of medicine is a barbarous jargon, and the effect of
their medicine on the human system was, in the highest degree,
uncertain, except, indeed, that they had already destroyed more
lives than war, pestilence, and famine combined."
These are wails from the very deeps of the souls of men who
have not willingly drifted away from what was taus^ht them in
their college da^s^and launchi out on an ocean of doubts and
treacherous snags.
At the trial of Jesus Christ, the Jews exclaimed, " We have
a law, and by our laws He ought to die." We, as homoeo-
Sthic physicians, cry to every afflicted son and daughter of a
lien race, ^' We have a law, and by our law you ought to live."
For ours is a law by which every curable disease can be cured.
Thousands live to-day, standing monuments to the truth of this
assertion.
The application of this law of cure consists in the search for
a homoeopathic, specific remedy, by the comparison of the
totality of the symptoms of the natural disease with the list
of symptoms of our tested drugs, among which a morbific
potency is to be found. And it is necessary in making
this comparison, the more prominent, uncommon, and peculiar
characteristic features of the case are especially, and almost ex-
clusively considered and noted, for these in particular should
bear the closest similitude to the symptoms of the desired medi-
cine that is to accomplish the cure. This is the homoeopathic
law or art of healing, of which Hahnemann says, '^ Is the only
correct, the only direct, and the only possible means to be em-
ployed by human skill, as surely as it is possible to draw but
one straight line between two given points." And we say to
those who are antagonistic to this truth, you may as well try to
control the blast of the hurricane, or the ebb and flow of the
tide, as to try and control or prevent the onward march of this
wonderful law of cure.
You may bind its discoverer in shackles never so strong, shut
262 EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF DR. GEO. WIGG. [June,
him up in prison with walls as thick as masons can build them,
and cells as dark as Egyptian night, but no sooner is he brought
out into God's free sunlight, than he exclaims : ^^ Similia simili'
bus curardurP And this " similia '* is your beacon light, your
sure guide in the discharge of your professional duties. This
star came into life in Meissen, in the kingdom of Saxony, on the
10th of April, 1 755, and year after year it has been growing
brighter and brighter, and to-day its light shines over the whole
civilized world. It will continue to shine, and its golden beams
shall lengthen, and its halo of truth increase until it is lost in
the effuleeut glory of that Great Physician who dwells in that
land " where there shall be no more death/*
It will no doubt be gratifying to you all to learn that the past
year has been the most prosperous one our school has ever ex-
perienced. The march of Homoeopathy has been forward, every
step taken has been a gigantic one. At no time in its history
has the star of Hahnemann shone so brightly as it shines to*
day, and its brightness is attracting the attention of the thought-
ful in every department of medical science. One by one its
professors are adopting the principles taught in the Organon of
the Art of Healing. I venture the assertion that the day is not
far distant when this mode of practice that our school has for
the last century been contending for will be recognized as the
only system of medical practice worthy the name.
Already it has deprived the prescription of " ye olden times "
of its head and tail. And to-day we find the chemist and
pharmacist vying with each other in the preparation of the
smallest doses outside the homoeopathic school, thereby trying to
help the old school boys imitate the homoeopaths in a crude and
bungling manner. The time predicted by Hahnemann has
already come. His system has indeed grown into an oak of
God, which the winds and storms of our adversary can no
longer shake. Its branches spread into all r^ions, and under-
neath them you may find the high and low, rich and poor,
young and old drinking in its healing virtues which are being
dispensed night and day by an army of twenty thousand physi-
cians, while its laymen are counted by the millions.
In this mighty army we may see the leaven at work, bringing
to the surface new thought and grand developments, and the
working will go on until upon the law similia simUibtis curantur
stands the grandest science of medicine the world will ever look
upon.
Opposition we must expect. A kite will never rise with the
wind, but against it ; even a head wind is better than none. As
1889.] BOOK NOTICES. 263
homoeopathic physicians we must not expect to work our passage
in a dead calm. I think it would do us all good to get a few
such knocks and rub-downs as Hanhemann and his early
followers received while at work sowing the seed which now
yield the fruit from which we draw our supply.
BOOK NOTICES.
Lectures upon the Diseases op the Heart. By E. M.
Hale, M. D. Third edition. Paj^es, 478. Price, $3.26.
Hahnemann Publishing House, Philadelphia. 1889.
The second edition of Dr. Hale's work was issued abont six jears ago ; this
new edition contains mach new matter, both in ^thology and materia medica.
There are articles upon such subjects as " The Relations of Abnormal States
of the Heart to Abnormal Conditions of Other Parts of the Bod j/' '* OertePs
Treatment of Weak Heart/' " Is the American Heart Wearing Out ?" *^ Car-
disethenia," " The Effects of Tobacco on the Heart" In the line of thera-
peutics attention is called to such drugs as Adonis, Barium, Cereus, Convalla-
ria, Cafleine, Nerein, Spartein, Strophanthus. The therapeutic measures
reoommended are, of course, chieflj such as are used bj Dr. Hale, and are of
little use to the strict Hahnemannian, who knows of no such drugs as " heart
remedies." The Repertory, bj Dr. E. R. Snader, is the most valuable portion
of the work.
Electricity and the Methods op rrs Employment in
Removing Superfluous Hair and Other Facial
Blemishes. By Plym S. Hayes, M. D. Pages, 128. Price,
fl.OO. Chicago: W. T. Keener. 1889.
The subject-matter of this brochure is fully described by its title. Elec-
trolysis has been used for many years for the remoTal of superfluous hair, and
in many cases successfully so. Dr. Hayes describes the operation, the neces-
sary apparatus, etc., and lays all the blame for unsuccessfhl cases upon the
unskillfulness of the operator !
Electro-Therapeutics, or Electricity in its Relations
TO Medicine and Surgery. By William Harvey King,
M. D. Pages, 152. New York : A. L. Chatterton & Co.
1889.
The subject of Electro-Therapeutics has attracted the attention of the pre-
fession, during the past few years, to a Terr great extent. That electricity
has a place in therapeutics none will deny ; but to accurately locate this place
is a difficult question at present. As Dr. King says (p. 74), ** Electricity is
not a cure-all, but has its special sphere of action and indications, the same as
any other remedy ; and the more closely these indications are studied and the
treatment applied acoordinj^ly, the surer will be the success.'' This is true of
all therapeutic agents, and if Dr. King can teach us the special sphere or the
264 NOTES AND NOTICES. [June, 1889.
tme indications for the proper use of electricitj he will certainly confer a
favor upon the profession. Dr. King, as do all other electropaths, well de-
scribes his apparatus, and shows the motor points for the proper application
of the electhnies, but (as it seems to us) fails to give indications tor the use
of the electricity as a proper homoeopathic remedy.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of May 19th contains an exceed-
ingly interesting article entitled " The Verification of Death/'
from the pen of Dr. William B. Clarke, of Indianapolis, Secre-
tary of the Indiana State Homoeopathic Medical Society.
Dr. Olarke thinks that " the verification of death is not carefully enousrh
attended to bv a majority of doctors." He therefore calls attention to the
question of burial alive in this able Paper, which was contributed to the
society of which he b Secretary, and published in full in The Enqwirtr,
NOTES AND NOTICES.
Erratum. — In the May issue, page 199, second line, for ten P. if, read
two P. M,
Removals. — Dr. Edmund Garleton, from 58 West Ninth to 63 West Forty-
fifth Street. New York city. Dr. H. W.Andrews has located at Chillioothe,
Illinois. Dr. J. A. Tomhagen, from Sloan's Valley to Bumside, Kentucky.
Dr. James F. Bruner, from Sedalia,Mo., to 2511 Chicago Street, Omaha,
Nebraska. Mrs. M. J. Qreen, M. D., from Kansas City, Mo., to Chillioothe.
Missouri. Dr. £. A. Smith from Uhrichsville, to South Solon, Ohio.* Dr.
Milton Powel from 1531 Walnut Street to 233 North Eighteenth Street,
Philadelphia. Dr. W. H. Baker from 58 South Clinton Street to 77 Chestnut
Street, Rochester, N. Y. Dr. J. C. White from Greenwich, Conn., to Port
Chester, New Hampshire. Dr. Mary H. Baldwin from New York ci^ to
Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The Animals of Surgery for May, 1889, has as its leading article a report
by Dr. G^rge B. Fowler, of Brooklyn, of a unique case of an air tumor of the
neck causcKloy a hernia of the pleura in a case of pneumothorax. It is well
Ulustrated by a lithographic plate and br a photo-engraving. The editorial
articles, which are always invaluable, take up the topics of *' Injuries of the
Heart,'' ^' The Treatment of Cerebral Abscess,'^ <* Cancer of the Larynx,'' and
the '* Treatment of Enlarged ProsUte by Electrolysis." The " Department of
Index of Surgical Progress" contains an unusually copious and exhaustive
series of classified abstracts of articles from foreign and domestic souroes, under
about forty different titles. The usual number of book reviews conclude the
number. The AnnaU continues to maintain its position as a publication of the
first scientific rank, one indispensable to every progressive practitioner.*
Fob SAiiB. — ^Three full sets of eight volumes each of The Homcex)pathic
Phtsiciak have recently been forwarded to us for sale. Price $2.50 per
volume. Single volumes will not be sold. Money must accompany the order.
Address,
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HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMCEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
If oar school ever glre ap the strict Ind active method of Hahnemann, we
are lost, and deserve only to be mentioned as a caricature in
the history of medicine.'*— gonstantinb herino.
Vol. IX. JULY, 1889. No. 7.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
HAHNEMANNIAN ASSOCIATION.
June 18th-20th, 1889.
The tenth annual meeting of the International Hahnemannian
Association was opened by the President, Dr. Wm. A. Hawley,
Jane 18th, 1889; This meeting was the first one held out of
the United States ; Toronto was selected for this meeting as a
tribute to the Canadian and other foreign members. This
Association is international in its membership and catholic in its
purpose — the support of truth in medicine.
It may be well for us to briefly recall, at this time, the history
of this Association, for many, unacquainted with its earlier
history and the causes which led to its organization, may wonder
why there are two general associations of homoeopathic physicians
io this country. The reply to this supposed query might be
tersely stated thus : The International Hahnemannian Associa-
tion was started to carry on the work which the American
Institute had neglected, namely, the study of Hahnemann's
Organon and of the honuxopathic materia medica. The Institute
was also organized for this very same work ; but, as it grew in
membership, it also became more and more eclectic in its work,
until, finally, little or no homoeopathic work was done at its meet-
ings. Any one who doubts this assertion may easily verify it
by looking over the volumes of the Institute's annual proceed-
ings. The first meeting of the I. H. A. was held June 16th,
1880, at Milwaukee ; the venerable Dr. P. P. Wells was chair-
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266 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN A8S0. [Jnly,
man ; Drs. Pearson, Berridge, Foote, and Pomeroy were
appointed a committee upon organization. The next day the
Association was organized by the following physicians : Dts. Ad.
Lippe, G. F. Foote, C. Pearson (all three now dead), H. C. Allen,
0. P. Baer, P. P. Wells, E. W. Berridge, W. H. Leonard, T. F.
Pomeroy, J. P. Mills, E. Rushmore, T. F. Smith, E.A.Ballard,
T. P. Wilson, T. W. Poulson, and E. Cranch. That the I. H.
A. has been the centre of a strong influence for creating an
interest in the study of the Organon and of the homoeopathic
materia medica is very evident. One can see this in the charac-
ter of the work done by our medical societies in the last few
years, as contrasted with their previous work ; the same change
is noted in many of the journals ; it is shown in the organization
of numerous clubs for the study of the Organon and of the
materia medica. It may be safely asserted that the organization
of the I. H. A. was the beginning of a reformation in American
Homoeopathy, and that the Association is not only doing a good
work itself, but is influencing other societies in the right
direction.
The brief report which we give of the tenth meeting shows that
the members of the I. H. A. are still working for the philosophy
and practice of medicine as taught by Samuel Hahnetmann.
The first session was held in the Educational Department of
the Normal School, and opened at 2.43 P. M., the President, Dr.
Wm. A. Haidley, in the chair.
The following gentlemen were present at the opening session :
Drs. Wm. A. Hawley, J. T. Kent, W. J. H. Emory, E.T.
Adams, S. A. Kimball, F. W. Payne, H. Hitchcock, E. A.
Ballard, H. C. Allen, J. V. Allen, E. W. Sawyer, Wm. P.
Wesselhoeft, C. W. Butler, S. Seward, J. B. Bell, B. L. R
Baylies, T. M. Dillingham, S. Long, Julius Schmitt, Allan B.
Carr, J. A. Bi^ler, W. A. Foster, Mary F. Taft, H. H. Cobb,
Dutton, McDonald, Sargent, Wm. L, Reed, L. H. Evans, J. D.
Tyrrell, T. D. Stow, E. B. Nash, T. S. Hoyne, J. B. G. Custis,
M. Preston, Wm. J. Guernsey, A. B. Eadie.
Dr. Wm. A. Hawley opened the session by reading the Presi-
dential address, in which he recommended incorporation of the
1. H. A. Dr. J. T. Kent in discussion opposed it, while Drs.
Bell, Dillingham, and Butler with the President advised that it
l>e carried into effect. The address was referred to the Publish-
ing Committee after some further remarks.
Dr. Emory suggested that the Toronto papers be furnished
with daily condensed reports of the proceedings. Dr. Kent
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moved that Drs. Emory, E. T. Adams, and A, B. Eadie be ap-
pointed as a committee. Carried.
Report of Treasurer ^ Dr. J. D. Tyrrell, was postponed, Dr.
Tyrrell not being in the room.
In his report, Dr. Kimball, the Secretary, mentioned the re-
ception of letters from Paris Expomiion, Homoeopathic Con-
gress inviting delegates.
Resignation of JDr. J. F. Miller.
Dr. Butler moved that Dr. Miller's resignation be accepted.
Carried.
Ileport of Treasurer read ; debt five hundred and forty-seven
dollars reduced to three hundred and seventy-two dollars.
Dr. H. C. Allen moved the report be referred to the
AvdUing Committee, Drs. Hitchcock, Schmitt, and Carr. Car-
ried.
Unfinished Business. — Secretary refers to Dr. Hussey's reso-
lution to change the by-laws of last year, so that the Bureau of
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women 9nd Children should be
divided and the Diseases of Women and Children be transferred
to the Bureau of Clinical Medicine, and the Bureau of Obstetrics
contain that subject alone.
Dr. Butler asked if it could be made a special bureau ?
Dr. Kimball replied in favor of that.
Dr. H. C. Allen opposed the resolution, and said we would be
in as bad a position as the A. I. H.
Dr. Butler suggested that in that case we would also have a
Bureau of Pedology, and all kinds of things.
Motion that the resolution be laid on the table. Carried.
Secretary received a resolution from Dr. Clark that the meet-
ing of the Association be held in August. Beferred over to
next year.
Dr. Allen moved that the session be held to-night at Queen's
Hotel, to-morrow moiyaing at Normal School, after at Queen's.
Carried.
Dr. Ballard moved a vote of thanks to the authorities for
the use of this hall. Canned.
Dr. Ballard objected to the resolution passed last year, of pro-
hibiting members from serving on more than one bureau (dis-
cussion). Resolution rescinded.
Report of Board of Censors. — Dr. Biegler, Chairman, reports
the following gentlemen recommended by the Board of Censors
to the membership of this Society. (The Secretary casting vote
for each) : B. M. Baneijee, M. D., Calcutta, India ; S. W.
Cohen, M. D., Waco, Texas ; Isaiah Dever, M. D., Clinton, N. Y.;
268 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [July,
A. B. Eadie, M. D., Toronto ; Robert Farley, M. D., Phoenix-
ville, Pa. ; W. H. A. Fitz, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Rolla C. Grant,
M. D., Rochester, N. Y. ; R. E. Jamieson, M . D., Jamaica
Plains, Mass. ; Mary F. Taft, M. D., Middletown, Conn. ; J. W,
Thatcher, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. ; J. A. Tomhagen, M. D.,
Sloan's Valley, Ky.
Dr. Bi^ler remarked that a number of applicants had not
complied with the rules of the Association in sending a '^ thesis ''
(this closed the bureau).
Bureau of Homoeopathies. — (Chairman, Dr. Wm. P. Wessel-
hoeft.) Dr. Wesselhoeft being absent. President requested Dr. Kent
to act in his stead. First paper read was one by Dr. Wm. P.
Wesselhoeft, entitled " Practical Hints in the Management of
Chronic Cases" (read by Dr. Wesselhoeft, Jr.).
Discussion by Drs. Butler, Bell, Long, H. C. Allen, Emory,
Kent, Reed, J. V. Allen, Hitchcock.
Dr. Biegler advised one not to repeat the remedy as long as
the patient's mental symptoms are improving, even though there
may be aggravation of physical ones.
Drs. Butler and Reed were not agreed as to that.
Dr. Emory referred to homoeopathic treatment of rheuma-
tism ; never knew organic heart disease follow it, Drs. Sawyer,
Schmitt, and Ballard also took part in discussion, at the close of
which Dr. Butler moved the adjournment of the session, to meet
again at eight P. M. at the Queen's Hotel. Carried.
Meeting called to order at eight p. m.. Dr. Hawley (President)
in the chair.
President announced the Chairmen of Bureaus for ensuing
year as follows :
Bureau of " Homoeopathies " — C. W. Butler, M. D.
" '' Materia Medica Provings "— W. L. Reed, M. D.
" '* Clinical Medicine "—Julius Schmitt, M. D.
« " Surgery "— Thos. M. Dlllvpgham, M. D.
« " Obstetrics "— W. J. H. Emory, M. D.
Secretary read telegram from Dr. Gee, of Chicago, r^retting
his absence, and letter from Dr. W. H. Leonard also regretting
absence, and inviting Association to Minneapolis.
Bureau o{ Homoeopathies reopened.
Dr. Kent presented second paper of Bureau by Dr. Wells,
" The Revolution of Old School Physic." In the absence of Dr.
Wells, paper was read by Mrs. Leberry. The paper confutes
the Germ Theory and elicted discussion by Dr. Bell.
Paper by Dr. Hitchcock, " First Section of the Organon.^*
Paper by Dr. McNeil, of San Francisco, " Oetitis Epidemicus.^^
Referred to Committee on Publication (read by title).
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Paper by Dr. Nash^ " Interrogations in HomcBopathrcfl/^
Dr. Nash being absent^ paper referred to Committee on Publi-
cationy but afterward read by Dr. Nash next day.
Paper by Dr. Kent, " The Healing Principle." (The paper
deals principally with idiosyncrasies); also gives theory of
Hhua-tox. high curing rhus poisoning, etc.
Discussion by Dr. Long (says diseases are not contagious),
Dr. Biegler (the contagion is the disease), Drs. Sawyer, Reed,
Butler, H. C. Allen, Emory, Kent, Baylies, Kimball, J. V.
Allen, and Ballard. (The discussion was very lengthy, and
brought out many points of interest, such as treatment of toxical
cases with high potencies of the same remedy, etc.) This paper
closed the Bureau of " Homoeopathies."
Motion to adjourn until ten A. m. next morning. Carried,
June 19th, ten A. M. — Session opened in the Educational De-
partment of Normal School (Dr. Hawley in chair).
Address of welcome by Minister of Education, G. W. Ross ;
replied to by President.
Bureau of Homceopathics was re-opened to hear Dr. Nash's
paper read, " Interrogations in Homoeopathies.''
Discussion by Drs. Butler, H. C. Allen, Stow, Nash, Kimball,
Kent.
Dr. Biegler thought Dr. Nash's questions were best answered
by turning to the Organon.
The discussion was a very exhaustive one, and the concensus
of opinion pointed to the Organon for the answers to the paper.
Bureau of "Homoeopathies" was then closed.
Committee on President's address reported (Dr. Kent in chair) :
Motion that the A^ociation be incorporated, and committee ap-
pointed for that purpose. Carried.
Dr. Ballard suggested that, hereafter, the President's address
be read as \^ell to the laity ; Dr. Kent objected, since the meeting
was open to the public.
Treasurer's report read by Dr. Tyrrell, showing indebtedness of
three hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-two cents, and
there was much discussion as to how to wipe out the debt. Re-
port referred to the Auditing Committee.
Motion by Dr. Long, that when any member of this organi-
zation does not pay his dues within six months, the Treasurer
draw on him at sight for the amount, and, if he refuses it, he be
dropped from the membership of this Society. Motion was lost
on division.
Motion for adjournment to meet at two p. M. in Queen's.
June 19th, two P. M. — President, Dr. Hawley, in chair. "
270 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANXIAN ASSO. [July,
Secretary announced proposition from Dr. H. C. Allen to print
the " Transactions '' in the Advance, as a supplement, so as to
be bound separately afterward, for the cost of printing.
Moved and seconded that this offer be accepted. Qirried.
Bureau of Surgeiy — Dr. Bell, Chairman.
Dr. Bell opened the Bureau by reading his paper, entitled
" Histerism,'' which was very exhaustive and dealt well with
the subject.
The paper was recommended by the Association to be
printed in pamphlet form for widespread circulation (Dr.
Allen offering to do the work).
Discussion by Drs. Stow, Custis, Ballard, Schmitt, and Long,
all bearing testimony to the wonderful effects attained in the
healing of wounds by homoeopathic treatment instead of his-
terism. Antiseptics were entirely condemned by all.
Paper by Dr. Dillingham upon " Facts in Surgery."
Discussion by Drs. Dillingham : Don't use Calendula in
wounds, unless indicated, not as Carbolic acid is used ; use only
hot water, the results are just as good. Dr. Hoyne always
uses cold water, even in suppurations. Dr. Bell believed Dr.
Dillingham was right, and promised to present at some future
time report of thirty-six cases, three months' work in " Aseptic
Surgery." In these cases the points observed were absolute
cleanliness, perfect coaptation of parts, and rest of wounded part.
Paper by Dr. Stow, " Periorchitis with Abscess," and ^* a
case involving amputation."
First case read oy title and referred. The second case was read
by Dr. Stow and discussed by Drs, Bell, Stow, and H. C. Allen.
Paper by Dr. McNeil, " Surgical Cases," was read by title
and referred to Publishing Committee.
Paper by Dr. Thompson, New York, " Epulis," read by title
and referred to committee. ^
Paper by Dr. Geo. H. Clark, "Sodium Ethylate in the
treatment of Nsevi," read and referred.
Paper by Dr. Campbell, " In praise of Calendula."
Discussion by Drs. Bell, H. C. Allen, Dillingham
(Arnica, Calendula, and Hypericum for wounds, but used ac-
cording to indications and not together as Dr. Campbell did in
her case ; Calendula for clean-cut wounds, Arnica for bruised
and torn wounds) ; also Drs. Kimball, Nash, Schmitt, Long,
Custis, Cobb, Stow, Biegler (had used these remedies in highly
diluted form as local applications to wounds with good re-
sults).
Motion to adjourn, by Dr. Reed, until eight p.m. Oanied.
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Evening Session— ^ight P. M, (June 19th), President in chair.
The first part of the proceedings was the reading by the Secre-
tary of a re|)ort from the " Women's Homoeopathic Association
of Pennsylvania."
Motion that this report be accepted. Canned, *
Dr. Bell — I think we ought to ffive some form of recognition
to our friends in Rochester for their action in establishing a
Hahneroannian Hospital.
Motion by Dr. Bell, secondetl by Dr. Kent, that a committee
of three be appointed to draft a resolution expressing the senti-
ments of this Association in regard to the action of our
brethren in Rochester in establishing a Hahuemannian Hos-
pital in that city. Drs. Bell, Kent, and Allen were appointed
upon the committee.
The President appointed a committee, consisting of Drs.
Wesselhceft, Bell, and Kimball to attend to the incorporation of
this Ajssociation.
Bureau of Materia Medica — Dr. Ballard, Chairman of
Bureau, presented the following papers : " Sanicula/' by Dr.
Gundlach ; " Cantharides and Comparative Remedies," by Dr.
J. V. Allen ; " Verifications of Sanicula," by Dr. W. J.
Guernsey ; " Proving of Cocoaine," by Flora A. Waddell,
M. D. (This paper was an excellent proving of the drug.)
J. V. Allen read his paper on " The Urinary Symptoms of
Cantharides," in which he compared it with many other remedies
of same class, as Cann-sat., Lycopod., Hydrangea, Apis,
Copaiba, Tarent., etc., giving the special indications for each
remedy, with their points of diiference. A good paper.
Discussed by Drs. Bell, H. C. Allen, Butler, and Kent, who
all praised the paper very highly.
Dr. Ballard — I have a collection of all the symptoms of Lac
caninum, by Dr. Berridge ; he gives 1,009.
Paper by Dr. H. C. Allen — ** Dr. Wesselhoeft's proving of
Mag-pho8.^' Also that by Dr. Taft, of the CM potency by
olfaction, she being very susceptible to the action of that drug.
Also a proving by one of Dr. Campbell's patients and Dr.
Holmes, Sycamore, 111.
Discussion by Drs. Bell, Kent (gave case of aggravation from»
Mag-phos. in a lady, producing among other symptoms a ter-
rible cough which nothing could stop until he antidoted the
drug by a dose of LachesisY also Drs. Nash, Bi^ler, Campbell,
Reed, JSallard, and J. V. Allen.
Dr. H. C. Allen also read a paper on the proving of
Mellilotus, giving some mental symptoms, principally insomnia.
Dr. Nash had considerable experience in its use.
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Dr. Kent moved for the election of officers first thing in the
morning. Carried.
Dr. Butler arose to a question of privilege, and, in a very suita-
bly-worded address, presented Dr. E. A. Baliard, Chairman of
Bureau of Materia Medica, with a gold-headed cane, on behalf
of the Association.
Motion by Dr. Allen, to adjourn till ten A. M. next morning.
Carried.
Thursday, June 20th, 10.15 A. M. — Session re-opened. Dr.
Hawley in the chair.
Election of officers for ensuing year.
Motion to proceed by Dr. Kent.
Dr. Butler nominated Dr. J. A. Bi^ler, as well suited to fill
the Presidential chair. Elected unanimously.
Vice-President — Dr. H. C. Allen nominated Dr. W. J. H.
Emory, of Toronto. Dr. Kent nominated Dr. Dillingham, and
Dr. Butler, Dr. Custis.
President appointed Drs. Nash and Carr as tellers to count
ballots. First ballot showed Dr. Emory 8, Dillingham, 6, and
Dr. Custis, 12. Upon a second ballot Dr. Custis w^s elected
unanimously Vice-President.
Secretary — Dr. S. A. Kimball was re-elected. Good !
Treasurer — Dr. C. W. Butler, Montclair, New Jersey.
Board of Censors — ^Drs. Schmitt, Bell^ Gree, Bushmore, and
WesselhcBft.
Dr. Dillingham moved for an investigation by the Board of
Censors in regard to the charges brought against Dr. T. T.
Oliver, of Chicago, for irr^ular practices. Referred to Board
of Censors.
Dr. Stow offered this resolution :
" The I. H. A. tenders its congratulations to its colleagues of
Rochester for their efforts to establish a Hahnemannian Hospital
in Rochester, and views it with especial pleasure and gratification
as one of the first institutions devoted to the practice of pure
Homoeopathy." Unanimously adopted.
Dr. Hitchcock moved that this resolution be furnished to the
Rochester papers for publication. Carried.
Dr. Reed made a report in connection with the Homoeopathic
College of St. Louis, claiming that pure Homoeopathy was being
taught there, and the principles of the Orgcmon,
Bureau of Obstetrics fDr. Guernsey, Chairman) reported seven
papers received from different members.
Dr. Butler read his paper, " Transverse Presentation/' relating
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the extraordinary effects of Puls.^™ in rectifying the mal-posi-
tion.
Discussion by Drs. H. C- Allen, Kent, Nash, J. V. Allen,
Schmitt, and Long, relating other somewhat similar cases.
Dr. Custis read " An Interesting Case."
Dr. J. V. Allen read " Repertory of Labor and After-pains."
Bead by title and referred.
Dr. Schmitt — ^paper, " The Value of Strictly Homoeopathic
Treatment."
Discussion on Dr. Schmitt's paper, by Drs. Long and Schmitt.
Motion of adjournment carried. Report of Bureau postponed.
Two p. M. — ^Dr. J. A. Biegler in the chair.
Dr. Guernsey read a paper on " Mastitis ;" recommended Lac
caninum and Phytolacca in indurated and suppurative breasts,
giving distinctions for their use.
Discussion by Drs. Allen (H. C.^, Sawyer, Guernsey, Emory,
Campbell. Dr. Baylies recommenaed also use of Graphites for
old indurated cicatrices and breasts liable to, frequent suppura-
tion.
Paper by H. W. Brant, " Medicines in Parturition, " read by
title and referred to Committee on Publication.
Dr. Custis read paper entitled, " The Care of the Breasts,"
speaking principally of local application, to harden them previous
to nursing.
Discussion by Drs. Biegler, Guernsey, Sawyer, Nash, H. C.
Allen, Bell, Schmitt, Campbell, Emory. Dr. Reed disapproving
of local applications, except the indicated remedy in high potency.
Dr. H. C. Allen makes the local applications to the mother-in-
law instead of patient !
Dr. Biegler recommended a memorial hour for report of Ne-
crologist. Carried.
Bureau of Clinical Medicine (Dr. C. W. Butler, Chairman).
Dr. Butler reported nine papers ; the first on the list was '^ Con-
tributions to Materia Medica,'' by Dr. Fincke, of Brooklyn.
Motion by Dr. Emory that Dr. Fincke's paper be read and
referred to Publishing Committee. Canned.
Paper by Dr. Kimball on " Syphilitis," where Belladonna
was indicated remedy, but produced no effect when given dry,
though a good effect followed when taken in water.
Discussion by Drs. Biegler, Stow, Nash, Dillingham, Sawyer,
Reed, Campbell, E. T. Adams, and Schmitt.
Dr. Riylies read Dr. Fincke's paper.
Discussion by Drs. Emory, Reed, Butler, Schmitt, Adams,
Custis, Dillingham. It was moved that a vote of thanks be ten-
274 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [July,
dered Dr. Fincke for his able paper, and a request be extended
to him to become a member of this Society, and to present next
year his further views and observations as to the results of the
remedies and their potencies. Carried.
Paper by Dr. Butler, " Clinical Reports in their Relation to
Homoeopathy."
Discussed by Drs. Nash, Biegler, Emory, and Butler.
Evening Session, eight P. M. Dr. Bieeler in chair.
Necrology. — Dr. Stow, Chairman, read the Report, which re-
corded tlie death of three members since the last meeting, held at
JN'iagara ^alls, viz. : Dr. Adolpbus Felger, Dr. Theo. S. Keith,
Dr. Geo. F. Foote.
Dr. Bell made some remarks in connection with the memory
of Dr. Keith. The Refort was very full, and showed the de«
ceased members to have been of very high standing in their
profession.
Bureau of Clinical Medicine then continued its re|X)rt.
Paper by Dr. Sawyer relating to the action of Nux vomica in
cases treated \ff '^ regulars," and Sulphur in cases of suppressed
psora.
Discussion by Drs. Reed, Kimball, Evans, Butler (thought it
a mistake to give Nux-vom.); Dillingham (gives it after
mongrel treatment) ; Dr. Campbell (discarded that treatment,
Puis, is often indicated) ; Sawyer.
Report of case of Dr. Oliver, of Chicago, referred to Censors.
Dr. Butler — He uses several remedies in rapid alternation ;
iie is a spiritualist and employs two mediums.
Dr. Dillingham moved that Dr. Oliver be furnished with a
copy of the charges, and, if not pro|)erly answered, to expel
•htm, and that his name be referred to the Board of Censors, and
if charges are not sustained to clear his reputation. Carried.
Place of next meeting not decided upon ; the committee pre-
viously appointed was discharged and another, consisting of Drs.
Biegler, Kimball, and Ballard, was appointed, and they were
ordered to report their choice within thirty-five days.
Bureau of Clinical Medicine — ^Dr. Dillingham was appointed
chairman of this bureau.
Dr. Butler moved for a vote of thanks by the Association to
Dr. Tyrrell, late Treasurer, for the excellent work done during
the past year. Carried.
Reports of Delegates. — Dr. Sawyer, delegate from the Indiana
Institute of Homoeopathy, reported their endeavors to obtain
one of the State insane asylums but failed ; another to be made.
There are about three hundred so-called homoeopathic physi-
1889.] TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. 275
cianSy and, poesibly, half a dozen real " homoeopathists/' but
there is a revival going on there.
Dr. Ballard referred to the report of Dr. Foote having gone
into physical and mental science ; he looked into it but did not
practice it.
ResohUiona. — Dr. Schmitt — Mr. President, I move that we
{lass a vote of thanks to the membf rs from Toronto for re-
ceiving us so welly also to the host of this hotel for his kind
accommodation. Carried,
Dr. Stow — I move that the thanks of this Association be ex-
tended to the officers who have so faithfully served us during
the past year. Carried.
Motion for adjournment (sine die). Carried.
Ten p. M., June 20th, 1889.
S. A. Kimball, Secretary.
Per R. Hearn, Asaidant Secretary.
TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION; A CASE WITH
REMARKS.
Clarence Willard Butler, M. D.
[L H. A., Bureau of Obstetrics.]
At ten o'clock P. M., September 16th, 1887, I was called by
telephone to see Mrs J. The message did not state the nature of
the trouble for which Mrs. J. desired medical attention, and not
knowing that she was, as the Germans say, " of good hopes," I
found myself on my arrival at her bedside in attendance upon a
case of labor, three miles from my office and with a pocket medi-
cine-case as my sole armamentarium.
Mrs. J. was about thirty years of age, the wife of a mechanic
in straitened circumstances, the mother of two living children,
and has suffered from, and,as I afterward learned, was the procurer
of four abortions. The means which she employed for this ne-
farious purpose she would not divulge. Since the first mouth
after her marriage, ten years previous, she had been pr^nant or
nursing almost without intermission. Physically she was short,
stout, and fat, especially about the abdomen.
Upon examination tlie os uteri was found dilated to about the
size of the traditional quarter of a dollar. No presenting part
of the foetus was to be felt. Fearing an abnormal position, ab-
dominal examination was made, but on account of the extreme
adiposity of the abdominal parietes a diagnosis was impossible to
me. Determining to wait for wider dilatation, I instructed the
276 TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. [July,
nurse to call me in two hours' time, and went to bed in an ad-
joining room. You have all in your practice met the old
woman who approaches a " laying-out '' or a " lying-in " with
the same morbid delight, and wlio in the latter class of cases be-
guiles the tedious hours of parturition with circumstantial ac-
counts of all the cases of difficult and disastrous labor which
have occurred within her wide experience and observation, duly
embellished by her vivid imagination. Possessed of unbounded
confidence in her own skill and knowledge in all matters toco*
logical, the suggestions of the medical attendant she supercili-
ously ignores^ and his most explicit directions she willfully dis-
obeys. Both advice and medicine, unless closely watched, she
does not hesitate to administer, and it is impossible to tell which
is the more baneful of the two. In short, she is the lineal de-
scendant of the ancient witches, and chiefly renowned, like her
more celebrated ancestors, for her pernicious activity in raising the
Devil.
Such an uncomfortable old woman was the nurse and relative
as well of my patient. Not trusting to her discretion, I did not
inform her of my fears, while she, satisfied in her great wisdom
that all was progressing favorably, did not call me until seven
o'clock the next morning, and then only because the waters had
broken nearly an hour before, and, although the pains were regu-
lar and quite severe, they were not expulsive. An examination
now revealed a transverse position (right-illiac, dorso-abdominal),
the side presenting at the mouth of the womb, with a point about
corresponding with the angle of the scapula, over the centre of
the orifice. The os being now widely dilated, podalic version was
determined upon, but, upon attempting to introduce the hand, so
irritable was the os and so violent its contractions, that after re-
Seated attempts I desisted, deeming such manipulation even
angerous without anaesthesia. Accordingly, I determined to go
at once to my office for the anaesthetic. Although this necessitated
an absence of more than an hour, I did not apprehend serious
results from the delay because of the excellent general condition
of the patient. At a quarter to eight A. M. I dropped a dose of
Pulsat. "" (Tafel) upon her tongue and departed.
At nine o'clock on ray return I found the head and shoulders
of the child already born, the nates and legs being still within
the vagina.
The head had been deliv^ered with the occiput toward the
symphysis pubis. The infant, which was dead, weighed six and
one-half pounds. Mrs. J. reported that the pains became more
severe after my departure though less frequent, and in due time
the head was born. Nothing else worthy of mention occurred.
1889.] TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. 277
She made a good recovery without complications.
There are some points connected with this case which seem to
me worthy of consideration, and I shall refer to them. In the
first place, lam satisfied that this was a case of criminal abortion,
in spite of the protestations of the patient that such was not the
case ; indeed, this opinion was confirmed by the manner and
vehemence of the protestations.
^ The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
The sensitiveness of the os uteri and the sharp and sudden
contraction of the circular fibres at this part on touch, with the
death of the child, make it probable that ergot of rye was the
drug used for the purpose. Further examination of the pre-
parturient symptoms revealed the fact that motion, which nad
been growing weaker for some days, had ceased entirely nearly a
week before the commencement of labor. Indeed, there seems
little doubt that foetal life had ceased some days before the birth,
and this would favor the opinion held by most writers that via-
bility is an important factor in the determination of the child's
position within the uterine cavity.
There could have been no error in diagnosis in the case. The
OS was well dilated, the amniotic fluid had escaped, and there was
nothing which could interfere in any degree with the easy recog-
nition of the presenting part and its relations to the os, except
the violent contractions of the unduly irritable uterus — a difficulty
BO insignificant and easily avoided that the veriest neophyte
could hardly have blundered. Were it not true that there seems
a disposition on the part of certain prejudiced critics to carp at
all cases as insignificant, or to question the diagnosis where
favorable remedial action is claimed for highly potentized drugs,
the foregoing remarks would be unnecessary, but in view of
such fact, an expression of the writer's confidence in his diagno-
sis may not be superfluous.
Here, then, was a case of trunk presentation converted by ver-
sion into a cephalic and the second stage of labor completed in
about an hour. Was this version spontaneous, or was it a direct
result of the action of a single dose of a very high potency of
Pulsatilla?
The case is unprecedented so far as I have been able to dis-
cover, and since no positive knowledge, perhaps no approximate
estimate of the value of a drug in any condition can be arrived
at from one case, only by further observation can this point be
decided. It is notlikely that such observation will occur, for, in
the first place, the presentation of the trunk may be expected in
278 TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. [July,
OQly one case out of every two hundred and thirty-one according to
Swayne {^Obstetric Aphoriama] while Velpean, in tables collected
from many sources, finds that in fifty-four thousand seven
hundred and twenty-three cases the trunk presented on an
average once in two hundred and thirty-four times, and in
forty-eight thousand one hundred and sixty cases cited by
Ramsbotliam the trunk presented one hundred and fifty-eight
times, or about once in three hundred and fourteen labors.
Of these cases, the great majority were undoubtedly shoulder
presentations or quickly became such, as experience amply
shows, in which the probabilities of version are much less,
since the shoulder from its salient form will usually be
arrested at the superior straight, a position which favors spon-
taneous evolution, but not version. The proportion of cases then
favorable to spontaneous version is a very small one, and from
these must be deducted the large majority, since it will very
seldom occur that accident will prevent the accoucher from per-
forming podalic-version, which is his plain and undoubted duty.
The settlement of the question of Pulsatilla's possible action then
may be considered as practically impossible by repeated experiences.
But I do not hesitate to avow my own belief in its efficacy, and
my reasons for such belief will be given for your consideration.
Let us, if you please, consider the natural processes necessary to
spontaneous version. The muscular fibres of the uterus are ar-
ranged in three groups, the so-called circular fibres, but which
are circular only at the lower part of the body of the uterus and
at the os; they embrace the larger part of the cavity of the uterus
at " low angles of intersection " [Allen's Human Anatomy ^ sec
6, article Uterus] ; the variously placed oblioue bands, and the
longitudinal fibres which, situated most largely on the posterior
surface in theunimpregnated, become in the gravid uterus an im-
portant factor from the extent and amount of their development.
The action of all of these muscles throughout the upper body and
fundus of the uterus when provoked in labor to action, ailer the
OS is dilated, is to narrow the cavity of the uterus in all directions
except from below upward. From the arrangement of these
fibres, and from their greater development in the upper body and
the fundus of the uterus, the pressure upon the uterine contents
must be greater from the fundus toward the os.
The circular fibres intersecting at low angles, bring pressure
downward though indirectly ; the oblique bands, also, though
much more powerfully, indirectly exert pressure in the same di-
rection, while the longitudinal muscular fibres almost directly
narrow the uterine cavity in its longitudinal axis.
1889.] TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. 279
During labor these muscles bring the uterus closely to that part
of the fcetus most nearly in contact with them. This '^ moulding ''
of the uterus to the coutents is in accord with the laws of mus-
cular action elsewhere, viz. : that muscular fibre is shortened
under action in the line of its long axis.
If now for some unknown cause the long axis of the foetus has
not, as it naturally should, accommodated itself to the long axis
of the uterine cavity, and instead of a breach or a head present-
ing, the position is transverse, what would be the natural action
of the uterus in its endeavor to void its unwelcome contents?
It can act but one way. Wherever a part of the child comes
closely enough in contact with the muscular fibres to provoke
them to activity, this muscular activity brings the uterus plosely
against that part, moulding it to it as if the position was a normal
one, and since the greatCKt pressure would oe exerted upon that
part which from its size or position irritates to such natural
action the greatest amount of muscular fibre, the tendency would
be to press it toward the os as the point of least resistance, and,
as well because the aggregate of uterine muscular pressure is as
already stated, iu this direction.
That part, then, will be subjected to the greatest amount of
this muscular pressure which, from the position of the child, is
highest in the uterine cavity, because it presents the greatest sur-
face to muscular action and because it presents this surface to
that portion of the uterus which is most muscularly developed.
The natural tendency, therefore, would be by pressing either the
head or breach as might be, toward the os uteri, to convert a
transverse into a longitudinal position. The difficulties in ac-
complishing this are several and great, and it is no wonder that
Richardson says [^Obsietrica, 1887, p. 33] '4t is certain that
change of presentation after the escape of the waters is scarcely
possible.''
Of those difficulties the first and most important is the contra
pressure brought to bear upon the extremity of the child which
presents itself at the other side of the uterine cavity. The usual
explanation, indeed the only one I have found, is that, while the
muscles on the one side contract powerfully, those on the other
relax, thus allowing the descent of the one extremity and the
ascent of the other. I do not see how any such theory is tenable^
or can be entertained even for a moment. I know of no physio-
logical law by which muscular fibre, under irritation from
pressure, relaxes. There is none, and in all cases where version
IS commenced in one direction it is carried on by the superior
force imparted by the muscles of the one side and in spite of an-
280 TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION. [July,
tagonistic muscular action on the other. The uterus, however, hav-
ing moulded itself to one part, in some measure modifies this an-
tagonistic action by changing the uterine outline, and accordingly
the direction of the muscular fibres, so that there is less direct
downward and antagonistic pressure upon the less active side. In-
deed, it is probable that the lateral pressure exerted by this direc-
tion of muscular fibre may be in some slight measure auxiliary
to the process already begun, although it must be slight as com-
pared with the inimical action. It would seem that after a
certain portion of the labor necessary to produce the descent of
that part originally subjected to the greatest pressure, and, there-
fore, under tnat pressure carried toward the natural outlet, had
been accomplished between the forces exerted by the two sides
of the uterus, that further progress would be impossible.
This does not occur, however, principally I am of opinion
because of the original moulding of the uterus, because of the
necessary change of the direction of the muscular fibres of the
opposite side by this process ; and because of the well-known
fact that a muscle under continued stimulation to certain work
becomes more irritable, and consequently more prompt in its
action under the same stimulus up to the point of temporary
paresis from exhaustion. Another difficulty to be overcome, and
often one not possible to be overcome by nature's unaided efforts,
is the arrest of the shoulder at the superior straight, but this
accident, if it occur, introduces considerations wholly foreign to
the subject now under consideration. I think, therefore, ll^at it
may be safely assumed that in all cases of transverse position the
effort of nature unaided is to convert this transverse into a lon^^i-
tudinal position ; in short, that the attempt of nature is always
to accomplish spontaneous version. If this, then, is the natural
process, and it seems to be, is it a matter of wonder that a remedy
may have such effect upon the system as to further that process ?
No one thing in drug action is more certain than that drugs have
the power, by their inherent affinity for certain tissues and oi^ns,
to modify their functions, and even to change their structure,
and no one thing in remedial action is more positive than that
certain remedies have a marked power in controlling and regu-
lating muscular action-— especially perhaps uterine muscular ac-
tion. Of all drugs which have the power to change irregular
and inefficient labor-pains into regular and efficient ones, none is
better known, none more often needed, Vindicated by definite
symptoms, of course) than Pulsatilla. This is a fact so well known
that no proof need beoffered. If, then, the process accomplished
in the case recorded was a natural one ; if the drug used has an
1889.] FISTULA IN ANO. 281
undoubted and acknowledged power over the natural processes
of labor ; if the version was accomplished more rapidly and more
easily than any other on record, why should we doubt that the
efficient factor in the favorable result was the action of the remedy ?
FISTULA IN ANO.
[I. H. A., Bureau of Clinical Medicine.]
Mr. Pkesident, Ladies and Gentlemen : — ^The following
case^ which came to my notice September lOth^ 1886^ illustrates
so well the curative action of a similar drug in a high potency
and a single dose, it also so well demonstrates the restriction
which should always be put upon any surgical interferences in
these cases that I deem it of sufficient interest to report it to you.
Mr. S., 8Bt. thirty-five, a machinist by trade, acknowledging to
intemperate habits, with a previous history of gonorrhoea and
chancroid but no evidence of syphilis, presented nimself at my
office on the above date, complaining of soreness, itching,
smarting, and burning about the anus. These symptoms were
< by scratching, washing, undressing, damp weather, warmth
of the bed, and heat in general ; and > by cold clear weather.
He said there was a sensation at times as if a hot coal were
placed npon the vertex, and that he had an occasional sudden
sharp pain, like an electric shock, commencing over the lefl orbit
and extending to the occipital protuberance, lasting about a
minute ; these pains had bax)me more frequent of late, particu-
larly at any atmospherical change.
He also had a pain extending from the left shoulder to the
left testicle with the sensation as if the testicle was being squeezed
in a vise ; this pain was always < in bed.
There was considerable perspiration about the head, particu-
larly the forehead, and vertex. There was also a profuse per-
spiration on the genital organs of a sour smell.
Upon examination, I found a complete fistula in ano, the probe
entering about half an inch to right of the anus, and entering the
rectum just below the internal sphincter. There was a constant
slight discharge of bloody pus.
Around the anus and extending to the buttocks there were a
large number of papules, bleeding quite profusely upon being
scratched; these papules were to be found upon the legs and
scattered over the body.
I gave him one powder of Mer. sol.*^™ and six powders of
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282 THE USES AND ABUSES OF CLINICAX. EECORDS. [Jalr,
placebo, one to be taken every second morning, requesting him
to call at the end of two weeks, at which time the neuralgic
pains had nearly ceased. I saw him at frequent intervals for
about three months, when the fistula had entirely healed,
C. C. Howard, M. D,
THE USES AND ABUSES OP CLINICAL RECORDS.
Edward Cranch, M. D., Erie, Pa.
[I. H. A., Bareau of Homoeopathies.]
Hahnemann, in his Materia Medica Pura, Vol. I, preface,
gives, in response to requests for his mode of cure, a wanting
and an example, the warning being that no satisfactory deduc-
tions can be drawn from one case as to how to treat another,
except as to the method of study employed, since each case
cured shows only that that particular case was so cured.
Then he proceeds kindly to record two cases, with their re-
spective groups of symptoms, and illustrates his mode of
arriving at the remedy, which involves a nearly perfect knowl-
edge of the materia medica, combined with a faculty for iso-
lating, noting, and comparing symptoms that we should all study
to acquire.
For completeness of the present subject, " The uses and
abuses of Clinical Records," a classification of such records may
be made, and the most interesting class studied most closely.
First, then, we may divide all clinical records into three
classes — viz. : business records, hospital records, and journal
records.
" Business " records should cover every case prescribed for,
and note the remedy, the dose, and repetition, the adjunctive
rules for diet, etc., if any, leaving the rest to memory, though,
if there be room, a hint of the chief conditions present will not
be out of place. Such records will be of great value in retain-
ing patients who return for that which previously helped, and
will give information much needed; although, owing to the
imperfections of the human mind, it often happens that the very
remedy that does the most brilliant work will escape record !
" Hospital " records should be such as every hospital should
keep, detailing every phase of the cases that can possibly be ob-
tained, and from such records statistics of treatment of similar
groups of symptoms, sometimes conveniently called diseases,
can be elaborated.
1889.] THE USES AND ABUSES OF CLINICAL RECORDS. 283
" Joamal " cases : cull out from private or hospital practice
such cases or groups of symptoms as are of special interest,
either detailing them at large, with comments and comparisons,
or noting them more briefly as " verifications " or " clinical
effects '' of this or that drug ; then they furnish notes for our
repertories and materia medica, and are, when reliable, the best
material for study that we can have.
" Journal '* cases should always be written with a view to their
future usefulness in study, not merely for applause or wonder ;
and they should be carefully divested of all extraneous matter,
yet including sniScient vividness of personal description and
anecdote to fix them in the mind.
Hahnemann's two cured cases already alluded to belong to
and exemplify the latter class of '^ Journal '* records, and are
chiefly useful for what they imply, rather than for what they
directly teach.
Coming from the master, they show his wonderful knowledge
of the materia medica, so largely his own creation, and his
knowledge of what his remedies could not do, as well as of what
they did. He first states, without a hint of what he thought or
might have thought about Paihology, the exact symptoms that
he observed, recorded singly, without apparent order or connec-
tion, concluding with the remark, " no other abnormal symp-
toms." Then he gives remarks on each symptom, giving the
nearest related remedies in each case, and showing that only (me.
has the needed combination, excluding all others in a masterly
way that shows his complete familiarity with repertorial work,
especially in the valuable field of concordances and concomitants.
In short, he knew how to use his materia medica. He says,
'^ In looking out a remedy, it is sufficient to note the drugs pro-
ducing the first symptom, recollecting the covdilions in which the
symptom is produced. This same proceeding is followed with
each of the other symptoms, and that drug which contains the most
striking and characteristic symptoms of the group Ls the remedy."
He goes on to advise young physicians to prove remedies on
themselves ; and no physician should attempt to record a group
of observed symptoms until he has acquired some experimental
knowledge in his own person of what a group of symptoms is.
All other knowledge is faith without works, and is dead for use.
The physician who attempts to practice without having made
at least a few provings is like the performer who has never com-
posed a single piece of music ; he may copy the work of others,
in a fashion, but cannot do anything in new fields, or in the ad-
vancement of his art.
284 THE USES AND ABUSES OF CLINICAL RECORDS. [July, 1889.
It is a fallacy that is sometimes taught that the best way to study
the materia medica is to study out actual cases of sickness ; it
is true that so the knowledge of it iafxedy but to best learn how
to use the materia medica^ one should edit a few chapters therein,
either as re-provings, or as new investigation for which there
is always room ; next, one must study some repertory, and be
able to find a drug-picture by its aid ; then, having learned
what symptoms really mean, he can record and compare them
better.
Given complete clinical records, in acceptable journal form,
how can we use them best ?
First, we can take down our text-books and compare the re-
corded symptoms, marking the old with renewed confidence, and
setting the new in the margin for future verification.
Next, we can annotate our repertories to correspond ; and,
lastly, if the reporter has given the name of the disease, we can
set that information by itself with a view to forming what Bell,
Minton, Perkins, King, Lee, W. J. Guernsey, and others have
begun — ^special repertories for each specialized disease or patho-
logical form. Or we can cJmse this information by the writing
of such hand-books as Lilienthal, Johnson, and Jahrhave given
us, wherein diseases are named first, and conditions subordinated
thereto ; good stepping-stones for weak-kneed pathologists, but
poor dependences for the Hahnemannian prescriber, who wants
only complete " symptom-lists '' in which he can find and com-
pare each condition as it arises, without the uncertain task of
translating it into pathology and back again. In short, the
Hahnemannian most needs an accurate and copious materia
medica, and its accompanying repertories, general and special ;
and to the improvement of these and their living useful study
his use of clinical records will always contribute, and all short
cuts that would say " Dr. L. or Dr. D. gave this or that remedy
in a case like mine, I will giv^ the same,'' he will view with
suspicion, as tending to careless observation.
Cases that record the effects of single remedies and single
doses are, of course, to be preferred, and such modes of pre-
scribing, in the single remedy, the single dose, and the recorded
case will stimulate the most careful ofa^rvation, which all other
methods will impair, and finally destroy, till it will be found
that all power ef accurate observation and useful study is gone
forever*
MASTITIS.
Wm. j£FF£BSOK GUERNSEY, M. D.
As mastitis rarely occurs except early in lactation, the
care of the breast cannot be too soon observed after confine-
ment. "
First, last, and all the time see that there is ample protection
from the air. Warmth is a wonderful factor in promoting
glandular health and activity, and nothing answers the purpose
Better than a piece of soft flannel, secured at either upper corner
near the shoulders and allowed to lay over both roam rose,
and lifted up, (not let down nor removed), while suckling the
child.
Tt is an important point also to have the child commence
nursing as early as convenient to the mother. Chilling of other
parts of the body, especially of the hands, is a frequent cause of
trouble, and checked perspiration, mental irritation, and mal-
nutrition are to be avoided at any time.
So much for general attention to health, yet in spite of gross
carelessness, of poor food, or a combination of circumstances the
homoeopathic prescription will always prevent suppuration if
taken in time, and there is little satisfaction to the physician in
treating any abscess through suppuration to resolution, for he
knows that it is a catastrophe that should indeed have been
averted.
Medicines will do much to hasten suppuration when it is in-
evitable, and as to local measures I can see no reasonable objec-
tion to poulticing. Holding a basin of hot water under the
breast, and sponging the upper part of the gland from it will be
beneficial, especially if followed by warm wrappings, of which
raw wool is the best. I believe that the breast should never be
lanced. The opening which nature makes is smaller than that
occasioned by the knife, is always made at the point nearest the
surface, and a recurrence of the trouble is less likely from a
natural evacuation of the pus, especially if a careful selection of
the homoeopathic remedy has been made.
As Lao-can. and PhytoL are far ahead of any other remedies
in aborting this trouble, a comparison may be of service.
285
286
MASTITIS.
[July.
Lac-cak.
Affects one breast as much as the
other ; as PhytoL acts particularly on
the right and Lac-can. either ^ it may
be given preference to the left. If
there has been soreness or pain alter-
nating from one breast to the other,
or migratory trouble of any sort about
the patient it should be used.
Much soreness, fullness, and pain,
but not so <uuch inflammation,
altliough this latter should not rule
it out of consideration.
Very much worse from least jar;
has to support the breast in walking
about, especial ly on going up or down-
stairs. £ven worse from inspiration.
Induration in small lumps like mar-
bles. Considering the fact that its
membranous exudation in the throat
is in small specks, I have (on the rule
of similars) marked this *' nodulated
breast " high under Lac-can.
Markedly worse toward evening —
and EVENING.
Phytol.
Bight breast.
Inflammation marked with soreneaSy
fullness, and pain.
Not so pronounced.
Same in lesser degree, but it has
cured for me many cases of a aingU
stony induration.
Worse after midnight; better in
afternoon.
REMEDIES
In Genebal AFFEcnKO the
Mamm£. — Aeon, JEscuh ^thus. Agar. AGNUS. All-sat.
Alum. Ambr. Am-cb. Am-mur. Anac. Angus. Ant-cr. Ant-tar.
Apis. Arg-nit. ARN. Arsen, Arum. Asaf. Bary-cb. BELL.
Berber. Borax. Bovist. Brom. BRYON. Cactus. CALC.
Calc-ph. Calad. Camph. Can-sat. Canth. CARB-AN. CARB-
VEG. Castor. Caust. CHAM. Chel. China. Cicut. Cimicif,
Cina. Cistus. CLEM. Cocul. Coff. Colo. CON. Croi4ig. Curare.
Cycla. Dig. DULC. Fragar. Gamb. Gels. GRAPH, Gratiol.
Guaiac. Ham. Hep, Ign. Ipec. lod, Kali-bi. Kali-cb. Kreos.
Lach. LAC-CAN. Lac-defl. LActuc. Lauro. Ledum. Lepi. IM-tig.
Lvc. Mag-cb. Mangan. Mero-cor. Mero-soL Merc-viv. Mezer.
Millef. Mosch. Murex. Na-cb. Na-mur. Niocol. Nit-ac. Nux-jug.
Nux-vom. Opi. Petrol. Phellan. PHOS. Phos-ac. PHYTOL.
Plat. Plumb. Prunus. Psorn. PULS. Ran-bul. Ran-scel. Raphan.
Ratan. Rheum, Rhod. Rhiis, Ruta. Sabad. Sabina. Samb. Sang
Sars. Secale. Sepia. SIL. Spong. Squil. Stan. Staph. Stram. 8ul.
Tarent. Thu. Uva'U. Verat. <2inc.
1889.] MASTITIS. 287
Mamm^, Left. — ^thus. Agar. Alum. Ambr. Apis. Berber.
Borax. Bovid. Cactus. Calc. Calc-ph. Cistus. CON. Cycla.
Gratiol. Lac-can. LU-iig. Lye. Mag-cb. Mosch. PheUan. Phos.
PhytoL Plumb. SIL. Spong. Zinc.
Mamm^, Right. — All-sat. Ambr. Calc. CON. Gamb.
Gratiol. Kali-bi. Kreos. Lac-can. Mezer. PHYTOL. Plumb.
Psom. Sang. SIL. Zinc.
SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS.
Aching. — Apis. Bovist. Con. LAC-CAN. Lil-tig. Moschf
Stram. Zinc.
Air, streaming through. — ^Cycla.
Burning. — ^JEscul. Ambr. Apis. Arseo, Bell. Calc-ph. Con.
lod. Laur. Led. Lye. Phos. Sang.
Coldness. — ^Cimicif. Coocul. Dig. Rhus.
Compression, — Thu.
Compression Backward. — Thu.
Constriction. — Lil-tig. Sang.
CoNTRAcrioN. — Borax. Calc-ph. Stram, Verat.
Cramp-like pain. — Lil-iig. Plat.
Cutting. — Bell. Lach. Lepi. Lil-tig.
Darting. — ^Carb-an. Gratiol. lod. Kali-bi.
Drawing. — Calo-ph. Kreos. Lil-tig.
Fullness— Bell. BRY. Clem. Cycla, LAC-CAN. Lactuc.
Merc-v. Nux. PHYTOL. Secale. Sep.
Grasping. — Lil-tig.
Griping. — BovLs.
Gurgling. — Crot-tig.
Heaviness. — Bell. Bry. Clem. Lil-tig. Thu.
Itching. — Agar. Alum. Anac. Ant-cr. Arn. Ars. Bary-cb.
Berber. Bovist. Calc. Canth. Carb-veg. Caust. Con. Kali-cb.
Ledum. Lye. Mezer. Na-mur. Niccol. Nux-jug. Phellan, Phos.
Plumb. Rhus. Sabad. Sep. Spong. Squil. Stan. Staph. Sul.
Lancination. — ^See Cutting.
Milk flowing in, as from. — Kreos.
Pain (undefined). — Ang. Ant-cr, Arn. Bary-cb. Bell, Borax.
Bry. Cactus. Calad. CALC. Con. Crot-tig. Cycla. lod. Kali-bi.
Lach. LAC-CAN. Laur. Lil-tig. Merc-sol. Murex. Phel. Phos.
Rheum. Rhus. Sang. SIL. Verat. Zinc.
Pain extending backward (through chest, to lumbar
region, to scapula, to spine). — Lil-tig.
Pain extending downward to navel. — Agar.
Pain extending downward to sides. — Prunus.
288 MASTITIS. [July
Pain extending forward to beneath sternum. — Sang.
Pain extending inward. — Phd.
Pain extending nipple (from periphery to the). — Kreos.
Pain extending outward. — Gels. Mezer.
Pain extending upward to arms. — Curare.
Pain extending upward to neck. — Lil-tig.
Pain extending upward to shoulders. — ^Lil-tig. Mag-
cb.
Pain, Labor, as though from. — Lach.
Pinching. — Agar. Cale-ph.
Pressure. — ^Am-m. Calc-ph. Phos, Phos-ac.
Pressure, Acute, — Phos-ac.
Prickling. — Calc. Cimic. Ran-scel.
Pui^ation. — Bell.
Rawness. — Merc-v.
Sensitiveness. — See Tenderness.
Shivering, as if. — Guaiac. Nux. Petrol.
Shooting. — Calc-ph .
Soreness. — All-sat. Angud. Arabr. ARN. Arum. Bry. Calad.
Cede. Calo-ph, Cicut. Graph. LAC-CAN. Merc-v. Na-mur. Fhytol,
Rhod. Sang. Sep. Sil.
Stitches. — -^thus. All-sat. Alum. Ambr. Apis. Arg-nit.
Bary-cb. Berber. Borax. Bry. Calc. Carb-an. Cimicif. Clem.
COX. Cycla. Gramb. Gels. Graph. Gratiol. I^n. lod. Kali-bi.
Kali-cb. Kreos. Laur. Lil-tig. Lye. Mag-cb. Mezer. Murex. Na-
mur. Phel. Phos. Plumb. Pruuus. Psorn. Rheum. Sang. /Sep. Sil.
Thu. Zinc.
Stitches, fine. — Plumb.
Suppurative pain. — CALC. Clem. Hep. Phos. Plumb.
Sil.
Suppurative sensation. — SIL.
Swelling, as if. — Berber.
Tearing. — Am-cb. Am-ra. Bary-cb. Calc. Calc-ph. Carb-
veg. Con. Crot-tig. Gratiol. Kali-cb. Sang.
Tenderness. — Cafe. Cham. Clem. Con. Graph. LAC-CAN.
Merc-v. Na-mur. Phytol, Thu. Zinc.
Tension. — Cycla. Puis.
Tingling. — Sabin.
Unpleasant (indescribable). — PhoB.
OBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS.
Abscess. — See Suppuration.
Atrophy. — Arsen. Con. Mag. lod. Kali-iod. Kreos. Nit-ac.
Nux-mos. Sarsap.
1889.] MASTITIS. 289
Bluish, livid hue. — Lach. Phos. Plumb.
Bluish, red hue. — Kfeos.
Distension. — Cycla. Zinc.
Emaciation. — See Atrophy.
Fever (milk fever).— ^eon. ARN. BELL. BRY. Cham.
Coff. Ign. Merc-v. Opi. Bhus.
Flabbiness. — Bell. Caropb. Con. Jod.
Heat in. — Aeon. Bell. Bry. Calc-ph. Mangan. Raphan. SuL
Induration. — Am. BELL. Bry. Calc. Calc-ph. CARB-AN.
CHAM. CLEM. Coloc. CON. Cycla. Graph. Ham. LAC-CAN.
Lepi. Lye. Merc-v. Nit-ac. Phos. PHYT. Plumb. Puis. Ruta.
Sep. SIL. Spong. Sul.
Inflammation. — Bell. Bry. Calc. CARB-AN. CARB-
VEG. Cistus. Con. Hep. Lac-can. Merc-v. Phos. Phyt. Sil. Sul,
Milk bad tasting. — Borax. Merc-v.
Milk bitter tasting. — ^Rheum.
Milk bluish. — Lach.
Milk cheesy. — Cham.
Milk copious (too). — Aeon. Ant-tart. Asaf. Bell. Borax.
BRYON. Cole. China. Con. lod. Kreos. Lach. Lac-can. Lye.
Nux-vom. Phos. PHYTOL. PULS. Rhus. Stan. Staph.
Stram.
Milk purulent. — Cham.
Milk retarded by cicatrices. — GRAPH. Phyt.
Milk salt tasting. — Carb-an.
Milk scant.— AGNUS. Asaf. Bell.Bry.CALC. Caust. Cham.
Chel. China. DULC. Lao-can. Lye. Merc-v. Millef. Phel. Phos.
Puis. Rhus, Samb. Secale. Sep. Sul. Uva-u. Zinc.
Milk spoiled.— Bell. Borax. Carb-an. CHAM. Cina.
Ipec. Lach. Merc. Nux. Puis. Rheum. Samb. Stan.
Milk stringy. — Kali-bi.
Milk thick. — Borax.
Milk thin. — Carb-an. Kali-bi. Lach.
Milk wanting. — Agnus. Asaf. Lac-can. Urt-u.
]MiLK YELLOW. — Rheum.
Redness, radiating from centre. — Bell. Sul.
Redness, streaks of. — Phos. Rhus.
Suppuration, inevitable. — HEP. Sil.
Suppuration, threatened. — Asaf. Bell. Calc. Cistus.
Dulc. Kali-cb. Kreos. Lac-can. Merc-v. Na-cb. Phos.
PHYTOL. Puis. Sep. Sul,
Swelling. — ^^thus. All-sat. Apis. Asaf. Bdl. Berb. Brom.
Bry. Calc. Cham. Clem. Cbn. Cycla. Dulc. Graph. Hep. Lach.
LAC-CAN. Lye. Merc-cor. Merc-ad. Merc-v. Phos. PHYTOL.
290 MASTITIS. [Jaly,
Plamb. Puis. Satan. Sabina. Samb. SIL. Sul. Tarent. Uvor-u.
Zmc.
Swelling lumps like marbles. — LaC'-ean. Phytol.
Ulceration. — Phos. Phyt. Sll. Sul.
Ulceration fistulous. — ^Phos. Phyt Sil.
AGGRAVATIONS AND AMELIORATIONS.
Afternoon, ago. — JEth. Bell. Bry, Nit-ac. Phos. Puis.
Sang.
Ascending stairs, ago. — Bell. Calc. Carb-an. LAC-CAN.
Lye. Nit-ac. Phos.
Bed (in), agg. — Murex.
Bending forward, agg. — Gratiol.
Breathing in. — See Inspiring.
Cold, agg. from. — Sep.
Cold, taking, agg. — Aeon. Bell. Bry. Cact. Calc. Cham.
DULC. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puis. Rhus.
Contusion, agg. — Am. Carb-an. CON. Ham.
Day, agg. — Con.
Empty, agg. when. — Bov.
Erect, agg. on becoming. — Graph.
Evening, agg. — Arn. Bell. Bry. Con. LAC-CAN. Nit-ac.
Phos. Puis. Spong.
Exercising, agg. — ^Angus. Laur. Ran-bul.
Exercising Arms, agg. — Angus. Ant-cr.
Exercising, Open Air, agg. — Am-m.
Flow op Milk, am el. — Cycla.
Holding the, — See Supporting.
Inspiring, agg. — Carb-an. Gratiol. Lac-can. Mag-cb.
Plumb. Prun.
Inspiring, deeply, agg. — Prunus. Sang.
Jar, agg. — Bell. Calc. Carb-an. LAC-CAN. Lye. Nit-ac.
Phos.
Lifting. — See Supporting.
Lying on Left Side, agg. — Lil-tig.
Lying on Painful Side, agg. — Lil-tig.
Menses, agg. after. — Cycla. Thu.
Menses, agg. before. — Calc. Con. Cycla. Lao-can. Sang.
Spong.
Menses, agg. delayed. — Bry-cb. Cede. Con. Dulc. lod.
Merc-v. Plws. Rhus. Thu. Zinc.
MirNSES AGG. during. --Calc. Carb-an. Caust. Con. Dulc.
lod. Lac-can. Lac-defl. Merc-v. Phos. Sang. Thu. Zinc.
1889.] REPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. 291
Menses AGa. Suppressed. — Ratan.
Morning, agg. — Calad. Calc. Carb-v. Chel. Lil-tig. Nux-v,
Hhus. Sang. Zinc.
Morning, amel. — Spong.
Morning, Bed, agg. in. — Plumb.
Motion, agg. — Sep.
Night, agg. — Aeon. Am. Ars. Cham. Con. Dulc. Graph.
Hep. lod. Merc-v. Nit-ac. Plumb. Sil.
Noon, agg. — Mag-cb.
Nursing, agg. — Borax. Carb-an. OroHig. Kali-cb. Phel.
Nursing opposite breast, ago. — Borax.
Paroxysmally, agg. — Castor.
Periodically, ago. — Ars. Kreos. Merc-sol.
Position and change of. — ^Lit-tig.
Pressure, ago. — ^Ant-cr. Cah. Carb-v. LAC-CAN. Merc-v.
Murex.
Pressure, amel. — Kreos.
Kest, ago. — Rhus.
Riding, ago. — Sep.
Rubbing, ago. — Con.
Rubbing, amel. — Castor.
Sitting, ago. — Prun. Thu.
Sneezing, agg. — PhoB. (compare Jar.)
Stretching body, ago. — Thu.
Supporting breast, amel. — Bell. Cactus. Calc. Carb-an.
LAC-CAN. Lye. Nit-ac. Phos.
Touch, amel. — CALC.
Walking, ago. — Lac-can. Prun. Sep. Stram.
Wm. Jefferson Guernsey, M. D.
4430 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
REPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS.
John V. Allen, M. D., Philadelphia.
Labor-Pains.
Abdomen, with cutting pains from before backward and up
ward, in — Gels.
« « " ^ " in— Phos.
" " cramps in, and shooting down the legi
Viburnum.
" " weak feeling in — Phos., Sepia.
292 KEPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. [July,
Air, must liave fresh, cool — ^Pulsatilla, Cham.
Amniotic fluid goue, with — Bell.
Anguish, with — Nat. carb.. Aeon.
Appearing and disappearing suddenly — Bell.
Back, pains begin in, and pass off down the buttocks —
Kali carb.
" go up to — Gels.
" cutting across lumbar region — Kali carb.
" worse in — Nux vom., Caust.
Bear, which she can hardly — Cham.
Belching, with relief by — Kali carb.
Body cool, with — Am.
Bruised feeling in body, with — Am.
Breathing deeply, with — Ignatia.
Ceasing — Bell., Cham., Carb. veg., Cauloph,, Cimicif., Gels.,
Graph., Kali c, Nat. mur., Nux-vom., Op., Plat.,
Puis., Ruta, Sepia, Secale., Sulph., Thuja.
" from hflemorrhage — China.
" " violent diseases — Carb. veg.
Cessation of (entii'e) — Cimicif., Guare.
Cervix, with needle-like pain in — Caul.
" " shooting in, extending upward — Sep.
Chest, go up to— G^ls.
Cramps in lower extremities, with — Cuprum.
Contraction, hour-glass with — Bell., Cham.
Convulsions, with — China, Secale.
" hysterical interrupt the — Mag. mur.
Covered, will not be during — Camph., Se^le.
Cutting — ^Gels., Ipec., Phos.
Darting — Ipec.
Distress, with great — Aeon.
Distressing — Aeon., Arn., Aurum., Bell., Cham., Cimicif.,
Coffea., Con., Gels., Kali c. Lye, Nux-vom.,
Phos., Plat., Sep., Secale.
Death, with extreme fear of — ^Acon., Coffea.
Desperate, make her — Aurum.
Drowsiness, with — Nux-mos.
Dryness of parts, with — Aeon.
Dyspnoea, with — Puis.
Endure, she cannot — Cham.
Eructations violent, with — Borax.
Eyes injected, with — Opium.
Exhaust her — Verat. alb.
" " she is out of breath — Stannum,
1889.] REPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. 293
Exhaustion, from long protracted labor — Caul.
Face flushes up red, with — Am., Ferrum.
" hot, with— Bell.
" dark red, with — Op.
Fainting, with — China, Cimicif., Ipec. Mag. mur., Nux-
vom., Nux-mos., Puis., Secale.
Fainting, every pain causes — Nux-voni.
" from least motion, during — Verat. alb.
Fever, with — Caul.
Frantic, which render her — Cham.
Foot against a support, and pushing and relaxing alternately ;
relief by — Lye.
Forebodings, with Nat. mur.
False — Caul., Nux-vom., Viburnum.
Grief — Caust.
Hands touched, cannot bear to have, during — China.
Hsemorrhage, with — China.
Hard one, with several light ones after long interval —
Coccul.
Head hot, with — ^Arnica.
" congestion to, with — ^Aurum.
Headache throbbing, with — Bell., Coccul.
Heart, palpitation of, with — ^Aurum., Puis.
Ineffectual — Coffea, Plat., Puis.
Inefficient — Aeon., Bell., Caust., Gossypium, Ustilago.
Insupportably — Coffea.
Interrupted — Platina.
Irr^ular — ^thusa cyn., Caul., Coccul., Cup., Nux-mos.,
Puis., Secale.
Irritability, with — Cham.
Jarring of bed, sensitive to — Bell.
Jerking, with — Opium.
Lamenting, with— Coffea.
Legs, with numb and paralyzed feeling in — Coccul.
" " shooting down the — Viburnum.
" " tearing down the — Cham.
Light, sensitive to, with — Bell.
Lingering, almost painless — Gossypium.
Located, not rightly — Cimicif.
Moaning, with — ^Acon.
Motion, must keep in constant — Lycop.
Nausea, with — Ipec., Mag. mur.
Needle-like — Sepia.
Noise, sensitive to, with — Bell., Cimicif.
294 KEPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. [Jul^,
Os uteri. Contraction, spasmodic, with — Bell.
" Dry, with — Aeon., Bell.
" Dilated, but patient has become tired and fretful,
with — Caust.
" Dilatable with — ^Ustilago.
" Hot, with— Bell.
" Rigidity, with — Caul., Cham.^ Cimicif., Conium.,
Gels.
" Soft, with— Ustilago.
Painful — Platina.
Pains similar to — Cham., Camph., Juni., Kreos.
Perspiration, with — Nat. carb.
Progress slowly — Caul., Nat. mur., Puis.
Prolonged and forcing — Secale.
Pulse weak, with — Secale.
Relaxed, everything seems, during — Secale.
Rapid succession, follow in — Aeon.
Restlessness, with — Aeon., Arn.
" " between pains — Cup.
Rubbed, desire to be, which relieves, daring — ^Nat. carb.
Sacrum, with only slight pressure on — Bell.
Sluggish — Puis.
Severe — Cimicif., Coffea.
Sharp— Kali carb.
Short — Caul.
Shivers, with (in first stage) — Cimicif.
Shrieks, with — Cham.
Shuddering during, wants to be covered — Sepia.
Skin cold, with — Camph., Secale.
Sleeplessneas, with — Mag. mur.
Sleepiness (drowsy) with — Nux-mos., Opium,
Slow — Bell., Con., Nux-mos.
Sopor, with — Op.
Soreness all over, with — ^Arn., Ruta.
Spiteful ness, with — Cham.
Spasmodic — Caul., Cham., Cimicif., Caust., Coccul., Conium,
Cup., Nux-vom., Nux-mos., Plat., Puis., Stannum.
Stool, with urging to — Nux-vom.
" retention of, with — Op.
Strong, too — Bell., Cham., Coff., Con., Nux-vom., Puis.,
Secale.
Sudden— Bell.
Suppressed — Nux-mos.
" from fear — Op.
1889.] REPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. 295
Suppressed from fright — Op.
Tearing — Cimicif., Cham.
Tedious — Bell., Cimicif.
Tardy— Gels.
Tenderness of parts, with — ^Acon.
Thirst, with— Caul.
Touched, cannot bear to be, during — China.
Tumor, with — ^Nat. carb.
Twitching, with — Op.
Undilatable parts, with — Aeon.
Umbilicus, cutting about, darting toward uterus — Ipec.
Upward, go— Lye.
Urinate, with urging to^Nux-vom.
Urine, with retention of — Op.
Vagina, dry, with — ^Acon., Bell.
" rigidity of, with — Ars.
" sensitiveness of, interrupt — Platina.
Vulva, dry, with — Aeon.
Vertigo on turning in bed, with — Conium.
Violent, but do little good — Arnica, Caul., Coff., Phos., Plat.
Weeping, with — Coffea, Lye, Nat-mur., Puis.
Window, with desire to jump out of — Aurura.
" ^' " " have open — Puis.
Weak, too — Arn., JEthusa, Bell., Cann., Caul., Cimicif.,
Gels., Kali carb., Opium, Puis., Secale; Also — Borax, Camph.,
Carb-veg., Cham., Cocc, Graph., Ign., Lye, Mag-mur., Nat-
mur., Nux-mos., Nux-vom., Plat., Ruta, Sep., Sulph., Thuja.
Weak, patient very — ^Caul.
Women, in corpulent — Graph.
" " tall, slender— Phos.
" " cachectic — Secale.
" " blonde — ^Viburuum.
After-Pains.
Abdomen, spasmodic across lower, extends into groins — Caul.
" violent in — Ferrum.
** with sensitiveness of — Sabina.
Air, wants fresh — Cham.
Anus, with constant sense of weight in — Sepia.
Back, felt mostly in — Sepia.
" with bearing down or forcing in — Sep.
'' stitching and shooting pains in, going down to gluteal
region or hips — -Kali carb.
bearing down, with strong — Podoph.
296 REPERTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. . [July,
*
Breathing, excited by — Bry.
Covered, aversion to being, though Burfaoe cold — Secale.
** relief by being — Rhus tox.
Cramping — Cuprum, Coloc.
" in calves — Rhus tox.
" " extremities, causing — Cup.
Delirium, with — Hyoscy.
Delivery, after instrumental — Hypericum.
Death, with extreme fear of — Aeon., Coff.
Despondency, with — Ign.
Distressing — Cham., Coff., Cup-met.
Endure them, she cannot — Cham.
Evening, worse in — Puis.
Extending from left to right — Conium.
Face fiery red, with — Ferrum.
Faint, weak feelings, with — Sulph.
Feelings changeable, now better, now worse, with — Puis.
Fingers, causing cramp in — Cup.
Flatulency with — Podoph., Nux-mos.
Forcing, as if contents of pelvis would be forced through
vulva — ^Bell.
Groins, extends to — Caul., Cimicif.
Headache agonizing, with sensation as though the face was
drawn toward root of nose, then backward toward occiput, as
if by a string; eyeballs painful and sore to the slightest attempt
at motion — Paris quad.
Headache severe in right side back of orbit, with — Cimicif.,
" with — Ferrum.
Heat, with flashes of — Sepia, Sulph., Podoph.
Intense, with imperfect contractions of uterus — Paris quad.
Jerking, with — Hyos.
Long, too— Puis.
Lochia brown and thin — Secale.
" dark-colored, with^^ham.
Lochial discharge which seems hot, with — Bell.
" " increased with each pain — Bell.,Xanthoxy-
1am.
" " scanty — Sulph.
" " Suppression of, entire — Paris quad.
Labor-like, with discharge of partly fluid and partly clotted
blood — Ferrum.
Loins, violent in — ^Ferrum.
Low-spiritedness, with — Cimicif.
Motion, excited by — Bry.
1889.] ' BEPEBTORY TO LABOR AND AFTER PAINS. 297
Motion, relief by — Rhus tox.
Multipara, in — Cuprum.
Nausea and vomiting, with— Ciraicif.
Night, worse at, hardly any during the day — Bhus-tox.
Nursing excites — ^Conium, Am.
Over-sensitiveness, with — Cimieif.
Painful, too— Aeon.
Prolonged — ^Acon., Secale,
Protracted labor, after — Caul.
" too— Nux-vom.
Pubes, pains from sacrum to — Sabina.
Restlessness, with — Cimicif., Puis.
Sacrum and hips, with severe headache, violent in — Hy-
pericum.
" to knees and ankles, thence up to sacrum, jerks
here and there ; from — Phyto.
Sadness, with — Im.
Sensitiveness to tne pains, with — Cimicif.
Severe, too, and too long lasting — ^Gels.
Shuddering, frequent, with — Ferrum,
Sighing, with much — Ign.
Sleep, cannot compose themselves to — Gels.
" prevented through sleepy. — Coffea.
Sleeplessness, with — Cimicif.
Soreness in uterine region, so that she dreads to be disturbed,
with — Nux-vom.
Spasmodio-rHyos.
" across lower abdomen — Caul.
Stool, with desire for, with every pain — Nux-vom., Paris
quad.
Tenderness to pressure, uterus does not contract properly,
witn — Cimicif.
Thighs, from sacrum around the pubes and down the —
Sulph.
" shooting down the — Lac caninum,
" extending down the anterior of — Xanthoxylum.
Toes, causing cramp in — Cuprum.
Trembling feeling all over, sense of, without trembling —
Sulph, add.
Twitching, with — Hyos.
Vagina, with pains shooting upward in— Sepia.
Vertigo with — Ferrum.
Violent, too— Nux-vom., Puis.
Warm room, like to have — Nux-vom.
20
IN PRAISE OF CALENDULA.
[I. H. A., June, 1889.]
On the night of July 4th, 1887, while riding on the rear
platform of a car, on his way home from Astoria to Brooklyn,
Chas. L., twenty-three years old, felt a trickling on his cheek,
which on wiping he found to be blood. This was the first
intimation he had that he had been shot in the right eye by a
fellow-passenger who had been amusing himself during the trip
by the repeat^ firing of a pistol. Charles L. was so frightened
by the discovery — thinking if he had been shot he must surely
die — that he fainted. He was taken to the police station, where
his wound was dressed, then his home, meanwhile he had re-
covered consciousness.
I saw him the following morning about nine o'clock ; he was
suffering great pain in the eye, and was unable to sleep. I re-
moved the dressing which were of the popular antiseptic order.
Cleaned the wound of the iodoform powder and carbolic mixture.
The part, wounded had lost all resemblance to an eye, the eye-
ball being completely obscured by a mass of mangled, swollen
conjunctiva which protruded so as to hide the lids, making the
whole look like a lump of raw meat.
After applying diluted Calendula, and giving Arnica inter-
nally— the effect of the shock seeming to indicate it — I found
him next day free from pain, and more quiet mentally. Con-
tinued the treatment minus the Arnica.
Next day the swelling was greatly reduced, no suffering, and
only complaining of sleepiness, with inability to sleep, which a
dose of Belladonna removed entirely. I made no more visits,
gave no more medicine, only continuing the application of Cal-
endula.
The patient saw me on the sixth day. Said he was perfectly
well, and free from pain, but could not see out of the wounded eye.
The eye was restored to the normal size, showing a dull surface
over whole eyeball, the wound perfectly healed, but a horizon-
tal line about a Quarter of an inch long, was perceptible outside
the irLs. I sent him to the New York Ophthalmic Hospital,
where the eye was removed on the eighth day from the accident.
In the orbit was found a ball of 38-calibre. In three weeks
from time of accident the patient returned to his work, and has
suffered no inconvenience since.
298
July, 1889.] THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. 299
The Calendula was continued at the hospital after removing
the eye, and there can be no doubt that to its specific action on
mangled and torn surfaces is due the freedom from pain, the
rapid healing and quick recovery which characterized this case
both before and after the ball was extracted.
Alice B. Cakpbell.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORGANON SOCIETY OF
BOSTON.
Meeting of Organon Society, April 11th, 1889.*
Dr. Wesselhceft read from the Organon, beginning at Section
152.
Section 152 — Dr. Wesselhceft — That is, the more acute a
disease, the more striking the symptoms.
Dr. Bell — Sometimes they are not so characteristic as in
typhoid, when the system seems overpowered by the disease.
Dr. Defriez — We often have to go by objective symptoms
alone, when the system is so overpowered as in diphtheria.
Section 153 — ^Dr. Wesselhceft — This is one of the most in-
stroctive paragraphs in the Organon. Often young beginners,
ill reading the Materia 3Iedica, will say that one remedy is
exactly like the others, that all the organs of the body are
affected by every remedy. But the characteristics and conditions
are whdt must be taken into consideration. For a diagnosis of
disease these peculiar and individual symptoms are not essential,
but in diagnosing the remedy, an entirely different process, they
are most important. For instance, two cases of acute rheumatism,
ID one the patient cannot bear to have the limb remain in one
position, must have it changed frequently ; the other patient
cannot bear to have his limb moved a particle one way, has
little thirst, and during the sweat must be covered up ; the other
may be thirsty for large quantities, in a profuse sweat, and
throws the clothes off. The diagnosis is tne same, but the
remedy in each entirely different. In diagnosing a disease we
have nothing to do with diagnosing the remedy, and the
diagnosis is important in regard to the prognosis, diet, etc., but
for diagnosing the remedy the name of the disease has nothing
to do with it.
Dr. Bell — I would not attempt to practice Homceopathy if
this were not so. Every case Ls a new case, and the moment we
get characteristic symptoms we have something to work from',
X
300 THE BOSTON OEGANON SOCIETY. [July,
a patient that complains of sleeplessness^ dizziness, presents
nothing, and is a complete waste like a desert. Taiie vertigo,
there is a list of remedies as long as your arm, but a patient, as
in a recent case, that is dizzy going up-stairs and in the open
air gives us the characteristics of the remedy. I sympathize
with students; all remedies must seem alike to them, but any
man or woman who accepts this paragraph will succeed even if
they give the third potency, and they will go higher, but if they
do not accept it they will only succeed by mistake. The real
difficulty is that physicians do not notice these character-
istic symptoms enough ; the patient may not complain of them,
and they do not reside in any special sphere. A child two years
of age was ill with pneumonia, there was a constant rolling of
the head; this led to the study of Podophyllum, which cured the
case. We cannot have this paragraph enough impressed upon
every dne of us; it is one of the great fundamentals in the art of
prescribing.
Dr. Defriez — I had a case of dyspepsia lately that had been
patched up several times by so-called homoeopathic treatment.
A curious symptom was the sensation of a piece of ice in the
pit of the stomach. He received Bovista, and the next morning
had a good appetite, and there has l^een no return of the dys-
peptic symptoms.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — A great diflBculty that young men have to
contend with is that the patient says he don't want an)'lhing for
his piles. He wants something for his stomach. Every young
man who gives a remedy to such a patient without regard for
this paragraph prostitutes his art every time.
Dr. Bell — Patients seem to be most disturbed by a disturb-
ance of function ; they want that cured and then they will get
well afterward.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — The patients are not so much to blame per-
haps. They are taught this, " how c^n I get well until this
hemorrhoid ceases to bleed, and my bowels move ?"
The most harmful examples of this sort of thing, are the
ideas that they must sleep ; they must not suflTer pain, and they
must have a stool every day. These are three most tremen-
dous lies, and have put more patients under ground than any-
thing else. Homoeopathy says you must suffer pain in order
that we may get a remedy to cure it.
This is the sort of thing we have to contend with ; every
chronic patient needs a lecture, usually about the bowels.
What mischief the rectal diseases are doing now ! Every-
body is making an attack upon the piles ; these are very im-
1839.] THE BOSTON ORGANON SOCIETY. 301
portant in the selection of a remedy, and if interfered with by
operative measures will complicate the ease very much. We
often have to ask what the characteristics of the piles were be-
fore interference, and the suppressed symptoms will often help
in selecting the remedy.
Dr. Bell — Dr. Wesselhceft^s remark about the patient's wish-
ing to be relieved from pain reminds me of a case of neuralgia
that came in this evening. He wished the pain stopped to-
night surely. I said it could be done ; we could cut his head
off.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — Physicians will sometimes give a patient a
remedy so he can "go somewhere to-night/' but such physicians
can have no love for their art.
Dr. Defriez — It seems as if homoeopathic physicians did not
talk enough to their patients of what Homoeopathy really is.
Section 154 — Dr. Wesselhoeft — Hahnemann says that if we are
fortunate enough to have a case with characteristic symptoms
from which we have repeatedly seen results, we know that the
remedy should be given, and should be let alone to do its work.
Dr. Bell — One portion of our school derides the observation
of modalities, and are now trying to get a pathological materia
medica, which would cut out these two paragraphs.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — These two of the most important para-
graphs are to be left out, and a materia medica made to suit
pathological conditions.
Dr. Cobb — I had a case of colic in which I gave one dose of
a well indicated remedy. The next day she was sitting up and
soon recovered. She said that under Morphine treatment she
was usually sick five or six weeks with attacks of the same
severity.
Dr. Weaselhoeft — How many of this class of cases do we have
that do not recover as readily as this ; what then ? W^e must
tell them that if they allow us to take them through the
colic with strict homoeopathic treatment they will not have the
attacks as often or as severely hereafter; we can assure them of
this with perfect confidence.
Dr. Bell — A recent case was that of a young lady with dark
eyes and hair, pale, has been sick since an attack of measles two
years ago. Her menses since then have been too early and pro-
fuse, and she had now been flowing seven weeks, bright-red dis-
charge ; painless, agg. on rising from a seat and walking about.
Examination show^e<l a perfectly normal condition. She had
been taking hot douches with temporary relief; her appetite was
poor. She craved sour things^ and had been taking ii*on in con-
^
302 BOENNINGBAUSEN'S CROUP POWDERS. [July,
siderable quantities. I gave Puis.*'" . The flowing stopped the
next day, and the next report was that the next menstruation
was perfectly normal.
Dr. Wesselhoeft — This is a very interesting case, as Puis, is
usually thought of with scanty menstruation, but it is one of
the most important remedies for the sequelsDof measles.
S. A. Kimball, Secretary.
BCENNINGHAUSEN'S CROUP POWDERS.
" I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.'^ I appeal
from Dr. Wells as the apologist of doubtful practice to P. P.
Wells, the valiant defender of true Homoeopathy. In my first
paper criticizing Dr. Wells's advocacy of Bgenninghausen's
croup powders, I stated that I had received the impression
that they were intended for domestic use. I will now quote
from Boenuinghausen's Aphm^ismen dea HippokraieSi page 403 :
^^ It is, therefore, advisable to keep the remedies always on hand,
as they are always the same, do not deteriorate in keeping, and
are for the commencement always Uie same, and more particularly
because the disease (croup), is accustomed to make its appearance
usually in the evening, late or in tiie middle of the night, when
delay and loss of time are unavoidable. And it may be added,
the remedies prepared in the most appropriate smallest doses
can never do any Iiarm if at first the true croup is not present."
Ill the next paragraph he mentions thirteen otlier remedies that
may be indicated in neglected cases. In further confirmation I
will quote Carroll Dunham, American Homceopathic Review, vol.
Ill, page 536 : " It is well known that Dr. Boenninghausen does
not visit his cases, but prescribes chiefly in his office." I ad-
mitted that, at that time. Aconite being the epidemic remedy, it
was indicated in the beginning of all cases of croup. But it does
not follow that it is the remedy now, any more than l)ecause
Hahnemann cured a great many cases of typhus fever in 1813
with Bryonia and Rhus they are to be given in all cases of
typhus at the present, and, moreover, it doesn't follow that, be-
cause for domestic use. Aconite, Hepar, and Spongia were re-
commended that physicians should give nothing else.
The venerable Doctor says, ** There are names of sickness
which, when spoken, present to the mind a picture which is so
perfectly repeated in the successive examples of this sickness,
that the name contains in it, to the intelligent mind, a more or
less complete expression of the totality of the phenomena of that
1889.] BCENXINQHAUSEN'S CKOUP POWDERS. 303
sickness.'^ Let me place next to this a Quotation of that staunch
defender of true Homoeopathy^ Aaolph Lippe^ American
Homoeopathic BevieWf vol. Ill, page 148 : " The true physician
will never be guided by the name of the disease or by the patho-
logical condition of the diseased organ in the choice of the
remedy." And, on the next page, " no one familiar with
Homoeopathy can believe in specific medicines for specific dis-
eases."
It might be embarrassing to the venerable defender of pure
Homoeopathy to employ the same phrases used by the polypaths,
for that is the way they justify their unhomoeopathic practices.
I will now describe cases of croup which I have cured by
other remedies than are in Boenninghausen's powders, and ask
your venerable correspondent how he would treat them. The
little patient lies perfectly still, owing to the pains caused by
the slightest movement. He breathes very superficially and
restrains the desire to cough as long as possible, and cries or at
least distorts his face when he can no longer avoid it. Or a case in
which the patient changes his position constantly, not from
mental anxiety but because movement gives temporary relief,
and, after the case has continued long enough for their develop-
ment, herpes cover the lips ; or when the saliva runs constantly
from his mouth, or, if old enough, spits all the time. I might go
on and describe other cases I have seen to which I gave Lachesis
or Tartar emetic. In all of these cases the diagnosis of mem-
braneous croup was clear. But, for fear my testimony may be
impugned, I will give the evidence of one whom Dr. Wells
will not presume to deny. (See Guernsey's Obstetrics, third
edition, page 816) : '^ Chamomilla ; with this unusual remedy I
once cured a very bad case of croup, when all other medicines
had failed to aiford relief, and I despaired of the child's life,
from observing very strongly marked in this case that character-
istic symptom of Chamomilla, the child must be carried up and
down the room for relief. I was led to give this remedy, which,
much to my delight, was followed by speedy recovery." It is
a fair presumption that Prof. G. had given Aconite, Hepar, and
Spongia.
I ask your venerable correspondent if in the above-mentioned
cases he would give Bcenninghausen's powders ? I have too
high an opinion of his skill and knowledge of Homoeopathy to
think he would. And I am of opinion that none of the four
hundred cases cured were such as I have delineated or like the
one mentioned by Guernsey, or they would not have all re-
covered. Hahnemann says, ^^ Every time that Aconite is chosen
304 BCENNINGHAUSEN'S CROUP POWDERS. [July,
as a bomceopathic remedy it is especially necessary to regard
the moral (mental) symptoms^ and be careful that they resemble
those which belong to it/' I have seen many cases of croup
which did not have mental anxiety and restlessness which,
Hahnemann says, is necessary to justify the administration of
Aconite.
For the information of myself and others, will Dr. Wells be
kind enough to give us the names of those diseases which are
exceptions to Hahnemann's instructions that we must not pre-
scribe for the names of diseases? as in a careful study of the
works of Hahnemann I have never seen any mentioned.
I will now proceed to my second point, viz. : It (giving Been-
ninghausen's powders) is an alternation of remedies.
I will quote Dunham as to the definition of alternation and
succession of remedies, as the venerable Doctor says that " I am
intelligent enough to recognize the difference between guccession
and ^ alternation.' " American Homoeopathic Review^ vol. Ill, p.
530 : ^^Alternation and succession of remedies are not generally
understood to be identical processes. By alternation we think
practitioners generally understand the prescription at one and the
same time of two or more remedies to follow each other at short
intervals, the symptoms of these remedies taken oltogetlier being
thought to cover the symptoms of the case more completely
than those of either remedy aJone would do. The prescrip-
tion is the result of one single examination of the patient and
of one single comparison of the symptoms with the materia
medica.
* ^^ But when a succession of remedies is given in either an
acute or chronic disease, the understanding is that the first
remedy, having been carefully selected, is allowed to exhaust its
action alone, and then a collection of the symptoms which the
patient then presents is made, and the case is prescribed for
afresh, almost as if it were a new case, and this process is re-
peated, each new prescription being the subject of a new study
until the case is cured. Such a process is equivalent to pre-
scribing for a number of new and independent cases, and it is
evidently not incompatible with the theory of a true homoeo-
pathic prescription.''
I acknowledge that further on in that paper Dunham attempts
to prove that the administration of Boenuinghausen's powders is
" successive," but, with all my respect for him, I am of opinion
that he makes a miserable failure of it. I ask Dr. Wells to
make use of these definitions in deciding on whether or not
such prescribing is alternation.
1S89.] OBITUARY— MRS. WILLIAM A. HAWLEY. 305
In regard to my third pointy viz., '* It is not the most success-
ful way of curing croup."
The Doctor asks if I have a more successful record to present
of curing croup. No, I have not so large a number — perhaps
fifty without a aeath in Hahnemann's way — while with Boenning-
hausen's I have had several fatal results. But, Yankee-like,- let
roe ask the Doctor another question : Hahnemann cured one hun*
dred and eighty-seven cases of typhus with Rhus and Bryonia
without a death ; has the Doctor a better way ? I will give an
answer he has already written in that monograph on " Typhoid
Fever," which will carry his name down to the latest posterity.
I quote from the Amet'ican Homoeopathic Review ^ vol. Ill, page
391 : "We are not to alternate remeaies * * * and are to neither
give nor to alternate Bry. and Rhus because it is typhoid fever."
But he now says we are to give Aconite, Hepar, and Spongia
because it is croup. I ask your valued correspondent if that is
not making a fine distinction, and I am willing that the many
true Hahnemannians who read The Homoeopathic Physician
shall decide whether or not Dr. Wells is consistent.
I owe much to your veteran correspondent for the many
noble defenses he has made of true Homoeopathy. His mono-
graphs on diarrhoea, dysentery, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, and
other papers, with those of the genial Carroll Dunham, guided
my erring footsteps into that path in which Hahnemann led.
And I fee) almost guilty of presumption in thus pointing out
what I believe is not in accordance with the precepts which I
have learned from him. And I would not have done it at all
but for my failure with Boenninghausen's powders in saving
sweet young lives from going out in death, and which I believe
might and ought to have been saved. And that I have since
found a surer way, Hahnemann's way,
A. McNeil.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. William A. Hawley.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Willard, wife of Dr. William A. Hawley,
after an illness of several months, died June 23d. Mrs.
Hawley was born in Lancaster, Mass., June 2d, 1820. She
spent several years in Kentucky as a teacher, and was married
to Dr. Hawley in 1851, In 1861 Dr. Hawley came to Syra-
cuse, and during all the years since that time Mrs. Hawley haa
been known and loved by a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Hawley
306 SODIUM ETHYLATK [Julj,
came of a well-known New England family of thoaghtful and
educated people, many of whom have been eminent as teachers
and clergymen. She was a lady of fine endowments, good
education, and extensive reading and observation, and has done,
faithfully, her share in keeping up the standard of thinking and
living among the people whom she knew. Three children sur-
vive, Mrs. Flora C. Howes, living in Holyoke, Mass., William
A., of Pittsburg, Pa., and Miss Mary E. Hawley, of Syracuse.
SODIUM ETHYLATE.
George H. Clark, M. D., Germantown.
[Clinical Bureau, 1. 11. A.]
The treatment of nsevi and other vascular tumors by the
knife, the cautery, electrolysis, and the common caustics is
always unsatisfactory.
Aside from the pain caused, there is usually a more or less
unsightly scar lefl.
It is desirable, particularly where such blemishes are found
on the face and other visible parts, that these unsightly defects
should be so treated as to cause a minimum of pain, with as little
scarring as possible.
To Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson, of London, we are in-
debted for two substances that meet these demands : Ethylate
of Sodium and Potassium Ethylate.
These substances are prepared as follows : Ethylate of Sod-
ium, or Sodium Alcohol, is made by treating absolute alcohol
with pure metallic sodium. Put one-half ounce rectified alco-
hol into a two-ounce test-tube, set up in a bath of cold water,
then add small pieces of pure metallic sodium. Hydrogen will
at once escape. Add sodium until the gas ceases to escape,
then warm in a bath of one hundred degrees, and add
a little more sodium until the gas again ceases to es-
cape, then cool down to fifty degrees and add one-half ounce
alcohol. It can be made more active by adding more sodium.
Dr. Kichardson says : ^' I find it good to increase the tem-
perature gradually as the action declines. At last there is ob-
tained a thick, nearly white product, which is a saturated so-
lution of sodium alcohol. '^ From this solution ethylate of
sodium crystallizes out in beautiful crystals, which are soluble
in pure alcohol.
The composition of sodium ethylate is C2 Hj 1 ^
Na /"•
" When it is brought into contact with water it is decom-
ISS'JJ SODIUM ETHYLATE. 307
posed, the sodium beooming o:cidized by the oxygen of the water
to form sodium hydrate, and the hydrogen of the water going
to reconstitute the common or ethylic alcohol.
''The change of ethylic alcohol. into sodium ethylate trans-
forms it from an irritant to a caustic. Laid on any parts of the
body, the sodium ethylate is comparatively inert, creating no
more change than the redness and tingling caused by common
alcohol ; but so soon as the part to wliich the substance is ap-
plied gives up a little water, the transformation I have described
above occurs ; caustic soda is produced in contact with the skin
in proportion as water is eliminated by the skin, and therefore a
gradual destruction of tissue proceeds, which may be so mode-
rated as hardly to be perceptible, or may be so intensified as to
destroy almost like a cutting instrument.'^
Potassium Alcohol, or Potassium Ethylate. This is made in
a similar manner to sodium ethylate, viz.: by bringing pure
potassium into contact with pure alcohol.
''The action of the potassium is much more energetic than
sodium. I prefer to immerse the potassium under the alcohol in
a small glass bell, from which there is a tube to allow of the
escape of the liberated hydrop^n. When saturation is complete
a thick and almost colorless fluid is formed, from which the
ethylate may be obtained in solid crystalline state. Exposed to
water the potassium ethylate is transformed, as is the sodium
ethylate, into ethylic alcohol and hydrate of potassium. The
composition of the potassium alcohol is C, H5 \ ^-v
" The action of this compound on animal tissues, living and
dead, is the same as that of the sodium compound, but is more
energetic. '*
My experience is confined to ethylate of sodium. I began
using it some eight years ago. The first case to which I applied
it was a lady with an aneurism on the nose. The growth was
about the size of a i)ea, and had been gradually increasing in
size. The ethylate was applied with a camelVhair brush. At
first no sensation was experienced, but in a few minutes slight
burning was felt. In forty-eight hours a light crust had
formed. This was allowed to fall off, which occurred in four days.
The ethylate was agnin applied, and again the crust was al-
lowed to form and fall off. After several such applications the
aneurism had disappeared, and there was no mark left to tell
that it had ever existed.
Since that I have used it several times, in cases of the same char-
acter, and it has always so acted as to leave nothing to be desired.
308 SODIUM ETHYLATE. [July,
In some cases it may be necessary to make a slight puncture
in the growth in order to have serum exude, and then the sodium
will act more quickly.
As has been stated above, the potassium ethylate is more
active than the sodium. In using potassium a glass rod is ne-
cessary, but a camel's-hair pencil or a small brush made of
a wooden toothpick answers for using the sodium.
Dr. Richardson's latest experience with the sodium ethylate
leads him to recommend it as a specific for the treatment of the
ordinary raised circumscribed nsevus. It is not applicable to
the diffused nsevus, commonly called mother's mark,
" In treating ncevus," skys Dr. Richardson, " I first dry the
surface with a piece of cotton wool ; then with a brush I thor-
oughly coat the dried surface with the solution. The appli-
cation causes, always, some effusion and redness, accompanied
by a little pain, expressed by those who are old enough to de-
scribe it as a burning sensation, like the sting of a bee or a
nettle. After a short time there is an exudation of water, in
drops, from the red surface, which exudation lasts for a few
minutes, and is followed by dryness, and sometimes by pallor
or duskineas of ap(>earance. In the course of four or five hours
a scab begins to form and continues until there is quite a hard
crust, which completely covers the nsevus, but through which the
soft vascular character of the swelling can be detected. After
the first crust is fully formed, I pass through it on the third day
a fine needle with cutting edges shaped like an old cataract needle,
and with this I break up the vascular surface underneath, and
on withdrawing the needle make firm pressure with lint on the
upper surface. A large drop or two of blood fiows out freely,
but further escape is easily controlled by a dossil of lint charged
with styptic colloid.
" When the bleeding has quite ceased a drop of the ethylate
solution is inoculated into the nsevus through the punctured
opening ; a new layer of it is painted over the crust and the crust
left as it was.
" The crust may be left four days more, and if, at that time,
the vascular softneas still remains under it, it must be treated bv
puncture and re-injection just as before. When at last the crust
feels firm and dry beneath the cure may be considered as com-
plete, and the crust mav be left to scale off by itself, leisurely.
" In the treatment of raised naevus by this plan, I have never
seen the least untoward symptom of moment, and, although some
cases have been rather more tedious than othei*s, there has not
been one failure of cure."
1889.] BOOK NOTICES AND KEVIEWS. 309
From tliis it will be readily seen that in sodium ethylate we
have a miid caustic which is capable of doing what nothing
heretofore known can do : mildly and gently remove, without
leaving a mark behind, unsightly blemishes that cause serious
annovauce and discomfort.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
Lectures on Bright's Disease. By Robert Saundby, M.
D. E<lin., with fifty illustrations. New York : E. B. Treat,
77 1 Broadway. 1 889. Price, ?2.76.
This book of 200 pages gires the present state of knowledge upon Bright's
Disease. It Is derived from an experience of thirteen years, devoted by the
author to the study of the subject of kidney changes.
The work is divided into three principal parts, or sections : I, General
pathology; I J, Clinical examination of the urine; III, Bright's Disease in
its history, classification, etiology, pathology, complications, and treatment.
The author very strongly insists upon the unreliability of the occurrence of
albumen in the urine as a diagnostic sign of Bright's. He gives the list of
diseased conditions other than Bright's in which albumen occurs:
Disetves of the heart, lungs, and liver; in peritonitis, pregnancy, abdominal tumors,
in mnet febrile and inflammatory diseases, many cases of poisoning, In cancer, tubercle,
and syphilis ; in lardMceous diBeaae. anemia, debility, dyspepsia, purpura, scurvy, after
paroxVsmal hnemoglobinurla, in gout, in delirium tremens, various diseases of brain
and spinal cord. Sn epilepsy, some nkin diseases, and m healthy persons after bathiuff.
exercise, etc. [Hemigiit oIsk) have added after the adminlsirution of chloroform.! All
these statCK may be arranged under the following groups : 1. Congestion of kidney
* • * 2. Inflammation, acute or chronic, inflammatory, z^nnotlc, and septic diseases,
in gout, chronic lead polM>ning, etc. 3. New growths, cancer, tubercle, or syphilitic de-
posito in the kidney. 4. Degenerations. 5. Alterations in the composition of the blood
as in purpura, scurvy, etc.
He then adds: "Liooked at in this way, the difSculties which have beset
the discussion of the significance of albuminuria melt away ; this result is
attained by the absoluU turrerAer of the doctrine that albuminurui signifies BrighVs
disease^ and the acceptance of the view that it is simplv the admixtnre of
albMmen derived from the blood serum with the urine." In another place he
says: "Whatever may have been the case twenty years ago, it cannot be
maintained now, and certainly i^ill not be admitted here, that albnirinuria
and Bright's disease are synonymous." He asserts that many cases of Bright'^
disease go on to termination without the occurrence of albuminuria. What,
then, does he depend upon for a constant diagnostic sign of Bright's? It is
the occurrence of the three kinds of tube casts in the urine: (1) Blood casts ;
(2) Epithelial casts ; (3) Hyaline casts.
In classifying the different varieties of Bright's disease, he abandons the
arrangements of Virchow, Rosenstein, Grainger Stewart, etc.. and gives the
following divisions : (I) Febrile nephritis; (2) Toxsemic nephritis; (3) Ob-
structive nephritis.
" Lardaceons or waxy kidney is not made a special gronp because it is only
when associated with chronic nephritis that it deserves to be called Bright's
disease. * * * The lardaceons kidney of most authors is chronic neph-
ritis as it occurs in chronic pyrexial diseases — «.^.,longstanding suppurations,
phthisis, etc., in which laraaceous degeneration may occur just as it may in
any form of chronic Bright's disease.''
310 BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS. [July,
In chapter foarteenth the complications of chronic Bright*6 disease are
dwelt upon an<l a table of them given. At the end of each chapter is giren
the bibliography of the subject treated in that chapter — an excellent arrange*
ment for the convenience of those readers who wish to be fully instructed in
all the authorities.
We can well recommend this book as giving, in a compact form, the latest
views upon the subject of nephritis. Of course^ the treatment advised will
not particularly commend itself to a homoeopathist. but that need not stand in
the way of his getting a very excellent and dear iaea of Idduey diseases as at
present understood. W. M. J.
The Efficacy of Filters and other means employed
TO PURrFY Drinking Water. A Bacteriological Study.
By Charles G. Currier, M. D. Repriuted from The Medical
News, April, 1889.
This pamphlet is of such great interest to all physicians that we are induced
to give a considerable r6ium^ of its contents. The author made practical and
exhaustive tests under the microscope of all the different materials used in
filters with a view of discovering how far they acted in arresting the passage
of harmful bacteria. His labors may be summed up thus:
When chemicals are used to destroy bacteria in water, they must be used in
such quantities that the water cannot be considered wholesome for drinking.
Boiling is a sure disinfectant, strongly insisted upon by the author.
Freezing does not destroy the bacteria to any great extent. Indeed, the
addition of ice to drinking-water is apt to introduce new forms of bacteria
contained in the ice.
Filters of charcoal^ sand, etc., of small area, passing large quantities of
water, are not efficacious in arresting bacteria. They only stop the visible
sediment and render the water clear to the eye ; hence their popularity. Yet
they do not prevent the bacteria from penetrating. Unexpectedly they actu-
ally increase the number of bacteria in the water that is filtered. The bacteria
simply lie in the interstices of such filters and propagate their species, which
then appear in the water in increased numbers. Ttiis is true of all substances
used as filters-— charcoal, sand, sponge, prepared cotton, filtering paper, porous
stone, porcelain, etc
Asbestos board was remarkably successful in almost completely arresting
the bacteria. Its value seemed to depend upon the fineness of the surface of
the board.
Stone and porcelain filters were successful for the first few days in arresting
the bacteria; but they, too, became charged, and then the bacteria appeared
in the filtered water in largely increased numbers. On the whole, no enectife
purification of water can be expected from filters on the small scale.
Though sand will not prevent bacteria from passing, yet if it be expressly
covered with a layer of silt, organic and inorganic material arrested by sand
from a large body of flowing water, a very successful filter can be made that
will effectually eliminate micro-organisms. Such filtering beds have been
sncoesufully worked in purifying the water of large cities. The filtering beds
of Berlin are a conspicuous example. They are constructed in the following
manner :
" Above the base of the filtering tanks is a layer of a foot of stones, frradnally becoming
smaller in sixe toward the upper surface, upon which Is coarse gravel to the height of a
foot or more : then upon this a little more than two feet of sand, which at the top is aa
fine as can be procured. When the iilter-bed has been flnesbly cleaned, as is found
necessary for it after being constantly u^ed for a week or so, purified water is slowly
backed into the filtering ranss fW)m be1o\r until this water, carrying up all the air vriih
it, has reached the top of the upper layer. Then the ordinary river (or lake) water is
1889 J NOTES AND NOTICES. 311
made to flow rery gently Id to the depth of a metre. This Is then allowed to stand for
twenty-four boum. The nitrugenous or other particles, coufervoid vegetation, and what-
ever else the water contains as sediment have then settled upon the upper portion of
the fine sand without sinking deeper* and a delicate film is formed, whica, with carefUl
inlet and gentle pressure (never to exceed two metres of water), retains nearly all the
bacteria of the water supplied, and prevents their passage, provided that the flow
through is very regiUar and slow (never more than three metres in a day). Nearly all
this separation of the bacteria Is produced by the sedimental matter retained on the
surface of the sand, so that, when the fllter slows from clogs:ing« it is found that less
than half an inch of the upper layer of sand need be removed."
Prof. Leeds is the originator of another plan of filtration on the large scale.
He adds a small portion of alum to the water to be filtered. The alum causes
the suspended particles of silt, together with the organic matter, to form a
deposit upon very fine sand through which the water is forced. The alum is
present in the proportion of one part to one hundred thousand parts of water
( 1 : 100,000), and could not be detected bjr ordinary chemical tests. The
author concludes:
" When filtering is really necessary, it is in general best for the community that it be
done carefVilly on the large scale through sand-beds, upon which a flne layer of organic
and inorganic matter is expressly produced by sedimentation, because of its valuable
action in holding back the great msjority of bacteria.
" A bad water Altered is less desirable than a pure water in its natural state. When,
therefore, filtration is employed because of real danger of infection, the filtered water
should, as a rule, be ftirtbermore boiled, as the entire absence of sediment and cloudi-
ness does not insure that the bacteria of disease may not have made their way through
the filter."
In this pamphlet the author ha& we think, given a dear and desirable pre-
sentation of the present status of the filter question. W. M. J.
The Eleventh Annual Announcement op the College
OP the New York Ophthalmic Hospital, for the Sessioa
of 1S89 and 1890, is received.
This collc^ teaches the treatment of eye diseases upon homceopathic
principles. The State of New York has granted it the right to confer the de-
gree : Oeuli tt Avri» Chirurgus, The professors are : Henry G. Houghton, M. D.,
Aural Patholo^ and Therapeutics; Sympathetic Ophthalmia; George S.
Norton, M. D^ Diseases of the Eetina and Optic Nerve ; Wm. E. Rounds, M. D.,
IMsoues of the Middle Ear and of Lids and Lachrymal Apparatus ; F. H.
Boyntnn, M. D., Diseases of the Bulbus and Orbit ; Affections of the Muscles ;
Chas. Dcndy, M. D., Diseases of the Lens and Humors of the Eye ; Ulaucoma ;
N. L. McBride, M. D., Refraction and Accommodation of the Eye ; Charles
C. Boyle, M. D., Diseases of Uveal Tract ; Relation of Diseases of the Eye to
General Diseases; A. B. Norton, M. D., Diseases of the Conjunctiva, Cornea,
and Sclera. From the above list of professorships it will be seen that a very
thorough instruction is given in the important suoject of Ophthalmology.
NOTES AND NOTICES.
Errata. — June number, page 259, under the heading " A Verification,''
for " left shoulder and down arm " read right ahovlder^ etc.
For ** Dr. George F. Foster*' read Dr. Ueorgt F, Foote, a palpable error.
For Sale.— a full set of eight volumes of The Homceopathic Phtsiciak
have been forwarded to us for sale. Price, $2.50 per volume. Single volumes
will not be sold. Money must accompany the order. Postage extra to foreign
312 NOTES AND NOTICES. [Julj, 1889.
connt'-ies. Address The Homceopathic Physiciah, 1123 Spruce Street,
Philadelpliia, Pa.
The American Public Health Association will holds its seventeenth annual
meeting at Brooklyn, N. Y., October 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th, 1889. The Ex-
ecutive Committee have selected the following topics for consideration at said
meeting: I. The Causes and Prevention of Infant Mortality. 11. Railway
Sanitation, (a) Heating and ventilation of railway passenger coaches, (b)
Water-supply, water-closets, etc. (c) Carrying passengers infected with com-
municable diseases. HI. Steamship Sanitation. IV. Methods of Scientific
Cooking. V. Yellow Fever, (a) The unprotected avenues through which
yellow fever is liable to be brought into the United States, (b) The sanitary
requirements necessary to render a town or city proof against an epidemic of
yellow fever, (c) Tlie course to be taken by local health authorities upon
the outbreak of yellow fever. VI. The Prevention and Restriction of Tuber-
culosis in Man. VII. Methods of Prevention of Diphtheria, with Results of
such Methods. Vlll. How far should Health Authorities be permitted to
apply known Preventive Measures for the control of Diphtheria. IX.
dompulsory Vaccination. X. Sanitation of Asylums, Prisons, Jails, and
other hleemosynary Institutions. Papers upon miscellaneous sanitary sub-
jects not included in the above list will be received by the Executive Com-
mittee, subject to the requirements of the By-Laws.
Depaetment of the Interior, Census Office,
Washington, D. C, May 1st, 1889.
To THE Medical Profession: — The various medical associations and the
medical profession will be glad to learn that Dr. John S. Billings, Surgeon
U. S. Army, has consented to take charge of the Report on the Mortality and
Vital Statistics of the United States as returned by the Eleventh Census. As
the United States has no system of registration of vital statistics, such as is
relied upon by other civilized nations for the purpose of ascertaining the actual
movement of population, our census affords theonly opportunity of obtainingnear
an approximate estimate of the birth and death rates of much the larger part of
the country, which is entirely unprovided with any satisfactory system of
State and municipal registration. In view of this, the Census OfBce, during
the month of May this year, will issue to the medical profession throughout
the country " Physicians' Registers'' for the purpoj^e of obtaining more accu-
rate returns of deaths than it is possible for the enumerators to make. It is
earnestly hoped that physicians in every part of the country will co-operate
with the Census Office in this important work. The record should be kept
from June Ist, 1889, to May 31st, 1890. Nearly 26.000 of these registration
books were filled up and returned to the office in 1880, and nearly nil of them
used for statistical purposes. It is hoped that double this number will be
obtained for the Eleventh Census. Physicians not receiving Registers can
obtain them by sending their names and addresses to the Census Office, and,
with the Register, an official envelope which requires no stamp will be pro-
vided for their return to Washington. U all medical and surgical practi-
tioners throughout the country will lend their aid, the mortalitv and vital
statistics of the Eleventh Census will be more comprehensive and complete
than they have ever been. Every physician should take a personal pride in
having this report as full and accurate as it is possible to make it. It is hereby
promised that all information obtained through this source shall be held
strictly confidential.
Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of Census.
THE
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF
HOHCEOPATHIC MATERIA HEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
If oar lohool ever give up the itriot Indaettye method of Hahaemapn, we
are lost, and deserve only to be mentioned as a oarlcatare In
the history of medldne."— constaktims hebing.
Vol. IX. AUGUST, 1889. No. 8.
SOME PRACTICAL HINTS UPON THE MANAGE-
MENT OF CHRONIC CASES.
[Extracted from proceedings I. H. A.]
At the recent meeting of the I. H. A., a p^per, written hy
Dr. Wm. P. Wesseihoeft, was read, entitled^ '* Practical Hints
in the Management of Chronic Cases." The paper was full of
just such practical hints as one would expect from one of Dr.
Wesselhoeft's medical experience and homceopathic knowledge.
He especially recommended that any prescription should be
given ample time to act that caused an improvement in the
patient's mental condition, also when the patient seemed to feel
more comfortable, even though, in either case, the physical signs
S3 yet showed no evidence of improvement. The discussion
which followed the reading of Dr. Wesselhoeft's paper is so in-
structive that we give it in full.
Dr. Butler — ^There are one or two points I desire to bring
out; and in order to do so I will relate the case of an old gentle-
man of most excellent habits^ but whose ancestors had probably
not been. A careful examination of his case revealed a history
of gout; he presented a perfect picture of the lithsemic diathesis;
he had been under the treatment of a noted homoeopathic
physician, more noted as a physician than as a homoeopathy
and under his treatment had received various internal and ex-
ternal applications, and so forth. On coming under my care he
complained of difficult locomotion. I thought (being seventy-
four years of age) it arose from the heart ; that in all probability
it was the weakness of old age. But careful examination showed
there was actual lack of oo-ordinatioh ; further examination
21 313
314 SOME PEACTICAL HINTS. [AogiMt,
showed lack of oo-ordination ; the left patellar reflex absent,
the right one much weakened. Closing the ejes showed that
he immediately staggered, and without aid would haVe fallen.
The symptoms indicated Belladonna. There were plenty of
Belladonna symptoms and he got Belladonna. The remark
that was made in the paper, "I feel better but I don't know
whether I only seem to be better, but I feel better," was veri-
fied here. I could not detect the slightest improvement in
his physical coridiiion, but his mental condition was decidedly
better. The single dose, in a high potency, and nothing more
for a month ; " and then he had a dandy attack of gout,'* though
he had not had gout for a number of years. Then I ascertained
that he had had symptoms of posterior spinal schlerosis after
the first attack of gout. The attack of gout was exceedingly
severe, and the indications were for Bryonia. What should I
have done ? The man was suffering severely ; he was suffering
in many ways, because the disease was of a virulent type ; all the
indications were for Bryonia. Was it my duty to wait for this
attack of gout to recover spontaneously, or under the influence
of Belladonna, or was I to relieve him of his present condition?
Dr. Bell — Wait ; I don't know ; wait.
Dr. Butler — I gave him a dose of Bryonia, and to my delight
the gout disappeared as if by magic ; and the peculiar symp-
toms (lack of co-ordination with loss of tendo reflex), when he
got better, which he did very fast, vanished; there was improve-
ment in his gait and return of the knee-jerk upon the left knee,
and reflex action was considerably improved. It is too early
to say what may be the result, but at this time he is decidedly
better, and has improved in his power of locomotion. That is
the point I wish to bring out ; when the old conditions reap-
pear, whether it is better to prescribe for them, or wail. It is a
difficult question to decide, and one which it is then necessary to
decide for the patient's benefit.
Dr. Long — ^Did the patient say he felt better?
Dr. Butler — During the attack of gout he did not complain
of feeling better.
Dr. Long — ^Was his mental condition and physical condition
improved ?
Dr. Butler — ^Yes, sir.
President — It is an interesting subject. I hope you will keep
it up.
Dr. H. C. Allen — I would like to know how many physicians
have seen disease of the heart result from rheumadc affection;
whether we have retrocessions involving the heart. I think I
have never seen a case.
1889.] SOME PRACTICAL HINTS. 316
Dr. W, J. H, Emory — If any one would give an answer to
Dr. Butler's question I should like to hear it.
Dr. H. C. Allen — ^I withdraw mine.
Dr. J. T. Kent — I have done just as Dr. Butler did a number
of times ; once in awhile it seemed to be acceptable^ but as a
rule it is a failure^ so I wait. I have partly succeeded for a
time^ but the rule has been it is a failure to give medicine at the
time he gave Bryonia. I am afraid to do it, for it complicates
the case, and there is the mistake that you often lose your reckon-
ing, because nobody knows so much about the patient as the doctor
that had him in charge. Dr. Butler had that case, I had not.
Dr. Bell — I believe I would have treated the case like Dr.
Butler, and for the life of me I cannot see why not. We can-
not indulge the sufiering of pain as severe as it was in this case;
and I think that Dr. Butler did right. I think it is a danger-
ous procedure to wait — it is dangerous ground. Treat pain
while we must, taking into consideration the conditions there
are, I think we are justifiable in using any remedy. I think
the remedy for his case is still acting. I don^t think it is de-
flected by the action of Bryonia. Now, as to the use of a rep-
ertory; this is the paper I was wanting. It had my commenda-
tion. I think it is a most excellent paper ; and the law of
Homoeopathy is that we are not simply following in the course
laid down by Hahnemann. Use your repertory, I never think
of going to see a patient without I have my repertory in my
satchel. I used, in 1863, to carry a phlebotomy case. I was
called to see a case of pleuro-pneumonia in a man who was of
^ery plethoric constitution. He was suiFering intensely, and lived
three miles away in the country, I got within a mile of the
house when I found I had forgotten ray phlebotomy instru-
ments. I went back and got .them, and the first thing I did was
to draw from that man half a gallon of blood — this was the
first case I ever treated. I am the same way now with my rep-
ertory. Prejudice it may be, but however simple the case you
must have your repertory. And it is the way you use your
repertory that tells. If you show ignorance you will fail. I
went one hundred and thirty-five miles into the country the
other day into a neighborhood where they did not know what
a homoeopath was. The first thing I did was to take my rep-
ertory, lay it on the table, and the next thing was to take my
medicine-case. I saw a symptom or two I did not know, and
I reached for my repertory and investigated my case, and gave
a good prescription. So we are not justifiable in leaving our rep*
ertories at home. You may just as well leave your medicines.
Dr. J. V. Allen — I am going back to Dr. Butler's case. I
316 SOME PBACTICAL HINXa [August,
think I remember that Dr. Lippe told me onoe in r^ard to
Apis : " We have now a proving of Apis." Before we had
Apis to cure an Apis case he said he would sometimes go alon^ '
with Sulphur for awhile, then for awhile with Rhus tox.^ ana
80 on. It took three remedies to cure a case which is now cured
by Apis alone^ He said each remedy would rid the patient of
certain symptoms, and another would have to be given. Dr.
Hering, in his Materia Mediea, mentions several complementary
remedies. Belladonna will go so far and Calc. carb. will have
to take it up and finish the case.
Dr. Hitchcock — I would like to ask Dr. Butler had this pa-
tient been under other homoeopathic treatment ?
Dr. Butler — No, sir ; the kind of homosopathic treatment he
had the less said about it the better. He got Colchicum be-
cause he could not rest^ if that is what you call homosopathic
treatment.
Dr. Hitchcock — ^The point I wish to make is that the Bella-
donna which was ^ven had counteracted the condition which
had been brought about by the use of various remedies, and so
the remedy which was curative, Brvonia cleared up the case.
Dr. Biegler — I am not prepared to say a great deal. The
point that I>r. Butler makes out appears to me to be one of
judgment — ^in fact, one of study and experience on the part of
the physician. However, I do make the rule of not interfering
with the remedy that has cleared up the mental condition when
I find the remedy has made the patient feel better, and he
knows not why, but the physical state remains. I never inter-
fere. I don't remember if I have done so of late. It may be
a long battle but it will be a successful one. The success will
be assured by the perseverance and by adhering to the passive
policy of not treating that case ( i. c, with BryoniaY Well, a
case may occur, such as Dr. Butler's, where, possibly, Bryonia
may have been the remedy, and you may not be prepared to
express an opinion whether the doctor was right or wrong in
his proceedings. But, I do wish to declare that the rule of not
interfering, that the observance by making it a rule in practice
of not interfering when the patient expresses himself to be better
— I do wish to express that as being the true policy to adhere to.
Dr. Long — ^This is a very interesting topic to me, and I cer-
tainly appreciate it, only it is impossible to bring an intelligent
view before another physician of your own patient, a familiar use
of your judgment, or expression of your judgment I should
like to ask one question. Hqw long did Dr. Butler wait?
Dr. Butler — ^Three days.
Dr. Long — We had the same question in our club in Philsr
1889.] SOME PRACTICAL HINTa 317
delphia a short time ago in regard to the totality of the symp-
toms, and each physician described what we mean by the totality
of the symptoms. Is it the whole duration of the sickness from
the very beginning of visiting your case back to the whole his-
tory of the case ; or is it only the expression of the chronic con-
dition^ just as it takes in all the sickness a man has ever had or
most probably had ; or is it the acute attack of the chronic con-
dition ? Dr. Butler prescribed for each attack of the chronic
oondition. We are unable to say how much of a cure is here
accomplished — ^time alone will tell. Had the patient's mental
condition improved and he yet had his physical ailment ? If
he had, Bryonia has done good.
Dr. Bell — I feel confident that Dr. Butler acted right ; both
mental &nd physical symptoms were changed^ and in accordance
with that change he gave Bryonia.
Dr. Fisher — If we have a case of that kind are we justified
in using local treatment, for instance, hot water alone? Is there
any danger of assuaging sufiering by such 'treatment as that?
Should Dr. Butler do anything whatever, or let the patient lie
in bed and say you will be better to-morrow ?
Dr. Butler — I gave lots of Sac. lac. and water. It is not my
intention to direct discussion from the subject of the paper.
Two points there ably presented seemed illustrated by this
<3ase, and for that reason I have presented it. First, the mental
improvement as a characteristic of remedial action and general
improvement. Second, the reappearance of old symptoms as a
«arety of curative drug action and the necessity for utmost care
in the next prescription. I know that the general rule is when
old symptoms reappear, iDaii, Do not repeat and do not change
your drug.
Dr. W. J. H. Emory — If Dr. Butler's case is disposed of, I
would like to say something in the line of the sequelse of attacks of
inflammatory rheumatism. I have a case in point I should like
to quote ; but, first of all, I would like to state that I have
never had any attack of heart trouble following attacks of rheu-
matism, and have never known of such a case from homosopathio
treatment. A case occurred in my practice two or three years
ago. The patient had, previously to my treating him, three
attacks of inflammatory rheumatism, and all under allopathic
treatment. After the last attack he found that his heart was
troubling him, and also during the acuteness of the attack he
noticed it. He came into my ofiice. He was a stout gentleman,
extremely nervous and frightened about his heart, saying he
had inflammatory rheumatism two or three years previous, and
318 SOME^PBACriCAL HINTS. [Aogos^
his heart had been troubling him more or less ever since. I
madea stethosoopic examination of the chest and heart, and found
a very distinct mitral r^urgitant murmur. I did not prescribe for
him that evening, and did not have time then, as the next
morning I was telephoned for to go and see him, and found he
was in for another attack of inflammatory rheumatism — his
right wrist was much swelled, and extremely sensitive, and he had
got also Chloroform and Laudanum, which he had been applying
all night. I at once stopped that, and prescribed for him —
Mercurius was the remedy. The aggravation at* night, extreme
restlessness, and becoming worse on getting warm in bed, and
chilliness on moving. I gave him Mercurius^, three doses
two hours apart, ana that was all the medicine he got, and he
progressed favorably every day. It went from the right to the
left wrist, and from there to the left ankle, but he suflered very
little in comparison with the former sufierings of the previous
attacks. This allopathic wrist was the last to get well, and
troubled him for two or three weeks. Afterward he came inta
my office one day, and I examined his heart, and the murmur
was gone, and since then he had had no return of the old heart
symptoms whatever, and before sailing for Europe he passed an
examination for life insurance for $50,000.
Dr, Kent — Dr. Allen's was a very important question — ^the
inference thathomoeopathictreatment would never permit rheuma-
tism to attack the heart. What is the homoeopathic treatment ?^
You may infer that we never make mistakes, but we do some^
times. I will tell you a case where I made a mistake, and
wherein I thought I was right beforehand, where I did antidote
my medicine and change my plan and remedy, which is
quite unusual with me in rheumatism. The case was one that
came into the hospital, and it is one of very rare occurrence
in practice, and a very peculiar one — a girl of about fourteen
years of age, and seemed to be weakly in constitution.
When I saw the case her fingers and toes were greatly dis-
tended and swollen, and she was so sore that no part of the
body could be moved ; even her thighs were distended, and her
knees and ankles greatly swollen, and could not bear to be
touched. I found out that the first evidence she had that
she was sick was from the heart feeling bad. She said she had
never been strong. While lifting a coal-bucket she felt a krick in
her back, and said she stopped, and could not carry the coal up*
stairs. The pain greatly increased, and extended to all the ex-
tremities, and swelling came on. I could not get any history of
cold, or taking cold, but found her in this condition. She was
relieved by heat. There was a great amount of soreness, and in-
Ui
1889.] SOME PRACmCAL HINTS. 319
tense aching^ which was ameliorated by turning in bed. Details
of the symptoms I am not able to give, bat Khus seemed to be
indicated ; she was a restless subject. I gave Khus^ and the
rheumatism disappeared from the lower extremities almost hy
magic in two days. There was cardiac murmur^ and the mental
mptoms were all violent^ and there was increased swelling of
e fingers ; she had to throw off all the clothes^ as she could
not tolerate heat. The whole thing was reversed, but accurate
symptoms had come on now, and after studying that case, Khus
seemed insu£Scient — ^it was not homoeopathic to it, yet it was in
accordance with the superficial symptoms of the case, and hence
in harmony with the paper. Finally, the third day, the rheuma-
tism passing upward with aggravation by heat, amelioration by
cold, led me to choose " Ledumy^ which in a few days wiped out
the symptoms of the entire attack.
Dr. H. C. Allen — Did that Rhus have any effect on the symp-
toms?
Dr, Kent — I think they became worse immediately lifter.
Dr. Allen — Were the symptoms all going up ?
Dr. Kent — ^The rheumatism went upwards.
Dr. Bi^ler — ^The case just illustrated by Dr. Kent brings up to
my mind a case I have now under treatment. It is a case of a boy,
twelve or thirteen, who has been subject to very bad inflammatory
attacks. He has had several in his life, ail of which I have
brought him through myself. This time his history is that he
fell off from a bicycle ; it was a very high one, and it was his
first ride, and he sustained severe concussion. Now, this case is
principally one of a constitutionally rheumatic subject ; the fall
came in as an element of disturbance, and it was not productive
of rheumatism, but was an element in the case, like Dr. Kent's
case. It was to my mind a case for Khus, which he received.
There was that aversion to cold, restlessness, and the amelioration
of symptoms by motion ; also, a condition of straining, for which
class of symptoms I gave Khus. The remedy failed, except that,
like Dr. Kent's case of rheumatism, it receded from the ankles,
where it first showed itself, to the upper extremities. There was
also the similar condition, aversion to heaty and marked inability
to lie down. He was obliged to sit up day and night; it was
the only position in which he could remain comfortable. But as
the rheumatism had commenced in the ankles and went upwards,
we will have taken it in sufficient time, and taking the slow and
sure course, I gave him Ledum, which failed entirely to relieve
him. These conditions remaining the same, only growing worse,
he suffered severely — and, by the way, had one of the toord organio
didurbances of the heart lever aaw him with. Pulsatilla relieved
320 ^ME PRACTICAL HINTS. [Aogoat,
hiuiy one dose almost immediately; but then^ from over-eating
and various other causes^ of .which I know nothine^ he had two
or three other relapses, and at one time he suffered such excru-
ciating pain in the region of the heart that I looked for other
remedies^ and found *' Kalmia.'^ I gave him a dose^ and he was
relieved within a wonderfully short time, I may say in almost a
few moments, and remained so ; but there again came a relapse
and the inability to lie down, so that Pulsatilla was again resorted
to^ with a similar effect, and to such an extent that he is fairly
convalescent. With one dose of Pulsatilla he recovered wonder-
fully well. What I wish to say is that I believe in h(mu3oopaihic
practice we may get organic affections of the heart from metadasie
of rheumatiem, but that we toe can cure them.
I am satisfied, from the examination I made the day before
yesterday of this boy, that it would take a very good ear of a
very good diagnostician to discover that that heart had ever been
affected. Dr. Schmitt has once or twice seen the boy ; he can
corroborate my statements as to the condition of his heart. If
we unfortunately in any case obtain heart complications from
metastasis of rheumatism, we must cure them, because we can do
it ; and I believe that even in young life, where the heart has
been left affected, where nothing has been done except in the old-
school fashion, afler the disease has become chronic and estab-
lished ; even this we can almost cure, and I have almost wished
to say we can cure. I have restored such cases to such an extent
that they are now called well, although it might be possible to
discern still some trace of valvular disease.
Dr. Sawyer — It seems that Dr. Butler had a Belladonna case.
Did Belladonna change that to a Bryonia ca<9e? It became clearly
a Bryonia case. Now, why ? Because this intensely acute case,
after standing three days (seventy-two hours^ without any change,
and not corresponding to the remedy preceding it, why it should
be held any longer on that remedy is past my comprehension.
The intensely acute condition is not changed in seventy-two
hours by the remedy ; is not changed by it at all ; so, if'^ there
had been no mistake in the Bryonia case (t. 6 , that is, in its being
a Bryonia case), he was quite right in giving Bryonia.
Dr. Bell — I would like to correct my own impression; he did
.wait. I think he waited long enough ; and certainly in accord-
ance with the laws of homoeopathies. I, however, had agreed
to the view previously taken. It seems to me it reauires greater
attention to materia medica on this ]K>int brought out in the
paper about Bryonia ; it teaches you not only the good to do,
but how to do it. There are cases ' where the younger practi-
tioners fail. Of course, it often becomes a question of judgments
1889.] SOME PRACTICAL HINTa 321
In r^ard to this particular case^ Hahnemann teaches that in a
chronic case^ when acute symptoms arise^ we take a new photo-
graph of the case, and I think it is in accordance with the prin-
ciple we are speaking about.
Dr. Schmitt — ^I think we have heard one of the best papers
we have heard for a long time ; but I never heard such a clear
explanation of the appreciation of symptoms as in this paper.
This point struck me especially — if the remedy causes any
symptoms that have not been indicated^ then read up your
Maieria Medica and find out if these symptoms belong t9 the
remedy, and if not it is acting wrong ; then select another
remedy. Now, very often Hahnemann does not explain as well
as Dr. Wesselhoefty and I have been misled in my practice ; and
when I thought it was a homoeopathic aggravation it was the
wrong action of the remedy and the patient suffered for two
weeks longer — and I thought here is an aggravation, and I
should have selected another remedy anyway. If I had known
that before I would have selected the right remedy two weeks
previously. I want to call your attention to that one point.
Dr. E. A. Ballard — ^Mr, President, it is just ignorance on the
point so well elucidated in that paper that has been mostly the
cause of spoiling a great many cases, and it has not been long
since I have done that. There is one point, however, I want to
speak of in respect to a case I have had recently. A lady
passing through theT climaxis six months ago for symptoms
of long standing and those that were very prominent, I gave a
dose of Lachesis, and the case was relieved ; then comes in the
truth of that paper. Again, in the neighborhood of a month
ago she came back to my of&ce, and the same symptoms were
prominent. I did not touch the case but gave Sac. lac, and she
went along well ; and she could not do without these Sac. lac.
powders; they always helped her. Afterward these symptoms
came up a third time ; I gave her nothing and they passed off.
I am speaking of this case, however, because I want to show
what a ^' bull '' I think I have made ; and that paper reminded
me of it. About two or three weeks ago she had an attack of
tonsillitis, which I did not know of before. She told me she
was in the habit of having these attacks frequently. She has
been under the ordinary homoeopathic treatment, the tonsillitis
goin^ along to suppuration almost without exception. This
attack showed Mercurius very decidedly ; she received a dose,
and in a few hours the attack was almost completely annihilated ;
but she sighs, ^' I have now the symptoms which I always had
with the previous attack, that is,'' she says, ^^ I want to sleep, but
as soon as I sink to sleep I wake up panting for breath, and it
j^
322 SOME PBACTICAL HINTS. [Aogoti^
seems to me that I had a tremendous hole in my left side^ and
my life went out through that hole." I did not interfere with
that case, but I said, If jou cannot sleep to-night and are no
better to-morrow (she could not lie down) let me know, and I
will endeavour to help you. But I am not interfering with
that symptom ; I am giving treatment for sore throat. That
symptom caused nothing; two weeks later it had passed away»
But here I have records of old Lachesis symptoms — many
symptoms which she had showed me, but entirely new — de-
cidedly Lachesis. I gave her a dose 1 1 mill. I am afraid I
have made a " bull " of it. I don't know.
Dr. Bell — Was that a symptom of Mercurius also ?
Dr. Ballard — I cannot find it and I did not interfere with
the symptoms at the time.
Dr. H. C, Allen — I think you will find it in the OvMing
Symptoms, under Merc, iodid.
Dr. Ballard — ^I think that it is interference in these cases that
has done a great deal of harm. These symptoms which are
entirely new — I mean to say, symptoms which belong to the
remedy — we say because of that we have made a wrong selection
and must give another remedy. It may answer in chronic cases^
but in acute cases we frequently find that after giving a dose,
perhaps not an aggravation of the symptoms wliich we have
covered, but an addition of others, which we cover by the other
remedy, and we made a mistake in giving it.
Dr. H. C. Allen — Dr. Biegler, I think, has misunderstood me.
I have never seen organic lesions of the heart under homoeopathic
treatment; I meant permanent. We can cure the trouble in the
heart just as well as anywhere else.
Dr. Long — I feel I have not done my duty in allowing that
assertion to go, for I had a patient die from organic heart dis-
ease, the result of rheumatism. It was a boy fifteen years of
•age, whom I treated for two weeks for gastritis, and he got
perfectly well. I was away on a week's vacation and on re-
turning found the boy out around, and on Sunday evening he
stopped to see me, and at eleven p. m. I was called to see that boy
die as I entere<l the room. He was undoubtedly dropsical ; he
was panting for breath and with every motion made, froth and
blood came from him, and he gasped his last as I entered the
room. Instead of giving the remedy I assisted the undertaker
to lay out the boy. On pressing the chest I removed fully a
quart of frothy water and blood from the mouth. The boy had
been around for two weeks and in my office, and was getting
fleshy and had complained of nothing. That boy died of hydro-
thorax and hydropericardium.
1889.] LETTER OF DR. NUNEZ. 323
Dr. Sawyer — ^What remedies were used ?
Dr. Long — ^The only remedy used in the case was Rhus. I
did not consider the boy very bad ; he seemed comparativeiy
well; and when I returned in February I was told he was welL
Dr. Bell — What is the conclusion of the case?
Dr. J. V. Allen — Dr. Long makes the statement that in lay-
ing out the boy after death and squeezing the chest a quantity
of bloody^ frothy mucus came away. I am not in the under-
taking business, but my father is, and I used to accompany him
to assist him, and we always squeezed the chest, and we sdways
got bloody, frothy mucus from the stomach, and as a rule there
will be this mucus from the mouth in every case.
LETTER OP DR. NCTNEZ TO DR. BCENNING-
HAUSEN.*
It is now a year since I last wrote you. Since then my views
and my practice have undergone great changes. You are right,
my friend ; the recently introduc^sd highest potencies are a real
progress in Homoeopathy, and I believe that this progress would
be still more considerable if we instituted our provings upon
the healthy body with the 200th potencies. You were right
when you assured me that the results which we can obtain
with the highest potencies, are truly marvelous. I am even dis-
posed to believe that the potencies beyond the 300th are more
efficacious than the 200th. Of the 300th, I have seen marked
exacebations.
In a former communication I told you of a marked exacerba-
tion occasioned by Calc.**, in a case of chronic myelitis, of
which the dean of the faculty of Barcelona was suffering. Since
then I have seen a still more marked exacerbation from CalcJ^
in a case of acne rosacea. With doses of Sepia^^ I have effected
a completed cure of chronic constipation of forty years' standing
in a lady of seventy-six years, which had become so inveterate
that the patient never had a natural evacuation, and had to use
mechanical application whenever she wished to have relief; the
rectum seemed to be entirely inactive. Since then I have cured
several other cases of chronic constipation with Sepio}^^ and
have never failed in any case of that kind. Arsenic^^ has
cured spitting of blood, accompanied with suppression of the
menses, obstinate constipation, burning pain in tne stomach and
between the scapulse, all these symptoms of four years' standing ;
* Written probftblj in 1846. Dr. Nanez was the ablest homoeopathist who
ever practiced in Spain. — Eds.
324 LETTER OF DB. NUNEZ. [Augoit,
one dose was sufficient to remove them. Nua^ and Sulphur""^
in alternation have cured two cases of tuberculous phthisis at
the stage of softening. One single dose of Ledum^ has cured
A case of sciatica which had been treated allopathicallj for six
months without the least benefit.* One dose of Sulphur^^ has
cured a diarrhoea of eighteen months' standings attended with
phthisicky symptoms ; the diarrhoea had been occasioned by the
abuse of Copaiva in a case of blennorrhoea from the urethra. One
dose of Cantharida^ was sufficient to cure a chronic catarrh
of the bladder with hsematuria and spasmodic closing of the neck
of the bladder. Three doses of Silicea}^ have cur^ a swelling
of the size of a plum in a scrofulous child of eleven years, occa-
sioned by the closing of an issue ; the swelling was seated be-
tween the fifth and sixth ribs on the right side below the nipple,
and had been treated with Hydriodate of Potash and poultices,
by which the swelling had become larger. One dose of Orocu/^
arrested at once a violent hemorrhage from the uterus. Ve-
raJturn^y two doses, has cured a case of diabetes with violent
thirst, obliging the patient to hold a moist sponge in his mouth
constantly. Three doses of Nairum mur.^ have cured two cases
of chronic gonorrhoea, one of fourteen months and the other of
three years" standing.
Aggravations occasioned by the 200th dynamizations are
sometimes very violent and obstinate. I gave Natr. mwr?"^
for a chronic gleet, and a complete retention of urine was occa-
sioned by it, which yielded to Cbntwm.t In another case of
that kind, I gave Sulphur^"^, four days in succession ; on the
fifth a frightnil inflammation of the bladder set in. One dose
of CaharecU^ occasioned a violent congestion of blood to the
head and heart, with suffocative fits and loss of consciousness.
To a nervous lady, who had been in the habit of being bled, I
gave one pellet of Arsenic ; one hour after taking it, violent
retching set in, and half an hour aft;er the menses made their
appearance, eighteen days before the regular period. This lady
had always been regular, and had never had an attack of
retching.
I have founded a Homoeopathic Society in Madrid, consisting
of twenty-four members. The President of the State Ministry
*With Colocynthis^^ in water, one dose a daj, I have cured a case of ner-
Tous sciatica of nine months' standing, in a militarj man who had been treated
all this time with the usual allopathic means without benefit I cured him
in six days. — Stapf.
t A robust female, of thirty years, took Natr. mnr.^*^ for a chronic leucor-
rhoea, after which it became excessively violent and corrosive. After the
aggravation had lasted four days, the leucorrhoea disappeared entirely and
permanently. — Staff.
1889.] TOBTICX>LLIS. 32S
has appointed me his physician ; and it has been determined
that lectures on Homoeopathy shall be given in the University*
The lectures will comence on the 1st of January. Send me your
Therapeutic Pocket-Book as soon as it is out.
TORTICOLLIS.
On referring to Dr. Jefferson Guernsey's most valuable card
on Diphtheria, I see that Laehnanthes is the only remedy named
for the symptom ^' neck drawn to one side/' ana as we have not
seen many verifications where this symptom has been present^ it
occurred to me that a description of one or two cases that have
been under my medical care might be useful to record.
Case I. — E. S.| a^ed seven vears^ pale &cej blue eyes, light
hair, was attacked with feverishness, restlessness, neck spcuvnod-
icaUy drawn to the right side, flushed face, starting when asleep.
Bell.*" every four hours was followed by improvement of the
fever-flush«l face and starting, but the distortion of the neck
remained the same. I now learned for the first time that during
sleep the child frequently uttered sharp, piercing screams. Apis
mell.^ every four hours was administered. A rapid improve-
ment now commenced. In twenty-four hours I could observe
that the morale of the child was better, the neck less crooked ;
better sleep, with fewer screams. I continued the same remedy
at longer intervals for several days, during which time the child
greatly improved in health. Within forty-eight hours of giving
Apis the head was perfectly straight. I learned from the rela-
tives of the child tnat for several months after this attack the
little patient had never been observed in such excellent health.
The promptitude with which this medicine removed the torti-
collis satisfied me that in cases of wry neck it is a medicine that
should be thought of when brain symptoms are present. I may
add that the distortion of the neck had existed a week previous
to my seeing it, the little fellow being treated during that time
for rheumatism by embrocations of various kinds, all of which
bad no effect.
Case IL — ^E. F., aged six years, extremely delicate from
birth, was attacked with diphtheritic sore throat, worse on the
right side, neck swollen, and spa.smodicaUy drawn to the right side,
intolerance of light, intense fever, rapid pulse and prostration,
aversion to all kinds of food except oranges, the juice of which
was taken freely. Lye.** every two hours was prescribed ; im-
provement was observable in twenty-four hours. The child
made a good recovery under this medicine alone. I may here
326 COIX)HICUM IN GOUT. [August,
remark that in the throat cases that require Ljc, irUolerance of
light is often a marked symptom — ^that is, so far as my experience
goes. Orange juice as a nutriment is, I believe, most valuabley
especially when the patient craves it, though it is well known
that in some cases of croup it is injurious. Of its sustaining
qualities I witnessed a remarkable instance in the early years of
my practice. A delicate young girl, aged thirteen, took putrid
scarlet fever; she was extremely ill and bled from every orifice
of the body. For ten days she existed on orange juice alone,
all other nourishment being obstinately refused. She made a
slow but perfect recovery. Crotalus was no doubt the remedy
indicated, but at that time I was unacquainted with its virtues.
Case III. — A. C, aged six, was brought to me with his head
spasmodically drawn to the right side. The distortion had ex-
isted about a week and commenced when on shipboard. His
father informed me that he had always been a delicate child, bat
I was unable to obtain any characteristic symptoms to guide me
in selecting a remedy. I accordingly gave him Lachnan.*^ every
four hours. I saw him again in two days, but no improvement
had taken place. On examining the right side of the neck I
found the cervical glands much enlarged and extremely tender
to the touch, and as he was a nervous, excitable boy I gave
BelL"^ but without effect. Lye.** every four hours prov^ to
be the curative remedy.
Many years ago, at the request of my friend Dr. Drysdale, of
Liverpool, I translated from a French journal the particulars of
a most interesting case of torticollis which had existed for a
long time in the person of a Roman Catholic priest. All at-
tempts to relieve the spasm were fruitless, until Lye. was ad-
ministered, when a cure resulted. The case was published in the
British Journal of HomoeopaJthyy but I regret that I cannot re-
member either the potency administered or the date of the jour-
nal. Kemembering this cure encouraged me in selecting Lye.
in the diphtheritic case before given, and also in eivingthe same
medicine when Bell, and Lachnan. had failed. In the three in-
stances that occurred in my own practice the patients were boys,
delicate, light-complexioned, fair hair and of nearly the same
age, the neck also being drawn to the right side,
Sydney, N. S. W. B. Simmons, M, D.
COLCHICUM IN GOUT,
E. F., aged thirty-six, mother of two children, leuca^hleg^
matio temperament, consulted me for rheumatism of the hands,
which were awoUeUy the joints stiff and potoerless, pain as if
1889.] NITBIC ACID IN INJUBIE8 TO THE SPINE. 327
bruised. The whole of both arms was somewhat afiTected, the
chief distress being in the hands. She was unable to brush her
own hair, not so rmush from the pain which this movement occa-
sioned as from the extreme weakness and powerlessness of the parts
affected. She was unable to perform her usual domestic duties
and had sought relief in vain. Colch.®" (FinckeV one dose dry
on the tongue, produced a severe aggravation, lasting several
hours, followed by steady improvement. After one dose of
Colch. she would remain well for weeks or months, but the same
remedy always helped her when repeated. Colch. has enjoyed
a reputation as a remedy for gout for many years, but as fol-
lowers of Hahnemann we are not content with a medicine and a
name. It is for us to discover to which form of gout Colch. is
homoeopathic. In the Materia Medica we find symptoms of this
kind — 'Maming pain in the arms which makes it impossible
to hold the lightest thing;" ^^ (edematous swelling of the nands."
It is precisely in cases presenting these characteristic symptoms
that we shall find Colch. curative.
Colch. seems to paralyze and render powerless the parts affected,
and when we find with this condition cedemaious swelling occur-
ring in a Uuco-phlegTnalic constitvtion, we may expect a cure by
the administration of this drug. I may here remark that the
Eatient above referred to subsequently fell into the hands of a
omoeopathic physician who habitually gives alternate doses of
the mother tincture and lowest potencies, and I was informed by
her relatives that the medicines never relieved her rheumatism
when administered in this way.
Sydney, N. S. W. B. Simmons, M. D.
NITRIC ACID IN INJURIES TO THE SPINE.
A severe injury resulting in mischief to the spine is oflen
followed by most troublesome and varied disturbances of the
system, and each case must, of course, be treated in strict ac-
cordance with the symptoms present. Arn., Rhus, Calc, Hyper.,
and other medicines are frequently required, but I wish to- call
attention to Nit-ac, which has in my experience been frequently
indicated, and it has helped some cases more than any other
agent. After a severe shock to the spine, a profuse perspiration
on the hands and feet often breaks out. When this symptom is
present Nit-ac. should be studied, as it will probably prove to be
the simillimum.
Sydney, N. S. W. B. Simmons, M. D.
THUJA IN OVARITIS OF THE LEFT SIDE.
During the early years of my medical practice I was extremely
i^orant of the materia medica, a oonditiou which almost coa-
tmual ill-health did not improve^ as the inductive method of
Hahnemann is no easy matter for invalids. In those days I
obtained the assistance of that great expert in the materia med-
ica. Dr. David Wilson, of London, of whose kindness, courtesy,
and skillful help it would be impossible for me to speak in suf-
ficiently high terms. About this time I was consulted by a lady
who had recently been confined, and was suffering from severe
pain in the Ufi ovarian region^ extending down ike thigh; any
attempt at exercue^ such as walking^ greatly aggravated the suf-
fering. Dr. Wilson advised Thuj. , three times a day^ A
prompt cure resulted. Since that time I have met with a large
number of case^ presenting similar symptoms. Thuj. has in
most cases effected a cure. I look upon it as the most frequently
indicated remedy for ovarian mischief on the left side ; its only
rival seems to be Lil. tig. — the differentiation is, however, easy,
for, in the latter remedy, bearing-dovm pain is prominent, and
is relieved by external pressure, and when this is associated with
an early morning diarrhoea, driving the patient hurriedly out of
bed (like Sul.), the preference must be given to Lilium. There
are, of course, many other medicines for left ovarian pain, such
as Lach., Argent., Brom., Phos., Coloc., Ust., Graph., etc.; stdl,
for the sake of the junior members of the profession, I would
call attention to Thuj. in this distressing malady. Dr. Gruern-
sey, in his Obstetrics, gives due prominence to it, but in spite
of this one sees very few reported cases illustrating its marvelous
curative power. In the March number of The Homceo-
PATHic Physician, 1885, there is an article on " Psora and
SyphiliSy" by Dr. Woolf. The information therein contained ia
of a most valuable character, suggesting the study of remedies
for sycotic and syphilitic cases — ^Thuj., of course, occupying the
first position, where gonorrhcea or vaccination may be regarded
as the probable cause. In the evil effects of the latter, the study
of Sil. is suggested by our imi&ortal Hering, and in many cases
it would be found to be the true similliroum. Some years ago^
when traveling through North Wales, I met with a young mao
about twenty-seven years of age, who was suffering from the ill
effects of vaccination. Up to the time of the performance of the
operation, he had been a strong and vigorous man, but since
328
ADgost, 1889.] THUJA IN OVARITIS OF LEFT SIDE. 329
that time his health had become so broken that he had not had
a single day's healthy and after having taken much physic^ pre-
scribed by leading physicians in London, without any good
effect, was travehng in the hope of shaking off his miseries.
Having no Repertory with me, I prescribed one globule of Sil.*,
Dight and morning, being solely guided by the recommendation
of Hering. I saw or heard nothing of my new acquaintance
until six months afterward, when he wrote me, stating that for
the first month he received no benefit, but that after that time
bis health and strength had gradually returned, and that now he
was perfectly well, and had for some time been discharging his
duties as a clergyman. I r^ret that I took no record of the
aymptoms then present, but the result is, at any rate, a useful
observation in showing the good effects of Sil. in the sycotic
condition developed by vaccination.
In the year 1865, during an epidemic of small-pox, I
vaccinated several children, inclndine one of my own, with
lymph taken from an apparently healthy child, chosen specially
for that purpose. In one case dysentery followed, but in nearly
all evidences of impure lymph manifested themselves. My son
developed small boils over the body, with flat yellow crusts; he
also fell away in health, but after a time seemed to have recovered.
Some ten years after this he took cold by getting his feet wet
in the snow, and became gradually very deaf. Several remedies
were given to him, under the direction of Dr. Wilson^but, as the
symptoms were somewhat vague, his condition remained un-
changed. At length he became suddenly worse, feeling ill and
being feverish, and after being a short time in bed in the evening,
was attacked with earache of a violent, tearing, shooting character.
During the paroxysms of pain he fremerMy rose to urinate^
which seemed a peculiar concomitant. Dr. Wilson now advised
Thuj.""^ every four hours, a prescription which was followed by
a rapid and permanent cure. The only other symptoms present
in this case were a stopped-up feeling in the ears, which some-
times felt painful during the act of coughing. On page 974 of
Jahr's New Manualy under ** Thuj./' we find, " In the evening
when in bed he experiences a terrible hammering and tearing in
the ear until after midnight, accompanied with micturition every
half-hour, and coldness of the legs up to the knees." Of
such cures as these a physician may well be proud, but they can
only be performed by a strict aaherence to the principles of
Hahnemann.
B. Simmons, M. D.
Sydney, N. S. W,
22
BAPTISIA TINCTORA.
G. W. Sherbiko, M. D., Abilene, Texas.
Baptisia is not alone a Southern remedy, for I have made use
of it in the North as often as I do here. I am very well satis-
fied that it is too often overlooked, and then it is given when
not indicated. It will surely fail if given as it usually is.
Empirically, it has to be given for cases showing a resemblance
to the sick-making power of the drug. Individualization is the
only true method in selecting a remedy for a given disease. If
the case has symptoms of typhoid, Baptisia may be given ; but
here success will only come when the remedy is irvly indicated.
There is not a remedy so often indicated ; but it must not be
abused for all that. We must not expect it to do the work of
Arnica, Khus, or any other remedy. That is the reason why
it has made so many failures and often got a bad name. Its
usefulness will l>e known some day to cover a wide field of
action. It will do brilliant work outside of " typhoid fever."
I have cases come to me who have been sick for years with
chronic troubles that no other remedy would reach. There is a
goodly number of people in this climate who come with a his-
tory of malaria : who have taken Quinine to excess : who have
periodical spells every week or two, attended with aching in the
Dones — " My bones feel as if they would break." For this
they generally get from homoeopaths Eupat. perfol., but a
further inquiry reveals symptoms that will help to difierentiate.
Usually there is nvmbneaa in some part of the body, the head^
the handsy or the fed — all over the body, perhaps. In the morn-
ing this seems to be worse, and then they think they have had
a '' dumb chill." After this takes place the fever usually fol-
lows in the afternoon. Sometimes, they have this numbness
without any fever. The temj>erature may be ninety-six or
ninety-seven degrees, and the pulse be sub-normal — fifty-two.
I have seen a temperature of one hundred and three degrees,
with a pulse at sixty strong and full. Arnica has the bruised
sensation. General sinking of vitality, compelling the patient
to lie down. " Feds perfectly wellJ* The Baptisia patients will
never tell you that ** they are always very sick," and if not too
stupid they are going to die if something is not done pretty
soon for them.
Rhus tox. has a bruised sensation like Arnica — ^want to lie
down, but better after moving, which necessitates continual
330
Aagnst, 1889.] BAPTISIA TINCTORA. 331
motion^ as they cannot get relief in any other way. Arnica,
like Baptis. and Bry-alb., is worse from motion. Motion at any
rate does not ^' ameliorate under Baptisia.^' Arnica complains
of the hard bed and so does Rhus. Arnica has not the numb-
ness. Rhus has it in the arms and hand from over-work.
This comes on at night and is relieved from moving about. The
numbness of Baptis. is like a paralytic feeling, inability to tell
w^hat they have in their hands, and when the numbness is in
the feet there is trouble in locomotion — they feel paralyzed.
Eupat. perfol. has pains as if broken which come quickly and
go away quickly, like Bell. " Stannum, the reverse."
Baptisia pain in the bones comes to stay ; and it does, too,
the way the patient groans and moans. I have had it myself,
and can speak from experience. I have had one dose of Baptis.
go in five minutes from the crown of my head to my toes, and
relieve that terrible aching. No one can realize it until they
have it.
I see no reason for giving Eupat. perfol. in the place of
Baptis. as they are so unlike. But it is done very often.
Confused feeling, with inability for mental application. It is
almost impossible to study or to add up a column of figures ;
there is a lack of concentration, an inability to think.
Arnica forgets the word for his answer. Baptis. falls asleep in
the midst of his answer; cannot lie long in any position, yet
motion is painful.
Redness of the face, with besotted expression, looks as if he
had been on a spree, or had his face exposed to the hot sun ; this
redness phows most on the nose and cheeks.
All the discharges of Baptisia are fetid — stools, urine, breatli.
I attended a man who had oeen a miner ; when taken sick he
did not want a calomel doctor. He had been sick for two days,
with the most profuse flow of saliva I ever saw ; the odor in tiie
room was sickening, fully two quarts of saliva were secreted in
the twenty-four hours. It was so ropy that he had great diffi-
culty in ^tting clear of it ; it would hang in ropes from his
mouth to his feet. I thought of Kali-bichrom. His mouth
seemed not to have a particle of mucous membrane lefl. It was
as raw as a piece of beef. This ulceration was all through his
mouth, toneue, and throat. He was terribly sore all over ;
aching in the bones ; numbness of head, hands, and feet ; stupid
and sleepy. I abandoned Kali-bichrom., and gave him Baptis.,
and it cured him in four or five days.
The boss of a mine came here for his health. He thought he
had softening of the brain. He had one hundred and fifly men in
332 BAPTISIA TINCTORA. [August,
his charge to be put to work every morning, but on rising in
the morning he could not for his life tell what to do with all of
those men. He would stop and try to get his thoughts together,
then he would rub his forehead with his hand. He said he
seemed more like a fool than anything else. After great effort
of the will he would get them started at work. His mind would
wander when trying to give the symptoms. Baptisia cured him
so that he went back to the mines in Mexico.
I used this remedy last fail during the Dengue fever, and I
got splendid results from the 45M, Fincke.
In all the cases of the break-bone fever the pains in the bones
lasted only forty-eight hours. I individualized every case.
None had swelling in the joints, but they all had the rash to
clear up the diagnosis. None that I treated lasted longer than a
week, bome in the old school were sick for three and four weeks.
This remedy had no control over the cases afler the aehings and
the fever were gone. Apis was indicated for the itching eruption.
Baptisia has roaring in the ears like Quinine. Dullness of
hearing. " Ringing in the ears." Worse every other day, like
China. This I have observed a great many times.
There is a craving for fresh air. Want to get the face to the
window. Feel as if they would smother if they did not get
air. The patient sometimes will take a drink and only swallow
one mouthful or hold it in the mouth, and then all of a sudden
they will squirt it out of the mouth clear across the room, like
a whale spouting water. I have known them to do so in
typhoid and hysteria. Another symptom ought to be remem-
bered, and that is vertigo on rising up from a horizontal ])06i-
tion, like Bry. alb. and Phytolacca.
When lying down difficult breathing. Afraid to go to sleep.
Fears nightmare and suffocation (Cadmium Sulph., Grindelia
Sq., Lachesis.)
The hands feel too large, also the tongue. The feet and the
legs feel as large as a saw log.
I have always failed with the 30th and 2(X)th. Those po-
tencies are inert. But on going up to the 45M medicinal
power is developed. Fincke 45M has to be repeated. His CM
is still better yet. One dose will cure more speedily and surely
than anything lower, and it does not have to be repeated every
two hours, like the 45M. I have also had excellent results from
Swan's DMM. I have tested this thing thoroughly, and the de-
cision had to be rendered in favor of the high numbers. I have
now no use for anything lower than the CM. I hope that
those who have used the Ix will give this remedy a trial in the
1889.] MENINGITIS CEREBEO-SPINALIS SUBACUTA. 333
very highest potencies, and they will be surprised to see the
grandeur, the glory, the sublimity that is revealed in the law of
dynamizadon.
MENDJGITIS CEREBKaSPINALIS SUBACUTA.
In the Homoeopathic Hospital at Leipzig, Dr. Stifil treated the
following interesting case, which deserves our notice, as the dis-
ease is too often fatal.
Richard, twenty-four years old, complained Jan. 22d of stitches
and heaviness of the legs, pain in sacrum, and nausea. He
improved, and could again work at his trade of book-binder,
when, February 11th, without cause, the same pain returned,
with severe pains all along the spinal cord and in head, with ex-
cessive anguish and restless sleep; also singing in ears, dis-
turbed vision, vomiting, loss of appetite, constipation. For two
months the pains in the head were of such severity that patient
screamed, vomiting after every meal, high fever, with exces-
sively high temperature ; stiffness and tearing pains in upper
extremities. February 24th, stiffness in neck, with great pains
when trying to sit up. Nightly deliria now set in, and in the
b^inning of March patient became more quiet, sleepy, with
progressive emaciation. Admitted into the hospital, the patient
showed a temperature of 38°, icy-oold extremities, perfect apathy,
nearly coma ; pressure on the spinal column, especially near the
sacrum, very painful ; breathing superficial, lips dry, pupils
dilated. Belladonna 3d c, twelve drops in water.
March 4th. — ^Coma deeper. Zincum cyanat.', a small powder
every three hours.
March 7th, — Patient sleeps a great deal, but can be aroused,
skin warm, off and on, horripilations; vomiting of milk ; stool
after clysma ; evening a high fever, with chills ; temp. 38.7° ;
pulse 88°; breathing 30; screams "myhead, my head." Continue.
March 8th. — ^Comatose in the morning, temp. 37.7° ; vomit-
ing ; feels better toward evening ; temp. 36.80°, pulse 60, breath-
ing 16 ; no vomiting. Quiet sleep during the night.
March 9th. — Temp, normal, more appetite, complains less of
head and back,
March 10th. — State the same ; for the first time able to move
the head; trices of albumen in the urine.
March 11th. — State the same, but vomiting ; at noon temp.
39.5, pulse 88, respiration 26 ; more restlessness and more pain
in head and back. Evening, temp. 38.7, pulse 88, respiration
26. More quiet toward morning.
334 6ACCHABUM. [August, 18^9.
»
March 12th. — ^Temp. normal, pulse 58.76, respiration 16-20 ;
less pain ; no vomiting, more quiet.
March 16th. — Steady improvement, able to converse and to
move about in bed ; hypersesthesia less ; wants meat ; b^ius to
fee) his returning healtii. Discharged April 1st.
Gerstel, in the IrUemational Homceopathic Presse, iii and vii,
shows that the pathogenesis of Zincum gives nearly all the prin-
cipal symptoms of the case, and, by inductive reasoning, Stifil con-
cluded. : Zincum cyanatum, as well as Mercuriuscyanatus, belong
to those cyan-metals, which may be poisonous to the oi^n-
ismus, by setting Prussic acid free through the action of diluted
Hydrochloric acid. A different state is found in Barium cyanat.
and Fernim cyanat., which are not poisonous. Just as Mercur.
cyanat. shows its specific action in those cases of grave diphtheria,
whereby the beginning of paralysis of thecerebro-spinal centres,
and es|>eciallyof the medulla oblongata, life is threatened, or per-
haps only saved, by the action of the Hydrocyanic acid, which in
large doses paralyzed these centres, but in mmute doses increases
their functions, and thus blood-pressure and the frequency of res-
piration, so also Cyanide of Zinc acts by being decomposed. That
the case was grave, and that under old-school treatment most
patients succumb, none will deny, and even when they recover
the convalescence is usually tardy and protracted, while here the
patient was able, after a few weeks, to return to his accustomed
duties. — Pomdar 2j&Jl8chrf. Hom.^ Mat/y '89.
S.L.
SACCHARUM.
E. W. Berridge, M. D.
In 1881 I met a gentleman who said he was always poisoned
by sugar. At my request he wrote the following account :
" The first effect on me when I take sugar is to have the tongue
furred, and a dry, bitter taste at root of tongue ; followed either
by sore throat, or running at the nose, as if I had caught a
severe cold. With these symptoms is extreme costiveness, last-
ing at times for two, three, and five days at a time. All these
symptoms I can check at once by leaving off sugar. I have at
times cured the cold in the head in twenty minutes by drinking
copiously of hot water, not less than three pints at a time, some-
times more." On May 28th I gave him, for an experiment, one
dose of Sacchamm alburn?'^ (Fincke). On June 16th he
reported no change. He was not a patient of mine, and I never
heard from him again.
GEI^EMIUM.
A. McNeil, M. D., San Franoisoo.
Permit me to warn yoa against the delusion that this drug is
a specific for certain fevers, or that it is a substitute for Aconite
in malarious regions. Specifics and substitutes are the refuge
of idlers, and are now costing more lives than alcohol.
The pivotal symptom of Gelsemium is relaxation, both
mental and physical. True, sometimes it is indicated by symp-
toms which correspond to the secondary effects of the drug ;
but these are the exception. We see this relaxation manifested
in a desire to be alone, and he is irritable and sensitive if dis-
turbed. And in a great lack of courage, both mental and
physical : he is afraid to appear in public, as to speak or sing.
If he attempts to do any of those things there is a relaxation of
the muscles, as of the eyelids, so that they fall down, or the limbs
refuse to obey the will ; the womb loosens its hold on its im-
mature contents; the sphincters lose their contractility, so
that diarrhcea ensues. For these reasons he desires to be quiet,
does not wish to speak nor to have any one near. This fear is
more like that of Aconite than of any other drug. But there
is a distinction in that the Aconite fear is caused by a morbid
excitability, while with the fear of the yellow jasmine is that
of this general relaxation that deprives him of courage and
energy. By keeping this in mind you will be able to differen-
tiate in threatened abortion and premature labor. Opium has
a resemblance also in meeting the bad effects of fright, but its
effects are deeper and more profound, as seen in the unconscious-
ness, convulsions, twitching around the mouth, hot, red face, and
the f»oes pass involuntarily.
The physical relaxation is revealed by the muscles refusing
to obey the will, the eyelids droop.
To follow out the affections which Grelsemium cures on the
different organs will now demand our attention.
In the sensorium we find' dizziness and blurring of vision,
gradually increasing, all objects appear very indistinct, vertigo,
spreading from occiput over whole head (Silicium has vertigo
rising from the neck into the head, but it is attended with
nausea); the pupils are dilated, and there is dim sight and general
depression ; thi^ condition may arise from the heat of summer.
The child is dizzy when carried, seizes hold of nurse, fearing
that it will fall. This must be differentiated from a similar
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336 GEL8EMIUM. [August,
symptom of Borax and Cuprum ; with Borax the child is afraid
of failing only when it is being lowered or when its legs are
elevated^ as in puttine on its diaper. With Cuprum the child is
afraid of every one who approaches him^ so that it is the fear of
being separated from its nurse which actuates it to cling.
The head symptoms of Gels, deserve careful attention, as not
only does it cure headaches, but in fevers these symptoms may
be of great value in making up a picture of the case. It cures
headache in which the patient gets blind before the headache ;
with £!ali-bich. the blindness comes first, and as the pain
increases in intensity the dimness of sieht decreases ; is re-
lieved by sitting, and by reclining the head and shoulders upon
a high pillow, by profuse micturition, similar to Ignatia, Kalmia,
and Silicea ; and by shaking the head. It also cures a head-
ache which begins in the necic and extends over the head, causing
a bursting sensation in forehead and eyeballs ; with Sanguinaria,
it begins in the occiput, spreads upward, and settles over the
right eye ; with Silicea it ascends from the nape of the neck to
the vertex, and then over both eyes or to the eyeballs, esjiecially
the right one.
Gelsemium is the remedy when there is a sensation of a band
around the head above the ears ; with the Bromide of Ammonia
there is the same feeling, only it presses hardest just above the
ears.
I have already mentioned the drooping of the eyelids from
the weakness of the muscles. Causticum has the same condi-
tion. Khus-tox. has a heaviness and stiffness of the lids, making
it difficult to move them. Gelsemium has a smoky appearance
before the eyes, with a pain above them. It has frequently cured
amaurosis caused by masturbation, with the charateristic relaxa-
tion of mind and body. In the febrile and other conditions
diplopia may occur. This is one of the remedies for that condi-
tion, but it lacks the severity of the double vision of Bell, and
Stramonium, as with this drug it occurs only when inclining the
head toward the shoulders or on looking sideways, and is ccm-
trollable by an effort of the will.
There is one symptom of the tongue which, in fevers, may be
of decisive importance, viz.: can hardly put tongue out it trem«-
bles so, as in Lachesis.
Gelsemium will cure that diarrhoea which is caused by sudden
depressing emotions — ^fright, grief, bad news, excitement, or fear
of any ordeal, such as appearing in public, a surgical operation,
going into battle, etc. Ignatia and Opium are to be remembered
in these cases, but by remembering the concomitants no difficulty
1889.] GELSEMIUM. 337
will be experienced in making the right choice. This same
emotional cause may produce involuntary discharge of urine. I
have already mentioned that in headaches relief is produced by
frequent emissions of copious, clear urine.
Seminal weakness, with the relaxed condition of mind and
body mentioned above, requires Gelsemium. It will be neces-
sary to bear Phosphoric acid in mind in these cases, but when
the latter drug is indicated, there is the same relaxation of the
mind as with the former remedy, but it is more profound,
amounting to apathy and indifference, and accompanied by
sleepiness. This drug has been recommended as a specifie for
gonorrhoea, but beware of specifics, as they will disappoint you
m nineteen cases out of twenty.
In diseases of women, you must remember this drug in
threatened abortion from sudden depressing emotions. You
must observe the difference between tnis and Aconite, which is
very striking, and Opium, which has stupor, while this only
has mental and physical relaxation. In labor, the jasmine has
a well-deserved reputation. It may enable you to dispense with
the foroe()s when the pains go through to back, and then upward,
causing the child to ascend instead of descend. Chamomilla
has long-continued pains, which shoot upward. Perceive the
difference in the character of the pains, although the direction is
the same, and remember the ill-humor of the Chamomilla
patient. In rigidity of the os, keep Gelsemium in mind. Bella-
donna is often indicated in this condition, but you will have no
difficalty in differentiating from the concomitants. The labor
may also be impeded by a wave-like sensation from the uterus
to the throat, ending with a choking feeling. This may be a
premonition of convulsions, and the Gels, if given, will avert the
danger. Frequently labor may be delayed by that mental and
physical relaxation so characteristic of this drug: the pains have
stopped, OS dilated, and she is listless.
in heart disease Gelsemium will cure if he fears that
nnlesB he moves constantly his heart will stop beating. With
Digitalis the direct opposite prevails ; he fears to move for fear
his heart will stop beating. The pulse of Gelsemium offers valua-
ble information. It is full and slow (Opium also)^ frequent, soft^
and weak, so as to be almost imperceptible.
He may suffer from pain in the neck, and under the left
shoulder-blade, or will feel a dull aching in the lumbar and
sacral r^ions^ with the characteristic inability to control his
musclee.
In all or any of his limbs he may be unable to control them
338 SANICULA. [Angiut,
by an effort of the will. And he may from this relaxation
have great fatigue in the leg? after slight exercise.
Itis in fevers that Grelsemium has won the most honor. In iu-
termittents the chill begins in the hands and feet, similarly to
Natrum-mur. In nervous chill the patient wants to be held, so
does the Lachesis patient, but with Gelsemium the skin remains
warm. In fever, without thirst, he wants to lie still and rest ;
this is because he is so relaxed mentally and physically that
movement is too much of an exertion for him ; with Bryonia it is
because movement causes pain. Sometimes we see an intermittent
in which the chill is especially along the spine, running up the
back from the loins to the nape of the neck in waves following
each other rapidly. Grels. is the remedy.
In all the complaints which Gelsemium cures, alcoholic
stimulants relieve.
SANICULA.*
J, E, LiLiENTHAL, M. D., San Franciscjo.
In the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, held
at Washington during September^ Dr. C. C. Rice, of New
York, presented the report of the Committee on Mineral
Springs. He states that over eight hundred letters were sent
out to the different springs, and that the answers in the majority
of cases were not alone unscientific, but ^Iso unsatisfactory.
He states, further, that nine-tenths of the mineral waters of
the United States are still unanalyzed.
This is a sad commentary, and not without interest to us as
homoeopaths. The old school, who never miss an opportunity
to have their fling at us at the smallness of the dose prescribed
by members of our school, are staunch adherents of the benefits
to be derived by a " cure " at one or the other springs, forgetting
that the remedial agent for which that particular water may be
prescribed contains perhaps but a fraction of a grain in a
gallon.
It gives me pleasure to call your attention to a proving of
the Sanicula Spring, Ottawa, 111., by Dr. J. G. Gundlach,
made from the water itself and potencies, and also one by Dr.
Sherbino, of Texas, of potencies. If the symptoms derived
from the provings be verified, and in part they have already
been done, S. promises to be an antisporic of no mean value.
Our own State teems with mineral springs of undoubted valoe,
*Bead before the San Francisco Medical Clab.
1889.] 8ANICULA. 339
and I trust the example set by these gentlemeii will cause some
of ray hearers to emulate their example and give us prbvings
which will result in benefiting not themselves alone out our
cause as well.
Analysis^ Prof. Silliman^ Yale :*
Sodium Chloride, 92.7996
Calcium Chloride, 23.5699
Magnesium Chloride, 23.2687
Sodium Bromide, 3220
Sodium Iodide, .0826'
Lithium Bicarbonate, , trace
Sodium " 9776
Calcium " 14.3494
Ferrum " 0979
Potassium Sulphate, 5.1246
Calcium " 9.6236
Sodium Phosphate, • * .0045
Borax, trace
Alumina, 0117
Silica, 5394
Orgauic matter, trace
170.7734
Carbon acic^cub. in. at 60^*' . . . 25.6
Density of water, 1.0022
Lack of energy, with no stability of purpose ; jumping from
one work to another ; never finishing what has been commenced.
Depression of spirits, with feeling of some impending misfor-
tune. Child stubborn and willful, gets angry and throws itself
backward.
JDrosera. Mental restlessness when reading ; cannot dwell
long on one subject ; must change always to something else.
The depression, with feeling of impending misfortune, we
find marked under Ox/o-c, as well as the stubbornness and irri-
tability, the latter also recalling the mental symptoms in child-
hood of Cham, and Cina.
Like Borax it has < from downward motion. Not alone was
this symptom developed in a child, but the doctor who could
no't endure the downward motion of elevator, has been cured of
this failing since making his proving.
*The water is without odor or oolor, and of an agreeable and slightly saline
taste.
340 BANICUUL [Augiifit»
Dull headache, 'which seems to be felt in the morDing ; gets
worse about noon, and is better toward evening. The pains are
< from motion, leaning the head forward, any draught or noise.
Better from leaning head back, cool, open air and wrapping
head up warm, rest and sleep.
Great accumulation of dandruff was noted in all, the hair be-
coming dry and lustreless, in this reminding us of Alum and
Kali-c, but it has the itehing more marked when the head gets
warm.
Like Calc. the child sweats profusely about the head and neck
during sleep, wets the pillow all around.
In scrofulous diseases of the eye, especially in severe cases of
blepharitis, S. promises to be useful, its action being similar to
Graphite, etc., having the same sticky discharge, which dries,
forming white scales, and having an ulcerated surface under the
scabs. Lids agglutinated in morning. Upon the nasal mucous
membrane we find it producing a profuse, thick, acrid discharge,
which, as it becomes thicker forms into scabs and clinkers, which
are thrown off both from the anterior and posterior nares. The
character of this discharc^, with its tendency to form clinkers,
reminds us strongly of Kali-bich., but it differs in its concomi-
tants, as the dryness of the nose at night with the < of the dis-
charge in-doors, and in the mornings bears more resemblance to
the < of Nux.
Dr. Sherbino reports a clinical symptom similar to what we
find under Squills. ^* On awakening the child rubs its nose and
eyes with the hand." Mouth dry, yet still no desire for drink;
apthas on tongue and inside of lips and cheeks, with foul breath.
Appetite is improved, but food is not assimilated, as the pa-
tient emaciates; the digestion is slow, and we have bloating after
eating, causing person to open clothes ; sour, acid eructations.
Nausea coming on while eating, with vomiting of the food ; iu
children the vomited matter is in large tough curds. The vom-
itinor of large curds with falling off in a sleep is very similar to
^thusa, but the Sanicula condition is a later and graver condi-
tion. Emaciation, especially about the neck, more pronounced,
and the stools different. It may be watery, as sometimes the
^thusa stools are, but it is oftener stools of lumps of curds, smel-
ling like rotten cheese. It need not always be this character, in
fact, the stools are apt to be changeable, at times resembling the
Magn-carb. condition, at other times more like Rheum, having
the characteristic of turning green after standing, but lacking
the sour smell which accompanies the Rheum stool.
The effect on the stools seems primarily to cause an increase
1889.] 8ANICULA. 341
in quantity and to cause the stools to become softer^ this is
followed by a paretic condition of the lower bowel, with in-
ability to expel its contents, immaterial if they be soft or large,
hard and dry, or first part hard, secona natural in con-
sistency.
Daring stool intense straining, with tendency for the stool to
slip back on stopping to catch his breath. This intense strain-
ing, to the extent of even gr&^ping the seat, finds its only resem-
blance under Alumina, but the slipping back of the stool when
having been partly expelled has its counterpai*t in Silicea and
Magn-mur. All have the straining, even with soft stools, but
the pains with all three are more in anus and rectum, while under
Sanicula the perineum not alone pains during but continues to
feel sore and Durn several hours after stooL (Lye. contractive
pain in perineum for many hours after hard, Kcanty stool.)
The urine is increased in quantity, frequently obliged to rise
during the night.
Menstrual flow irregular in time, but seems to be increased
in quantity, and clinically has been prescribed successfully for
meuorrhagia. It needs further proving in this direction. Leu-
corrhoea smelling like strong fish-brine ; this odor seems to be
peculiar to the remedy, as the male prover had the same odor
about the glands after intercourse. Cough caused by a tickling
under sternum, with so much soreness of the chest that he holds
the chest with hands ; < in morning and in warm room and from
laughing and speaking, and > in open air, with considerable
rattling in the chest and expectoration of yellow, mattery lumps.
The symptoms of the back remind us strongly of Rhus as far
as the concomitants are concerned. We have some amelioration
from motion, also by pressing against some hard substance and
by lying on the back. It is a tired, weak feeling, more in the
lumbo-sacral region, coming on in the morning after risings
increasing in intensity until noon, gradually passing away in the
course of the afternoon.
The symptoms of the extremities require farther proving, but
we have some symptoms reminding us of Calc. and Sulph. The
bands and feet are cold and clammy, with considerable foul,
fetid perspiration between the toes. We find, on the other hand,
a contrary condition. Heat of the i)alms and soles, so that
the prover sticks out the feet to cool tnem.
I do not wish to weary you with a full synopsis of the symp-
toms, which you can read for yourselves. If I have succeeded in
wakening in you any interest for the drug, or for examining the
springs of our own State, my purpose has been attained. It has
342 PRACTICE. [Augnsf,
been used clinicallj in enough cases of inanition to prove its
value ; and certainly the emaciation, the disturbed abdomen, the
1)erspiration about the head and neck^ all symptoms which we
lave all met with so often in these conditions, are indications
enough to lead us to make a closer study of this natural spring
in such cases of marasmus that we may be called upon to treat.
PRACTICE,
S. W. Cohen, M. D., Waoo, Texas.
'Tis difficult to think of the two terms, practice and therapeu-
tics, independently of one another, as they carry the same idea
throughout.
Whilst we may differentiate by very closely shading the in-
terpretation of these two words, very little license is necessary
to use them interchangeably. Practice may possibly compre-
hend a larger scope of utilities, as applicable to disease, but ac-
cepting either term as we may^ the medical world has always
associated them with the employment of certain substances or
certain methods, or both, in aborting, modifying, or curing ab-
normal mental or physical conditions, recognized by such special
names as diarrhoea, neuralgia, pneumonia, melancholia, mania,
amentia, etc. A combination of seemingly similar symptoms
was arbitrarily designated by certain appellations. The name
of the disease was prescril)ed for by old-school physicians, with
well-known formulae, indorsed by some acknowledged authority,
or in late years, and in our own school, with certain drugs,
singly or in alternation, without any special care having been
taken to individualize each particular case and prescribe for the
sum total of symptoms instead of for certain denominated con-
ditions which had been so labeled in the interests of automatic
prescription.
To many practitioners of our special mode of practice — and
'tis pleasant to recognize a goodly number of such present —
practice, therapeutics, materia medica, surgery, obstetrics— ex-
cluding, of course, necessary manual or mechanical interference
in the latter two branches named — in fact, all of medicine, as
taught under a true, conscientious, and experienced disciple of
Samuel Hahnemann, is so intimately associated that it is diffi-
cult to separate it into branches.
Practice, therefore, to a simon-pure homoeopathist, but signi-
fies the attack of the totality of symptoms (no matter what
1889.] PRACTICE. 343
oonditioDS or circnmstanoes may influence) by the similliroum,
without regard to an arbitrary diagnosis. Practice to an ad-
vanced •physician of the homoeopatliic school means simply the
utilization of a well-searrhed materia medica at the beds^'de^
under the guidance of the law of similars. Etiology, pathol-
ogy, dia^nosis^ and prognosis, certainly have a scientific worth,
a«8ucA. but tbe most erudite medical lecturer, who is wont to
" paralyze " a class of gentlemen with six-pyllabled, triple-
jointed, hard medical names, and whose delicately convoluted
brain is a store-house of knowledge in these fields, is oftentimes
an indifferent prescriber And why? Because symptomo-
logical and not pathological or physiological prescription is the
foundation-stone of Homoeopathy. A physician may sit by the
bedside, and impress his trusting, but, as far as medical matters
are concerned, agnostic patient, with the extraonlinary fund of
his knowledge as to his (the patient's) condition. He may
dUate by the nour, and yet his patient may die soon, because the
doctor's knowledge only extended far enough to diagnose the
disease, while he had not the ability to discover the simillimum.
'Tis a difficult task, 'tis true, to ignore our frequent spontaneous
diagnosis, and too often does this diagnosis suggest the remedy
— t. €., the drue or drugs for this general condition to which has
been affixed a diagnostic conclusion, while the individualization
of each distinct case is lost sight of. Homoeopathic is a mis-
nomer for such practice.
It is not good practice (because it is not homoeopathic
practice) to prescribe Aconite whenever we recognize a fever,
nor Aconite and Bryonia in alternation when we diagnose a
pneumonia, nor Belladonna and Mercuriusfor every sore throat.
Tisto be hoped we all indorse this declaration, but do we not
know that just such practice is very common (outside of Texas,
of course), and, therefore, so many failures have been recorded
against Homoeopathy.
A very recent case in my own practice may be utilized to
illustrate the influence brought to bear upon one's prescription,
and if in this case, I stand self-condemned, I will endeavor to
bear all reproaches with humility. I was called to see Mr. R.
A. M., aet. thirty-four. Rheumatism ! Yes, there is that element
of disturbance, the diagnosis. Still all discernible objective
symptoms were closely observed, and the subjective ones elicited
to the best of my ability. The pains were located chiefly in the
right arm, between the shoulder and elbow, and in the right hip-
joint, thigh, and knee-joint. Severe frontal headache. These
and other symptoms were aggravated by motion, and were
344 PRACTICE. [AogUBt,
worse at night. Bryonia. Called next day, March 23d. Gen-
eral condition unchanged. Pains still very severe, but had shifted
to left knee-joint and hip, and the left arm and shoulder were
also slightly affected. Closer questioning elicited the following :
^' I was taken with pains while on the cars," said the patient.
*' I sat in my seat until I could sit no longer. On arising my
pains became very severe, and continued for a ftw moments,
while I was moving about, but soon the constant motion brouglit
relief; further continued motion now in its turn brought back
the pains, and I was forced to seek relief by rest. It was a con-
stant alternation between motion and quietu<ie to obtain even
transient alleviation. Warm applications are grateful." Rhus
tox. certainly seemed indicated, and it was the remedy I pre-
scribed. Patient was somewhat easier on the third day. Con-
tinued the remedy at longer intervals. No apparent change on
tite fourth day. Sac. lac. On the fifth day the pains had
shifted back to his right side. The paiirs in bis arm were not so
severe, but he was suffering very acutely with the nether limb.
He was " flighty." Would start suddenly from short naps ;
would see visions, and every jar, even a step upon the floor,
would aggravate his sufferings. Belladonna was prescribed.
By the morning of the 28th inst., the sixth day of his illness,
the last noted symptoms had disappeared, but the pains in the
right limb were excruciating.
The patient muat have the limb (which was now resting on a
pillow) moved, but to even toucli it, let alone to disturb its po-
sition, was torture to the poor fellow, whose cries and groans
were heartrending, and whose flood of teara brought a suspicious
moisture into my own eyes. I was in a quanaary, so I left
some Sac. lac. and went home to study up tne case. Returned
to the patient that evening with a Materia Medica^ a Repertory
and voluminous notes. iTie patient was, if anything, suffering
more than ever, and had not slept for at least forty hours. He
begged for " just a little Morphine." His wife, who is as staunch
an allopathic adherent as he is a homoeopathic one remarked,
" Doctor, my physician would not permit me to suffer so."
Something had to be done. My patient was certainly in a
worse condition than I found him on my first visit, and I feared
the old-school prescription of six weeks in bed would prove the
only efficacious one. I sat close up to the bedside, fortified
with my notes and reference books to take the case afresh. Im-
pressed with the shifting character of the pains, Pulsatilla had
attracted my attention, but still I placed my confidence in Rhus.
I now began to inquire on the line of Pulsatilla, careful, though,
1889]. PRACTICE. 345
to ask no leading questions, with the following result : Pains
continually shifting back and forth, though worse in right hip,
tliigh, and knee. The patient had not taken two drinks of
water during the six days of his confinement. Had been some-
what nauseated every day, and had vomited once. He is the
mildest mannered gentleman in our glorious city of Waco, and
of complexion the fairest, his eyes being light-blue and his
moustache and hair almost flaxen. Without referring to my
volumes or notes, I arose and placed one dose of Pulsatillas"^
on his tongue, promising him speedy relief. Sac. lac. in water,
was to be given every half-hoar, while he was awake. As I
stepped into his chamber next morning he was all smiles.
Within three hours after I left him he was entirely free from
pain, and could turn over, something he was unable to do up to
this time. He had slept soundly all night, and was very com-
fortable indeed, only a little stiff and sore. Some fresh Sac.
lac. was prepared, to be taken once every two hours. There
was no return of the pains, the patient was discharged next
day, and he was on the street the following Monday, two days
after. Here I must record decided failures with Bryonia,
Khus tox., and Belladonna. Rhus seemed to somewhat miti-
gate the symptoms, and the symptoms Belladonna was pre-
scribed for disappeared in a few hours, but still neither proved
the simillimum. It may be possible that we may ameliorate the
most pressing and painful symptoms by presenting a drug that
covers the most urgent indications, and zig-zag our way through
unknown labyrinths of drug action until we |)erhaps relieve the
patient, but the prominent cause of such miserable work de-
picted above is due to the fact that our practice demands that
not only must Ave prescribe for the totality of symptoms, but
that the eleven more promineniy uncommon^ and peculiar (charac-
teristic) features of the case (see § 153, Organon) must be
es|>ocialIy considered. Had a Hering, a Lippe, or a Dunham
prescribed for Mr. M ., his week of torture might have been very
appreciably curtailed. Another case in which the prescription
was more fortunate is worth detailing.
Was ealled to see J. B., set. ten. Had been ill six days,
and under the care of an old-school doctor. The history and
symptoms present at my first call pointed to anothei^ diagnosis,
pneumonia.
Temperature 104®. Circumscribed pain in lower portion of
ri^ht thorax ; face flushed ; short respiration, and very painful.
Constant cough, which was still more painful, and the little
patient endeavors to suppress it. Viscid sputa. Breathing
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346 PBACTICE. [August,
entirely thoracic. Dall sound on percussion. I employed
every method to obtain the exact condition present, but did not
permit myself to be guided by pathological reasonings. Bryonia
was presented. On my next visit, the i'oilowing day, the tem-
perature was found to be 104^° an exacerbation of one-half de-
gree; and no improvement in any respect was observable. The
little fellow was picking at his finsers and lips continually.
His pillow was bespeek^ with blood that had been rubbed from
his lips during the night. Lips sore and raw. Tongue felt sore,
and there was a large ulcer-like abrasion on the edge of his
tongue on the right side, a little more than half-way back. His
throat felt raw, and everything he put into his mouth ^' burned ''
him. His nose appeared stuffy. He received but one single
dose of Arum, triph.* , dry upon the tongue (sent him from
my oflSoe at eleven a. m.), and Sac. laa every hour. At my
next morning's visit I received the following account from the
mother :
" My little boy was free of fever by three o'clock yesterday
evening, and has had none since. He slept well all night, and
has ceased picking at his fingers and lips. He has but little
cough."
I inquired from the patient r^arding the tongue and
throat symptoms and they had entirely vanished, the abrasion
on the tongue being almost healed. The child did not cough
during my visit. I discharged the case, and he has remained
well to date. With the symptoms detailed the little fellow
would have recovered just as rapidly if Arum had been given,
no matter what the pathological condition or diagnosis. As
homoeopaths we. must conform our practice to the spirit and
letter of the master's words, as given us in the Organon, for in
the pages of this inspiration we find the method — the true and
only method — of the application of medicinal substances to dis-
eased conditions.
The forgoing was written some time in April, in anticipation
of our State meeting, which was to have taken place May 7th
and 8th, but was postponed to June 4th and 5th. On reading
the " Proceedings of the Lippe Society of Philadelphia " in my
May, 1889, number of The Homceopathic Physician, I found
on page 179 the following Pulsatilla symptom as given by Dr.
James : " The %Ughiest motion aggravated^ yd he was forced to
move the leg. Must get a new position yet tliere was no relief.'^
This was a prominent symptom in the first case quoted, but not
until I saw the May number of The Hom(eopathic Physician
1889.] A CLINICAL CONVERSATION. 347
was I aware of the fact that my prescription so completely cov-
ered it. [This symptom of Puis, was given us by the venerable
Dr. Lippe in one of his numerous instructive conversations
with us during the many years we enjoyed his friendship. — W.
M.J.]
A CLINICAL CONVERSATION.
E. W. Bebridge, M. D., London.
A few days ago I was conversing with my friend and pre-
ceptor. Dr. David Wilson, and his remarks were so interesting
that I wrote them down at the time, ai!nd read them to him to
insure accuracy.
He first called my attention to symptoms 731 and 744 of
Sulphuric acid ; ^^ Respiration rapid^ with shooting in cervical
muscles^ and movement of the wings ofnoaeJ^ ^^ Kespiration be-
came very difiBcult; the larynx moved up and down violently;
the child lay with the head bent backward, as in the last stages
of croup ; he lost consciousness, and soon died.'' The fanlike
action of the nostrils was pointed out by Dr. Wilson as
characteristic of JDycopodium about 1862 ; and he subsequently
told me that the up and down movement of the larynx belonged
clinically to the same medicine. Under Sulphuric acid we find
both these symptoms ; but, as they occurred in cases of poison-
ing by the strong acid, it is necessary to ascertain whether these
were the result of the dynamic action of the drug, or the result
of the shock to the system caused by its corrosive chemical
action. This can be determined not only by further provings,
but also by the clinical test. Dr. Wilson informed me that in
a fatal case of Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Sulphuric acid^^ had
removed this movement of the larynx^ and somewhat amelio-
rated the abnormal respirations.
With regard to the symptom " stoppage of respiration," Dr.
Wikon has verified, clinically, Bryonia^ Opium^ and Sulphur.
He told me, moreover, that he had seen but five cases of
Cheyne-Stokes respiration, and only one recovered, this patient
had permanent mitral r^urgitation ; the olfaction of Opiuirf^
for five days, whenever the breathing stopped, saved him.
Several remedies have stoppage of respiration, but I cannot
find any that have the exact symptom of this rare disease, viz. :
respiration gradually increasing in strength^ then gradually
decreasing, Avith an interval of complete cessation before it
b^ins again.''
348 A CLINICAL CONVERSATION. [AoRurt,
In Hempel's Johr the following symptoms of Oroton are giren :
^^ Violent ophthalmia ; on second daj, ulceration of the con-
junctiva over the cornea (in two places), ulceration of the con-
junctiva over sclerotica (in various parts), irritation of sclerotica
and iris ; contraction of pupil ; injected state of vessels of con-
junctiva sclerotica and eyelids, profuse lachrymation, photophobia^
violent pains disturbing the night's rest ; increased dimness of
cornea on third day, increased depth of the ulcerated parts,
rudimentary hypopyon in anterior chamber ; on seventh day
nothing remained of the inflammation except a slight irritation of
the eye, and a slight dimness of the corneal portion of the con-
junctiva in those places which had been ulcerated/^ This
symptom, the source of which is not given, b omitted in Allen's
Encydopasdia. Hering's Guiding Symptoms records it, omitting
the hypopyon, and adding " burning of eye." Clearly, there-
fore, there is some error, and the original version should be
sought for and properly translated.
But Dr. Wilson has verified this symptom in puppies eight
weeks old, suffering from purulent ophthalmia, with great
agglutination of lids, well marked nypopyon, and small
indentations, as if cornea were commencing to ulcerate. One
dose of Oroton^ cured.
Under JEHhuaaj Hempel's Jahr gives (under " Pathological
Anatomy ") ^^ Bloated countenance; the cornea is dim and deeply
sunken, the pupils are very much dilated." This symptom I
cannot find in the Encydopcedia, but I saw Dr. Wilson cure the
symptom, ^^ sunken cornea," with one dose of jUJthum^^
(Jenicken). This occurred at his dispensary, more than twenty
years ago.
I will conclude these notes with a recent case of my own :
On February 20th, 1889, a patient told me that her dog had
purulent ophthalmia. He had been ill for a week, both eyes
closed by yellow discharge ; does not like to open them even
when bathed ; eyes red ; lies close to the fire. The selection
of the remedy was difficult, as I did not see the dog ; but,
remembering the intense photophobia of Ooniumy and tnat the
dog was old, I selected this remedy ; and, not being sure it was
more than a simile (not, perhaps, a 8imilUmum\ I prescribed a
dose of Cm (F. C.) in water, three times daily for eight days.
March 7th. — My patient reported that the dog improved
slightly within a week ; opened eyes seventh or eighth day.
She says the left eye looks opaque, with a hole in it ; right eye
also partly opaque. I advised her to bring the dog to be
inspected. This she did not do ; but on April 12th she
1889.] PBOVING OF TU8SILAG0 PETA8ITES. 349
reported that the eyes had quite healed, and the hole had dis-
appeared. Also that he seemed much better in himself generally,
since taking the medicine. It was evidently a case of ulceration
of cornea.
The homoeopathic treatment of animals is of just interest,
because
(1.) Our opponents cannot allege that they were cured by
"faith" or "imagination," or even by "Chrbtian
Science."
(2.) They do not read works on Domestic Homosopathy, and
then spoil the treatment by taking Aconite and Bella-
donna in alternation for some temporary ailment.
(3.) They are grateful for being cured, which is more than
can be said of some patients, and — ^some colleagues.
Bepertorj, p. 29, *' Experienced " for k-bi. and k-bro. Allen's Repertory
has the nme error.
PROVING OF TUSSILAGO PETASITES.
E. W. Berbidge, M. D., London.
The plants were gathered when flowering, at beginning of
1865, at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by the late Dr. J. R.
Croker. The fresh roots were sliced and macerated for three
months in a mixture of two parts of water to one of alcohol,
and pressed.
A description of the plant is given in Bentham's Hand-book
of the BrUish Flora, 1866, p. 415, fig. 492.
^ FirdjjjToving.^^jingust 16th, 1865,1 took twelve drops of the
tincture in water, at 11.30 A. M.
1.40 P. M., slight, dull throbbing pain in abdomen for a few
minutes.
2 p. M., stinging, burning sensation on anterior part of
dorsum of tongue, as from pepper, lasting two hours, then de-
creasing; re-appeared slightly at intervals for remainder of day.
August 17 th. — Flat, disagreeable taste on tongue on rising
in morning.
At 7 A. M. took a drachm of the tincture in water.
7.30 A. K., slow, throbbing pains in abdomen, below umbili-
cus, for a minute.
8.40 A. K., very small stool, rather difficult, but painless
(doubtful symptom).
Anterior part of dorsum of tongue feels sore, as if it had been
scraped, the first part of morning.
350 PEOVINQ OF TU8SILAG0 PETA8ITES. [Augtat, 1889.
At 10.07 A. M. took a drachm of tincture in water, and at
12.45 P. M. took two drachms in water.
August 18th. — Soreness of tip of tongue on rising in morning.
7.50 A. H., took half an ounce of tincture in water, and at
12.40 P. M., took one ounce in water.
1 p. M., great sleepiness after long walking.
6.30 p. M., soreness of tip of tongue.
In afternoon scanty stool (doubtful symptom).
August 19th. — About 7 A. M., soreness of tip of tongue. Took
an ounce of tincture in water.
Evening, after 9 p. m., felt tired, with disinclination to be
spoken to ; voices seemed unpleasantly loud, with slight feeling
of faintness.
August 20th. — No stool (doubtful symptom).
Second proving. — Jan. 11th, 1888. — Dr. David Wilson told
me that he had a tickling at throat-pit, causing cough. When
cough was bad it caused a splitting feeling in brain at occiputl
He had also a feeling on tongue as if burnt by pepper, extend-
ing downward. I mentioned that Pdamies had caused the last
symptom on myself, and he at once took, at 12.25 p. m., five
globules of the twelfth potency, the only one he had. It had
been prepared by a homoeopathic chemist The following new
symptoms then ensued :
Considerable headache on vertex, spreading along coronal
region, like a very slight burning under the scalp, it then
passed on to tension in scalp of coronal region, in four minutes.
In five minutes the same tensive aching slightly spread over
thorax.
Directly aftierward, tendency to sneeze, from irritation in left
nostril.
In a few minutes more, slight transient, internal creeping in
left ear, followed by increased headache on vertex ; the headache
also slightly afiected the upper segment of eyes with a sort of
pressure. Tickling in throat better.
1.30 P. M. All the pathogenetic symptoms gone. The burning
on tongue, which he had had for five or six years, is much better.
Peppery sensation on tongue belongs to Cann-ind.^ Laches.,
Mercuriua, Mezereumy Opium. The first two are given in Allen's
Repertory^ p. 1204, under " Pepper,*' the last three at p. 1200,
under " Burning."
Of course, these last three ought all to have been placed under
the rubric of " Pepper" as well as " Burning."
PROVINGS OF ALUMINA.
E. W. Berridge, M. D., London.
em
First proving. — Miss C. G. took several doses of Alumina!
(Fincke). For five years she had had a pain in stomach-pit like
a gnawing toothache, worse after food ; it came on every sum-
mer ; worst in June, Julys &nd August, after which it gradually
ceased. She had been treated by a mongrel, who declared she
was incurable. The Alurnina cured her after a severe aggrava-
tion.
It caused the following symptoms : Urine more frequent, oo-
}>ious, darker. At intervals sudden sharp pains like a stab in
ower part of back, making her feel for the moment as if she
could not straighten her spine. Low spirits; very trifling
things presented themselves in a black light and seemed insur-
mountable. Upper lip covered with little blisters. Darting
pains every now and then, first through one shoulder then in the
other. A darting pain occasionally nearly at bottom of back
on left side, which, while it lasts, stops the breath. Occasional
dim sight.
Second proving. — At half-past twelve o'clock p. M., I took
ten globules of CM (Fincke). Next day shooting in right side
of neck rather posteriorly.
Third proving. — Mr. J. F. B. took one dose of Alumina^^
(Fincke), for some chronic symptoms, August 22d, 1871, in
morning. Next day had the following group of symptoms
which were quite new to him :
In mornings when walking in room, feeling of faintness, ex-
treme nausea, going ofi^ after breakfast. All day easily tired,
inclined to lie down, yawning and stretching, drowsy, dullness
of thought, flushes or heat, lassitude after talking, for which he
had no inclination. Evening after sunset^ fullness of head re-
lieved by lying down.
BREWERS' YEAST AS A REMEDY.
In olden times brewers' yeast was considered a tonicum and
antiscepticum, and often prescribed in enteric fevers. (S. L. has
verified its benefit in typhoids in many a hard case, prescribing
a tablespoonful of fresh brewers' yeast in a pint of water as a bev-
erage, often in alternation with a phosphoric acid lemonade, and
no other treatment necessary. This was in ye olden times, when
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352 AN INVOLUNTARY PROVING OF SEMEN TIGLIL [August,
Homoeopathy was not yet accepted.) The English physicians
consider it a mild purgative. Mettenheimer gives it with saocess
]Q obstinate constipation, and others found it of equal benefit in
catarrhal and saburral diarrhoea, among the disturbing contents^
and thus restoring normal digestion. In many cases of phtliisis
tuberculosus it checked the exhausting diarrhoea after the failure
of other remedies. In fact, in the catarrhal affection of the apices
fmlmonum, tliat first stage of threatening consumption, it re-
ieved the cough and the short breathing, and in some cases
restored health, especially where the vital force had to fight
against'a tubercular disposition. Strict individualization is ne-
cessary, says Mettenheimer, as some patients can hardly bear a
tpaspoonful. Lay people often use brewers' yeast in hot milk for
chi^nic constipation, and for ages its external use has been with
them a favorable application in burns, and internally and ex-
ternally in scrofulous skin diseases.
AUg. Med. Qmtr.y ZeU. 36, 1889.
Have we here a new antipsoricum ? In my practice it always
holds a good place, and as a gargle from simple angina to true
diphtheria, and it did me as much good as the alcohol gargle
recommended by Granvogl. Has it ever been proved, or will
such provings m different potencies bring out symptoms which
may aid us in the cure of severe zymotic diseases ? We cannot
shut our eyes to the bacteriological studies of the present age,
though I believe that Gregg's decomposed fibres and the bacteria
are one and the same thing, effects not the cause of disease, and
is it allowable to a strict follower of Hahnemann to use brewers'
yeast for their destruction? S. L.
AN INVOLUNTARY PROVING OF SEMEN TIGLII.
Professor Hugo Schuby narrates, in the Therap, Monatsdieste^
February, '89, that one of his students, when semina tiglii
were handed round, swallowed a small particle, about 0.06
grm., containing about 60 per cent, fatty oil. It was
about eight A. M. when this robust young man took the
drug; at first the taste was not disagreeable, but afl^r a
few minutes the taste was that of a mouldy walnut, when he
spat out the whole of it. After ten minutes, during which
he steadily made efforts to swallow, he felt burning and scratch-
ing at the posterior part of the tongue, and all down the pharynx,
with a sensation of heat. In about fifteen to twenty minutes
1889.] NOTE ON .ETHUSA CYNAPIUM. 353
that sensation extended down the oesophagus to the stomach.
Severe unbearable pains of a drawing character now in the empty
stomach — as he had not yet taken breakfast — with nausea and
cold sweat on forehead. Intestinal peristalsis strongly increased,
and about nine A. M. severe colic, with constant desire to defecate.
In going home he had to stop at a tavern to relieve himself;
defecation rapid, watery. To remove the burning sensation in
the throat he ordered a light breakfast, but could not eat it, as
he had to hurry to the closet. Going home he had to stop again
at another place, and during the forenoon he had about a dozen
discharges. — A. L. Z., May, 1889. S. L.
Ed6. Hom. Physician: Hahnemann gave us Sulphide of
Calcium ; Villers, Mercurius cyanatus ; most of us use Ars. iod..
Stibium arsen., Ammon. brom.. Lapis alb., and many more com-
binations. Dr. Lorbacher speaks in their favor, considering
them au faUy and £. M. Hale goes one better, and recommends
double remedies, according to Lutze, e8i)ecially as physicians of
our school constantly order many combinations. I know that
some, who pride themselves on their high potencies, use them
in the CM, etc., and declare that thus neither alternation nor
succession takes place, but that they give a unit. Please inform
us on those points, whether it shall be considered progressive
Horaceopathy or otherwise. S. L.
NOTE ON .STTHUSA CYNAPIUM.
E. W. Berbibge, M. D.
At page 263 of vol. X, of Allen's Encycbpcediay the author
endeavors to discredit the poisonings attributed to this plant,
'' it having been clearly substantiated that the plant is harmless
to produce grave efiects.'' In opposition to this statement, C.
Hering calls it {Guiding Symptoms, vol. I, p. 74) " A narcotic-
acrid poison, on account of an adherent alkaloid substance
called Cynapine.'' Seeing that it has cured *^ epileptic spasms "
{Guiding Symptoms), it must be capable of proaucing them.
I saw in a recent allopathic journal, a case of poisoning by
.^ihusa, the plant bein^ identified by a botanist. Over twenty
years ago, at Dr. David Wilson'sdispensary, I saw a child cured of
sunken cornea with one dose of uElhusa^^ (Jenichen). I think
the symptom is given in HempePs Jahr, under " Post-mortem
appearances.*'
PROVING OF LAC CANINUM.
S. Swan, M. D.
January 17th, 1871. — Being in usual good health, com-
menced at eleven a. m. to take drop doses of 33d centesimal
potency every hour. At seven p. m., pain over left eye in organs
of size and weight. Sensations of coryza, principally in left
nostril ; thin mucus passing down posterior nares.
January 21st. — The proving having been interrupted during
18th and 19th, was resum^ to-day. Great redness, with
mottled appearance on inner side of lower lip, with white ulcer-
ated spots and great sensitiveness. Aching pain round waist
in a line with kidneys. Slight nausea. At night, on retiring,
dryness of throat ; pain over outer angle of right eye.
January 22(1. — Fluent coryza from left nostril in morning
when in the wind.
CLINICAL CASE.
Rhus-tox.
Mrs. , »t. twenty-two years, had an attack of rheumatism of
right shoulder and arm six years a^o, and was cured (?) accord-
ing to orthodox heroic methods. Has suffered more or less ever
since till about three montlis ago, when it became so annoying as
to keep her awake three or four nights in succession. She is a
homoeopathy so I gave her one dose of Rhus-tox^ dry, on the
tongue, without sac. lac, etc. No symptoms of rheumatism have
since shown up ; the shoulder is as limber and useful as any other
of her joints. The symptoms which led to the selection were a
fidgety restlessness, better after having commenced to move and
aggravated from cold and at night.
H. E. Potter, M, D.
Intermittent neuralgia of the plexus brachialis dext., es-
pecially in shoulder and upper arm, caused by a concussion of the
shoulder, attacks at a certain hour at night, regularly returning,
with stitching pains, followed by weakness and stiffness ; not free
from pain in daytime. Arnica^ cured the case at once, aft;er having
been endured for seventeen years. On account of the intermit-
tency he also took one dose of Arseniate of Quinine, fourth dec.,
at night. (We do not think that this alternation was necessary ;
though Arnica has not intermittency, it has aggravation at
night, and therefore claim the cure for the Arnica.) S. L.
364
POISONING BY TEA.
E. W. Berbidoe^ M. D.
In 1880 a ooUeagae in the United States communicated to me
the following curious effect of tea : A woman, aged about thirty-
three, had been married twice. Always during her married life
had the natural sexual desire and pleasure, till about eight years
ago, when she b^an to eat large quantities of tea-leaves, some-
times dry, but generally boiled. She chiefly used the Japan
tea. Since then face and skin have become sallow and greenish.
She has still the same sexual desire, but the orgasm occurs at
the first touch of coitus, after which there is no pleasure ; and if
the act is long continued, she feels a bearing-down. The touch
of another person's hand to her head will have the same effect.
She never had these symptoms before she took the tea.
Berberis has the reverse symptom (see Hering^s Guiding
Symptoma).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LIPPE SOCIETY.
The 131st meeting of the Lippe Society was held on Tuesday
evening, June 11th. Dr. C. Carleton Smith occupied the chair.
After the minutes of the preceding meeting had been read and
approved. Dr. M. Preston said he would like to have the
Society turn aside from the regular order and discuss the sig-
nificancy of nose-bleed in diphtheria. This was agreed to.
Dr. Preston — ^I wish to know the idea prevailing in respect
of bleeding from the nose in diphtheria. In the past three
weeks I have had four cases of diphtheria, one of which died
in two days from the onset of the attack. In one case the
membrane commenced by being blackish in the throat, and there
was deep ulceration in the roof of the mouth and about the
palate. The membrane also extended from the nose down over
the lips, and was bleeding.
The one which died had no membrane in the throat, but there
was a raw, ugly-looking ulcer, slightly pitted. It looked as
though a polypus had been cut out, and resembled a cauliflower
excrescence, though it was not above the surface. After looking
through Gregg, I concluded that Bry. would have helped the
case. Kali-bich. failed.
Dr. James — Speaking of Ejtli-bich., some time ago I had
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an old man over ninety years of ase with erysipelas of one foot.
I could find no remedy that would benefit him. After a short
time a scab formed and there was a round, deep ulcer, as thoush
it had been punched out, covered on the bottom with pus. Kau-
bich. soon improved the case.
Dr. Preston — ^The significance of the symptom, nose-bleed,
in diphtheria, is, in my opinion, a very serious, if not always
one of fatal import. So far as my experience goes, when it
occurs early in the diphtheritic onset it implies almost universally
a fatal end in the case, particularly if tlie bleeding be several
tiroes renewed. The volume of blood discharged does not
signify so much as the frequency of its occurrence. This fre-
quent appearance of the bloody dischax^ would seem to indi-
cate the existence of ulceration of more than commonly deep
origin, the sloughing of the membrane from which would leave
the superficial capillaries denuded and open.
The importance of hemorrhage, in a prognostic sense, has
generally rested with those cases, so far as my observation ex-
tends, in which it has proceeded from the nostrils. From the
cause I imagine that in the parts of the respiratory passages
more secluded the ulcerative process is better protected, and
hence less liable to give the early cry of alarm except where the
disease may have assumed a more malignant aspect. In the
pharynx we have a cavity which admits of easy and critical
inspection, and hemorrhage thence is quite frequent in bad cases,
but we are able to anticipate such a result and speak more in-
telligently of its purport when it occurs there. Hemorrhage
has infrequently furnished the basis on which any medicine was
selected, though we are not scantily supplied with remedies pos-
sessing such indications, yet they are, I believe, most generally
called for on this account, but are corroborative merely.
The mental condition of the patient, the appearance and
general conduct of the membranous deposit, ana the subjective
complaints, are, I believe, far the most valuable handles by
which we can grasp this formidable destroyer. Hemorrhage
corroboratively in the earliest stages, or mainly in the concluding
phase of the disease, will constitute our best hold.
In all cases of diphtheria, even those that seem apparently
mild, we must look out for danger-signals, for the changes
from bad to worse are sometimes so remarkably rapid as to
throw us entirely off our guard. There are three points of
danger to be constantly kept in view, vix.: Extension of exuda-
tive process to the larynx, which is so rapidly &tal in children ;
the excessive exudation in the nares and nasal passages, and,
lastly, hemorrhages from whatever portion of the body they
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may occar. Nasal hemorrhage or hemorrhage from kidneys I
always consider a symptom of the utmost gravity, for it indi-
cates decomposition of the blood, which, of course, means death^
unless a speedy change is brought about by the carefully selected
similar remedy.
By reason of their strong homoeopathicity, we naturally look
to the snake poisons for help in this condition of things, for the
reason that they possess the peculiar power of producing just
this condition of the blood when received into tlie circulation.
And we consult, according to their symptoms, the Lachesis, the
Elaps cor. fel., and the Yipera acuat. car., these being the lead-
ing members of the Aphidia.
I'oints : Bleeding persistent from nasal cavity, think of Elaps
cor. fel. ; bleeding with the blood thick and black, like treacle
in cold weather, study Vipera acuat. car. ; bleeding from roof of
mouth as if dropping through a sieve slowly, Bryonia; a
bloody sanious discharge, looking like blood and pus mixed,
with wings of nose excoriated, think of Mercurius.
Delirium is another symptom, which points to a fatal termina-
tion in this disease.
Abundance of albumen in the urine is not serious so long as
the urine is normal in amount and without blood corpuscles or
casts of tubes.
Dr. Clark — All authorities that I can recall speak of the
gravity of the condition in which there is bleeding from the
mucous surfaces. It is always considered of fatal import.
That we need not feel so, our experience goes to confirm. Dr.
Gregg, in his work on " Diphtheria," mentions a case in which
the inner mouth, the tongue, and the parts of the fauces which
could be seen discharged an acrid pus, which streamed from the
mouth and from both nostrils. Bryonia'''^ was given, and the
next day, instead of pus streaming out, the parts were all raw
and bleeding, and blood was being discharged from the nose and
chin. The Bry. was permitted to act, and the child made a
good recovery.
George H. Clare, Secretary.
BOOK NOTICES.
The Germania is a fortnightly Journal for the study of the
Grerman language and literature. It contains a series of German
exercises, well adapted for those who would acquire a good
knowledge of the language. Subscription price, $3.00 per year.
Address Germania, P. O. Box 90, Manchester, N. H.
358 BOOK NOTICES. [Augcrt,
A Hand-book op Materia Medica and Homgeopathic
Therapeutics, by Timothy F, Allen, A. M., M. D., LL,D.,
etc. Pages 1,165 ; price, $15. Hahnemann Publishing Hoase :
Philadelphia, 1889.
Ever since the days of Jahr, attemptohave been repeatedly made to coiuf^naeor
abbreviate the homoeopathic materia medica. Most of these attempts have resulted
in failure ; few of snch condensed works have proven useful. They seemed to
omit what one needed, and to give just the symptoms which were of no value
in prescribing. Dr. Allen's condensation of his JSnqfclopcedia seems to be
something better than this ; as far as a cursory examination can show, it seems
to be a useful work. But its true value can only be eiitimated after a continued
use of it in prescribing. The condensation has been very cleverly done : few
useful or reliable symptoms seem to be omitted. Somesymptoms^are renaered
a little confused by the method of condensing. But, on the whole, we believe
the verdic«t of students of the materia medica will be in favor of the work. It
seems to us Dr. Allen made a great mistake in omitting the ** Lacs," Hydro-
phobinum, etc. He evidently appreciates this, for he offers (see prrfaoe) to
insert them in a new edition, if called for by the profession. Did Dr. Allen
omit these remedies for fear of ridicule from the ** scientists"?
We have hitherto condemned these condensed works, believing them to be
the cause of ntuch error in practice. If Dr. Allen*s work shall prove 9o useful
as to cause us to make an exception in its favor, we shall be glad. The work,
even after a brief study, seems to promise to be useful, therefore we believe
few will regret its purchase. The publisher has done his part in good taste,
and has given us good paper and type, with strong binding.
The Pbincipal Uses of the Sixteen Most Important
AND Foubteen Supplementary Homceopathic Medi-
cines. LoDdoQ : E. Gould & Sod, 1889.
The purpose of this little volume is to give the "uses" of these thirty
remedies for domestic practice. The volume, like most of its kind, is practi-
cally useless. Too many diseases are considered, and none are thoronghlj
done. If these works were devoted exclusively to the consideration of a few
of the common, mild complaints, like colds, diarrhoea, headache, toothache,
etc., etc., they might be of value to the laity ; but when such diseases as
epilepsy are included, and space wasted which could be given to the proper
consideration of mild complaints, then these ** domestic *' works become ridicu-
lous and useless.
Electricity in the Diseases op Women, with special
reference to the Application op Strong Currents,
by G. Betton Massey, M. D., Philadelphia. F. A. Davis,
Publisher, 1231 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. Price, $1.50.
This little book, of two hundred pages, is one of the most clearly- written
works of its kind that we have seen. It is a plain exposition of the proper
method of usine strong electrical currents in the treatment of uterine diseases
from functionHi dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, etc., to fibroid tumon. It is
mainly a record of the author's personal experience, and as he is a young man
in the profession, it is a highly creditable record. He is also the inventor of an
ingenious " current controller,'' illustrated on page 13 of his book. It consists
of a disk of glass, covered over with a *' tapering area " (suggestive of the curved
1889.] BOOK NOTICES. 359
arm of a crank) of plambigo. Over this plays a rotating lever, which, as it
advances from the taperinj^ end or point, covers more and more of the plum-
bago area, thus gradually increasing the electrical current. The book is well
supplied with illustrations, and all the apparatus clearlv explained.
Practical experiments are suggested to the beginner for learning the effects
of electricity under varying conditions, by testing the current upon raw beef.
These are certainly very desirable for gaining a clear insight into this method
of treatnoent. Altogether it is a very clever book. "W. M. J.
" Psychic Life op Micro-Organisms/' Alfred Binet. Open
Court Publishing Co.; Chicago.
This work of M. Binet^s, The P^ekie Life t^ Micro-OrganitmSj is one full of
deep philosophical interest ; the name in itself is suggestive of a field of
thougbt into whose vague and misty depths our mental vision has but barely
penetrated. We are hatdly upon the threshold of psychology, even in its
varied phenomena, as seen amon^ the more highly organized beings, and when
one attempts to consider its manifestations in such a lowly group of animals
as even the Echinoderms, to whom M. Romanes delegates the first dawning of
the memory faculty, the thoughtful mind must pause in wonder and amaze-
meot. But when the lowest of all life forms, the microscopic unicellular
animals and plants, become the subjects of psychological inquiry, wonder
ceases and amazement gives place to a sense of profoundness surpassing ex*
preesion. Notwithstanding the somewhat startling title of the work, the sub-
ject-matter is but a clear statement of observed phenomena in the life histories
of various microscopic proto- organisms, and their interpretation from a
psychological standpoint.
This is the aim and object of the work — to show that the life phenomena of
the micro-organism, and of all protoplasm in general, are not n>erely the re-
sult of ''cellular irritability," reacting upon environment, but that they arise
independently from what might be callea an inherent psychic force residing
in the protoplasm and the nucleus. Many strong facts are brought forward in
support of this argument, and the author carries us, in his chapters on
** Motory and Sense Organs," '* Nutrition," ** Colonial Life," " Fecundation,"
and the " Physiolojpcal Function of the Nucleus." through many interesting
details in the life histories of various proto -organisms. But our knowledge of
psychological phenomena and of proto-organic life is ^et too vague and unde-
fined to settle such a profound question. In higher life-forms the action and
reaction of environment and cell, or the inherent pyschic power as a basis
factor in life is still a vexed question. And when micro-organisms form the
object of research in this direction all deductions mnst be taken as surmise onl^.
Vet B. Binet'swork is a step in the right direction, for all questions of this
kind must be viewed from eacli and everv standpoint, and in the broadest
possible light. Its merit lies in the new light thns thrown into the misty
realms of the lower life ; the clean, concise description and undoubted ver-
acity of the observed phenomena, and the able and scientific manner in which
the writer has drawn nis eonclusions. S.. T.
PREI4MINARY RePOBT ON THE USE OF MeTAL TrACK ON
Railways as a Substitute for Wooden Ties, by E. E.
Russell Tratman, C. E. Compiled by B. E. Fernow, Chief
of Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture. Washing-
ton, D. C, 1889.
The continued and alarming waste of the forests in providing timber for
use in the arts, and, let us also add, to create destructive and wasteful booms in
360 BOOK NOTICES. [Aagast, 1889.
oar moantain streams, and the oonseqnent rise in price of timber has indueed
railroad managers, who are among the largest consumers, to look about for
some efficient substitute for wooden ties upon which the rails most resL
Iron and steel are the materials looked to now to take the place of wood.
Manj patents have already been issued and some of the devices tried. The
vast quantity of timber consumed for this purpose alone makes a demand
upon our forests that has at last arrested the attention of political economists
and has caused the Department of Agriculture of our own Government to
isAue a special bulletin (No. 3), the title of which appears at the head of this
notice.
According to this bulletin, American railroad managers are not alone con-
Bidering this subject. Iron ties are being tried in many countries of £urope.
and even in Asia and Africa. In India the metal ties are being extensively
used, and they have even been introduced into Burmah.
The number of patterns proposed is remarkable, no less than one hundred
and sixty devices having been patented.
The most practical^ according to the report, are the Post tie and the Durand
tie. Both resemble inverted troughs in shape, but the Durand is made from
old steel rails which are r iUed into flat sheets and then bent into the proper
shape. This reduces the cost of the metal tie to nearly that of wood.
We have not space to give more than the above summary of this report,
and think that what is here stated is all that will interest the medical
profession. W. M. J.
Report on the Forest Conditions op the Rocky Moun-
tains and Other Papers ; with a map showing the Location
of Forest Areas on the Rocky Mountain Range, by B. £.
Fernow, Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C, 1889. Bulletin No. 2.
In issuing this book, the Chief of the Forestry Division sajs:
** The following report and papers are designed as a basis for an intelligent oonoeptlon
of the posBiblUtles and requirements of legislative action on the part of the Genenl
Government in resard to some of its property. They will aUo. it is hoped, be welcome
to the student of the climatic, floral, and economic conditions of the reslon to which
they refer, and serve ss a historic reference book in the times when the fully of present
days will be judged by those who will sufbr its consequences."
The continued and even wanton destruction of timber in this country can-
not be too severely and too frequently attacked nor too freely brought to the
notice of people of all professions and trades, to the end that a great wave of
gublic sentiment may arise that will stop the vandalism before it is too late,
o great is this destruction that the Chief is provoked in this report to the
savage but perfectly just remark : *'That the beauty of the once verdant
mountain sides is being ruthlesslpr and neediemly destroyed, and with such gen-
eral equanimity is this devastation considered that we may soon substitute in
our dictionaries the word ' Americanism ' for * Vandalism I* "
The report spenks of many of the beneficial effects of forests. Among
them may be mentioned : Tendency to increase the water supply. They
prevent the snows from melting too rapidly in the spring, and protect the
springs and rivulets They keep the ground moist and promote rsin-fidl.
The headwaters of all important streams are protected and nourished by fur-
ests. Forests arrest the extreme desiccation of the atmosphere and mpid
surfaoe^rainage into the streams. Snow in the mountain forests melts more
graduallv than on bare surfaces, and thus forests prevent floods.
Considerable space is given in the report to tne significant phenomena of
avalanches and land slides which are directly promoted by the cutting off of
the trees. W. M. J.
THIE
HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP
HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA AND CLINICAL MEDICINE.
If oar Bohool ever give up the strict Indaotlve method of Hahnemann, we
are lost, and deserve only to be mentioned as a caricature in
the history of medicine."— cx>N8tantiics hkbhyo.
Vol. IX. SEPTEMBER, 1889. No. 9.
GLEANINGS FROM DISCUSSIONS UPON PAPERS
READ AT THE RECENT MEETING OP THE
INTERNATIONAL HAHNEMANNIAN
ASSOCIATION.
I. — What is Contagion?
Dr. J. T. Kent's paper, entitled " The Healing Principle,"
being under discussion, the question as to " What is Contagion ?''
arose ; or, better, the question mi^ht be put, '^ When are people
susceptible to contagion?" We give some of the views
expressed :
Dr. Long — I have for sixteen years taken the stand that
diseases are not contagious. It requires such a body as this to
understand such a remark, and I have been censured over and
over again for trying to explain that fact.
I have slept with diphtheria. It was the ill-wind that blew
me good sixteen years ago. When I attempted to establish a
practice, I started on an epidemic of diphtheria. I have slept
with it and been with it for hours, and I have never used a
preventive except my natural health, and I have never had a
sign of sore throat. I think Dr. Kent brings out one fact — that
is, if you are not in perfect health, you are sick and susceptible
to the various diseases that are prevalent. Again, I have been
with small-pox and was never vaccinated since a baby. It is
^nerally understood by the laity that physicians use something —
it is got from the practices of the old school. I remember fif-
teen years ago, visiting with an allopathic physician, who
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362 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
actually smoked at the bedside of his patient. So that if joa
clear up the question, " What is contagion ?" you are relieving a
great wound to the physician.
Dr. Biegler — I don't know that I can add my thoughts on
anything valuable, but when the Doctor brings up the question
of contagion I cannot help but state the stand that I take. I
have always maintained that the contagion is the disease; if the
disease is cured the contagion is done away with, instead of
beating the air, creating a smudge, calling out the military, and
making a noise to kill the microbes. If the {mtients in Florida
were cured, and the patients in Italy and France, and the
cholera and yellow fever patients — if they were cured, the con-
tagion would very soon be ended.
In regard to the susceptibility of a patient, to the individual
there is good ground for understanding the manner in which
the contaeion is received. Dr. Kent's paper makes that so plain
as to render it unnecessary to go into it, but, like Dr. Long, I
have been exposed to tliphtheria for thirty years, and had the
membrane coughed into my lips ; it has even gone into my eyes,
and I have not yet succumbed to that disease. I have no theory
framed to answer an experience of this kind ; it does not enter-
tain the least theory. I am not susceptible, and when I am
asked this, as I have been asked within the past three or four
days, I simply say I am not a subject for it. That is why I
have escaped. I wish to make that point here. I believe the best
thing that can be done to subdue contagion in disease is to cure
the patient, and not as scientific men do now, let the patients die
and try and kill the microbes. The sooner the patient is cured
the sooner the disease is cured.
Dr. Reed — It is needless to add to Dr. Kent's paper, but as
confirmatory of what he has said I might state that I was in
charge of a small-pox hospital in 1862-63 in the array. I never
had been vaccinated and never will be. I am very much like
" Buffalo Bill " when he went into Paris ; the officers said that
all of his men would have to be vaccinated, but he replied : " If
we are not allowed to enter as we are we will not enter Paris at
all, and you will not have the privilege of seeing our show.'*
I have also two other instances to state. I remember one man
that had the small-pox in the ambulance with me, and I never
was susceptible to it, and never had a skin disease in my life.
This susceptibility that Dr. Kent has brought out — we are
not sick when we are not susceptible to prevailing miasma.
There is a lady in our city who cannot pass by a house where
the painters are at work without having lead colic ; she will
1889.] PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. 363
invariably go by on the opposite side of the street. Another
lady of my acquaintance, cannot think of eating a strawberry
without producing an eruption upon her body — her little girl
can eat all she pleases without any evil result — and it can be
explained in no other way than that given by Dr. Kent.
L)r. Ballard — I was only thinking what a valuable paper this
was; I feel very much obliged to Dr. Kent for the paper; I
never was satisfied with the idea of Bhus poisoning that the case
was cured. The patient needed Rhus before. Dr. Kent has
furnished the explanation — because the Bhus was indicated.
In another case, I remember Anacardium cured very quickly.
This paper explains a great deal, and although it is truly Hah-
nemann's teaching to say a patient is not sick if there are no
symptoms, yet I think we will have to modify that to such a
degree as Dr. Kent has shown. The patient is sick, because
capable of being made sick in certain ways, if we can discover
that fact. I have slept with diphtlieria and never had a touch ot
it in my life, but I have not seen much small-pox.
Dr. H. C. Allen — I wish every physician in the land could
explain as thoroughly, as simply, and as easily as Dr. Kent has
to*night the cure of Rhus poisoning by Rhus-tox ; how it
woald open their eyes ! If you should speak to the majority of
homoeopaths about curing Rhus poisoning by Rhus-tox, they
would say, "you are isopathic, you are practicing isopathy/'
The patient is simply calling for Rhus before poisoning ; he was
extremely susceptible to that action.
I have been poisoned with Rhus when a boy without going
within fifteen or twenty feet of Rhus, and several years ago 1
learned the secret of taking along Rhus% and if I was
exposed I took a dose of Rhus and had no further trouble. As
Dr. Ballard says, I have slept with diphtheria, and treated small-
pox in a malignant form, and never had anything of the kind.
There is no danger of a healthy person becoming sick unless
there is a susceptibility to disease, and the cure of that suscepti-
bility renders him capable of throwing off anything of the kind,
and Hahnemann distinctly points that out in his volume of
Chronic Diseases. The majority of our young men have not the
Chronic Diseases, and posisibly if they had it they would not
read it. I have been told Hahnemann is an old fogy, and that
we now know a great many more things about the science of
medicine than Hahnemann ever knew about " curing disease,'^
and we are not to be taught by him. I am positively certain of
the truth of the statement made by Dr. Weldon, President of
the Ohio State College, in which he said that every homceopathic
364 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.
coU^e in the country was not doing its duty when they did not
have a special chair devoted to the Organon of Hahnemann.
That is what we need to-day — teachings of this kind to our stu-
dents— then we would not require a College of Homoeopathies.
Dr. Butler — People with idiosyncrasies that render them
liable to the action of drugs or disease make most excellent
provers, and they will develop symptoms which no other prover
will, therefore the Materia Medicas that are about to come out
are going to omit the most valuable symptoms — determinative
^ymptovis.
Dr. Emory — I have been very much interested in Dr. Kent's
paper ; and, as expressed by Dr. Ballard, it has cleared up Rhus
poisoning being antidoted by a high potency of Rhus ; that was
brought up at a meeting of the Hahnemann Club not long ago,
and we were not agreed as to why a high potency of Rhus will
apparently cure Rhus poisoning. Like Dr. Ballard, I am not
through thinking about it yet.
Dr. Dillingham — I have been interested in Dr. Kent's paper
very much. I think the first explanation of the action of Rhus
is very remarkable, and if it be true it occurs to me that he has
done away with the theory of isopathy. If his explanation of
Rhus is correct, the same will be true of all the remedies intro-
duced under the head of *^ nosodea/' because some are susceptible
to Rhus and others are not — it is the same in contagious dis-
eases but after another kind, and I would like to ask Dr. Kent
whether his theory does not do away witli the theory of " isop-
athy?"
Dr. Kent— Mr. President, I had intended to refer to this in
the summing up, as I have the last word. I will say now, as
we all know, that this miserable bugbear, " isopathy," has been
Htaring us in the face, it worried me into su^esting a solution
of the difficulty, as I have done for you in this paper, and it re-
mains with you to say as to whether I have furnished the solu-
tion or not to the bugbear " isopathy ;" many things have
been presented in isopathic cures that I have been unable to ex-
plain away.
The question has been asked " Would you give a high potency
of Morphia to antidote a hypodermic of Morphia ?" — I have
also put into its place the susceptibility.of other poisonous sub-
stances— I have made an explanation of the principle, and it
remains with yon to follow it up and we will communicate here-
after. This is only the beginning ; I can offer this view that is
expressive of what has been revolving in my mind, and we will
develop something aftier awhile.
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Let us, then, Dot refuse this subject, but meet it like men, like
philosophers, like physicians. Are these cures Homoeopathy
under the disguise of isopathy? I believe they are homoeo-
pathic. Wherever they occur I believe they are permanent
— cures are only effected under the homoeopathic law ; but, on the
other hand, reliefs are apparent, they are short-lived. We have
antipathic relief, such as we find sometimes produced by a repe-
tition of high potencies, that will produce antipathic cure, but
only in a very tough disposition. You wonder why the patient
is as susceptible to the curative remedy as he is to the disease, that
he is unable to resist the cure — ^a mere smell of the bottle — ^and
he is unable to resist the cure, he catches it (as it were) ; it is by
contagion, and he is cured.
We have the same demon for cure as we have for making sick,
only when a person eets too much he is made sick, but when
cared he gets just little enough.
When he is not susceptible enough to the medicine, what caa
you produce but antipathy, and your relief is a deception, a
fraud, and a snare.
Dr. Baylies (New York) — Will the single medicine, when ex-
hibited in high potency, damage the case ? We all admit the
injurious complications with disease resulting from the crude
drugs ; and as homoeopathicians asserting the powerful action of
high potencies administered for proving, we must either believe
that the diseased body excludes their action when non-homoeo-
pathic, or that they also, when thus administered, complicate the
case and embarrass the cure. If the principle explaining the so-
called isopathy just announced by Dr. Kent be accept^ — that
the supposed antidote appears so to act because it was homoeo-
pathic to the state preceding the poisoning — it would follow by
analogy that the non-homoeopathic, absolutely dissimilar medi-
cine, especially if administered in high potency, would not
damage the case or interfere with the action of the simillimum.
Dr. Campbell — I would like an explanation as to whether
that same principle can be applied by Dr. Kent when he cures
Quinine cases by the high potency of Quinine ; would the same
principles apply?
Dr. Kent — Do you mean immediately or long after ? It ap-
plies long after because he is no longer suffering from the effects
of Quinine, but from the chronic affection left by the dynamis,
and not the crude drug-effect.
Dr. H. C. Allen — It is the same thing of tobacco ; it acts in
tbe same way — ^the high potency is the best antidote for tobacco
and the 2C potency of Quinine the best antidote for Quinine, and
366 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Scpt.^
it is jiermanent ; that is my experience, provided the drug be lei
alone.
Dr. Sawyer — High potencies of Coffea will do the same.
Dr. H. C. Allen — I know a mother of an allopathic physician
that carries a bottle of Coffea **, and whenever she has a cup of
coffee she also takes a dose of Coffea ^.
Dr. Kent — ^Because she is susceptible to Coffea. It is the
susceptibility you aim at with your high potencies. We will
take a case of poisoning by Morphia, where the patient is not
susceptible, but received it by accident in large quantity. The
question has been asked — and rightly — would you expect to
give a high potency to one who is dying from the effects of Mor-
phia? I have been asked that question — I don't think you
would. The explanation is that it is not that kind of a case.
Dr. Butler — It does not seem possible that bad cases of
tobacco poisoning will be cured by high potencies of Tobacco.
How many times have you used Sabadilla, and ought yon not to
have used it if you did not do so, and persons poisoned with
Quinine ought to have Pulsatilla, or is it that the Quinine symp-
toms manifest themselves so strongly that the high potency (of
Quinine) will have to be given, and, similarly, for other drngs at
other times.
Dr. Kent— There is another portion in that paper— I made
the statement that frequent repetition of the poison increases or
brings about that susceptibility, and though the individual may
be only partially sensitive to it, he becomes poisoned with it, and
afterward susceptible to the merest inhalation of it, and over
sensitive after having once been poisoned with it. The individ-
ual who has been in the habit of taking Quinine and becomes
sensitive to it — it is the chronic effect — and the old sensitiveness
is cured by the repetition of the Quinine in high potency — and
it is the same with Coffea as Quinine.
Dr. Ballard — I think there are a great many of our thoughts
we have not known how to explain. We all know that any one
of us may step into the house, say a few words to some lady, and
nothing is felt and nothing wrong about it ; we might say these
same words to another lady and slie would swoon away. In the
first case, there is no homoeopathicity at all, and in the second
case there was a condition of that woman which made this rumor
homoeopathic, because of the relationship between the person
spoken of and the lady. The same thing exists in the actions of
medicines in all cases. We find a person who has been drugged, and
we give a remedy homoeopathic to the condition ; wesiroply remove
the plug and let that poison float away. It had found a suitable
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soil, but had it not found a soil in which it could take root it
would not have been felt at all. Now, it is the same thing in re-
gard to contagion, it may be found on all hands. Hahnemann
says our medicines cure by producing a disease stronger than the
one which the patient is suffering from, but I think Dr. Kent's
explanation of the case better than that remark itself; and I
have always contended that a dose of high potency of any
remedy could not produce a disease stronger than the one from
which the patient was suffering. The patient who is on the sick-
bed with small-pox : the remedy simply acts homoeopathically to
the condition, as the virus or contagion of small-pox does to the
susceptibility of that person taking it. And we have to-night
simply opened a vial and let loose the odor which has b^en
corked for a long time, the substance of which we now see in
the bottle but we don't know how to get it out ; but next year we
can express ourselves as to it. I might say, in order to empha-
size my remarks in regard to the homoeopathicity of the words
spoken to the lady — An Irishman who was sent to break the sad
tidings to the wife of the sudden death of her husband (Mr.
Kelly) — he being a great friend could do it a great deal better
than any one else. On rapping, Mrs. Kelly came to the door.
" You are the lady of the house, I suppose ?" " I am Mrs.
Kelly," she answered. " Your are a liar, for the corpse is com-
ing around the corner."
II. — Germs.
As closely related to the subject of contagion, the question of
the part played by the so-called " germs " is one of the greatest
interest. Every since these germs were discovered and the
practice known as " Listerism," based upon it, has been in vogue^
there has been no one subject which has so constantly occupied
the attention of the ''old school." All this Dr. Bell shows in
his paper, and moreover he clearly demonstrates that the germ
theory^ with the practice based upon it, has not given the sur-
geons the good results claimed for it.
Dr. Stow — I think this Association is vastly indebted to Dr.
Bell for this remarkable paper. There is one thing in connec-
tion with the paper that appeared to me at first to surest some-
thing— ^I cannot give the words exactly — ^but the Doctor, if I
understand it correctly, said in speaking of the causes of the
formation of microbes, that we are ignorant of them.
I venture this suggestion that it will not be found to be the
most reasonable view to take of it. Since that in every solution
368 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
of continuity of animal structure you have severed nerve fila-
ments which convey to the parts that amount of nerve force
requisite to maintain them in a condition of health, and hence
until there is some restoration of the tracks through which this
force is carried, you will have breaking down of tissue and pro-
duction of microbes, and so forth, and that carries us back also
to this alternative theory of Hahnemann, that it is a derange^
ment of the vital forces — whatever that may be — which gives us
symptoms of disease and produces disease. To reach that vital
force is to reach the matter in hand and (to) cure the case.
Br. J. B. G. Custis — ^This paper has given me a great deal
of pleasure. I like to see members exliaust subjects in the way
Dr. Bell has this. I do not know if I can add anything to it,
but only just show how far they are carrying on this discussion
in Washington.
I have made inquiries of Professor Schmitt there in the em-
ploy of the Grovernment studying this subject, and he is bending
every energy toward the isolation of bacteria and the reproduc-
tion in the healthy organism of the disease from which they are
supposed to have been isolated, and all he would say was that
they had reproduced the "pear blight " — ^the disease in the pear
tree — and reproduced it in all its peculiar characteristics in the
pear tree, but would not claim that anything had ever been re-
produced with its characteristics in the healthy man; he believed
it had been done in animals, but could not prove it. I think it
is important for us to have put ourselves on record both as in-
vestigators of this subject and of having firm convictions after
having investigated it.
Dr. Ballard — I wish to sustain the paper by a little ex|>eri-
ence. It always seemed absurd to me that we have traveling
through our vessels a menagerie which we must kill or destroy
before we can exterminate the disease.
A year ago a patient of mine had amputation performed at
the upper third oftthe left thigh because of necrosis of the femur,
and there was also enlargement and chronic suppuration of one
of the inguinal glands and a sinus connected with the opening
of the thigh. That wound was carefully dressed and bandaged
every day for nearly six weeks, but there was no healing. They
tried to heal this inguinal gland by pressure, and finally one of
our noted professors of surgery expressed the belief that it would
have to be dissected out. All the while the wound was dressed
on the " Listerian plan.'*
I gave the remedies which appeared to be indicated for the
difierent symptoms as they came along and would control them.
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bat the woand would DOt heal, and these symptoms, or some-
thing in addition to them, would be continually cropping up.
I finally said to the surgeon, Now, I donH believe this non-
sense any longer ; this young man is a patient of mine, and Lis-
terism cannot save him, my remedies are prevented by Carbolic
acid from doing their work, and so I will exterminate every-
thine from that wound (of such a nature).
The pus was highly odoriferous, and every little while, if the
pressure was removed from the inguinal gland it would bulge
up, because of the pressure somewhere else from the pus not
being freely discharged. I gave the indicated remedy, which
was ^' Sulphur,'^ and I can safely say that within ten days that
stump was healed, which had been discharging for six weeks,
and aid not break out again, either.
So, in addition to the vital force which may resist this mena-
gerie, I believe the next best antiseptic is the simillimum.
Dr. Schmitt — In support of Dr. Ballard, I want to tell you
of another menagerie, a case of erysipelas, caused by a wound on
the skin of the tibia. The erysipelas went down into the super-
ficial tissue and made a very long wound over an area of large
size. The patient was dresser to our hospital, and that fact
alone will show you that there was no Carbolic acid or other
disinfectant there but a simple dressing of Pencoline to prevent
irritation. The remedies with which I healed the foot were
Silicea, followed by Hepar-sulph. and the whole case was well
in five weeks.
In the allopathic hospitals they would have cut oW that
foot.
III. — Arnica ob Calendula?
Dr. Alice B. Campbell read a paper entitled " In Praise of
Calendula,^' which caused quite a discussion upon the indications
for the use of Arnica and Calendula.
(Dr. Campbell's paper will be found in full in our July
issue.)
Dr. Bell — Dr. Campbell has made the point that torn tissue
indicates Calendula.
Dr. H, C. Allen — ^There is a very broad distinction between
the use of Calendula as a universal application ; here it is used
on its indications perfectly correct — ^well done in praise of Calen-
dula.
Dr. Dillingham — I want to say one word — in some cases it is
confusing to know what to ase — we have three remedies for
370 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
wounds — Arnica, Calendula, and Hypericum. In Dr. Camp-
beira case Arnica was the remedy, at least, I can hardly see
where she could give Calendula and Arnica, but the patient took
two remedies ; one remedy must have done the whole thing. A
properly-dressed wound and the indicated remedy would have
done much.
Dr. Campbell — That question has occurred to me, but it
seemed to me the boy was so shocked that Arnica appealed to
the mental condition, and that was why I gave it the first night
and in two days afterward the pain had gone. There was rest-
less sleep, desire to sleep but could not. I gave a dose of Bella-
donna, then lefl him on the Calendula to heal the external
wound. I had a little experience with that same young man
with a pistol shot. He got shot in his hand with a pistol, and
his motner was up all night bathing him with Arnica, and next
day there was a line of inflammation extending up the arm,
which I took to be the poisonous effects of Arnica, but it did
not bias me if I had the indications of Arnica. I thought the
'mangled condition of the wound would be helped by Calendula,
and at the hospital they commended my proceeding ; they con-
tinued it themselves, and I do not think they are accustomed to
do so. The wound healed beautifully and rapidly under the
Calendula.
Dr. Nash — I would like to know if Calendula is the specific
for lacerated wounds and Arnica for shock, and when we have
both conditions present which are we going to use?
Dr. Dillingham — If I remember, my impressions are correct
in regard to the use of Calendula — it should be given for clean-
cut wounds, and Arnica given for bruises — and it was indicated
in this case ; it was the remedy.
Dr. Schmitt — Several years ago I had some experience with
lacerated wounds, and one week a fellow would come in with a
crushed finger — the flesh crushed on the bone, and I generally
•cleaned the wound and put Calendula tincture on it undiluted
to stop the bleeding — it generally does so at once — and then
wrapped it up and left the wound for several days.
Dr. H. C. Allen — Did you give nothing internally ?
Dr. Schmitt — No, I don't now give anything internally.
Dr. Long — I have had some experience and I find, like in
everything else, there is no exception in medicine, and that Cal-
-endula does not cure in every case of lacerated wounds. I
would like to ask Dr. Schmitt if he ever had a case that was
not lacerated.
Dr. Schmitt — Some of them suppurated, and if I noticed any
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bad smell the bandage was taken off, and I generally gave any
remedy which was indicated and kept the wounds open to see
them.
Dr. Campbell — Would you then stop the Calendula ?
Dr, Schmitt — Yes, I stopped the Calendula.
Dr. Campbell — Is there a law regulating that fact of mangled'
or bruised surfaces? I only apply Arnica if the surfaces are
cut.
Dr, J. B. G. Custis — I ani afraid to use Arnica where there
is no abrasion. I have seen several bad cases, one of which
proved fatal, resulting from the use of Arnica.
Dr. Bell— What kind of Arnica?
Dr. J. B. G. Custis — I was going to speak of that, and I in-
struct my patients never to use Arnica unless greatly diluted.
I have used Arnica exceedingly diluted so that you could hardly
detect the odor in the water, where there has been a great deal
of contusion in addition to the laceration, but the Calendula
in preference to that if the surface is simply cut. There has
been some Hamamelis in Washington which has been danger-
ous to use. One lady hurt her eye, and upon the advice of
her friends applied Hamamelis and the whole side of her face
became swollen — it also occurred in another case.
These articles should be prescribed in a homoeopathic drug-
store. Their purity is very necessary in order to form a judg-
ment as to their virtue.
Dr. Stow — Ought not this view to be taken : I would wish
to distinguish between the Arnica and Calendula in all cases
where the flesh has been bruised without breaking it, where the
life quality has been knocked out of the tissue, and where
«cchymosis follows rapidly. Arnica is the remedy, but if you come
to a wound that is torn as with a buzz-saw, and it is mangled —
only such parts of the wound, as the ragged portions, are likely
to become destitute of vitality — in that case give Calendula. If
the wound is large the torn parts should be chipped off so as to
make the wound clean. Those distinctions ought to be borne in
mind in the treatment of wounds. Then in regard to the
pathogenesis of Arnica — ^what is that condition calling for
Arnica? In typhoid fever it is where there is rapid loss of
vitality, presented very largely at times in bleeding sordes and
those peculiar ecchymosed spots upon the skin indicating rapid
breaking down of tissue — here Arnica is the remedy. There
18 a two-fold trouble here — when a ball strikes the flesh it bruises
it, compresses it and makes a hole. In such a case it is em-
barrassing to know which to use, the Arnica or the Calendula,
372 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN A8S0. [Sept.,
and it depends upon the amount of laceration following the ball.
If the wound closes there is a danger of accumulation of matter
unless there is drainage.
Dr. Dillingham — There is another question I want to men-
tion. To-day surgery is a complicated affair. The sui^ry of
the future is to be the simplest possible surgery. In this case
reported, what carried the patient through, and what did the
cure ? Because as Hahnemannians we are bound to give the
indicated remedy, and treat the wound in the simplest possible
way. In one of the hospitals of England they use nothing but
dry dressings. "We find here a wound being done up by a me-
chanic, by wrapping it up simply in the blood. We want to
throw off in the treatment of wounds everything that is not ab-
solutely necessary, otherwise we are getting complicated a»
Hahnejnannians.
Dr. H. C. Allen — There is another point, and that is this : We
prove, and we use our remedies in the potentized form ; why
should we come down and begin at once with the tinctures in
the treatment of wounds? If we use Arnica take the SOx in
water, or some other way. We get just as good results if you
get the right preparation of Arnica — not that made from the
leaves, because then you get insect poison similiar to the Can-
tharidis which is invariably found in the arnica leaves, and it is
impure because of this fact. Our allopathic friends throw it
away ; they are afraid of using it. There is no necessity of
using either tincture of Arnica or Calendula, use the potenized
preparation of it. Dr. Campbell has not cleared up the dis-
tinction why she used Arnica and Calendula. If Arnica was to
be used, that alone should be used, if Calendula, that alone ;
then we gain the point and our friends of the A. I. H. will srfy
there is alternation of remedies in the I. H. A.
Dr. Nash — I think it was Dr. Fore who brought forth Calen-
dula as a remedy for wounds, and told of the peculiar virtues of
this remedy, and in order to convince them made a deep cut in
the fleshy portion of his hand, dressed it in Calendula, and the
next day appeared before the company with his hand perfectly
healed. It is said Calendula is a remedy for those wounds
that suppurate profusely. I have seen suppuration rapidly sub-
side under the use of it in a burn which covered the back and
hips of a child who fell into a pail of hot water. The suppura-
tion was profuse and I used Calendula, with the effect of rapidly
healing up the wound. But I would like to inquire whether
the fact is established that Calendula is a remedy for profusely
suppurating injuries by internal use. Dr. Allen claims it is a
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specific remedy which may be used just as well in the potency
internally as in the tincture. Is it an excellent remedy where
suppuration is profuse ?
Dr. Biegler — I would not take your time in giving indications
for Calendula, Arnica, and Hamamelis, but I wish to have
the fact impressed that Dr. Allen has just brought up — that
those remedies act better inihe highly diluted form than in the lino-
tare. I never, of late, have used any of those preparations
except in the very highly diluted form, and I have had perfectly
satisfactory success in using Arnica by being careful to obtain
the homoeopathic tincture — I have frequently got erysipelas
from the other — by dropping ten or twelve drops into half a
pint of water, which is just as effectual. So with Calendula
and Hamamelis. Now as to the use of the potentized form,
we obtain here better results. I have used it on burns. A so-
lution of the CM of Canthar., locally in water, with perfect
satisfaction. Take a little of the preparation Cif dissolved in a
few spoonfuls of water, then fill an eight-ounce bottle and use
locally.
Dr. W. H. Reed — I had a case of a lady who had rhagades
of the nipples, a distinctly marked case of Sulphur. I had
heard that the topical application of Sulphur would be advisa-
ble to use, and laid a cloth soaked with the CJf potency upon the
nipples and got great relief, but aflerward cured with a dose of
Graphites.
Dr. Custis — ^In the peeling off of the epithelium of new-bom
children it has been customary with me to use Argentum-nitri-
cum ^, a few pellets in water, and the nurses claimed there was
something magical about it.
Is there not some difference between the effect of Hamamelis
tincture or dilution and the potency of it in its power to check
hemorrhage — will a hemorrhage from the lungs be checked as
rapidly by Hamamelis when not in high potency, as when in
the dilution or tincture? It seems to me there is a special thera-
peutic force in the potencies which is not in the tinctures, while
there is drug action in the tincture which we want to get rid of
in the potencies.
Dr. JBell — ^I think we must struggle against routine practice,
and would say in connection with these cases, I have tried in
every case to give the indicated remedy where required.
Arnica when there is pain in the operation — ^local pain —
Staphuagria where there is pain in other parts — perhaps remote
— after an operation, after lithotomy or amputation of the
breasts if there is colic or strangury.
374 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
Dr. H. C. Allen — ^What remedy does Dr. Bell use in the
terrible vomiting after abdominal operations?
Dr. Bell — ^Tliere are two kinds: One after Ether, and the
other due to peritonitis, and the latter is best treated by opening
the abdomen and washing out the matter, but in the other case
there is no remedy except as indicated by the symptoms. Id
other words, only rely upon our principles as ordinarily
practiced.
iv. — maanesia-phosphoricum ; a proving of the cm
Potency by Olfaction.
Dr. Taft reported : I took three powerful whiffs in each
nostril of the CM potency of Mag-phos. and waited two days ; on
the third day I forgot it, but at dinner, at one o'clock, I had to
leave the table and lie down. I was so very cold and chilly —
chills up and down the back — headache ; throat very sore ; the
subjective symptoms on right side, and objective on left ; constant
desire to swallow, which symptom remained for several weeks.
It seemed to me like a hot corn -husk lodged in the throat, and I
had to swallow constantly for weeks. Pain in the back of head^
worse in the right frontal region ; all the symptoms relieved
by heat and covering. I had a bag of hot water at my feet and
another at my head. I was shivering all over — teeth chattering
— spasmodic yawning ; it seemed as though it would dislocate my
jaws, and tears rolled down the cheeks from it.
I was doubtful whether all this came from the remedy or not ;.
but if it came from handling the CM, I don't know whether I
dare go on with the five potencies Dr. Allen sent me.
Dr. Allen — ^Those who have never attempted to prove a drug
by olfaction had better begin with Camphor and see how won-
derfully it acts. I read a pro vino; by olfaction on beginning the
practice of Homoeopathy, and that was enough to satisfy me
that the whole thing was a humbug, instead of proving it for
myself as I should have done.
Dr. Taft^ — I am doubtful whether the symptoms came from
that.
Dr. H. C. Allen — I have had the saraesymptoms occur in several
provers, and know they came from it. I have another report
made by Dr. Campbell — ^a proving of Mag-phos. made by one of
her patients.
Three doses of the 2c were taken in this proving. Enlargement
of the joints has extended over both hands ; I gave one dose of
Lycopodiura and they subsided in about a week, but returned,,
but are subsiding now.
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The symptoms produced in Dr. Tail and this prover — the
chills running characteristically down the spine (va. Gels.) — and
afterward run up and down the spine : like Gels. This has been
characteristic of all the provers and all the potencies ; but the
higher {)otencies have produced it more promptly and the action
was more prolonged. A doubtful allopathic physician was soofiFing
at our potencies^ who did not think there was anything in them^
said he would investigate Homoeopathy if we could show him
how these small doses acted. We were shrewd enough to demon-
strate the action of the dose by gettiug him to begin the prov-
ings. The result is that to-day he is investigating Homoeopathy
and becoming a pretty lively homoeopath.
Dr. H. P. Holmes reported a case cured by Mag.-phos.
A man who had been washing sheep had sciatica and could
not lie down. All the sleep he got was in a chair, and hot
applications to the right sciatic nerve was all the relief he could
get. He could not lie down on account of pain. Mag.-phos.^,
cared him without much trouble. (It is not always right side.)
This is a remedy that will rival many of our Polychrests^ as
Calc-carb.y Bell., Rhus, Veratrum, and many others. All we
want is a little further verification^ and this we should get from
the members of this Association.
I gave one of my provers a vial of the 30x and 2C, and
asked her to prove what she could and use it in her dispensary,
having an aamirable opportunity to investigate the action of
this drug. Her report was that there was hardly a dispensary
clinic for the last ten months in which she had not been required
to dispense Mag.-phos.^ and never failed to obtain prompt relief^
and she almost entirely relied upon Mag.-phos. Oflen, in all
these cases, she never had a symptom of the remedy, and could
not tell a single symptom on which to prescribe.
Dr. Campbell — I have a report of a case of dysmenorrhoea
that lasted for some time, in which at each menstrual period a
membrane was discharged varying in size from one to two inches
long. She came to me for this trouble. The principal symptoms
were: she was taken after the flow began with severe pains in the
abdomen low down, which were relieved by lying curled up in
bed with a hot-water bag on the abdomen. The pains would
last perhaps for a day— dull, aching pains — and next day or the
day after a membrane would be passed. She was in very good
health with this exception. I gave her after one of her menstrual
periods Mag.-phos.®™, one dose dry. The next menstrua-
tion was easier somewhat, but not much. I think I repeated
the Mag.-phos. in water, but have not the record. She got it, I
376 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
think, in water for two days, night and morning, and the next
menstrual period was painless, though she passed the membrane
as before. After that the menses were perfectly painless. She
had always stayed in bed before without any relief. She kept
well for six or eight months; then she got her feet wet just
before one of her periods, and she required and got a dose of the
same remedy (which might have been Pulsatilla). It relieved
her, and she has had no trouble since.
Dr. Bell — The patient, a lady in middle life, with nervous
temperament, a patient of Dr. Lippe's. The time Dr. Wessel-
hoeft saw her, a year or more ago, and for neuralgic headache
gave her a dose of Mag.-phos. She was so much relieved by
this that he gave her to take home with her a vial of medicated
pellets to take, if the case should require it. Dr. Kent knows
the rest.
Dr. Kent — ^This lady came into my office one day with a
most violent cough — very spasmodic — her face red as a blaze
from coughing. She could hardly speak long enough to tell her
other symptoms, because her whole time was taken up in telling
of her cough. I found she had been in Boston, and had brought
home a vial filled with pellets. I asked her how many doses
of them she had taken. She did not know, but thought the
medicine had given her so much relief that she should go on
taking it. I wrote to Boston, asking if Mag.-phos. had
been given, because the pain was relieved by pressure and
heat, and I knew several were investigating Mag.-phos. at the
time, and my suspicions rested upon Mag.-phos. She kept on
coughing, and coughing, until I thought her head would come
off, and the time came when I must either make a change in
treatment or lose my patient. So I had to antidote the medi-
cine. The peculiarity of the cough led me to give Lachesis,
which stoppied the cough at once, but she had coughed almost
incessantly for three or four weeks.
Dr. Allen — Did you use any other antidote as a remedy?
Dr. Kent — I have had some trouble in antidoting these oases. I
had a patient with very severe shooting neuralgic pains during the
menstrual period, the pains were in the stomach and lasted the first
day or two. The pain commenced in the back and came directly
around and centered in the pit of the stomach. It was relieved
by heat and pressure. I gave a dose of the lOM Mag.-phoe.,
and she had no more pain. She came to me a year ago, when
leaving the city, and asked for a couple of the powders in case the
severe pains shoukl return. I gave them to her as she suspected
the pain was combg on, and she took them (50M) in five or
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six doses a few hours apart. I had over three months' fighting
in antidoting those doses. I forget the remedies given, and I
believe it to have been the result of Mag.-phos. A marked
symptom was developed a month after taking the powders, suffi-
cient to drive her home — a tenderness of the dorsal spine for
fonr to six inches in extent, which lasted three months, then
passed away. In several cases Mag.-phos. acted a lone time by
reproducing its wave of symptoms. I believe it to be a very
long and deeply-acting medicine.
Dr. Nash — You counteracted the cough with Lachesis ; by
what symptoms ?
Dr. Kent — I cannot recall the details.
Dr. Bi^ler — ^A retching cough ?
Dr. Kent — In a measure, choking-retching ; worse in a warm
room, better in the open air.
Dr. Kimball — Dr. Kent wrote that the face was so red that
she seemed as if she would choke to death, the cough was so un-
controllable. I think it was aggravated in a warm room and
at night on lying down.
Dr. Kent— Some of the head symptoms were aggravated in a
warm room.
Dr. Ballard — Amelioration from pressure is not found in
Lachesis, t. e., from hard pressure.
Dr. Kent — You find amelioration from pressure, and aggrava-
tion from hard pressure.
Dr. Reed — I have an interesting clinical case. A lady sent
for me about eieht p. M. to go to see her. She was suffering from
great pain. In the meantime I had to go to the College, and they
were about ready to send for another doctor. She was complain-
ing of extreme tenesmus and tormina, from a constant desire
to pass water and go to stool. Every time this pain would come
on she would rise up in bed and bend forwaro, and the only
relief obtained was oy hot water. I put a little of B. and T.,
2C, of Mag.-phos. in a glass of water, and gave a dose every
fifteen minutes — the third dose cured the pain. She had also a
cough day and night— one of Dr. Kent's own patients — and I
perceived no benefit. She had also the red face in connection
with this, and I perceived no benefit from Mag.-phos. in this case
of the cough, but complete relief of the tenesmus and tormina.
I said this is a Phosphorus cough, and gave her Phosphorus,
going away with the assurance that all would be right by the
next morning. On going back next morning, I found that the
cough had kept up, notwithstanding the pain was gone — there
was aggravagation of the cough. She had cough^ over two
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weeks. I then gave a dose of Sulphur, and then went home^
and came again next day, and found the same greeting. Then,
remembering the fact that she had been one of Dr. Kent's
patients, I recognized the failure. I then took out a bottle of
Fincke's CM of Phosphorus, and in five minutes' time I said,
your cough is better. She answered, ^' Doctor, I could have
told you that five minutes ago.'' And she had no cough from
that time, and has not had any since. Well, now, in confirmation
of Dr. Campbell's case, I have had three cases of this excessive
pain at the catamenial periods, characterised by sharp, cutting
])ains. A colored girl — a servant — she was as coarse as she
could be — and every time the pains came on she would throw
herself across the edge of the table. I gave her Colocynth*®,
then CM, but she got no benefit. Next time she had Mag.-phos.
I had none of B. and T., and gave her 6x. At the next period
there was some benefit, and no pain after the third period.
Another patient had the same experience, and she was com-
pletely cured by taking Mag.-phos.' . Another was cared by
2C at the second period. All these cases were relieved by heat,
and all characterized by bending over, and by pressing on the
abdomen. They were cutting, lancinating pains.
Dr. Campbell — But no exfoliation of membrane?
Dr. Reed — I cannot say. I gave the remedy just before men-
struation.
Dr. Campbell — I usually get better results just affcer. In my
case the flow was quite profuse, bright red, and perfectly regu-
lar, because she would always stay in bed that morning. She
would be quite sure that the flow would come on either in the
night or early in the momine.
Dr. Nash — ^Any hysterical symptoms before or during the
menses ?
Dr. Campbell — No.
Dr. Hawley — Did the discharged membrane come afterward,
or before ?
Dr. Campbell — ^The membrane comes either the second or
third day, but not during the pains.
Dr. H. C. Allen — Perhaps lean helpyotl out of this; one of
my provers developed that symptom. She had never had a men-
strual pain in her life. She was always regular ; but she has
had menstrual colic ever since taking Mag.-phos., and has men-
struated six to nine days too soon. Her usual time between the
periods was twenty-eight days from the time it ceases until it
begins again. There was an intensely sore, bruised feeling all
through the abdomen, which continued for two days. At this
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time she had not taken any of the medicine for a month, but
daring her time of proving it she had taken a dose night and
morning for two or three days — then stopped. The menstrual
pains were somewhat peculiar, in that they were ameliorated by
the flow — ^like Lachesis — resembling Zinc, and feeling better
during the menstrual period. The characteristics of the men-
strual pains Dr. Heed has described very brilliantly.
I have had three cases of dysmenorrhoea cured, after running
months or years, by this remedy, Mag.-phos. Contrary to the
usual belief, the higher preparations of this remedy clinically in
practice, give very much more prompt and better results tiian
the 6x, and in this, as in all others, they are infinitely more
effective than the crude drug ; and many of our men use it
almost exclusively in dysmenorrhoea for Symptoms of this char-
acter, and they give it for everything without reference to ag-
gravation, amelioration, or anything else. The three best
antidotes areGelsemium, Belladonna, and Lachesis. I have had
two cases antidoted in provers^ because I did not think the 1 M
would produce any serious result, though the result was any-
thing but pleasant for them.
Dr. Hitchcock — This is a most interesting subject, and I
think we want to hear more. I move that this Bureau adjourn.
Dr. Ballard — ^We can have more time to-morrow, and as
there is only one more paper, we ought to finish up this evening.
Dr. Hitchcock — I withdraw my motion for the present.
Dr. Ballard — ^This nasal symptom of the alternating stuffiness
and free discharge from the nostrils, will be recognized, perhaps,
under another remedy, though not exactly with those symptoms.
The only remedy I have ever found — ^that is, the symptoms of
the discharge from the nose in a gush, and I have had a num-
ner of cases this past winter — is Badiaga. The discharge is
almost exclusively confined to the left side, and it will come in
gushes at times — she would have to use a large towel, it would
come in such a gush. There was not the stiff condition of the
nose in the meantime.
Dr. Nash — Does the nasal symptom appear in the proving?
Dr. H. C. Allen — ^Yes; it appears in the proving.
V. — Sanicula.
Dr. Wm. Jefferson Guernsey having reported a paper, giving
some experience with this new remedy, Dr. J. V. Allen then
reportea his experience.
Dr. J. V. Allen — I have had considerable experience with
380 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept,
Sanicula, and a great many similar cases to that of Dr. Giiemsej,
in which Sanicula was indicated in summer complaint But it is
especially to the eye symptoms of Sanicula I wish to refer. It is
marked photophobia, without much inflammation--80 marked
that the patient cannot stand the light of day. He must close
the eyes continually, and with this there is an awful discharge
of thick yellowish and greenish matter, which excoriates the
cheek or any part of the face which it touches. All of the cases
— which were of long standing, and had failed to be relieved
by the old-school physicians — were cured in a very short time
by Sanicula. The photophobia was the first symptom to disap-
pear.
Dr. Biegler — Was there no nasal affection ?
Dr. J. V. Allen — In one case of a child, the discharge was
greenish, and the nostrils and lips were excoriated, but that en-
tirely disappeared under the action of the remedy very quickly.
VI. — Melilotus Alba.
Dr. H. C. Allen — I have a few mental symptoms to which I
wish to call the attention of the Association. A few years ago
we made a proving of " Melilotus alba," and since that I have
been paying great attention to its mental symptoms, having
made four brilliant cures, which were generally of a very severe
type. In three or four of the cases the papers had been made
out to send the patients to the asylum, and Melilotus completely
restored them. I want to call your attention to a remark
Hahnemann made in regard to Veratrum album, in which he
believes it capable of working many cures of insanity. Dr.
Bowen says he is in the habit of prescribing it for all cases of
insanity to reduce the hypersemio condition of the brain. He
has given Melilotus for that condition alone, thinking that as
soon as he could reduce it he would then prescribe for the other
symptoms; but Melilotus cured up the entire mental symptoms
in the case. I have verified these following symptoms so oilen
that I think they can be relied upon : Great mental confusion ;
unable to fix the mind on any subject ; extremely suspicions ;
thinks an adversary is on his track seeking to arrest him;
capacity for business entirely gone ; memory and judgment im-
paired, constantly making mistakes as to what ought to be done,
thought there was something supernatural in his always waking
before three A. M. and not sleeping again ; this was the first
symptohi that marked the onset of the attack. He was attacked
with insomnia ; would sleep pretty well between twelve p. M.
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and three A. m„ but after that do more sleep. None next day,
but a little in the evening, then after twelve p. m. a few hours,
and waking promptly at three A. m. After a dose of Melilotus
the intK>mnia disappeared and never returned.
The following symptoms presented themselves in another ease :
A comprehension that personal disaster had overtaken him, that
be was going to the al.mshouse, oould not be prevailed on to eat
anything except refuse ; would not speak except in monosyllables,
locking the doors, fastening the windows, watching sideways to
see if the officer was coming after him, was positive he was not
at home ; did not know his own house, but recc^nized the mem-
bers of his family ; thought he had been brought to the house at
the cemetery and prepaid to be buried next morning ; great
nervous and mental prostration. I tried to encourage him well
against this prostration^ but it was no use, the mental prostra-
tion was too complete.
I call the attention of the members to these particular symp-
toms of Melilotus because there are other remedies that may be
more useful in the treatment of insanity and mental symptoms.
Dr. Nash — I had considerable experience with Melilotus, and
one characteristic symptom is this excessive redness of the face,
which always, in my experience, goes along with these mental
troubles, and often precedes nose bleeding, which is apt to occur
in these cases.
VII. — ^Transverse Presentation; A Case with Some
Remarks.
[This excellent paper, by Dr. C. W. Butler, was published in
our July issue ; we now add a part of the discussion which fol-
lowed its reading.]
Dr. Kent — I will tell you something like Dr. Butler's. It
was one of the cases of a midwife, experienced, well educated,
and of thirty years' practice. I had seen a number of her cases
and considered her highly accomplished ; but she occasionally
sent for me to share the responsibility — ^and this one was a
tedious case. She had diagnosed a breech presentation, and she
sent for me with a note, saying she expected a three days' job on
hand, and wanted me to come and assure the family that though
it should be three days it would come out all right. I went to
the house, made an examination, and found a breech presenta-
tion. I admit it was rather hastily done, but I confirmed her
diagnosis. The dilitation of the os was between a quarter and
half a dollar, and I went through with the assurance to the
382 PROCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN AfiSO. [Sept,
family she requested me to make with all oonsoientiousDesSi
and did not tnink anything more about the case. The next
morning she called at my offioe; the patient had had a good
many pains ; they were irregular and spasmodic ; she was a Pul-
satilla patient and I paid more attention to the case by taking
symptoms and seeing what remedy would help her through, ana
she said, Why didn't you tell me I had fooled you. I made a
mistake in that diagnosis. I am an old fool to practice midwifery
for thirty years and not know a head presentation. You
knew it was a head presentatioui and I was an old fool.
That child was born head first. Now did the Pulsatilla
do it? It was born in a few hours after I had left the
house. I had only stopped a few minutes, and remarked " it
may be a tedious case."
Dr. Nash — I was very much pleased with the graphic de-
scription of Dr. Butler's case. It seemed as though I could
almost see the devil raised. But, while we are talking about
the power of Pulsatilla, it seems to me that while I have no
doubt this has been the case in many instances, and we have no
doubt reports to that effect from those who ought to know — it
seems to me that it is possible, this is not the only remedy capable
of performing that kind of business, and we should seek to find
out those indications which lead us to give Pulsatilla. I
believe that Caulophyllum, when understood, may accomplish
the same results; and while we have so many remedies they
should make it their particular business to prove Caulophyllum
and those remedies which have an action upon the generative
or^ns of women, so that we shall know better what we can do
with them.
Dr. Butler — It is not at all uncommon with us, without reme-
dies, for the child to change positions at the last moment, if the
waters are not yet broken ; it is easier for the child at the time to
change. In ray case the waters had broken half an hour before
and the irregular contractions of the uterus had taken place.
It seemed a very peculiar case, and when I gave a dose of Pul-
satilla I had no idea of any results. The only parallel I have
found is one Dunham gives. It is diiBcult to tell whether betakes
version or evolution. The only case I know is where Valpool
saw a shoulder presentation turned by Pulsatilla.
Dr. J. V. Allen — We know that the natural labor is the head,
and if it is unnatural it is amenable to treatment, and I think
that the medicine indicated homoeopath ically will relieve that
which is unnatural and bring it back to the natural one. And,
in my experience, any of the remedies indicated by the symp-
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toms will relieve. One case was that of Dr. Guernsey's ; he
was sicky I went to the house ; the lady had been in labor several
hours, and it was a very cold morning. I noticed she was up
every two or three minutes running around the room, with terri-
ble pains in her limbs. I found no dilitation of the os, and I
asked her why she did so. She said she asually felt better when
in motion. I gave her Rhus-tox., one dose of the CM, and sat
down to get warm, and she went to lie down and said she
felt a good deal better and did not feel like getting up and walk-
ing around. The os was now dilated about the size of a dollar,
and the labor was over in fifteen minutes.
Dr. Schmitt — I had a case almost similar to Dr. Butler's. I
was called to see a case attended by a midwife also very expe-
rienced. She did not like me beikuse of being a homoeopath.
I came in and asked her what was the matter. She said, '^ Ex-
amine yourself." I did so, and found a shoulder presentation,
but did not say so, and I pulled down a hand to make sure.
Then I said : " We have a shoulder presentation," and she
agreed. The os was dilated slightly. I could not make
version. The woman had pains in the abdomen. It was
a Pulsatilla case, and I gave a dose of Puls.^. About ten
minutes after she was fast asleep — no pains, a sure sign the
Pulsatilla was acting. We went into the other room while
she slept for an hour. I went home, saying everything
would be all right when she awoke. I was called in the morn-
ing about eight o'clock, and when I reached the house the child
was born. She said it was born by the breech.
Dr. Butler — ^The shoulder presenting, the breech was carried
up toward the upper part of the fundus uteri, and the first
action of the muscular fibres was upon the breech, which car-
ried it around that way.
Dr. Schmitt-— There was no mistake about the presentation,
and if the remedy acts it often puts the patient to sleep. She
slept from three o'clock to seven o'clock in the morning, and,
after a few pains the child was delivered. The version, there-
fore, must have taken place during her sleep. With regard to
what Dr. Nash said I will remind you of a case I mentioned in
our meeting at Syracuse where Sepia*® restored the child.
Dr. Long — I would like to report a failure along this line. I
wish to preface my remarks by saying it was due to the fact
that the patient did not receive constitutional treatment pnor to
the labor, which is the mast important part of obstetrics. Last
November, a year i^o, I had a fellow doctor drop in to take tea
with me. I had been called at nine o'clock the previous night
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to a case of labor, primiparay and diagnosed it as a breech pre-
sentation. I thought 1 had elicited the whole history of the
case, and was warranted in giving Puls.^"^. My patient was a
very patient woman. She had known me for twelve or fifteen
years. She did not call me during the night, as I had requested
her to do unless she was relieved, but spent the night in
walking around the room. In the morning I thought I was
justified in giving Lycopodium. The os was sufficiently dilated
for me to attempt version, as it seemed impossible for the breech
to advance. I continued Lycopodium throughout the day, and
spoiled the doctor's supper in the evening by asking him to go
with me in this case. Remedies apparently were useless. I intro-
duced my right hand and brought down the feet, and with his
assistance, manipulated the external walls of the abdomen and
delivered the child. I was frightened because the child hadn't
a particle of skin from the knees down, and I feared I had
done it with the use of my fingers. Here is the history of that
case in a few words : This young girl had married a farmer,
and they had to struggle for a living. During the summer
months, while in the field picking peas, a large snake jumped
at her and she was found unconscious in the field. Now, this
woman certainly required constitutional treatment from August
to November, when the child was born. Two or three physi-
cians saw the baby. It was literally covered with sores. The
father is tuberculous — two of the family died with phthisis.
The child, from the effects of the summer's heat and the over-
heating of the mother, has been nothing but one mass of scabs
from tne head to the feet. To-day she has apparently recovered
all her vitality ; she has good skin, has teeth, and her feet,
which were deformed, are become natural and normal, and I
believe she has the making of a strong, healthy child. I be-
lieve all the conditions — ^the proper position and the whole hy-
gienic treatment — should be attended to prior to the time of
labor. That is the time to administer remedies. Pulsatilla,
Nuz vomica, Chamomilla^ Lycopodium failed in this case.
VIII. — Mastitis, Its Treatment, with a Repertory.
In our July issue we published this excellent paper prepared
by Dr. Wm. Jefferson Guernsey. We now add to it the experi-
ence of many others as given in their remarks upon Dr. Guern-
sey's paper.
Dr. H. C. Allen — Does Dr. Guernsey puncture threatening
abscesses ?
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Dr. Guernsey — ^I do not. Sometimes an abscess will point in
a certain direction, and perhaps in a few days' time, under the
influence of medicine, it will point in some other part, fully an
inch away from the first place — and the reason for not punctur-
ing the breast is that I believe had I punctured the breast, I
would have done so in the place I expected to at the first (t. e,,
where it first pointed), and the fkct that it did not break there
would have shown me that I had made a mistake should I have
done so.
Dr. H. C. Allen — ^That is just where nature will do her own
work and do it best, and where Graphites is given in a case in
which frequent punctures have been made, it is not then required.
It is not the thing to lance.
Dr. Emory — In confirmation of Dr. Sawyer's remarks, I
might state that I had a case, a few years ago, of a lady who had
had two children, and with both of them she suffered tortures
from an abscess of the left breast, so much so that she dreaded ,
the terrible knifing more than labor. She had never had homoeo-
pathic treatment. I assured her she would not have any
gathered breasts under homoeopathic treatment. There were in -
aications for other remedies during pregnancy, and I did not
ose Graphites until after labor, when the same old pains began
as formerly, accompanied by swelling and hardness in the cica-
trices, but Graphites^"' removed all the difficulty. I have
never had to lance a breast.
Dr. Campbell — I think I would like to tell of a single case
of mine. I followed upon another physician officiating at the
birth and attended to the case. There was a very extensive ery-
sipelatous inflammation involving the whole of the breast. I
cured the case, but was summoned to attend the other breast. I
had never had such an occurrence before, and treated that in
the same way for a little while. It was in an advanced stage
of inflammation when I first saw it. ^^ When did this come on ?" I
asked. She said, ^^ I had been meddling with it and would
not have mentioned it if you had not spoken." I did not under-
stand the circumstances of the case, but finally they came out.
She had had iniections of Carbolic acid per vaginum — I had in-
quired about that before and told her to discontinue them.
After the first breast healed, she had commenced the injections
again, and the abscess of the other breast was, I believe, the re-
sult of using this Carbolic acid. They both suppurated, but, as
Dr. Guernsey said, ^^it pointed in one place, and broke in
another." Has any one else had the same experience?
Dr. Baylies — ^I have had the same experience, and have used
386 PBOCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. [Sept.,
Graphites under the same ciroumatanoes for a series of years,
and in the same person.
Dr. Campbell — I mean metastasis following vaginal injections.
Am I wrong in attributing that effect to such a cause ? It
seemed very dark to me.
IX. — ^The Care op the Breasts^ bead by Db. J. B. G.
CUSTIS.
Every nurse has some special ointment or salve which is a
sure means of preparing the breasts for lactation, and for pre-
venting them from getting sore ! The treatment of the breast
is oflen a very difficult one, and with the best oFcare we are often
disappointed. But this much may be safely said, that this local
treatment does not do much good. Our readers will peruse the
following discussion with much interest:
Dr. Biegler — ^This is an important paper in so &r as it presents
points of consideration to the members of this Association, which
involve the question of local application, which he recommends
such as a decoction of tea, to previously harden the nipples; the
application of Glycerine, and the naming of certain principal
remedies for certain conditions and for diseased states. I hope
the members will take this paper in hand.
Dr. Guernsey — It is a question whether the nipple requires to
be hardened ; or rather, I think it should be softened. And, as
far as any local means are concerned, I don't know why in this,
or any other case, our patients should hold to their fancies, or
that we should deviate from what we think is right. If any-
thing is used (as a local application), take the remedy and dis-
solve it in water, which is very simple and much the best way.
For tenderness of the breast, ^^ Sulphur'' is the remedy, and for
cracking of the breast (aroutkd the base of the nipple). Graphites.
Dissolve the remedies in water with four parts of Alcohol, and
apply after nursing.
Dr. Sawyer — I have had some experience in these cases. I
have never yet seen a case of cmcked nipples, sore nipples, and
abscess of tne breasts in the patient> free from miasm or other
psora sycosis, scrofula, or other kind of taint, and the best re-
sults are obtained from treating the patient and not the nipple.
Treat the patient every time. I permit them £(ometimes to make
a cake of beeswax and soften it to the shape of the breasts,
which only keeps the patient warm and allows her to do no harm.
But the indicated remedy will do the work every time.
Dr. Nash — Dr. Guernsey says it is a question whether they
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ought to be softened or hardened. The patient wants them
toughened ; so I refer them to the tanner if they want them
tanned. That, as Dr. Sawyer has just said, of late years I have
tried these things and there's no objection to using glycerine, or
egg, or beeswax to get it merely painted on the patient while
we cure them constitutionally. But I have simply used a so-
lution of the potency of some remedy the same as is given in-
ternally, and my success is much better.
Dr. Guernsey — ^We have no remedy which will produce such
excessive soreness as Apis mdlifica^ and, to my mind, Dr. Saw-
yer's application may have benefited the nipple as much as the
medicine did internally.
Dr. H. C. Allen — !Ur. Sawyer will find out that occasionally
the patient is so extremely sensitive to the action of Apis that
she cannot stand the action of beeswax.
Dr. Sawyer — I shall not prescribe it again.
Dr. Bell — One of the great attractions of this Society is that
the members are all ready to repent and reform. I think Dr.
Campbell and Dr. Custis are going to reform. The application
of tea is wrong ; it is the same old story of green tea to the
eyes. If the patient is psoric, tea will do no good. The
patient should not be allowed to use improper means ; and it
should be our whole duty, and our success would be better, to
follow the straight and narrow path and have nothing used ex-
ternally except water or oil, just to occupy their minds while the
remedy acts internally. Nothing externally can possibly be of
benefit.
Dr. Schmitt — ^I have a holy terror of those old grannies with
their stuff on the nipples. I tell them I am going to cure the
nipples with medicine, but they don't believe it, though I make
them believe it ultimately. Sulphur, Sepia, and Lycopodium
are indicated in different cases.
Dr. Bi^ler — ^Although it is not in my province to discuss this
paper, I cannot let the opportunity go by without expressing
my objection to the use of glycerine as well as tea for external
application. I think I have seen very serious results follow its
application to the mucous surfaces.
Dr. Custis — I want to set this on record in the treatment of
these cases. I think they take the brandy for the moral effect.
Life is too short to go into a long argument with everybody,
and if you can find something that will not do any harm : if
you can give them a little license without a particle of injury to
the patient, I don't think that there is any objection. I have
never seen any harm from using glycerine, though some people's
388 PE0CEEDING8 OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. fScpt,
skiQ cannot stand glycerine. I have generally looked upon it
as harmless, but if it is wrong I will give it up. The main
point is that we get the expression of members on their exact
method of practice in these cases.
Dr. Emory — I think one of the objections to these local ap-
plications is thus stated, as I once heard ray late partner express
it in reference to poultices in the formation of abscesses, pnea*
monia, etc., for wnich the old school use them. Years ago, when
he was younger than now, he occasionally yielded to the wishes
of his patients in this respect, and when he came back the
next day the patient said, '^ Doctor what a grand thing that
poultice was," and he knew that the change was not due to the
poultice but to the remedy.
Dr. Custis — I want to refer to some criticism in regard to
mentioning remedies for each of the conditions present in a
given case. I don't think this a fair criticism, for the reason
that there is not one instance where you see inflamed breasts that
you do not have a certain class of remedies in your mind. This
method we all pursue, and if this remedy did not suit the case
we search for something new that suits the conditions. And,
whatever they are, a certain class of remedies comes into our
mind, and let us give those. That there are differential indi-
cations I do not deny ; but let us help the younger man as he
comes along. Dr. Biegler can say at a glance whether any of
these remedies meet the case, but I see no objection at all to
grouping remedies around the name of a disease, provided they
are only prescribed upon special indications, and in these cases of
much fever nine out of ten are met by Aconite, Belladonna, or
Bryonia, and they will generally meet the conditions sure if they
have not given Apis or something else.
Dr. Biegler — I called that up with the other points, not in-
tending it for criticism. It is a question whether grouping a lot
of remedies for certain conditions is not a mistake. It may lead
into a ready method of selecting remedies. I only called it up
for consideration.
Dr. Reed — If you have a case of diphtheria and the nurse
says : " Doctor, we must be doing something." Are you not
going to wash the throat or use a gargle ? You must be doing
something if you assent to a measure of that kind. You must
also use local applications to the breast ; and you are just as
culpable in the one case as the other.
In a diseased condition of the nose or the throat, if you would
in one place you must in another, and you must withstand the
pressing urgency of the people. To resist this may seem foolish.
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but you had better leave the case than compromise your princi-
ples of homceopathics.
Dr. Sawyer — It seems to me that the course our Brother
Custis recommends here is decidedly in the way of the beginner.
He must examine his books before he prescribes or he will have
a hard road to travel. He can look np the case with perfect
safety without destroying the confidence of his patient — ^he can
get along better in this way.
Dr. H. C.Allen — I usually advise patients to take, for instance,
the mother-in-law and let her have the application on the breasts.
She is able to stand it. It will not hurt her; she is well. If
they insist on having a cataplasm or any other application in pneu-
monia that is all right, put it on the husband ; he can stand it.
This smoothes the thing over. But the best local application to
any diseased condition of the mammse is the same remedy which
you give internally, potentized. If you are going to put any-
thing there, locally, that is the thing to apply. Dr. Custis is
certainly wrong in grouping his drags. Repent, or you will be
lost.
Dr. Guernsey — I would like to ask for the benefit of dis-
cussion whether anything can be ofiered in medication for re-
tained placenta? If any members have had personal experience
in such a case they might relate it.
Dr. Sawyer^^I have had some experience, but I don't know
that I can put it into sufficiently good shape to relate. I have
stuck to the rule of giving the remedy covering the totality of
the symptoms, and made the Organon do the work by the aid of
medicine. In one case it was six weeks before all the placenta
came away, but the patient made a splendid recovery. And in
several cases where it was a day and a half before being expelled,
I have seen no harm result where the conditions were met by
the homoeopathic remedy. I have never seen any septicsemia
occur.
Dr. Nash — ^I once had a patient who was taken with profuse
flowing, and I treated her from time to time without being able
to more than just stop it. There was no apparent cause of
hemorrhage. She was sure she had not miscarried. I had the
impression forced upon me that there must be retained placenta,
and she had miscarried without knowing it. The discharges
became very offensive, and the woman was confined to bed three
months with recurrent hemorrhages. The symptoms pointed to
various remedies. I consulted Dr. Swan, who recommended
Sabina'^'', which controlled it for a time, but it returned, and the
discharge became very corrosive and of a horrible odor. I
finally consulted Dr. Lippe, sending him a very careful history
390 PBOGEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN A8S0. [S^t,
of the case. He sent me two powders of Sepia^ and I gave
tliem, twenty-four hours apart. The first I gave at four P, m.,
and by seven severe pains cameon withtheezpulsionof the partly
disintegrated placenta. That was the end of the trouble.
Dr. Eaaory — If there are a few moments to spare I shall be
very sorry to see this subject dropped. Is it the practice of other
physicians under such a suspicion to make no efforts to ascertain
the facts in the case? Dr. Bell^ for instance^ would not he use
the dilator and curette? I Have never had such a case, and I
don't know what I would do under the circumstances.
Dr. Schmitt — I have had several experiences in that connec-
tion. I never had to resort to the curette. The indicated
remedy brought away the placenta every time, even after a week's
retention. One case, where I had tried different remedies but
failed, I finally gave Lycopodium, the indicated remedy, in the
morning at nine a. m., and the placenta passed at four a. h. the
next day entirely, and the woman made a fine recovery. She had^
in fact, the first symptoms of septicaemia. Another case was —
Dr. Keed — Was the retained placenta under your supervi-
sion?
Dr. Schmitt — ^Yes, she had a miscarriage — ^brought it on her-
self. I removed one placenta with the help of a placenta forceps
formerly, and in the same patient afterward I got rid of the placenta
by means of Lycopodium. In another case I attended a young
married woman in her (two months) first pregnancy, and found
her in terrible pains. The symptoms pointed to Sabina, and I
gave one dose of the CM potency. In ten minutes I gave another
dose, and she fell asleep. I waited an hour, but she did not wake.
Next morning I got word to come up and see something. I then
found that the placenta had passed during the night without a
particle of pain.
Dr. Reed — ^Was she dead then ?
Dr. Schmitt — No, she awoke next morning. I did not kill
her.
Dr. Bell — I have had no experience in regard to Dr. Emory's
question. I should have tried to remove the placenta by me-
chanical means, without too much interference ; but I prefer a
cure on homceopathic grounds. Such a cure is more satisiko-
tory and more thorougL The merely mechanical removal is
very difficult to make entire. There is no proper casting off
of tissue ; but in the other case there is a true casting off, and
the tissues are left clean. If the case is going on to septicsemia,
and there is ereat danger of death, then 1 feel we would be
obliged to do the less regular thing, but I believe the other is
better.
1889.] PBOCEEDINGS OF HAHNEMANNIAN ASSO. 391
X. — The Bochesteb Hahkemannian Hospital.
Dr. Biegler — It would be profitable for some one to make the
announcement to this Association of the fact that a general
Homoeopathic Hospital and a general Hospital have been estab-
lished in Rochester. The resolution comes rather late after the
one just passed, but as our representative, who was appointed
delegate to this Association, is not present, I take the liberty of
calling your attention to this movement in Rochester, by way of
a few words.
I think that we can now claim that this hospital is the first
general Homceopathic Hospital that has ever been established,
whose practice is based upon the teachings of the Organon
strictly. The manner in which the hospital was established I
will not relate in detail. It was under extraordinary difficul-
ties. There is now a movement, with more influence, to estabh'sh
a so-called Homoeopathic Hospital, and it is nearly established,
though not openly. That movement makes our undertaking a
much more difficult one than under ordinary circumstances, and
the resolution which has been offered, and any expression which
will arise from that resolution, will be a source of considerable
help. It is a Question now of the right of one or other of these
hospitals established in Rochester to exist. The place cannot
support four hospitals. As there are now two larger ones in
operation, and we have now started two new additional hospi-
tals, and it is a struggle for the life of the one and the death of
the other. For the purpose of maintaining influence and cre-
ating a public sentiment against us, the State Society lends its
influence by going to Rochester this summer to hold its meeting
for the purpose of influencing the project on that side. There-
fore, the resolution offered by Dr. Bell will not only be gratefully
received by the representatives of this Association and Homoe-
opathy in general, out it seems to me a necessity, in order to ^ive
us moral support, that the people may see we are not standing
alone. The movement which has been inaugurated in Roches-
ter has had the effect of making many people understand. Many
now know what Homoeopathy is, and what the practice of pure
Homoeopathy is. A large class are dazed and confused, and a
portion of that class are not aware but — ^what I believe — that
we are an ofl&hoot from the r^ular homoeopathic school, so-
called, that we have gone off on some strange notions, separated
from the r^ular body of the homoeopathic school, ana estab-
lished something different, and I, for one, will welcome any
expression you may give us for that reason.
ON THE RELATIVE WORTH OF SYMPTOMS—
WITH SOME REMARKS ON BORAX
(Dr. C. Yon Boenninghausen, translated by Carroll Dnnham, M. D., from the
AUyemeine HomaopcUhMche Zeitimg, toI. 53, 1856.)
Among the various elaborations of the Materia Medioa Pura
of Hahnemann of which snch an abundance have been made in
modern times, I miss one whose importance has only of late
years become fully evident to me. This is a statement of the
time which elapsea after the taking of the remedy before a given
eymptom was ci}8erved. Passing over the value or worthlessness
of all other alleged deficiencie&— although younger critics have
put forth nothing better or more serviceable— I have in view to
say something on this topic only, because it appears to me to be
of no little importance in practice.
If my old (seventy-two years) memory does not mislead me,
it was the genial C. Hering — I do not recall when or where — who
first fand up to the present time he is the only one who has
callea my attention to it) pointed out to me that the protring^
symptoms which manifested themselves last were the mod import-
ant for employment in cunng^ and were fiir from being only
secondary and useless in therapeutics.
Certainly, at the first glance, there seems to be a paradox in
this, as in many other things, that this indefatigable investi-
gator has asset^ted. But to be willing to form an apodictic
opinion prematurely, from the mere aspect of the thing, would
in this case be all the more unreasonable, because every homceo-
path can, without great difficulty, obtain in the reconls of the
provings sufficient certainty of the correctness or falsity of this
assertion. He needs only to compare, in the four volumes
(second edition) of Antipsorio BemedieSf certain symptoms which
were latest observed, with the brief indications which were given
by Hahnemann himself in his introduction to each proving from
his individual experience as pre-eminently belonging to these
remedies, and which have been abundantly verified as such in
our practice. He will thereby be convinced that the analogue to
these indications is in most cases contained, and sometimes ex-
clusively, in such laie-observed symptoms.
A truth appears, therefore, to lie at the bottom of this asser-
tion of Hering's, which till now has been little observed, and
which makes us regret that, in so many new as well as old
provings, so little attention has been paid to a statement of the
time at which the symptoms manifested themselves after the
392
Sept., 1889.] THE RELATIVE WORTH OF SYMPTOMS. 393
taking of the drugs, and especially in the case of those pecqiiar
symptoms in which mainly the individual characteristics of the
drug must be sought. Although the fact that a knowledge of
the importance of such a statement of the time must have been
reserved to later comparative studies may serve as an excuse for
former provers, yet this omission is not on that account less
worthy of r^ret, and we are often obliged to first discover by the
long process of experience that which might then have been sup-
plied us by the putting together of some little figures and letters.
It may be interesting to consider the above-mentioned obser-
vations with r^ard to other remedies also — namely, to such as are
seldom used, and about which Hahnemann has left us no especial ,
teachings in this respect. Among others, Borax appears par-
ticularly fitted for such investigation IChron. Krankheit II,
28), where the time of the phenomena is almost throughout
sufficiently specified in the symptoms observed by Dr. Schreter.
I think I may be allowed, therefore, as a proof of the above
general remarks, to make a few observations upon it which may
serve at the same time as a contribution to the more precise
characteristics of this perhaps too-much-neglected remedy. If
therein I deviate from the newer (so-called scientific) fashion of
proper treatment of the subject, I beg my readers to remember
that my object here is only an especial and limited one, and
above all tSat I make no secret of belonging to the old Hahne*
mannian school (now almost extinct).
BORAX.
At the very beginning in both symptoms 4 and 5, of
which the first was observed during five weeks, the second dur-
ing three weeks, a peculiarity meets us which belongs to no
other remedy in the same way. It is anxieiy on sudden doton"
ward motim, and is by no means to be confounded with the but
slightly similar symptoms which we have of Carb. veg., Sep.,
and Sulph. According to my experience, this anxiety clearly
expresses itself in a swingy and most pre-eminently at the mo-
ment when the swing moves forwardsy almost never when it
moves backwards. I have observed this by no means unusual
symptom not only in children, but also in two adult women, and
in every case regarded it as a useful one, and it also by the re-
sult proved itself to be of value not simply for this, but also for
the other existing trouble.* Sickness from riding, especially on
** I should too far overstep the limits of this oommanication if in eyery cafie
I should particalariae the form of disease. I therefore confine mjself to ori^flj
stmtinR that one of these patients, a woman of thirty years, suffered from dim-
calt menstruation ; the otner, a strong woman of forty, from frequent attacks
of ezysipelas.
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394 THE RELATIVE WORTH OP SYMPTOMS. [Sept,
the back seats, as well as sea-sickness, has little in common with
this, and evidently Borax will not be of use in these cases, al-
though in some forms of the latter this remedy might well be
tried.
2. Not less characteristic appears symptom 7 (without
statement of time) as regards molmt frigid from the report of a
gun, even at a didance, and I mention this only as it were in
Eassing, because in my experience it is an excellent remedy for
unting-doga which are shot-^hy, a fault which, as my hunt-lov-
ing colleagues know, occurs not seldom, and is often difficult to
cure. Moreover, there are persons, especially children, who start
at every shot and receive from it a great and unnatural fright.
Just so, excessive fear of thunder appears to belong here.
3. Among the symptoms which affect the eye, we come
upon two, viz. : 77 and 78, which are pre-eminently peculiar to
this remedy, and which until now were observed only in the
working of Silio. and Puis. It is that peculiar kind of inflam-
mation of the eyes which is caused and kept up by the growing^
in of the eye-lashes^ thus constantly irritating the ball of the
eye, and which is not permanently cured even when allopathi-
cally the corpus delicti has been removed, and the lashes torn out
by the roots. Every one of us has probably found the admir-
able working of Borax proved in many cases of this kind of
inflammation (of course, the other symptoms must correspond),
and it only remains to be noticed that symptom 77 was first ob-
served after six weeks and symptom 78 after thirty-five days.
4. Among the morbid phenomena of the ears from symptom
88 to 106, and in connection with which symptoms 51 and 60
must be considered, those have, by the curative results, proved
themselves to be the most marked which were connectea with
ulceration of the ear. But these are symptoms 95, 96, 97, which
first showed themselves on the twenty-seventh day and on the
nineteenth day. Symptom 51, just mentioned in this connection,
first appeared after the thirty-second day, and at the same time
with symptom 96.
6. Scabs in the nasal cavities, with inflammation and shining
redness at the tip of the nose, which are not seldom met with
in (psoric) persons who have neither at any time been syphilitic
nor been abused with Merc, often find (with Sep. or Sil.) their
remedy in Borax, as many, also, of us may have experienced.
But the symptoms which apply here — 109, 111, and 112— do not
stand among those which appear in the first days after taking
the remedy, but date from the tenth, sixteenth, and eighteenm
days. It is probuble that many among us have, like myself^
1889.] THE KELATIVE WORTH OF SYMPTOMP. 395
had opportunity to cure by means of this remedy painful ery-
sipelaSf commonly on the left side of the face (the similar Bell,
erysipelas generally occupies the whole face or only the ^nght
half) which is unendurable, especially when the muscles con-
tract in laughter. The two symptoms which apply here — 120
and 121 — were not observed until from the thirty-first to the
ihtrty-fourth day,
7. Of the toothaches which are cured quickly and lastingly
by Borax, I recall only the one which corresponds with symp-
toms 137 and 139, connected with symptom 133 by reason of
the influence of chilly weather, and with symptom 136 on ac-
count of aggravation by cold water. I call attention to the fact
that the two first-named symptoms appear on the fotiieth day.
Moreover, this remedy, according to symptoms 147 and
148, and in connection with symptom 125, is not unfrequently
very successful in the teething of children, in which cases it must
be ranked among the most useful of our remedies ; especially
in cases in which the symptoms 150 to 153'*' are present at the
same time. Here also I remark that the symptoms 147 and
148 were observed after /or^y and thirfy-aix days resi)ectively.
8. Borax has long been known to allopathy as a frequently
efficient remedy in aphthous mouth-aifections of children, the
practice being to pencil the mouth with it. Every one of tiSy
too, have seen its satisfactory operation in this often very
troublesome disease of childhood, when, in other respects, it has
been homoeopatbically ch(«en — that is, when there has been no
contra-indication. There can consequently be no doubt of its
relative curative action in this connection. Now, the four
symptoms which relate to this affection in the proving all ap-
peared very late, viz.: 160 after four weeks; 121 after thirty
days; 152 after thirty-three days, and 153 after five weeks,
9. Symptoms 218 to 223 correspond with great distinctness
to a form of spleen-affection, and, indeed, with clear and appar-
ently exact inaications which would appear to insure the cor-
rect choice of the remedy in any given case. I must confess,
nevertheless, that I have never seen in any kind of spleen-
affection any result worth mentioning from the administration
of Borax; and I mention this fact here only for this reason,
because the symptoms to which I refer were all observed very
early y and, indeed, only a few days after the drug was taken , and
only symptom 22 occurred after fifteen days. This negative
&ct seems worthy of some notice.
* Aphthie on the inside of cheeks, which bleed during a meal, and on the
tongue.
396 THE KELATIVE WORTH OF SYMPTOMS. [Sept,
10. Among the urinary symptoms — 267 to 280, together
with 434 — those have best and oftenest approved themselves in
practice, to me, at least, which were latest observed. Amone
these belong especially the frequent urination at night, observeo,
according to 268, afier twenty-four days, and according to 434,
after thirty-four days. The same is true of the symptoms oc-
curring after micturition as detailed in 276 to 280 — among
which the soreness in the urethra has presented itself to me as
the most constant. Symptom 276 gives this as occurring q/Zer
the thirtieth day, and 278 after the twenty-sixth day.
11. According to my experience the preference is to be given
to Borax in too early and too long-contintLed menstnmtian /
although with this remedy, as with many others, the tardy ap-
pearance or short continuance of the discharge is no contra-
indication. The first-mentioned peculiarity, however, is repre-
sented by symptom 294, as observed after twenty-Jive days, and
by 295, afler seven weeks.
1 2. Among the chest symptoms, the most marked is a painful
affection of the intercostals, especially of the right side, with
which the cough and respiratory symptoms stand in immediate
relation — as well as the sneezing (34) and the sleep symptoms
(435). Although the majority of these symptoms occurred
within the^r^ eight days after taking the drug, it must yet be
observed that the question here concerns almost exclusively an
acu^ affection, and that, nevertheless, symptom 349, according to
which an aggravation when lying on the (right) painful side oc-
curs, had lasted fuJUfour weeks. The contradictory symptom
435, which states the contrary, but which experience shows to
have but little value, and which has never been corroborated in
my experience, was observed within seven days. I think myself
warranted in saying, therefore, that Borax can be profitably ad-
ministered only in recent acute attacks of this nature, and in
such I have never tried it, since for these other approved reme-
dies stand us in stead.
13. Although Oalactorrhoea of nursing women occurs under
several drugs (Aeon., Bell., Bry., Calc, Chin., Con., lod., Lya,
Phos., Puis., and Rhus^, I have, nevertheless, in repeated cases
found symptom 360, which occurred on the thirty-second day, of
approved value, especially where, in addition to other corres-
ponding symptoms, there was present the '^ unpleasant feeling of
emptiness in the emptied (sucked-out) breast,^' which is men-
tioned in 360, and which occurs under no other remedy.
14. We have possessed hitherto, so far as I know, only one
remedy which corresponds to the ulcers on the backs of the
1889.] THE RELATIVE WORTH OF SYMPTOMa 397
finger and toe-joints, such as not unfrequently occur in chronic
(psoric) patients, viz.: Sepia; for under Nux vomica relief in
such cases is to be expected only in the finger-joints, and is
seldom permanent. 3orax furnishes us a second and a very
efficient remedy, according to symptoms 385, the time of wliich
is not given, 387 observed after thirty daySy and 405 af ten* fifteen
days. It may be remarked here that, other symptoms corres-
ponding. Borax deserves the preference when, acconding to symp-
tom 408, the skin is very unhealthy^ and the ulcer corrodes in its
Tiphery, which is not wont to be the case in these ulcers under
^pia, at least to the same extent. Especially for children is
Borax suitable.
15. It may^na% be observed that the predominant chillineas
which is quite peculiar to this drug, and furnishes an excellent
indication for its use, was likewise observed verylate, viz. : after
twerUy^hreey fourteeriy tiiirty-three days; and even aftei' five weeks.
To avoid confounding tne uncertain with the proved^ I have
confined myself in the foregoing statements to a comparatively
small number of established facts, although surely among the
effects of Borax are to be found many other objects of cure.
What has been said, however, is quite sufficient to accomplish
my immediate object, and to show that the statement of Herin^,
referred to in the beginning, is based upon /acf, and is strikingly
confirmed by experience. There is, tnerefore, abundant reason
for a caution against the practice of regarding, as many do, the
late-observed symptoms^ especially of long-acting drugs, as
secondary or curdtive symptoms ; an overhastiness, of which,
though for the most part he subsequently corrected it, Hahne-
mann was guilty in some of his earlier provings, without at
that time suspecting his error, and in consequence of this some
symptoms still remain distinguished by this malanota.
On pain of being charged with heresy by our younger col-
leagues, who, disr^arding the repeated and urgent warnings of
Hahnemann, operate only with low potencies and with frequent
doses, I, by reason of my many-yeared and wide experience,
hesitate not to affirm distinctly and assuredly that precisely
those morbid phenomena which are deepest-rooted are most
quickly, most surely, and most permanently cured by the ad-
ministration of such remedies as (if appropriate in other respects)
furnish corresponding indications among their laiest observed
symptoms; and especially is this the case when these remedies
are given in very high potencies, and in small and infrequent
doses. Whoever has experienced the contrary, let him communi-
cate his experience unreservedly but truthfully — for only by the
398 TWO CLINICAL CASES. [Sept^
hoDorable and frank interchange of manifold, even be they con-
tradictory, experiences, can we bring the entire simple tndhmto
the clear light of day, and only when this is done will genuine,
pure Homoeopathy either fall away into deserved oblivion or,
finally victorious^ unite under her banner the whole medical
world.
TWO CLINICAL CASES.
Clarence N. Payne, M. D., Port Jervk, K Y.
(1.) On October 6th, 1888,1 prescribed Apis* for the follow-
ing symptoms in a little girl of six years of age, light hair and
blue eyes :
No api)etite; nausea; is very weak; vertigo; headache in
temples; no thirst, but water tastes like iron-rust; dislike for
sweet things ; abdomen very tender < by walking. Feels best in
middle of day ; drowsy in p. m. Had passed no urine for
twenty-four hours. Temperature 100°.
Saw patient two days after this, when there waa great im-
provement in every way, but the following symptoms had de-
veloped, viz.: intense itehin^<on hands and feet and at night;
no eruption visible. IJ* Sul.*^.
Four days later, Octolier 12th, last symptom was no better ;
itching very severe. At times skin has red blotehes (perhaps
due to scratching) < at night and only relieved by cold water and
then for only a short time. Would like to keep hands and feet
in water all the time.
This seemed very much like Apis, and I gave it in the 200th
potency. Result, much relief in a few hours, and needed no
more medicine after Apis*^.
Query, Were the skin symptoms as above produced by Apis',
and if so, did Apis^ cure symptoms produced by same remedy
in lower potency ? It would seem so.
(2.) Baby K., age ten months, on July 24th, 1889, had suffered
with diarrhoea for several days, with three to ten movements per
day, of following character: thin, watery, profuse, painless;
in color almost like water; very offensive ; some excoriation;
no flatulence. Prolapsus of rectum during movement. R PodoA
July 25th. — Prolapsus l)etter, but no improvement or change
in condition of movements. Baby feels well, is playful. Is
no weaker or lighter in weight in spite of large number of
movements. ^ Phos-ac.*'^.
July 26th. — No improvement or change. Ify Phos-ac*.
1889.] A CINNABAR CASE. 399
July 27th. — Better, less number movements, continued to im-
prove and cured under use of Phos-ac*.
In this case the 3d potency seemed to act better than the
200th.
A CINNABAR CASE.
E. W. Bebridoe, M. D., London.
May 14th, 1889. — Mrs. complained of the following
symptoms when walking : a subjective sensation as if something
protruded in left groin, and the left leg feels shorter than the
right one. Both great toes feel strained, as if they would go
out of joint. Leil knee, hip, and calf stiff, relieved by urina-
ting. These symptoms she had had for about a week, but the
pain in groin she had suffered from at intervals for some years.
Cinnabar*^ (Fincke), one dose.
May 17th. — Reports that all the symptoms went next day, but
returned in evening. Last evening they were as bad as ever.
Cinnabar^^ (Fincke), one dose.
May 21st. — The symptoms were at first aggravated, especially
on 19th. Yesterday they improved after mid-day. To-day
^till further improvement, but the full feeling in left groin is
unchanged.
May 28th. — ^Reports that on 22d was quite well ; went to
Exeter Hall and had to stand for three hours, but without
return of the symptoms. The fullness in groin lasted a little
longer than the other symptoms.
June 7th. — Reports that there has been no return.
(Xnnabar has feeling of shortening of left leg in walking.
CaufAioum has feeling of shortening of ri^A^le^ on rising,
Carbo animdlia has feeling of elongation of right leg at night
on lying down.
Thuja has feeling of elongation of left leg.
Allen's Index omits the Thuja symptom, aud the right-sided
action of Cauiticum (see pp. 717, 719).
In the same patient, Agaricus mvaoariut?^^ (Fincke) removed
an objective and subjective coldness of nates.
LaekeBii?^ removed a stinging as if a hot needle were thrust
into tip of tongue.
The case of iritis cured by La/i felinum^ reported at pp. 192-4
Vol. IX of HoMOSOPATHic PHYSICIAN Still remains well, June,
1889.
A CASE OF POISONING WITH OXALIC ACID.
(Beported by Dr, W. Eoehler and translated by S. L.)
B. K.y of Berlin, nineteen years old, bought sixpence worth
Oxalic acid, dissolved it in a glass of water and drank. Shortly
before his suicidal attempt he had lunched on three glasses beer,
bread and cheese and coffee. In five minutes vomiturition and
copious vomiting, burning pains in throat and abdomen. Dr.
Koehler was immediately summoned, and washed the stomach
out several times — the water and the vomited matter were bloody.
Half an hour later grave collapse ; pulse small, irregular, slow
(48 per minute); respiration superficial (10-12 to the minate);
skin covered with cold, clammy sweat ; livid face, features sunken ;
pupils dilated. Patient opens his eyes when loudly spoken
to and then falls back into his apathetic state, constant desire to
vomit, but only brings up some mucus — ^no blood. Hypoder-
mics of Camphor, hot coffee, brandy. About eight P. M., two
hours later, he complains of great thirst, of burning and stitch-
ing in abdomen, and then collapse returned in the most threaten-
ing manner, with cyanosis; livid fingers and toes, dyspnoea,
sensory disturbances in toes and tips of fingers. Excitantia
relieved attain, the pulse r^ained some volume, great restlessness
set in, with tonic and clonic spasms in upper and lower extremi-
ties. Especially strong are the patellar reflexes on both sides, as
a slight touch causes long-continued, crampy motions on both
sides. Achilles tendon reflex and periost. reflex increased. When
merely touching the left malleolus ext. the tendon of the left
muse, tibialis antic, protrudes. Triceps tendon reflex and
periost reflex of the epiphyses of the forearm also increased
on both sides ; sensorium dull ; patient reacts only on loud
calls; pupils dilated. Nine P. M. the spasms diminish in
strength and frequency ; sensorium more free ; knows that he is
in the hospital ; severe pains in throat when talking or swallow-
ing; pulse better; patient sleeps naturally, early interrupted by
weak clonic spasms in upper and lower extremities. Ten P. M.
abdomen soft — he wants to urinate, but passes only a small
quantity (100 com) of yellow, somewhat murky urine of acid re-
action. Sensorium free and replies freely, though with a hoarse
voice and some exertion. Half-past eleven, examination shows
perfect ansesthesia of the tips of fingers and toes, of the anterior
surface of the hands, and the plantar surface of the feet. While
the prick of a pin is rightly localized in the upper arm and
400
Sept, 1889.] BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS. 401
thigh, a deep prick is necesBary on the leg to cause a dull pain ;
sensibility on other parts of the body normal, pulse 80, temp.
38.2 ; pains in the left lumbar region and in both legs ; feet and
liand as if asleep ; great thirst, burning in mouth ; sleeps only
little during the night.
February 27th, 2d day. — He urinates spontaneously a slightly
bloody urine (150 ccm), of acid reaction, leaving a strong sedi-
ment ; sp. gr. 1016 ; rich in albumen ; epithelia and epithelial
cylinders ; red and vrhite blood corpuscles ; coloring matter of
the blood ; no sugar ; small quantities of Oxalic acid crystals
(form of letter-envelopes), amorphous, and in the form of so-
called dumb-bells. After standing thirty-six hours the microscope
shows copious, whitish, shining crystals of Oxalic acid and of
Oxalate of Lime in many forms ; insoluble in Acetic, soluble in
Muriatic acid.
In the evening pains in renal and vesical r^ion, a crawling
sensation over the whole body, especially in both lower extremi-
ties. Several times during the day painful spasms in the
muscles of the left calf ; no appetite, tendency to vomit ; pro-
fuse perspiration on hands ana feet ; discharges 800 ccm dark
jumentous urine; tongue heavily coated, pulse 84, temperature
38.6.
February 28th, 3d day. — Urine 400, copious albumen and
cylinders; sensory disturbsEinces continue; no spasms; dullness
in head, patient feels as if had been drunk. Urine 600, no
crystals ; normal temperature ; feet and hands dry.
February 29th, 4th day. — Urine 900, less albumen and
cylinders ; feels more like himself; sensory and reflex manifesta-
tions disappear ; slight gastric disturbances still, but the next
morning he felt well enough to be discharged.
The lunch taken before the suicidal attempt, and the immedi-
ate washing out of the stomach probably saved the patient^A
life.
BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS.
Psychology as a Natural Science; Applied to the
Solution op Occult Psychic Phenomena. By C. G.
Baue, M. D. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, 1889.
The venerable author of this learned work hardly needs an introduction to
our readers. He is one of the most eminent of the old guard practicing
Homoeopathy in Philadelphia — Bering, Lippe, Guernsey, Fell^er, who have
80 nobly sustained the cause of the only healing art, and giyen it its standing in
this city. He is the author of the well-known PatKology and TherapevUic
HirUa that has passed through its third edition. He has also published Jaatu^a
402 BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS. [Rept,
Beeord, In the preface to thb. his latest hook. Dr. Bane says : " The applica-
tion of psjchology as a natoral science to the eolation of occult psychic phe-
nomena implies, first of all, a concise statement and a dear understanding of
psychology as a natural science."
Accordingly, on turning over the pages, we find two general ideas pervading
them : one of these ideas, as indicated by the title of the book ana the frag-
ment of preface quote<l, being an explanation of occult phenomena such as
mind reading or thought transference, mesmerism, animal magnetism, hallu-
cination, somnambulism, apparitions, haunted houses, and spiritualistic phe-
nomena, the consideration oi these oocapying the last one hundred and fif^
pages.
The other idea being a "concise statement" of the principles of Psychology
as a natural f<cience in order that a clear understanding of it may be acquirM,
and thus enable the student to comprehend the before-mentioned occult phe-
nomena, of which the book is specially designed to treat. This fills the first
three hundred and seventy pages, making thus a volume of over five hundred
pages.
It would be impossible for us to give a complete analysis of the whole work
in the limits of this short article, nor are we competent to do so, owing to lack
of time needed for a thorough study of so interesting and able a reaearch.
According to our venerable author, the senses, seeing, hearing, smelling, etc-,
are called primitive or original /oroes of the soul. And that he may not be
misunderstood, he says at page 14 :
'* When we apeak of primitive forces of the nonl we do not rnenn to imply that they
are something separate fVom the sonl. a somethinK possessed or owned by it, but they
constitute the very essence or being of which the soul consists at birth."
Page 55:
'* They are called primHve. farret becauw they are the original and innate nowen of the
mind, the elements of which the mind consists at birth, and out of which all further
capabilities gradually develop."
It will be seen that the author starts out at once by acknowledging the ex-
istence of the soul. What is his idea of the soul ? We find it on page 441,
where he says : ^
"The human soul is a system of diverse pHmiftve/oroen. ttom. sight and hearing, en-
dowed with the highest capabilities for conscious development down to the lowest in
the scale of conscious development— the vital forces."
Again, on page 522 :
" The soul consists, on the one hand, of that organised system of immaterial forces, the
vital senses, by which it projects itself into the material world. It is composed, then*
fore, of an immaterial nervous, respiratory circulatory, generative. mus<-ular, bonv and
oataneous system; ha« eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and all the organs in every particular as
expr^8<4ed maUriaUy in the human body. On the other hand, by its hiKher immaterial
forces, the higher senses, it develops into all those conscious modifiCAtions of which we
have been treating in this work as cognitions, conations, and feelings and all their
wonderful combinations."
All the influences of the external world which excite these primifitfe foreet
are denominated $timuli. When these stimuli excite any of the primiiive
forces^ as when the eye is attracted by a beautiful flower, they produce changes
in the primitive forces that remain always, though they may not be apparent.
These changes are called vestigeg. The varying degree of vividness in which
they are impre<4sed upon the forces constitutes memory with all its variations.
Memory, therefore, "consists solely in the (quality possessed by the primitive
forces of continuing to persifit in that specific development which has been
wrought in them by the action of external stimuli.''
Consciousness is defined to be *' the repeated action of similar stimnli upon
corresponding primitive forces/' producing similar vestiges. Whenever a
saflicient number of similar vestig^ have united for os to have a clear con-
1889.] BOOK NOTICES AND EEVIEWS. 403
BciousnesB of the object from which the external stimuli were obtained, we say
we have a conception of the object.
External stimuli have no efiect upon the sonl unless they are received by
free primitive forces^ which are thereby conyerted into ventigee. If it were
possible that the reception of external stimuli (seeing, hearing, etc) could
take place without primitive forces, then it would not be necessary to have
sleep m order to renew the primitive forces.
** I " is defined (p. 464) to be "the union in one concept of all perceptions
we have made of ourselyes. That tliey all belong to us, to one and the same
being is the distinctive feature by which they are united in the one concept
" I."
At page 469 we have the explanation why we have the idea that body and
soul are one. It is: ''Because our body is invariably present to us, and all
changes which it undergoes run parallel with our self-consciousness, thus form-
ing by degrees a bond of union so strong that we conceive body and soul as
one, or, at least, as linked together seemingly inseparably," whereas the
things of the external world are not invariably present to our consciousness.
In fact, however, our body is as much external to the soul as are any other
bodies of the external world.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the five senses of the human body
are not mere adjuncts and tools of the soul, but are its integrnl parts. If, now,
we turn to the author's definitions of force and matter we will perceive a sim-
ilar idea. He denies any separation of the one from the other. At page 343
he begins his argument with the remark : ** It is often the case that in speak-
ing of force, the product (motion) is mistaken for force." Then follows an
admirably comprehensive exposition of the relationship of heat, light, and
electricity, followed by the conclusion :
" Since. Airthermore, heat may be tnuuformed Into electricity, and electricity into
magnetism ; since chemical changes may produce electricity or heat or li)(ht or mafmet-
Ism : since gravitation may be transformed to any of these forms, or to t«ll of them in
succewion, we may safely infer that these so-called phyMeal forcea are in reality but
modes of moUtm caused and orijrinated by the term ' mattfr.* Matter, then, instead of
being subordinate to these so-called physical forces (which have been thought to play
and mold it) is. on the contrary, the very cause. Matter is spent in the originatinn of
the^ modes of motion, and must, therefore, rightly be considered as the force which
produces all physical forces.
" We must then, (in opposition to the common view, which speaks of force and mat-
ter a« two different things, of which the first uses the latter as the material out of which
it molds all existing things), declare that such a distinction is not tenable; that, on the
oontnay. event particle of ma'ler is fitrre, and that the so-called phy^ical forces are but
modes of motion produced by these forces. We must, in speaking of matter, discard nil
notions of dead and inactive^ and fashion our mind to conceive every particle of matter
a** a force (force constitutes its nature, its essence) which may change its form, but
which can never be destroyed."
From this he proceeds to show that the phenomena in plant life do not
occur because the plant possesses forces, but oecause the plant *' is force end
nothing else." He refers to the diffusion of fluids through cells, and the
phenomena of assimilation, and reaches a yery important point.
We copy his expression: *'As force originates motion, it follows that the
living tissue contains forces, which forces the dead tissue does not contain.
"What are these ft^rces? Thus far no one has succeeded in exhibiting them to
the senses.'' Any one familiar with the teachings of the learned physicists
and materialists of to-day will appreciate the strong significance of these
words. He plainly intimates that these vital forces are a something which
can be isolated and presented for examination if only we discoyer a method.
He tersely asks : *' Do they not exist ? Did not thallium exist before Mr.
Crookes discovered it ?"
In man the physical forces in their union constitute the souZ, while all the
material forces in their union constitute the body, Man, then. '* is a system of
interblending material and immaterial forces, and not a juggling together of
two diametrically opposite things — spirit and body.''
404 BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWa [Sept,
We cannot forbear quoting wKat b said about the bod j :
" The ultimate points to which physiological and microscopical anatomical researches
have reached, and will ever attain to are the 6/op/a«f«— microscopical bodies too minute
to be weighed, and which appear perfectly structureless, colorless, transparent, and
semi-fluid. The smallest of them are spheriCMl and the largest assume the s|>herical
form when free to move in a fluid or semi-fluid medium. There is not one portion of a
living, growing ti.<«ue the five-hundredth part of an Inch in extent, in which bioplasts
cannot be demonstrated. They are separated fh>m one another tA everv period of life«
In every part of the body, by a distance little more than the one-thousandth part
of an inch. Bioplasts are prior to the cells, the latter being prodncts of the fcirmer or
material formed. Indeed, all formed material grows out of bioplasts and constitutes
the body of the living thing.
*' Nuw, let us suppose we could, by chemical asendes, dissolve all the formed material
of the body without destroying its bioplasts— as we can dissolve by hvdmchloric acid
the oalcio elements of any bony structure without destroying its organic constituents—
we should then have left a body of such an attenuated form that it would appesr as a
transparent object, although in its outlines, height, width, depih, and iutenial arrange-
ment corresponding exactly to the original body, because the bioplasts are not further
apart from one another than the one-thousandth part of an inch in anv part of the
living body. But still it would represent only mauHal elements, namefy, that por-
tion of the body out of which originally all the formed constituents are evolved.'*
In selecting the foregoing extracts, onr object has been two-fold — first, to
show what are the views upon which the author bases his explanations of
those strange phenomena that are the pozzle of all mankind — mesmerism,
clairvoyance, ghostly visitations, etc. ; and, secondly, to show how closely he
steers toward the teachings of that singular system of religion or philosophy
called Buddhism or Theosophy, which is now spreading over the Enropeaa
and American world with such extraordinary rapidity. The last selection
especially will vividly recall to the mind ot the Theoeophist the Buddhist
idea of the astral body — a fac aimUe of the natural body, transparent, yet
Tisible, exactly as described m the quotation.
We have by no means exhausted the rich supply of interesting ideas with
which this book is stored. Nor have we even onered to reproduce the explan-
ations of supernatural phenomena, though we are strongly tempted to ao so.
Suffice it to say that the supernatural appearances are frankly admitted as an
undeniable fact, and the explanations are upon the lines of the foregoing
quotations, and not founded upon the absurd and dreadful theories of ^irit-
ualism.
It is, then, a safe book to read for those who wish to keep their minds free
from the nightmare of spiritualism. It adheres strictly to perfectly well-
known and accepted scientific principles. It is of absorbing interest and its
oomDosition of striking clearness. In these assertions we have hot said too
mucn. W. M. J.
A Modern SuPERSTmoN in Disease ; The Germ Theory
Reconsidered. By Lewis Sanders. New York, 1889.
This pamphlet of sixteen pages is, as its name indicates, an attack upon the
germ theory of disease. The author begins his essay with the inquiry: Are
bacteria the cauaa eaumns of disease ? And then proceeds to demolbh ** this
startling theory, hysterically advanced and fervently urged," and complains
that "it has held possession too long of the throne of truth, imposing upon
public credulity like so many of its empirical conveners."
He asserts that " the law of disease must be a unit ; just as the laws of grari-
tation, of music, of painting, of light, and of sound are units, it is but the
complement of the law of health."
Tne rest of the essay contains a number of unpleasant questions for the ad-
herents of the germ theory to answer.
Official Health Bulletin, No. 7, op Pennsylvania.
State Board op Health, is issued.
1889.] BOOK NOTICES AND REVIEWS. 405
It annonnces a high standard of health in the Gonemangh Valley at Johns-
town, the scene of the great flood.
We quote from the BuUeiin :
** Since the iasae of the last bulletin the only departure from the remarkably high
standard of health which marked the period comprising the first three weeks after the
flood in this valley has been a tendency to diarrhccal aliections, often assuming the form
of cholera morbus, leas frequently than that of mild dysentery.
" This is attributable to three causes— Hntt, the intense he«t which has succeeded the
nnnsually low temperature of the month of June ; secondly, the too frf e use ot fruits
and YQ(etables. often unripe or over-ripe, after the enforced rigid diet which prevailed
Immediately after the disaster, coupled with unusual exposure to the sun's rays during
the day and to dampness at nisht ; thirdly, to the immoderate indulgence in Intozicai-
ing liquors which has pievalled since ihe removal of the Judicial injunction on the t-ale
of these beverages. Johnstown, however. Is not the only place in the country where
this tendency to bowel disorders has manifested Itself, and it must be said that they
have here generally yielded readily to appropriate treatment."
Electrical Distribution of Heat, Light, and Power.
By Harold P. Brown, Electrical Engineer. New York,
1889 : Press of J. W. Pratt & Son, 73 to 79 Fulton Street.
This pamphlet of about forty-eight pages^is an address before the International
Medico-LeK&l Congress in New YorK, June 4th, 1889, protesting against daa-
seroos methods of transmitting Tast amounts of electrical energy through
dense populations for industrial purposes, heating, and lighting. It is, there-
fore, particularly interesting to phybicians. The author says :
" If the near fiiture is to see a thousand electrical horse-power distributed where now
we have but one. it is clearly the physician's duty to point out the dangerous currents,
and it remains for the lawyer to secure wise legislative action preventing the adoptioa
nf ■VHtATna cw Ann&rA.tna whifth TKWMllMutIv {fsnnai<ll«A hiimHTi Ufa nr >iAtt1th *'
There are two principal methods or systems of generating and conyeytng
electrical currents of great power. One is the continuous current flowing
Bteadily in one direction, which can be rendered perfectly safe up to a pressure
of fifteen hundred yolts, and the other the alternating current, which flows first
in one direction and then back sgain, the changes back and forth being made
many thousand times in a second. Such a current as this develops an energy
that overcomes all obstacles of insulation, and strikes for the shortest circuit
If that circuit be a human body, it is instant death. It is for all practiaU
parpoees a Faradic or secondary current of frightful power.
Mr. Brown yehemently protests against the use of such currents, and pro-
poses a law forbidding their use except at exceedingly low pressures. This
brings him in collision with a great corporation using the alternating current
system — The We8tinghou»e £lectric Light and Power Company, controlled
by the famous Mr. Westinghouse, the inventor of the wonderful air-brake now
used on all railroads.
Mr. Westinghouse denies the allemtions made by Mr. Brown of danger in
such currents, but fails to accept Mr. Brown's challenge to try it upon his own
person. Physicians who have used the ordinary Faradic coil well know what
a strong impression can be made upon the nervous system from one of tiie
most feeble of these machines, with its insignificant battery of but a single
Tolt ; and we have ourselves seen a spark six inches long from a lax^ge Bhumkorfi*
coil, actuated by a single battery cell, penetrate a bundle of several plates of
window glass. From this small experience we are of opinion that the truth
is on Mr. Brown's side. However, his excellent essay makes this sufliciently
dear to any unpngudiced reader. W. M. J.
Repertory to Herino's Condensed Materia Medica.
Published by the Homoeopathic Medical Society of Penngyl-
vania«
406 NOTES AND NOTICES. * [ScpL,
The purpose of thU work is to give a repertorial index to Hering's volamey
a much-used book. The Society hopes to be able to make the index ooropleCe;
it is arranged by sections. The present issue includes such sections as the
Lower Extremities, by Dr. J. L. Person ; Male Sexual Organs, by Dr. C. Wea-
ver; Appetite, Thirst, Desires, and Aversions, by Dr. Edward Cranch ; Outer
Chest, by Dr. S. F. Shannon ; Stomach, b^ Dr. A. P. Bowie ; the Aggrava-
tion of Mental Symptoms, by Dr. Z. T. Miller; Tongue, by Dr. E. Fornias;
Symptoms Occurring during Pregnancy, by Dr. T. J. Granun ; Heart, by Dr.
£. K. Snader.
The value of this work is greatly decreased by the poor arrangement, which
makes the finding of any symptom very difficult.
Single copies may be purchased of the Secretary, Dr. Edward B. Snader,
140 North Twentieth Street, Philadelphia. Price, $2.00.
Guernsey's Bcenninghausen.
The celebrated Therapeutie Poeket-Book of Bcenninghauaen has long been
out of print, and it has, therefore, been difficult fur one to secure a copy.
Dr. William Jefferson Guernsey now publishes a new editicm in a novel form.
Each symptom is numbered, and is printed upon a long slip of paper ; a
printed index accompanies these slips, so one can readily find the slips con-
taining any desired symptoms. These slips can then be laid side by side for
comparison. There are over two thousand four hundred of these slips, very
neatly printed, and carefully arranged in a strong card-board box.
This method of using a repertory has been tried by many and has been
found a useful one. The work was evidently very laborious, and has cost
heavily. The edition is sold only by subscription, at $10.00 per copy.
All orders must be sent to Dr. Guernsey, 4430 Frankford Avenue, Phila-
delphia.
NOTES Am) NOTICES.
Bemovals. — Dr. J. J. Sturgus, from Olathe, Ean., to Seattle, Washington
Territory ; Dr. C. E. Dennis, from Thurlow, Penna., to Bayonne, New Jersey ;
Dr. L. H. Lemke, from St. Louis, Mo., to De Soto, Jefferson County, Mo ; Dr.
B. Bryant, from Gilroy, Cal., to San Jos^, Cal. ; Dr. W. H. Boss, from St.
Louis to 727 Lexington Street, Louisville, Ky. ; Dr. W^illiam S. Gee,- from
Uyde Park, 111., to 5401 Jefierson Avenue, Chicago ; Dr.S. Milts Fowler, from
StI Augustine, Fla., to Dallas, Texas; Dr. C. S. Durand, from New York City
to Mungeli, Central Provinces, India; Dr. Edgar B. Bryant, from Philadel-
phia to Hahnemann Hospital, 4th Avenue, New York City, where he takes
the positian of resident physician. Dr. John Dike has succeeded to the
practice of Dr. Mcintosh at Melrose, Mass., whilst Dr. Mcintosh has succeeded
the late Dr. Keith in the latter's practice at Newton, Mass. Dr. C. O. Boyce
has settled at Ishpeming, Michigan.
Erbata. — In our August issue the following errors occur : The remark on |p.
314, line 21, and the paragraph on p. 315 (line 12 et seg.), are wronglv attri-
buted to Dr. J. B. Bell. The paragraph on p. 316 should be attributed to Dr.
W. L. Beed. Page 345, Dr. Conen's article, line 14 from the bottom, we com-
mitted a ludicrous blunder in the interpolation of the unnecessary word
*' eleven,'' thus spoiling the sense. Page 346, line 14 from top, should read
Arum-triph.c°^ . Page 356, the last paragrah, beginning, " In all cases of
diphtheria," is erroneously included in the remarks of Dr. Preston. It shoald
be credited to Dr. C. Carlton Smith.
1889.] NOTES AND NOTICES. 407
The New Board of Censobs op the I. H. A., Dr. S. A. Kimball in-
forms us, has beeQ incorrectlj reported in our pages. It should read : Drs.
Schmitt, Belli WesseJhaeft, Bushmore, and Dillingham.
The Hom(£opathic Medical Societt of the State of PENivsTir
VANIA will hold its annual meeting at Pittsburg on the ITth, 18th, and 19th
of September. The Allegheny County Society will be glad to welcume all
physicians, and will entertain them royally. A large number of good papers
are already announced. It is desired to make this meeting a specially bril-
liant and memorable one. The Old School hold their annual meeting in Pitts-
burg about the same time our gathering will be held ; comparisoLS will be
made.
Arrangements have been made with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by
which reduced rates to Pittsburg and return can be obtained by delegates to
and members of the State Society. Excursion tickets will be good from the
14th to the 21st of September. The reduced rates (two cents per mile) can only
be secured by procuring a card order from the Corresponding Secretary,
Edward B. Snader, M. D.
The Indiana Institutb of Homceopathy will hold its twenty-fourth
annual session at Indianapolis, in May, 1890. The President is Dr. J. F.
Thompson, of New Castle ; Vice-President, Dr. E. W. Sawyer, of Kokomo :
Treasurer. Dr. J. S. Martin, of Muncie; Secretary, Dr. Wm. B. Clarke, of
Indianapolis. In the circular of announcement, the Secretary says:
" At the 1889 meeting it was decided that special efforts should* be put forth
to make the 1890 session far surpass that of an^ previously held, in point of
interest and attendance, and to this end a special Booming Committee was
appointed to consider how best to achieve this result, with the special recom-
mendation that it might be advisable to make the afiair attractive and inter-
esting to the whole family by extending special entertainment to members*
their friends and patrons, with their wives or female accompaniments, and
also that it will be necessary for each member to do his direct, individual duij,
and, in addition, work among his or her friends to increase the membership
in the Society and the interest in the work being done by it. The Booming
Committee is composed of Doctors Taylor, of Crawfordsville : Bunnels, of
Indianapolis ; Bowen, of Fort Wayne ; Sawyer, of Kokomo, and Thompson,
of New Caotle, and the regular Committee of Arrangements for next year is
made up of Doctors Compton, Clemmer, and Bunnels, all of Indianapolis.
To Builders and those who Contemplate Butldino. — One of the
most useful publications for builders and persons contemplating building is
the beautifiillv illustrated Arehiteei and Builder edition of the Se^ntijii: Ameri-
ean, published monthly by Mnnn & Co., the celebrated Patent Solicitors, at
361 Broadway, New York.
It has become the custom of most of the builders of the United States and
Canada to keep on file this publication, not onlv for their own benefit, but
for the use of their customers, and they find their business promoted by
so doing. A great variety of dwelling-houses, costing from a few hundred to
several thousand dollars, are illustrated in each monthlv number, besides a
double page printed in colors, representing one or more handsome residences
already built. After the design for the elevation or style of the house has been
selected, builders are enabled to give a close estimate of the cost of construc-
tiouj as the working plans accompany the elevation. Most persons contem-
plating the building of a house or stable for their own use derive both pleasure
and considerable saving, sometimes, by carefully considering at their leisure,
and by their fireside, various designs and plans which may come before them.
To enable a person to oome to a wise conclusion in such an important matter
aa building a home for his family, he will be wise if he brings the subject
408 KOTES AND NOTICES. [Sept^ 1889.
before his entire household, and studies carefuUj oyer in the domestic circle the
style of house and the interior arrangements. It not only affords great pleasure
to the entire family to be considered in the matter, but good suggestions will
come from it, and mistakes will be less likely to occur in the selection. Br all
means consult the wife and grown-up daughters, if so fortunate as to nave
them, and to this end everybody who contemplates building should provide
himself with a complete file of the Arehiteei and Builder edition of the
Scientific ^mmeaa, some forty numbers, and then he will hare at hand not
only the best material to select his design from, but he will also find the pub-
lication useful and profitable to refer to while the building is being constructed.
If a person does not find the design for a house, or other structure he con-
templates building, that suits his fancy, or the estimate of the cost is too great,
in a single number of the publication, he will be very sure to find in some
one of the other numbers something that will suit both his fancy and purse.
Hundreds of dwellings have been erected on the plans that have appeared in
this publication, and any person who contemplates building, or who wishes to
alter, improve, extend, or add to existing buildings, whether wings, porches,
bay windows, or attic rooms, will be pretty sure to find what he wants in the
Scientifie American Architect and Builder, which is published on the first of
each month, at the office of the Scientific American^ 361 Broadway. Rubscrip-
tion price, $2.50 a year, twelve numbers. Single copies, 25 cents. Back
volumes of six numbers, in flexible covers, in imitation of Turkey Morocco^
$2.50. Subscriptions received and volumes sold by all newsdealers.
I. H. A. NoTTCS. — Attention is called to the fact that no applicatioa for
membership will be accepted, unless an original thesis, consititing either of an
original proving or a clinical report of three cases, is handed in before March
1st, 1890. At the last meeting of the I. H. A., six applications were rejected,
because no theses were presented with them, and this rule will be strictlj
adhered to.
Applications for membership should be sent to the Chairman of the Bostrd
of Censors, Dr. Julius G- Schmitt. 113 North Ave., Rochester, N. Y, on or
before December 1st, 1889, and theses must aUo be sent to him, not later than
March 1st, 1890. The next meeting of the I. H. A. will be held at Newport^
B. I. ; the date and other particulars will be announced later.
S. A. KiMBAi.1., SeereUary,
What are the BEsncDnES?— In our June No., page 258, we gave a list
of symptoms, the answers to be guessed by our readers.
We now announce the answers: No. 1, Cimex; No. 2, Cimex; No. 3,
Hypericum ; No. 4, Ipecac.; No. 5, Ipecac.; No. 6, Iris; I^o. 7, Iris; No. 6,
Kreosote ; No 9, Ledum ; No. 10, Oxalic acid. Four of our subscribers have
answered. They are as follows : Dr. John V. Allen, Frankford, Philadelphia ;
Dr. H. P. Holmes, Sycamore, Illinois ; Dr. A. Kilmer, Gibson, Tennessee ;
Dr. George W. Dunn, Atlanta, Illinois. All have answered correctly, except
that Dr. Dtmn gives for No. 4 Ipecac and Lyoopodinm.
Dr. Holmes remarks: "The most of these are found in Hering's Ckmdenmd;
but a few of them are found only in The QMing Sifmptoma, Only one was
found by using a repertory."
The Octobbb and November Numbebs.— We call s^ial attention to
the notice on second page of cover for this month. It will be seen that we
intend to issue another chapter of the repertory. As it is so extensive that it
will include two numbers of the Journal, we have, therefore, decided to ioclnde
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HOMCEOPATHY OF THE PRESENT AS COMPARED
WITH THAT TAUGHT AND PRACTICED
BY HAHNEMANN AND HIS IM-
MEDIATE FOLLOWERS.
Are we tending to fusion with alloeopathy or are we drifting
into alloeopathy ? I fear it is neither, but mongrelism. We
profess Homoeopathy ; many of us say we understand both sys-
temSy possibly, being graduates of both schools, and we profess
to select the best from both and apply to the individual cases as
our judgment may direct us. Yes I and how true I am sorry
to say this is in many instances, we give two, three, or four
homoeopathic remedies as our superior skill may dictate, alter-
nately, of course, and leave our patient a Moi*phia powder to quiet
his pain and cause him to sleep, and a cathailic pill to be taken
in case his bowels should not move in due time, in order to get
rid of some pernicious matter and accumulation of the various
remedies in the alimentary track that we have given him, which
of course has formed into an insoluble bolus and must be re-
moved at all hazards ; not being sure that all the indications
have been met in our patient, we leave a few two-grain pills of
Quinine to be taken once in two hours in case the fever should
rise in our absence ; and as our patient has a violent stitch in
his left side which may prove obstinate, and the Aeon., Bryonia,
and Kali-carb. with which we have so generously supplied him
fail to relieve him, we will shut up another avenue of the enemy
by leaving a Iff for Emplast-Cantharidis, 446, which we direct
the nurse to paste on his side in order to draw out some materia-
morbis that has accumulated between the two pleural cavities
or surfaces, or possibly there may be a herd of bacteria thai
must be driven out through this gateway that our blister has
opened ; and a part of our duty would still be neglected if we
were to neglect leaving a prescription for one pint of brandy,
best, of course, as there'is no other kind kept by druggists, hence
be sure to specify best, as it always helps the nurse and attend-
ants to know that the Doctor has an interest in his patient, and
in case death should ensue the friends are doubly sure everything
has been done for the poor unfortunate. Oh ! how consoling it
is t'O look up at the medicine chest after returning from the last
resting place of our dear friend and see it full of heroic
remedies, pills, blisters, etc. *
The above enumerated are almost a fac-simile of those used
411
412 HOMCEOPATHY OF THE PBESENT. [December,
ID a case I recently siiw which was under homceopathic care, or
at least the physician was known as a homoeopathic physician^
a follower of Hahnemann. The mention of Hahnemann's name
in conjunction with such prescribing is sufficient to cause the
illustrious father to turn over in his decayed coffin and groan
with pain. Yes ! to have such insult offered to the memory of
his masterly science, could he but rise up to-day and see how
we have inLrBreted his teaching, he woafd weep1tea» of sorrow
and regret and turn away in disgust.
Recently on a visit to one of our cities I called at a certain
institution where there was a clinic being held on the eye and
ear ; I entered the place of healing and found a great number
of patients, not less than a hundred, and five physicians in
charge (presumably oculists), yet, to judge from the parapher-
nalia around, I might have imagined myself in a paint shop or
art gallery (bar the paintings) had I not witnessed a similar con-
dition in the allceopathic ophthalmic hospitals. Each man was
armed with a brush atid paint jar, or bottle of finely divided
white powder looking like white lead, but evidently being lixi-
viated Calomel, which was being thrust iu artistic style into the
eyes of the poor unfortunate sufferers as they came marching
by, each burying his or her face in their hands, so that when
they had passed they resembled mourners at the grave in
meditation, sorrow, and prayer. Of many of these patients I
made inquiry of the duration of time they had been regulars of
this place and the answer varied from three months to two
years. I would ask you if you could imagine yourself in a
homoeopathic institution when witnessing such treatment? Yet
such was the name it bore — ^a homceopathic seat of learning.
Are we to be surprised at our yoOng physicians when we know
that such has been the teaching they have had ? How can we
expect anything different of them? Certainly not unless they
act more wisely than their tutors. Is this not a deplorable state
of affairs? Better by far send our students to a straight-out
alloeopathic institution of learning and they will not at least have
their minds poisoned with bastajrd Homoeopathy and exploded
alloeopathy.
In conversation with a man of eminence connected with the
above-mentioned school, I asked him if he looked upon the treat*
ment as adopted in the eye clinic as scientific Homoeopathy. He
admitted that it was not just Homoeopathy, but that the cases were
so numerous in the institution that they could not find time to treat
them homoeopathically. What think you of such a solution ?
In other words, too many to treat them properly, for such must
1889.] HOMCEOPATHY OF THE PRESENT. 41 3
be the literal meaning to a homoeopath. I could not refrain
from sayings that if theytreated them according to thesimillimum
they would not have so many cases, i. e., if they administered
proper homoeopathic remedies, they would succeed in curing many
m one or two prescriptions, and the same patient would not remain
a permanent fixture of the establishment^ as is at present the
&ct.
You will find this class of patients going: from hospital to hos-
pital, from dispensary'to dispensary, and when their patience
18 well nigh exhausted, they will drop into a homoeopathic insti-
tution as a last resort ; and can any one for a moment imagine
their sorrow and disappointment when they find they are sub-
jected to the same line of treatment, and certainly with no better
results. Is it not most deplorable to waste sucn valuable time,
and cause such unnecessary suffering, when we have in our pos-
session such infallible means of cure if we spend but a little
time in research and study of our materia medica, and have the
confidence in Homoeopathy we should and would have if we
gave it an unbiased trial? But I fear our want of faith in what
we profess, combined with mongrel teaching, is the bane of our
practice. Recently I heard a sermon by an eminent divine, who,
elucidating the cause of his faith (according to his manner of
thinking) in God and His disciples, spoke of an example, while
a theological student, of one of their number, as expressing him-
self as having positive convictions in his profession. Without
positive conviction we are simply groping in the dark, hoping
to make what we call a lucky hit ; unfortunately for most of us,
lucky hits are of very infrequent occurrence. Now, I urge upon
all of you, unless you have positive convictions of being right, you
cannot practice Homoeopathy successfully. Read carefully the
Organon, I find great pleasure in reading it. I never let a year
pass by without reading it once ; I find it strengthens me in the
true medicine. Don't have your patient believe that you under-
stand both systems of medicine, and that you select only that
which you think is best for the individual case, for when you
admit this you acknowledge your want of confidence in your
own profession. He that professes all things and systems is
surely a failure ; a jack of all trades is master of none.
Can it be possible that contrari conlrariis curantur is better
adapted to adult members of the family, and similia gimil-
ibiM curantur is better suited to the children ; if so, when do
children cease to be children, and require alloeopathic treatment,
and vice versa f
If similia aimilibiu curantur be the proper curative principle.
41 4 A BBOEEN BBEAST. [December,
then it always remains so; if it be &lsey it never can be tmej
and should be abandoned at once.
Who ever knew of two opposites both being true ? Who ever
knew of a successful politician professing both Republicanism
and Democracy? Who ever knew of an eminent divine profes-
sing two forms of religion ? They are simply incompatible^ and
will not mix a bit more than oil and water. So it is with
Homoeopathy and alloeopathy. What a pleasure it is to believe
you are right, and to practice according to your convictions, but
a man who practices both, practices neither and has no convic-
tions ; he is simply practicing hap-hazard, and nature performs
all his cures in spite of his ignorance, if any are cured.
Permit me to urge upon you the importance of simplifying
your practice ; don't alternate your remedies, and then when a
cure is made, you know what remedy has cured the case, and it
assists you in fixing your symptomatology; besides, when yoa
get into the habit of giving two remedies, you often see the neces-
sity of a third, and it will not require you long to see where a
fourth can be interpolated with advantage. In this way your
vocabulary will grow indefinitely, and you will continually be in
doubt of the proper remedy. I dare say there is not one of yoa
who would countenance a person taking four or six remedies,
yet it is quite easy to imagine a case where it may be necessary
if we only accustom our imagination to be elastic. Who dare
question the propriety of giving four or six remedies when he
admits the necessity of two? M. J. Buck, M. D.
Baltimore, Md.
A BROKEN BREAST.
Frank Kraft, M. D., Sylvania, Ohio.
I expect nothing less than that there will be an indignant
rising en masse of the scientific homoeopaths, when I admit, as I
am constrained to do in the interest of truth, that I made use,
and successfully, of Lac caninum in this case of broken breasts
which I propose relating. But magna est Veritas^ etc.
On Monday, November 4th, I was asked to visit a young
woman living on the southern border of Michigan, who had, five
weeks before, been brought to bed with a healthy nine-pound
girl (primipara)f all without medical aid. Owing, however, to the
difficulty experienced by the infant in getting any brcastroilk,
attributed to a tongue-tie, a bottle with the usual long rubber
tube had been substituted flanked by a bottle of good old Mother
1889.] A BROKEN BBEAST. 415
WiDslow's Soothine Syrup. It goes almost without saying that
in a short time the oreast became filled and needed to be drawn.
For this purpose, one of the exquisite torturing engines of the
Inquisition, to wit, a breast-pump with a flaring mouth like unto
the ancient blunderbuss and rubber bulb was applied, and with
the usual result of setting up inflammation from the frequent
bruising. The breasts grew tender, then hard, then painful. A
doctor was called in, a most potent, grave, and reverend siguior of
the Old School, who succeeded in short order in adding still
more to the poor woman's sufiering by the use of Morphine,
which effectually closed the bowels, deranged the urinary func-
tion, coated the tongue, confused her mind, yet, withal, not
alleviating her sufferings. After ten days' experimenting of
this kind, the parents of the patient, seeing unmistakably that
she was sinking, dismissed the Old School .^Csculapius and I
arrived on the scene. To detail the numerous devices resorted
to by his Oldschoolship, the many salves, greases, lotions, and
liniments used, many of which still littering the commode,
would be needless waste of time, because an old story to every
physician who has ever followed the allopath. I found each
breast covered with a generous-sized pancake. Removing these,
there was disclosed a fistulous opening in the right breast, dis-
charging sluggishly a greenish-yellowish-bloody pus, exceed-
ingly offensive, and corroding the surfaces if suffered to remain
for half an hour. The breast was large, hard, hot, and of a
mahogany color. The left breast was also hard, hot, and brown,
but not yet ready to " point," though in one spot there was a
suspicious feel of softness. Otherwise the history was : cold feet,
cold hands, dull headache, '' back broke in two," constipation,
urine scant, thick, and brown ; no appetite, a little sip of cold
water occasionally, which was grateful ; no sleep for five nights,
color of face and body a transparent, sickly pallor ; clammy
sweat here and there about the body, eyes dull and deep-sunken,
unable to move hand or foot save with great pain, lips colorless,
and the dreaded white line outlining the gums, pulse feeble,
barely to be counted.
Had these symptoms presented at the first visit of any doctor,
especially a homoeopath, some considerable study of the reper-
tories would have been necessary. But following an Old School
drug-store, there was nothing for it but to follow Hering's advice
and antidote the drugs, which was promptly done with Nux,
hoping thereby to separate the drug disease from the disease of the
patient. I at once gave the breasts a soap-and-water bath, then
a bathing with hot water to which a few drops of Phytolacca
416 ^ BROKEN BBEA8T. [December,
had been added, and a cloth saturated in the same solution kept
on the breast to be renewed hot every two hours as long as
patient was awake. I remained a number of hours, but at last,
not yet being very clear as to the remedy, I gave Phytolacca in
broken doses.
On returning the following day a decided change for the better
had ensued. The patient had slept a number of hours, had
called for a little to eat, mainly sours and cold, the right breast
had decreased in size, the mahogany color was almost all gone,
the abscess was discharging laudable pus, a^d handling was
borne better. The left breast, however, looked more angry ;
the swelling was much more painful, the slightest jar was un-
bearable, there was an unmistakable increase in suffering toward
supper time, and the weight of the gland was torture. My
teaching had been, not to repeat so long as improvement was
manifest'; the right breast was better in every way, as were also
the general symptoms. I did not wish to leave the patient for
twenty-four hours with that painful left breast, notwithstanding
the general improvement. Still a careful study of the case im-
pelled me to give Sac. lac., and advise the Phytolacca lotion as
before.
During this ensuing night, however, she had not slept because
of the pain in the left breast ; the right one also had begun
again to be troublesome. I went to my buggy and brought in
such of my library as I had with me, and in rummaging in my
overcoat pocket to my great joy found the July, 1889, copy of
The Homoeopathic Physician, which I had been reading some
days before while riding through the country. Here I remem-
bered to have seen Brother Guemsey^s '^ Mastitis,'' and if ever
a drowning man grasped at a straw, it was this writer, as he
hurriedly turned the leaves and found the '^ Mastitis'' article.
In a few minutes that patient had a dose of Lac caninum on
her tongue. And from that moment I date the gradual recovery
of my patient. The breast broke superficially, discharged a
little laudable pus, the swelling went down rapidly, the color
faded out, sleep came and refreshed her, appetite also returned,
and with the exception of one dose of Silicca given at the last
because of the peculiar difficulty in stooling, and strapping the
breasts for support, she receiyed no other medicine, and I dis-
charged myself on the 12th with profuse thanks and encomia —
and ray fee.
The patient was sitting in her chair '^ changing " her baby,
and feeling strong when I last saw her. The fistulee had almost
closed, cicatrices were forming, and the milk, which I had
1889.] ON BEPOBTINa CASES. 417
ordered drawn during all this period with a hot bpttle, was fill-
in? the glands again^ with every prospect of soon applying the
child to the breast
ON REPORTING CASES.
In the AUg. Horn. 2!eUung, No. 24^ Dr. Paul Lutze reports a
case of periostitis, which truly demonstrates how, from wrong
premises, only false conclusions must follow, and his teachings
of the case allow, therefore, many objections. He says :
'^ I publish this case for two reasons : to show that sometimes
the remedy does not cure which corresponds to the totality of
the syihptoms, but rather the keynote remedy must be selected;
and second, to lead the attention of youneer physicians to a
remedy not often used. On the 30th of January I was called
to a lady and found her in a sitting position, the foot resting on
a chair, as walking or standing caused severe pain. I found on
the tibia a red hot spot of the size of a hand, very sensitive to
the touch, and offering small inequalities to the fingers. Mer-
cnrius sol. always did well for me in periostitis, and I prescribed
Mercur.^, ten globules in water, to take a sip every four hours.
February 2d. — The inflamed spot paler and less painful, but the
inflammation spreads upward and downward. Mercur. con-
tinued. February 7th. — Inflammation about the same, with
swelKng around the malleoli of the afi^ected limb. Apis.^ twice
daily for three days and an interval of two days. February
17th. — The swelling is gone, the inflammation pales, but she com«
Elains of a painful drawing and of stiffness in the joints of both
nees and feet in afternoon and evening. Bryonia^, to be
taken in the same manner. Next report was that the drawing
pains were removed, that the thickening on the tibia still per-
sisted, that it did not look as much inflamed ; but on the condyle
of the right knee-joint periosteal swellings had arisen, painful
by motion and pressure. Mercur.^ brought no relief this time;
in fiiict, pains were worse in the evening, and even a return to
Bryonia gave no relief. Among the remedies having *^ pains
increased by motion,^' I also found Ledum, and though it was
aggravation from the heat of the bed, which may also mean at
the time of going to bed, my experience taught me, that in rare
cases the simile may succeed where the simillimum fails. I pre-
scribed Ledum.^, a swallow every four hours, and in a few days
the patient remarked that all pains quickly disappeared ; the
periosteal thickenings were nearly gone, and walking or standing
nearly painless. March 30th she complained only of some
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418 ON BEFOBTING CASEa [December, 1889.
stitching pains when standings which were quickly removed with
Mezereum*.
Dr. Lutze fails to give ur an anamnesis of the case, and we
do not know what sort of a woman he had to deal with, and
what was the cause of the periostitis. Was it of traumatic, syph-
ilitic, or scrofulous origin? Was it painful to the touch, even
when resting, or did only the motion irritate the sore ? In too
many cases reported in the journals, we find the same omission,
and thus much of its value is lost. We cannot believe that Dr.
Lutze prescribed for pathological names, and still he acknowl-
edges that he gave Mercur. ex iwi in morbo, and, as asual, as it
covered only some symptoms, it acted like every other palliative
but did not cure the case. Lutze jumped then to Apis on ac-
count of some oedematous swelling around the maleoli. Again,
a mere palliative prescription which did not reach the root of
the evil, for he changes again to Bryonia, on account of some
stiffness in knee and ankle-joints of both feet, afternoon and
evening, and as now appear^ some thickening in the condyle
of the right knee-joint, he returned to Mercur., but failed to
give relief, and Bryonia was given on account of the stereotyped
symptom, < by motion and in the evening. In his despair he
hit on Ledum, as it has also < on motion, btU it cured, because
it is the remedy for gouty pains, especially in the joints of feet
and hands, shifting from place to place, involving also fibrous
parts in various places ; pains in bones of ankles, in knees, toes ;
< toward evening, till lying down ; > at night ; pains sticking,
tearing, shifting; swelling about ankles, with pain in ankles
when stepping. Ledum is a cold remedy and has hardly any
febrile symptoms, while Bryonia and Mercur. are full of them.
We thus see how many symptoms were fully covered with the
Marsh tea, and that it was at least a close simile, taking the
gouty constitution of the patient as a guide. He finished the
case with Mezereum, on account of some stitching pains when
standing. Might we not ask whether Mezereum was not from
the start the simillimum to the case? Hering recommended it
for swollen, inflamed bones, especially shafts of cylindrical bones,
pain in the periosteum of long bones, especially the tibiae, <
at night in bed, the least touch unbearable, and < in damp
weather, with general chill and thirst; boring, drawing pains in
ankles ; short drawing or darting pains, now here, now there,
after which a constant soreness remains; itching, burning, shift-
ing pains, with increase of animal heat. Who of us can always
find the simillimum ? But we must differ from Dr. Lutze, when
he holds up such a case as a bright example for the student to fol-
low. We may &il, but we need not glory about it. S. L,
CLINICAL MEDICINE.
G. W. Sherbino, M. D., Abilene^ Texas.
I. A lawyer was walking along the street one morning when
he stopped to show me a sore finger. It proved to be a bone felon ;
he was predisposed to felons. The end of the thumb was de-
formed from necrosed bone caused by a felon. His symptoms
called for Calc. carb.^. It cured the felon and he never had
any more of them. I made a convert of him.
"ll. A farmer suffering from felon came twelve miles from
the country to see me one Saturday, in the fall of 1883. He had
suffered excruciating pain for nine days and nights, so that he
could not sleep. The finger had been opened and it was dis-
charging ichorous pus, with a large amount of proud flesh, which
he had tried to burn off with Alum. But the proud flesh
would come back again ; the finger now was tied up in tobacco
leaves.
Subjective symptoms : Burning at the end of the finger like
coals of fire. Aggravation at night, especially after midnight.
Sensation of hot needles piercing. Amelioration by hot appli-
cations. Arsen.*'^ cured in a day or two ; the pain was better in
a few minutes.
He wanted to know if I was a faith doctor. I replied, "I have
faith in my medicine.'^
III. A lady complained of pain in the end of her finger like
a brier stickinq; there. The pain got no better from the reme-
dies given. There were redness and swelling, so painful she
had to desist from work. The pain then became burning and
stinging, better immersed in cold water. I gave a dose of
Apis'^, waited twenty-four hours. No change, swelling and
pain increasing. Hering says if Apis fails then give Sulph.
iiigh. At night she got a dose 55M (F.). Next morning pain
had all gone ; finger not swelled so much. No more medicine,
cured promptly.
IV. A carpenter accidentally hit his thumb with a hammer ;
he suffered with it all night ; came to me the next morning. Two
doses of Ledum*"* cured him.
V. A stock-man was riding through a pasture where there were
many mesouit trees, when he stuck a thorn into his second finger
from which he suffered for several days. The finger was swelled
its whole length, and was stiff and sore. The pain was deep in
the bone. . Every one who saw it pronounced it a felon. Two
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420 CLINICAL CASES. [December,
doses of Ledum"'^ cured Iiim^ and he did not like to have it
split^ as was ordered by au allopath.
VI. A clerk in a store came to me with a " sore " on his fin-
ger, which had kept him awake for over a week. An opening
was at the end, proud flesh protruding. He complained of
aching in the arm and hand up to his shoulder, deep in the
bone. This kept him awake at night. His pulse was 120 ;
temperature 100^. The pain and tlie fever were controlled by
a remedy having his concomitants in its pathogenesis ; but the
proud flesh did not yield. I gave a dose of Silicea*™fF.) and
Sac. lac. The finger straightway began to discharge laudable
pus. He showed the finger to several of his friends who were
kind enough to say he would have to have it '' split ;" it would
never get well without. I remarked I would split it from the
inside with the dynamic-lance. After his finger was well he
again showed it to his friends^ who then all agreed with one ao-
claim it was not a felon.
These cases could be enlarged upon, but enough has been said
to show the power of the similars, without antiseptic dressing or
the injection of Carbolic acid — ^the Pennsylvania State Homoeo-
pathic Transactions to the contrary notwthstanding. Let such
treatment be relegated to eclectics and the allopaths, to whom it
rightfully belongs, and not try to palm it off on the public as
Homoeopathy.
CLINICAL CASES.
Georqe Logan, M. D., Ottowa, Ont., CakabjIt^ .
Case I. — Boy, six years old. Called to see him on September
14th, 1888. Found him in bed, complaining of sore throat.
On examination, found diphtheritic membrane covering the
entire convexity of the left tonsil, with considerable redness and
swelling of the adjoining part of the soft palate, considerable
fever, and some enlargement of the gland of the left side of the
neck ; breath offensive. It had the appearance of being a de-
cidedly malignant case. He had been ill two days before I was
called. Lachesis*"^, five or six pellets in quarter cupful of water,
was taken at one dose, five or six pellets of Sac. lac. in half cup-
ful of water — ^two teaspoonfuls one hour apart while awake
until my return. Tresh air and isolation. On my return visit
I found the disease arrested, and the boy said he felt better.
Continued Sac. lac.
1889.] CLINICAL CASES. 421
' Oq the third daj the left tonsil was much better. Continued
Sac. lac
Fourth day. — Left tonsil nearly well, or free from membrane ;
right tonsil partly covered by membrane. Complains of sore-
nesfl of the right side. Continued Sac. lac.
Fifth day. — ^Right tonsil covered by membrane, but less red-
ness and swelling than the left side had presented at first. Con-
tinued Sac. lac.
r
Sixth day. — Right tonsil worse, membrane extending to ad-
joining soft palate, with increased redness and swelling; did
not feel so well. Right gland swollen. Grave three or four
CelletsofLachesis as before, one dose, and continued Sac. lac. two
ours apart.
Seventh day. — ^Decided improvement ; spread of membrane
arrested, and disappeared in a day or so afterward, followed by
recovery.
Case II. — September, 1887. Was called to see a boy aged
three years ; haa been ill two or three days ; found membrane
on both tonsils, and the soft palate near the tonsils involved ;
dark redness and swelling of tonsils and palate ; considerable
fever and difSculty of swallowing; glands on both sides enlarged,
and breath foetid. From what I could learn, the disease began
on the left side ; all the symptoms pointed to Lachesis, which
was given — ^five or six pellets in half a cupful of water — two
teaspoonfuls each hour for three or four times, then three hours
apart until my next visit. '
Second visit. — No worse. Continued the doses three hours
apart.
Third visit. — ^Decided improvement. Sac. lao. three hours
apai;^ In two or three days he was all rieht again. *
Cabe III. — ^Boy, four years old had oeen ill three or four
days ; found him in bed ; both tonsils covered by diphtheritic
membrane ; dark red swelling of the tonsils, soft palate, and
fauces ; glands much swollen, and very foetid breath ; great di£5-
culty in swallowing. From all appearances, a very malignant
case. Could only infer from evidence obtained that the left
tonsil was first involved.
Lachesis'''^, one hour apart for three times, then three hours.
Second visit. — ^No improvement that I could detect ; could
not find any other remedy that covered the case better than
Lachesis, which was continued three hours apart
Third day. — ^Much worse ; larynx involved ; dry, croupy cough ;
stupor ; refused medicine and food. Kali bich.^ one hour apart
for three times, then three hours apart. Died the following
422 CLIKICAL CASES. [Deoember,
morning. The most prominent symptoms in the above case were
purple hue of the palate and fauces^ intense foetor, difficulty of
swallowing^ sensitiveness to external pressure, cannot bear any-
thing to touch the neck. Worse on waking from sleep.
This case was one of the most malignant that I have seen
in my practice of over thirty years.
A few years ago I reported six fatal cases in all during twenty-
six years.
I then expressed the opinion that there is a degree of malig-
nity, so far as I know, which I consider incurable.
After four years of further experience, I venture the same
opinion — ^that there is a d^ree of malignity, only at long inter-
vals met with, which is beyond the powers of nature, assisted by
medication, to overcome.
If there are any men here who have had a large experience
in such cases and have never lost one, I will be glad to hear
from them. Two or three cases of success or failure are not
sufficient to base a rule upon. '^ One sparrow is no sure sign of
spring.'^ It requires a large number of cases to warrant our
forming an opinion or experience which will be a guide to others.
I have selected these cases from perhaps thirty cases ti'eated,
four of which proved fatal.
I hope some member of this Institute will be able to show a
better record.
Case IV. — ^Female child, four years old, was brought to my
office. She presented a most repulsive appearance. The case
was one of chronic eczema, of three years' standing. When less
than a year old the eruption appeared on the face and head in
the usual form, going through all the stages of eczema, papula-
tion, vesiculation, pustulation, incrustation, and in some parts
of the skin, desquamation. The eruption covered the entire sur-
face of the body from the head to the feet. It had become in-
filterated and thickened, divided by an innumerable number of
fissures running in all directions over the surface of the body
like so many rivulets made to carry off the exudation accumu-
lating on the surface. The child had a vulgar, filthy look, was
intensely irritable, day and night. From some of the fissures
mentioned blood was running at the time I saw the child.
I refused to have anything to do with the case unless I was
allowed several months to conduct the cure. With this under-
standing I gave Sulphur*, a dose each morniug for three times,
then Sac. lac. for three weeks, at which time they were to bring
the child again. At the end of this time the case looked worse,
if that could be possible, than before.
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 423
Continued the placebo for three weeks more and then to re-
port. At the end of this time there was an improvement, the
skin was less inflamed, the child was less irritable, the mother
said she had given her much less trouble then before.
Continued Sac. lac. for three weeks more, at the end of which
time a decided improvement was visible. Continued placebo
until the case seemed to remain stationary, when I gave one dose
of Sulphur**, followed by Sac. lac.
From this time the improvement went on uninterruptedly
until the child was perfectly well — a handsome young girl. I
may mention that, as usual in such cases, she went the rounds of
three or four medical men, each having his pet mode of pro-
cedure—ood liver oil, astringents, ad infiniium.
THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS.
H. P. Holmes, M. D., Oak Park, III.
CoNvui^iONS OP Infants: Aeon., iEthusa-Kjyn., Agar.,
Aml-nit., Apis-mel., Arn., Ars., Bell., Bry., Camph., Caust.,
Cham., Cic, Cim., Cina, Coff., Cup., Gels., Hell., Hyos., Ign.,
Hepar, Ipec., Kreos., liiuro., Lye, Melilot., Merc, Nux, Opi,,
Sil., Stan., Stram., Tart.-emet., Tereb., Verat.-alb., Zinc.
Puerperal Convulsions: Aeon., Argent.-nit., Am.,
Bell., Canth., Cham., Cic, Cocc, Cup., Gels., Glon., Hell.,
Hyos., Ign., Lach., Lauro., Merc, Mosch., Nux-m., QSnanthe,
Opi., Puis., Sec, Stram., Verat-vir., Zinc
Epilepsy : Agar., Amyl-nit., Argent-nit., Bell., Bufo.,
Calc-carb., Camph., Cann-ind., Caust., Cic-vir., Crotal.,
Cup., Cypri., Glon., Hydr-ac, Hyos., Ign., Indi., Kali-
brom., Lach., Nux-vom., Opi., QEnanthe-croc, Plumb., Sil.,
Stann., Stram., Sul., Tarent., Yisc-alb., Zinc, Zizea-aur.
Catalepsy : If caused by anger and vexation, Cham., Bry. ;
if caused by fright. Aeon., Bell., Ign., Grels., Op. ; if by sudden
joy, CofFea ; if &r grief, Ign,, Phos.-ac, Staph. ; if by jealousy,
Hyos., Lach. ; if by sexual erethism. Con., Plat., Stram. ; if by
disappointed love, Ign., Hyos., Lach. ; if by religious excite-
ment, Stram., Sulph., Verat-alb. ; in consequence of onanism,
China, Nux-vom.
Aconite. — Convulsions, when in their incipiency there is
great febrile excitement ; hot, dry skin ; restlessness, anxiety,
anguish, fear of death ; more or less cerebral congestion ;
twitchings of single muscles ; child gnaws its fists, frets, cries ;
424 THERAPEUTICS OF OONVULSIONa [December,
costive or dark watery stools ; vertigo on risine from a recam-
bent position ; dreads too much activity about ner.
^THUSA-CYK. — Spasms, with stupor, delirium ; turning of
the eyes downward ; epileptiform spasms, with clenched thumbs,
red face ; dilating, starting, immovable pupils ; foam at the
mouth ; teeth set ; pulse small, hard, accelerated ; great weak-
ness ; children cannot stand, or hold up the head.
Agaricus. — Spasms, with tremors of the body ; involuntary
movements while awake; epilepsy with great exertion of
strength ; from fright ; every seven days ; from suppressed
eruption; epileptic fits increase at first and lessen gradually;
patient feels as if drunken and always sleepy ; unconscious and
speechless with the convulsions, iace blue and puffed, froth at
tne mouth ; sensation as if cold air was spreading from the spine
over the body, like an aura epUepiica,
Amyl-nitbite. — Convulsions, with unconsciousness and in-
ability to swallow ; frequent piercing shrieks ; after long-con-
tinued convulsions, weak, emaciation with tendency to sweat
easily from slight exertion; during convulsions rigidity of
muscles of limbs ; epilepsy ; muscular twitching in arms, 1^,
and face, followed by sense of fullness of head, flushing of face,
violent palpitation of heart, and unconsciousness; mental confu-
sion, and a dream-like state ; haunted many times a day by an
indescribable dread and sensation of an oncoming fit ; profound
and repeated yawning during unconsciousness; succession of fits
with increasing frequency, beforeone fit ceases another one b^ins,
Apis-mel. — Nervous restlessness; convulsions; trembling
and jerking of the limbs ; shrieking; boring the head in the pil*
low ; cerebral affections.
Arqentum-nitr. — Puerperal convulsions ; she has a pre-
sentment of the approaching spasm ; she is in constant motion
from the time she comes out of one spasm until she goes into
another ; the spasms are violent and are preceded by a sensation
of expansion of the whole body, especially of the face and
head ; sometimes the woman lies quietly for some time after the
spasm has ceased, but becomes very restless before another
begins ; cerebral epilepsy ; the pupils permanently dilated a day
or two before the fit ; epileptic convulsions coming on at night
Arnica. — ^Where the spasm arises in consequence of a fall
or other injury ; pulse full and strong, and dunng every pain
the blood rushes violently to the face and head ; symptorod of
paralysis of the left; side ; tympanitis of abdomen after labor
(peritonitis); unconsciousness; involuntary discharges of fieces
and urine ; while the head is very hot the body is cool.
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 425
Absenicum. — ^The child lies as if dead ; pale but warm ; is
breathless for some time ; finally it twists its mouth to one side
then to the other ; a violent jerk appears to pass through the
whole body, and its respiration and consciousness gradually re-
turn ; the spasms return at longer or shorter intervals ; worse
the latter part of the night.
Belladonna. — Convulsions ; starting from sleep with a
wild look, dilated pupils; heat of the head and hands; red
eyes and flushed face ; sopor after the spasm ; convulsions may
commence in an arm, and then the body be thrown forward and
backward ; jerking and twitching of muscles between the*
spasms ; convulsive movements in the limbs and muscles of the
face ; paralysis of right side of tongue ; loss of speech and dif-
ficult deglutition ^ renewal of the fits at every pain ; more or
less tossing between'the spasms or deep sleep, witn grimaces or
starts and cries, with fearful visions ; sound sleep or uncon-
sciousness after a spasm : moaning at night, even without much
sleep ; sleepiness, but cannot go to sleep ; wild look ; fresh cases
of epilepsy, with decided brain symptoms; there is an aura as
if a mouse were running over an extremity, or of heat rising
from the stomach, or illusions of sight or of hearing; convul-
sions commence in upper extremities, and extend to the mouth,
face, and eyes ; spasm in the larynx and fauces, with a peculiar
clutching of the throat during the fit ; inability to swallow and
danger of suffocation ; foam at the mouth ; involuntary micturi-
tion and defecation ; oppression of the chest and anxious breath-
ing ; the spasms are excited by the least touch ; great anxiety,
fear, frightful visions.
Bryonia. — Spasms developed through repercussion of the
measles ; dry, parched lips ; patient cannot bear to be moved.
BuFO. — Epilepsy following onanism ; longs for solitude to
give himself up to his vice ; quick ejaculation without pleasure,
with spasms and painful weariness of the limbs ; epilepsy, with
destructive suppuration ; fits occur mostly at the change of the
moon, at the time of menses, in sleep.
Calcarea-carb. — Hemorrhoidal plethoric constitution ;
scrofulous and rachitic ; delicate and poorly- nourished persons ;
sudden attacks of vertigo ; loss of consciousness without con-
vulsions; pharyngeal spasms, followed by desire to swallow;
attacks return after the slightest vexation ; anxiety with the fit,
and after it apprehension of never getting well again ; mental
dullness or even deransrement ; speechless ; nocturnal epilepsy ;
attack commences in abdomen.
Camphor* — Spasms from suppressed catarrh of the head or
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426 THERAPEUTICS OF OONVULSIONa [December,
chest ; epileptic fits^ with stertorous breathings red and bloated
face, coma ; early enoagh given it may prevent the fit or at least
abridge its intensity and duration.
Cannabis-ind. —Epilepsy ; extraordinary mental and physi-
cal vigor, an ecstatic exaltation of all the powers of mind and
body as the aura before the fit ; tendency to catalepsy.
Cantharts. — Convulsions, with dysuria and hydrophobic
symptoms; bright light, drink, sound of falling water, or the
mere touch of the larynx causes a renewal of the spasms.
Caulophyllum. — Convulsions, with very weak and irregu-
'lar labor pains ; she feels very weak.
Causticum. — Convulsive motions of the upper part of the
body, with feverish beat and coldness of the nands and feet ;
convulsions of the extremities in the evening when the child is
sleeping, with disturbed eyes and icy coldness of the body ;
when the paroxysms are complicated with screams, gnashing of
the teeth, and violent movements of the limbs, etc.; epilepsy ;
recent and light cases ; suddeu fall, witli loss of consciousness
in the fresh air, but recovers himself soon ; convulsions, es-
pecially on the right side, with drawing of the head toward it;
during the convulsions the urine flows copiously and involun-
tarily; frequent urination; restless, desire to escape; idiotic
condition before the attack ; cold water brings the paroxysms
on again.
Chamomilla. — Child makes itself stiff and bends back-
ward ; kicks with the feet and screams immoderately ; convul-
sions of children ; legs moved up and down ; grasping and
reaching with the hands ; mouth drawn from side to side ; the
eyes staring, jerking and twitching even in sleep ; convulsions
in the child caused by a fit of anger in the nurse; convulsions
afler anger; excessive irritability and petulance; one cheek red,
the other pale ; starts and shocks during sleep.
China. — The loss of a large quantity of blood is the excit-
ing cause of the eclampsia.
CicUTA-viR. — ^Violent shocks through the head, arms, and
legs, which cause them to jerk suddenly ; spasmodic rigidity of
the body, either opisthotonos or emprosthotonos ; the child seems
well and in great spirits, when suddenly it becomes rigid, then
relaxation sets in, with great prostration ; tonic spasms, renewed
from the slightest touch, or the least talking or walking about;
helminthiasis; strange contortions of the upper part of the
body and limbs during the paroxsyms, with blue face and fre-
quent interruptions of breathing for a few seconds; epilepsy;
especially for children ; convulsions ; clonic and tonic spasms.
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 427
with pale and yellowish complexion ; distortions of the extremi-
ties ; cries ; frothy saliva ; after the attiick the child is uncon-
scious and nearly lifeless ; in women, after emotions, with sad
melancholy; after confinements; painful ulcers on edge of
tongue.
CiMiciFUOA. — Children wake at night with a frightened look
and trembling of the limbs.
CiNA. — Child is feeble, lax, and ailing ; painful sensibility in
the limbs of whole body on motion or touch ; attack worse
early in morning and evening, and most violent after eating ;
convulsive attacks at night ; spasms of children, with throwing
the arms from side to side ; convulsions of the extensor muscles,
the child becomes suddenly stiff, followed by trembling of the
whole body, with blue lips, and whining complaints of pain in
throat, chest, and all the limbs ; there is a clucking noise during
convulsion as if water was poured out of a bottle, from the
throat down to abdomen, paralytic pains in arms and legs; the
child exhibits vermiculous symptoms; discharges worms; hack-
ing cough ; continually making attempts at deglutition, as if to
swallow something down ; is very difficult to be pleased with
anything.
CoFFEA. — Convulsions of teething children, with grinding
of teeth and coldness of limbs, after over-excitement ; the attack
has been brought on by excessive laughing and playing ; weakly
and excitable children ; and in consequence frequently suffers
with spasms.
Crotalis-hor. — Convulsions, with trembling of the limbs,
without foaming at the mouth ; loss of senses ; indifference,
seems only half alive; paleness of the face, as in faintness;
sensation of tight constriction of the throat.
Cuprum. — Eclampsia of children during dentition ; the
spasm is often preceded by violent vomiting of phlegm ; the
clonic spasms begin in the fingers and toes ; child lies on belly
and spasmodically thrusts the breach up ; after the convulsion
the child screams, and turns and twists in all directions until
another spasm occurs; opisthotonos with every paroxysm, with
spreading out of the limbs and opening of the mouth ; clonic
spasms during pregnancy, when the attack begins at the pe-
riphery and extends centrally; nocturnal epilepsy, or when the
fits return at r^ular intervals [menses], b^inning with a sud-
den scream; unconsciousness; loss of sensibility and throwing
the body upward and forward ; convulsions commencing at the
fingers or toes, or in the arms, with coldness of the hands and
feet, and pallor or lividity of face; clenching the thumbs ; suf-
428 THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. [December,
focating paroxysms ; frequeut emission of urine ; piercing, vio-
lent screaming ; difficult comprehension or screaming; convul-
sion of children during dentition or from retrocession of au
exanthema ; extreme violence of the convulsion with pale or
livid face, slow pulse [often a sign of feeble muscular action of
the heart], coldness of hands and feet.
CuPRUM-ACET. — Spasms from retrocession of the eruption
in scarlet fever.
Cypripedium. — Epilepsy from reflex nervous irritation ;
from exhaustion of nerve-forces ; from irritability of the brain
in children.
Gelseminttm. — Convulsions from reflex irritation ; premoni-
tory symptoms; the head feels very large; the spasms occur as
the first hint that the os uteri remains rigid and unchanged ; dis-
tressing pains from before backward and upward in the abdo-
meu ; heavy head, with half stupid look ; face deep red ;
speech thick ; pulse slow, full ; albuminuria.
Glonoine. — Epileptic fits accumulate and return daily ; con-
vulsions from cerebral congestion; stupidity and somnolence;
alternate congestion of heart and head; throbbing pain in the
epicrastrium.
Hepar-sulph. — Traumatic convulsions, caused by excessive
Cressure on the brain during delivery ; trismus of new-born
abes.
Helleborus. — Convulsions of nursing children, with ex-
treme coldness ; the urine is very dark, and has a sediment like
coffee-grounds ; intense and intolerable pains in the head; a
shock passes through the brain aa if from electricity, followed
by spasms.
Hydrocyanic acid. — ^When the muscles of the back, face,
and jaws are principally affected, and the body assumes a bluish
tint ; epilepsy ; recent cases ; sudden complete' loss of conscious-
ness and sensation ; extreme coma for several hours, only inter-
rupted by occasional sudden convulsive movements; confusion
of the head and vertigo ; jaws clenched, teeth firmly set, froth
at the mouth, foaming large bubbles; unable to swallow; in-
voluntary discharge of urine and faeces ; upper extremities con-
tracted and the hands clenched ; unusual stiffness of the l^s;
spasms commencing in the toes, followed by distortion of the
eyes, toward the ri^ht and upward, afterward general spasms ;
distortion of the limbs ana frightful distortion of the face;
trunk spasmodically bent forward ; great exhaustion, prostration
and aversion to all work, mental or physical.
Hydrophobin. — The spasms are excited whenever she at-
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 429
tempts to drink water^ or if she hears it pouring from one vessel
into another; the remedy may also be indicated by the sieht or
sound of water affecting the patient unpleasantly^ even though
she desires water.
Hyoscyamus. — Convulsions after meals ; the child sickens
after eating, vomits or shows distress at the stomach ; sudden
shrieks and then insensible ; convulsive jerks ; long-lasting
spasms ; frothing at the mouth ; every muscle in the body is
convulsed — the eyes, the eye-lids, the muscles of the face; puer-
peral spasms ; shrieks ; anguish ; oppression of the chest ; un-
consciousness ; bluish color of the face ; twitching and jactitation
of every muscle of the body ; delirium ; during convulsion
limlis forcibly curved and thrown up from the bed; epilepsy,
before the fit, vertigo ; sparks before the eyes ; ringing in the
ears ; hungry gnawing; during the fit face purple, eyes project-
ing, shrieks, grinding teeth, urination ; after attack, sopor, snor^
ing ; from grief, after emotion.
IGNATIA. — Spasms return at the same hour every day;
screaming and violent trembling all over; single parts seem to
be convuked ; spasms of children, prece<led by hasty drinking ;
convulsive twitching, especially aft«r fright or grief (of the
nurse) ; convulsions during dentition, with frothing at the
mouth, kicking with the legs ; deep sighing and sobbing, with
a strange, compressed feeling in the brain ; the convulsions com-
mence and terminate with groaning and stretching of the limbs ;
the paroxysms are accompanied with vomiting ; fright with
ffriei may have been the exciting cause ; recent cases of epi-
epsy; convulsions return at the same hour in the daytime or
night ; silent, stupid state, with jerking of the body, partial
spasms of the extremities, one limb, or only certain muscles at
a time; emotional epilepsy ; lassitude after the fit.
IxDioo. — Epilepsy; patient is of exceedingly melancholic
(blues^ character, tired of life, feels very gloomy ; flushes of
jheat from abdomen to head, with sensation as if the head was
tightly bandaged around the forehead ; epileptic fit begins with
dizziness; epilepsy originating from plexus Solaris, or from
abdominal ganglia, or from a cold or fright.
Ipecac. — Much nausea and vortiiting, either before or during
a spasm ; the child is spasmodically drawn in some direction ;
body rigid, stretched out, followed by spasmodic jerking of the
arms; convulsions from indigestible food or from suppressed
eruption ; one constant sensation of nausea all the time, with
occasional convulsions; such symptoms— convulsions character-
ized by continuous nausea — are always relieved by Ipecac alone.
430 THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. [December,
Kali-brom. — Mental hebetude, slowness of expression,
failure of memory ; confusion and heat of the head, great ver-
tigo ; dull, stupefied expression ; the same languor in extrem-
ities, in fact the whole mind and body given up to lassitude, but
nowhere convulsions.
Kali-carb. — ^The spasm seems to be relieved or to pass off
by frequent eructations.
Kreosote. — Convulsion from the swelling of a gum over a
tooth which is not quite through ; great restlessness ; wants to be
in motion all the time, and screams the whole night; bronchial
irritation from dentition ; the teeth look black and decay as fast
as they appear ; otitis.
Lachesis. — ^The convulsions are particularly violent in the
lower limbs, with coldness of the feet, stretching backward of
the body and screaming ; epileptic convulsion characterized by
cries, falling down unconsciously, foam at the mouth, sudden
and forcible protrusion of the tongue ; vertigo, heavy and pain-
ful head ; palpitation of heart ; left side chiefly affected ; onan-
ism or excessive sexual desire the cause of the disease.
Laurocerasus. — Much gasping for breath before, during, or
afler a spasm, with blnrsh tint of the skin ; after fright ; emaci-
ation ; she is conscious of a shock passing through her whole
body before the spasm [Hell.].
Lycopodium.— -Spasms from incarcerated flatus, with scream-
ing, foaming at the mouth, throwing the arms about, un-
conscious.
MoscHUS. — Convulsions from ursemic poisoning.
Nux-MOSCH. — Convulsive motion of the head from behind
forward ; hysterical eclampsia in women who easily faint ;
drowsy before and after the spasm.
Nux-VOMICA.; — Convulsions in the child from indigestion,
especially through the high living of the nurse, from emotions
in the nurse, as anger; the spasms begin with an aura in the
epigastrium; spasms renewed by the least touch, followed by
deep sleep ; spasms renewed whenever the feet are touched ;
great torpor of the intestinal canal ; in persons who are of an
irritable disposition and in tho^ who are accustomed to wines
and high living generally, and wh6 lead a sedentary life; spinal
epilepsy, with opisthotonos ; trembling or convulsive twitching
of the limbs ; involuntary defecation and urination ; rigidity of
the limbs ; pressure on»solar plexus renews the attack.
OE^ANTHB-CROCATA. — Epileptiform couvulsions followed by
deep sleep or coma ; convulsions with vertigo, madness, nausea,
vomiting; unconsciousness, eyeballs turned up, pupils dilated.
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 431
lockjaw ; oonvulsiona with deathlike syncope ; epilepsia noc-
turna.
Opium. — Spasms from fright, anger [nurse] ; in children
from the approach of strangers ; in new-born babes, screaming
before or during the spasms; after attack, deep sleep; stupor
between spasms ; sopor with stertorous respiration ; the stertorous
respiration continues constantly from one spasm till the next,
ana so on ; incoherent wanderings and convulsive rigidity of the
body, with redness, swelling, and heat of the face ; hot perspira-
tion and insensible pupils ; suppression of the pains of labor may
have been the proximate cause ; nocturnal epilepsy ; continued
stertorous breathing ; respiration deep, unequal ; cyanotic face,
or red, bloated, distorted ; deep, comatose sleep ; suffocative
paroxysms during convulsive state.
Phosphorus, — Previous to the convulsion a sensation of heat
rushes up the back into the h' ad ; this was several times per-
ceived as a foreninner of the convulsion.
Plumbum. — Epilepsy ; heaviness and numbness of the legs
before the spell; swollen tongue; aft^r the fit consciousness
returns only slowly and symptoms of paralysis remain ; chronic
cases with earthy color of face, stupor and debility aft;er fit ;
periodicity.
Pulsatilla. — The countenance is cold, clammy, and pale ;
loss of consciousness and of motion ; stertorous breathing and
full pulse ; the labor-pains are deficient, irr^ular or sluggish,
otherwise she is in good condition ; mild and tearful ; the patient
demands fresh air.
Secale-oor. — Twitching of single muscles; twisting of the
bead to and fro ; contortions of the hands and feet ; labored and
anxious respiration; in scrawny, illy-nourished women, with too
feeble labor-pains ; '' argotismus convulsivus.''
SiLTCEA.---Spasms which return at the change of the moon or
at night; convulsions after vaccination ; attacks preceded by
coldness of the left side, shaking and twisting of the left arm ;
nocturnal epilepsy, especially about the time of the new moon ;
chronic cases [after Calc] ; before the attack ; feeling of great
coldness of left side of the body, shaking of the left arm ; slum-
ber with starting ; the spasms spread, undulating from the solar
plexus up toward the brain ; violent screaming, groaning, tears
drop out of his eyes, foam before the mouth ; afterward, warm
perspiration, slumber, paralysis of the right side ; exalted sus-
ceptibility to nervous stimuli, with an exhausted condition of the
nerves ; abdominal epilepsy.
Stannum. — Spasms during dentition, with worm symptoms^
432 THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. [December,
more excitability, more disturbance of the brain and more fear
than Cina; helminthiasis of genital orgasm; epilepsy ^vith toss-
ing of the limbs ; clenching of the thambs ; pale face, opisthotonis,
unconsciousness.
Stramonium. — Suppression of an eruption, or the exanthem
fails to come out ; the child is afraid and shrinks back from
objects on firstseeing them; opisthotonic convulsions from bright,
dazzling objects, water, or touch ; abdomen puffed ; body very
hot; spasms continually change character; frightened appear-
ance before and after the convulsions commence ; sardonic grin ;
stammering or loss of speech ; loss of consciousness and sensi-
bility ; frightful visions ; laughter, singing ; attempts to escape ;
the fits are renewed by the sight of brilliant objects, and some-
times by contact ; epileptiform spasms ; thrusting the head con-
tinually in quick succession to the right; continual rotary motion
of the left arm ; pains in the pit of the stomach ; obstinate con-
stipation ; deep, snoring sleep; risus sardonicus; pale, worn-
out appearance, with a stupid look ; afraid of being alone ;
convulsions affecting the upper more than the lower extremities ;
also isolated groups of muscles.
Sulphur. — Whenever some dyscrasia lurks in the system, or
its outward symptoms were suppressed ; chronic epilepsy ; before
the spell ; crawling and running as from a mouse down the back
and arms, or up the leg to right side of the abdomen; after the
convulsions, sopor«)us sleep and great exhaustion.
Tarentula. — Hysteric-epilepsy ; sensation of dizziness
before the fit, followed by convulsions and great prsecordial
anguish.
Tart.-emet. — Spasms from repelled eruptions, with pale-
ness of the skin ana much difficulty of breathing ; great pros-
tration and faintness.
Terebinthina. — Dentition accompanied by suppression of
urine and convulsions ; child is wakeful at night, screaming as
if fris:htened, has a staring look, clenches his fingers ; twitchings
in different parts of the body ; picking of nose ; dry, short
cough, aching in limbs and head ; burning soreness and inter-
stitial soreness of gums; otitis infantilis.
Veratrum-alb. — Convulsions of children, with pale face
and cold sweat on the forehead ; cough before or after the
spasm ; trembling all over.
Veratrum viride. — Eclampsia from emotional causes;
great activity of the arterial system ; convulsions and mania,
which even keeps on after the cessation of the spasms ; face
flushed, pulse wiry, thirst.
1889.] THERAPEUTICS OF CONVULSIONS. 433
ViscuM-ALB. — Epilepsy, with constaut vertigo, even when
in bed ; feeling as if the whole vault of the skull would be raised
up ; muscles of the face in constant agitation.
ZiNCUM. — Twitching in various muscles ; the whole body of
the child jerks during sleep ; the child is cross before the attack ;
body hot ; restless at night ; fidgety feet ; right side twitches ;
pale children during teething ; after the disappearance of old
eruptions ; coma from cerebral exhaustion ; loss of sensation of
the whole Ixxiy ; mania from mental excitement; somnambulism;
Zinc, has been known to cure obstinate puerperal convulsions
after Phosphorus, apparently indicated, had failed ; cerebral
epilepsy ; symptoms relt mostly during rest ; aggravation after
dinner and toward evening ; twitching in various muscles ; the
whole body jerks during sleep.
ZiZEA AUREA. — Spasmodic movements of the muscles of the
face and extremities ; epilepsy.
Discussion. — Dr. Ballard — I want to speak of one case of
convulsions, in which I followed the remedy as closely as could
be, by study in the sick-room and in my office. The child's
first convulsion came on Tuesday morni^e, and I was soon there.
I noticed at the termination of the convulsion there was a strain-
ing, the face turning red, just as a child would do straining hard
for stool. When tne convulsions came the eyes were rolled up
and there was some twitching of the mouth. Various remedies
were tried, yet no relief. There was that only symptom of
straining. It went on until Friday morning, when I gave the
child Nux "", and left, saying that " if there is no improve-
ment in two hours, give this powder." The powder I left was
a dose of Belladonna. On my return I found that the powder
had been given. " Why did you give the second powder ?"
" I misunderstood you, I thought necessary to give it.'' Any-
waV; I did not notice so much of that straining. The convul-
sions were about as bad as before. I gave another dose of Nux
and the convulsions ceased almost immediately, and the symp-
toms ceased with them entirely. Has any one noticed that
symptom under Nux. ? Following the convulsions there came
a large number of boils. Another case : After the delivery of
twins the mother at once went into convulsions, and the
lochia ceased. The urine was suppressed. The convulsions
would be preceded or accompanied by grunting, twitching of the
face, throwing back of the eyes, and then finally closing them.
The twitching would last for a half a minute or so, and then a
sinking down and quiet for a few seconds, and then would start
434 THERAPEUTICS OF CX)NVULSIONa [December,
in breathing with the throat extended beyond the jaw ; the face
bluish or purplish, collar covered with sweat of a warm charac-
ter ; frothing at the mouth and every appearance of Opium.
Chamomilla had been given and hot compresses. When I saw
this condition, I gave Opium. There was no help from it at
all ; the convulsions continued. The woman lay on her back,
with the leil leg fixed, and the other 1^ thrown over and kept
in constant motion over the opposite knee. During tiie convul-
sions there was an emission of urine which had a strong urinal
odor. After giving Belladonna and seeing no change from this
constant motion, I gave a dose of Argentum-nit I then
noticed for the first time the most marked motion of the o/ce
ncisi, which was soon over. As soon as that was over I gave a
dose of Lvcopodium. The symptoms were slightly relieved ; I
thought the motion of the alee noM was less prominent, and the
convulsion was not as long. The motion or restlessness after-
ward continued the same. When the third convulsion came on,
there was no indication of that. That was the last, and recovery
commenced, and she made an immediate and good recovery.
Dr. Emory — We must have our Materia Medica in our
minds or some very easy reference to it, and I think that paper
completed and published wquld be of very valuable assistance to
many of us. There are some remedies which we consider useful
in these cases which Dr. Holmes has not mentioned. There is
one symptom which Hering gives which I did not notice, and
that is '^spasms occurring at the time of the menses;" either
where the menses do not occur at the proper time, or do occur.
Dr, Custis — I think one reason you do not get the prompt
action of the remedy, is often on account of the nature of the
convulsion, which is due to the frothing at the mouth. If there
is anything that will interfere with the absorption of medioine it
is that frothing. I had a case a few weeks ago of a little boy
suddenly attacked by convulsions, the last one of which lasted
over three hours. In spite of all efforts I could make I could
not administer a remedy,, as there was a complete locking t)f the
jaws and a constant frothing at the mouth. I felt sure that I
had the right remedy, but I could not get any resulb^, as I could
not administer it properly. I thought of a hypodermic syringe,
and tbis is the only time I ever resorted to that; but I shall
remember to do it again.
Dr. AVesselhoeft — I think Dr. Custis would have had the same
result if he had given that remedy by olfaction.
Dr, Custis — I would like to ask Dr. Ballard if the urine of
the patient had been examined.
1889.] CASES FROM PRACTICE. 436
Dr. Ballard — I examined it and foand no albumen in it,
although there had been enormous swelling of the 1^ all
through the pregnancy. This disappeared a few days before the
confinement. A few mouths before the confinement the patient
was melancholy.
Dr. Holmes — Two years ago this month I was called to see
the worst case of convulsions in an infant I ever saw. It was
just before I came to attend the Amercan Institute at Saratoga,
and it was before I knew much about Homoeopathy. The little
fellow was two weeks old. He went into a convulsion at 12
o'clock at nighty and for almost twenty-four hours thatclnld laid
in convulsions most of the time. At times the child would
apparently cease living; pulsation down to twenty a minute,
respiration would cease. I used artificial respiration probably
twenty timed. My first prescription was Nux-vomica. I went
on with my Nux-vomica study, and the more I studied the case
the more I was convinced that Nux-vomica was the remedy, I
then gave the sixth and nothing else, and that little fellow to-day
is one of the stoutest, ruddiest little boys you ever saw. In the
course of twelve hours after giving the remedy there were no
more spasms. This- shows how some of those terrible cases
can s:et well if you give the right remedy. — Clinical Bureau,
I. H. A.
CASES FROM PRACTICE.
(Read before the Caytiga County Homoeopathic Medical Society.)
Was called at 10 p. m.^ to see a boy about seven years of age.
He presented the following symptoms: Headache, backache,
sore throat, chills and fever. The throat symptoms began on
the left side, and * were worse after sleeping. The throat was
very sensitive to touch, and could bear nothing around it, as he
said "he could not breathe.'^ The tonsils looked purplish^
tongue coated white, putrid breath ; prostration.
The child seemed well at 8 P. M., when it went to bed.
Gave Lach.** in water ; to be given every hour until there
seemed to be improvement, then to stop the remedy.
Was sent for the next morning at 8 A. M., and found this
condition of the patient : Tongue swollen, and the point of it
protruding from the mouth. It was dry, and looked like a piece
of burnt leather. There was a dischfti^e from the nostrils, which
seemed to burn and scald the face. The odor from the discharge
and breath was very oifensive. As often as he would drop off to
sleep he would wake up and gasp for breath, and seem as if
436 CASES FBOM PBACTICE. [December,
he was dying ; could not examine the throat ; all fluids seemed
to escape through the nose.
Mj diagnosis was malignant diphtheria and recovery doubtful.
The symptoms seemed to point to Ladu as the remedy, and
gave a dose of the M potency (B. & C.) dry on the tongue,
omall lumps of ice was given it to keep the mouth moist.
Eleven a. m. — ^No worse.
Two p. M. — Not as much discharge from the nose, and the
tongue less swollen.
Eight P. M. — Marked improvement; less discharge from the
nose; can shut the mouth and drink a few sips of water ; slept
one hour with slight aggravation.
Nine p. m. — Much better ; slept most of the time since mid-
night ; no discharge from the nose ; tongue looks more natural ;
can drink without difficulty ; he continued to improve. Re-
peated the remedy once^ when there seemed to be symptoms of
paralysis.
Did the 30th produce any aggravations?
Mr. A., aged about fifty, was taken in the morning with cho-
lera morbus, which grew so much worse at night that the family
became frightened, and I was called at 1 1 P. K.
Found the patient bordering on a state of collapse ; face pale
and cold, eyes sunken and lustreless; the bowels moving fre-
quently, rice-water evacuations, with griping cramps in the 1^
and cold sweat on the forehead. Grave Yerat. and waited ; no
benefit.
Said he was dying, and bade the family good-bye ; could not
see; pulse very feeble; no control of the bowels; wants to be
fanned.
Gave Carb. veg. dry on the tongue, and repeated it every fif-
teen minutes. Gave four doses before reaction set in. I remained
until four in the morning. The next day gave a dose of China.
He made a good recovery and a convert to HomcBopathy.
Mr. F., aged thirty-two, red hair, blue eyes, painter by trade.
Taken with spitting of blood after painting a cornice from a rope
and pulley scaffold. The attack lasted one hour. He had frequent
attacks for a week, and was under the care of a regular physi-
cian.
After an attack of unusual length and severity, I was called
to the case. Patient had lost at least a quart of blood. He was
pale, eyes glistening, and pulse quick. He was very restless, and
was fearful, and knew he was going to die.
Gave Aeon. Did not try to examine the chest, as he was bleed-
ing, and I did not wish to irritate him any more.
188«.] IN MEMORIAM— EDWAED BAYARD, M. D. 437
Nine A. H. — Slept some during the night ; had a slight attack
toward morning. Soreness through the upper third of left lung
and says he can feel the blood start from that part of the lung.
Not so restless^ and feeling better than the morning previous.
Sac. lac.
Six P. M. — Severe coughing started another bleeding spell.
Pressure across the chest ; lies on the back or right side^ coughs
more on the left side. Phos.*
No attack of bleeding for two days.
Third day another attack. Restless, constantly changing posi-
tion ; feels so tired all the time, although moving makes him
feel better; dry cough, with tickling under the sternum ; worse
the fore part of the night ; wants to be alone ; tongue dry, red,
with triangle on tip. Gave Rhus.*
No more hemorrhages. Gained strength rapidly. Took a
slight cold from getting damp, which was relieved by Phos.**^.
In two weeks resumed his work.
Chas. L. Swift, M. D.
Auburn, N. Y.
IN MEMORIAM— EDWARD BAYARD, M. D.
Dr. Edward Bayard, who for nearly fifty years has been one
of the leading homoeopathic physicians of the world, passed from
his labors Saturday, September 28th, 1889, at North Yarmouth,
Me., at the age of 83 years, 6 months, 23 days.
The Doctor had been in excellent health till the 24th of No-
vember, 1888, when he sustained a serious injury from a fall while
arising at night; this confined him to his house all winter. With
the warm weather he improved, and in July left for North Yar-
mouth to spend the summer. The pure air and freedom from
his extensive practice produced a favorable change, and arrange*
ments had been made for his return, when a sudden change in
the weather occurred, causing the development of an acute attack
of bronchitis, which he was unable to withstand.
Dr. Bayard was born March 5th, 1806, at Wilmington, Del.,
and was the third son of the Hon. James A. Bayard, one of the
United States Commissioners who negotiated the treaty of Ghent.
His brothers were the late United States Senators, Richard and
James Bayard, while he was uncle to ex-Secretary of State
Thomas F. Bayard. He graduated at Union College, Schenec-
tady, in 182S, and began the study of law in the office of Judge
Daniel Cady, at Johnstown, N. Y., whose eldest daughter he
afterward married.
440 IN MEMOBIAM— EDWARD BAYABD, M. D. [December,
him a martyr to a prosopalgia, torturing him for over thirty
years, from time to time, aud embittering his life. Certain it is
that the star which rose with him on the homoeopathic firmament
was one of the first magnitude, and will shine as a comfort and
encouragement for the votaries of the cause of homoeopathies
when the host of adversaries try to extinguish its light which
still illuminates the darkness of medicine.
Deep as was the Doctor's knowledge of his art, his skill in the
administration of the remedy, yet he liad the greater knowledge
and comprehension of the fundamental elements embraced in its
philosophy. Few there are among his contemporaries who took
so deep an interest in that branch of the profession, and fewer
still those who studied it so deeply ; his learning was profound,
his understanding comprehensive, his elucidation clear, and those
who listened to him knew that here was one to whom Hahnemann
was an open book.
The Rev. Dr. Dyer, who conducted the funeral services, in
paying a beautiful tribute to his friend and physician, said :
"That although his family had been distinguished for three
generations, no member had added greater lustre to the name
than he whom we were assembled to honor." He was a devout
Christian, whose faith was shown in every act of his life. His
tender treatment of his poorest patients endeared him to all who
knew his boundless 9harity and faithful services given the mul-
titude " without money and without price." Tne members of
his family, many now in tlie sunset of life, in discussing his
characteristics, alike testify to his uniform kindness and self-
control ; none could recall a harsh word or act toward brother
or sister in their long and intimate domestic life. A sweet
charity and divine patience pervaded alike his social and pro-
fessional life.
When mid singing birds and gentle breezes and the glad sun-
shine, nature takes our loved ones to her bosom, to be seen no.
more, the parting is hard to bear; but a pouring rain with
heavy thunder intensified our grief as we left our noble brother's
form alone in its last resting place. •
No amount of philosophy can enable us to wholly divest our
minds of the thought that the dead feel as we do the solitude
of the grave. C. C. H.
RESOLUTIONS OP THE N. Y. HOMCEOPATHIC UNION.
The first r^ular meeting of the N. T. Homoeopathic Union
for the season was held at the residence of Dr. E. Carleton,
1889.] IN MEMORIAM-DAVID WILSON, M. D. 441
Thursday evening, October 17th. The following resolutions
were presented by Dr. Carleton and unanimously adopted by
the Union :
Whereas, Our esteemed friend and colleague, Dr. Edward
Bayard, has been called from the scene of his labors ; therefore
Besolved, That in the death of this veteran physician we have
sustained the loss of a leader who was ever true to the law of
nmilia discovered by Hahnemann, zealous in the discharge of
duty, eminently successful in healing the sick, a wise counselor,
always courteous, a kind and valued friend to all who were so
fortunate as to have his acquaintance.
Resolvedy That while we deeply mourn his loss, we gratefully
revere his memory and emulate his long and unselfish devotion
to the promotion of the best interests of humanity.
JResolvedy That these resolutions be spread upon our minutes,
and that copies be sent to Dr. Bayard's family and to the medi-
cal press.
IN MEMORIAM— DAVID WILSON, M. D,
Another of Homoeopathy's greatest practitioners has been
taken from us! Indeed, in announcing the death of David
Wilson, we tell of the fall of one of the ablest and most success-
ful disciples of Hahnemann. Dr. Wilson ranked with Hering,
Lippc, and Bayard ; none ever followed more carefully the
teachings of Hahuen^ann, and few, if any, ever achieved greater
success in curing the sick than did Dr. Wilson.
David Wilson was born at Duns, a small village near Berwick-
on-Tweed, Scotland, in 1811. Having received his school edu-
cation in his native villasj^e and at the High School of Edin-
burgh, he entered as a student of the Extra- Academical Medical
School connected with the Eilinburgh College of Surgeons, of
which iKxly he became a licentiate in 1829. Like many others of
his countrymen, he came south, hoping to find an El Dorado in
London, and actually walked from Edinburgh to London, start-
ing with £20 in his pocket. In this he was disappointed, and
consequently accepted a berth as surgeon to a vessel bound for
the East Coast of Africa and the Seychelles Islands. In this
way he passed three years, and on his return to London he pro-
cured a situation as assistant to the late Dr. Hastings, of Eccles-
ton Square, with whom, in a few years, he entered into partner-
ship, and in conjunction with whom he carried on a very exten-
sive and lucrative practice. It was during this time that,
lamenting the inefficacious and oftentimes injurious methods of
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442 IN MEMORIAM— DAVID WILSON, M. D. [December,
practice then universally adopted, and ever on the alert to hear
of something better, Homoeopathy was introduced to his notice,
and he diligently studied such books as could be obtained
upon the suQect, and more especially did he strive to master
Tke Organon of Hahnemann. That he might do so the more
perfectly, he learned Grerman. During this period he also made
many experiments of a clinical character, prescribing homoeo-
pathically for cases that had baffled the skill both of himself
and his partner. The results were so striking and so satisfactory
that in 1849 he dissolved partnership with Dr. Hastings, and
devoted himself to the practice and dissemination of a knowl-
edge q£ Homoeopathy. About this period he established The
Homoeopaihic limes — a weekly journal — which battled valiantly
for the truth for a few years.
Dr. Wilson's strong convictions and intense earnestness for
the cause made him bold and outspoken in its defense. He
never hesitated in his determined exposure of mongrelism on the
one hand, nor, on the other, to avow his conviction as to the
truth of Hahnemann's teachings. Dr. Wilson was one of the *
founders of the Hahnemann Hospital of London, and for a
time he assisted in its management. Finally, seeing that his
colleagues in the hospital were not strict homoeopathists, he with-
drew.
For thirty-nine years. Dr. Wilson lived and practiced in
Brook Street, London ; it is needless to add that his practice was
extensive and most successful.
Dr. Wilson was a man who had the faculty of inspiring the
most thorough confidence in his patients, all of whom were
much attached to him. His great earnestness, the deep sense he
entertained of the truth of Homoeopathy, and the readiness
with which he went through any amount of trouble to relieve
his patients and to propagate a knowledge of Homoeopathy,
have enabled him to be the means of doing a large amount of
useful work during the last forty years. A thorough, staunch
Hahnemannian, he never swerved for one moment from the
strict rules of practice laid down by that great man, Samuel
Hahnemann, and was entirely opposed to any other means of
cure. The only exception, if it can be called such, was his
adoption of the use of Massage, anatomically and scientifically
applied, in cases he thought would be materially aided by it.
In 1864 the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania
conferred upon him its honorary d^reeof M. D. " for zeal to the
cause, high attainments, and the excellence of literary and scien-
tific labors." He was ever ready to stretch out his helping
1889.] THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS. 443
hand to any student desirous of learning Horaoeopathj, and
several used to attend his private dispensary and learn the clini-
cal lessons in Homoeopathy inculcated by him. He died
suddenly of syncope, brought on by over- work and mental
strain. It may be tru]y said of him that he died '^ in harness.''
IN MEMORIAM— HENRY NOAH MARTIN, M. D.,
Preamble and Resolutions by the Bcenninghausen Medical
Club, of Philadelphia.
Death having severed the pleasant relationship that existed
between Henry Noah Martin, M. D., and ourselves, we respect-
fully resolve —
1st. That during his life he was an earnest worker, a safe
adviser, and a valued friend, and by his death Homoeopathy has
lost one of its most strenuous advocates and honest believers.
2d. That we extend to his family and to the community our
sincere sympathy for the loss of one who was so genial, kind,
and brilliant.
3d. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his wife ; that
they be printed in the JJahnemannian Monthly and Homceo-
PATHic Physician of Philadelphia ; and that they be entered in
the Journal of this Society.
Geo. S. Pabke, M. D.,
Geo. W^. Smith, M. D.,
CommHiee.
THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS.
H. H. Haralson, M. D., Forest, Miss.
In reviewing the history of therapeutics, even from its re-
motest existence down to the present time, we are unable to find
a period in which so many new remedies were presented to the
profession as now. While this is a fact it is equally true that
actual progress in this department of our science is very slow.
It is said that the average length of human life is increasing.
The truthfulnessofthisstatement we are not prepared toquestion,
but though we allow tlie correctness of it it does not necessitate an
admittance of therapeutic progress. Measures to prevent dis-'
ease or prophylaxis botli in place and person ranks first as an
instrument of lengthening human life. We have more confi-
444 THEBAPEUTIC PBOGRESS. [December,
dence in our means to this end than we have in the application
of medicine to disease or therapeutics proper. Prophylaxis is
saving hundreds and thousands of human lives annually. We
have but to look only a few months back and we cannot fail to
«see what a judicious system of prophylaxis did for this city and
the State of Mississippi. Again, that ^' let alone" system, that
intelligent forbearance in the treatment of disease^ has accom-
plished much, and if we had any way of estimating, the lives
saved by it we doubt not that it would astonish the world.
In investigating this subject we might take up a few of the
leading diseases and see if any improvement has been made
in their treatment during the last few years. Do we know any-
thing more about the treatment of syphilis than a few years
back ? Can we treat malarial troubles more satisfactorily than
a decade ago ? Quinine, I believe^ is claimed to be a s{>ecific in
malaria. Patients sometimes die with it, nevertheless, though
they may have taken immense quantities of it.
We have made, during the last quarter of a century, some im-
provements in the treatment of typhoid fever and pneumonia,
but not by the application of medicine to the disease. We have
learned to let them alone, or, in other words, to practice a
judicious forbearance. I do not believe that we possess a single
medicine that will shorten, in the least degree, the course of
typhoid fever.
Now let us take up some of the new remedies of the present
day or of this decade. To speak of all of them would require
too much time, or even of all the leading ones, so we will in-
vestigate briefly only a few of them. When two men, equally
learned and wise in science, differ materially concerning the
action of a certain drug, and when that difference of opinion is
the result of honest and careful investigation, that drug has no
exact place in the science of medicine or as a therapeutic agent.
Where an overwhelming majority of the profession get similar
results on the human organism from a certain medicine then we
can ascribe to that drug an exact place in science. Every
physician in this hall might administer Chloroform to as many
different persons, and the result, insensibility, would be obtained
on each. We know then exactly where to place it. We know
that it is a general ansesthetia The same may be said of
Quinine as an antiperiodic, of Opium as an anodyne, and of
Ergot as an oxytocic. Now how is it with our so-called new
remedies ?
Take Cocaine. To what place do you propose to ascribe it?
Is it a local anaesthetic ? A few years ago the profession was
1889.] THERAPEUTIC PROGRESS. 445
wild, ye8, absolutely so, on Cocaine as a local aneesthetic. En-
coniuras of praise from every part of the civilized world were
lavished upon it as such. It was sold at fabulotis prices. If a
person dared 6ay anything against it he was pronounced a mon-
strous ignoramus. To-day its properties as an important local
ansesthetic are honestly and trutlifulty questioned by a respectable
number of men of no mean scientific attainments^ It is strange
indeed that there should be any doubt at all about a medicine of
this kind. How many capital operations would be required to
establish, beyond the peradventure of doubt, the reputation of
Chloroform as a general ansesthetic. One, only one, would be
sufficient to convince the most skeptical. If Cocaine, then,
absolutely possesses such properties, why is it that it takes so
long to place it on a sure footing in the confidence of observing
scientific men ?
Let us examine the testimony of observers on the physiological
and therapeutical action of Antifebrine. One observer claims
that it never produces cynanopathy, another that it does, and in
consequence of which regards it as a dangerous drug. One
claims that by its continuous use the patient grows accustomed
to it and its danger lessened, another that patients do not become
inured to its use though it may be continued for quite a time.
One observer avers that the fall of temperature is noticeable in
on^ hour after its administration, others not earlier than three
and from that up to eight. Some have observed it produce pro-
fuse diuresis ana diaphoresis, another has never witnessed such
results. One observer gave eight grains six different times, with
no reduction of temperature in a case of pneumonia, while two
fourgrain doses of Thalline reduced the temperature four d^rees.
Our own observation, which is not very extensive, is that it
possesses no advantages as an antipyretic over those of long use
and standing.
We have used Antipyrine more frequently than Antifebrine,
and it has been satisfactorily demonstrated to us that it is a very
inferior remedy. In rheumatism we are fully satisfied that no
good results fi'om its use. We have used it many times in this
disease and in every instance have utterly failed to benefit our
patient. I do not believe that it can be pushed with safety to
the patient to such an extent that a reduction of temperature can
be had in rheumatism of an inflammatory character. I do not
know that I have ever injured a patient by its use. I am quite
sure, however, that no accident of a serious character has ever
followed its administration in my hands. As to the reports on
this drug we find them as conflicting as those on Antifebrine —
446 THERAPEUTIC PB0GBE8S. [December,
all admitting^ however^ that alarmiug symptoms often follow its
admin istratiou. Nearly all observers have had gastric irritation
follow its nse. We have never had any trouble from this
source. Some claim that it possesses anodyne properties, others
that it is a signal failure as such. We have often seen happy
effects from its administration in headache and we have as often
seen it fail to produce any beneficial effect. Upon the whole, we
do not believe it is a very great acquisition to the list of thera-
peutic ^encies.
We might review the whole list of new remedies and we
would find reports on them no more favorable than those above
mentioned.
Though we have for centuries groped our way in the dark
with no safer guide than empiricism, we are driven to conclude
and assert that there must be some cause for these conflicting re-
ports. Much of it we are forced to admit is due to a lack of
prudence on the part of those who practice experimental obser-
vation.
We are persuaded that one of the most serious errors made
by observers in the cure of disease with new remedies is in their
diagnosis. Let me have the naming of a disease without crit-
icism and I can take almost any medicine and perform wonder-
ful feats of cures with it. How often do we see long reports of
cures of membranous croup with sulph. of Copper or sub sulph.
of Mercury, or something else that would have as little bene-
ficial effect. Our opinion is, that there is no medicine known
to our profeasion that in the very least degree checks the rav-
ages of this fearfully fatal disease. If so we are free to confess
that we have never been so fortunate as to find it, though we
have hunted it long and faithfully. You also see reports of
cures of Bright's disease, diagnosticated perhaps by pains in the
back. A disease so fatal as this cured ! Case after case cured,
and why ? Because the observer had the naming of the disease
without criticism.
You might base a plan of treatment on a number of cases of
typhoid fever terminating favorably in from eighteen to twenty-
four days and it would prove nothing positively. It might be
of some value negatively, because it could have been possible for
them to have been worse, but as positive evidence it would be
worth absolutely nothing.
The earliest observations of a new medicine are always
favorable, though later ones may be very unfavorable. This is
necessarily the result of errors in diagnosis and hasty conclu-
sions. In our eagerness to present something new we overlook
1889.] HAHNEMANN HOMOEOPATHI OSPITAL. 447
its failures, though numerically they may be of more value in
arriving at truthful conclusions than its successes.
During the long centuries of our existence as a profession
we have fallen into many errors ; we have found few truths.
We have witnessed seeming gem after gem of truth vanish from
our view. We have seen that which past generations regarded
as truth tramped in the dust by the next. We are not unmind-
ful of the contradictions of the past, of the incongruities of the
present. Under such circumstances we look around us for a
place of safety and are almost driven to seek it in nihilism. So
many ages and ages have been spent in its study ; so many bril-
liant minds have been consumed, offered as sacrifices upon its
altar, and yet so little progress has been made. With an ex-
perience of two thousand years, and what do we know ? Echo
answers, what do we know?
[We have only to add that the thanks of the Mississippi
State Medical Society were voted Dr. Haralson for the above
|iaper ! ! — Editors.]
THE HAHNEMANN HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL
AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.
The building occupied as a hospital by the Hahnemann Ho-
moeopathists of Rochester was formerly a private residence.
Built some years ago, it had been occupied by Judge Henry R.
Selden and his family. Its location for an institution of this
character is in many respects unsurpassed.
The grounds, some three acres in extent, are in the high de-
gree of cultivation common to places owned by gentlemen of
wealth and leisure.
But the point that especially commends the spot to invalids is
the healthfulness of its situation.
Placed upon high land, overlooking the city, where are few
residences to impair the purity of its surroundings, it impresses
the most casual visitor with the delightfully invigorating quality
of its atmosphere. This seems chained with health-giving
properties, while the soot, dust, and sewer gas of the city seem
never to approach.
During the winter and early spring the workmen employed
in renovating the premises freauently commented upon the good
effects they themselves reoeivea from this source.
Another excellence to be mentioned is the restfulness of the
place. The thousand noises that banish sleep and make life a
448 HAHNEMANN HOMCEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. [December,
torture to sensitive nerves are lost before they reach this spot,
and the quiet peacefulness of a Sabbath in the country reigns
continually.
The house, being "large and roomy,^* has been changed into a
hospital at small expense. Upon the first floor are the recep-
tion-room, doctor's office, a room for surgical operations, one
male ward, a dining-room, bath-room, and toilet-room, with a
wide hall running through the house.
On the second floor there are two wards for women, four
rooms furnished for private patients, two other rooms that may
eventually be furnished for patients, and a bath-room. The
third floor is now being fitted up for use of the various assistants
necessary to such an institution. In the basement are the kitchen,
laundry, and storerooms.
The building was formally opened for occupancy, April 10th
of the present year, by the Board of Managers, who invited
such of the public as were interested in the enterprise to listen
to some addresses, partake of refreshments, ana wish them
" Grodspeed " in their enterprise. Dr. J. A. Biegler made a
short speech, and Dr. W. T. Brownell introduced the speaker
of the evening, Dr. Clarence Willard Butler, of Montclair, N.
J. This gentleman made an appeal for Hahnemann's Homoe-
opathy. His words were fitly spoken, and gave great pleasure
to all who were so fortunate as to hear them. More than two
hundred guests were present, and the Hahnemann Homoeopathic
Hospital began its career of a usefulness which, it is to be hoped,
will increase more and more until all shall acknowledge the
truthfulness of its principles and the charm of its practice.
The ladies, always forward in every good work, are laboring
energetically to build up and to sustain this hospital. They
have begun the publication of a paper to be known as the
Hahnemann Advocate, to aid the good work. The price of the
Advocate is only fifty cents a year ; address is 19 Grove Place,
Rochester, N. Y.
The Hahnemann Homoeopathic Hospital is now established
on such a firm and permanent footing that Dr. J. A. Biegler,
who has from its commencement served as chief of staff, feels
that he can with propriety carry out his expressed declaration
when accepting the position and file his resignation. He is suc-
ceeded by Dr. Allen B. Carr, whose acceptance is assurance that
nothing will be wanting in the future, as nothing has been want-
ing in the past, for the success of the institution. In resigning
Dr. Biegler does not relinquish one iota of his interest in the
Hospital. The step has been rendered necessary by his pressing
1889.] HOMCEOPATHY TRIUMPHANT. 449
professional engagements and duties in private practice^ and
other circumstances of a nature personal to himself. He will
remain as consulting physician, and will in every way aid his
successor and associates. Before resigning he made sure of the
permanent occupancy and ultimate ownership of the property^
free from all obligations, by the Society.
HOMCEOPATHY TRIUMPHANT.
When the Hon. J. B. Foraker became Governor of Ohio he
appointed a homoeopathic medical staff at the Penitentiary. As
they are about to give place to the appointees of the Governor-
elect, the present is a fayorable time to compare results between
their management and that of their predecessors of the allo-
pathic faith. If the following is an indication of the superiority
of one scliool over another, homoeopathists have reason to be
proud of their brethren of the Penitentiary,
In 1885 Dr. C. R. Montgomery, allopath, was in charge.
His mortuary list for that year contains thirty -nine names. Seven
monthsof 1886, under the same regime, hasadeath list of eighteen.
The remaining five months of that year Dr. Clemmer, homoeo-
path, was in charge, and but three were added to the gross mor-
tality. In 1887, 1888, and 1889 there were eighteen, nineteen,
and twenty deaths respectively^-each of these years showing an
increase in the prison population over the preceding year.
In his annual report for the year 1889 to the Board of Mana-
gers, Dr. Clemmer writes :
" From the mortuary list it is observed that there were twenty
deaths, three from suicide, one by violence, and sixteen from
natural causes. This is a low rate of mortality considering the
character of the subjects, but it is made higher through an in-
creased ratio of sickness and death among the United States'
prisoners as compared with the State prisoners. The Federal
prisoners, for the most part, come from warmer climates of the
South and Southwest. It is noticeable that these men, including
the Indian population, are prone to incur diseases of the respira-
tory oi^n. A want of acclimation coupled to tlie unfavorable
conditions of prison life have caused an undue amount of sick-
ness and death among United States prisoners than among the
State prisoners. The gross population of State prisoners for the
year is two thousand and forty-two with nine deaths from dis-
ease, or 0.40 of 1 per cent. The gross population of United
States prisoners is two hundred and fifty-three with seven
deaths, or 2.77 per cent.
450 I>R' £• M. HALE7S CACTACE^. [December, 1889.
" The death-rate for the year is 8^ in the thousand."
This low death-rate is remarkable^ particularly when it is a
fact that criminals are far below the general average in physique
and that they are rarely free from constitutional affections of a
poisonous type. Their environments, more especially in old
institutions like the Ohio Penitentiary, are not conducive to the
maintenance of good health ; on the contrary, they are apt to
faster and produce certain classes«Df disease.
A comparison of the death-rates of twenty-five penal institu-
tions in different parts of the Union to impeach the claim ad-
vanced in the daily press of the State that the sanitary condition
of the Penitentiary was so bad as to render it unfit for the habi-
tation of even animals, revealed the fact that Ohio's was the
least. This is another substantial testimony to the su|>eriority
of Homoeopathy. Another very strong argument in favor of
our school is the fact that the expense of running the medical
department averaged thirteen hundred dollars a year less thau
when it was .under allopathic control.
Orifioial surgery was introduced in the treatment of chronic
affections. Sixty -seven cases were operated upon, satisfactory
results following in all but three cases, and these failures Dr.
Clemmer attributes to his own lack of skill rather than to any
defect in the system.
Dr. Clemmer is a graduate of Pulte College, Cincinnati, and
besides the subscriber, who is a graduate of the same collie,
he has the assistance of Dr. Howell, a graduate of the Cleveland
College.
L. L. Kelt, M. D.
DR. E. M. HALE'S CACTACEiE.
As a member of the Bureau of Materia Medica and Thera-
peutics in the American Institute of Homceopathy, I have
selected as the subject of my paper, " The Pathogenetic and
Therapeutic properties of the Cciotacece,''
The number of known genera in this family is eighteen, and
of species about eight hundred. I desire to include in my pa])er
all medical information concerning any species. I urgently
solicit physicians of any country to send me all observations re-
lating to the toxic and curative powers of any member of thia
important family before June 1st, 1890.
E. M. Hale, M. D.
Chicago, III., No. 65 Twenty-second Street.
A CASE OF SUNSTROKE.
E. W. Berridge, M. D., London.
Mrs. W. ag^ fifty, sent for me on May 23d, 1889. Two days
previously had gone out-of-doors at seven p. M., and hurried
very much, tiie weather bein^ extremely hot. She returned
home at eight P. M., and at nine P. M. was seized with head
symptoms, which have continued ever since. Thinking it was
'^ biliousness '^ she took Nux and PulaaL in low potency, but
without relief. (So much for domestic Homoeopathy and
amateur prescribing.) I saw her about 9.30 A. M. She com-
plained that everything seemed jumping, worse when sitting up
or from talking for a long time, or if she closes eyes. !]^ars
she will lose consciousness. Face very red, and she feels hot.
Yesterday vomited some tea, which was " as bitter as gall."
Her brother saw her to-day, and said it was like an attack of
sunstroke, such as he had often seen in India, and that she ought
to have sent for me sooner.
At ten A. M. I gave her one dose of Thuja^^ (I). C).
May 24th,fourp.M. — Improved ladt evening, and is now sitting
up in another room. This morning the '^ jumping " had gone, but
left a tight feeling all over head, like the sensation oi a tight
glove on the hand, with a full feeling in the internal ears; this
is now better since a sleep of an hour, from which she has just
awakened. Face less flushed, and less fever.
May 25th. — No symptoms except weakness.
May 27th.— Well.
Three years ago had a similar attack, and a second one
subsequently. On each occasion had no treatment, but had to
stay in bed three or four days, and some days elapsed subse*
quently l)efore she was well. These first two attacks she attri-
butes to worry. This attack had passed off much sooner than
before, showing the superiority of Homoeopathy to the unaided
efforts of nature.
This case shows the curative power of the single dose of the
highest potency, even in a grave and acute disease, where it is
the simUlimum.
The remedy was Thujay one of the most frequently indicated
remedies in that form of dyscrasia called by Hahnemann sycosis^
and by Grauvogl the hydrogenoid constituiion, A freauent
symptom in these cases is that the patient is worse in damp
weather, or from baths. Hence it is necessary in such cases to
451
452 WHAT PRODUCES DEATH. [December,
preclude the external use of water, except for purposes of dean--
liness. But whether cleanliness itself must be ignored in these
cases is a question on which the opinion of experienced and
thoughtful colleagues would be desirable.
In a contemporary journal a colleague writes that he gives
all his patients a printed notice enjoining that t\^y should not
resort to even "ordinary sponge baths used for the purpose of
cleanliness " without his augusf sanction ; adding that '^ if
patients cannot or will not adopt the above simple but neces-
sary rules whilst under treatment, they had better not begin/'
as he '^ does not pretend to work miracles, or do that which is
impossible.^' (Now, Doctor, who on "airth " ever supposed you
could work a miracle?) Accordingly, in the case he quotes, he
" stopped all meddling with water except on uncovered parts,"
It is not surprising that the patient, " aged twenty-four, with
golden auburn hair, dark hazel eyes, and a lovely fair com-
plexion, five feet in height, and very handsome," felt consider-
able " chagrin and disappointment." The beauty of the fair
fatient seems to have made considerable impression on the
)octor's susceptible organism ; and, while congratulating him on
his good fortune, J wonder that he had the heart to forbid her
to use such means as would preserve the delicate whiteness of
her skin, which I feel sure must have been- one of her char-
acteristics, though he has unaccountably omitted to mention it.
But the question is, is U necessary to forbid ordinary cleanli-
ness of the entire body f Cleanliness is one thing, and excessive
ablutions another. I, for one, cannot indorse this new
Therapeutics op Dirt.
WHAT PRODUCES DEATH.
Some one says that few men die of age. Almost all pei^ons
die of disappointment, personal, mental, or bodily toil, or acci-
dent. The passions kill men sometimes even suddenly. The
common expression, '' choked with passion," has little exagger-
ation in it, for even though not suddenly fatal, strong passions
shorten life. Strong-bodied men often die young — weak men
live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength, and
the weak have none to use. The latter take care of themselves,
the former do not. As it is with the body, so it is with the mind
and temper. The strong are apt to break, or, like the candle,
run ; the weak burn out. The inferior animals, which live
temperate lives, have generally their prescribed term of years.
1889.] WHAT IS A HOMGEOPATH? 453
The horse lives twenty-five years, the ox fifteen or twenty, the
lion about twenty, the hog ten or twelve, the rabbit eight, the
guineapig six or seven. The numbers all bear proportion to the
time the animal takes to grow its full size. But man, of all
animals, is one that seldom comes up to the average. He ought
to live a hundred years, according to the physiological law, for
five times twenty are one lyndred ; but instead of that, he
scarcely reaches an average of four times the growing period.
The reason is obvious — man is not only the most irregular and
most intemperate, but the most laborious and hard-working of
all animals. He is always the most irritable of all animals, and
there is reason to believe, though we cannot tell what an animal
secretly feels, that, more than any other animal, man cherishes
wrath to keep it warm, and consumes himself with the fire of
his own reflections, — Scientific American,
WHAT IS A HOMOEOPATH?
It is interesting to note that, at the last meeting of the
American Institute of Homoeopathy, which was held at Lake
Minnetonka, Minn., a proposed amendment to the by-laws, by
which future applicants for membership 'should be required to
be " Believers in, and practitioners of Homoeopathy, was de-
feated by seventy-six votes to thirty-four ! This is a very curi-
ous commentary upon the pretensions of those practitioners of
medicine who adhere to this trade-mark. There are some things
which a proper exercise of charity, and a due regard for the
right of individual judgment, require of the candid critic ; but
it is straining charity a little too much to expect any candid
critic — who is not, at the same time, a very timid one — to con-
done such inconsistency as is displayed when the representative
body of homoeopaths declines to require of its members that
they shall believe and practice what they profeiss.
In strange contrast to this is the dictum of Hahnemann :
" Away with false doctors, who profess to be preservers of human
life, but whose heads are filled with vain deceit!" It is curious,
in reading the homoeopathic journals published in this country,
to see how they dodge around occurrences of this kind, and how
entirely they fail to appreciate the moral aspect which they pre-
sent to those who believe that the, same principle should rule in
medicine as rules in every other department of science or art. —
Boston Journal of HecUOi.
BOOK NOTICES.
Transactions op the Mississippi State Medical Associa-
tion. The Twenty-third Annual Session, held at Jackson,
April 17th-19th, 1889.
The aboye-named Tolume contains the transactions of an allopathic medi-
cal Society ; as in the latter days the papers and the discussions of most
JiomcBopaihic and allopathic medical societies read so alike, we were for some
time in donbt as te the statas of this Society 1
As so many are in these days telling us of the wonderful advances in thera-
feuliea made daily by the old school, adding that now there is no difierence
in the practice of the two schools, hence they should be amalgamated, etc,
etc., to all such prattlers we respectfully commend a careful perusal of an
address upon " Medical Progress, ' quoted in full in this issue, taken from the
aboye-named transactions.
Relation of Homoeopathy to Natural Science. By E.
B. Atkins, M. D. Pp. 195. Price, $1.00. A. L. Chatter-
ton & Co., New York.
The title of Dr. Atkins* work clearly explains the scope and purpose of the
Tolume, i. e., to show the claims of Homoeopathy to the title of " the science
of therapeutics." The volume is very readable and will well repay perusal.
In regard to the object of the volume, we may say that although mucn scien-
tific proof may be adduced in favor of the truth of the homoeopathic law,
some datu are yet lacking, owing to Homoeopathy being in a measure in ad-
vance of physical science.
Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases. By (Jeo.
H. Fox, A. M., M. D. Parts 9 and 10. Price, $2.00
each. E. B. Treat, 771 Broadway, N. Y.
Of the accuracy of these illustrations and of the clearness of the accom-
panying text, we Lave frequentiv written. We need only add here that Parts
9 and 10 fully bear out the excellent character of Professor Fox's work.
Cremation of the Dead.
Two articles upon this interesting subject from the pen of Dr. Wm. B. Clarke,
of Indianapolis, appear in the Indianavolia Sentinel of September 22d and Oc-
tober 6th. They are excellent and exnaustive articles and should be read by
all who desire to know all that is said in fiivor of this great reform in the dis-
posal of the dead.
Transactions of the American Institute. Session of
1889, Pemberton Dudley, M. D., Secretary.
If the reader of this volume be a homoeopathist, or if he have any knowl-
edge of Homoeopathv^ the idea must occur to him that the Institute devotes
its time chiefly to subjects of less importance to the exclusion of those of vital
454
December, 1889.] NOTES AND NOTICES. 455
interest Snch we believe wonld be the thoughts of a HahnemaDn, or of
a BoenniDghaiisen, or of a Hering. And surelj something mast be amiss
in the work of a honuxopnthic society which would be condemned by such
homoeopaths as those we have named. We think there is not to-day one
member of the Institute who believes the ubual yearly work of his Society
would be approved of by those great homoeopaths we have named. Does this
frove the Institute in the wrong, or would Hahnemann, Boenninghausen, or
[ering be wrong?
Therapeutics of Nervous Diseases, with their Diag-
nosis AND Pathology. By Charles Porter Hart, M. D..
Hahaemann Publishing House, Philadelphia.
All of the more oommon diseases classified as " nervous diseases " are dis-
cussed in Professor Hart!s book. We find a brief description of each disease
with mention of the remedies most frequently called for in each case. In all
the varied range of medical practice there is no class of subjects more difii-
uult to treat of than the so-called nervous diseases. Dr. Hart's work will be
found of use to the student in studying these diseases. The volume is pub-
lished in the usual neat form which characterizes the work of the Hahne-
mann Publishing House. Price is $2.00.
Physician's Pocket Day-book, Journal, and Ledger
COMBINED. By Dr. S. L. Kilmer, South Bend, Indiana.
Price, $2.00.
As its name implies, this book is a neat, concise, and complete volume, bound
in Russia, seven and one-fourth inches long, four inches wide, and iive^ighihs
inches thick, being thus no longer than a common pocket-book. It is properly
ruled into spaces which are duly labeled, and is so perfect in its arrangement
that running accounts can be kept with four hundred individuals, together
with unsettled accounts of preceding years, so that the physician may at all
times be prepared to settle with debtors because he has tlieir accounts always
with him. This alone will save to the physician many times the cost of the
book. Its use idso saves much labor and time in keeping accounts, as the one
entry completes the whole work of Day-book, Journal, and Ledger. It is well
gotten up, and printed on excellent paper, and is an excellent assistant to every
physician.
NOTES AND NOTICES.
ERBATiric. — In our September issue, page 389, line 19th from bottom, for
Organon read Orgcmitm,
GuEBNSEnr's Diphthebia Card. — Dr. Wm. Jefferson Guernsey writes us
that he has on hand a few of his Diphtheria cards, which he will mail to any
one who will send postage and envelope for the purpose. These cards are
well worth having.
Blikd from a SKA.KE BiTE.—The New York Wwld recently reported the
case of a woaLin, living near Lafayette, Alabama, who was bitten on her hand
by a rattlesnake ; she became very ill for a few hours, then, seemingly en-
tirel V recovered from the effects of the bite, when she suddenly became entirely
bUnd.
The annual competitive examination for Resident Phvsician and two
Extemes at the Children's Homoeopathic Hospital, 914 K. Broad Street,
456 NOTES AND NOT.CES. [December, 1889.
Philadelphia, will be held by the Medical Board daring the latter part of
March at the Institution.
A New Hahnebcann Club has recently been organized at Terre Hante,
Indiana, for the good purpora of studying the Organon, The Gub will meet
on the third Thursday of each month. Dr. Wilmot Moore was chosen Presi-
dent; Dr. W. R. Elder, Vic^President ; Dr. W. H. Baker, Secretary ; and Dr.
A. L. Wilson Moore Treasurer. The formation of so many Hahnemann Clabe
throughout the country, is one of the roost encouraging signs of the progroM
of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy. Let the good work go on !
Surgical Joijbnal. — Of all the surgical jonmals we receive, we place the
ArmaU of Surgery at the head. It is devoted exclusively to surgical work, and
covers the entire field of surgery most exhaustively. It has an EnglLth as
well as an American editor, with numerous collaborateurs ; its data are collected
wherever good surgical work is done. Subscription price $5 a year ; pub-
lishers are Messrs. J. H. Chambers & Co., 914 Locust Street, St. Louis.
For SaiiE. — Very reasonably, a set of Lehrmann's, Jenichen's, and Fincke's
high potencies ; ranging from the 200th to the 100,000th. They include a list
of four hundred remedies, in twelve hundred vials, contained in a black wal-
nut chest. Six hundred vials contain liquids and six hundred pellets. For
further particulars, address A. B., care of this journal.
One of Many. — We are constantly in receipt of letters from our subecribera
telling us of tiie great help they receive from The Homceofatbic Phtbiciak.
SVe quote from one recently received : ** I will say that I owe more to'THS
HoM(£OPATHiG PHYSICIAN for intntducing me to the true practice of medicine
that to any other sgency. The date of my subscribing to it was the beginning
of a new era in my practice.''
Epidemic Influekza. — In Russia, Germany, and France influenza baa
lately appeared in epidemic form. In Berlin Professor Von Leyden declares
• the disease has attacked a quarter of a million people, and has bei^ome a serious
matter. Advices from Charkow declare an epidemic of typhus fever bus fol-
lowed closely upon the heels of this influenza. Some fesr an epidemic of
cholera may follow the influenza. The cause of the it^uenza is said to be
*' microbes."
Bbmovals — Or. W. H. Baker, from Rochester, N. Y., to Terre Haute,
Indiana ; Dr. L. H. Lenke, from De S<>to, Missouri, to the Uomoeopatliic Col-
lege at St. Louis; The Medical Era, from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan ;
Richard J. Carter, M. D., from 64 W. 26th Street, to 18 VV. 32d Street,
New York City; Dr. E. H. Jewett,frora 190 Erie Street, to 106 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. F. E.Gladwin, from Chester. Penna., to the St. Louia
Homoeopathic College; Dr. C M. Sel fridge, from Santa Ro«(a, C:rt., to Port
Townnend, State of Washington ; Dr. 'Ellis M. Sanfee, from Cortland N. Y^
to the St Louis Homoeopathic College ; Dr. E. T. Batch, from Hoquiani, to South
Bend, State of Washington ; Mrs. M. J. Green, from Chillicothe to Kansas
City, Missouri ; W. H. Ross, M. D., from Louisville, to Skylight, Kentuckv ;
Dr. Charles S. Mack, from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan; Dr. H. ^.
Holmes, from Sycamore to Oak Park, Illinois ; Dr. G, E. Gramm, from 1656
Vienna Street, to 1409 Hanover Street, Phila. ; Dr. James T. Dicks, from 623
Russell Street, to 153 North Summer Street, Nashville, Tennessee; Dr. Charles
W. Hakes, from New Mil ford, Pa, to Champaign, llliu'ds; Dr. A. T. Noe,
from Nemaha City to Lincoln. Nebi*aska; Dr. 8. Mills Fowler, from Dallas
to Gainesville, Texas ; Dr. J. A. Gil I, from Seba, Arkansas, to Aurors, Mis-
souri.
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PdBLIBHXD A8 ▲ SUPPIJBMBNT TO ThS HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
OwioB, 112S Sfbucs Btbxet, Philadblphia, Pa.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
THE editor has been collecting and arranging material for this
repertory for more than ten years, yet he does not consider hie
results by any means complete. His sole endeavor has been to
edit a new repertory which should be accurate and reliable, and at
the same time as complete as he could make it The material used
has been collected from all reliable sources. After the death of Dr.
Constantino Lippe, all the MSB. he had written for the second
edition of his repertory was secured, and is included in this work.
This repertory might, in fact, be considered as the second edition of
Dr. Lippe's book, with such additions and corrections as the present
editor has made.
The works of Hahnemann, BoBuniughausen, Hering, Lippe, Jahr,
Dunham, etc., have been used. Besides these, the editor has had
valuable aid firom Dr. Edward Rushmore, who has sent him over
three hundred pages of notes ; also from Dr. 8. A. Kimball, who
collected many valuable notes from the interleaved repertory of Dr.
W. P. Wesselhoeft, and carefully revised the chapter on ** Desires
and Aversions ;" from Dr. J. T. Kent's interleaved repertory many
very valuable symptoms have been gathered. In the past ten years
the editor has received numberless and most valuable hints from
the late Dr. Ad. Lippe ; the celebrated repertory of Bcenninghausen
has been translated especially for this work ; from Dr. E. W. Ber-
ridge notes and corrections have been received, and have been of
great value. Drs. Walter M. James and George H. Clark will
assist the editor in proof-reading, and in other ways lend valued as-
dstance.
The chapter ou *' Mind and Disposition " includes especially the
works of Hering and Jahr on this subject.
The editor would be very glad to receive notice of all errors de-
tected.
Edmund J. Les.
Philadelphia, April, 1889.
REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS.
Abice-c, Abies Canadensis.
Abies-n^ Abies nigra.
Abrot., Abrotanum.
Absin* Absinthinm.
AcaL, Acaljpha Indica.
Aoet-ac, Acetic acid*
Aoon., Aconitnm napellus.
Acon-o., Aoonitum anthora«
Aoon-c, Aconitam cammarum.
Aoon-f., Aconitam ferox.
Aoon-1., Aoonitum lycoctonum.
Aoon-8., Aconitam septentrionale.
AcUea roicata. See Cimicifaga.
.£B-g., .SbcuIds glabra.
.£BC-h., JSscuIns hippocastanum.
.£th., iBtliusa. ^
Agar-em., Agaricas emeticos.
Agar, Agariens mnscarias.
Agar-pb., Agaricos phalloides.
Afrn^ AgniM castas,
Aiian^ AilanthuB.
Alco., Alcohol.
Alet, Aletris farinosa.
AU-c, Alliam cepa.
A11-S., Alliam sativum.
Aloe, Aloe.
Alamo., Alumen.
Alum., Alumina.
Ambr., Anibra.
Ambro., Ambrosia artemisieefolia.
Ammc, Ammoniacum.
Am-ac, Ammonium aceticum.
Am*ben., Ammonium benzoicum.
Am-bro., Ammonium bromidum.
AmH^ Ammonium carbonicnm.
Am-ean., Ammonium caueticum.
Am-i., Ammonium iodatum.
Am-m., Ammonium muriaticom.
Am-n., Ammonium nitricum.
Am-p., Ammonium phoephoricum.
Ampn., Amphisboena.
Arnrg., Amysdaltt amane aqua.
Aml-11^ AraTi nitrite.
AmI-cb., Amylamine chlorobydrate.
Ante, Anacardium.
Anag., Anagallis.
Anan., Anantherum.
Auf^., Angustura.
Anil., Anilinum.
Anis., Anisnm stellatum.
Anth-n., Anthem is nobilis.
Anthr., Anthrakokali.
Ant-a., Antimonium arsenitum.
Ant-m., Antimonium muriaticum.
Ant-cr., Antimonium crudum.
Ant-ox., Antimonium oxidum.
Ant-8., Antimonium sulf. auratum.
Ant-t., Antimon. et potass, tart.
Apis, Apis.
Ap-g., Apium graveolens.
Aph., Aphis chenopodii elaucL
Apoc., Apocynum cannabmum.
Apom., Apomorphine.
Aq-m., Aqua marina.
Aq-p., Aqua petra.
Aral., Aralia racemoBa.
Aran., Aranea.
Aran-d., Aranea diadema.
Aran-s., Aranea sciencia.
Argem., Argemone.
Arg-c, Argentum cjanidum.
Arg., Argentum metallicum.
Arg^m., Argentum muriaticum.
Arg-n., Ai^ntum nitricum.
Am., Arnica.
Ars., Arsenicum album.
Ars-h., Arsenicum hydrogenisatuni.
Ars-i., Arsenicum iodatum.
Ars-m., Arsenicum metallicum.
Ars-s-f., Arsenicum sulphuratum flavum.
Ars-8-r., Arsenicum sulphuratum rubrum.
Artemisia abrotanum. See Abrotanum.
Arum-d., Arum dracontium.
Arum-]., Arum italicum.
Arum-m., Arum maculatum.
Arum-t., Arum triphvlluro.
Arund., Arundo mauritanica.
Asaf., Asafoetida.
Asar., Asamm.
Asc-c., Asclepias oornuti (Syriaca).
BEMEDIE8 AND THEIR ABBBEVIATION&
Afic-t, Asclepias taberoea.
AbIid^ Asimina triloba.
Aspar., AsparagUB.
Aster., Asterias rubens.
Astr., Astragalus Menziesii.
Ath., Athamanta.
Atro., Atropinum.
Aar., Aurum.
Aur-ful., Aurum fulminans.
Aur-m., Aurum muriaticum.
Anr-s., Aurum sulphnratum.
Bad., Badiaga.
Bals., BalsamuD Peruvianum.
Bapt, Baptisia.
Bart., Bartfelder (acid spring).
6ar-ac., Baryta acetica.
Bar., Baryta carbontca.
Bar-m., Baryta muriatica.
Bell., Belladonna.
Bell-p., Bellis perennis.
Benz., Benzinnm.
Benz-n., Benzinum nitricum.
Benz-ac., Benzoic acid.
Benzoin, Benzoin.
Berbn., Berberinum.
Berb., Berberis.
Bi^m., Bismuthum oxidum.
Bol., Boletus laricis.
Bon., Bondonneau.
Borax, Borax.
Bor-ac, Boracium acidum.
Bot, Bothrops lanoeolatus.
BoT., Bovista.
Brach., Brachyglottis.
Brass., Brassica napns.
Brom., Bromium.
Bruc, Brucea antidysenterica.
Brucn., Brucinum.
Bry., Bryonia.
Bufo, Bufo.
Buf-8., Bufo sahytiensis.
Cact., Cactus.
Cadm., Cadmium sulphuratum.
Cad-br., Cadmium bromatum.
Cai., Cainca.
Caj., Cajuputum.
CaJad., Caladiiim.
Calc-ac, Calcarea aoetica.
Calc-c, Calcarea carbonica.
Calc-cau., Calcarea caustica.
Galc-cL, Calcarea chlorata.
Calc-f., Calcarea fluorata.
Calc-i., Calcarea iodata.
Calc*m., Calcarea muriatica.
Calc-p., Calcarea phospborica.
Calo-fl., Calcarea salphurica.
Calen., Calendula.
Calo^ Calotropia.
Calth., Oaltha.
Campb^ Campbora.
Canc-£, Cancer flnviatilis.
Caiina^ Canna.
Cann-L, Cannabis indica.
Cann-«., Cannabis saliva.
Canth., Cantharia.
Caps., Capsicum.
Carb4m., Carbo animalis.
Carb-T., Carbo vegetabilis.
Carb-ao, Carbolic acid.
Carbn., Carbonenm.
Carbn-cl., Carbonenm cbloratum.
Carbn-b., Carbonenm hydrogenisatum.
Carbn-o., Carbonenm oxygenisatnm.
Carbn-B., Carbonenm sulpnuratDm.
Card-b., Carduus benedictus.
Card-m., Carduus marianus.
Carl., Carlsbad.
Case., Cascarilla.
Cass., Cassada.
Cast-T., Castanea vesca.
Cast^., Castor equi.
Castor., Castoreum.
Cato., CaUlpa.
Caul., Caulophyllnm.
Caus., CansticnuL
Cedr., Cedron.
Celt., Celtis.
Cent, Centaurea tagana.
Cepb., Cepbalantbns.
Cer-b., Cerens bonplandii.
Cer^ Cerens serpentinns.
Cerv., Cervns.
Cham., Chamomilla.
Cbel., Cbelidoninm miyns.
Chen-a., Chenopodinm anthelminticum.
i Chen-T^ Chenopodinm TuWaria.
Chim., Chimapnila.
Chin., China.
Chin-a., Chininum arseniooenm.
Chin-m., Chininum muriaticum.
Chin-s., Chininum snlphnricnm.
Chlol., Chloralnm.
Chit, CbloroformuRL
Chlo., Chlorum.
Chr-ac, Chrominm addnm.
Chr-ox., Chrominm oxidatam.
Cio-m., Cicnta mascnlata.
Cic, C^cuta yirooa.'
Cimx., Cimex.
Cimic.,Cimiciftiga.
Cina, Cina.
Cinch., Cinchoninum anlphnricum.
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REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS.
Cinab., GiniiabAris.
(SmmL, Cmnamomum.
Cut^ Cuius.
Cit-ac., Citric add.
CLtrLi Citrus limonom.
Cit-T., Citros Tulgaris.
Clem.y Clematis.
Cob^ Cobaltom.
Coea^Coca.
CoocL, Coocionella.
Cooc^ Coocalos.
GoocH^, Coocos cacti.
Coch^ Cochlearia.
Cod., Codeinam.
CoC, Cafiea cmda.
Coff-t, Cofiea testa.
OofiiL, Cofieinum.
Colch., Colchicam.
Coll^ Collinsonia.
Coloc, Colocjnthis.
Coloca., Colocynthinani.
Colost,Colostnim.
Com., Comodadia.
ConcL. Conchiolinum.
Con., Coniiim.
ConiD., Coninam.
CoDT-a., Convolvulus arvcDsis.
CoDT-d., Convolyulus duartinns.
Cop^ Copaiya.
CoraL, Ck>rallinm mbmm.
Cori-m., Coriaria myrtifolia.
Cori-r.» Coriaria rmicifolia.
Com., Comus cirdnata.
Com-f., Comus florida.
Com-s., Comus sericea.
Cot, Cotyledon.
Creoe., Creosotum.
Croc, Crocus.
Crotsl., Crotalus horridus.
Crot-c.» Crotalus cascayella.
Croton, Croton tiglium.
Cub.. Cubeba.
Cuna., Cundurango.
Cupr., Cuprum.
Cupr-ac, Cuprum aoeticum.
Cupr^r., Cupram arsenicosum.
Cupr-m., Cuprum muriaticum.
Cupr-n., Gkiprum nitricum.
Cupr-s., Cuprum sulphuricum.
Cur., Curare.
Cyo, Cjdamen.
Dapb., Dapbne Indica.
Deiph., Delphinns.
Der., Derris pinnata.
Dig., Digitalis.
Dign., Digitalinum.
Dios., Dioscorea.
Dire., Dirca palustris.
DoL, Dolichos pruriens.
Dor., Doryphora.
Dros^ Droeera.
Dub., Dnboisia.
Dulc, Dulcamara.
Elaps, Elaps.
Elat., Elaterinm.
Elffi., Elseis gpineensis.
Emet^Emetmnm.
Equ., Squisetum.
Erec., Erechthites.
Erig., Erigeron.
Ery-a., Eryngium aquaticum.
Ery-m., Erynginm maritimimi.
ErjTtb., Erythrophlieum.
Erio., Eriodictyon.
Eth., Etber.
Eth-n., Ethyl nitrate.
Encal., Eucalyptus.
Eugen., Eugenia jamboe.
Euo., Enonymus Europoens.
Eup-per., Eupatorium perfoliatum.
Eup-pur., Eupatorium purpnream.
Euph., Euphorbium.
Euphr., Euphrasia.
EupL, Eupion.
Faffo^Fagopyrum.
Fel., Fel touri.
Ferr., Ferrum.
Ferr-i., Ferram iodatum.
Ferr^UL, Ferram muriaticum.
Ferr-p., Ferrum phosphoricum.
Ferr-B., Ferrum sulphuricum.
Fil., Filix mas.
Fluor-ac, Fluoricum acidum.
For., Formica.
Frag., Fragaria.
Fran., Franzensbad.
Fraz., Frazinus.
Cktd., Gradusmorrhua.
Gal-ac, Gallicum addum.
Gaml^ Gambogia.
Gas., Gastdn.
GeUk, Gvlsemium.
QexLf Genista.
Gent, Grentiana cradata.
Gent-1., Grentiana lutea.
Grer., Geranium maculatnm.
Gett, Gettysburg.
Gins., Ginseng.
Glon., Glonoin.
Gnap., Guaphalium.
REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS.
GroflB.) Gossypium.
Gran., Granatum.
Graph^ Graphites.
Grat^ Gratiola.
Grin., Grindelia.
Guan., Guano.
Gaara., Guarana.
Guare, Guarea.
Guai., Goaiacam.
Gymn., Gjmnocladus.
Hemat., Hematoxjlon.
Hall, Hall.
Ham., Hamamelis.
Hell., Helleborus niger.
Helon., Helonias.
Hepar, Hepar salphuris calcareum.
Hipp., Hlppomanes.
Hura, Hara Brasiliensis.
Hydrs., HydrastlB.
Hydr-aa, ^drocjanic acid.
Hydrphb., Hydrophobinum.
Hyos., Hyoscyamus.
Hyosn., Hyosc^aminam.
Hjrper., Hypericum.
Hypo., Hypophyllum.
Iber., Iberis.
Ign., I^atia.
lU., niicium.
Indm., Indium metallicuni.
Indg., Indigo.
Inu., Inula.
lod., lodum.
lodof., lodoformum.
Ipec, Ipecacuanha.
Ir-fl., Iris florentina.
Ir-foe., Iris fcetidissima.
Iris, Iris yersioolor.
Jabor., Jaborandi.
Jac., Jacaranda.
Jalap., Jalapa.
Jatr., Jatropha.
Jug-c, Juglans cinerea.
Jug^r., Juglans regia.
June, Juucus.
Juni., Juniperus Virginiana.
K-ac, Kali aoeticum.
K-ar., Kali arsenicosnm.
K-bi., Kali bichromicum.
K-bro., Kali bromatum.
K-ca., Kali carbonicum.
K-chr., Kali chromicum.
K-«lc, Kali chloricum.
K-cy., KaU cyanatum.
K-iod., Kali iodatum.
K-nuu, Kali hypermanjianicnm.
Kali nitricum. See Nitrum.
K-sul., Kali sulphnricun.
Kalm., Kalmia.
Kias., Kiflsingen.
Kou., KousBO..
Lab., Laburnum.
LaoK»n., Lac caninum.
Lac-dfl., Lac defloratum.
Lach., Lacheua.
Lachn., Lachnanthes.
Lac-ac« Lactic acid.
Lact, Lactuca.
Lam., Lamium.
Lanr., Laurooerasns.
Led., Ledum.
Lepi., Lepidium.
Lent, Leptandra.
Lil-t., Linnm tigrinum.
linu. Linum. •
Lip., Li^ringe.
Lith., Lithium.
Lith-m., Lithium muriaticum.
Lob-c., Lobelia cardinalis.
Lobel., Lobelia inflata.
Lob-8., Lobelia syphilitica.
Lon., Lonioera.
Lup., Lnpulus.
Lye, Lyoopodium.
Lycpr., Lyoopersicum.
Lycpa., Lycopus.
Mac., Macrotinum.
Mag-c, Magnesia carbonica.
Mag-m., Magnesia rouriatica.
Mag-e., Magnesia sulphurica.
Mane, Mancinella.
Mand., Mandragora.
Mang., Manganum.
Mang-m., Manganum muriaticum.
Mang-s., Manganum sulphuricum.
Marum, Marum yerum.
Mee, Meooninum.
Medor^ Medorrhinum.
Mela., Melastoma.
Meli., MelilotuB.
Meni., Menispermum.
Ment-pi., Mentha piperita.
Ment-pu., Mentha puleginm.
Meny., Menyanthes.
Meph., Mephitis.
Merc, Mercurius.
Merc-ac, Mercurius aoeticus.
Merc-br., Mercurius bromatus.
Merc-e, Mercurius oorroeiyus.
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REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS.
Merc-cj., Mercurins cyanatus.
Merc-d., Mercurius dulcia.
Merc-i-H., Mercurius iodatus flavus.
Merc-i-r., Mercmins iodatus ruber.
Merc-ro., Mercurius methylenus.
Merc-n., Mercurius nitrosus.
Merc-t>-&.| Mercurius precipitatus albus.
Merc-p-r., Mercurius precipitatus ruber.
Merc-s., Mercurius sulphuricus.
Merl., Mercurialis.
Mezer., Mezereum.
Mill., Millefolium.
Mit.. Mitchella.
Morph.. Morpliinum.
Mosch., Moschns.
Murx., Mnrex.
Mur-ac. Mnriaticum acidum.
Myric, Myrica.
Myris., Myrtstica.
Nat-ar., Natnim arsenicatum.
Nat-br., Natrum brouiatum.
Nat-c, Natruro carbonicum.
Nat-hy., Natrum bypochlorosum.
Nat-m., Natrum murlaticum.
Nat-n., Natrum nitricum.
Nat-p.y Natrum phosphoricum.
Niit-s., Natrum snlphuricum.
Naja, Naja.
Nap., Naphtha.
Narcot , Narcotinum.
Nice., Niccolum.
Nioot, Nicotinum.
Nit-d-s., Nitri dulcis spiritus.
Nit-ac., Nitricum acidum.
Nit-m ac., Nitro-muriatic acid.
Nit-ox . Nitrogenium oxygenatum.
Nitr.. Nitrum.
Nuph., Nnphar luteum.
Nx-m., Nux moschata.
Nx-v., Nnx vomica.
Nym., Nymphsea odorata.
Oci., Ocimnm.
CEna., CEnanthe.
OInd., Oleander.
01*an., Oleum animale.
Ol-jeo,, Oleum jecoris aselli.
Op., Opium.
Opun., Opuntia.
Osm., Osmium.
Ost.. Ostrya.
Oxal-ac., bxalicum acidum.
Ozo., Ozonum.
Pfeon., PiBonia.
Pall., Palladium.
Pan., Panacea.
Par., Paris quadrifolia.
Pau-p., Panllinia pinnata.
Pau-8., PauUinia sorbilis.
Plb., Plumbum.
Ped., Pediculus.
Pen., Penthorum.
Per., Persica.
Peti., Petiveria.
Petr., Petroleum.
Petros., Petroselinum.
Phal., Phallus.
Phas., Phaseolus.
Phel., Phellandrium.
Phos., Phosphorus.
Ph'-ac. Phoj*phoricum acidum.
Pliys., Physostigma.
Pliyt. Phytolacca.
Pic ac, Picricum acidum.
Pil., Pilocarpiniim.
Pimp., Pimpinella.
Pin-c., Pinus cupressus.
Pin-1., Pinus lambertiana.
Pin-s., Pinus silvestris.
Pip-m., Piper metliysticum.
Pip-n., Piper nigrum.
Plan., Plantago.
Plat., Platinum.
Plat-m., Platinum muriaticum.
Plect, Plectninthus.
PImbg., Plumbaf(o littoralis.
Podo., Podophyllum.
Polyg., Polyj^onum.
Pop., Populus.
Poth., Pothos.
Pru-p., Prunus padus.
Prun., Prunus spinosa.
Psor., Psorinum.
Ptel. Ptelea trifoliata.
Puis., Pulsatilla.
Pul-n., Pulsatilla nuttallina.
Pyrth., Pyrethram.
Pyrus, Pyrus.
Qua., Quassia.
Ran-b., Ranunculus bulbosiis.
Ran-g.. Ranunculus glacialis.
Ran-r., Ranunculus repens.
Ran-sc.. Ranunculus sceleratus.
Raph., Raphanus.
Ratin., Ratanhia.
Rheum, Rheum.
Rhod., Rhododendron.
Rhus, Rhus toxicondendron.
Rhiis-r., Rhus radicans.
Rhus- v., Rhus venenata.
REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS.
Ric, RicinuB.
Rob., Robinia.
Rob., Roemarinas.
Rumx., Bnmex crispus.
Rata, Rata.
Sabad., SabadiUa.
Sabin., Sabina.
Sac-alb., Saccharom albam.
Sal-ac., Salicylicam acidam.
Sal-n., Salix niger.
Sal-p., Salix purpurea.
Samb., Sambucus.
Sang., Sanguinaria.
Sant., Santoninum.
Sap., Saponinom.
Sarr., Sarracenia.
Sara., Sarsaparilla.
Scam., Scammoniumu
Soor., Scorpio.
Seat., Scutellaria.
Secale, Secale cornatam.
Sed., Sedinba.
Selen., Selenium.
Senec, Senecio.
Seneg., Senega.
Senn., Senna.
Sep., Sepia.
Serp.. Serpentaria.
Sil., Silicea.
Sin-a., Sinapia alba.
Sin-n., Sinapis nigra.
Solnm., Solaninnm.
Sol-a., Solanum arrebinta.
Sol-m , Solanum mammosum.
Sol-n., Solanum nigram.
Sol-o., Solanum oleraceam.
Sol-p., Solanum pseudo-capBicom.
Sol-t, Solanum tuberoaum.
Sol-t-ie., Solanum tuberosum sgrotans.
Spig-in., Spigelia marilandlca.
Spigg., Spiggarns.
Spira., Spiranthes.
Spire., Spirea ulmaria.
Spong., Spongia.
Squil., Squilla.
Stach., Stacbye betonica.
Stann., Stannum.
Stapb., Staphisagria.
Stict., Sticta pulmonaria.
Still., Stillingia sylvatica.
Stram., Stramonium.
Stront., Strontium.
Stry., Strychninum.
Sulpn., Sulpbur.
Sal-]., Salphnr iodatum.
Sul-ac, Solpburicum acidam.
Sumb., Surabul.
Sypb., Syphilinum.
Tabac., Tabacum.
Tanac., Tanacetum.
Tang., Tangbinia.
Tann., Tannin.
Tarax., Taraxacum.
Tarent., Tarentnla,
Tart-ac, Tartaric acid.
Taxus, TaxuB baccata.
Tell., Tellurium.
Tep., TeplitK.
Tereb., Terebinthina.
Tet, Tetradymite.
Thai., Thallium.
Thea, Thea.
Ther., Theridion.
Thu., Thuja.
Tilia, Tilia.
Ton.. Tongo.
Trif-p., Trifolium pratenae.
Trif-r., Trifolium repens.
Trill., Trillium oemuum.
Trim., Trimethylaminam.
Trio., Trioeteum.
Trom., Trombidium mvacm dooMBtienu
Tu8-f., Tuasilago fragrans.
Tu8-p., TussUago petaaitea.
Upa., Upaa.
Uran., Uranium nitricam.
Urea, Urea.
Urt-c, Urtica crenalata.
Urt-g., Urtica gigas.
Urt-a., Urtica orens.
UBtil.. Ustiiago.
Uva, Uva ursi.
Vac, Vaocininum.
Valer., Valeriana.
Verat, Veratrum album.
Verat-v., Veratrum viride.
Veratn. Veratrinum.
Verb., Verbascum.
Vesp., Vespa.
Vicli., Vicny.
Vine., Vinca.
Viol-od., Viola odorata.
Viol-tr., Viola tricolor.
Vip., Vipera.
Vip-l-f.. Vipera lachesis W.
Viae, Viflcum album.
WieB., Wieabadeo.
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REMEDIES AND THEIB ABBREVIATIONa
Wild, Wildbad.
Wye,, Wyethia,
Santh^ Xanthozjlum.
TacL, Yaoca.
Zing., Zingiber.
Ziz., Zizia.
Znc., Zincum.
Zoc-a., Zincum aoeticum.
Znc-c., Zincnm cyanatnm.
Znc-f., Zincam ferrocyanatam.
Znc-m., Zincnm mariaticum.
Znc-p., Zincam phoephoratum.
Znc-s., Zincam sulpharicam.
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CHAPTER I.
HIND AND DISPOemON.
Abandoned, feels as if: carb-«n. cjc
hnra. k-ca. lam. stram.
^ — she thinks she is left alone in the
world, etc.: plat.
See Forsaken.
Absent-minded, see Mind; absence of,
«nd compare with Forgetful.
Absorbed in self: aloe. cans. chin.
eoec, CJC, ign. mor-ac. nat-c. ol-an.
phel. rheum, sars. stann.
after eating : aloe.
in morning: natK:.
during menses : mur-ac.
— (buried) in thought : Aeon. am-m.
bell. boT. cann-i. canth. cham. chin.
eoee, con. cjc. grat. ham. mere
moech. nit-ac phel. phos. spig.
alternating with frivolity :
arg-n.
— ^ — evening: am-m.
as to what would become of
him: nat-m.
^ compare with Thoughtful, etc.
Abusive : alcoh. am-c. anac. bell, borax.
catts.coral. dulc gal-ac. hydrph. h yos.
ipea lye. mosch. nit-ac. nx-v. petr.
plb. stram. verat. viol-tr.
^ without being angry : Dulc.
— with the pains : coral.
— evening; am-m.
— inclined to be: atrop. cans. eon.
cut, ran-b. Btp,
Activity, desires: agar. ars. bar, bry.
dem. coca. cocc. hyos. hyper, ign.
iris. lach. led. lil-t. mezer. moBch.
mur-ac. nat-s. op, phos. rhus. sep.
stann. verat.
— mental and bodily ; cannot do things
fast enough: anr,
— alternating with exhaustion : aloe,
— in business : brom. mane.
— mental : see under Mind.
— with physical debility : mosch.
AoQtness (increased of mind) : anae,
asaf. aur, ecff. lach. op, verat. viol-od.
Affootionfite [fond, loving dispo-
sition] : aeon, anac borax, carb-fin.
carb-v. hura. ign. nx-v. ox-«c par.
{>hos. plat, seneg.
ove for every one about him, during
and after fainting: hura.
Affronts or offenses, ailments from.
See name of the special cause.
Ambition, loss of: apoc dies. erig.
nat-p. petr. ssp.
m damp, cloudy weather:
sang.
Amoroas : aeon. ant^. bell, calad. calc
cann-s. eaiUh, carb-v. chin. coff. ooloc.
con. croc. mph. hyoe, ign. k-ca.
lach. lil-t. Tyc. men. mere, moech.
nat-c. nat m. nx-m. nx-v. op. orig.
phos, plat, plb. puis. rhus. rata, sabin.
selen. sep. sil. staph, stram, sulph.
thu. verat. verb. sue.
— fits: aeon, ant-c. hyos. op. stram.
verat.
Amnaement, averse to : men.
— desire for : lach.
Anger (bad temper, irascibility, etc):
aeon. aloe. ambr. am-c on^e. ang.
apis, arg-n. arn. ars. asar. aur^ bar.
belL hry. bufo. calad. calc. calc-p.
cann-6. canth. caps, carb-an. oarlhv.
caus. eham. chel.cliin. cimic cinnb.
clem. cooe. coff. coloc. con. cop. eroe,
CJC. dig. dros. eupion. ferr. fl-ac.
gran, graph, ham. hell. hyos.
nydr. ign. iod. ipee. k-ca. lach.
led. lye. mag-s. mang. meph. mere,
merl. mezer. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m.
nice, nit-ac. nx-v. olnd. op. osm. petr*
phos, plat. psor. puis, ran-b. ratan.
rata, sabad. sang, seneg. sep. sil.
spig. squil. stann. staph, stront. su/pA.
Bullae, tarent. thu. trill, verat. znc.
^ See also Ill-humor, Ri^, etc
— ailments, from or after anger, vex-
ation, etc: AGON, alum, ant-t. ars.
aur. bell. bry. calc chabc. chin, cimic
13
Anger.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Ansver.
oooc. eof. OOLOO. croc. cu{Jr. hyos.
IGV. ipec. lye. mag-c mag-m. nianc.
meier. nat-c. nat-m. nx-m. nz-y. op.
petr. phM. ph-ac flat. ptUs. ran-D.
rhos. aamb. secale. selen. sep. ail.
stanii. tlaj^K strain, sulph. yerat. zna
anger, with anxiety: acon. alum.
AB8. aur. bdL brv. calc. cAom. oooc.
oofil cwpr, hyos. ign, lye. nat-c nat-m.
HX'-y. op. petr. phos. pUU, puis, rhus.
0amb. sep. stann. stram. sulph. yerat
anger, with fright : acon. belL cala
coca cupr. ign. nat-c nx-v. op, petr.
phos. plaL puis. samb. sep. sulph. znc
anger, with silent grief and sorrow :
alum. ars. aur. bell. cooe. coloe. hyos.
iGir. lye nat-c nat-m. nx-y. phos.
ph<ui. plat. puis, staph, yerat
anger, with indignation: COLOC.
ipec nz-v. plat, staph.
anger, with yehemenoe, passion:
ACON. aur. bell. bry. cham. cofil hyos.
lye nat-m. nx-y. phos. sep. sulph.
yerat. znc.
alternating with cheerfulness : aur.
caps. croc. ign. stram.
quick repentance : croc, mezer.
yinc-m. sulph.
oanseleae : chel. mezer.
ooitlon, after : eale.
consoled, when: nat-m.
contradiction, from: aur. bry.
ferr. ign. nice. nx*y. op. petr. sil,
diarrhcBa, with: gnap.
drinking coffee or wine, while:
chlor.
evening, in: am-c. bry. eroc. nice.
op. petr.
forgetfnlness, during: hydr.
fever, during : hipp.
followed by : headache : mezer.
petr. plat.
red face and chilliness : bry.
red tip of nose : yincm.
— — chilliness, heat and yomiting :
nx-y.
^ — rage, yiolenoe and heat :
cham.
throwing away things or
pushing away table : staph,
with indignation : coloc. staph.
morning, in : nx-y. petr. a^p. sulph.
— on waking : k-ca.
news, at unpleasant : calo-p.
noise, at: ipec.
past eyents, oyer : sep.
reproaches, at : croc.
— thinking of absent persons, on : anr.
of former yexations : calc
— ^ of what may happen : sol-m.
— trifles, at: ars. belL cann-s. cooc
croc. hell, ipec lye meph. meMr.
nat-c nat-m. nit-ac seneg. sep. sqoU.
thu.
— vehemence, with : acon. ars. aur.
bry. eham. grat. ign. lye nx-y. yerat.
so that he oonld haye
stabbed any one : chin.
— — with suppressed: cham. t^.
staph.
Anguish (agony) : acet-ac acok. »th.
aloe. alum. ambr. ant-t. am. ABS. our,
beU. boy. calc. eann^ carb-y. cedr.
k-iod. murx. sep. tarent trill, yerat.
— causing restlessness : ars.
— during chill, heat, or sweat : am.
— eating, while: sep.
— nausea, with : ailan. ars.
— night : ambr. am.
— open air, amel : oaan^t.
— palpitation, with : ars.
— during yomiting : ars. asar.
Annoyance, intolerant of any: ferr-p.
— see also Vexation.
Answer, does npt: agar. alum. ambr.
am-m. am. atrop. bell. chin, cimic
oooc. coloc. euphr. hyos. mag-m. mane,
mere mosch. op. ph-ac. secale. stasn^
sul-ac. tabac tarent yerat.
at other times is loquadoos :
cimic.
sings, talks, but will not an-
swer questions : asar.
— confusedly, as though thinking of
something else: mosch.
— difScnlt, is: chlol. phos. yerat
— disconnected, is: ooff-t croiaL
Ehos. stram. strych.
astily: ars. bry. cimic cooc hepar.
rhus. strych.
— incoherently, bell. cann-L chloL
coff-t. hyos. phos.
— incorrectly: bell, hpros. mere ph-ac
— irrelevantly: cimic hyos. nx-m.
ph^ac sul-ac yaler.
— monosyllabic : ph-ac.
"no" to all questions: crot-c
— repeats the question first: znc
— slowly: ars.cup-ac hell, mere phos.
ph-ac. plb. secale sul-ac. sulph. znc
— shortly, abruptly, curtly: ars. do.
coff. jatr. ph'OC plb sin-n. Mann.
— stupor returns quickly after : an.
bapt. hyos.
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Answer.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Anziet/.
— anintelligibly : ooff-t. hvos. phos.
— violently, as if angrj : rhiis.
— see alao under Deliriam, DelosioDs,
Silent, Speech, etc.
Anthropopnobia : ao6n. aloe. alum.
ambr. anac. aur. bar. bell, carb-an.
chin. cic. con. cupr. hyos. k-bi. led.
lye. mere, nat-e, nat-m. phos. puis.
rlins. selen. stann. sulph.
Ajiziety : abrot. aeon, acet-ac. ath, agar.
- agn. allan. aloe, alum, ambr. tunc,
am-m. anac. ang. ant-c. ant-t. org-
arg-n. am. an, asaf. aaor, aur. bar.
bar-m. bell. berb. bism. bov. bry. calad.
ealc. camph. cann-s. eanlh. caps, carb-
an. earb-v. caus. eham. chel. Mn. cic.
cimic cina. eoce. coff, coloc. con. croc.
crotal. croton. cupr. eye. dig, dros.
euph. evon. ferr. Il-ac. graph, grat.
hell, hepar, hyns. ign. iod. ipec. Ja^r.
k-bro. k-ca. lach. lact. lam. law,
lil-t. lye, mag-c. raag-m. mag-s. mans.
marum. men. mere, mezer. mosai.
mur-ae. nat-e, nat m. nice. nitr. nit-ac.
nx^. olnd. op. petr. phel. pAoii.ph-ac.
p1at.p(6.p8or.pii/«.ran-b. ran-8c. raph.
rheum, rhnd. rhus. rata, sabad. sang.
9amb. sars. seeale. aeneg. s*p. sil. ffpig.
apong. squil. atann, staph, slram, stront.
sulph. sul-ac. tahac. thu. valer. verat.
▼iol-od. viol-tr. znc.
and impeded breathing; com-
pelling him to go out and be busy :
laur.
— abdominal : am-m. bry. calen. carb-
y. eham. eupr, euph. moech. mnr-ac.
rhus. squil. suI-ac.
— alternating with indifference:
nat-m.
with jollity: spig. spong.
— apoplexy, as if he would have :
puis.
in morning: alum.
— bad. as if he had done something.
See Gonacience.
— bosineas, about : anac.
as if engaged in a lawsuit : nit-ae.
— cardiac (in heart): acon. ambr.
anac. ara. aub. bell. brom. calc.
camph. cann-s. canth. cast. cans.
eham. cic. cocc. croc. cupr. eye. e^on.
ferr. graph, hell. led. lye. mag-m.
men. mere, nit-ac. nx-y. olnd. op.
phoB. plat. puU, ran-b. rhus. secale.
sep. sil. stram. sulph. yerat. yiol-tr.
— causeless : bry. phos. tabac.
— children, about nis : acet-ac.
conscience, of (as if guilty of a
crime) : alum. am-c. art, cact. caus.
chel. cina. eoee. eye. dig. ferr. graph,
ton. mag-B. mere, nat-m. nitac. nz^.
rheum, ruta. sil. stront. wlph. veraL
znc.
death (apprehensive of): aeon.
alum. am-c. are. asaf. aur. caps. eoec.
con. cupr. graph, hell, hepar. ipec
lye. mosch. nat-m. nit-ac. tix-v, phos.
ph-ac. ph^t. plat. puU. raph. rheum,
rhus. squii. sulph. verat.
— morning : con.
after waking : lye.
— evening : phoa,
— night : chel.
— sitting bent over, while : rhus.
aggravates : ph-ac.
— toothache, during : olnd.
— vertigo, during : nat-c.
dreaded something bad. See Fu-
ture.
disagreeable : agar. eaua. mere.
serious, morning and after-
noon : nx-v.
domestic aflairs, about : bar. puis,
rhus. sep. sulph.
evil, of: acon. agar. alum. am-c.
anac. ant-c, arn. ara, aur. bar. bry.
calad. carb-an. carb-v. cans. chin,
cina. eoec, coff, eye. difi^. dros. dulc.
euph. ferr. graph, hell. hyos. k-ca.
lach. mag-c. men. mere, mur-ac.
nat-m. nit-ac nx-v. petr. phos. puis,
rhus. ruta. sabin. sep. spig. spong.
squil. staph, stront. sulph. sul-ac. thu.
verat.
morning on waking : mag-&
sulph.
evening : graph.
while walking in open air:
cina.
fearful, timid: alum. am-c. om-wi.
anac. ant-c. ant-t. ars. aw, bar. bry.
calad. eaU. canth. eaua, chin. cic. cina.
clem. cocc. et*ff. dig, dros. dulc. ferr.
graj^. hell, hepar. hyos. ign. k-ca.
k-iod. lach. mag c. mang. men. in«re.
nat-c. nice, nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. phell.
puis. rhus. ruta. sabin. samb. sep.
apig. spong. staph, atront, sulph. tabac.
thu. verat.
friends, at home, about : phys.
fntnre, about: agar. alum. anac.
ant-c. ant-t arn. bar. bry. calad. calc.
calc-ac. cans. chel. chin. eie. con. eye.
dig. droa. dulc. euph. gins, hipp.laoh.
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Anxietj.
MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditions of Anxiety.
mang. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m. nx-v.
petr. phos. pfi-ac. pBor. puis, ran b.
spig. stann. staph. sulph. thu. wies.
ghosta, about, on waking from a
dream : tvlpk.
health, aoout: aeon. am-c. am.
ars. bry. eale, ign. k-ca. lac-can. lach.
nat-c. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. phos. ph-
ac. psor. puis. sep. sil. staph, sulph.
— about his disease : aoet-ac. am-c.
arg. arg-n. nitac. nko*. sep.
— fears consumption : sep.
— especially during climacteric
period : sil.
illnesB, concerning: euph. nitac.
ph-ac. psor.
— of others : cocc.
— See also under Delusions, Fears,
etc.
misfortune, of. See Evil.
oppressive: aeon. alum. am-m.
atit-t. am. ara. bell, calad. calc. canth,
eau8. cham. chel. chin. ciua. cocc. dig.
euph. graph, iod. lact. men. mere,
mur-oc rhus. sep. sil. spig. stront.
sulph. sul-ac. verat. znc.
pectoral (in chest): aeon. agar,
am-c ant-t. am. ars. asaf. aur. bell.
hry, calc. cann-s. caps. carb*an. chel.
chin. cocc. oolch. cop. ferr. guai. ign.
iod. k-ca. lach. laur. lye* mere, mezer.
mosch. nat-c. nat m. nx-v. olnd. op.
plb. prun. puN. rhus. samb. secale.
seneg. sep. spig. spong. stann. staph.
BulpK valer. verat.
— anxiety in region of sternum,
without pain, feels as if he must go
out into open air and be busy : anac.
— from cnest to head : aeon.
prsBCordial : anac. bov. cann-s. chin,
cic. con. dig. dros. hell. hydr. lact.
puis, stann. stram. thea. thu.
— left side only : phos.
parsned.when walking, as if: anac,
restless, driving one about : aeon,
alum. ambr. anac. arg. ars. asaf. aur.
bell. bov. bry. calc. calc-p. camph.
caps, carb-an. carb-v. cans. cham. chin.
chin-8. cimic. coff. croc, crotal. dros.
graph, hell, hepar. lact. lam. men.
mere, nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx v. op.
phos. ph-ac. plat. puis, rhus rata,
sabad. sep. sil. spig. spong. staph.
tabac. valer. verat. znc.
— driving: out of bed: an. bry. carb-
V. caus. cham. chin. chin*s. graph,
hepar. hyos. nat m. nit ac.
— — compelling rapid walking : or^n.
ars. lil-t. sul-ac.
— salvation, about : graph, hnra. lyc
puis, sulph. verat.
— trifles, over : anac. ars. bar-ac. calc
cham. chin. con. /err.
morning : cocc
evening} in bed: laur.
before menses : con.
— undefinable: all-c mere
Conditions and Concomitants of
Anxiety.
— morning : ailan. alum, am-c anac
AR8. canth. carban. carb-v. caa&
chin. cocc. con. graph, ign. ipec. led.
lyc mag-c mag-m. mezer. nat-m.
nit-ac. ni v. phos. plat. puis. rhas.
sep. 8ulph. sul HC verat. znc
on waking : alum, anac carb-an.
carb-v. eauB, chel. chin, graph, ign.
ipec. lyc. mag-s. nat-m. nit-ac nx-f.
phos. plat. puis. rhus. sep. squil.
at 3 A. M. : AR8.
after rising : arg-n. carb-an. mag-
c. rhus.
ameliorated on rising : nx-v.
— forenoon : aeon, a'n-c lyc. nat-m.
psBon. plat ran-b. sars.
— afternoon: leth. am-c bell. bov.
calc. carb-an. gamb. mag-c. nat-c. ph-
ac. puis. rhus. rata, stront tabac.
till evening: mag-m.
— evening : agar. alum. ambr. anac
ant-t. ara, bar. bell, borax, bov. bry.
cact. calad. eale. carb-an. carb-v. esus.
chel. chin. cina.oocc dig. dros. fluor-
ac graph . hepar. hipp. k-ca. k-iod. lact
la.ur. lye. mag-c mag m. mere mezer.
mur-ac nat-c nitr. nit-ac nx-m. nx-
V. paeon, petr. phos, puis, ran-b. rkus.
rata, sabin. sep. sil. spig. siann.
stront. SULPH. t:ibac verat.
aggravated in : borax, carb-an.
dig. dros.
ameliorated in: am-c chel. verb.
in bed : ambr. am -c anac ant-cr.
ars. bar. bry. calad. calc. carb-an.
earb v. caus. cham. eoce. graph, hepar.
laur. life, mag-c. mag-m. nat-c nit-ac.
nitr. nx-v. phos- puis, sabin. sep. sil.
stront. snlph. verat.
uneasiness and anxiety, most
uncover : m^ig-c
^ in the twilight: ambr. ars. eale.
carb-v. dig. laur. nx-v. phos, rhv9.
sep.
4 to 6 p. M. : carb-v.
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Conditions of Anxiety. MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditions of Aifliety,
night : anm, agar, alum ambr. amc.
ani-m. ant-cr. arg. am. ars. bar. helL
borax, bov. bry. cact. cak, cumph.
cann s. canth. carb an, carb-v. caus.
cham, chin, chin-e. cina. clem. cocc.
coff. oon dig. dros. dulc. ferr. graph,
hcemai. hepar. hy08, i!yn. jatr. k-ca.lact.
Ijc mag-c. mag-m. mang. mere, mere-
c. nat-c. nat m. nit^c, nx-v. petr. pho8.
plat. ]ilb. puis, ran-b. rhtts, pabad. Fep.
sil. spong. squil. stront. snlph. verai,
znc.
— aggravated at: alum, carb-an.
rku8,
— on waking: alum, are, carb-v.
chel. oon. graph, nat-m. nit-ac. phos.
puis. SULPH.
midnight, at, on awaking: amel-
iorated on rising : sil.
— before : anibr. am- •. ars. bar. 6ry.
ear6-t'. caus. eoee. graph, hepar, laur.
lye, mag^, mac^-m. nat-c. nx-v. phos.
puis, sabin. sil. stront. tulph. verat.
— after: alum, ant-cr. ars. calc.
chin. dulo. graph, lye. mag-c nx-v.
rhua. sqnil.
abdomen, during pain, in : seth.
alum. am-m. ant-t. art. aur, borax,
bov. caps. cham. cupr. graph, k-clc.
mezer. sep. 9uiph,
— constriction in region of stomach :
guai.
— pressure in stomach : gent-I.
— pressure at epigastrium : guai.
— swelling of Mtomach : gins.
— tension in, from: staph.
acids, after : sulph.
air, in open: aeon. anac. arg. bell,
cina. hepar. iflcn. lach. plat.
relieved : arund. 6ry. grat.
laur. mag-m. rhus.
anger, during: sep.
apparition, from horrible, while
awake: znc.
approach of others, from: ambr.
artf, iod. lye.
ascending steps, on : nil-ac.
back, from pain in : junc
breathing, deeply, on : aeon, spig,
amel. agar rhus.
— with difficult, dyspnoea, etc.:
aoon. ambr. nm-c. anac. ars. borax,
calc. carb-v. cocc. creos. hepar. hydr-
ac. iod. lact. lye. nit-ac. nx-v plat
rhus. senejr. sil. spig. tabac. verat.
• bed, in : cham. mag-c. mnsr-m.
. — gee under Morning or Evening.
17
beer, after: ferr.
bronchi, from mucus in : arund.
chagrin, after: lye.
chest, during congestion of: sep.
— constriction of: gins.
— heat in, rising to mouth : nx-v.
burning in : gels.
warm orgasm of: nx-v.
— pain in, with: rhus.
— pre)«sure on : sulph.
— tension of: gins.
children, in : borax, calc. k-ca.
— when lifted from the cradle:
calc-p.
chill. See under Fever.
coffee, after: hart. cham. ign. nx-v.
— ameliorates: morph.
coition, after : sep.
— after pollutions : carb-an. petr.
cold drinks, amel. : aeon, opor-em.
sulph. •
— with coldness : cnp-ac. nit-ac.
company, when in : aeon, bell. lye.
petr. plat.
— when alone: drot, mezer. pho%,
tabac znc
»f?gni. alcoh.
coagh. with : aeon, cina. eoff. dros.
eup-per. h^par, iod. rhus. samb.
spong. stram.
— before attack of whooping-cough :
cupr,
— from coughing: merc-c nit-ac.
stram.
dancing, when : horax,
diarrhcea, during: crotal.
— see also under Stool.
digestion, during : ferr.
dinner, during : mag^m.
— after: ambr. canth. gins. hyos.
nat-m. phos, sil. verat.
— oeealso F^atin^r.
drecuns, on waking from frightful :
ars. chin.
— see also Dreams, Anxious,
eating before : mezer. ran-b.
— when : carb-v. mag-c mezer. sabad.
sfp.
— after : ambr. asaf. canth. carb-an.
carb-v. cans. chin, oocc-c con. ferr-m.
hyos. k-ca. lach. mag-m. mere nat-c
nat-m. nit ac. nx-v. phel. phos. ph-
ac. sep. sil. thu. verat. viol-tr.
— supper or warm food, when :
mag-c
— ameliorates : aur. mezer. sulph.
after breakfast : k-ca.
Oooditlonfl of Anzietj. MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditiont of Anuttf.
ears, with noise in : puis.
— with sensitiyeness to noiM : caps,
eractationa, amel. : ma^m.
excitement, from : asaf.
ezeroiae, amel. : tarent.
eyea, from exerting the: sep.
— with obscurations of : arg-n. staph.
— with dilated pupils: nx-T.
face, with hot: aeon, arg-n. bell,
carb-v. graph, mere.
pale : puis.
red : aeon. sep.
sweat on: ars. cic. mur-ac.
nat-c
fainting, with : ars. cic. ign. mag-m.
nit-ac. op. ran-b.
feet, with cold : cupr. graph, sulph.
thu.
— after bathing the : nat-a
— with heaviness of: iga. nit-ac.
•fever, during prodrome : ars. chin.
— during chill : aeon. am. ars.
cam ph. caps, carb-v. chin. ign. nat-
m. n:>y. plios.p1at. puis, verat.
— after chill : K-ca.
— during heat or fever: agon. alum.
ambr. arn. ARS. asaf. bar. bell. herb,
bov. bty. calc cantli. carb-an. case,
cham. chin. cofi*. crotal. eye. dros.
ferr. fluor-ac. graph, grat. hepar.
hyper, ign. ipec lach. mag-e. raag-m.
mere nat-a nat-m. nice nx-v. op.
phos. pli-ac plan. plat. plb. puU.
rheum, ruta. sep. sptmg. stann. stram.
sulph. verat
— during perspiration : ambr. am-c.
ant*cr. am. ars. bar. bell, benz-ac
herb. bry. calc cann-s. cans. cham.
cic. cocc. ferr. graph, mag-c. mang.
mere, mezer. mnr-ac. nat-c, nat-m.
nit-ac. nitr. nx-v. phos. plb. puis,
rhus. samb. sep. spong. stann. staph,
stram. sulph. thu.
sweat amel. anxiety: agar.
— during apyrexia: aeon, camph.
fingera, starling in : puis.
fita, with: alum. bell. caus. cupr.
cocc. ferr. hyos. ign.
- flatna. from : coff. ruc-v.
— emission of, amel.: calc-ac.
fright, after: sil.
gaatrio complaints, with : alum, am-
m. ars. bar-m. calc. cupr. nit-ac. nx-T.
Shos. puis,
anda. ooUl, with : graph, puis.
— with hot : earb-v.
— with sweat on: cham. mere.
— with trembling of : am-c. cic. plat.
puis.
neadaohe, with : aeon. alum. belL
bov. calc. carb-v. caus. graph, laor.
mag-c. phos. puis. ruta. sulph.
head, with congestion to: aeoa.carb-
v. laur. fitrfo-c. phos. puis, sulph.
• — with dullness of: alum. boy.
- — with heat of: carb-v. laur. aui^-e.
phos, sulph.
• — with pressure from forohead to
vertex : glon.
- — with stupefaction of: alum. bov.
caus. sil.
• — with sweat on : ars. carb-v. nx-y.
£ho8. sep.
eart, palpitation of, causes : graph.
Sep. sulph. trill, verat.
- with pain at: bar. carb-v. cham.
nit-ac. nx-v. rhus. spong.
- — with palpitation of: aeon. alum,
am-c. ant-t. aspar.ars. aur. borax, calc
cann-8. carb-v. caus. cham. dig. ferr.
ign. k-ca. Inch. lyc. mosch. nat-c. nat-
m. nit-ac. nx-v. olntf. phos. plat. plb.
puUt. ruta. sars. sep. sil. ^ng. verat.
viol-od. viol-tr.
- — with pressure at, tearing at loioa
and restlessness : rhus.
- — during pain at region of: hemai.
. — during throbbing in cardiac re-
gion : graph.
- heat. See Fever.
- hypochondriacal : am-c. arn. mn.
asaf. calad. canth. cham. dros. k-dc
mosch. nat-m. nit-ac. phos. ph-ac.
valer.
- hyaterical : asaf. con.
- honae or room, in : a^ter. bry. chel.
k-ca. mag m. rhus. tilia. valer.
on entering : rhod.
- — ameliorate in : ign.
- hungry, when : k-ca.
- lameneaa, with : aloe.
- lege, with pains in: borax, rhui.
ears.
starting in : hepar.
- light, in candle : bov.
ameliorates: nat-ra.
- limba. with heaviness in : mag-c.
with pain in : ars. bell.
with trembling in : ars. aur. calc.
carb-v. caus. cham, coff. croc. cupr.
graph, loch, mag-c. mezer. mosch.
nai-c. phos. puis. rhus. sars. sep.
- loina, from aching in, after supper :
nx-v.
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OonditioiiB of Anxiety. MIND AND DISPOSITION. ConditioDs of Anzietjr.
lying down, when : carlh-T. sil.
fttann.
— has to lie down, with angaish :
meier. phel.
— evening, after : hepar. qx-t.
See Evening in Bed.
— on side : bar. k-ca. pho8. puis.
— on left side : bar. phos.
— on right side : k-ca.
meal. See Eating.
menses, before : acou. am-c. carb-v.
eoec con. k-bi. mang. mere, nal-m.
nil-ae, nx-v. stann. solph. znc.
— daring : aeon. bell. caic. canth.
cimic. cina. coff. con. ign. k-iod.
mere. MU-^m* nit-ac. nx-v. phos. plat.
9il. stann. sulph. znc.
— amel. : stann. znc.
— after : agar, phos. secale.
— which prevents sleep : agar,
mental labor, from : nat-c. plan,
meditation, from : aeon. are. calc.
camph. cham. nx-v. pals. rhus. secale.
verat.
miotnrition. during : cham.
moaning, with : aeon. alum, ant-t.
ars. cham. par. phos. rheum.
motion from : aeon. herb, borax,
mag-c. nice, rheum.
— aggra. : nat-c.
— ameliorates: sil.
nausea, with : alum. am-m. bar-m.
eale. graph, nit-ac. nx-v. puis, tabac.
noise, from : agar. aur. cans. chel.
fU.
pains, from the: aeon, ar$» caus.
nat c.
periodical attacks of: am. ars.
e&afii.oocc. nat-c. nat-m. phos. plat,
sep. spong. aulnh.
' reading, while : mag-m.
• rest, when at : aeon, seneg.
> — in bed asrgr. : alcoh.
• retching, with : bai^m.
' riding, when: borax, lach. psor.
• — down hill : borax,
• rising, after : chel. ma^-c.
• — see also under Morning.
• — from a seat, on : verat.
■ amel. : mill.
screaming, with : calc chin-s. oocc.
hjos. lye. ran-sc.
' sedentary employment, from : ars.
graph.
• shaving, when : calad.
- shuddering, with : bell. calc. carb-
▼. nat-c. plat. puis, tabac. verat.
sitting, when : caus. graph, nit-ac.
phos. taraz.
— aggravates : sil.
— cannot sit on aooonnt of angnish :
graph, sil.
— when at work, while : graph.
— bent over, anxiety with fear of
death : rhus.
with pain in rectum, has to
walk : calc.
— still, all anxiety disappeara: iod.
sleep, before : alum.
— in evening until he goes to sleep :
herb.
— on ^ing to : calc. lye. im/a.
— during : cocc. graph, lyc. nat-m.
nx-v. ph(»s. spong. verat.
— on starting from : clem.
— during partial slumbering in
morning: June.
sleepiness, with : are. borajb led«
nx-v. rhus.
sleeplessness, with: aeon. agar.
am. ars, bar. bell. bry. carb-an. carb-
V. caus. cham. chin, chin s. cticc. coff^
con. cupr. ferr. graph, hepar, hyoa.
k-ca. lanr. mag-c. mere, nat-c nat-m.
nitac. nin-b. ran-sc. sabin. sep. siL
sulph. thu. verat.
soap, after : mag-c. ol-an.
speaking, when : alum. ambr. plat.
— aggravates : nat-c.
— on attemping to talk in company :
plat
speechlessness, with : ign.
- standing, when : sil. veraL
— amel., when : calc. phos. tarax.
• start, from a : sU.
■ stool, before: are. cadm. cham.
croton. mere
• — dnring; cham. mere, sulph. verat.
> — aAer : aeon. caus. carb-v. k-ca. nii-
ae.
stooping, when : rheum.
- — great anxiety, amel. by stooping :
bar-m.
• storm, during a : gels. n<U-e. nat-nu
nU ac. phos.
• sadden : eoee. plat thu.
• supper, after: mag c. nx-v.
• sweat. See under Fever,
taste, with bitter : am m. bell.
• thinking about it, excited by :
alum. ambr. bry. eale. cans. oon. wU-
ae. staph, tabac
• thirst, with: cupac
• throat, with dryness of: rhus.
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Conditions of Anxiety. MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Bed.
— tobacoo, from smoking: petr. sep.
— tremor, with: ant-t. ars. cham.
euph. mag-c. plat. puU. sars.
— uneasiness and anxiety at night, must
uncover : mug-c.
— vertigo, with: barm. bell. caps,
caus. coffl ign. mere. nx-m. nx-v. op.
rhod. rhuB. seneg. sep. sil. verat.
after: aloe. gamb.
— vexation, after: lye sep. verat.
— voice, on raising the: cann-s.
— vomiting, before : arn. sang.
ameliorates: bell, tabac.
during: ars. ars-h. ciip-ac. gran.
nit-ac seneg. tabac. tong.
after : k-ca.
— waking, on: acou. am-c. cact.
calc carb-T. caus. chin con. dros.
graph, ign. ipec. lye. nit-ac. nx>y.
phos. plat. puis. rhuB. samb. sep. sil.
sol>tHe. wlph.
from a dream: graph, sil.
see also under Morning and Night.
— walking, on : anac. arg. arg-n. bell,
cina. clem, hepar. ign. nx-v. plat,
staph, tabac.
rapidly, when: nit-ac. staph.
amel., in open air : rhus.
aggra. : plat.
in open air : anac. arg-n. bell.
cina. hepar. ign. nx-v. plat.
in c«>ol air: nx m.
— warmth, afternoon, during: gamb.
— weakness, with : aeon. agn. alum.
am-c. ang. ars. aur. borax, calc. carb*
an. carb-v. caus. cic. ign. mag-c. nitr.
phos. rhus. sil. verat.
— weeping, followed by : acon.am-m.
carb-v.
amel.: dig. graph, tabac.
— work, during: anac. graph, iod.
had to stop, for anxiety: aloe.
— yawning, with : plb.
Anxionsness. See Anxiety.
Apatby. See Indifference.
Apprehensions. See Fear, Anxiety,
etc.
Arrogance : alum. arn. chin, cic cupr.
ferr. hyo^. ipec. loch. lye. par. plat.
siram vercU,
Asking and then refusing. See Refuses.
Asks for nothing : bry. puis, rheum.
Attention, active : coff. ox:il-ac.
— difficult to fix (distraction, etc):
aeon, sesc-h. agn. ailan. all-c. alum.
am-c. anac. ang apis. arn. ars. bar.
bell. bov. camph . cann-i . cannHt. canth .
carb an. caus. cham. chel. chin-s.
eimic. cinnb. cocc. coff. colch. coloc.
corn, croc cup-ac. eiaps. ferr. flnor-
ac. <;e^. glon. graph, ham. hell. hnrm.
hydr. hydr-ac hyos. ign. iod. iris,
k-bro. k-ca. kalm. lach. lam. laor.
lil-t. mag-c. mang. mere merc-c
mezer. mosch. nat-c nat-m. nx-j. nzr
m. nx-v. olnd. ol-an. op. phos. ph-sc
phys. plat. poth. puis, ran-sc rhod.
rhus. rhus-r. sars. senec. sep. sU. spig.
stann. staph, stram. sulph. sal ac.
tabac. tereo, thn. verb, viol-od. zoc
— want, of (inattention) : alum. am-c.
ang. bar. bell. bov. caus. cham.
cimic. k-ca. mere nat-c nat-m. nx-v.
olnd. ph-ac plat. puis. rhod. Mtp.
Bulph. thu. tilia.
. when learning, reading, etc :
alum. asar. bar. bell. caus. cham. coff.
k ca. nat-c. spig. sulph.
in children : bar.
Audacity : op.
— compare with Boldness, etc.
Avarice (covetousness, etc): ara. bry.
calc cina. coioc. nat-c. p^$. rheum.
sep.
Aversion, takes involuntary, to certain
persons: am-m.
— m general. See name of thing dis-
liked.
Awkward : seth. agar. ambr. anac ctpit.
asaf. asar. bov. camph. caps. oooc. ign,
ipec. lach. wU-e. nat-m, nx-v, plb. puU,
sabin. sars.- sil. spong. stann. stram.
sulph. thu.
— afternoon: anac
— evening: agar.
— breaks thin«r8: apis.
— in children during headache: caps.
— things fall from one^s hand: apU.
bov. bry. hell. hyos. nx-v.
— in dressing, dresses unbecomingly:
hyos. stram.
— knocks against things: caps, ipec
nat-m. nx v. op.
Barking : bell, canth. stram.
Bashfnl (diffident, timid ) : aloe. aur. bar-
ac. bell, carb-an. chin. con. coff. ign,
iod. k-bi. nat-e. nit-ac nx-v. phos.
stram. sulph. tabac
— after a fright : cteon.
Bed, aversion to (shuns) : cann-s. cam
lye nat-c
great dread of going to bed:
cann-s.
— desires to remain in : mere peor.
20
Bed.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Cheerful.
^ goes from one bed to another, etc. :
ars. hyoe.
— see also nnder Delirium.
Bagging, entreating : ars. stram.
— in sleep: stann.
Bellowing: bell, canth.
Bemoaning. See Lamenting.
Bewildered : aoon. eojf. colch. nz-y. puis.
stram. valer. verat.
— during paroxysms of pain: aeon,
cham. coff, verat.
— loses way in well known streets:
glon. nx-m. petr
— on waking does not know where she
is: Ksc-h.
knows no one ; is terrified :
stram.
Biting : bdl, bnfo. canth. cic. croc, ciipr.
bydrph. hyos. hura. secale. itram,
verat.
— fingers: arum-t.plb. op.
— hands: hura.
— pillow : phos.
— tiimself : tarent.
— tumbler : ars.
— spoons, etc. : bell.
Blindnesa, pretended : verat.
Blias, feeling of: op.
— see Happy, etc.
Blood, cannot look at, on a knife : alum.
Boldness, courage: aeon. agar. alum.
ant-t. herb. tov. calad. dros. gins.
iffn. mere, mezer. nat-c. op, phos. puis.
Suil. sulph. tarax. valer. yerat.
:, desires to, everything : hura.
Brooding mood : alum. arn. aur. canth.
caps. cans. cham. eye. euphr. hell.
ipec. mezer. mnr-ac. nx-v. olnd. op.
sulph.
Businese, averse to: brom. fluor-ac. k-ca.
puis. sep.
Calmnesa : op. verat.
Calnmniate, desire to : ipec.
Capricioasnees : aeon. alum. am-c. arn.
art. bell- bry. calc. caps, carb-an.
cham. chin. cina. creos. croc. dig.
hepar. ign. k-ca. lye. mere, nit ac.
nx-v. phfts. puis, secale. sil. spong.
stram. sulph. viol-tr.
Carefulness: iod. nxv. puis.
— See also Scrupulous.
Carelessness : aur-m. gels. op. verat.
Cares, full of : caus. chin. ooff.
— about domestic afiairs: bar. puis,
sep.
— about trifles : ars.
— indifierent to : nit-ac.
Carried, desires to be : aeon, ant-t. ars.
brom. cham, cina. ign. lye. k-ca. puis,
verat.
in croup : brom.
fast : ars.
sloirly : puis.
Cantiona : graph.
Censorious, critical: aeon. alum. am.
ars. aur. bell, borax, calc-p. caps,
caus. cham. chin. cic. gran. gnai. hyos.
ign. ipec. laeh. lye. mere, mezer.
mosch. nat-m. nx-v. par. petr. plat,
rhus. am. staph, sulph. tilia. verat.
— disposed to fault finding or is silent :
vetvU.
Changeable humor. See Humor.
— everything seems changed, after short
absence: plat.
Chases imaginary objects: stram.
Cheerful (gay, happy, jolly, etc.) : aeon.
sesc-h. leth. agar. anac. ang. apoc.
ar^. ars. asaf. bell, borax, bo v. brom.
bry. cann-i. cann-s. canth. caps, carb-
V. caus. chin. cic. coca. oocc. coff.
colch. coloc. eroe. cupr. eye. dros.
eucal. ferr. fluor-ac. gamb. gels. hydr.
hyos. t^w. k-bi. k-bro. lach. laur. lye.
mane, marum. mere, nat-m. nat-s.
nit ac. ol-an. op. oxal-ac. petr. phos.
ph-ac. phvs. plat. plb. psor. rhod.
ruta. sabad. sars. secale. seneg. sep.
spig. spong. squil. stann. stram. tarax.
tarent. therid thu. valer. verat. verb.
viol-od. znc. zine.
— alternating, with aversion to work :
Bpon|^.
with ill humor: ant-t. aur. chin.
eye. lye. mere, nat-c. nat m. plat. spig.
with indifference : tarent.
with mania : bell, cann-s- croc.
with melancholy: asar. chin.
ferr. znc.
• with pain : plat.
with passion, burst of: aur. caps.
croc. ign. stram.
with sadness: aoim. asar. canth.
carb-an. caus chin. clem, croc ferr.
fluor-ac. gels. ign. iod lyc. nat-c. nit*
ac. nx m. plat. psor. senec. sep. spig.
tarent. znc. ziz.
with vexation : ant-t. borax, caus.
cocc. croc, spong. znc.
with violence: aur. croc, stram.
^ — with want of nympathy : mere.
with weeping : aeon. arg. bell.
borax, cann-s. carb-an. ign. iod. plat.
spong.
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Cheerfn].
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Conflcienoa.
— followed by croflsness, etc: dem.
hyos. nat-8. ol an. op. seneg. taraz.
melancholj : g«lB. graph, pctr.
plat. ziz.
prostration, elc. : clem, spong.
aleepinefls : bell. calc.
— oonditions of cheerfulness.
— morning : borax, cans, flaor-ac.
hura. lach. nat-s. plat, salph.
on waking : aloe. clem. hydr.
tarent.
— evening: agar. aloe. bell. bism.
chin B. cupr. eye. ferr. hydrph. lach.
marum. mere i-il. roerc-i-r. nx-m. ol-
an. valer. viol-tr. znc.
— night : op. verat.
— air, in onen : merc-i-fl. tarent.
walking: alum. ang. cinnb. plb.
tarent.
— eating : bell. cist.
— meneea, before : aeon, fluor-ac. hyos.
during: /fuor-oe. stram.
— room, in the : amel. tarent.
— atoola, after : borax, nat-s. oxal-ac.
— anpper, after : cist.
Childiah behavior : aeon. anac. bar. carb-
an. carb-v. cic. eroe, ign. nz-m. par.
seneg.
— see also Foolish.
Children, aversion for : raph.
— desires to beat : chel.
to have, to beget : oxal-ac.
Clairvoyance : aeon. calc. cann-i. hyos.
phos. sil. stann.
Clinging to persons or furniture : ooff.
— child awakens terrified,knows no one,
screams, clings to those near : stram.
Clothed improperly : hell. hyos. stram.
Clondineaa, confusion. See Stnpefac-
tion.
Coldneaa, of disposition : plat, sabad.
squil.
Color, aversion for blue : tarent.
Company, averse to (desires solitude) :
aeon, ambr, alum. anac. antt. atrop.
aur, bar. bell. bufo. ead, calc. calc-p.
camph. cann-i. oar6-an. carb-v. chin.
cimic. cinnb. cic. clem, coloc con.
cupr. eye. dig, dios. elaps. eugen.
ferr. fluoi^ac. gels, graph, grat. hell.
hepar. hydr. hyos. ign. k-bi. k-ca.
lach. led. lil-t. lye. mag-m. mang.
men. naie. nat-m. nice. nx-v. petr.
phos. pie-ac. plat. puis. rhus. secale.
sep. stann. snlph. sul-ac. thu.
amel. when alone: bar. lye. plb.
»ep.
averse to having any one near :
sulph.
to meeting friends, whom he
imagines he has oflended : ara.
to presence of strangers : ambr.
bar. lye. petr. sep. stram.
avoids the sight of people : capr.
during hot stage of fever : con.
hyos. puU.
during sweat: ars. belL lach. lye.
puis. sep.
during menses : plat. sap.
desires to be let alone : cic
nx-v.
when pregnant : lach.
— deaire for ^aversion to solitude):
ant-t. ars. bism. bo v. calc*p. droa.
elaps. hyo!«. ign. k ca. lac-can. lil-t.
lye. mezer. jmos. ran-b. sep. fCrtna.
strych. verat. verb. znc.
sggr. when alone : brom. elaps.
phos. stram.
of a friend, evening : plb.
during menses: stram.
Complaining : aeon. ars. biam, bry, chin.
eina. cocc. dig. hell. ign. k-iod. lye.
nx-v. op. petr. puis. su/pA. tarent.
— alternating with delirium : bell.
— in sleep : Ml. ign.
— on waking : cina.
— of supposed injury : hyos.
— of his illness: ph-ac.
Comprehenaion. See Memory.
— difficult. See Mind, weakness of, etc
Conceala himself: ars. bell. capr. helL
puis, stram.
Concern, little as to his health : cocc
— see Fear, Anxiety, etc.
Condeacenaion : ars. croc. ign. lye.
mosch. ptUs. sil.
Confidence, want of self: anac. ang.
aur. bar. bell, calc cic. canth. chlor.
dros. hyos. ign. lach. lye. mere, nat-c
olnd. op. puis. rhuB. ruta. stram. sol*
ac. therid.
and thinks others have none,
which makes her unhappy : aur.
in his own strength : agn. ang.
canth. nx-v. olnd. viol-tr.
Confounding objects and ideas: calc
cann-s. hyos. nx-v. plat, sulph.
Confnaion. See under Head and com-
pare Bewildered, etc.
— of ideas. See under Thoughts.
Conacienoe, remorse of: alum. am-c.
ars. aur. bell, carb-v. caus. cham. cina.
eoee. coff.con.eupr.cycdig. ferr.graph.
22
Cooflcienoe.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
DMihk
hjroe. ign. lach. mere, nat-m. nit-ac.
nz T. puis. rata, sabad. selen. sU,
strain, stront. salph. verai, me,
aboat trifles : gU.
afternoon : am-c. carb-v.
night : puis.
waking, on : puis.
debility, with: am-c.
trembling, with : carb-v.
see also under Delusions and
Anxiety.
Conaoientiona : ars. cham. eye. hjos.
t^. iod. lye. nz-v. puis. sil. stram.
aniph. thu. verat.
^ontemptnons humor : alum. ara. chin,
cic guai. ign. ipec. lach. lye, nat-m.
nx-r. par. plat, puis, spong.
worse m open air or when sun
shines into room : plat.
for everything: chin. cina. ipec.
for self : agn. cop.
in paroxysms, against her will :
plat.
Contented: aloe. aur. caps, cic coca.
oooc. fluor-acgins. mag-s. men. mezer.
nat-c. op. spig. tarax. znc.
— see also Cheerful.
— after stool : ^oroj.
Contradict, disposition to: anac. arn.
aur. camph. canth. catis. ferr. grat.
hyos. ign. lach. lye. mere, nat-c. nice,
nx-v. olnd. poth. rata.
— is intolerant of: am-c. aur, canni.
ferr. helon. ign. lye. nice. nx-v. olnd.
has to restrain himself to keep
from violence : sil.
Contrary humor, everything is dis-
agreeable: aeon. alum. ambr. ant-c
ars. aur. bell. calc. caps. cans. con.
croc, hepar. ign. ipec lact. led. mag*
c. mag-m. mere, nit ac nx-v. petr.
phos. pib. ptUs. samb. sars. sil. spong.
sulph. trom.
— compare Ill-Humor, etc.
Conversation. See Talking.
Counting, continually : phys.
Courage. See Boldness.
Covetona. See Avarice.
Covirardice : aeon, agar. agn. alum, anac
ang. aur bar-ac bell. bry. calc. camph.
canth. carb-v. cans, ehin, cocc. coloc.
con. cupr. dig. dros. graph, ign. iod.
ipec k-ca. lanr. led. lyc mere mur-
ac nat-m. nit-ac nitr. op. phoa. ph-
ac p\h,puU. ran-b. rata, sabin. aecale.
sep. sil. spig. stann. sulph. sul-ac
taoac. thu. verat. verb, viol-tr.
Cxaay. See Insanity, and under Delu-
sions, etc
Criminal, thinks he is a : oob. eye dig.
hyos.
others know it : cob.
— see Delusions.
Critical mood. See Censorious.
Croaking : cina. cupr. cup-ac
— in sleep : bell.
Cross. See Fretful, lU-Humor.
Cruelty : anac. croc. op.
— desires to be cruel : abrot.
— compare Unfeeling.
Crying out: alum, ant-c arn. ars. bell.
borar. calc. cans, ekam, chin. cina.
ipec samb. sep. sil. verat.
during dreams: fluor-ac.
incoherent and rapid exclama-
tions : stram.
suddenly : apis, ars. glon. hell, hyoa,
lyc rhus. stram.
feels as though she must scream :
anac. calc elape. lil-t. nx-v. sep. sil.
— compare with Screaming, Weeping.
Cursing: anac ars. bell, borax, bov.
cann-1. coral, lil-t. lyc nit-ac nx-v.
op. plb. puis, verat.
— desire to: lil-t.
— during convulsions : ars.
— irresistible desire to curse and swear:
ANAC.
— all night and complains of stupid
feeling: verat.
Cut others, desires to: hydrph.
Dancing : aeon. agar. apis, bell, caon-i.
cic. con. croc. grat. hyos. nat-m. pb-
ac. plat. «(ram. tabac tarent.
-~' alternating with sighing : bell.
— desires to : croton. nat*m.
— grotesque: cic.
— unconscious: ph-ac
— wild : tarent.
Dark, mentallv worse in the : calc carb-
an. cans. plat. rhus. Mlram, valer.
Deafness, pretended : verat.
Death, fear of: aeon, agn. alum, am-c
anac. apis, ars. bar. bell. bry. calc
caps. cans. cooc. cupr. dig. graph,
hepar. ipec k-ca. lack, lyc moaeh. nitr.
nit ac nx-v. op. plaL pulH. rhus.
secale. squil. stram. verat. znc
during hot stage : calc cooc.
ipec. mosch. nit-ac. rata.
during sweat: nitr.
daring mensea: aoon. plat.
verat.
of sudden deatk: ars.
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Death.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Deliriam.
— desires : agn. apis. aur. carb-F. chel.
clem. creoB. der. gad. hura. lil-t. mere,
mezer. nat-s. nit-ac. op. pliyt. paor.
sU. verat-v. vip.
— — during convalescence : absin. aur.
lac-can. sep.
evening : aur.
— presentment of: aeon. agn. alum,
are. hupt.bell. chIc. canth. cimic cupr.
k-ca. lack, lye. mere, mosch. nat m.
nitr. nit-ac. nx v. plios. pUU. sep.
staph. Btram. verat. znc.
predicts the time : aeon.
— -^ — thinks of death calmly : znc.
believes that she will die soon
and that she cannot be helped:
agn.
— sensation of: sesc h. agn. camph.
cann-i. cic. graph, k-bi. nitr. nx-v. op,
plat. sil. verat.
during chill : cann-i.
during spa^m : nx-v.
— thoaghts of: ag^. stram. verat.
Deoeitfnl : coca. dros.
Deeds, feels as if could do great : hell.
Defiant: aeon. anac. am. canth. cans.
glial, lye. nx-v. spong.
Dejection. • See Sadness.
Deliriam : absin. acet-ac. aeon, aesc-h. »th.
agar, alcoh. am-c. anac. ant c. ant-t.
am. ars. aur. bapt. bell. bry. calad.
cact. calo. camph. cann-i. cann s.
canth. carb-v. chtim. chin, chin-s. cic.
cimic. eina. coff. colch. coloc. con.
crotal. croc, eup-ac cupr. dig. dulc.
ether, glon. hell, hipp hyon. ign. iod.
iatr. k bro- k-ca. lach. lachn. lact.
iil-t. lye. melt. men. mere, mere-c.
merl. mezer. mur ac. nitr. nit ac. nx-
m. nx-v. op. o -ac. petr. phos. ph-ac.
plat. plb. podo. psor. puis, ran-b. ran-
sc. rheum, rhod. rhvut. sabad. sabin.
sal ac. samb. seeale. strfim. sulph. sul-
ac. tarax. taxus. thea. valer. verat.
verat-v. vesp vip. znc.
— Compare with S|)eech,
— abandons her relatives : seeale.
— absurd t^inj^s, does : seeale.
— alternating with colic: plb.
with coma, also with somnolency :
plb. stram.
with sopor: acetac. cocc. plb.
vip.
— tetanic convulsions, lies on his
back, knees and thighs flexed, hands
joined : stram.
— antics, plays : lact.
anacioas: aeon. anac. bell, camph.
hepar. hyos. nx-v. op. phos. sil. stram.
verat.
apathetic : verat.
arms, throws about : bell.
attacks people with knife: hyos.
barking : bell.
bed. attempts to leave. See Escape*
— creeps about in ; stram.
biting: bell. bufo. hyos. hydr-ac.
seeale. stram.
blames himself for his folly : up.
blessing, asks a: bell.
basy : l»ell. camph. hyos. stram.
basiness. talks of: bry. op.
catches at flocks in air: hyos. lye
ph-ac znc.
— waves hands in air : op. stram.
— reaches out after objects : psor.
sulph.
— plays with hands : hyos.
see also Gestures.
cheerfal: aeon. bell. cact. oon. op.
sulph. verat.
— see also Laughing,
confused talking: bell,
constant: bapt.
crying: bell.
disconnected things, says : op.
dogs, talks of: bell.
embraces the stove: hvos.
w
erotic : cann-i. phos. stram.
escape, attempts to: alcoh. bell,
cupr. dig. mere. phos. strain, sal-ac
verat.
to leave bed : aeon, alcoh. strop.
curs. bell. bry. chin. cic. isal-ac. kyo8.
mere, mercc. op. phos. plb. sol-m.
stixim. sul-ac.
continually leaving and return-
ing to bed: bell.
from her familv, children : lye.
to run away : bell. bry. hyos.
stram. op. stram.
to change beds : ars. hyos.
springs up suddenly from bed :
bell. nx-v.
is restrained with difliculty:
znc.
to escape from window : valer.
wants to visit his daughter :
ars.
faces, sees strange faces, on closing
eyes : arw. calc. carb-v. chin, samb
fantastic : bell. cham. graph, hyos.
op. Sep. sil. spong. stram. sulph,
feces, swallows his own : verat.
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Delirium.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delirium.
— licks up cow-dung, mud, saliva :
mere
fierce ; agar. bell.
fight, wants to : bell. hyos.
— tries to kill people: secale.
stram.
foollBh, silly : aeon. seth. bell. mere.
stram.
foreign countries, talks of: cann-i.
— language, talks in a : stram^
frightful : aeon. anac. atrop. bell,
calc. colch. coloc. hyos. nx-v. op.
phos. puis. sil. aircan. verat. snc.
far, wraps up in, during summer:
hyos.
gather objects ofi the wall, tries to :
bell.
gay: agar, bell, cann-s. con. hjos.
lact. stfwn,
— alternating, of laughing, singing,
whistling, crying, etc. : stram.
with melancholy : agar.
geatorea, making : ars. hyos. mosch.
nz-T. puis, stram.
groping as if in the dark : plb.
home, prepares to go : bell.
— talks of: bell. bry.
— thinks is not at : bry. op. verat.
hyaterical, almost : bell,
incoherent : bell, loch, rhus,stn,m,
intoxicated, as if: carb-an. hyos.
vip.
-
■aes every one : verat,
knocking against walls : apis. con.
— face with fists : bell.
Jamping : aeon. bell. lact. mere,
laughing : aeon. bell. lact. op. sep.
stram. sulph. thea. verat.
loquaoioua : agar. bapt. bell. cupr.
lach. op. petr. plat. phos. plb. rhus.
stram. verat.
— indistinct : apis. hyos.
maniacal : aeon. seth. ailan. ant-cr.
ars. bell, camph. cann-i.canth. chin-
B. coff. colch. con. crotal. cupr. hell,
hyos. indg. led. lobel. lye. mere, mere-
c. nx-m. oena. op. plb. rhod. secale.
stram. tarent. tereb. verat.
merry. See Gay.
mouth, moves lips as if talking:
bell.
— puts stones in : mere,
murmuring : am. hyos. lye. rhus.
stram.
— slowly : ph-ae.
— to himself: hyos. tabae.
muttering : ailan. bapt. bell, crotal.
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hyos. mere. nx-v. op. stram. tarax.
verat.
— to himself: bell. rhus.
— in sleep : ars.
naked, strips himself: bell. hyos.
phos.
noisy : bell. hyos. stram.
nonaenae, with eyes open : hyos.
paroxysmal : bell. con.
periodic : samb.
picking at nose or lips, with:
arum-t.
pulling at bed-clothes: arn. ars.
bell, colch. hyos. lye. op. phos. psor.
rhus. stram. znc.
quiet: cup-ac. hyos. phos. plb. se-
cale. tabac.
raging, raving: aeon. seth. agar,
aleoh. ant-t. arg-n. ars. 6ett.brv. (»l1c.
camph. cann-i. canih, eic. chel. chin,
cimic. cina. colch. coloc. cupr. dig«
dulc. ether, glon. graph, hell, hyos,
hyper, jatr. lobel. lye, mere, mosch.
nx-m. asna. op, par. phos. plb.
puis, rheum. 8eoa/«. sol-n. stram, sulph.
sul-ac. tabac. tarent. verat. vip. znc
— alternating with consciousness:
aeon.
with religious excitement:
agar.
— when aroused : phos.
— in sleep : cup-ac. mur-ac.
— during convulsions : ars.
rambling : atrop. bell, plb.
recognises no one: mere stram.
— does not know his friends : bell,
hyos. nx-v. op. stram. tabac. verat.
reproachful : lye.
religious : aleoh. aur. verat
restless : aeon, atrop. plb.
roaming in fields, thinks is: rhus.
rocking to and fro: bell. hyos.
rolls on floor : op.
romping with children : agar,
running about: bell. eon. hell,
stram. sulph. verat.
— away : bell. cupr. dig. nx-v. verat.
— about and knocks head against
wall : eon.
same subject all the time : petr.
scolding : mere, stram.
screaming : atrop. bell,
singing: bell, cann-i. coec. cupr.
hyos. lact. stram. verat
— alternating with laughing, whist-
ling, crying, etc: stram.
silent : agar, secale.
Deliriam.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delosions.
— soUloqaiBes much : rhuB.
— sorrowful: acoxL belL dulc. Ijc.
puis.
— spits at those ahout him: canth.
cupr. hyos.
and licks it up or rubs it over the
floor : mere.
— strikes, attempts to: belL canth.
hyos. lye. stram.
— sudden : stram.
— talking loud : belL hyos. stram.
in rhyme : thea.
to herself: mere.
See Loquacious.
— tremens. See Mania-a-potu.
— nrinate on the floor, tries to : pib.
— visions: bell, berk bry. carb-v.
dulc. hell, hepar. hyos. k-ca. mag-m.
nat-c nit-ac. nx-y. op. phos. 9amb.
stram, sulph.
frightful: belL bry. op. puis.
stram.
— violent : atrop. ars. hyos. op, secale.
stram,
displaying great strength : agar.
is restraint and calmed with
great difiiculty : znc.
at night : aig.
compare with Having, etc.
— vivid : bell, stram.
— vociferous: stram.
see also Loquacious, Noisy.
— wandering. See £scape.
— water, jumping into : bell, secale.
— wedding, prepares for: hyos,
— inrild : colch. hydr-ac. hyos. stram,
at night : gal-ac plb.
— inrrongs, of fancied : hyos.
Conditions of delirium.
— evening : bell, canth. croc phos. plb.
during nap : nx-v.
— night : aoon. ars. bell, bry, cact cann-
i. canth. codein. colch. crotal. dig.
dulc. ether, graph, hepar. jabor. lye.
mere, merc-c. merc-sul. nx-y. op.
plb. stram.
worse at night : ars. plb.
— coldness, with : verat
— convulsions, during: ars. crotal.
after : absin. secale.
— drunkards, of. See Mania-a-potu.
— eating : amel. bell.
— epilepsy, during: op.
after : plb.
— eyes, on closing : bapt calc. lach.
with open: ars. bapt. bell. cham.
cofl*. coloc. hyos. op. stram. verat
— fatigue, study, etc, from : lach.
— fear of men, with : plat
— feet, with cold : znc.
— fever, during: »th. ailan. ars. bufo.
chin, morph. sulph. sul-ac.
without fever : samb.
— headaohe, during : aeon. agar. ars.
glon. mag-c. mosch. secale. tarent
verat.
— hemorrhage, etc., after : china.
— menses, during : bell. hyos. Ija nz-
m. stram. verat
— miscarriage, after : mta.
— nansea, with : ant-cr.
— pains, with the : dulc. verat
— sleep, during: ars. cact dna. cup-
ac. gels, mur^ac. sant
amel., after : bell. cact.
on falling: b(UL bry. cact calc.
camph. chin. gels. guaL Ign. mere.*
phos. ph-ac spong. sulph.
on awaking: aur. bry. carb*v.
colch. dula lobel. mere nat-c. par.
sep. stram.
on being aroused : phos. secale.
— sleepiness, with: aoon. arn. bry,
calc-p. coloc puis.
— sleeplessness, with: nz-m.
— stapor, with : bapt. lye nz-m.
— sweat, amel. : seth.
— trembling, with : valer.
Delusions, fancies, hallucinations, ilia-
sion8,etc. (Compare with Delirium.)
— abdomen, is fallen in, his stomach
devoured, hisscrotum swollen :8abad.
— absurd, ludicrous: cann-i.
— — figures are present: ambr. azg.
camph. cann-i. cans. cic. op. tarent.
— abundance, has an : sulpX.
— active : hyos.
— affection of friends, has lost: aur.
hura.
— angels, of seeing : ether.
— animals, of: absin. »th. ars. bell,
calc. cham. colch. kyos. lao-can. op.
puis. sant. stram. sulph. valer.
abdomen, are in : thu.
black on walls and furniture, sees :
bell.
bed, on : colch. plb. valer.
dancing on the : con.
beetles, worms, etc. : ars. belL
stram.
creeping of : lac-can.
in her : stram.
cup, in a, moving : hyos.
— — dark colored : bell.
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Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delusions.
- — dogs, cats, etc. : leth. stram.
— fire, in the : bell.
• — passing before her: thu.
- — persons are : hyos. stram.
— jumping at her: mere.
— rats^ mice, insects, etc.: bell. dmic.
stram.
— start out of the ground : stram.
— unclean : bell.
— surrounded by wolves : bell,
annihilation, about to sink into :
cann-i. carbn-h.
ants, bed seems full of: plb.
apoplexy , thought he would have:
arg.
argument, making an eloquent:
cann-i.
arma reach the clouds, when going
to sleep : pic-ac.
arrested, is about to be : bell, k-bro.
plb.
aasaalted, is going to be : tarent.
babies, are two in bed : petr.
beautifnl : bell. cann-L coca, sulph.
— landscape : coff.
— aU things seem, after micturition :
erig.
— even rags seem : sulph.
bed, feels as if not lying on, on
waking, 4 a. M. : hyper.
evening, as if some one would
get into and no room in it, or as if
some one had sold it ; nx-v.
as if some one was in, with
him : anac. apis. bapt. carb-v. nx-v.
op. petr. puis. rhus. valer.
— were raised : canth.
— some one over it : calc
^ under it : am-m. bell, calc
canth. colch.
stands at the foot, menac-
ing: chloral.
naked man is wrapped in
the bed-clothes with her : puU,
drives him out : rnus.
tries to take away the bed-
clothes : bell,
bees, sees: puis.
bells, hears ringing of: cann-i. ph-
ac. thea.
numberless sweet toned: cann-L
his funeral : ether.
bewitched, thinks he is : cann-i.
birds, sees : bell.
blind, that is : mosch. verat
blood does not circulate: atrop.
sulph.
— rushed through like roar of many
waters : cann-i.
body is brittle : thu.
— adherent to woolen sack, night,
while half awake: cocc-c.
— black, as if it were : sulph.
— covered the whole earth : cann-i.
— delicate : thu.
— greatness of, as to : plat staph.
— lighter than air : op.
— had come in pieces and could not
get the fragments properly adjusted :
phoa
— scattered about bed, tossed about
to get the pieces: bapL
— shrunken, like the dead : sabad.
— spotted brown, as if: bell.
— sweets, is made of: mera
— thin, is : thu.
— three-fold, has a : ars.
— will putrefy : bell.
born, feels as if newly': cori-r.
brain, has softening: abrot. arg-n.
brother fell overboard in her sight :
k-bro.
building stones, appearance of:
thu.
business, fancies is doing : bell. bry.
canth. cupr. phos,
— thought they were pursuing or-
dinary : bell.
butterflies, of: cann-L bell,
calls, some one : anac. ant-c. cann-L
dros. k-ca. pib. thu.
— for absent persons : hyos.
cancer, has a : verat.
castles and palaces, sees : plb.
cats, sees : aosio. arn. daph. hyos.
puis, stram.
caught, as if he would be : belL
chairs, thinks he is repairing old:
cnp-ac.
changing suddenly : cann-i.
child, thinks he is again a : cic.
— is with companions of his youth :
ether.
— wishes to drive children out of
house: fluor-ac.
— has childish fantasies: lye
choir, on hearing music thinks is
in a cathedral : cann-i.
choked, thinks he is about to be,
night on waking : cann-L
— by icy cold hands: canth.
Christ, thinks himself to be : cann-L
churchyard, visits a: anac, am.
beH stram.
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Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Deltuions.
clock, hears strike : ph-ac
olothea, thinks beautiful: eth.
9iUph.
is clad in rags : cann-i.
would fly away and become
stars, on undressing : cann-i.
clouds, strange, settled upon pa-
tients, or danced about the sun:
cann-i.
— before the fancy : hepar. mag-m.
rhus.
— heavy black enveloped her:
dmic.
— clouds and rocks above her : mag-
m.
cockroaches, swarmed about
room : bell
companiona seemed half men, half
plants : cann-i.
confaaion, imagines others will
observe her : cede.
conapiraciea against her father,
thought the landlord's bills were :
k-bro.
— against him, there were: ars.
plb.
oowarda, thinks persons leaving
him to be : cann-i.
crabs, of: hyos.
crazy, about to become and no one
will take care of him : lil-t.
— declares she will go : cimic.
creative power, has : cann-i.
oximinala, has hallucinations of:
alum. am-c. arn, bell, carb-v. cans,
cina. coce. coff. dig. ferr. graph, hyos,
nat-c. nit-ac nx-v. puis. ruta. sil.
stront. sulph. verat.
— thinks has committed a crime :
mere
— compare Anxiety as if a.
cucumbers, sees on the bed: hell
cut through, as if he were: Btrtan,
cylinder, seemed to be a : cann-i.
cyphers, sees : ph-ac. sulph.
danger, impression of: fluoi^aa k-
bro. stram, valer.
— to his life: plb.
— from his family : k-bro.
dead persons, sees: alum. am-c.
anac. arn. ars. aur. bar. beU. brom.
bry. calc. canth. cans. cocc. con. fluor-
ac graph, hepar. hura. iod. k-c(L laur.
mag-c, mag-m. nat-c nat-m. nit-ac
nx-v. op. phoB, ph-cuc. plat, ran-sc.
sars. sil. sulph. sul-ac thu. verb,
znc.
— morning, on waking, frightened
by images of: hepar.
— midnight, on waking : cann-i.
— corpse on a bier : cann-L
of dead brother and child:
con.
of sister : agar.
of absent acquaintance on Bo£sy
and has dread : ars.
of tall, yellow corpse trying to
share bed with him and promptly
ejected : bell.
— that her child was dead : 'k-bro.
— that he himself was dead : apifl»
camph. lach.
debate, of being in : hyos.
delirium tremens, visions as in:
bell.
delirious at night, expected to be-
come : bry.
— imagines he was delirious : cann-L
deserted, forsaken, thinks to be:
camph. cann-i. carb-an. hydrph.
hura. hyos. lil-t. nat-c plat, stram.
deapiaed, that is : arg-n. lac-can.
devils, sees : ambr. ars. belL cann-L
cupr. dulc hyos. k-ca. lach. nat-oa.
op. plaL puis, stram. sulph.
— are present : cann-i. op. phos.
— that he is a demon: camph;
cann-i.
— that persons are: plat
devoured, had been, by animala:
hyos,
ale, thought he was about to: aeon,
arg-n. cann-i. nit-ac. nx-v. rhus.stranu
— would, and soon be dissected:
cann-i.
— while walking, thinks he will
have a fit or die, which makes hini
walk faster : arg-n,
diminished : cann-i. cinnam. grat.
lac-can. sabad. sulph.
— everything in room is, while she
is tall and elevated : plat
— left side of body is smaUer: cin-
nam.
— whole body is: agar.
— abdomen has fallen in : sabad.
— short: lac-can.
— shrunken : sabad.
fingers and toes are : cann-L
— small : grat.
— thin, is too : thu.
dirty, that he is : rhus. lac-can.
— eating dirt : verat.
disabled, that she is: dt-v.
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Delosions.
MIND AND DISPOSIXrON.
Delnuoxu*
— disgraced, will be : sabin.
[ — diseaae, has incurable : arg-n. cact.
plb.
18 deaf^ dumb, and has cancer :
verat.
has an unrecognized disease : raph.
— divided, into two parts : bapL cann-
i. petr. puis. sil. stram. thu.
or cut in two : plat.
— and could not tell of
which part he had possession, on
waking : thu.
— - divine, thinks is : cann-i. stram.
-— doctors, thought three were com-
ing: sep.
— dogi, sees : am. bell, calc Ijc mere,
puis. sil. stram. snlph. verat. snc.
attack him : stram.
biting his chest: stram.
black : bell.
swarm about him : bell, stram.
— dolls, people appeared like: plb.
— doable, of being: anac. bapt. cann-
L glon. lil-t. mosch. petr. stram.
— See also Divided.
-— — sensationft present themselves in
a double form : cann-i.
— • dragged from the lowest abyss of
darkness, on waking: thea.
— dreamiag when awake, imagines
himself: bell.
— drinking : bell.
-* driving sheep : aeon.
peacocks : nyos.
— dumb, thinks is: verat.
-» eaten, as if would be : stram.
— elevated, in air : nit-ox.
carried to an elevation : oena.
bed were raised : canth.
— emaciation : sil.
— emperor, thought himself an:
cann-i.
— — talked of: carbn-s.
-— enemy, lies in wait : alcoh.
— — is under the bed : am-m.
•— — every one is, an : mere.
— — pursued by : droe. lack.
surroundea by : anac. carbn-s.
-* engaged in some occupation, is:
aeon. ars. atrop. bell, cann-i. cnpr.
cupr-ac. ether, hyos. hydrph. plb.
rhus. stram. verat.
in ordinary occupation : ars. atrop.
bell, ether, plb. stram.
— enlarged : aeon. alum. bell, earm-i,
glon. nat'C nx-v. op. plaL sabad.
stram. znc.
— parts of body : alum. op.
— nead is : aeon. cann-L sue.
— eyes are : bell. op.
— eve-lashes are : cann-L
— chin is : glon.
— scrotum is swollen : sabad.
— one leg is longer : cann-i.
— is very tall: op. pallad. plat,
stram.
— persons are : cann-i. cans.
— distances are : cann-i. nx-m.
— objects are : cann*i.
entering, fancies some is, night:
con.
epilepsy, fancies he has: atrop.
erroneona : bell, canth. hyos. nz-v.
stram. verat.
eternity, that he has lived an:
ether.
— that he was in : cann-L
excited : coflf.
ezecntioner, visions of an : stram.
eaciatence, doubt if anything had:
agn.
— doubted his own: cann-L
expanding, thought passers-by
were: canni.
— See also Enlarged,
experienced before, thought every*
thing had been : k-bi.
eyes, falling out : crot-c
— are larger: op.
- — lashes are longer : cann-L
• faces, sees : ambr. arg-n. calc. cann«
L cans. op. suljph. tarent.
— wherever he turns his eyes, or
looking out from comers: phos.
• — diabolical, crowd upon him:
ambr.
• — of distinguished people : cann-L
■ distorted, day, on lying down:
arg-n.
> — on closing the eyes: ars. bell. calc
carb-v. cans. chin. samb.
• — ridiculous : cann-L
■ — ugly faces seem pleasing : cann-L
• fail, everything will : aiv-n.
• fail, as if things would: hyos.
' family, does not belong to her own:
plat.
- lanoifnl : lach. <<ram.
- — in slumber : ant-c
- ftinlt-finding : bar-ac plb. rhus.
- fight, sees a : op.
- flgnres, sees : cocc.'nx-m. plb. sant
spong.
• — See Spectres.
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Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
DeluBionflL
— laige black about to spring on
him : moech.
— gigantic : atrop.
— marching in the air, evening,
while half asleep : nat-c
— harled bottle at : chloral,
fingers cut off: mosch.
— finger-nails seem as lar^ as plates,
during drowsiness : cann-i.
fire, visions of: alum, anaa ant-t.
ars. hell, eale. calc-p. clem, creos.
croc. daph. hepar. laur. mag-UL nat-
m. nitr. phoe. plat puis. rhod. rhus.
spiff, spong. stann. sulph. znc.
— aistant home on : biell.
— head is surrounded by : am-m.
— house on : bell, hepar. stram.
— neighbor's house on, morning,
waking, in a fright : hepar.
— room is on : stram.
— world is on : hepar.
fishes, flies, etc.: bell.
fioating in air : cann-i. canth. hura.
k-bro. nx-m.
— evening : bell.
— on closing eyes : penth.
— when walkinff : asar.
— bed is suspenoed : bell, stram.
-^ is not resting in bed : sticta.
— leg is floating : sticta.
fiaid, ethereal, surrounded by, re-
sisting passage : cann-i.
fiying, sensation of: asar. camph.
cann-i. ether, oena. op.
— from a rock into dark abyss, on
f^ing to bed : cann-i.
footsteps, behind him: crot-c
— in next room : nat-p.
forsaken. See Deserted.
foul, everything appears: curare,
fowls, sees : stram.
friend, thinks .she is about to lose
a: hura.
— has lost the affection of: aur.
— has offended : ars.
fxightfal : absin. atrop. bell, camph.
coca, nicot. op. rhod. stram.
— evening : calc.
— night: camph. carb-v. nit-ac
phos. tabac.
— on closing eyes : calc. cans. lach.
— on falling asleep : chin.
— of past events: spong.
farnitnre, imagines it to be persons,
night on waking : nat-p.
gallows, visions of, with fear of:
bell.
— geese, threw themselves into
water, thinking themselves to be:
con.
— sees: hyos.
ghosU. See Spectres,
giants, sees : b«ll.
giraffe, imagines himself to be a:
cann-i.
God, sees : ether.
— is the object of God's vengeance :
ether. k*bro.
goitre, imagines he has a: indg.
— has one which he cannot see ever
when looking down : znc.
grandeur, magnificent visions of:
carbn-e. coff.
grasp, has fantasies beyond his:
viol-od.
great person, is: seth. belL ocnm-i.
cupr. nydrph. phos. plat sulph.
verat
groans, fancies he hears : crotal.
— growling, as of a bear: mag-m.
hall, illusion of a gigantic : cann-L
hanging, sees persons: ars.
— three feet from the ground, on
falling asleep: hura.
— on standing high, seems as if :
phos.
hand, midnight visions of some-
thing taking her: canth.
— visions of white, outspread, com-
ing toward face in the darkness:
bensin.
harleqain, as if he were a : hyos.
hat is a pair of trousers, which he
tries to put on : stram.
head heavy, his own seemed too :
bry.
— large, seems too : aeon.
— large heads, make grimaoest even-
ing on closing eyes : euphr.
— pendulum, seems an inverted^
oscillating : cann-i.
— of deceased acquaintances, with-
out bodies, at night : nx-v.
— monstrous, on distant wall of
room : cann-i.
— thinks disease will break out of:
stram.
— transparent and speckled brown :
bell.
— shaking the : bell. cham.
hear, thinks he cannot : mosch.
he is deaf and dumb : verat.
— a bell : ph-ac.
— footsteps : canth. carb-v.
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Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delusions*
heat, has a furious, radiating from
epigastrium: cann-i.
heaven, is in : cann-i. op.
heavy, is: nat-c. thu.
hell, is in : camph. cann-i. mere.
— at gate of, obliged to confess his
sins: agar.
— - in shadows of, midnight, on wak-
ing : cann-i.
— suffers the torments of without
being able to explain : mere,
help, calling for : plat.
herba, ^thering : bell. cupr.
hide, tries to : bell. puis.
hoga, mistakes men for : hyos.
hole, small, appears like a frightful
chasm : agar. ^
home, thinks is at, when not : cann-
i. hyos.
— everything at, has changed : arg-n.
— thinks is away from : aeon. coff.
op. valer. vertit.
— wants to go : bell. bry. lach. op.
Terat.
horaea, sees : bell, mag-m. znc.
— is on horseback : cann-i.
hoaae is full of people : ars. cann-i.
con. lach. lye. mere, nat-m. nx-y. sil.
stram.
— seems morable: cann-i.
— not in right place, while walking,
after headache : glon.
— on each side would approach and
crush him, with vertigo : arg-n.
— is surrounded : stram.
hamillty and lowness of others,
while he is ^eat : plat, staph.
hunter, thinks is a: cann-i. verat.
Identity, doubted his own: phos.
plb.
imagea, phantoms, sees : ambr. an;-
n. ars. bell, calc. camph. carb-an. earb-
V. caus. cham. cic. coca. dros. dulc.
hell, hepar. hyos. £-ca. lach. mere,
nat-c. nit-ac. nx-y. op, phos. ph-ac.
plat. puis. rhus. sep. stram, sulph.
yerat.
— black: am. ars. 6^21. op. plat,
puis.
— frightful : ars. bar. bell, calc carb-
y. caus. chin. coca. con. croc, graph,
hepar. hyos. k-ca. laur. lye. mang.
mere, mur-ac. nat*c nit-ac nx-y. op.
petr. phos. ph-ac puis. rhod. rhus.
sars. sil. spong. stram. sulph.
— rising out of the earth : stram.
— sees all over : mere, nl.
-r^
side, at his : stram.
ever changing : carbn-ox.
fantastic, when alone: fluor-ac.
evening: lye.
before ^oing to sleep : earb-an.
on closing the eyes, in bed : sulph.
wall, on the : samb.
— hateful, afternoon, during
sleep : lye.
See Faces, Figures, Men, Spectres,
Visions, etc.
— immovable, sitting: cham. hyos.
puis, stram.
— inanimate objects are persons : bell,
nat-p.
— inferior, on entering house after a
walk, people seem mentally and
f physically : plat,
nflaenoe, has a powerful: cer-b.
injury, is about to receive: ars.
cann-i. eon. lach. lycf mere, nx-y,
sil. stram. sulph.
— is being imured : bry. eact. canth.
daps, hydrph. k-bro. phos. rhus.
stram. sulph.
— his fingers and toes are being cut
off: mosch.
inkatand, fancied he saw one on
bed : lact.
he was one : cann-i.
iodine, illusions of fumes of : iod.
inaecta, sees : ars. bell. phos. puis.
stram.
— shining: bell.
inaulted, thinks he is: alooh. bell,
k-bro. tarent.
ialand, is on a distant : phos.
Journey, as if on a: bell, brom.
cann-i. erotal. hyos. lach. mag-m.
nat-c op. sang. sil.
Jumped up on the ground before
her, all sorts of things : brom.
knowledge, thought he possessed
infinite : cann-i.
labor, pretends to be in, or thinks
she has pains: verat.
lady, fancied herself a noble : phoe.
large, people seemed too, during
vertigo : caus.
— parts of body seem too : alum. op.
— self seemed too : stram.
on entering the house : plat.
— See Enlarged.
laughed at, imagines she is : bar-ac
leg is too long : cann-i.
— is a tin case filled with stair-rods:
cann-i.
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Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delusions.
lies crosswise : stram.
life, symbols of, all past events, re-
yolye rapidly on wheels: cann-i.
— is threatened : k-bro.
light, on falling asleep thinks there
is too much in room : ambr.
limb, one is double : petr.
living under ordinary relations,
thinks is not : cic.
locomotive, imagines himself to
be: cann-i.
longer, thin^ seem: herb, camph.
creos. dros. nit-ac. sulph.
lost, fancies herself : aur. hura.
on waking : sesc-h.
Innatio, as if a : anac. hyos.
lying near him, fancies some one is :
petr.
— crosswise : stram.
— See also Bed.
ludioroaa: cann-i.
machine, thinks he is a working:
plb.
maelstrom, seemed carried down a
psychical : cann-i.
man, who hung himself, saw: ars.
— in the room intending to per-
forate his throat with a gimlet:
merc-i-fl.
— muffled, starts from the wall,
when walking : cann-i.
— thinks men are on the bed, at
night : mere.
— naked man in bed : puis,
— old men with long beards and
distorted faces, sees : laur.
mandarin, mistook friends for a
Chinese: cann-L
marble statue, felt as if he were :
cann-i.
marriage, is goin^ to be : hyos.
— must dissolve : fluor-ac.
masks, sees: k-ca. op,
melancholy : alum.
— while half awake, at night: nx-y.
— thoughts of himself or a friend
lying on a bier : anac.
melting away, sensation of, worse
from change, better in recumbent
position : sumb.
mice, sees: bell, ealc oolch. mag-s.
op.
inind and body separated : anac.
misfortune, inconsolable over fan-
cied : verat,
money, as if counting : alum. bell,
eye. mag-c« znc,
— is sewed up in clothing: k-bro.
— talks of: carbn-s.
monsters, visions of horrible : belL
camph. cann-L cic. lac-can. samb.
stram. tarent.
— on falling asleep and on waking:
— See also Spectres,
mountain, thought himself to be
on the ridge of a: cann-L
month, fancied living things were
creeping in : mere.
moving, as if things were: phos.
mnrdered, sees some one : c»lc.
— as if he would be: am-m. belL
hyos. ign. k-ca. lact. lye. mag-c mere
op. phos, stram. verat. znc.
— thinks persons were bribed to
murder him : cann-i.
— are conspiring to murder him:
plb.
— that he was killed, roasted, and
eaten : stram.
— that every one around him is a
murderer : plb.
— thought her mother had been:
nx-v.
mashroom, fancies he is com-
manded to fall on his knees and con-
fess his sins and rip up his bowels,
by a : agar.
mnsic. fancies he hears: cann-L
croc, stram. thn.
— delightful: plb.
— evening, hears the music heard in
the day : lye.
— sweetest and sublimest melody:
cann-i.
— nnearthly : ether,
matilated bodies, sees: ant-cam.
con. mag-m. mere. nx-v. sep.
mystery, everything around seemed
a terrifying? : cann-i.
— mystic hallucinations: ether,
naked, thinks is : stram.
narrow, everything seems too : plat,
needles, sees : mere «i^.
neglected or despised, is : arg-n.
neyy, everything is : stram.
neyyspapers, thinks he sees : atrop.
noise, hears : bell. calc. canth. carb-
V. cham. colch. con. mag-m.
clattering about bed : calc.
of shouts, vehicles : cann-L
steps in room : canth.
knocking under bed : canth.
nose, has a transparent : bell.
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Bdnsioiu.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delusions.
— has some one else's : lac-can.
— takes people by : mere,
numeral, appeared nine inches long,
night on waking, better on other
side : sulph.
nnraing her child, imagines she
was : atrop.
nuts, as if cracking : hyos.
objects, brilliantly colored : bell.
— crooked : glon.
— appear different: nat-m.
^ flight from : stram.
— glittering: beli.
— numerous, too, in room : phys.
— sometimes thick, sometimes thin,
on closing eyes: camph.
— tries to seize: ars. atrop. bell,
hyos. oena.
— are present : cann-i.
— in open air : atrop.
obscene : stram.
officer, thinks he is an : agar. bell,
cann-i. cupr-ac.
ox, as if riding on : bell,
paradise, thought he saw : coff.
— is in : cann-i. op.
past, of events, long : atrop.
peacocks, as if chasing : hyos.
people, persons, are looking at
him : rhus.
— sees: bell. hyos. op. mtLg-c, pul».
rheum, sep. stram.
— some one is behind him : anac
brom. case, crotal. staph.
— is beside him: anac. apis. ars.
bell, camph. carb-v. nz-v. petr. valer.
doing as he does:
ars.
— See Bed, Room, etc.
persecution, fancies himself to be
subjected to: china, hyos. k-bro.
stram.
pieces. See under Body, Divided,
etc.
places, of being in different : cann-
i. lye. plb. raph.
— at night on waking thoufrht to
find himself in strange and solitary :
par.
— in wrong : hyos.
pleasing : atrop. cann-i. op. stram.
— moraing, after sleep : bell.
poisoned, thought ne had been:
hyos. plat-m.
— that he was about to be : plb. rhus.
— medicine being: lach.
— See under Fear of.
policeman come into house,
thought he saw : hyos. k-bro.
poor, thinks he is: bell, calc-fl.
hepar. nz-v. Mp. stram. valer.
— family will starve : ars.
possessed, as if : anac. bell. hyoe.
pins, hunts: sil.
— is afraid of: spig.
pregnant, thought herself: ign.
verat.
present, some is : hyos. lye. tha.
— See People,
prince, is a: verat.
proud : plat, stram. verat
pulling one's hair : belL
pursued, thought he was: absin.
anac. bell. plb.
— by enemies : absin. lach.
— by friends : plb.
— by ghosts : lepi.
— by police : alcoh. k-bro.
— by murderers, robbers : alcoh.
— by soldiers : absin.
— See also Persecuted,
rabbits, sees : stram.
railway train, thought he was
obliged to go off by : atrop.
rain, from having wet cloth on head,
thought he had t^n out in : atrop.
rats, sees: bell.
— of all colors : absin.
— running across room : Kth.
reading l^hind him, some is, which
makes him read the faster : niag-m.
reason, is losing : aeon. calc. cann-L
chel. lam. mere, nat-m. tanac
— worse walking in open air : aeon,
reproaches, is neglected and de-
serves : aur.
repudiated by relatives, thinks is:
hura.
rich, felt himself unusually : alooh.
bell, cann-i. sulph. *
riding on an oz : bell.
a horse : cann-i.
roasted, as if would be: stram.
robbing, of: k-bro.
room, is in another : cann-i.
— is a garden : calc.
— sees people in, at bedside : atrop.
on entering : lye.
— is like the foam of a troubled
sea: secale.
— walls of, seemed gliding together:
cann-i.
sees horrible things on the
walls: bell. cann-L samb.
33
Delusions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Deloaions.
■a^ thoaght he was a hogei darting
up and down : cann-i.
Bcorpiona, sees : op.
acratohlng on linen or similar sub-
stance, thoaght some one was : asar.
aorotum, thinks his is swollen:
sabad.
seised, as if: canth.
sensationa, misrepresents his : belL
aerpent, a crimson, fastening on
his neck : bell.
■arvanta, thinks he must get rid
of: fluor-ac.
ae^ring, imagined herself to be:
atrop.
ahip, thinks they are on board of,
in a storm : alcoh.
ahoot, tries to, with a cane: mere
ahopping, with her sister : atrop.
ahoating, fancied himself to be:
cann-i.
aick, imagines himself to be : bell,
calc. sabad.
— that he was going to be : nat-c.
— that two sick people were in bed,
one of whom got well and other did
not: secale.
side, imagined himself alive on one
side and buried on the other : stram.
— that she did not own her left : sil.
ainging, fancied himself to be:
cann-i.
akeletona, sees : op.
■leaping, while awake insists that
he was : aeon, alcoh.
amall, things appear : plat, stram.
— sensation of being smaller : aoon.
tarent.
— Bee also Diminished.
— things grow smaller: camph.
carb-y. nit-ac.
anakes in and around her: lac-can.
aotla-water, thinks he is a bottle
of: cann-i.
aold, as if would be: hyos.
aoldiera, sees : bdl. bry. nat-c op.
— on his bed : lact.
— cutting him down, better on get-
ting cool : bry.
— march silently past : cann-i.
aoot, showers of fell on him : cann-i.
monovr, thinks every one he meets
has a secret : cann-i.
aoal, fancied body was too small
for, or that it was separated from :
cann-i.
aoanda, listens to imaginary : hyos.
_
apaoe, fancied he was carried into,
when lyin^ : coca.
— expansion of: cann-i.
apeotrea, ghosts, phantoms, etc,
sees: alum. ambr. am-c. ant-t art.
atrop. bell. bov. carb-v. cooc. dnlc.
1^. k-ca. lach. mere, nat-c. nat-m.
nit-4ic. op. phys. plat. puis. sars. sep.
sil. spig. stram. sulph. tarent.
— on closing eyes : arg-n. bell. brr.
calc chin. ign. led. nat-m. samb.
stram. thu.
— in fire : bell.
— black forms, when dreaming : am.
ars. puis.
— clutches at: hyos.
— of death as a gigantic black
skeleton : crot-c
~ which continues to enlarge nntil
it disappears, morning on waking:
dulc
— feel as if spectre would appear in
evening : brom.
— is pursued by : stram.
apeeohea, makes : am. cham. lach.
aphere, thought himself a : cann-L
apinal column a barometer : cann-L
aplnning, is : hyos. stram.
— dreams he is : sars.
apotted brown, is : bell,
apittle, licking up: mere,
aqaare, fancies of a colossal sur-
rounded by houses a hundred stories
high: cann-L
atampa with the feet : ant-c verst.
atara, saw in his plate : cann-L
atarve, family will : ars.
— See also Poor.
■tomach, thinks has corrosion of:
ign. sabad.
atonea, taking into mouth : mere
atove for a tree, mistakes : hyoa.
atrange, everything is : cic nx-m.
plat, staph, stram.
— familiar things seem: atrop.
bar-m. bell. calc. cann-i. cic croc
glon. hydrph. hyos. mag-m. moech.
op. plat rhuB. stram. verat.
are horrible : plat
areludicrous: cann-i. hyos.
nx-m.
places seemed : rhns-r.
after headache : glon.
— land, as if in a : bry. par. plat,
verat.
— stran«fers seemed to be in the
room: tarent
34
DelosioDs.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Delusioiu.
aboat her while knitting:
mag-e.
looking over shoulder : brom.
friends appear as : stram.
saperhaman, is : cann-i.
— is under control : lach.
ftOTZoandinga are capacious : ferr.
surrounded bj friends, is: bell,
cann-i.
aw-immlng, is : cann-i.
swollen, is: cann-i. carb^.
— See also Enlarged.
sword, hanging over head : am-m.
talking, imagines he hears : elaps.
stram.
— fancies herself: raph.
— irrationallv : nit-ac.
— loudlj and incoherently, to im-
aginary persons : bell.
— of persons as though near, about
midnight: sep..
— of with dead people : bell, nat-m.
stram.
— to inanimate objects : stram.
tall, fancies herself Tery : stram.
— had grown, while walking : pallad.
— as if he were : stram.
— things grow taller : camph. creos.
dros. nit-ac. sulph.
thievea, sees : alum. ars. aur. bell,
k-ca. mag-c. mag-m. mercnat-c. nat-
m. petr. phos. sil. verat. znc.
— in house : cann-i. mere, nat-m. sil.
— after a dream, and will not believe
the contrary until search is made :
nat-m.
— dreams of robbers, is frightened
on awaking, and thinks dream is
true : verat.
— that house and space under bed
are full of: ars.
thin, is getting : sulph.
— body IS : thu.
throat, some one with ice-cold
hands took her by the : canth.
time, exaggeration of duration of:
cann-i.
— seems earlier: sulph.
too short: cocc. coca. thea.
therid. thu.
too long: cann-i. nx-m.
— See Ennui and Time.
toes, cut off: mosch.
tongne, seems to reach the clouds,
when going to sleep : pic-ac.
— pulling out : bell.
tormented, thinks is: chin.
touching everything : bell,
toys, fancied himself playing with :
atrop.
— oDJect seemed as attractive as :
cic.
tranaferred to another room : coloc.
— to another world : cann-i.
transparent, seemed to be : cann-L
— head and nose are : beU.
traveling, of: cann-i.
— through worlds : ether.
trees, seem to be people in fantastic
costume, afternoon, while riding:
bell.
trembling, of everything on him,
at night, when only hidf awake:
sulph.
troubles, broods over imaginary:
niga.
tartles, sees large, in room : bell.
typhoid fever, tnought he would
have : naja.
unpleasant : bell.
— distinct from surrounding objects :
bell.
unreal, everything seems: cann-i.
lil-t staph.
unseen, thing: tarent.
vagina, living things creep into, at
night: mere.
vanish, seems as if everything
would: lye.
vegetable existence, thinks he is
leading a : cann-i.
— thinks he is selling green : cup-
ac.
vengeance, thinks she is singled
out for Divine : k-bro.
vermin, sees crawl about: alum,
am-c. ars. bov. k-ca. mur-ac nx-v.
phos. ran-sc. sil.
— his bed is covered with : ars.
vexations and ofienses, of: cham.
chin. dros.
violence, illusions about: k-bro.
visions: alum. ambr. bell, calc,
cham. graph, hyos. Ivc nat-m. nz-m.
op. plat. rhod. sep. sil. spong. stram.
sulph.
— See also under Faces, Images,
spectres, etc.
— imaginary power of: cann-i.
— fantastic : ars. hyos. op.
— beautiful: bell. coca.
— horrible : bell. mere. op. stram.
vivid: cham. ether, op. spong.
tlram.
35
Ddttsions.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
DeBpondeiugr.
▼oloes, hears : anac. cann-L eham,
lye. mane. plb. strain.
— eonfused, worse swallowing or
walking in open air : benas-ac.
— distant : bell.
— in bed. worse when listening in-
tently: aorot.
— are in his abdomen : thn.
— his own sounds strange and seems
to reverberate like thunder: cann-L
walk, faneies he cannot : ign.
that he walks on his knees:
bar.
inrallft, is surrounded by high:
cann-i.
inrant, faneied that he would oome
to : ealc-f.
— that they had come to : cann-i.
— See Poor.
warta, thinks has: mezer.
washing, of: bell.
water, illusion of blue: cann-i.
— of disasters by : ,eann-i.
— a spoonful, seems like a lake :
agar.
— when drinking thought it deli-
cious nectar : cann-i.
— sees flowine : mere.
wealth imaginations of : bell.cann-L
k-bro. verat.
weight has no : cann-i. op.
well, thinks he is : cinnb. creos.
where he is, knows not: atrop.
boy. mere.
— on waking : puis.
from a dream : cann-s.
wind sighing in eliimney sounded
like the hum of a vnst wheel, and
reverberated like a peal of thunder
on a grand organ : cann-L
wires, is caught in : cimie.
wolves, of: hell.
^romen, fancies his mother's house
is invaded by lewd : k-bro.
— are evil and will injure hb soul :
puis.
— illusions of old and wrinkled:
cann-i.
iKTork. is hard at : rhns.
— is hindered at: chin,
^trorms, imagined vomitns to be a
bunch of: cann-i.
wretched, thinks she looks, when
looking in a mirror : nat-m.
wrong, faneies he has done: dig.
mere.
— has suffered : lach. niga.
Deserted. See Abandoned, Fomken,
etc.
Desires. See the things desired.
Despair: aeon, agar. agn. all-c aloe.
alum. ambr. am-c. ant-U am. ABB.
aster, aur. bad. bov. brom. bry. eo^e.
cann-i. canth. carb-an. carb-v. eoitt.
cham. chel. chin, oocc colch. capr.
der. dig. eup-per. gamb. graph. helL
helon. hepar. hura. hydr-ac hyos.
ign. iod. k-bi. k-bro. Uuh, lye. mere.
morph. nsya. nat-e. nat-m, nat-s. nitr.
nit-ac. nx-v. orig. peiT,p\h. paor.pnlt.
Thus, secale. sil. stann. stram. ndpk*
therid. valer. veraL
— about others : tmr.
— of health : cale. staph.
— — recovery : aeon. ars. bapt. bar.
bry. calc. cann-i. cham. creos. hell,
hura. ign. k-ea. nat-s. nx-v. siL
therid.
despairs of recovery daring
convalescence: psor.
— in fever, intermittent, during the
chill : aeon, ant-t. ars. aur. bry. cale.
cham. cupr. graph, hepar. ion. mere,
nx-v. rhus. sep. verat.
during the hot stage : aeon,
ars. carlxu cham. con. graph, ign.
puis. sep. tpong, stann. suTph. verat.
diiring the sweat : ars. calc.
carb-v. cham. graph, lye. §ep. stann.
verat.
— pains, with the: ars. aur, carb-v.
cham. eolch. lit-t nx-v.
from pain in stomach : ant-cr. eoff.
— religions (of salvation, etc.): ars.
aur. calc. lach. lit-t. lye. psor. pnls.
stram. gulph. verat.
— social position, of : verat.
— vomiting, when : ars-h.
Despises. See Contempt.
Despondency, hopelessness, etc : aoon.
sse-h. agn. aloe. ambr. am-m, anac
ant-t. arg-n. am. ars. aur. bapt. bar.
bell, frry.calc camph. canth. carb-an.
- carb-v. cans. cham. chin, cocc co£
colch. eon. creos. dig. erlg. gad. geU.
GRAPH, ham. hell, hepar. bura. hydr.
hyos. ign. iod. k-bi. k-ca. laeh. lour.
lil-t lye mag-m. mere, hezeb. mnrx.
mur-ac nat-ars. nat-c nat-m. natnp.
nice, nit-ac. nx-v. op. petr. phoe. ph-
ac pin-s. plan. plb. psor. puis. rhus.
ruto. 'sabad. secale. sep. sil. spig. staon.
staph, sulph. sul-ac sumb. tabac thn.
tilia. verat. verb, xanth. znc
36
Despondency.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
DoubtfoL
— compare with Anxiety, Despair,
Sadness, etc.
— believes all he undertakes will fail :
arg-n. lac-can.
— dinner, after : tilia.
— domeatio affairs, about : yiol-tr.
— evening : arU-L senec. nat-p. znc.
— fever, with : eup-per.
— naaaea, after : tabac.
— night, at : plat. rhus.
Deatmotiveneas of things: bell. cnpr.
mere i-fi.
— of clothes : sulph. tarent.
cuts them up : verat.
Dictatorial conduct : camph. cans. ferr.
lach. lye. mere.
Dlaagreeable. See Ill-humor.
Diaconcerted : brom. ign.
Dlaconaolate. See Sad.
Dlacontented, displeased, dissatisfied,
etc. : aeon. seth. agn. alum. am-c. am-
m. ang. am. ars. aur. bell, bitm, bry.
calc. calc-p. canth. carb-an. caps.
cans. chin. cic. eirkx^cinnb. clem. cocc.
oolch. coloc. con. creoa. croton. cupr.
dulc. ferr. ham. hepar. hipp. ign.
indg, k-ca. laur. led. lept. lil-t. lye.
mag-6. mang. men. mere, mur-ac.
nat-c. nil-ac. nitr. ol-an. orig. par.
petr. phos. ph-ac. plat. plb. prun.
puZs. ran-b. rhod. rhu8. ruta. sep. gU.
spong. stann. staph, sulph. tarent.
thu. tilia. yiol-tr.
— with himself: agn. aloe. ars. aur.
bell. bry. calc-p. cans. cham. cinnb.
cob. cooc. hepar. k-ca. lye. mang.
men. mere, mezer. mur-ac. nit-ac.
ph-ac. puis. ruta. sulph. tarent. yiol-
tr.
— — is sorry for himself: agar, nit-ac.
— with his surroundings: ang. ekam.
chel. par. men. mere, mezer. plat.
— with everjrthing: am-e. apis. am.
bism. cann-B. cham. ooff. colch. eugen.
grat. hepar. hipp. ign. iod. nat-e.
puis. samb. sep. spong. sulph. thea.
— air, in open : mur-ac.
— morning : hipp. plb. puis.
before stool : horca.
— evening : fluor-ac. hipp. ign. ran-
b. rhus.
— coition, after: eaU.
— eating, after : fluor-ac.
— menaea, during : cast, tarent.
— pain, during : hepar.
— rainy weather, in : aloe.
— - atool, before : borax.
— y^eeping, amel. : nit-ac.
Diacooraged: cuxm. agar. agn. aloe.
alum. ambr. anae. ang. ant-c. ant-t.
arg. am. ara. aur. bar. bell. bry.
calad. calc. camph. canth. carb-an.
carb-y. cans. cham. chvn. chin-s.
cocc. cofl*. colch. coloc. con. cony-d.
cupr. dig. dro8. gran, graph, hell,
hepar. hydrac hyos. ign. lod. ipec.
k-bi. k-ca. lack. laur. lye. mere
merc-c. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m. nat-s.
nitr. nit-ac. nx-y.olnd. op. p«tr. phos.
ph-ac. plb. podo. psor. puU. ran-b.
rhus. sabin. secale. sep. sil. spig.
stann. stram. sulph. sul-ac. tabac.
tarent. therid. thu. valer. verat. verb,
viol-tr. znc.
— after coition : sep.
— evening : ferr-p. ran-sc. rhus,
when eating, amel : tarent
— when walking : am-c. ph-ac.
Diaguat : cimx. puis, sulph.
— See also Loathing.
Diaheartened/See Discouraged.
Dlaobedlence : aeon. agn. amrc. am-m.
am. canth. caps. cans. chin. dig. guai.
lye. nit-ac. nx-y. phos. spig. sulph.
viol-tr.
Deaplae, disposition to : ars. ipec.
Dlapleaaed. See Discontented, Vexed,
etc.
Diapatlng : cans. ferr. hyos. lach. mere.
— See also Contradict.
Dlaaatiafied. See Discontent.
Diaaected, thinks he would be : cann-i.
Dlatance, inaccurate judge of: eannHi.
stram.
— exaggerated u : earm-i. glon.
— compare with Size.
Dlatractlon : a^con, ars. canth. clem.
oolch. eye. hyos. k-ca. lye. mag-m.
mosch. nat-c. nx-m. ol-an. orig. pnos.
plect. raph. sil. spong. stann. sulph.
thu. yerat
— compare with Mind, absence of, etc.
— during conversation : lye.
— while reading : lach.
studying: hell.
writing: aeon. mag-c
Dlatmatfal. See Suspicious.
Diatorbed, ayerse to being : bry. gela.
Doga, afraid of: chin, stram.
Dogmatic. See Dictatorial.
Doleful. See Sad.
Domineer, desires to : lye
Doubtful: ars. aur. bar. chin, graph,
mur-ac. nx-y. sil. thu.
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Doabtfal.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Excitement.
— compare with Despair, Fear,
Anxiety, etc.
— of recovery : aeon, agn. brj. calc.
ign. k-oa. lach. nx-v. phos. ph-ac.
psor. puis. sep. solph.
— of soul's welfare: ars. aur. bell,
croc. dig. hyos. lach. lil-t; nx-v. pols.
selen. stram. vercU*
Dread. See Fear.
Dreaming, while awake (dreamy mood):
aeon, auac ang. am. ars. bell. cham.
capr. hepar. hyos. lach. lil-t. mere.
nat-m. ol-an. op. phos. ph-ac. phjs.
sil. stram. thu. ziz.
— about the future, poetical : olnd.
— compare Fancies.
Drinking on the sly : sulph.
Droinrn himself, disposition to: ant-e.
bell. hell. hyos. puis. rhus. secale.
verat.
Drunken, seems as if. See Stupefaction
under Head.
Dnllneaa. See under Head.
Duty, feels as if had neglected : cyo.
nat-ars. puis.
during headache : niga.
Barneatneas: seth. am-c. am-m. boy.
cham. chin, dna, cocc. eye. euph.
ferr. grat. led. nx-m. plat, ph-ac.
spig. staph, thu. tilia.
— See also Serious.
Bocentricity : yerat
Bcatacy: aeon. agar. agn. ang. ant-c.
am. bell. bry. cann-i. cham.. coff.
lach. olnd. op. phos. ph-ac. plat plb.
yaler.
— amorous: op. pic-ac.
during sleep : phos.
Elated : coca. iod.
— alternating with sadness: senec.
— compare Cheerful, Contented, etc.
Blevation, mental : op.
— morning, on walking in open air:
cinnb.
Embarraaaed : chin. hyos. sulph.
— in company : ambr, carb-y.
Bmbraoea companions: agar.
— anything, in morning, worse in open
air : plat.
Emotiona, predominated by the intel-
lect : yaler. viol-od.
— easily excited : morph. surab.
Ennai : alum. bar. borax, camph. chin.
con. elaps. ferr. hura. hydr. lach.
lye. mag-m. mane, mezer. nai-c, nitr.
fUMj. petr. plat. plb. tarent. znc.
— see Loathing of Life.
Envy : ars. bry. calc lach. lil-t. lye. nat>
c. puU. sep. staph.
Eaoaping, fleeing from house: aeon.
bell. bry. cocc. ooloc. eupr. dig. hyos.
lach. mere. nx-y. op. puis, stram.
verat,
— see also under Delirium.
Eatranged from her family : anac con.
hepar. nat-c. nai-m, phos. pl&t. aep.
— flies from her own cnildren : lye-
Exaltation of fancy : agar. agn. alum.
ambr. am-c. anac. ang. ant-c am.
ars. aaaf. aur. heli. bry. calc. cann-L
canth. caus. chin, ooff. con. croc dig.
graph, hyos. k-ca. lach. lad. lye
meph. mur-ac nx-y. olnd. op. oxal-
ac. phos. ph-ac. puis, sabad. aiL
stram. sulph. yaler. yerb, yiol-od.
— See also Excitement.
— in company : pallad. sep.
— neryous : bell. coff. nx-y.
— then dull : anac.
Ezoitability: ooon. am. asar. carb-y.
cham. chin. ign. maram. nit-ac iu>v.
puis, yaler. yerat.
Eacoitement: abrot. aoet-ac. aeon. agar,
agn. alum. ambr. am-c. ang. ant-c
ant-t. am. aaqf. anr-m. bell. bry. calad.
calc-p. campn. cann-L cham. cheL
chin, cic clem. cob. cocc eoff. coloc
con. creos. croc, crotal. cubeo. cupr.
'eye dig. elape. eucal. eup-per. ferr.
ffuor-ac gels. glon. gran, graph,
hell. hura. hydr-ac hyos. iod. k-bL
k-ca. kiod. lac-can. lach, laur. lachn.
lil-t. lye. mag-s. marunL meph. mere
merc-c. mill, mur-ac nat-c nat^m.
nat-p. nilroc, nx-j. nt-v. ol-jec op.
oxal-ac. petr. phos. ph-ac. plaL plect
psor. rapn. rheum, rhus. sabad. sal-
ac. samb. sang, secale. seneg. sep. tiL
spong. stram. sulph. sul-ac tabac
tarenL thea. thu. trill, valer. verb.
yiolod. vip. znc. ziz,
— alternating with conyolaons:
stram.
delirium : agar.
— oonfaaion, as from : nx-m.
— convulaive : canth.
— emotional : alum, cann-i. phos.
— feveriah : ant-t. chlor. colch. cubeb.
mere, mercc. phos. secale. seneg.
sul.-i.
in eyening : merc-c
at night : sulph.
after dinner : sep.
during menses : rhod.
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Excitement.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Fear.
— nervous: acok. arg-n. cinnb.
phos. strvc. sul-ac. tarent. thea.
— atomaoh, with pain in pit of:
mill.
— tremaloua: anr.
— ▼aaoular : ozal-ac. aep.
— as from ^7ine : Ijc. moech.
Coiiditiona of excitement.
— morning : ars. seth. chin-s. cop. lach.
lye, mang. nat-m. sep.
— afternoon: aloe. ang. cann-L iod.
lye.
— evening : am-c. carb-v. chel. daph.
ferr. flaor-ac. lye. mezer. nx-v. oxal-
ac. phel. phos. sumb. znc.
— night: am-c. apis. dig. ferr. hura.
nit-ac. plect. sep. sulph. thu.
— — dnnng sleep : lye.
on wiucing : cocc-c. tha.
— beer, after : cooc-c.
— fever, dnring: sulph. tarent.
— — with heat of head : meph.
— . menaea, before : mag-m.
dnring : cop. ferr. mag^m. rhod.
tarent,
after : ferr.
— mlctnrition, during : aloe.
— mnaic, from : sumb. tarent.
— sadneaa, after : spig.
" Bleep, after : sep.
— talking, when : mere.
" tea, after : sulph.
— toothache, after: sep.
— 'walking, after : cans, fl-ac nat-m.
Bxolamation. See Crying out.
Bzpreaaion. See under Face.
Bxtravaganoe; am-c. bell. cans. chin.
croc. iod. petr. phel. ph-ac. plat,
stram. verat.
Faces, sees: ambr. apis, arg-n. calc.
carb-an. cans. op. sulph.
— See also Faces, Images, etc, under
Delirium and Delusions.
Fall, fancies objects around him would :
hyos.
Fancies: agar. anac. ang. apoc. am.
bell, cann-i. chel. coca. con. conv-d.
elaps. hyoe. lach. mag-m. meph.fiwre.
op. petr. phos. plan.sabad. sep. sulph.
verb. znc. ziz.
— See also Delusions.
— evening : am-c. anac. chel. sulph.
•— night: are. aur. eham, hipp. hydr.
ign. petr. sep.
— after going to bed : hell. phos.
^ on reading: mag-m.
— oonfosed: hyos. phos. stram.
— frightful: hydi^ac hydr. mere,
stram.
— lasoiviona : am-c. anac aur. calc.
dig. graph, hipp. lye op. tha.
verb.
— vivid: eye. hell. hyos. lack, n%ja.
stram.
when falling asleep : nat-m.
Fatigue, mental : ambr. asar. bar. eale,
cham. ciccolch. graph, iod. laur. Ud.
lye. mere, nat-c. nat-m. nx-m. nx-o.
petr. phos. pie-ac puU. sars. selen.
sep. spig. spong. staph, sulph. sul-ac
valer.
— after eating: lach.
— mental labor from brief: graph, ph-
ac. pic-ac. staph.
— from reading : sil.
and writing: cann-s. sil.
— from the pain : sars.
— after vexation : znc
Fanlt-flnding. See Censorious.
Fear: acet-ac. a.con. agn. aloe. alum.
am-c anac ang. org, asaf. ant-c aur.
bapt. bar. bell, borax, bry, calad. eale,
camph. cann-s. carb-an. carb-v. caus.
cham. chin, cic cimic coca. cooc.
coff. coloc con. crotal. cupr. daph.
dig. dros. euph. gent. glon. graph,
hell, hepar, hyos. hvper. ign. ipec
k-ca. k-iod. lach. lobel. lye mag-c
mag-m. mane, merc-i-r. mezer. mMeh,
murx. mur-ac nol-e. nat-m. niccni^.
nit-ac nx-v. op. petr. phoe. vlaL
peer. p%tU, ran-b. rapb. rheum, rnod.
rhus, rhus-v. rata, secale. sep. siL
spig. aquil. staph, stram. sulph. sul-
ac tabac tarent. tilia. valer. znc
— compare throughout with Anxiety,
and see Frightened.
— accidents, of: aeon. gins.
— animals, of: caus.eAtn. hyos. strani.
— alone, of beiuf: ars. calc camph.
eon. dros* elaps. iiyos. k-ca. lye ran-
b. sep. stram.
lest he injure himself : ars.
— apoplexy, of: arg. fluor-ac nat-c.
phos.
at night, with feeling as if head
would burst : aster-r.
during stool : verat.
on waking : glon.
— - approaching him, of others : anac
am. con. ign. iod. lye
in delirium : cupr.
children cannot bear to have any
one eome near them : cino.
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Fear.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Fen.
bad Dews, of hearing: dros. hydrph.
Dat-p.
bed, of the : cann-s.canth. lye. mere.
nat-c.
— to go to: aeon,
bitten, of bein^: hyos.
brain, of softening of: abrot. asaf.
brilliant objects, looking-glass, etc.,
fear of, or cannot endure : stram.
burden, of becoming a : raph.
cholera, of the : lach. nit-ac.
coal -scuttle of, the : cann-i.
cold, of taking : nat-c. sulph.
— daring the chill fears the heat ;
during heat fears the chill : sulph.
confusion, that people would ob-
serve her : ealc.
consumption, of: calc. lac-can.
paul-p. Sep. tarent.
— of lung being diseased : aral.
contagion of: bo v. calc.
comers, to walk past pointed:
arg-n.
Clime, as if he had committed a :
nx-v.
crowd, of going into a : ACOK. aloe,
am-m. ars. aur. bar. bufo. calc. cic.
con. dios. ferr. graph, hepar. hydr-
ac. k-bi. k-ca. led. lye. nat-c. ruU-m.
phos. puis. rhus. selen. stann. tabac.
tilia.
— of public places : am.
cutting himself when shaving:
calad.
danger, of impending : ether, mac.
— on going to sleep : coff.
— See also Misfortune.
dark, of the : aeon, bapt. calc. lye.
pul8. STRAM. valer.
dawn, of the return of: k-iod.
death, of: agon. a^n. aloe. alum,
am-c. anac. apis, ant-cr. am. ara,
asaf. aur. bapt. bar. belL bry. cact.
calc. eann-i. canth. caps. caus. cimia
oocc. coff. cop. cupr. dig. gels. glon.
eraph. hell, hepar. hyos. ign. ipec.
iris. k-ca. Uich. led. lobel. lye. mag-s.
mo9ch. nat-m. nit-ac. nitr, nz-m. nz-v.
op. ozal-ac. petr. phos. ph-ac. phyt.
FLAT. podo. psor. puis. raph. rheum,
rhus. secale. sep. stram. squil. tabac
tarent. tril. verat verat-v. vine. znc.
— alone, when : arg-n. ars.
on going to bed : are.
— heart symptoms, during : asaf.
— predicts tne time : acok.
— soon, after awhile : agn.
— sudden, of: are.
— hot stage during : calc. oooc ipec
mosch. nii-<ie. buta.
s^^eat : nitr.
menses : aoon. plat, verat.
▼omiting : an.
destination, of being unable to
reach his: lye.
disaster, of: elaps. lil-t. tabac.
disease, of impending : ars. borax,
calc carb-an. cic. ether, hepar. hydr.
iris. k-ca. lach. lil-t. nat-m. phos.
thu. tril.
— worse walking in open air : hepar.
dogs, of: chin, stram.
downv^ard motion, dread of:
boraz.
drawn upward, of being : camph.
drink, ot : plb.
— during nausea : jatr.
— during thirst : tarent.
driving him from place to place:
men.
drov^ned, of being : cann-i.
eating, of: caus. puis, tarent.
— when hungry: grat.
everything around, of: aoet-se.
bell.
exertion, of: calad. guai. mezer.
phos. ph-ac. phyt. sul-iod. tabac
thea.
exposure, night in bed, of: mag-c
extravagance, of: op.
eyes, of closing, lest he might never
awake: leth.
failure, of: psor.
falling, of: aeon. alum. lac-can. 1114.
nz-v, stram.
— evening: hydrph,
— on turning head : derris.
— when going to sleep : cofT.
— of letting things fall : ooca.
fast, dares not : creos.
fever, while chilly : sulph.
— while chilly on going to bed
hura.
— of typhus : tarent.
fit, of having a : agar. arg. cann-L
nz-m.
fluids, of: gels. hyos. nz-v.
food, of: grat op.
friends, of: cedr.
future, of the (about the): anac
ant-t. am. bar. bry. calc caus. chel.
con. dig. dros. dulc. graph, k-ea.
mang. nat-c. nat-m. puis, rhus-r.
spig. spong. staph, stram. sulph.
40
Fear.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Fear.
weeping, amel. : dig.
— gallows, of the : bell.
— ghosts, of: aeon. cars. bell. brom.
cann-i. coarb^, cooc. dros. lye. phoa.
pals, stram. tulph. snc.
at night : are. carb-v. chin, pult,
ran-b. atUph,
— gricTing, as if: phos.
— happen, as if something would:
cact. elaps. hydrph. nat-ars. phos.
pyrus.
when alone, relieved by conver-
sation : ratan.
— heart disease, of : lac-can. lach.
fears heart will cease to beat un-
less constantly on the move : gels.
— health, that she has ruined : chel.
— ^ hurt, of being: calad. cann-i.
stram.
— imaginary things : bell. laur. mere.
— imbecile : stram.
— insanity, of : aeon. alum. ambr. arg-
n. CALC. CAKK-i. carb-an. chel. chlor.
cimic. cupr. graph, iod. k-bi. lac-can.
lil-t. mere, nat-m. nx-v. phos. phys.
plat, stram. tarent. thu.
at night : phys.
— jealousy and tearfulness with fear
of death: apis.
— Joints are weak, that : sep.
— Jumps out of bed from fear :'ar8.
on touch : bell.
— killing, of: absin. rh%u.
with a knife : ars. derris.
— lung is diseased, that : aral.
— medicine, of taking too much: all-
s. iber.
— men, of: bar-ac. puis.
See also Persons.
— mirrors in room, of: camph. stram.
— mischief, he might do, night on
waking : phys.
— misfortune, of: aeon. agar, alcoh.
alum. anac. ant-c. am. ast. atrop.
calad. cact calc. eAtn-«. cic. clem,
colch. eye. dig. dros. ferr. fluor-ac.
gins. glon. graph, hydr-ac. hydrph.
lod. k-iod. lach. lil-t. mag^. ma^-s.
men. merc-c. mezer. nat-p. nat-s. nice,
nx-v. psor. rhus. rumx. stram. sulph.
tabac. valer. vine.
morning: am-c. mag-s.
afternoon : cast hura.
evening : ferr. nat-m.
evening in bed, better : mag-c.
daring chilliness: eye,
fever: atrop.
— murdered of. being: op. phos.
stram.
of committing murder : ars. sulph.
— noise, of sadden : eoec,
— objects, of bright : cann-i.
— observed, her condition, of being :
eale,
— occupation, of: selen:
. — others, for: sulph.
— pain, of: cori-r. derris. pip-m.
See Suffering, Fear of.
— paralysis, of: asaf.
— persons, of: aeon. aloe. am-m. ars.
aur, bar. bar-ac. calc. cic. con. croton.
cupr. dies. ferr. - graph, hepar. k-bi.
k-ca. led. lye. nat-c. ncU'Tn. phos. pvU.
selen. sep. stann. tabac. tilia.
— physician, will not see her, he
seems to terrify her : iod. verat-v.
— pneumonia, of: chel.
— pointed things, of: spig.
in dreams : mere.
in delirium : sil.
— poisoned, of being : all-s. bell, bry*
glon. hyo8. lach. rhus. verat-v.
has been poisoned : glon.
— public places, of: am,
See also Crowd, fear of, etc.
— putrify, body will : bell.
— rain, of: elaps.
— reason, of losing. See Insanity,
Fear of.
— recover, will not : all-e. ant-t. calc.
glon. k-ca. tarax.
— respiration : osm.
— rise, fears to, as if exhausted after a
long walk, better after rising : nx-v.
— robbers, of: alum. ars. aur. bell,
con. elaps. ign. lach. mag-c. mere,
nat-c. nat-m, phos. sil. sulph. verat.
znc
midnight on waking: ign. sulph.
Compare with Thieves under De-
lusions.
— ruin, of financial : ambr. eah-fi, 9ep,
— run over on going out : anthr. phos.
— sad : dig. nat-fn.
worse from music : dig.
— salvation, of his : cann-i. verat.
See also under Despair, Anxiety,
etc.
— say something wrong, fear lest he
should : lil-t
— sleep, to go to : led. mere. nx-m.
fears to close the eyes lest he
never wake : seth.
he will never sleep again : t^.
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Fear.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Fix«.
— sobbing daring sleep: ipea
— society, of: hell, tiluu
of his position in: yerat.
— sold, of being : liyoe.
— eolitade, of: m» asaf. bell. bism.
cadm. camph. dem. con. dros. elaps.
gal-ac. hyos. k-ca. lye, plb. sep. stram.
tabac yerat.
evening : ran-b. tabac.
— apeotrea, of. See Ghosts.
— atomach, of ulcer in : ign.
— atrangers, of: ambr. bar-ac. cans.
— saflering, of: brj. calc. eup-per.
lil-t.
— Buffocation, of: aeon, carb-an.
ether, mere, stram.
night: agar.
fears to go to sleep for fear of:
bapt.
— snperatitloas : rhas.
— thunder, of: nat-m.
— tonoh, of: am. coff.
See Touch in general.
, — tread lightly, must, or will ii^ure
himself: cupr.
— tremulous: aur. ratan.
— trifles, of: ign,
— troubles, of imaginary : hydr-ac.
— unacoountable : alcoh.
— vertigo, of: sumb.
— voice, of using : cann-L
— walking, of : nat-m.
across busy streets : aeon.
— "water, of: cann-L hyoi. phel. stram.
— "wet his bed, fears he will : alum.
— wind, of: ckam,
— women, of: raph.
— "work, of: arg^. calc. cham. hyos.
petr. puU. ran-b. sil, itdph. tabac.
tarax. tong.
during headache : gran.
of literary : nx-v. «t7. sulph.
Conditions of Fear.
— morning: arg-n. cans. graph. mag-B.
nice sul-ac.
— afternoon : seth. herb, carb-an. cast
nice, stront. tabac
— evening: alum. bar. brom. calad.
calc. carb-an. cans, cocc-c dros. form,
hipp. k-ca. lach. lye. mag-m. mere,
nat-c. nat-m. nx-v. pho$. puU, ran-b.
rhus. stront. tabac valer. verat.
— at night : am-c ors. bdl, carb-an.
carb-v. caus. chin, cocc con. dros.
graph, hepar. ipec lach. lye. mere
nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac phos. puU. rhm.
sil. stram. atUph, znc
ameL in bed, at : mag-c
after waking: eon.
— air, in open, amel. : plat.
— alone, when: ars. brom. eon. dies,
k-o^ lye ran-b.
— approach, at the, of others : aoet-
ac am, cadm-e. cann-i. cupr. iod. op.
lest he be touched : ajlk.
— crowd. See Crowd, fear of going
into a.
— dark, in the : lye. stram. valer.
— dinner, after: mag-m. phel.
— emission, after an : aloe, carb-an.
— food, after: oanth. caus. mag-m.
ghel. tabac
eadache, during : glon.
— heart,, from pain at : daph.
— house, on entering : plat, tilia.
— labor, after: iod.
— looking, before her, when : sulph.
— menses, before: ooon. calc K-bL
plat, secale. sulph. xanth.
during : aeon, mag-c. phos. plat.
secale.
during menstrual colic : ant-t.
— music, from : dig.
— nausea, after: tabac.
— near, of those standing: belL
— noise, from: aloe. alum, cann-s.
cans. chel. eoee. hipp. hura. moech.
nat-c sabad. tabac
— pregnancy, during: hydrph.
— respiration, during painnil: viol-
od.
— riding, when: lach. sep.
— room, in: alum.
— sitting, when ameL : iod.
— sleep, before going to : calad. rhna.
during: mero-i-r.
— supper, after: caus.
— thinking of disagreeable thingi»
when : phos.
of sad things : rhus.
— throat, from sensation of swelling
of: alon,
— waking, on: bell, carb-an. lept.
nat-p. nx-v. puis, tereb.
from a dream : bov. ph-ac sil.
— walking, while : alum, bar-ac cina.
lye,
— weeping amel. : dig. graph, tabae.
Fearfulness. See Anxiety, Fear, etc
Fickle. See Inconstant, Irresolute, etc
Fidgety. See Bestlessness.
Fire, wants to set things on : hepar.
— a flame of, seemed passing through
him: phos.
42
fixed*
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Fretfulness.
Fixed notions. 3ee Delusions.
Fond. See Affectionate.
Foolish behavior : aeon, all-o. anac. arg-
n. belL cann-i. carb-an. carb-v. cio.
con. croc. capr. hyos, ign. lach. mere.
nz-m. nx-v. op. par. phys. secale.
seneg. stram. tanac. verat.
See also Childish.
morning, on waking: anr.
night: cic.
daring Bpasms : secale.
Forgetful : aeon, agar, agn, alam. am-c.
anac, org. am, ars. amm-t. anr. bar.
bell. bov. brom. bry. calad. calc. calc-
p. camph. cann-i. cann-8.canth. caps.
carb-an. carb-y. cham. chel. chin. cic.
cinnb. cocc. colch. eon, creos. croc.
cupr. eye. dig. fluor-ac. graph, guai.
gymn. ham. hell, hepar. hipp. hydr.
hyos. ign. k-ca. lac-can. loch, laur.
lye raag'C. mere, mezer. mosch. naja.
nat-c nat-m. nitr. nit-ac. nz-m. nz-
V. olnd. op. petr. phos. ph-ac. plat.
pals, ran-b. rheam. rhod. rhus. rata.
sabin. secale. selen. sep. sil. spig.
stann. staph, stram. stront stdph,
tabac. taraz. tha. verat vef b. yiol-od.
gne, zing.
— See Mind, absence of; Memory, lost ;
Confused, Mistakes, etc.
— of past aotions : caic-p. camph. chel.
flnor-ac. lach.
bnaineu : chel. selen. tellur.
going to dO| of what he was:
bell, calc-p. eheL creos. hydr.
dates, of: aeon, fluor-aa
names : anac. chin-s. chlor. guai,
lach. lith. lya mere olnd. rhus.
atilpk,
of his own : k-bro. snlph.
his personal identity is con-
fused : alum, raler.
purchases, goes off and leaves
them: agn. lac-can.
reading : lye
said, of what he has: cann-i. mor-
ae nitr. stram.
shaving or dressing : chel.
streets, of well-known : glon,
petr. nz-m.
time and place : mere
^7ind, watch, to : fluor-ac.
"Words : am, bar. benzrac. eann-4,
carb-v. ham. hydr. k-^o. Uuh. lye.
nz-v. podo. rhod.
when speaking : am, bar-ac.
"write, of what he is about to : croa
— in morning: phos.
— on waking : stann.
when ne is half awake, yet has
distinct recollection when half
asleep: selen.
Forgotten something, feels constantly
as if he had : iod.
Forsaken feeling : bar. camph. carb-an.
hura. lam. mag-m. nat-c. plat psor.
puis. rhus.
on waking: lach.
— sensation of isolation: anac. cann-L
coca.
Frantic, frenzy. See Bage.
Fretfnlness, irritability, peevishness:
abrot aoet-ac. aeon, sesc-h. leth. agar.
agn. am-c. am-m, anac. ang. ant-c.
ant-t apis. am. ars, asar. aur. bar.
bell, benz-ae herb. bism. boraz. bov.
hry, eale, calc-p. cann-s. canth. caps.
carb-an. earb-v, eaus, cham, chel. chm.
cimie etna, cinnb. clem. cocc. colch.
coloc. con. coral, creos. croc. cupr. eye
dros. eugen. evon, ferr. gamo. gels.
fraph, graL ham. hell, hydr-ac. ign,
mag. ipec. k-ca. k-iod. lac-can. lach.
lact Ua. lil-t lyemag-c. mag-m. mang,
mantm, mere, mezer. mur-ac. nat-e
nat-m. nat-s. nU-ac, nitr. nx^, olnd. op.
par. petr. phel.pAos. dA-oc plat puu,
ran4>. rheum, rhus. saoad. sabin. samb.
sars. seneg. sep, sil. spig. spong. squil.
stann. staph, stram. stront, sulph. sul"
ac thea. tong. ustil. verat. verb, snc
zing.
— Compare with Ill-humor.
— alternating with cheerfulness: aur.
with indifference : sep.
— about trifles: meph. nat-m. nit-ac.
sqnil.
himself: belL
— afternoon: sth.
— evening : mag-c. puis, me,
— morning : am-c. am-m. nat-s. nz-v.
— open air, in : eth. sabin.
— bad effects from : cist
— consolation, aggr. : hell.
— from music : cans.
— nervous : chin.
— pains, during the: chin, coff nz-T.
Shos.
, uring hot stage of fever : aeon. anac.
ars. carb-v. bry. eham, lach. phos,
Sh-ac. plan,
uring chilly stage : ars. bell, borax.
can& mezer. phos. puis.
— after seminal emissions : selen.
43
Freifuln
mND AND DISPOSITION.
Greerfiaeai.
— daring sweat : mag-<^ *
— on waking, children : lye
— stool, before : borax.
Frightened easily: aoon. alum. anff.
ant-o. ant-t. arg-n. am. ars. bar. bell,
berb. borax, my. cole, cann-i. oops.
oar6-an. cans. cham. cic clem. cooc.
con. capr. dig. graph, hyos. igjL k-ea.
k-iod. (ocA. led. lye mere, nat-c nal^m.
nit-ac. nx-v. op. petr. phoB. ph-ac. plat.
puU, rhus. tabcbdL aamb. sep. siL spong.
etram, 8tdph. sul-ac. theria. Terat
— complaints from fright: agon. am.
bell. bry. cans. cham. coff. cupr. gels,
hyos. ION. lach. lye. nat-m. nx-v.
OP. phos. plat. puU. samb. secale.
Rtram. verat. znc
— in dark: carb-an.
— at a noise : borax, cann-s. chel. hipp.
least noise : nx-y.
every sound : calc.
— nocturnal emistnion, after : aloe.
— in Bleep: hepar. ign. mere. puis,
rheum, stann. tabac.
starting from sleep in a fright :
nx-T. tarent.
— at trifles : am-c. am-m. ang. ant-t.
arn. calend. hyper, k-oa. k-iod. lach.
mere, mezer. nUr^^ nx-T. phos. rhus.
Sep. sumb.
day before menses: calc.
— on ^^aking : eupion. lach. led. lye.
nit-ac. nx-T. sul-iod. Terat. znc
— awakens terrified, knows no one,
screams, clings to those near : ttram,
— awakens in a fright from least noise:
nx-v.
— TTakening one from sleep : euphr.
sep.
from a dream: abroL chin.
graph, mag-m. tarent.
— Treeping. amel. : phos.
Frivolone : am. bar. mere. par. spong.
FroTTn, disposed to: hell. lye. stram.
Fun, full of: eariA-t. nx-m. tarent.
— See also Mirth, etc.
Fury. See Rage. [etc.
Gayety. See Cheerfulness, YiTacity,
Gtontleneas : eye. iod. nx-T.
Gtoatures, of usual aTocations : stram.
— oonTulaive : alcoh. apis. bell, cann-
s. plb. .
at night, of drinking : bell.
— fnrioas : cann-i. sep.
— hands, of the, as if brushing the
face or as if brushing something
away : hyos.
clapping of the : bell, cic Tent.
-« grasping or reaching at some-
thing : calo-p. cham. cina. hyos. bfc.
moscb. ph'oc stram. sulph. znc
at sides of the bed : nx-T.
at bystanders : phos.
at mother: 6orax.
at genitals, during spasms:
stram.
quickly : ttram.
motions, involuntary, of hands:
ars. bell, cann-i. cic coca. hyos. mere
moech. nat-m. puis. siL stram. sulph.
Terat.
to the face : strych.
— folding hands : puis.
to the head : plb. stram. Terat.
as if knitting : tarent.
lifting up of hands : ars.
rubbing together : cann-i.
throwing about: atrop. bry.
carb-an. mosch. nat-c. phos. sU.
stram.
OTer head : hydr-ac stram.
waTing in the air : stram.
wild : aeon.
winding a ball, as if: agar.
stram.
— intoadcated, gestures as if: hyos.
— picks at bed-clothes : am. ars. atrop.
bell. cham. chin, cooc eokk. oon. dole
hell, hepar. htfos. iod. Ufc mnr-ac op.
phos. ph-ac psor. rhus. sol-n. sCran.
sulph. me. znc-m.
at nose or lips : onim-l. con.
hell.
— plays with his fingers: hyos.
— ponring from hand to hand, as if:
bell.
— pulls hair of bystanders : belL
— ridiculous or foolish : beU. cic. croc.
cupr. hyos. ign. lach. mercmoscA. nx-
m. op. sep. stram. Terat.
— violent : agar. bell, camph. hyos.
— TTringing of hands: phos. puis,
sulph.
Giggling : cann-i.
— See also Laughing.
Gloomy. See Melancholy, Sad, etc
Godless, want of religious feeling : anac
coloc.
Good-humor. See Cheerful.
Gk>ssiping : hyos. stram. Terat.
Gravity : cann-s. euph. grat led. nz-m.
sul-ac
— at the ludicrous: anac
Greediness : secale sep. znc
44
Greedineflg.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Humor.
— acids, for : secftle.
— constant : mere.
— in eating : agar.
— of mind : puis.
Orief : acet-ac. aeon. agar. alnm. am-<!.
am-m. ars. aar. bar. calc. carb-an.
cans, coloc. eye. graph, hyos. ign, lack,
lact. lye. nat-m. nx-y. op. ph-ac. puis.
Sep. staph, sul-ac. verat.
— Compare with Anxiety, Weeping,
etc.
— about his condition : staph.
— for the future : nat-c. nat-m.
— undemonstrative : eye. ign,
— and sorrow, bad effects from : ars.
cocc. eo/oe. eye. graph, hyos. IQK. lye.
jiT'r,ph-a£, puis, staph. vera4.
Groaning : aeon. alum. am-c. ang. ant-t.
ars. bar. bdl, bry, calc. carb-an. cham.
chin. eina. cocc colch. eoff. enpr. dig.
ffran. graph, hell, ign, ipec. k-ca.
lach. mag-e. mere, mur-ac. naja. nat-
c nit-ac nx^. phos. plb. puis. rhus.
sars. squil. stram. veroL
— See also Moaning.
— alternating with laughter, song : bell,
stram.
— during sleep : alum. bry. calad. cham.
clem, cocc-c. graph, ign. lach. mur-
ac. plect. sep. tvlph,
— when waking : eina.
Growling like a dog : alnm. hell, hell.lyc.
See Howling.
Grumbling: alum. am. bism. bry.
calend. canth. cham. chin. phos.
Granting : bell. hell. ign. puis.
— during sleep: ign.
HallnclnationB. See Delusions.
Hanging, sees persons : ars.
Happy. See Cheerful.
Hard-hearted : anac. croc.
HaatlnesB : amhr. ars. aur. bar. bell. bry.
cact calc. cann-s. carb-an. con. dig.
dulc. grat^ hepar. k-ca. lach. laur.
men. mere nat-c. nat-m. nx-v. ox-
ae. puis. sep. stram. siulpK sul-ac
yiol-tr.
— Compare with Hurry.
— involuntary when taking anything :
Rulph.
— in mental work : ambr.
— with chill : cann-s.
— in talking : bell, hepar. ph-ac
— in temper : nina. plb. sul-ac
Hatred: agar. aloe, am-c anac aur.
calc cic lach. led. mang. nair^i^ nit-
ac phoa. stann. sulph.
— of a'bsent persons, better on seeing
them: fluor-ac
— of persons who have offended : aur.
mang. nai'm, nit-ac sulph.
— has bitter feelings for slight ofienses :
ang.
Haughty : alum. anac. am. aur. cann-i.
cans. chin. cic. cupr. dulc ferr. guai.
hyos. ign. ipec lach. lye, mere nx-v.
par. phos. pUU, stram, stront. verat.
Headstrong. See Obstinate.
Heedleasneaa. See Carelessness.
Helpleasneas, feeling of: hell, k-bro.
phos. taxus. stram.
— after vomiting: hell.
Hesitation : aur. bar. chin, graph, hyos.
mezer. mur-ac nx-v. puis, seneg. sil.
sulph. thu.
— Compare Irresolute.
— in action and ideas : tarent.
— evening, on account of obstacles:
ferr-p.
Hide, desire to : bell. lach. stram. tarent
on account of fear: ars.
High-spirited: hydr. hyos. op. spig.
spong. verat. verb.
Hilarity. See Mirth.
Home, desires to go: belL bry. cale-p.
lach. verat
— See under Delirium.
Home-sickness : aur. bell, calc-p. caps,
earb^n, caus. clem, eup-pur. hell. ign.
mag-c mag-m. mere nit-ac peir, ph-
ac plan. puis, senec staph, verat
— witn red cheeks: caps.
Hopeful : aeon, ferr-m. nydr.
— alternating with sadness : raph.
Hopeless. See Despondent
Horror, evening: calc carb-an. nat-m.
phos. plat
— worse in dark : cann-i.
— Compare with Anxiety, Fear, etc
Howling : aeet-ae, aeon, alum. am. ars.
aur. bell, brom. calad. camph. caps,
cham. cic eoff. cup-ac ign. ipec lye.
nx-v. op. stann. stram. tarent veraL
viol-tr.
— about future troubles : lye.
— evening, worse in : vsbat.
— night, at : stram. veraL
— during heat : tilia.
Humor, agreeable: abrot ant-t croc
ign, lach. men. plat sul-ac
— ohangeable, variable, etc.: aeon,
agn. aloe, alum, ambr. anac ant-t
arg. am. ars. asaf. asar. aur. beU,
bism. bov. borax, bry. cann-«. caps.
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Humor.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Ill-hamor.
carlMui. cans. chin. cooc. con. eroc
capr. cjrc. dig. dros. /err. gels, graph.
hyoB, ign, ioo. k-ca. lach. lachn. lye.
men. mere, mezer. nat-c. nat-m. nit-
ac. nz-m. op. petr. phel. phos. ploL
puis, ran-b. sabad. sars. seneff. sep.
spig. spong. ataph. stroan, sulph. md-
ac valer. verat. verb, tnc
for the various alternations of
Humor see special namesi as Anger,
Laughter, etc.
in the evening : aur. croc
after dinner : aloe.
HamorouB. See Jokes.
Harry : aeon. ambr. ars. aur. benz-ac.
calc. camp, cann-i. caps, carb-an.
carb-v. cocc. con. graph, hjos. ign.
k-ca. lach. laur. lil-t. mere, nat-c.
nat-m. op. phos. ph-ac. puis. sep.
St ram. sulph. sul-ac.thu. viol-tr.
— Compare with Hastiness.
^ as if by duties : lU-t,
— in eating : lach. pip-m.
— in mental work: ambr. aur. ign.
k-ca. op.
— in movements: aeon. bell, camph.
cann-i. coca. coff. con. gins. hyos.
men. mere. merl. stram. tndph, viol-
ir.
cannot do things fast enough :
aur.
— in occupation : aeon. aur. camph. k-
ca. op. puis. sep. sul-ae. viol-tr.
desires to do several things at
once : plan.
— in pace : stram. sulph.
— in speech : aeon. ign. mere, ph-ac.
— in writing: ptelea.
Hydrophobia : acet-ac. arg-n. bell. carUh.
hydrph. hyos. lach, mn-sc stram,
verat.
Hypochondriacal humor. See Melan-
choly, Sad, etc.
Hypociisy : phos.
Hysterical : aeon. anac. asaf, aur. bell.
bry. calc. camph. cann-s. caul. cans.
cham. chin-8. cic. cocc. eon. croc.
elaps. ferr. grat. hyos. ign. ipec. k-ca.
lact. lil-t. mag-c. mag-m. mere. mill.
fnoach, nat-m. nit^c. nz-m. nz-v. op.
phos. plat. plb. puis, raph, sep. sil.
stann. staph, stram. sulph. tabekt.
therid. valer. viol-od.
— lascivious: tarent
— first day of menses : raph.
— moaning afcgr., sighing amel. : tarent.
Ideas. See Thoughts.
Idiocy : absin. »th. agar. anUc bar-m.
hyos. mere. nz-m. plb. tabac.
— idiotic actions : ant-c.
Idleness. See Indolence,
ni-hnmor (crossness, irritability, etc.):
abrot. aoet-ac. aoon. sso-h. aeth. agar,
aloe. alum. am-e. am-m. anae, ang.
▲NT-c. ant-tapis. arg.tLm. art. arum-
t asaf. asar. aw, bar. beU, berb. bum,
boraz. bov. brom. bry. bufo. cact.
cadm. calc. ooie-p. ealend. camph.
cann-s. canth. caps, carb-an. carb-v.
caojut. CHAM. chel. chin, chin-s. cia
etna, cinnb. clem. cocc. oocc-e. coldi.
coloc. con, cop. coral, com. ereo& croc,
croton. eupr. eye, daph. dig. dice,
dros. dule. elaps. euphr. eupion. evon.
ferr. floor-ac. gels. gran, graph, grat
faai. ham. hell, helon. hepar. hipp.
ydr. hydr-ac. hydrph. ign. inda. iod.
ipec. iris. jatr. k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. kalm.
lach. ladm. lact laur. led. lil-t. hfc,
mag-e. mag-m. mane mang. marum.
men. meph. mere, merc-i-r. merl.
mezer. mosch. mur-ac. naja. nat-c
nat-m. nat-s. nice. nitr. nit-ac nz-m.
nx-v. ol-an. olnd. op. osm. pefr. phel.
phos, ph-ac. pic-ac plan. pUU. plect
prun. psor. puls. ran-b. ran-sc. ratan.
rheum, rhod. BHua rhus-v. ruta.
sabad. sabin. samb. sang. sars. selen.
SEP. ail spig. spong. sqnil. stann.
staph, stram. stront. stdpk, sul-ae.
tabac. tarenL thea. tilia. tku, tong.
tril. valer, verat. verb, viol-tr. vine,
znc.
— Ck)mpare with Fretful.
— alternating with cheeriiilnesB : ant-
t. aur. chin. eye. lye. mere, nat-c. nat-
m. plat. spig.
hypochondriacal mood during
day, merry in evening: sulph. viol-
tr.
indifference : bell, carb-an.
melancholy : znc
tenderness: plat.
weeping : bell.
— toward children : k-iod.
— nervous irritability: ars-iod. asar.
carb-an. caus. lach. lye. plb.
Conditions of ill-humor.
— morning : am-e. am-m. ant-t. bov.
ealad. cfde. cast. cham. chin. cooc.
con. creos. gnph. grat hipp. maf-a
mang, merc-i-r. nat-m, nat^p. nioc
phos. plat. sars. seneg. sep. siL staph.
taraz. verat.
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ConditioDS of ill-hamor. MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditions of ill-humor.
— on waking : agar, arg-n. an. bell,
bov. brj. carb-an. ooca. gamb. iris,
k-ca. Ul-t. Ijc. mag-m. merc-iod.
mezer. nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac. nx-v.
petr. ph-ac. plat. plb. pals. rhns. *
snlph. 8ul-ac. thu.
— after rising: calc. canth. cofi*.
hepar. mag-m. nat-s. sulph.
afternoon : setb. alum, ant-t. borax,
boy. cast. chel. con. eye. elaps. hjdr-
ac. mang. merc-e. nat-m. op. ox-ac.
ruta. sang. sars. znc.
evening : lesc-h. aloe. am-e. am-m.
ant-c. ant-t. bar. bov. calc. canth. cast,
eye. dies, hydrph. ign. indg..k^.
kalm. lye. lil-t. lye. mag-e. mag-m.
mur-ae. nice. nx-j. ox-ac. pallad.
phos. puis, ran-b. sil. spig. sulph.
znc.
— amel. in : aloe. am-e. bism. mag-e.
nat-m. nice. verb. znc.
night : camph. phos. rhus,
— on waking : lye.
air, in open : seth. plat. rhus.
— amel. : coff. mag-e. rhus. stann.
aronsed, when : op. nx-m.
canBeleaa: aloe. enel. eye. mere-i-r.
ncU-m.
children, in: ant-e. ant-t. ars.
borax, graph. ]yc. puis. sep. znc.
chill, dupng : ealend. nat-m.
— See also under Fever.
coffee, after : ealc-p.
coition, after : nat-m. selen.
— during an emission : clem.
contradiction, from : grat. ign. sil.
tarent.
cough, before : asaf. bell,
diarrhoea, after: guai.
digestion, during: iod.
dinner, before : phos.
— during : mamm.
— after : coce-e. mill, marum. nat-e.
tilia. [op.
disturbance, cause by any : graph,
dreams, from : op.
eating, after: am-e. ars. bov. biy.
carb-v. cham. eon. graph, iod. k-ca.
k'iod. marum. mere, merc-sul. nat-c.
nat-m. nx-v. puis.
— amel. : am-c. nat-s.
excited, when : chin,
fever, after : am-c. hipp.
— during the hot stage (of inter-
mittent) : aeon, ars, eham, lach. mosch.
NAT-c. psor. rhevm, staph.
— during the chill : am. ars. OALC.
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ealen. caps. eaua. cham, con. creos.
hepar. ign. lyc. mezer. nat-m. nit-ac.
petr. phos. plat. puU, bheum. rhus.
sil. spig. sulph.
— durine the sweat : ang. bry. eale.
eale-p. cAant. clem, hepar. mag-e.
mere, bheum. sep. sulph.
fly on the wall, by : sars.
gastric troubles, with : znc.
headache, during : aeon. eeth. am-e.
am-m. anac. bell. bov. bry. cale-p.
chin-s. coca. con. creos. eye. dulc.
graph, helon. hipp. iod. k-ca. lach.
lachn. laur. mag-m. mang. mere,
nat-m. nice. op. pallad. plat, phos, sil.
spong. stann. thu.*vip. inc.
menses, before: cham. creos. lyc
mag-m. nat-m. nx-v. znc.
— during: herb. bry. cast. caus.
cham. cimic. eina. creos. eupion. ferr.
k-ca. lyc. mag-c mag-ro. mag-s. nat-
m. nX'V. plat. sep. sulph. tarent. znc.
— after : herb. bufo. ferr. nat-m.
— durinean intermission of: eupion.
music, during : caus. mang.
nausea, during: phos.
noise, from : pip-m. plect.
pain, after: eham. eroton. hepar.
— in abdomen : aloe. am-c. herb,
phos. tarent.
perspiration, during: ang. ealc-p.
clem, mag-c. sep.
— See also under Fever,
provoked, wben: verat
questioned, when : nat-m. ph-ae.
reading, when : nat-e.
room, house, in : ign.^ rhus,
— amel.: reth.
sitting, when : mang. nat-m.
sleep, after: anac. belL bry. caus.
cham. clem. jatr. mezer.
— See also M oming, on waking,
sleepiness, during: calc. ealend.
canth. lachn. rhus-r. spong.
words, soothing or friendly per>
suasion, worse from : bell, calc ca2e-j9.
chin. ign. k-ca. mere, nat-m. nit-ac.
nx-v. plat, sep, siL
spoken to, when: ars. cham. gels,
nat-m. nat-s. nx-v. rhus.
stool, before : aloe, borax, calc
— after: nat-c nit-ac.
talking, when : ambr. cham. mang.
marum. nice, staph, sul-ac. znc.
toothache, during : mere-i-r.
trembling, with : ambr. arg-n. aur.
chel. oop. daph. nit-ac phos. sep.
Conditions of ill-humor. MIND AND D]^POSITION.
Indifference.
— trifles, about : ang. bell, carb-v. cans.
cham, chel. con. eye. hepar. Ijc. meph.
See also Causeless.
— ^^aking, on : ant-t. bell. cham. chel.
clem. eye. iri*. nat-m. Urent.
See also under Morning.
— 'Walking in open air, amel. : mag-o.
rhus.
— ^^eakneu. with : apis. arg-n.calc
cans, crotal. grat. hipp. merl. phos.
ph-ac. Rpon^.
— ^^eather, m rainj or cloudy : aloe,
am-c.
Illness, apprehension of: aeon. alum,
am-c. ars. borax, bry. calad. cole, creos.
ign. k-ca. laeh. mere, nat-c. nat-m.
nx-t'. phos. ph-ac. puis. sep. sulph.
— sense of, in mind and body : mere
Illusion of fancy : aeon. seth. agar. ambr.
anac. ang. ant-c arn. ars. aur. bar.
bell. herb. bism. bry. calc. camph.
cann-s. canth. carb-an. carb-y. cans,
cham. chin, chin-s. cic. cina. coec. coff.
colch. coloc. con. croc. cupr. dig.
dros. d.ulc. eiiphr. graph, hell, hepar.
hyoa. ign, indg. iod. k-ca. lach. led.
lye. mag-m. mag-s. mere, nat-c. nit-
ac. nx-m. nx-v. op. par. phos. ph-ac
plat. plb. puis, rheum, rhod. rhus.
sabad. samb. secale. sep. sil. spong.
stann. staph, siram. avJph. thu. valer.
verat. verb, viol-od.
-^ in discerning objects : calc. cann-s.
hyos. nx-v. plat sulph.
— of feeling : ana/i. ant-t. bell, canth.
ign. iod. mag-m. nx-v. op. petr. phos.
plat. rhus. sabad. stram. sulph. valer.
Illusions. See Delusions.
Imaginations. See Delusions.
Imbecility: aeon. agar. slum. anae.
ant-c. arg-n. ars. asar. aur. bar. bell.
bov. calc. cann-s. caps. cham. cocc.
con. croc. cupr. eye. dulc. hell. hyoa.
ign. k-bi. lach. \ Jr. \jc mere. meL.
mosch. mur-ac. ruU-c nat-m. nx-ro.
nx-y. olnd. op. par. petr. p^-oc plb.
puis, ran-b. rheum, rnus. ru^. sabad.
secale. selen. seneg. sep. sil. spong.
stann. staph, stram. sul-ac yerat.
Impatience : aeon. ambr. ars, aur. bar.
bufo. calc. carb-y. cham. chin, ooloc
dros. dvlc. gels. hell, hepar. hyos.
ign. ipee. k-bi. lack, lil-t. lye. mere
nat-c. nat-m. nice, nit-ac. nx-y. op.
pallad. ph-ac. plan. pUU. psor. puis.
rheum, rhus. sars. sep. sil. spong.
sulph. sul-ac. tarent. taxus. zno.
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— during dinner: sulph.
— dnrinj^ headache: pallad.
— from Itching : osm.
pain : hura.
playing of children : anac
— while reading: nat-c
— when sitting : sep.
— after su^ner: nit-ac.
— about trines: mere. auZ-oc
— before urinating: sulph.
— when walking: lye
Imperious. See Haughty.
Impertinence : graph.
Impetuous : aeon, anac bry. earfr-t.
cham. croc ferr-p. hepar. k-iod. laur.
led. nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac nx-v. olnd.
phos. rheum, sep. stront sulph, zne,
— Compare with Hastiness, Hurry, Im-
patience, etc
Importance, assumption of: cupr. ferr.
hyos. lye stram. yerat
Impudence : graph, phos.
— See Shameless.
Impulsive : arg-n. ars. eie. gins, mere
Inattention. See under Attention,
Memory, etc.
Inciting others: hyos.
Inconsolable: aeon. ambr. ars. cham.
chin. coff. nat-c nx-r. spong. stram.
sulph. yerat
— oyer fancied misfortune : verai.
Inconstancy: asaf. bisni. canth. cofi.
dros. ign. led. op. sil. spig. thn. zne
— Compare with Irresolute.
Indifference, apathy, etc.: agar. agn.
alum. ambr. am-m. anac apb. arg-n.
am. ars. asaf. asar. bell. herb. bism.
boy. brom. calc calc-p. camph. cann-
i. caps, carb-an. carb-y. caus. cham.
chel. chin, cic cimie cina. clem, oocc
con. croc, crotal. cupr. eye dig. elapa.
euphr. ferr. fluor-ac. gels. glon. graph,
gymn. hell. hyos. ign. iod. ipec jatr.
k-bi. k-ca. lac-can. lach. laur. lye.
mane men. mere mezer. mnr-ac.
naja. nat-c. nai-^n. nit-ac nx-m. nx-y.
olnd. op. phos. ph-ac phyt. pic-ac.
plat prun. puis. raph. rheum, rhod.
rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin. seoo^. selen.
seneg. sep. sil. squil. stann. staph,
stram. sulph. tarent thu. rererf.yerb.
yiol-tr. zne ziz.
— alternating with anxiety and rest-
lessness: nat-m.
cheerfulness: tarent
ill-humor : asaf. bell, carb-an.
yexation : cham.
/
Indifierenoe.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Insanitj.
weepini; : phoe.
— does not complain: hvos. op.
unless quef^tionedf then says
nothing of his condition : colcb.
— has no desire, no action of the will :
hell.
— with insensibility, with pale face:
chin.
robs foreliead : verat
— to agreeable things : ambr. anac.
cina. corn. op. rhod. staph, stram.
— business affairs: arg-n.am.fluor-ac.
sep. stram.
. — to everything : acet-ac. agar, ail an.
anac. arn. bell.bov. canth. caps, carb-
y. croc. dig. hydr. ign. lept. merl.
mezer. nx-m. phos. secale. staph,
sulph. ziz.
— to external things: agn. cann-i.
Cham. cic. lye merl. op. rumx. stann.
staph, tarent. verat.
— to important things : fluor-ac.
— to irritating, disagreeable things:
arabr. anac. borax, cina. coff. op.
rhod.
— to loved ones : mere sep.
— to relations : fluor-ac. hell, hepar.
phos. nlat. sep.
ner children : phos. sep.
— toward others: sulph.
— "weU, says he is: arn. ars.
— morning on waking: phyt.
— afternoon : con.
— evening : dig. k-clc
— air, in open : con. plat.
— onanism, after : staph.
— solitude, by: bov.
— sooiety, wnen in : plat.
arael. : bov.
— "Walking, when: con.
Indignation: ambr. ara. calc-p. chin.
coloc. nat-c. staph.
— bad effects following: eoioe. ipec.
nx-v. plat, staph.
— discomfort from general : op.
— dreams, at unpleasant : calc-p.
Indiscretion: aeon. bry. calad. camph.
caps. hyos. ig^. laur. men.nj;-t\ puis,
stram.
Indolence : abrot. aeon. alum. am-c.
am-m. anac. ant-c ant-t. arg. am. ars.
asaf. asar. anr. bar. bell, borax, bry.
calc. camph. cann-s. canth. carb-an.
carb-v. caps, cans. chel. chin, chin-s.
cinnb. coco. con. croc, crotal. dig.
euphr. graph, sruai. hell. hyos. ign.
iod. ipec k-ca. lack. laur. lye. mag-c.
mag-ra. marum. meph. meser. mnr-
ac nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-j. nx-^.
olnd. op. petr. phos. ph-ac. plat. plb.
puis, ran-sc. rheum, ruta. sabin.
secale. sep. spig. spong. squil. stront.
sulph. verb. znc.
Conditions of indolence.
— morning : all-c. aloe. alum. anac.
ant-t. carb-an. chel. clem, hepar.
hi pp. indg. mag-c. nat-c. nat-^m. nat-
s. nitr. nx-v.ox-ac. pallad. phyt. plat,
ran-sc. rhus. rumx. sabin. squil.
sulph. tarax. verb.
on rising : dig. nat-c. op. verb.
on waking: chin-s.
— afternpon : aloe, borax, bufo. chel.
h^os. lye. mag-s. nat-m. petr. sep. sil.
viol-tr.
— evening : agar, calc-p. cann-s. carb-
V. coca. dios. ferr-i(Ki. mag-c. pallad.
plb. ran-sc. spig. sulph. viol-tr.
amel. in: aloe. bism. clem.
— air, in open : arn.
amel. : calc.
— breakfast, after : nat-s.
— business^ when doing : nx-v.
— chill, during : camph.
— emission, after an : sep.
— headache, during: dnlc.
— meals, after : agar. aAar. ant-c. bar.
bov. cann-i. chin. .lach. mag-c. nx-v.
pho8. plb. thu. tong. znc
— sitting, while: nat-c. nit-ac ruta.
— sleep, after: mezer.
— stool, after: colch.
— ^^alking, when : arn. chin-s. nit-ac.
sabin.
Industrious: arn. anr. bell. bry. calc.
caps. dig. hyos. ign, ifier. loch, mag-c
mosch. nat-c. plb. stann. sul-ac. verat
Inhumanity : anac. op.
Injure, fears to be left alone lest he
should do himself bodily harm : art.
— feels as if she could easily injure
herself: sep.
— satiety; must u^te self-control to
prevent shooting himself : nat-9.
— See also under Suicide.
Insanity, madness: aeon. seth. agar.
all-c. am-c. anac. ant-c. ant-t arg-n.
arn. ars, aur. bar. bell. calc. camph.
cann-8. canth. carb-an. cans, chin-s.
cic. cocc. coloc. con. eroe, crotal.
cupr. dig. dulc hyos. ign. k-ca. k-bi.
k-ox. lach, led. lye. mere, mezer. ni^a.
nat-m. nx-m. nx-v, olnd. op. oxal-ac
par. phos. ph-ac. pbys. plat plb.
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Insanity.
jKkj) AND DISPOSITION.
Imeflolate.
pals. rhod. rhos. sabad. secale. seneg.
sep. sil. squil. atram. sulph. iarent.
veraL verat-v. snc
— Compare with Deliriumy Mania, etc.
— alternating with stapor : op.
mental symptoms: sabad.
— disputing: camph.
— deBtrnotiTO: verat.
— fnnny: croc, stram.
— loqnaoionB : agar. lach. par. stram.
— mild : croc, verat.
— proud : hyos. stram. rerat.
— raving : hyos. stram.
— religious: verat.
— timorous : bell.
Conditions of insanity.
— abdomen, with pain in: canth.
ciipr.
— appetite, with loss of: verat.
— blood, with discharge of: mere.
— breathing, with oppression of:
mere.
— chilliness, with: calc.
coldness of skin : crotal.
— cough, with : bell, verat.
— drunkards, in : ar«. bell. calc. carb-
V. chin. coff. dig. hell, hepar. hyos.
lach. mere, nat-c. nx-^, op. puis. s<ram.
sulph.
— emaciation, with : sulph.
— eruptions suppressed, after: bell,
stram. sulph.
— face, with heat of : verat.
— - — with redness of: calc op.
with paleness of: croc. mere.
verat.
wild look: cupr.
— feet, with stamping of: verat.
— fright or anger, caused by : plat.
— gesticulations, with : bell.
— hair, pulls the: tarent
— headache, with: croc, verat.
— heat, with : bell, verat.
— larynx, with pains in : canth.
— legs, with restless : tarent.
— menses, with profuse: sep.
with suppressed : puis.
during climacteric period : aster.
lach. puis. sep. therid.
— mouth, with distortion of: ph-ac.
— neuralgia, with disappearance of:
cimic.
— ophthalmia, with : croc. op.
— parturient, in the : bell.
— perspiration, with, following:
cupr.
— ptyalism, with : verat.
— pulse, with onick : an. crotaL cupr.
— sight, with ooecaration of: croc
— sleep, with: ph-«c
— trembling, with : ars.
— vomiting, with: cup-ac
— 'wantonness, with: hyos. stram.
verat.
Insensibility, mental: eye hell. Ayos.
laor. op. phos. ph-ac. sabad. secale.
stram.
— See also Unconsciousness.
Insipid behavior (dull, spiritless):
aeon. anac. carb-an. carb-v. nx-v. par.
seneg.
Intellect predominates over feeling:
▼iol-od.
— See also Mind, Thought, etc.
Intolerance of, open air : cocc. op.
— Compare with Loathing, Sensitive-
ness, etc
ailment, of any : nx-v.
annoyance: ferr-p.
bath, of usual : clem. ndph.
bed-covers : led.
contradiction : aur. nx-v.
drink and food : ant-t.
^ interruption : cham. oocc
jar, of the least: belL
looked at, of being : ant-cr. ant-t.
ars. cham. cina.
music : ambr. cham. sabad.
instrumental: nat-c. nx-v.
phos. sep.
vocal : nx-v.
noise : aeon. ambr. am-c ars.
bell. calc. chin, cocc con. ign. iod.
ipec. mane nat-c. nit-ac nx-v. phos.
ph-ac ptel. sep. sil. tanac therioL
of the slightest : aeon, cinnb.
of a hammer : mane
of sawing wood : mane
of steps : nit-ac. nx-v. sang.
of water splashing : nit-ae
of the voice : nx-v. sil. zne
spoken to, of being: ars. chamu
gels, nat-m. nat-s. nx-v. rhus.
uncovered, of being : aeon. sth.
"Wind, of : cans, eham, lach.
Irascibility. See Anger.
Irresolute: alum. ang. ars. asaf. bar.
bism. bry. calc cann-i. canth. cham.
chin. coca, cocc cupr. dapli. ferr.
graph, ffrat hell. hyos. ign. lod. k-ca.
lach. led. lye mag-m. meser. nat-c
nat-m. nx-m. nx-v. op. pallad. pefo*.
phos. plat. plb. puis, rnos-r. mta. ail.
■pig. sulph. tarax. tarent thu. zne
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Irreaolate.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
LanghiDg.
— about trifles : bar.
— in acts : lye. nat-c. nx-m.
— in ideas : nat-m. salph.
— in projects : bar-ac. rnu»-r.
— in making up his mind: bar-ac
graph, nat-m.
Irksome, everything is : ign. laur. lye.
Irrational : bell. op. plb.
Irritability. See Fretful, Ill-humor,
etc.
Irritated easily, is : anac. bar. bell. bry.
croc, hepar. ign. ipec. nat m. nx'V,
olnd. petr. ph-ac. saoad. squil. stram.
tarax. yerat.
— See also Fretful.
Isolation, feeling of. See Abandoned ;
Forsaken.
Jealousy : apis, camph. gal-ac. hyoa,
ign. lach. nx-v. op. ph-ac puis. raph.
— as foolish as it is irresistible : lacn.
Jokes, jesting, etc. : aloe. bell. bry. cann-
i. caps, ck, eoce. glon. hyos. ign, ipec.
k-iod. lach. Ivc. mere. merl. nat-m.
nx-v. plat rhu8-r. sars. secale. stram,
sul-ac. tabac. tarenl.
— after indifierence : men.
gravity : plat.
— averse to : acan, am-c. ang. apis. ars.
borax, bov. carb-an. cooc eye. mere,
nat-m. nx-v. puis, sabin. sil. spig.
sulph. thn.
— ridionloas or foolish: bell, cie,
hyos. stram, tanec. verat,
Joy, ailments from excessive : aeon. cans.
eoff, croc. op. puis.
Joyous. See Cheerfulness.
Kicks : beU, stram. strvch. tarent. verat-
▼.
— when carried : cham.
— in sleep : bell. cina.
— child is cross, kicks and scolds on
waking : lye.
Killed, desires to be : ars. bell.
— sudden impulse to kill for a slight
offense : hepar. nx-v.
— See also Murder.
Kind words, friendly persuasion, etc.,
cause aggr. : bell. cact. calc. calc-p.
chin. hell. ion. k-ca. lye. nat-m. nit-
ac nx-v. plat, SEP. sil. staph.
Kisses every one : croc, verat.
— his companion's hands : agar.
— before menses : verat.
BUeptomania : absin. ars. bry. k-ca. lye.
nx-v. puis. sep. sulph.
Kneeling and praying, etc. : stram.
— unable to kneel down : tarent.
Lamenting, bemoaning, wailing, etc. :
aeon, alum. am-c. am. ars, asaf. bell,
bism. brom. bry. calc camph. canth.
cham. chin. cic. cina. coca coff, cupr.
hell. hyos. ign. ipec. lach. lye. mere,
mosch. nat-c nitrac. nx-m. nx-^, op.
phos. ph-ac plb. puis, ran-b. rheum,
rhus. secale. sil. sulph. tarent. verat.
— Compare with Weeping.
— during convulsions: ars.
— while asleep : arn. cham. cin. phoa.
sulph.
— over trifles : eoff.
Lasciviousness. See Lewdness.
Laughing : aeon. agar. aloe. alum, am-c
anac. apis. arn. asaf. aur. beU. calc.
eann-t. cann-s. carb-v. cic. coff. con.
coral, creos. croe, cupr. ferr. graph,
hell. hyos. ign. k-bi. lach. lye merl.
nat-m. nz-m. nx-v. op. phos. plat. plb.
puis, ran-sc sabad. sep. stram. sulph.
tabac tarax. tarent. verat verb. znc.
znc-s.
— alternating with frenzy : stram.
groaning : bell, stram.
sadness: canth. cans, nat-c
stram. zne.
seriousness : nx-m. plat.
— vexation, ill-humor: croc
stram.
violence : croc, stram.
weeping: aeon. alum, aur,
borax, cann-s. caps. eoff. graph, lye.
phos. puis. sep. stram. sulph. verat
child cries and laughs easily ;
while crying, it suddenly laughs
heartily, and finally cries again : coff,
whining, moaning : verat.
— annoying: bell.
— aversion to : ambr.
— constant : cann-i. verat.
— convulsive : bell. calc. cupr. ether.
— delirious : stram.
— easily : ars. coff.
— feats, at his own : iris, stram.
— forced : hyos.
— immoderately : cann-i. ferr.
— involuntarily: agar. bell, eann-i.
phos.
after eating : puis.
— loudly : bell, cann-s. croc hyos. op.
— misfortune, at : apis.
— mocking : tarent
— nervous : hura.
— paroxysmal : stram.
— at reprimands, etc : graph.
— silly : bell, crot-c ether, hyos. stram.
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Laaghing.
mInd and disposition.
LoTe.
— Bpasmodio : aoon. Alum. am-c. anac.
asaf. aur. bell, oolc cic. con, croc,
cupr. ether, ^m. lye. nat-m. nx-m.
phos. plat, seode. siL strain, raler.
verat. zdc.
Conditions of laaghing.
— air, in open : nx-m.
— morning : graph, hura. plat.
— night : cic. creoe. sil.
— anxiety, during: lye.
— sad, when: phoe.
— followed by sadness : plat.
— aeriona thoughts, when occupied
by : anac. lye. nat-m. sulph.
— Bleep, during : alum. cans. hyos. lye
ph-ac.
— speaking, when : bell.
Iiewdneas, lasciviousness, lustful, etc. :
bov. calc. ooc-c. fl-ac. graph, hyos.
ig^. lach. lye. nat-m. op. sil. atram,
tarent.
— See also Shameless and under Mania,
Sexual, etc
— lewd talk : plat
fancies : dig sang.
ListlesB. See Apathy.
Lively. See Merry.
Loathing, general: aeon. ang. ant-t.
arg-n..arn. asar. bell, benz-ac. bufo.
calc. canth. cham. chel. hyos. jatr.
k-bL k-ca. mere. phel. plat puU.
ratan. secale. seneg. stram. sumb.
tarent thea.
Compare with Intolerance.
morning on waking : phyt
evening : alum, hepar. raph.
eruption, before : cop.
-7 — pain during : aloe.
smoking, when : sep.
— against bananas : elaps.
bread : elaps. tarent.
bntter : chin.
ohooolate : tarent.
coffee : phys.
drinks : phys. secale.
everything : nx-v. therid. thu.
food : all-c. anac cham. com.
dios. eup-per. hell. k-ca. mag-c merc-
iod. nx-v.
life: agn. alum. ambr. am-
c ant-cr. ant-t. ars. aub. aur-m. bell,
bov. carb-an. caus. chin, creos. dros.
hepar. hyos. k-bi. lach. led. lye
mere mezer. nat-c. nat-m. nat-s. nit-
ac. nx<\ op. phos. plat. plb. ptUs,
rhus. ruta. secale. sep. sil. spig. spong.
staph, stram. sulph. sul-ac tha.
must restrain herself to pre-
vent doing herself injury : nat-s.
evening : o«r.
liqnors : ang.
meats : agar, crot-c elaps. tareat
speaking: anac dioa.
tea : thea.
veal : phel.
"work : am.
Locality, errors of: bry. gUm, hura. lach.
nx-m. par. petr. sulph. valer. verat
loses way in well-known places :
alon, nx-m. petr.
Looiced at, children cannot bear to be :
anl'cr, ant-t. ars. cham. cina.
Loneliness, a feeling of: calc cann-L
k-ca. mag-m. nat-c.
— See also Forsaken.
Longing for things which are reacted
when offered: are. bell. bry. cham,
cina. dulc hepar. puis, rheum, staph.
but does not know what:
china.
— for good opinion of others : pallad.
— for repose, tranauillity: nx-v.
— for sunshine, light, and society:
stram.
— See also name of thing desired.
Lie, never speaks the truth ; does not
know what she is saying : verat.
— believes all she says is a: lac-can.
Loquacity : abrot aoon. seth. agar. agn.
aloe. ambr. arg. ars. aur. bapt. belL
borax, boy. calc. cann-i. canth. cans,
dmic cocc coo-c coff. croc. cupr.
dulc ether, eugen. gamb. gels. glon.
grat. hyoi. iod. k-iod. ^ocA. lachn. lil-
t mag^c marum^ meph. nat-c. nat-m.
nice. nx-m. op. par. psor. rhus. Bcien.
stann. staph, ttram, tabac. tarax.
tarent. thea. therid. thu. verat. viol-
od. znc
— alternating with laughing: bell.
— changing quickly from one subject
to another : agar, cimic laeh,
— evening : lach. viol-tr.
■ — excited, when : selen.
— measles, with : viol-od.
— menses, during: stram.
— sleep, during : ambr. ign. op.
— See also Speech.
Love, ailments from disappointed : calc-
p. cimic cofil hyos, ign, lach. ph-ac.
staph.
— love-sick : ant-cr. tilia.
— with jealousy, anger, and incoherent
talk : hyos.
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Love.
MIND AKD DISPOSITIOK. CondiUons of Melancholj.
— with silent grief: ign.
ZK>'w-Bpiiits. See Sadness.
Ladioroos, things seem : cann-s. nat-xn.
IUC-4II. stram.
Magnetised, desires to be : calc. phos.
Malice : aam. agar. am-c. am*m. anac.
am. ars. aur. bar. bell, borax, cann-s.
canth. caps, carb-an. cans. chin. cic.
cocc. coloc. con. croc. capr. gnai.
hepar. hyos, ign. laeh. led. lyc. mang.
mere mosch. nat-o. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-
V. op. par. petr. phos. plat, secale.
sqail. 9lram. stront. verat. znc.
Mania, madness : aoon.seth. ailan. alcoh.
ant-cr. ars. bell. cact. camph. cann-i.
canth. chin-8. coca, cofll colch. con.
crotal. cupr. hell. hyos. indg. k-iod.
led. lyc. mere, merc-c. nx-m. oena. op.
phos. plb. raph. rhod. sabad. secale.
stram. tarent. tereb. verat.
— Compare with Deliriam, Insanity, etc.
— amel. by washing head in cold water:
sabad.
— anxioosneaa, with : bell.
— bitea : bell. bufo. hyos. secale. stram.
— disgnat of life, with : bell.
— capricionB : raph.
— orav^la on floor, spits often, hides,
laughs, or is angry, with spasms:
lach.
— declarea she will go crazy : cimic.
— fariooa : canth. hyos. op. stram.
— geatlcalatea : hyos. nx-m. stram.
— laughing and gayety, with : aeon,
bell. cans. croc.
with groaning and langhing :
stram.
metrorrhagia, alternating with:
crot-c.
— neozalgia, after sudden disappear-
ance of: cimic.
r— prays : stram. verat
— qnarrelaome : cupr. hyos. lyc.
— runs away: bell. cupr. dig. nx-v.
verat
about: bell. con. hell, stram.
sulph. verat
naked : bell. hyos.
— sexual: apis.
— sings : bell, cann-i. cocc. cupr. hyos.
stram. verat
— study, from over : lach.
— talkative : agar, lack, par. stram.
— tearful: aeon. cann-«.
Mania-a-potn : aeon. agar, ant-cr. am.
(VTB. bell. eale. cann-i. carb-v. chin,
cimic. coff. dig. hell. hyos. ign. lach.
led. lyc. mere, nat-c. nat-m. , nx-m.
nx-v. op. puis, ran-b. rhod. rhus. ruta.
selen. sep. sil. spig. stram. sulph.
sul-ac. verat. znc.
Marriage, the idea of, seemed .unen-
durable: pie-ac.
Meditation : am-c. cann-s. canth. chin.
cic. clem. cocc. eye. hell. hyos. ign.
lach« mezer. nat-c. phel. phos. plb.
ran-b. rhus. sabad. sep. spig. staph.
sulph. thu.
Melancholy, Qloomy, etc.: abrot
aeon, sesc-h. all-c. alum. ambr. am-a
am-m. anac. ant-cr. arg-n. ars. asar.
aur. beU. herb, bolet. K>v. cact. ealc
calo-p. canth. caps, carb-an. cans.
chel. chin, chin-s. clem. cocc. con.
creos. croc, crotal. cupr. cvc. diff.
dros. euph. euphr. ferr. gamb. oraph.
heU. hepar. hyos. ign. indg. iod. iri&
k-bi. k-ca. lac-can. laeh. Itict. laur.
lil-t lyc mere nat-c. nat-m. nit-aa
nitr. nx-m. nx-v. op. petr. phos. ph-
ac. plan. plat. plb. puts, ran-sc rnus.
ruta. sabad. sars. secale. selen. seneg.
sep. sil. spig. stann. staph, stram,
sulph. sul-ac. tabac tilia. verat viol-
od. znc zing.
— Compare with Despair, Despond-
ency, Grief, Sadness, etc
— alternating with cheerfulness :
asar. chin. ferr. znc.
ill-humor : znc.
— religious : graph, psor. sulph*
See Fear of salvation, Keligious^
etc.
Conditions of Melancholy.
— morning: agar. aloe. am-c. anac.
ant-cr. apis, arg-n. cann-i. lach. maff-
m. mag-6. petr. phoe. sars. sep. sulph.
sul-ac tarent tarax.
amel. in : carb-an.
on rising : hepar.
on waking : carb-an. cop. krca. nit-
ac. petr. phos.
— afternoon : alum, calc-s. cast. cocc.
. con. cop. ign. mang. mur-ac. plat.
ruta. snlph. znc.
amel.: agar.
— evening: agar, am-c ant-cr. ant-t.
bar. bov. calc-s. carb-an. creos. eye
dig. graph, hipp. ign. k-ca. k-clc lyc.
mag-c. murx. nat-m. nat-p. nit-ac.
phos. plat ran-sc. ruta. senec sep.
stram. snlph. therid.
amel. : aloe, cann-s. carb-v. coca.
znc.
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Conditions of Melancholy. MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Mind.
— night: lil-t. tarent.
— air, in open : k-c». mur-ac sulph.
amel. : plat. rhus. tarent.
— annoyanoo, from least: k-bi.
— ooldnesB, with: am-c
— eating, after : anac ars. chin, nalrc.
nx-T. ol-an. puis. Enc.
amel.: clem, tarent.
— fever (intermittent) during the
chill : ars. calc eon, hell, ign, lye. nat-
m. phoe. plat selen. sep.
daring the heat : ars. graph, lye.
nx^m. ph-ac. sep.
during the sweat : ars. aiir. calc.
con. ign. lye nat-m. selen.
— menses, before: am-c calc cans,
con. eye ferr. lye. ntUrm, nit-ac puis.
stann. xanth.
during : am-c aur. herb. brom.
cact calc. cimic cop. ferr. ign. mur-
ac nat-c nat-m. plat. plb. pms. senec
sep. sU. thu. znc
amel. : stann.
after : alum. ferr. nstil.
— music, from : aeon. dig. lye nat-s.
— noise, from : ant-cr. phos.
— pains, from the : sars.
— pollutions, from : ealad. con. ham.
nat-m. nat-p. ph^ac sil. sulph.
— room, in : plat. rhus. tarent.
indoors, becomes lively: ph-ac
— society, in : agar. euph.
amel. : bov.
— solitude, in : ars. bov. stram.
— twilight, in : phos.
— walking, when : aeon, therid. thu.
in open air : con. ph-ae. sep. sulph.
Memory, compare Thoughts and Mind.
— active (i. e., increased capacity,
etc.) : aeon. agar. alum, anac ang.
am. ars. aur. bad. beU. bov. brom.
calo-p. camph. cann-i. cann-s. caps,
carb-y. chin, cimic cob. coca, cocc-c
cocc. coff. croc cub. cupr. eye dig.
ether, fluor-ac glon. grat. hipp. hydr-
ac hvos. lach. lac-ac. laur. lye mane,
meph. nat-p. nx-m. nx-y. op. oxal-
ac phos. phys. pip-m. plat. plb. puis,
rapn. rhus. seneg. sil. spig. sulph.
tereb. thu. yaler. verat. verb, viol-
od. znc ziz.
changing from keenness to dull-
ness : rhus.
until midnight : eoff.
with lassitude: aloe,
preventing sleep. See under
Sleep.
— increased memory: aeon, anac
ang. ars. aur. belL ecff. croc eye floor-
ac hyoe. lach. lac-ac op. phos. seneg.
spiff, valer. viol-od.
tor things done: cann-L elnis.
sol-t-se.
for things experienced : flnor-ac
for music heard : lye
for persons: hyos.
for things read : bapt. cann-L
for what he does not care to re-
member: hyos.
for thin^ seen : cann-L seneg.
— increased imagination, lively fan<7,
etc : aeon. a«ir. anac bell. cann-L
chin. coca. co£ colch. eye dig. glon.
lach. meph. op. phos. znc
— increasea inventive faculty, schem-
ing tendency : ang. chin. con. lach.
Men, dread of: aur. bar. plat. pula.
sulph.
— See Company.
Mesmerised, desires to be : calc phos.
— seemed as if: o^na.
Mildness : ambr. anac ars. asar. aur.
bell. bov. caps, carb-an. cans, cic
clem. eoee. croc cupr. euph. euphr.
hell, t^ iod. k-ca. lye. mang. moeclL
mur-ac. nat-c nat-m. op. ph-ac plb.
puis. rhus. sil. stann. stram. sulph.
verat viol-od. znc
Mind, absence of: aeon, sesc-h. alum.
am-c am-m. anac ane. apis. arg. am.
arum-t. asar. aur. bar. Dell. bov. calad.
calc. cann-s. caps. eaus. eham. cheL
chin, cic cocc coff. colch. con. creoa.
croc crotal. eye dulc elaps. graph.
hell, hepar. hyos. ign. k-bi. k-ca.
lac-can. lach. led. lye. mag-c mang.
mere mezer. mosch. nat-c nat-m.
nit-ac nx-m. na>v. olnd. op. petr.
phos. ph-ac plat plb. puis. rhod.
rhus. rata. sars. sep. sil. spiong. stann.
sulph. sul-ac thu. verat verb, viol-
od. viol-tr. znc
— Compare with Forgetful, Mistakes,
etc
— periodical attacks of, short last-
ing: fluor-ac
— diminished power of^ over body :
gels. hell.
Compare with Awkward.
— dullness, of: agn. alum, am-c anac
ant-c arg-n. asar. ars. bell, calc
cham. chin. con. eye graph. hdL
hyos. laeh. laur. lye. meter, nat-c nof-
t?». nice nx'^. dnd. op. pii-ae. plb. puis.
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Mind*
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Mirth.
ranrh, rheum, rhos. sil. spong. staph,
stram. sulph. tha.
— See also Weakness,
oppresoion of: evon. graph, iod.
ran-b.
weakness of memory, etc : aeon,
agn. ailan. alum. ambr. am-c am-m.
anae, apis, arg-n. arn. ars. aw. bar.
beU. borax, bov, bry. ealc camph.
cann-8. carb-an. ear6-v. cans. chel.
chin. clem. cooc. ooff. colch. con.
creoB. croc cupr. eye. dig. euphr.
graph, guai. hell, kepar. hyoa. ign.
ipec. k-ca. loch* Uiur. lye. mag-c mang.
mere, merc-c mezer. mosch. mnrx.
nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nz-m. nx-v. olnd.
op. petr. phos. ph-ac. pic-ac. plat plb.
pu/8. rhod. rhus. rata, sabad. sabin.
ears, selen. seneg. 8ep. sU. spig. spong.
atarm. staph, stram. stront. sulph. suT-
ac thu. yaler. veraL verb, viol-od.
viol-tr. mc.
— See also Mistakes.
— for business : agn. creos. fluor-ac.
hyos. k-ca. phos. sabin. selen. sulph.
tellur.
— for dates : aeon. con. k-bro.
— done, for wbat has just : aoon.
agar, aster, absinth, bar. borax, bufo.
calad. calc-p. chel. hyos. lac-can.
lye.
— for what was about to do : agn.
bar. bell, calc-p. calc-s. chel. creos.
cinnb. fluor-ac. gran, jug-c sulph.
— expressing one's self, for: bell,
cann-i. lac-can. lach. lye. nx-v. puis,
thu.
— happened, for what has : graph.
nat>m. rhus. sulph.
— heard, for what has : agar, calc
cann-i. carb-v. hell. hyos. lach. mezer.
psor. sulph.
— labor, for mental: aeon. aloe,
asar. gels. laur. lye. nat-c nat-m. ph-
ac pic-ac selen. sep. sil. sol-m. spig.
spong. staph, therid. thu.
from stupefaction in head :
aeon. eth. asar. calc chin, nat-c nx-
m. nx-y. op. plat. rhod. rhus. sep.
from fatigue: calc colch.
nat-c. nx-v. plat. puis. sep. sil.
— letters, for the names of the :
lye
— names, for proper: anae. croc
fluor-ac glon. guai. k-bro. lith. lye,
mere olnd. puis. rhus. stram. sulpL
— persons, for: acet-ac agar.
ailanth. alooh. anae bell.cedr.cham.
chlor. croc hyos. mere. nx-v. op.
stram. thu. verat.
read, for what has : ambr, anae
am. bell. can-L oofi*. oolch. chlor.
guai. ham. hell. hipp. hyos. lac-can.
lach. nat-m. olnd. phos. ph-ae staph.
viol-od.
said, for what has: am. bar.
cann-i. carb-an. carb-v. colch. croc
hell, hepar. mere, mezer. nx-m. rhod.
stram. sulph. verat
for what is about^ to say : arff-n«
am. atrop. bar. cann-i. carb-an. colch.
hell. hydr. lil-t. mere nx-m. podo.
rhod. sulph. verat
sudden and periodical : carb-v.
things, names of, for : lye. rhus.
thought, for what has just : aeon.
agar. alum, anae bell, cann-i. coce
colch. fluor-ae hyos. nat-m. ran-sc
stram. verb.
words, for : agar, arg-n. bar.
ham. hydrph. k-bro. lye
-" write, for what is about to:
cann-i. croc dire, nat-m. nx-m. rhus.
— Conditions of Weakness of Mind.
morning: anae
blood, from rush of: chin, mere
rhus. sulph.
damp air or dwelling: calc
earh-v. puis. rhus. sU. verat.
ohiil, in a: bar.
emotions, from : aoon. op. ph-
ac. staph.
head, with stinging in : zne
after ii^juring head: arn. cie
hyper, mere rhus.
loss of fluids, from : ehin. nx-v.
sulph.
mental exertion, from : aur.cale
lach. nat-c nat-m. nx-y. ph-ac, pic-
ac puis. sil. sulph.
Mirth, Hilarity, Liveliness, etc.: aoon.
Kth. alum, am-e anae. ang. ant-t
arg. am. asaf. asar. aur. bar. beU.
cann-s. caps, carb-an. carb-v. cans.
chin. chin-B. cie coce coff. con. creos.
eroe. cupr. eye ferr. fluor-ac. gamb.
graph, hyos. ign. iod. lach. lachn.
laur. lye mag-e marnm. men. mere
merc-c. mezer. nat-e. nat-m. nx-m.
op. oxal-sc par. petr. phos. ph-ac
plb. puis, sabad. sars. seneg. sep.
spig. spong. stann. staph, a^rom.
sulph. sul-ac. tabae tarax. therid.
thu. yaler. verb, sne
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Mirth.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Murder.
— Compare with Cheerful, Laughing,
etc.
— alternating with Ill-humor. See
under 11] -humor.
with lachrymose mood : plb. psor.
spong. sep.
palpitation : spig.
— foolish: aeon. bell. calc. carb-v.
mere, seneg.
— Conditions of Mirth.
— morning: con. graph, mag-m.
Bulph.
on waking : chin.
— afternoon : ang. cann-s. lye. mere-
i-fl. phos.
— evening: am-c. chin, coc-c. ferr.
lach. pip-m. sulph. viol-tr.
ill-humor during the day, merry
in the evening: sulph. viol-tr.
noon, low-spirited at, lively in
evening or vice versa: znc
— night : chin. naja.
— emission, after an : plp-m.
— weeping, after: plat.
Misanthropy: am-fn. anac. aur. bar.
ealc, cic. hyos. led, lye. nat-c. phoa.
plat. puis, stann,
Misohievous: aloe. bar. cupr. lach.
nx-v.
Miserly : ars. bry. calc. cina. ooloc. lye,
nat-c puU, rheum, sep.
Mistakes, makes in calculating: ailan.
am-c. mere nx-v. sumb.
— localities, in : brv. glon, hura. lach.
nx-m. par. petr. sulph. valer. verat.
— measure and weight and gives
wrong answers : nx-v.
— names: dios. s^am.
— reading: cham. hyos. lye. mere,
sil. stann.
— speaking : acet-ac. agar. alum, am-
c. arg-n. bov. calc. cann-s. canth.
cans, chin, chin-s. coca. con. crotal.
cupr. eye. dios. graph, hsemat. ham.
hepar. hyos. ign. k-oro. k-ca. lac-can.
lach. lil-t. lye. mang. mere. murx.
nai-m. nx-m. nx-v. osm. ph-ac. rhus-
r. secale. selen. sep. sil. stram. sulph.
sul-ac. thu.
worse after exertion : agar.
utters wrong syllables : lye, selen.
gives wrong answers : phos.
— spcming, in: fluor-ac lach. lac-ac.
lac-can. lye. nx-m. nx-v. stram.
sulph.
— time, in : anac. cic. oocc. croc, fluor-
ac. hura. ku^. nx-v. petr. therid.
See also Time.
— words, misplacing: alom. am-c
am. bov. cole, eann-s. caus. cham.
chin. oocc. con. crotal. eye. graph,
hepar. hyos. k-ca. lac-can. lach. lye.
mere, nat-c nat-m. nx-v. osm. puis,
rhod. sep. sil. stram. sulph. thu.
omits : benz-ac. cham. nx-v. rhod.
reverses : chin.
— in work : acet-ac. bell, chin-a. nat-c.
nx-v. ruta. selen.
— in writing : am-o. benz-ac. bov.-
calc-p. cann-i. cann-s. carb-an. cham.
chin, chin-6. chro-aa croc crotaL
dios. fluor-ac. graph, hepar. hydr.
ign. k-bro. lac-can. Itieh. lac-ac /ye.
nat-c nat-m. nx-m. nx-v. ptel. pals,
rhod. rhus. sep. siL ihtu
Moaning : aeon, apis, an, bell, cann-u
canth. cans, cham, eic, cina. oooc cofL
eolch. creos. eup-per. eels, graph,
hell. hyos. ign. ipec lach. mere
mur-ac naja. nx-v. op. oxal-ac phos,
phyt. rheum, sars. squil. stram.
sulph. sul^c tabac tanac tarent.
verat. znc.
— Compare with Groaning.
— at night : ars. cupr. hepar. tarent
— sleep, during : aloe. ars. bry. ealad.
cham. lach. mur-ac nx-v. op. podo.
stann. sulph.
— chill, during : eup-per.
— constant moaning and gasping for
air: phyt.
— fever, during : aeon. cham. eup-per.
lach. puis.
— hemicrania, with : cop.
— ill-humor, with : cham,
— pain, during: bad. eup-per. hura.
Mocking : ars. chin. ipec. lach. plat. par.
— his relations : secale
Monomania: aeon, carb-v. ign, nx-m.
puis. sil. stram. thu.
Moping. See Sadness.
Moral feeling, want of : anac, biaoL con.
hyos. laur. op. sabad.
Morose. See Melancholy, Sadness, etc
Murder, desire to: ars. camph. chin.
hepar. hyos, lach. plat stram. thea.
her husband, when alone with
him: nx-v.
— dread of being murdered : op. phos.
stram.
when dreaming: am-m.
guai. ign. k-iod. lact lye. mere, znc
— and homicide, continually before the
mind : calc op. phos. stram.
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Mnrder.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Qaarrelsome.
— continual thoaghts of, when dream-
ing : am-m. caTc. carb-an. gaai. ign.
k-iod. lact. led. lye. mere, nat-c. nat-m.
ol-an. petr, rhns. sil. spong. sUiph, znc.
— See idao Killed.
Mosio, averse to : sabin,
— See also under Sensitiveness.
Muttering: apis. am. bed, calad. oolch.
dnlc. ether, h vos. lach. lye nx-y. ph-
ac. plb. sil. ttram, sul-ac. tabac. tarax.
vip.
— See under Delirium.
— to himself: hjos. tabac.
— in sleep : ars. cam ph. indg. mere
— unintelligible: ara. cann-s. hjos.
siram.
Naked, wants to be: bell. hyos. phos.
phyt.
in delirium: mere.
Compare Covering.
Nervous. See Anxiety, Fretful, Rest-
lessness, etc.
Nobody, feels as if he were : ang.
Noise, averse to. See under Sensitive.
Obscene, in speech : lil-t.
• — See Lewdness.
Obstacles, wants them to be removed,
in sleep : cham.
Obstinate : aeon, altim. am-c. ahac. am.
ars. bell. bry. calc canth. caps, carb-
an. carb-v. caus. cham. chel. chin,
creos. dig. dros. *ferr. guai. hepar.
ign. k-ca. k-iod. lach. lye. mere, nit-
ae. 1u^•v. phos. ph-ac secale. sil. spong.
stram. miph, tnu. viol-od. znc.
— children, yet cry when kindly spoken
to: sil.
— on appearance of menses: eham,
Oooupiea, or busy, general ameliora-
tion when: agar. bar. chin. croc,
ferr. hdon. kat-c. pip-m. SEP. stram.
thu.
Offended, easily : aeon. alum. ars. aur.
bov. calc camph. cann-s. caps, carb-
V. cans. cham. chin. cina. dnnb. oocc.
eye dros. lye nx-v. phos. plat. puis,
ran-b. sars. sep. spig. snlph. verat.
— Compare with Sensitive.
Oppresuon, mental : cann-i. psor. ran-
b. ran-sc. tilia.
— Compare with Melancholy, eta
Over-sensitive. See Sensitive and
compare with Intolerance.
Passionate: ars. aur. cann-i. canth.
cofi! hyos. k-iod. laur. lye olnd. petr.
phos. nat-m. nat-s. nx-v. sep. stram.
wuipk. tarent
— at every trifle : nat-m. nat-s. phos.
ph-ac. sumb.
Patient : mag-m. phos.
Peevish. See Fretful, Ill-humor, etc.
Pertinacity r caps. dros. stram.
Perverse : aur. cham. croe hura. k-ca.
nitr. thu.
— See also Obstinate.
Petulant. See Fretful.
Phlegmatic. See Indifference.
Picking. See under Gestures.
Pities herself: agar.
Plans, making many: anae ang. chin.
coff. olnd.
— gigantic : op.
— revengeful : agar.
Playful: aloe, cimie coce daps. lach.
men. ni^a. oxal-ae seneg. tarent.
— alternating with melancholy : psor.
— plays with the buttons of his clothes :
mosch.
— indisposition to play, in children
bar.
— desires to play in the ^prass : daps.
Pleasure : an^. cann-i. tilia.
— durinff wakefulness : secale.
— on waking from a dream of murder :
thea.
— in voluptuous ideas only : bell.
— in nothing : hura. ipee mezer. staph.
nJph. therid.
See Discontented.
— in his own talking: par. stram.
Poor, thinks is : bell, hepar. nx-v. up.
valer.
Positiveness : camph. caus. ferr. lach.
mere
— Compare with Obstinate.
Possessed, a condition as if: anae
hyos.
— Compare with Delusions.
Praying : aur. bell. op. puis, stram. verat.
Precision of mind increased : fen^p.
Precocity : mere
Pre-occupied. See Mind, absence of.
Pride : alum. am. chin, cie cnpr. ferr.
hyos. ipee lach. lye par. plat, stram.
sulph. verat
Prophesying : aeon. agar.
— predicts the time of death: agon.
Prostration. See Weakness.
Pulls, desires to pull one's hair: bell,
tarent
— one's nose in the street : mere
— one's teeth : bell.
Puns, disposed to make : cann-i.
Quarrelsome : aeon. agar. alnm. ambr.
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Quarrelsome.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Resistance-.
am-c anac. ant-t. am. ars. awr, bar.
bell. bov. brom, bry. calc. compA.
canth. caps, caus, eham. chin. croc,
crotal. dig. dtilc. elaps. ferr. hyo%,
ign. k-iod. lach. Ivc. mere. merl.
meaer. mosch. nat-c. nat-m. nat-s.
nice, nit-ac. nx-v, olnd. petr. plat,
psor. ran-4). ratan. rata, seneg. sep.
spong. staph, stram. stront. snlph.
thea. thu. tilia. verat. verat-v. viol*tr.
znc.
— alternating with gayety and laugh-
ter : croc, spong. ^
care and discontent : ran-b.
singing : croc. [ac.
— desires to quarrel : atrop. hjos. sul-
— morning : petr. psor. ran-b.
— afternoon: dulc.
— evening: am-c. nat-m. nice. psor.
sil.
— in sleep : ars. rheum.
Quiet disposition : asar. caps. cic. clem,
cocc. euph. lye. mang. mur-ac. nx-v.
plat. puis. sars. sil. stann. viol-tr.
znc.
— cannot be quieted : cina.
— only by being carried : gham.
— wants to be : bry. cann-i. coca, cupr-
s. dios. euph. gels.
during chill : ars.
desires repose and tranquillity :
nx-v.
Quiok to act : coif.
Rage, fury : aeon. seth. agar, ant-t. arg-
n. ars.' bar. bdl. camph. cann-i. cann-
B. eanth. cham cocc. colch. croc. cupr.
dros. hyos. k-ca. lach. lye. mere, nat-
m. nit-ac. op. phos. plb. puis. ruta.
sabad. secale. seneg. stram, verat.
— See Anger, etc.
— alternating with convulsions:
stram.
— oonTulsiTe : bell, stram.
— after insults : sang, stram.
— bright objects aggr. : canth.
— during menses : aeon.
— when trying to drink, or from touch-
ing larynx : canth.
— with staring looks : bell.
— cold application to head amel. :
sabad.
— epilepsy, after : arg.
— pulls hair of bystanders : bdl.
— does not know l)is relations : bell.
— about trifles : cann-s.
— violent : bell. hyos.
Rashness : caps. men. puis.
Reading, averse to : aeon. brom. clem,
coca. corn, eye hydr. k-bL lil-t. phys.
— desires to be read to : chin. clem.
— makes mistakes in : cham. hyos. lye
mere. sil. stann.
— aversion to, amel. in open air : oxal-
ac
Reason. See Mind, Thought, etc.
— loss of, and see Insanity, Mania^
etc.
Recognise, does not, his relations : beU.
hyos. mere, verat.
ReooUeot. See Mind, Memory, etc.
Reflection. See Thoughts.
Refuses or rejects things which were
desired: ars. bell. bry. cham. chin.
cina. dulc. hepar. puis, rheum, staph.
Religious afflictions: alum. am-c. cat.
aur. bell, carb-v. caus. cham. cina.
coif. con. croc. eye. dig. ferr. graph.
HYOS. ign. lach. lil-t. lye mere, nx-
V. plat mils. rata, sabad. selen. siL
stram. sulph. veruL znc.
— feeling, want of: anac. coloc.
— See also under Anxiety, Despair,
Doubtful, etc.
Remorse: alum. am-c. ars. anr. belL
earb-v. caus. cham. cina. cocc. oofi.
con. cupr. eye. dig. ferr. graph, hyos.
t^ lach. mere. nx-v. puis. rata,
sabad. selen. sil. stram. sulph. veraL
znc. •
— repents quickly : croc olnd.
Reproaches : aeon. ars. caps. chin, cic
hyos. ign. lach. lye mezer. nat-m.
nx-v. par. ph-ac sep. verat.
— himself: calc-p. hura. hyos.
Repulsive mood: aeon. alum. ambr.
ant-cr. arn. ars. aur. bell, camph.
caps. cans. con. croc hepar. ign. ipec
k-ca. lact laur. led. lye. mag-c mag-
m. mere nit-ac nx-v. petr. phos. plb.
puis. samb. sars. sil. spong. sulph.
thu.
Resentment : herb. mang. nit-ac
Reserved: alum, arg-n. ars. aur. belL
bisni. calc caps, carb-an. caus. cham.
chin. clem, coloc eye dros. euph.
euphr. graU hdl. hyos. ign. ipec lach.
lye mag-c mang. mur-ac nat-m. nit-
ac nx-v. ol-an. op. petr. phos. plat
plb. puis, rheum, sabad. sabin. spong.
stann. verat.
Resistance : caps. nx-v.
— to everything done for him : bell.
— a feeling of to be overcome on mov-
ing : sewle.
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Resistance.
MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditions of BesUessness.
— See Obstinate, etc.
ReaolTO, difficult to : mezer.
— impossible : k-bro. tabac.
— slow of: grapb.
Resolute. See Boldness.
Rest, cannot when things are not in
proper place : anac. ar%.
RestlessneBs, restless, etc.: abies-c.
abies-n. abrot. kicos. acon-c. seth. agar.
a«ar-ph. ailan. aloo. all-c. aloe. alnm.
almn. ambr. am-c. ammc. aral-n.
anoc. anthr. ant-cr. ant-s. ani-t apis.
a|)oc. apom. arg. arg-n. am. ars. ars-
i. an^h. aaaf. asar. asc-t. aster, atro.
aur. bad. baft. bar. bell. bism.
borax, bov. brj. cadm. cai. calad.
calc. calc-p. calc-s. calen. calo.
CAHPH. cann-i. cann-s. canth. carb-
an. carb-y. carbn-o. carbn-s. case.
castor, caul, cans cedr. ce[)h. cer-b.
cerv. cham. cliel. chim. chin, chin-s.
chlf. chlo.chr-ac. cimic. cina. cinnb.
cbt. ciT-v. clem. cob. coca. ooce. cocc-
c. cod. coflT. ooff-t. coffn. colch. coloc,
coll. com. con. cap. coral, com. creos.
croc, crot-e. crotal. croton. cub. eupr.
cupr-ac. cupr-ar. cupr-s. cur. eye.
daph. dig. dios. dire. dor. dros. dub.
duJc. elaps. erig. eugen. euphr. enpi.
ery-a. etn. ferr. ferr-i. ferr-m. fluor-
ac. gal-ac. gels. gent. gins, graph.
guai. guara. hiemat. ham. hell, helon.
hipp. hydr-ac. hydrph. hyo*. hyper.
ign. indg. iod. ipec. iris, jabor. jatr.
k-bi. k-bro. k-ca. k-clc. k-cy. k-iod.
k-sul. kalm. lab. lac-can. lack, lachn.
lac-ac. lact. lam. laur. kd. lepi. lil-t.
lobel. lye. mac. mag-c mag-m. mag-
s. mane. mand. mang. nfeph. mebc.
merc-c. merc-d. merc-i-r.merc-m.merc-
s. merl. mezer. mill, morph. mosch.
mur-ac. myric. naja. nat-ar. nal-c.
nat-m. nat-s. nice, nicot. nit-ac nitr.
nit-m-ac. nit-oz. nuph. nx-m. nx-v.
€ena. olnd. op. osm. oxal-ac. petr.
phos. pli-ac. phys. phyt. plan. plat.
PLB. prun. psor. ptel. PULS. pnls-n.
ran-b. rheum, rhod. Riius. rhus-v.
romx. ruta. sabad. sabin. samb. sant.
sarr. scor. scut, secale. sep. til. sol-m.
sol-n. sol-t. spig. stann. staph, stram.
siTLPH. sul-ac. sumb. taha£. tarax.
tarenl. tax. teU. iku. ton. trom. upa.
vac valer. verat. vine violod. vip.
wies. yuc zing, znc-a. znc*m. znc-s.
— alternating with sleepiness and
stupor, during fever : ars.
— an zious ; with anxiety, etc. : aeon.
alum. ambr. anac. arg. ajis. asaf.
aspar. aur, bell. bov. bry. calc. calc-
p. camph. canth. caps, carb-an. carb-
V. cans, cham, chin, chin-s. cimic.
clem. cofiT. croc, crotal. dros. graph,
hell, hepar. lact. lam. men. mere,
nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-v. op. phos.
ph-ac. plal. puis. rhus. ruta. sabad.
sep. sil. spig. spong. staph, tabae.
valer. verat. wies. znc.
compelling rapid walking: arg-n.
ars. lil-t. sul-ac.
— fatigue, with : ars.
— hysterical : a&if. aur.
— internal: aeon. agar. atro. ara.
carb-nn. carl. chel. eupi. gins, lobel.
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. me ph.
nat-m. op. par. plb. phos. ph-ac. ran-
b. rheum, rhus. (»ep. sil.
as if would beat about herself
with hands and feet : lye.
morning when waking : sep.
evening in bed: eupi.
night on waking, with headache :
par. [^ars.
head, with stupefied feeling in:
toothache, with : mang.
— mental ^so stated) : aeon. agar. ang.
ant-t. apis. arn. aruro-i. calc. caps,
cham. chel. dulc. hydrph. iod. k-ca.
mere. plan. plat. ptel. puis, ratan.
RHUS. thu. verat. vip. znc.
Compare with Anxiety.
during uterine hemorrhage.
— nervous: aeon. apis, cimic. cupr.
nat-ar. phyt. plb. «ep. sulph. tabac.
during chill: aeon.
— paoipg back and forwards : plan.
— periodical : ars.
every third day : anac.
— rage, ending in a : canth.
— tremulous: am. plat.
— wandering, night, from pain : ferr.
— vtrhining : cham.
Conditions of Restlessness.
— day, during: ambr. nat-c. nat-m.
pip-m. plan. rhus. staph.
— morning : ailan. fago. gamb. ir-foe.
k-bro. lye. nat-m. myric phys. sulph.
thu. upa.
^gr. in : gels. iod.
in bed: ph^c.
on waking : dulc. hyper.
— forenoon: calad. cimic. fago.
hydrph. thu.
— noon : bell, hydrph.
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Conditions of Restleasneas. MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditioiisof Besdemefls.
afternoon : anac. apis. aar. calo-s.
carb-y. caul, cimic ooloa dios. fago.
jag-c mero-6. niga. nice staph, tabaa
tlia. npa.
evening: aeon. agar. alwn. am-e,
ars. bov. calc calo-B. carb-v. caul,
eattn. chin-B. clem. dios. eqn. eth.
fago. giiare. hepar. jabor. laar. Ijc.
mag-c. mag-m. meph. mere mar-ac.
nat-c. nice. nx-v. pnos. ph-ac. phys.
rumx. rata. scut, snlph. tnu. zing.
— aggr. in : carb-y. laar. mere nx-
y. phoB.
— in bed : lye. mag-m. nx-y. pbos.
sabin. sep. tha.
— at 8 F. M. : MERC.
— 4 to 6 F. M. : carb-y.
midnight^at: nat-m.
— on waking: plat.
— before : ahim. cot. sars. senec.
— after : dios. lye. merc-i-r. rhus-y.
sil. solph. snc.
night : abies-c. abies-n. abrot. aeon,
acon-c. am-cau. am-m. anac. ang.
anil, ant-n. anthr. ant-ox. ant-t. apie.
apoc. carg. arg-n. ars. arg-i. asaf. asc-t.
aster, atro. aur. anr-s. bad. bapL beU.
bism. boy. bry. cact. cai. calc. calc-
cau. calen. calo. camp, canth. carb-
ac. carb-an. carb-c. carbn. carbn-s.
carb-y. card-ni. cast-y. castor, eatd,
CAUS. cedr. eham, cbr-ac. cimic. cina.
cinnb. cist. cU-v. clem. coca, oooc-c.
coloa com. coral, com. creos. croton.
cnpr-s. eye. dig. dios. dire. eqa. erig.
eupi. eaphr. fago. ferr-i. flaor-ac.
form. fran. eal-ac gels, gett glon.
gnap. grapn. hall. hara. hydrs.
hydrph. hyper, iber. ign. indg. indm.
tru. jac jatr. jug-c. k-ar. k-bi. lach.
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mang. marum.
menu ment-pa. mere, merc-c. merc-cy .
merc-m. raerc-s. morph. mosch. mur-
ac. myric. nat-c nat-m. nat-s. nice,
nicot nit-ac nx-m. nx-y. nym. op.
osm. ost. oxal-ac ped. petr. phM, pn-
ac. phys. phyt. pip-m. plan. podo.
ptel. pols-n. rmi^, rhus. rhas-y.
ramx. rata. sang. sap. senec. 9ep. sil.
sol-t-ffi. spong. spira. stram. stry.
sulph. sul-i. sal-ac tabac tarax. thea.
tha. astil. valer. yerat yerat-y. yerb.
yesp. yip. yuc. znc.
— Compare with Sleep, restless.
— 1 A. M. : gett nat-ar. phoe.
— 2 A. M. : ambr. com. ferr. graph,
mag-m. myric zing.
— 3 A. M. : agar, cimic oocc-c creos.
nat-ar. nat-m.
— — at 3 A. M., eyerything feels
sore, most moye about : nice
— 4 A. M. : clem, creos. nit-ac trom.
wild.
— 5 A. M. : tarent.
— aggr. at: an. plb. rhns.
abdomen, from constricUon in:
mosch.
— distention in, at night: calc-s. caos.
chel. lye mag-c yaler.
— gastralgia, at night : tarent.
— hypochondriam, from pain in:
calc-fl.'
— from pain in : cob.
— stomach, from pain in: canth,
cob.
air, in open, amel. : laar. lye
— after walkinff in, amel. : graph,
alone, when : all-s. mezer. p£)s.
anxiety, from. See Anxious Rest-
lessness.
back, during tired aching in : calc-
fl.
bed, driyingont of: ARS. bry. earb-
V, cans. eham. chin, chin-s. oon. graph,
hepar. hyos. lye. maa-e. nat-m. nx-y.
pals. rhu$. sep. sil. therid.
— heat of, from : op.
— wants to go from one bed to
another: art. bell. eale. eham. cina.
hyos. mezer. rhus. sep. yerat
— tossing about in : aeon. alum. apia.
ara. asaf. napt bell. bry. calc flosfor.
eham. cic etna, cist clem, cooc oonJ.
creos. croton. ferr. ferr-m. guaL helL
ign. lach. led. lye mere mnr-«c nat-
c nat-19. op. par. phos. pals, reta^se.
rheum, rhus. senn. sep. sqnil. staph,
sulph. yaler. yerat
cheat, from congestion in : sep.
— from heat rising up into month
from chest :nx-v.
children, in: ant-t borax, eham.
jalap, rheum.
— relieyed by being carried about :
ant-t. ars. eham. cina. k-ca.
coffee, after: hart.
coition, after, at night : cop.
delirinm, during: ars.
dinner, after: am-m. nat-c rata.
thu.
— amel. after: thu.
dreama, from: ph-ae
drink, at the sight of: belL
diarrhoea, during : hydrs.
60
Conditions of Restlessness. MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Revengeful.
eating, when : borax, petr.
— after: am-m. bar. chin, cinnb.
lach. nx-m. nx-v. petr. phos. ph-ac.
rhod. salph.
eye, on closing at night aegr. : sep.
fainting, followed hy : calc.
fever, daring the heat : aeon, am-c.
iintrt am. abs. atro. bapt bear, bell,
cape, cham, china, cina. oon. cub. gda,
hjper. ip«!C lachn. mag-c mag-m.
mosch. mur-ac. op. plant, fuls.
rheum, bhus. sabin. geeaU. spong.
staph. stUph. thu. valer.
— after heat at night : ph-ac. pals,
sep.
— chill, during the: anac. abs.
asaf. bell, borax, cann-s. caps, carb-v.
creos. eup-pur. mezer. plant, plat,
rhas. spig.
at beginning of chill: lach,
phos.
— ffvreat, during : brjr. graph, lachn.
samb.
fit, after a : oena.
headache, during : anac. arg-n. ars,
hry. cadm. calad. canth. cham. chin,
daph. gent. ign. k-iod. laeh lye, morp.
niya. nx-m. ran-b. ruta. sil. vip-t.
— from pain in forehead, at night :
eye
heart, during palpitation: seth.
aspar.
hips, from bruised pain in, at night :
form.
knee, from digging in : spig.
— from itching m : mang.
lochia, with : coloc, rhus.
lying down, when : aur. cit-v. mag^
m. nx-y.
— on back, aggr.; on side amel. :
calc-p.
menses, before: aeon. con. creos.
k-ca. lye. mang. no^tr. sulph.
— during : aeon, am-c. ant-L apis.
ars, bell, borax, calc. eham, cocc. eoff.
croc. gels. hyos. ign. ipec. k-ca. mag-
m mere, nat-c. nit-ac. nx-v. op. pho8.
plat. puis. rhus. secale. Mp. sulph.
thu.
— during suppressed menses: ars.
cimic k-ctk. nice. nx-v. rhus. sep. znc.
— during metrorrhagia: aeon, apis.
cham. hyos. stram.
— after : mag-a
mental labor, during : borax, nat-c.
music, from : tarent. [cai.
miotorltion, daring desire for:
— nausea, during : borax, cina. phos.
— pain, from: ars. eham. eoff. coloc.
dies. ferr. lye. mag-e. mang. plb. pule,
rhus. tabac.
— paroxysms, during: plb.
— parts affected, in : am. chin. ferr.
— pregnancy, auring : aeon, verat.
— position, constantly changing : ars,
bell, canth. cham. cupr. lod. puis,
rhus.
every position becomes annoying:
bism.
lying long in one position, aggr. :
nat-B. jnds.
— reading, while : sumb.
— respiration, with difficult : prun.
— rest, when at : creos. plat rhus. puis.
— rising, on : atro. fago. ptel.
from a seat: cans.
— room, in : lye.
— sleep, before : thu.
during. See under Sleep, rest-
less.
— sleeplessness, with : puis.
See also under Sleep, prevented
by restlessness..
— sitting, while : alum. cact. caus. lye
mag^. nat-m. plan. siL sulph.
— smoking, when: calad.
— stool, during : bell.
— storm, during a : gels, nat-c. nat-m.
phos. psor.
— stretching backward, amel.:
borax.
— sweat, amel. : sulph.
— talking, after : ambr. borax.
— thoughts, from lascivious : graph.
— touch, on : oena.
— toothache, during : sep.
from boring, tearing in : sulph.
— tosses about greatly, raises up in
delirium : cham. cina. hell, stram.
— vomiting, colic and suppressed
menses, with : nice.
— waking, on : chin. cina. dulc.
hyper, sep. sU. stann.
— walking, when : ambr. caus. paeon,
ran-b. thu.
amel. : dies, nat-m. nice
in open air amel. : graph.
— working, when : cit-v. ^ph. vos.
Retiring disposition: seth. tndg. ipec.
olnd.
— Ck>mpare Reserved.
Revengeful: agar. am-c. calc. hydr.
lach. mang. nat-m. nit-ac op.
— Compare with Resentment.
61
Beverence.
MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditioos of Sadness.
Reverenoe for those around : ham.
Ridioole, mania to: aeon. hjos. lach.
nx-v. verat.
Riding in carriage, averse to : psor.
Risns sardonicus. See under Laughter.
Roases, with difficulty: bell. lye. op.
selen. sul-ac.
Roving about naked : hyos.
—- — wrapped in fur, in summer : hyos.
senseless, insane: bell, canth.
coif. hyos. tue-v. sabad. stram. verat
RudenesB : ambr. eugen. hell. hyw. lye.
nx-m. nx-v. op. par. phos. stram.
verat
Sadness, dejection, etc. : abrot acet-ac.
aeon, eesc-h. agar. agn. ailan. ambr.
aloe. alum. am-c. ara-m. anac.
apis. apoc. arg-n. ars. arum-t asaf.
asar. aur. aur-m. bapt. bar. bell.
berb. bov. brom. bry. eact. calc, calc-
p. camph. cann-i. cann-s. canth.
CARB-AN. carb-v. cans, ciiam. chel.
chin. eic. cisfic. cina. cinnb. elem.
coca. coce. cofiT. colch. coloc. con.
creos. croc, crotal. croton. cupr. eye
dig. dros. dulc. eugen. eup-pur. euph.
euphr. ferr. fluor-ac. gels, graph, grat
guai. hsemat. ham. hell.helon. hepar.
hura. hydr. hyos. hyper, iffn. indg. tod.
ipec. k-bi. k-bro. k-ca. k-clc. k-iod.
lac-can. lach. lachn. lact. lam. laur.
lept. lil-t lye. mag-c. mag-m. mag-s.
men. mere, merc-i-r. merl. mezer.
mosch. murx. mur-ac. naja. nat-c.
nat-m. nat-s. nitr. nii-ac. nx-v. olnd.
ol-an. petr. phel. phos. ph-ac. phyt
pic-ac. plat. plb. prun. psor. ptel.
FULS. ran-sc. raph. rheum, rhod.
RHUS. rhu8-v. ruta.sabin. sars. secale.
senec. seneg. sep. sU. spig. spong.
stann. staph, stram. stront. sulph.
sul-ac. tabac. thea. thu. tilia. tong.
tril. ustil. valer. verat viol-tr. znc.
ziz.
— Compare with Anxiety, Melancholy,
etc.
— alternating with cheerfulness:
aeon. a^ar. asar. canth. carb-an. chin.
clem. croc. ferr. fluor-ac. gels. hell,
ign. iod. lye. nat-c. nit-nc. nx-m. plat,
psor. senec. sep. spig. tarent. znc.
ziz.
— anxious: cop.
— causeless : phos. tarent.
— criminal, as if he were : eye. sabad.
— future, about the : anac. arn. bar.
cans. chel. cic. con. dig. dros. dulc.
k-ca. lach. mang. nat-c nat-m. phoe.
ph-ac. rhus. spig. stann. sulph. thn.
See also under Anxiety.
— health, about : sey,
great tiredness and laziness, with
a feeling of deep-seated inward
trouble, which makes him sad:
sabin.
— insult, as if from : eoec
— misfortune, as if from: chin-s.
phel. phos.
— periodical : aur. cop.
— quiet: ign. nx-v.
— suicidal : op. psor.
Conditions of Sadness.
— morning : alum. am-o. cann-i. carb-
an. cans. dulc. graph, hyper, lach.
nit-ac ol-an. petr. phel. phos. plaL
puis. rhus. sul-ac znc
on waking : ars. carb-an. ign. lack,
phos. ph-ac tarent
after waking: anac. ant-cr. cop.
hipp. nx-m. phel. ptel. thu.
— noon, at, lively; in evening sad,
or vice versa : tnc.
— afternoon : seth. ant-t calc-«. carb-
an. cast graph, grat. hydr-ac mang.
royric. phos. thu.
— evening : ara-c ant-cr. ars. bar. bov.
calc. carb-nn. cast creos. dig. ferr.
yn^ph. hepar. ign. k-bi. k-ca. lact.
lye. mag-c murx. naja. nat-p. nit-ac
phos. fiat. puis, ran-sc rut^ senec
seneg. sep. stram. sulph. verat. znc
— night: dulc
and day : cans.
in bed : ars. graph, stram. sal ph.
in twilight : phos.
amel. at: am-c tarent
— air, in open: eeth. Vl-cbl. saliin.
— alone, when : seth. aur. bov.
— anger, after: plat
— annoyance, after: k-bi.
— business, when thinking of, morn-
ing: puis.
— chill, during. See Fever, chilly
slaffe of.
— colic, with : plb.
— complaining, amel. : tabac
— consolation asr^r. : nat-m.
— diarrhoea, during: mere
— disappiontment, after: dig.
— domestic affairs, after : viol-tr.
— eating, nfter : anac ars. asaf. canth.
hyos. nx-v. puis, znc
amel. evening: tarent.
— emissions, from : ham. nat-p.
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Conditions of Sadness. MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Sensitive.
— ozertton, amel. : ferr.
— fever, from : hipp. tarent
(intermittent) during the chill :
ACON. apis, calc cann-s. cham. chin.
oocc. CON. eye. graph. lON. lach. lye
mere, nat-m. nit-ac. nx-y. plat. puis.
rhus. sep. spig. staph.
during the heat : ACON. apis, ara,
bell, bry. chin. cocc. eon. dig. graph.
ign. Ivc. nat-e. nat-m. nx-m. phog.
ph-ac.'plat puis. rhua. sep. at/, staph.
snlph.
during the sweat: aeon. apU.
bell. bry. calc. chin. coN. graph.
ign. nat-m, nit-ac nx-y. puis. rhu8.
sep. nilph.
— headache, during : crotal. ni^a.
— house, in : plat, rhus. tarent.
— menses, before: cans, lye mane
nat-m. stann.
during: am-c cop. ferr. mag-ra.
mnr-ac. nat-m. ntt-ac. sep.
first menses: hell.
after : ferr.
amel : eye. mac
— mosic, from: aeon. dig. lye. nat-s.
tarent.
— nausea, with : sang.
— pain, from : sars.
— palpitation, with : nat-m. nx-m.
— pregnancy, in : lach.
— pressure about chest, from : graph.
— respiration, with impeded : ant-cr.
lach. lanr. sep. tabac.
— sexual excitement, after : tarent.
— stories, from sad : cia
— sunshine, in : stram.
amel. : plat.
— supper, after, aggr. : nx-v.
amel. : ara-c.
— trifles, about : agar, bar-ac. gn^ph.
— vertigo, during: hydr. phos.
— waking, on : lach. plat raph. tarent.
See also under Morning.
— walking, when : con. tabac.
amel. : cop.
in open nir : ant-cr. coff. con. ph-
ae. sep; sulph. tabac.
only when, the longer he
walks the worse he gets : ph-ae,
aggr. : sep.
amel. : rhus.
— weather, in cloudy : am-c.
— weeping, amel. : dig. phos.
Scolding. See Abusive.
Scorn. See Contempt.
Scratches with hanas : stram.
Scream. See Crying out, Shrieking,
also Weeping.
Scrupulous : ang. apis. aur. bar. bry.
cham. chin, eye hyos. ign. mezer.
mnr-ac. nat-c. fu&-v. sep. sil. spig.
stram. sulph. thu. veraL
Searching on floor: plb.
— at night, for thieves : ars.
after haying dreamt of
them: nat-m.
Secrets, divulges : agar, alcoh.
Self-confluence, want of: anae. ans.
aur. bar. bry. canth. chin. iffn. iod.
k-^a. lya mur-ac olnd. puis, rhus. sU.
stram. tabac. therid.
— self-accusation : eye
— self-contradiction : anac.
— self-control, want of: lach.
■ possession : mosch. nat-c
willed. See Obstinate.
Senses, acute : ars. Imut. belL cann-i. caps,
clem. coff. hydr-ac. nx-v. op. thea.
— confused : arg-n. bell, lil-t. mang.
— dullness, of: aeon. agar. agn. alum,
ambr. am-c. anac. ant-t. am. ars.
asar. aur. bell bov. brv. calc. camph.
canth. caps. cans. chel. cic con. eye,
dig. dulc. hell, hyos, k-ca. ign. iod.
lach. lact. laur. led. lye mag-c men.
mere, mezer. mosch. nal^m, nit-ac
nx-m. nx-y. olnd. ol-an. op. petr.
phos. ph-ac. plb. ran-sc rhod. rhus.
sabad. seeale, selen. sil. stann. staph,
stram. sulph, tabac. therid. verat.
znc
— vanishing of: anac ant-t asar. ars.
bell, borax, bov. bry. calc camph.
canth. carb-an. cham. chel. cic cofl^.
creos. cupr. glon. graph, liepar. hyos.
k-ca. lach. laur. mere mezer. mosch.
nit-ac nx-m. nx-v. puis, ran-b. rhod.
stann. ctaph. stram.
Compare with Vertigo.
Sensitive, over-sensitive, etc: aeon.
alum. am-c. anac ang. ant-cr. am.
ars. asaf. asar. aur. bar. beU. bov. bry.
calc. calc-p. camph. cann-s. canth.
carb-an. carb-v. cans. eAam. chin, cic
cina. clem, cocc eoff. colch. ooloc con.
creos. crotal. cupr.daph.dig. dros. ferr.
gels, hepar. hyos. t^ iod, k-ca. lach.
laur. lye. mag-m. marum. meph. mere.
mezer. nat-c nat-m. nat-s. nitr. nx-v.
phos. ph-ac plat. psor. puis, ran-b.
sabad. samb. sars. seneg, sep. spig.
stann. staph. sii/pA. tabac t^o^.
verat. yiol-od. znc
63
Sensitive.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Silent.
— Compare with Intolerance, etc.
— to agreeable impressioos : am.
ailments, the most trifling :nz-T.
anzioofl : ars.
— t— bright light: aeon. ars. colch.
nx-v.
oonversation : cars. anr. con.
nz-y. snc
crying of children : phos.
disagreeable : am. sulph.
external impreflsions, to all :
am. clem. ooec. ioa. fia>v.
Jests : ang. spig. viol-tr.
light: nx-v.
looked at or touched: ant'cr,
ant-t. ars. cham. cina.
mental impressions : phos. znc
moral impressions, all-s. dig^
ign, psor.
mosic : aeon. cans. cham. mere
nat-6. nx-y. sabin. viol-od.
noise : alum. aur. bar. calc.
cans. k-ca. niang. nx-y. sep. sil. znc
odors : eokh. nx-v. pnos. sulph.
pain: aeon, agar. am. qtb, aur,
bar. bell, cantli. eham. chin. cina. cooc.
ooff, colch. con. cupr. lye, mag-c. nat-
c. nz-r. petr. phot, aep, spig.
reading : crotaJ. lach. mere
mdeness: colch.
scratching on linen: aaar,
sensual impressions : am-c. ars.
aur. bar. calc. chin. dig. graph, hepar.
iod. lye mag-c. nat-c. nit-ae pnos.
sep. sil. zne
steel points directed toward
her: apis.
step and jar on floor, to every :
helL nii-ac. nx-v.
talk to. See Talk.
touch: aoon, agar, ant-cr. aiUrL
beU, bry. camph. cina. cocc. colch.
mezer. nx-v.
want of sensitiveness : bell.
chin. con. cupr. eye daph. euphr.
phos. ph-ac. ran-b. rheum, rnod.
sabad. sabin. staph, stram.
VTind, to the : cham, sulph.
Sentimental: aeon, ant-cr, cale cast.
coif. 1^. lach. psor.
Serene. See Tranquillity.
Serious : alum, ambr. am-c. am-m. anac.
ang. ant-cr. arg. ars. aur. bar. bell.
bov. cale cana-s. cans. cham. chin.
cina. cocc. oofi*. con. eye. euph. grat.
tgn. iod. led. \yc aserc. niga. natrc.
nx-m. olnd. op. ph-ae plat. plb. puis.
rhus. seneg. spig. staple sulph. sol-
ac. thu. verat.
— See also Earnestness, Sad, etc.
— evening: senec.
— when seeing ludicrous things : anac
Sexual, aversion to coition : agn. graph.
k-ca. pAos.
after menses : herb. cans.
k-ca. nat-m. phoB, sep. sul-ac.
to men : aios. nat-c. nat-m. puis.
raph. stann. sulph.
to women : am-c. bapt. dies, nat-
m. puis. raph.
religious dread of the opposite
sex : lye puis, sulph.
Shame, after an emission : pip^n. staph.
— want of (shameless) : helL %o«.
mosch. nx-v. op. pAos. phyt. stram.
verat.
during lying-in : verat.
exposes the person: HYoe.
phoB, phyt.
Shrieking (crying out, ete) : aeon. opit.
am. ars. arum-t aur. belL borax, bry.
cale camph. canth. carb-an. eoKs.
cham. chin. cic. cina. cooe oofil croe
cupr. hyos. ign, ipee k-bi. k-ca. laur.
lye mag-e mere nit-ac. nx-v. plat.
puis, ran-se rheum, seneg. sep. alL
stram. sulph. tanae verat
— Compare with Crying, Weeping, etc.
— for aid : plat.
— on going into spasms: verat-v.
— during deep: cma. ign.
— during cramps in abdomen: cupr.
— in children : apU, belL borax, eham.
eina, coffl hell, ipee joit^, rheum,
Mfin. stram.
Shy. See Bashful.
Sick, desires to show that he is : tarent.
— See under Anxiety ; also Sick, Well,
etc., under Delusions.
Slghiiig : ailan. alum, am-e arg-n. ftry.
cham. cimie colch. dig. hell. hura.
ign, lach. nat-c. op. plb. puis. rhus.
sulph. tabae
— See also under Respiration.
— during fever : ign. puis.
— involuntary : calc-p.
— menses, before: ign. lye
during: ars. cimie oooe graph.
ign. plat
aner : stram.
Silent: aeon, agar, alum. ambr. am-e
am-m. anae ant-cr. arg, am. ars, bar.
bell, herb. bism. borax, bov. brom.
bry. cact cale calc-p. cann-i. canth.
64
Silent
MIND AND DISPOSITION,
Speech.
cape, earb-an, caus. cham. chin. cic.
cina. clem. oocc. coff. ooloc con. capr.
cyc.^ dig. euph. euphr. graph, srat.
fa^L hidl. hepar. hipp. hydr. Ayoa.
ign. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. lach. led. lil-t.
/ye. mag-c mag-m. mag-e. mane.
mang. men. mere, mezer. murx. mur-
ac nat-c. nat-m. nat-e. nice nit-ac.
nz-j. az-m. nz-y. olnd. op. oz-ac. petr.
phos. ph-auc. pUu, plb. puk. rhenm.
sabad. gabin. sars. sep. ail. apong.
sqoil. stann. staph, stront. sulph. sul-
ac tabac. taraz. tarent. thea. thu.
tong. verat. viol-od. viol- tr. «ic
— Compare with Answer, does not
— in open air : plat.
— afternoon: hell.
— after depression : zis.
— after eating: arg-n. ferr-mag.
— during heiuiache : con.
— during menses : cast, mur-ac.
— ezcept in delirium or to find fault':
verat
SUly. See Foolish.
Singing : htlL cann-l. cann-s. caps. eie.
cocc. croc cupr. hipp. hydr. hyos. lye
mag-c. mane, marum, merl. mezer.
nat-c. nat-m. op. phos. plat. sep.
gpcng, tiram, tabac. tarent. therid.
verat.
— alternating with anger: croc.
distraction : spong.
groaning: bell.
hatred of work: spong.
vezation : agar. croc.
weeping : aeon. bell, stram.
— amorooa songs : hyos.
— involuntarily : croc, hjdrph.
manim.
— Joyously, at night : verat
— obscene sones : alco. hyos. stram.
— in Bleep : bell. croc, ph-ac.
Sits quite stiff: cham. hyos. puis. sep.
stram.
— still : cham. puis.
— as if wrappea in deep, sad thoughts,
and notices nothing: cocc.
— in one place for three or four days,
during headache: con.
— with head on hands and elbows on
knees: glon.
Sise, incorrect judge of: stram.
— of frame seems lessened : phys.
— See under Delusions, Distance, etc
Slander, disposition to: am-c anac
aiv. bell. Doraz. hyos. ipec lyc nit-
ac nx-v. petr. sep. stram. verat.
Slowness: asar. pu^.
— of purpose : graph.
Sluggishness. See under Mind and
Thoughts.
Smaller, things appear : ^lat stram.
— Compare Distance, Size, etc., and
see under Delusions.
— seems to be getting : calc.
Smiling, foolish : bell. mere.
— involuntarily : aur. bell. lyc.
when speaking : aur.
— never : alum.
— sardonic: bell.
— in sleep: cadm.
Sneers at every one : alum.
Sobbing: alooh. are. caus^ cocc hell.
led. lobel. lyc nz-v. phos. sep. stram.
tarent.
— Compare Sighing and Weeping.
— convulsive: str^ch.
— horizontal position, on assuming:
euphr.
— lonesome condition, over his : lith.
— menses, after : stram.
— parozysmal: phos.
— m sleep : alum, ipec nat-m. op.
— after vezation : stie.
— violent : hydr-ac.
— on waking : carb-an. cina.
— from worry: lyc.
Solemn. See Serions.
Solicitude. See Anziety.
Solitude, See Company, averse to.
Somnambulism: aeon. agar. alum.
bry. cic hyos. kalm. mosch. nat-m.
op. petr. pAos. rhenm. rumz. sil.
stann. sulph. verat. znc.
Sorrowful. See Sadness.
Speech, abusive : bell, stram.
— anxious, in sleep: alum, graph,
nz-v. sulph.
— babbling : plb.
— business, of: bry. hyos. sulph.
in sleep: com. rhns. sulph.
— calculations, makes aloud in
dreams : selen.
— changeable from one subject to
another, quickly : agar, cimic ether.
lack, par.
— childish : aeon, arg-n.
— confused: alcoh. bell. calc. caus.
crotal. hyo%, lyc. moech. stram.
in sleep ; eolc,
— delirious : hdL bry. camph. canth.
coff. cup-ac diff. Ayos. l^c, op. phos.
plb. rhenm. sil. sulph. tabiuc. tilia.
vip.
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speech.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Starting.
«- Compare with Delirium.
— at night : cact. dig. rheum, sil.
— during chill : cham.
on being aroused : hepar.
— during heat : ooff. tilia.
— menses, before : lye.
— in sleep : bell, rheum.
on failing asleep : cact. phos.
— on waking: Dry.
disconnected: bell. coca. cnpr.
hydr-ac. hyos. mere. phos. plb. sal-
ac. stram.
— on waking : caet» ign. op.
dreams, about : znc.
drunken, as if: hyos. lye. meph.
embarrassed : strop, mere, pallad.
everything, about: hyos. op.
excited : morph. nat-c.
extravagant : ether, plb. stram.
faults of others : ars. verat.
fine : hyos.
foolish: bell. phos. par. itram.
tabac.
foreign tongue, in a : atram.
future, about : hyos.
hasty : aeon, alcoh. ambr. ars. beU,
bry. camph. cann-i. cann-s. cimic.
cina. cocc. hepar. hyos. lach. mere,
mosch. nz-v. ph-ac. plb. stram. thu.
verat.
health, about his : nx-v.
hesitating: absin. k-bro. mere
morph. vip.
himself, to : ant-t. hyos. k-bi. mosch.
nx-m. plb. rhus. vip.
incoherent: absin agar, alcoh. arff-
n. ars. bell, calad. camph. cann-i.
cub. cupr. dulc. ether, hepar. hyos.
k-bro lach. morph. op. plb. rhus.
stram. tanac. yip.
— night : plb.
— during sleep : k-bi. phos.
— after dozing: op.
intend, says what she does not:
nat-m.
interchanges words: am-cau. k-
bro.
little : agar. ars. mang. nat-s. ph-ac,
staph.
— Compare Silent.
loud : nx-m.
merry : agar, ether.
— in sleep : raur-ac.
mistakes, makes. See Mistakes,
makes.
monosyllabic : ars. mere nx-y.
ph-ae, 8ul-ac» thu.
— nonsense: aeon. aur. belL cann-i.
canth. chlorof. ether, hyos, k-bi.
mere, stram, sulph.
night, in sleep : cact
on springing up while asleep : k-ca.
in reverie : aur.
— obscene : aur. bell, stram.
— prattling: aloe, bry, calad. Ayos.
nx-v. stram. tarax.
in sleep : nx-v.
— random, at: at night: plb.
— rapid. See Hasty.
— religious : stram. veraL
— science, of: cann-L
— strange : cham. ether, gall-ac
— subject, cannot free himself from
the one : petr.
— thought, expresses in sleep what
she thought when awake: am-c.
— threatening : tarent.
~ truth, never tells the : verat.
— unintelligible: aeon. ars. bell,
calen. euph. hyos, lye. mere, naja. nx-
V. secale. sil. stram, tabac.
in sleep : am. atrop. cast. cham.
mur-ac
— vexations, about old : cham.
— vivacious, animated : cann-i. hyos.
— violent: bell.
— wandering: acon.sth.am. ars. aur.
bdl, bry, calc. camph. canth. cham.
chin, cic cina. coloa cupr. dulc kyos,
ign. k-ca. laeh, lye. mere nx-m. nx-v.
op, phos. plat. plb. puis, rheum, rhus.
sabin. secale. spong. stram. snlph.
verat,
at night: aur. bell. bry. ooloc.
dig. op. rheum, sep. sulph.
— war, of: bell. hyos.
— wild : atrop. camph. hyper, lye. plb.
— witty : caps. thea.
Spelling, difficult: lach.
— mistakes in. See Mistakes.
Spinning, imitates : hyos.
— around on one foot : cann-s.
Spoken to, averse to being : ars. cham.
gels, nat-m. nat-s. nx-v. rhus. staph.
— — cannot bear the talk of others :
agar, am-e, ABS. con. mag-m. mamm.
zne.
wants to be let alone : hell, belon.
See also Talk.
Starting : aeon. alum. ang. ant-cr. am.
ars. bell. 6orax. calc. cann-s. carb-an.
caus. cham. cic. cocc. con. graph.
hyos. ign. k-ca. lac-can. lach. led.
lil-t. lyc. mere, nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac
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Starting.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Striking.
nx-v. op. pelr. phos. plat. rhus. sabad.
samb. sep. sit, spong. stram. sulph.
snl-ac. therid. verat.
— Compare with Limbs, Muscles, etc.,
under Extremities.
— anziouB : aloe. apis. lye. sulph.
from downward motion : borax.
— oon^ulslTO: nrs. calc-p. hyos.
strych.
— oaaily : ant-t. borax, calc. eamph. k-
ca. mere, nat-m. nat-p. nit-ac. nx-m.
nx-v. op. phos. phys. aep. tU. tabac.
iherid. verat. znc.
— eleotrio, as if: cann-s. euph.
wakening her : arg.
— ftdling, as if: bell. bism. mezer.
— feet, as if coming from the : lye.
— fright, from : aeon. am-e. anac. apis,
am. BELL. br^. calc-p. carb-v. eaua.
coff. creoB. dig. uyos. hyper, lye.
mag-B. mere. merc<c. mosch. nat-ars.
nat-c. op. plb. sabad. nars. sil. staph.
STRAM. stront. sulph. verat.
— paroxysmal : ars. rhus.
— suffocated, as'if: aur-m.
— tremuloua: cham.
— twitching : con.
— anoonsoioas. in sleep : znc.
Conditions of Starting.
— morning, from sleep : chin-s. clem,
sabad. spong.
— evening, during heat : puis.
on falling asleep: ambr. am-m.
arn. ars. bar. bell, (^ilc k-bi. merc-c
nat-c. sars. stront. sulj^h.
jerking or twitching, ceasing on
falling asleep : agar. hell.
in sleep, a: calc. k-iod.
— night : carb-v. eiiph. indg. lye mag-
c. merc-c. morph. sil. staph, stram.
sulph.
— awake, while lying: anac. bry.
euph.
awakening, ^e under Sleep.
— bed, in: cic. hura. tabac.
— dreams in or during : ant-cr. petr.
puis, sulph.
• from : coral, nat-c
— lying, when : lye.
on back : calc-p. mag-c.
— menses, during: znc.
— noise, at any : ant-cr. apis, bar-ac.
carb-v. k-iod. nat-c. nat-p. op. rhus.
sabad. sil.
when a door is opened: hura.
mere, moach. phos.
slams: oxal-ac
fall, on hearing anything : alum.
— pain, during : sumb.
in stomach : nice.
a tearing in the wrist : merl.
— palpitation, from : dig.
— prick, of a needle, at the : calc.
— sleep, before : alum.
on falling: ambr. am-m. am.
ars. bar. bell, carb-an. carb-y. chin.
coff. dulc. k-bi. lye. mag-c. mere
merc-c nat-c nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac.
op. pseon. phos. plb. sars. sep. stront.
strych. suiph. tabac
during sleep: agn. alum. apis.
arn. ars. atrop. bell. brom. bry.
calad. calc calc-p. camph. canth.
cast. cans. eham. creos. eye iod. ipee.
iris, graph, hura. hyos. hyper, k-ca.
k-iod. laur. lye mag-c. mag-m. mere
merc-c. mezer. morph. nat-m. nz-v.
op. oxal-ae petr. phos. puis. sars.
seneg. sep. sil. spig. stann. stram.
sulph. thu.
from sleep, awakening: aoon.
alcoh. ant-t. apis. ars. aur m. bkll.
benz-ac. caps. chel. chin, chin-s.
cinnb. clem. cooc. coff. conv-d. eye
dig. dros. ferr-iod. gins, k-iod. led.
hip. lye mag-c mere'C murx. mur-ac.
nat-c nit-ac. nx-v. plb. ruta. sabad.
sajnb. siL spong. stram. sulph. sal-ac
tarent. thea. znc
as if suffocated : samb.
— tossing of arms, from : mere
— touched, when : k-ca.
— trifles, at: am. calc. cham. cocc.
hura. nat-m. nx-m. nx-v. sabad. sil.
spong. sul -ac znc-m.
— uneasiness, from: mur-ae
— on waking: pal lad.
Stories, exciting, aggr. : calc marum.
Stranger, sensation as if one were a :
valer.
— presence of, aggr.: ambr. bar. lye
petr. aep. stram.
— see also under Delusions.
Striking : bell, canth. elaps. hydr. hyos.
lil-t. lye mosch. nat-c phos. stram.
stront verai.
— in children : cina.
— about him : bell. hyos. lye. phos.
stram.
— desires to strike : bell, elaps. hydr.
lil-t. nat-c
— his face : bell.
— his head : arp. tarent.
— himself: tarent.
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Stubborn.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Talk.
Stabbom. See Obstinate.
Study, averaion to : eosc-h. carb-an. coca.
coloc. eels. ham. hipp. hydr. kalm.
k-bi. pnoa. pic-ac. plan, sol-n.
— desire to : cob. gels, nat-p.
— is difficult : nat-p. sep.
— impossible: cop. dig. ferr. glon.
gymn. hyos. ham. kahn. lye morph.
nx-v. pic-ac. ptel. sumb.
Stapefaotion, See under Head.
— also compare Stupidity.
Stupidity, dull, sluggish mind, etc:
aeon, sesc-h. alum. ambr. anac. apis,
arg. asar. aur. bar. bell. bov. bry.
bufo. calc. calc-p. cann-i. canth. caps,
carb-an. cans. chel. chin, chro-ac. eie,
cocc. coc-c com. creos. croc, crotal.
cupr. dig. dios. dros. dulc. ether,
gels. hell, hepar. hyo8, ign. indg. k-
ca. k-sul. laeh, laur. led. lil-t. mag-m.
marum. mere, mezer. mosch. mur-ac.
naja. nat-ars. nat-o. nx-m. nx-v. olnd.
op. par. phos. ph-ac. phys. pip-m.
puis, rheum, rhod. rhus. rhus-v. ruta.
sal-ac sang. sars. secale. sil. spong.
still, stram. sulph. sul^ac. tarax.
tarent tilia. valer. verb. znc.
— Compare with Confusion, Thoughts,
etc. ; also with Stupefaction, etc,
under Head.
Couditions of Stupidity.
— morning : agar. bar. carb-an. k-ca.
nat-ars. ph-ac. phys.
— afternoon : atrop. dios. ham. pip-
m. plan.
— OTenins : lye. pip-m. sep.
— night, on waking : phos. plat, verat.
— beer, after : coloc.
— dinner, aggr. after: carb-an.
— fever, after : sep.
— headache, from: dios. dulc glon.
plat.
— meuBes, during : lye.
— rising from bed, on : oxal-ac
— sleep, after sound : mezer.
— smoking, from : aeon.
— vertigo during: hell.
— waking, on: anac. bar^ clem. op.
phos. plat, verat.
— walking, on : phys.
from pressure in forehead: ph-ac,
in open air, amel. : plan.
— 'warm room, on entering : aeon.
— wine, from : aeon.
Stupor. See Unconsciousness.
Stuttering. See under Speech.
Suooeeds, never : am-c nat-s.
— believes ever^hing will fail : aig-o.
Suggestions, will not receive: helon.
Suicide, disposition to commit: alum.
ambr. am-c ant-cr. ant-t arg-n. an,
▲UfL aur-m. bell. caps, carb-v. cans.
chin, dmic clem, creos. crotal. droa.
grat. hepar. hipp. hyos. lach. mere
mezer. nat-a. nit-ac nx-v, plb. puU,
rhus. secale. sep. sil. spig. stram.
with dread of an open window
or a knife : chin.
seeing blood on a knife, she
has horrid thoughts of killing her-
self, though she abhors the idea:
alum.
by drowning : ant-cr. bell. dros.
hell. hyos. puis. rhus. seode. ail.
verat.
by hanging : ars. bell.
by poison : lil-t
by shooting : ant-cr. aur. carb-
V. hepar. nat-s. nx-v. puis.
bv throwing himself from a
height : aur. beli. crotal. nx-v. stram.
— oonditions of Suicide.
— at night : ant-cr. chin. nx-v.
in twilight: rhus.
— evening: chin. dros.
during sadness : hepar.
— fear of death, during: tabac
— fever, intermittent, during: ars,
bell. chin. lach. spang, stram. valer.
during t^e sweat: alum, ars, our.
CAiiC. hepar. tnerc. sil. spong,
— menses, during: sil.
— palpitation, during : aur. nx-v.
— walking in open air, when : bell.
Superstitious ideas: con.
Suspicious: aeon. ambr. anae* ant-cr.
aur. bar. beil. calc cann-i. canth. caus.
cham. eie. cimic con. crotal. cupr.
dig. dros. hell. hyos. k-bi. lach, lye
mere nat-c. nit-ac. nx-v. op. phos.
plb. puis. rhus. ruta. selen. stano.
staph, sul-ac. verat-v. viol-tr.
— of the future: anac cans.
Swearing. See Cursing.
Sympathy, excessive: cans. iod. lycJ
nat-c nat-m.
Taciturn. See Silent.
Talk to some one, desires to : lil-t.
— IB slow to learn to : nat-m. nx-m.
— of others aggr. : am-c ars. chin,
colch. con. mag-m. mang. nat<. nx-v,
rhus. sep. sil. verat. tne.
— of unpleasant things aggr. : eale. cic
ign. mctrum.
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Talkatiye.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Thoughts.
Talkative. See Loaaacious.
Talking. See Speech.
— averse to. See Silent.
— Compare with Speaking.
Tears things: belL camph. hyos. op.
Strom, sulph. yerat.
— pillow with teeth : phos.
•* his own person : ars.
Tender mood: croc ign, mane. nx-y.
phos.
Thinking of complaints, aggr. : alum.
bar. eale. dros. hell, helon. lach. nit-ac.
olnd. oxal-ac plb. ranrb. sabad. spig.
spong. staph.
ameliorates: oompA. cic. ?ieU.
mae-c pnin.
Thongnts, alienation of. See Insanity.
— clearness of; abilitj to think, etc.:
aeon. alum. ambr. anac ang. ars.
asar. aar. bell. boy. calc-p. cannns.
carb-y. cham. chin-s. cimic coca,
coc-c ooff. creos. ether, ham. hell,
ign. k'bro. k-ca. lach. lact-ac. laur.
mere meser. nat-m. nit-ac. olnd. op.
pkos. pip-m. rhus. sep. spiig. spong.
then. tnu. yerat. yiol-od.
— concentration of, difficult : brom.
ham. hell, lil-t Ijc. merl. ox-ac
phjs. sars. tabac.
— impossible : aeon, ailan. alum.
apis. bapt. cact. cinnb. com. croc
dros. gels. hell, hjdr-ac. iris. laur.
lil-t lye mere nat^:. nat-m. ox-ac
ph-ac phjs. ran-sc. sang, selen.
senec sep. sil. spiff, thu.
— confusion of: aosin. acet-ac aeon.
aesc-h. seth. agar, ailan. alooh. am-c.
am-m. anac. ang. ant-t. apis, apoc ars-
n. am. ars. asaf.atrop. aar. bapt. bm.
benz-ac herb. bism. oorax. boy. brj.
calc camph. cann-s. carb-an. caus.
canth. carb-y. cham. ehin. chin-s.
chro-ac cic cina. cinnb. clem. coff.
coloc. con. cop. corn, creos. croc,
capr. cup-ars. eye dig. dulc ethn.
iluor-ac gels. gins. ^^lon. gran. grat.
hyo9. hydr-ac hvper. ign. iod. jabor.
k-bro. k-ca. lach. lact-ac lact. laur.
lil-t. led. lye. mere mezer. morph.
mosch. murx. niga. nat-ars. nat-e
nat-m. na>m. nx-v. olnd. op, phos.
pk^ae. plan. plb. ptel. puis, ran-b.
raph. runs. ruta. sabin. sal-ac. samb.
sang, secale. seneg. sil. spig. stann.
staph, stram. strych. sulph. syphil.
tabac tanae trom.yaler yerat- verb,
yiol-od. yip. zne
— Compare with Mistakes; also
with Confusion under Head.
— of present with past : cic
— of present with future : anac.
Conditions of Confusion of
Thoughts.
— morning: agar. chel. mag-s.
phys. sep. strych. sulph. sumb.
on rising, amel. : mag-s.
on waking: agar, mag-s.
— afternoon: cann-s.
— evening: calc-s. cann-s. ooloe
dice, nat-c.
— night: cedr. com. mur-ac
secale.
on waking : chel. mezer. plat
— beer, from : coloc
— conversation of others, from :
calc nat-m.
— co£Pee or wine, from : all-e
— eating, after : sil. tabac.
— excitement, amel. : chin, eye
— eyes, on closing : atrop.
— mental labor, from: mag-e
sulph.
— pain in yertex, with : glon.
— reading, when : apis, lye
— remarks of others, from : meter.
— rising from couch, on : bell.
— smoking, on : petr.
— standing still, amel. : iris-f.
— vertigo, during : ars. sulph.
— vomiting, amel. : tabac
— waking, on : agar, grat mag-s.
staph, sulph.
— will, strong edbrt of, amel.:
glon.
connection off difficult: am-c.
asaf. borax, caps. ehin. lact nat-c
nx-y. ph-ae sulph. yerat znc.
— lost: alum, arg-n. lye. nz-y.
sulph.
— can't read or calculate : nx-y.
of death : am-e caib-an. caus. clem,
oon. crot-e hnra. tarent zne
— would die: agon. agn. opts,
dmie creos. dig. hell, hepar. mere
rhus. sul-ac. tabac
Compare with Anxiety, Fear,
etc
deep : bell, mur-ac grat
— about his future : spig.
deficiency of: aoet-ac aeon. agn.
alum. ant'C. anac arg-n. asaf. asar.
atro. anr. bell. boy. calc calo-p.
camph. cann-s. canth. eaiu. cham.
chin, cic clem, cooc coff. com. creos.
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ThoagbU.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Thoaghts.
croc. capr. eye. dig. glon. goaL hell.
hyo6. ign. iod. ipec. k-bro. laeh. lil-t.
lye. men. mere, merc-c. mezer. nat-c.
nat-m. nit-ac. nx-m. olnd. op. petr.
ph-ae, plb. rhus. sep. sil. staph.
Bulph. tarent. thu. valer. verat. znc,
— — on extra exertion : olnd.
from any interruption : colch.
vomiting, amel. : asar.
— difiElonlty of thinking or compre-
hending, etc. : alum. ambr. am-c. arg-
n. aur. bell. berb. bry. eale. calc-p.
camph. carb-v. cham. chel. con.
creos. croton. dig. gins. heU. hydr-ac.
hyo8.ign, iod. lach. lact. lye. men.
merl. mezer. nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-
m. nx-v. olnd, op. petr. ph-ac. phys.
plan. plb. rhus. sabad. secale. sep. M,
8pig. staph, stram. sulph. therid. thu.
viol-od. znc.
Compare with Concentration.
with chronic dullness of mind,
and with sensation as if a board
were pressing against the head:
sulph.
unable to think long or much :
cham. cinnb. ph-ac. pic-ac. stram.
could not think of her condition :
chel.
— Conditions of Difficulty of Think-
ing.
morning : anac. borax, canth.
guai. nat-c. ox-ac phos. ph-ac. sil.
sulph.
on waking : anac. stann.
on rising : stram.
afternoon : all-c. anac. ang. cann-
s. hyos. laur. lil-t. nat-m. rhus-r. sep.
sil.
evening : anac. cann-s. dig.
hipp. ign. lach. lye. mill, nat-m.
rhus.
air. in open : plat.
amel. : cinnb. men.
alone, when : ph-ac.
company, in : plat.
eyes, on shutting the : znc.
amel. on : k-ca.
food, after : calc-s. graph, rhus.
tabac.
amel. : sil.
lieadache, with : am-e. apis. ars.
bell.cann-i. cann-s. earb-v. cupr. lept.
lye. mezer. mosch. phos. ptel. rhus.
stram. viol-od.
confusion of head, with : anac.
arg-n. bov. cale. eon. cop. dig. ferr.
hsemat. iod. lach. lye. men. mere
nit-ac. nitr. op. phos. sulph. tabac
thu.
follness of head, with : argHL
borax.
heat of head, with : agar, arg-
n. dig.
— heaviness of head, with : aiig-
n. cale. gels, hspmat. hell, tabac.
lying, when : bry.
amel. : znc.
moving, from : rhus.
menses, during : cale.
mental exertion, from : hepar.
hura. ign. lye. nx-v. ran-b. snlph.
ne^wrs, from disagreeable : calc-p.
— — reading, on: aeon. agn. alum,
ang. coff. con. glon. hipp. lach. mezer.
nx-m. nx-v. olnd. ph ac.
room, in a : men.
spenking, on : am-c. k-ca. mezer.
vertigo, with : ambr. arg. ars.
borax, bry. cale. camph. canth. dig.
gels, hsemat. mere, nat-c. phos. ph-
ac. rhus. sil. stann. stram. sulph.
vomiting, amel. : asar. taoac.
waking, on : anac. con. stann.
wine, after: all-e. mill.
writing, when: aeon, cann-s.
chin-8. glon. mag c. nx-m. rhus.
— disconnected : eann-i. cupr-sc. dig.
gels. nx-v. rhus-v. viol-od. znc
on attempting to fix them has a
vacant feeling: gels.
only in fragments, in following
an idea : nat-m.
when calculating or reading:
nx-v.
when talking: merc-c
— evil: laeh.
-- expression of is difficult. See
under Sf>eeeh.
— facetions : nx-m.
— fixed. See Persistent and compare
with Delusions.
— flow of; ideas are abundant, etc :
agar, aleoh. alum. ambr. am-c. anac
ang. ars. aur. b^U. borax, bry. cale.
eann-i. cann-s. canth. cans. chin. cob.
coca. cocc. coff. coloc. eupion. glon.
graph, hepar. hyos. k-ea. lach. lye,
mere, morph. n^ur-ac. nit-ac. nitr. op.
phos. ph-ac. plat. puis. rhus. sabad.
sep. sil. spong. staph, stram. fulph,
tabac. tereb. thea. valer. verb, viol-od,
viol-tr. znc.
evening, before going to sleep :
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Thoughts.
MIND AND DISPORITIOX.
Thoughts.
ehin. Ijc. nx-f>. jrails. sabad. sil. staph,
viol-tr.
— night, at : aloe, borax, eale. chin,
coca, eoff, oolch. graph, hepar. krca.
lye, nx-v. pic-ac. puis, sabad. sep. sil.
ttapk, sulph. tabac viol-tr.
— in partial sleep : hjos.
frightful : pbos. phjrs.
— on seeinff blood on knives : alum,
fntiire, of the : eye senec. sep.
impaired. See Deficient, Loss of:
etc
inability to think. See Difficulty,
under Thoughts.
loss of, ideas, etc. : abrot. acon.seth.
agar. ambr. anac. apis. ars. bell. brom.
calc. calc-p. cann-s. canth. cans. cham.
chel. chin. etc. cinnb. clem, cooc cofT.
coloc. eon, corn, creod. croc. cupr.
eye. dig. elap8. ether, ferr. gels, glon.
ah. guai. gymn. hell, hepar. hipp.
, ph. hydr ac. hyos. ign. iplw;.
k-bi. k-bro. k-iod. kalm. lach. laur.
led. lil-t. lye. mag-c. mane. mere,
meser. morph. mosch. nat-ars. nat-m,
nit-ac ol-an. op. petr. pho9, phrae, pic-
ac plan. plb. ptel. ran-b. raph. rhod.
rhus. nua. secale. selen. sep. sil.
stann. stram. tabac thu. trom. verat-
V. viol-od. znc.
— as if in a dream : bell. cham. ol-
an. squill, znc.
— as m a reverie: arn. chin.grat. guai.
ign. niezer. ol-an. rhus. spig. sulph.
Conditions of Loss of Thoughts.
— morning: anac. phos. ph-ac
stram. thu.
— afternoon : graph, sep.
— evening : laur. lye. naja. nat-m.
rhus. sep.
— night : chin. sil. sulph.
— exertion, from : nat-m.
— fever, during : sep.
— food, after: ferr. mag-c. nat-m.
rhus.
amel., evening : sil.
— headache, during : apis. calc.
glon.
— menses, during : raph.
— motion, on : laur.
— reading, when : com. hyos. lye.
mere. op.
— standing, when, at breakfast
time : guai.
— vertigo, from : ran-b.
— vraking, on : chin, k-bro. k-ca.
ptel. sil. thu.
amel., when spoken to : ol-an.
— walking, when, after eating:
rhus.
past, of the: cann-i. men. nat-m.
sesec.
persistent: sth. cann-i, carb-v.
cham. graph, ign, iod. nx-m. petr.
ph-ac phys. plat. puis, sulph. tarent
thea. thu.
— See also under Delusions.
— of ideas which first appeared in
his dreams : psor.
— about a garment made the pre-
vious day: eth.
— about music : ign.
— thinks mind and body are sepa-
rated : anac. thu.
rapid, quisle, etc : aeon, nsc-h. alcoh.
ang. cann-i. cans. cob. eoff, hyos. kalm.
lach. op. ox-ac sabad. valer. verat.
viol-od.
reflect, or think, desires to: aur.
chin, eugen. ham.
repetition of: stram.
words and sentences : sulph.
slovrness of, sluggishness of, etc:
aeon. leth. alum, ambr. am-c arg-n.
aur. bell. eale. carb-v. cans, ehin, con.
eye dig. graph, hell, hyo», ign. iod.
ipec k-bro. lack, lye, men. mere nat-
c nat-m. nit-ac nx-m. nx-v. olnd. op,
ox-ac. petr. phoa. ph-ac plb. rhus.
ruta. sacMid. sars. sep. sil. staph, stram.
sulph. thu. verat.
thoughtful : aeon. am-m. am. bar.
bell. brom. calc cann-s. canth. ear6-
an. cham. chin, cic dem. eoce. eye
euph. euphr. grat. hyos. ign. ipec
laeh. lye mag-m. mane mang. mezer.
nat-c nit-ac nx-v. phos. plb. ran-b.
rhus. sabad. sep. spig. staph, stront.
sulph. thea. thu. tilia. viol-od.
thoughtless : agn. alum. ambr. am-
e am-m. anac asaf. bell. bov. cann-s.
canth. cans. cham. cic clem, cofif.
creos. croc. cupr. daph. even. guai.
hell, hepar. hyos. ign. k-ca. lach. lye
mere mezer. nat-c nat-m. nit-ac nx-
m. olnd. phos. ph-ac rhod. rhus. ruta.
sep. spig. valer. verat. znc
— from the least thing which affects
her : croc
unpleasant subjects, of: bens-ac.
coee. ehin. men. mezer. nat-m. rhus.
sep.
at night : chin, rhus,
vanishing of: anac apis. asar.
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Thoughts.
MmD AND DISPOSITION.
UnooDflcioosnefls.
borax, bry. calc eamph, eoim-t. canth.
carb-an. cham. coff. creos. capr. evon.
gels. guai. hell, hepar. iod. k-ca. loch,
mere, mezer. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. ol-
an. op. plant, pals, ran-b. ran-sc. rhod.
rhus. staph, yiol-od.
mental exertion, after: asar.
mezer. staph.
headache, daring: bell.
reading, on: brv.
speaking, when: mezer.
staph.
when spoken to : sep.
vertigo, daring : ipec. op.
"Writing, when : rhas.
— wandering : aeon, all-s. alcoh. aloe,
am-c. ang. apoc. arn. atrop. bapL bell,
cann-i. cann-s. cans, cic colch. coloc.
com. crotal. capr-ac. die. ferr. glon.
graph, ign. iod. k-bro. lach. lye. mane,
mere. naja. nat-o. nat-m. nit-ac. olnd.
op. ph-ac. phys. pic-aa plect. plb.
puis, staph, tabac. valer. yiol-od.
znc»
during menses : calc.
when studying : ham. phys.
when writing : iris, iwj-m.
when talking : merc-c
Throws things away: dulc. stAph.
tarent.
at persons: bell. [etc
C!ompare with Tossing, Refuses,
Time, fritters away his : cocc. nx-v.
— passes too slowly : alum, arg-n, bar.
con. lye. mag-m. nat-e. nx-y. pallad.
petr. plb.
a &w seconds seem ages: cann-i.
See also Ennui.
— passes too quickly : coca. cocc. thea.
therid.
Timidity : aeon. aloe. alum. anac. ang.
ars. aur. bar. bell. bry. calc canth.
carb-an. cans. chin, cocc coff. con.
cupr. daph. graph, hyos. ign. iod.
ipec. k-ca. laur. lil-t. lye mag-c. muiv
ac n<U-c nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. op. phos.
plat pvU, ran-b. rhus. secale. sep.
sil. spig. spong. staph, tiram, sulph.
sul-ac tabac. verat. znc.
— about going to bed: cans.
— alternating with assurance : alwn,
Tonohed, aversion to being : ant-cr, ars.
ant-t. cham. cina. thu.
Tranquillity : eesc-h. aloe. ars. bell. cans,
chin-s. clem. coca. coff. croc dros.
ether, eucal. euph. gins. gran, hydr-
ac. hyo9, ipec k-bro. lach. laur. led.
lil-t. lye men. merl. mosch. mur-ac
naja. nat-m. op. petr. phos. ph-ac.
plat plb.seneg. sil. spig. stann. staph,
verat viol-tr. znc
— incomprehensible: morph.
— mental : am. cham. ehd, chin. eie.
eye. ether, ferr. gins. hyos. ign. k-bro.
lach. mane. men. mezer. op. plat
spig. tellur.
-— — after anger : ipec.
morninlon i^ing: chel.
except while chest symptoms
lasted: chel.
Travel, desires to : mere.
Trifles, seem important : ferr. ipec.
— with everything : agar.
Tmstfdl : hydroc spig.
Tmth, never speaks the ; does not know
herself what she is saying : verat
— believes all she says is a lie: lac-
can.
Unattractive, things seem : chin.
Unoonsoioosness : absin. acet-acacon.
fesc-h. eth. agar, ailan. alum. ambr.
am-c am-m. anac. ant-cr. ant-t. apis,
arg-n. am. ars, asar. bapL bar. bell,
bism. bov. bry. calad. calc eamph.
cann-s. canth. carb-v. cham. chel.
chin, chin-s. cte. cimic cina, oooc
coff. colch. eon. creos. croc eupr.
cupr-ac. eye, dig. dulc elaps. ether,
euph. ferr. fluor-ac geU, glon. graph,
euai. helL hepar. hydr-ae, hyos. ipec
k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. Ituh, laur, lact led.
lye, mag-m. mane, mere mere-e.
mezer. mosch. mtUMJte. naja. nat-c
nat-m. nit-ac nitr. nx-^m. nx^v. ol-an.
olnd. op. ox-ac petr. phos. ph^te, plaL
plb. ptitt. ran-b. rheum, rhod. rhus,
ruta. sabad. sabin. sars. seeale. selen.
sep. siL spig. souil. stann. staph.
Strom, stdph. sul-ac tabac tanac
tarax. taxus. tereb. valer. verb, verai,
verat-v. vesp. viol-od. vip. xne.
— alternating with convulsions:
agar.
dangerous violence : absinth.
restlessness during fever : ars.
— answers correctly when spoken to,
' but delirium and unconsciousness
return at once : am. bapt hyos,
— interrnpted by screaming : bell.
— dream, as in a : ambr. carb-an. con.
rheum, stram. valer. verat.
— does not know where he is: mere
nx-m. ran-b.
on waking : tese-h.
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UnooDSciousness.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Vexed.
— mnains fixed in one spot: nx-m.
motionless like a statue: hyos.
stram.
— sadden : k-ca. plb.
— transient : boy. bufo. cann-i. canth.
cheL hepar. nat-m. ol-an. rhas-r.
sil.
— with tingling in head and limbs,
better from motion : rhus.
tingling in head and limbe, worse
from motion : secale.
single jerks : calad.
motion of feet : znc.
drowsiness in head, on rising in
morning: rhod.
aJTternoon in warm room:
pals.
Conditions of Unconscionsness.
— morning: boy. carb-an. glon. lye.
nat-m. nx-y. phos. ph-ac. strych.
snlph.
on waking : chel. nat-c.
— evening: aoon. calc. cans, coloc
Ijrc. merl. nx-m. ol-an. strych. snc.
when lying down: mag-c. mag-
m.
— night: arg-n. bell, cann-i. chel.
nat-m.
on waking : con. mag-c. phos.
— air, in open : nx-y.
amel. : tarax.
— alone, when : ph-ac.
— candle light, from : cann-i.
— chill, daring: bell, camph. hepar,
VAT-M. nx-y. op. pals.
— cold water poar^ oyer head, amel.:
tabac.
— convulsions, with: absin. aeon,
ars. bell. capr. glon. hydr-ac stram.
tanac
after: carb-ac secale.
— delirium, after : atrop.
— diarrhcea, after: ars.
— dinner, after: cast, tilia.
— erect, if he remained : chin.
— excitement, after: nx-m.
— eyes, with fixed : seth. ars. camph.
cannot open : ^els.
with pressure in and obscuration
of sight : seneg.
— headache, during : seth. agar. am.
6or. cann-i. cast. ferr. hepar. iod.
phos. sil. stann. tarax.
and after: boy.
congestion to head, from : bell.
hyos.
— — on moying : calc. carb-an. rhus.
— heat, with : leth. bell. laur. nat-m.
sol-n.
— lying down, when: colch. mag-c
mag-m,
— menses, before : nx-m.
— music, from : cann-i.
— pcdn, after: phyt.
— reading, from: asaf.
— riding, when : grat sil.
— rubbing soles of feet, amel. : chel.
— sitting, when : asaf. carb-an. moech.
tarax.
— somnolency, with, without snoring,
eyes being closed : ph-ac.
— standing, when : l)oy. lye. rhus-r.
— stooping, when : calc.
— suppression of eruptions, after:
znc.
— talking, when: lye
— vertigo, during: seth. agar, arff-n.
arn. ars. boy. canth. carb-an. chel.
chin-s. creos. ferr. grat jatr. laur.
lya mezer. mill, mosdi. nat-m. nx-m.
op. secale. sil. stram. tabac. znc.
— vomiting, amel. : aeon, tabac tanac
— waking, on : sesc-h. chel. chin,
mag-c mezer. nat-c phos.
after: con. k-bro. selen. stram.
— "walking, when : calc. carb-an.
in open air : canth. cans, hepar.
sulph.
— yawning and nausea, with : jatr.
Undertakes nothing, lest he fail : arg-n,
— things opposed to his intentions :
sep.
— lacks will power to andertake any-
thing: pic-ac
Unfeeling: anac
Unfortunate, feels : sep.
Unfriendly humor : am-c mag-m. plat.
Unpleasant occurrences, likes to dwell
on past : nat-m.
Un^irorthy, objects seem : cAtn.
Verses, makes: agar, ant-cr. cann*i.
stram.
— after falling asleep : nat-m.
Vexed : aeon, eth. agn. alum. ambr. am-
c am-m. anac. ang. ant-cr. ant-t. ars.
asaf. aur. bar. bell. boy. bry, calc
cann-s. canth. caps, carb-y. caos.
cham, chin. cocc. eq^. coloc oon. cop.
croc fluor-ac gamb. graph, hepar.
ign. iod. ipec iris. k-ca. lach. laur.
led. lye, mag-c mang. marum. mere
meeer. nat-c. nat-m, nat-p. nitr. nit-ac
nx-v, par. petr. phos. ph-ac plan. plat,
ran-b. rhus. ruta. sabad. saoin. sars.
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Vexed.
MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Weeping.
Bep. 8il, spig. spong. sqoil. stann.
staph, sulpli. sul*ac. verat. verb, znc
— Compare with Ill-humor, Fretftil,
etc
— alternating with cheerfulnesB :
ant-t. borax. cauB. cocc croc, nat-m.
spong.
— aboat basineBS : ipec.
— oontradiotion, from : calc-p.
— conversation, from : pals, tarent.
— pain, at: op.
— in sleep bj noise : calend.
— trifles, at : creos. nat-c. nat-p. sabad.
— work, about : nat-nL
Violent, vehement, etc.: abrot. aeon,
ambr. am-c. anac. ang. apis. am. aur.
bar. bell, borax, bry. calc. calc-p.
camph. canth. carb-v. caus. cham,
ooloc. corn. croc. cupr. dros. dale,
ferr. graph, hepar. hyos. k-ca. lach.
led. lye mang. mere merl. mezer.
mosch. nat>c. nat-m. nit-ac nx-v,
olnd. petr. phos. plat, ran-b. sabad.
seneg. sep. stann. stram.stront. gidph.
verat.
— Compare with Anger, Rage, Wild-
ness, etc
— deeds, rage leading to : anac bar.
6^/^. chin. cocc. con. hepar. hjos. t^
lach. Ijc mosch. nat-c nx-y. plat,
stram. siront. znc
— in morning : carb-v. gamb. graph.
^ evening : mill.
— after dinner : mill.
— after siesta: cans.
— at trifles : hepar. nat-m.
Visions. See Delirium, Delnsions, etc.
Vivacious: alum. ang. cann-s. chin.
coff. crotal. cupr. eye. gels. glon. hipp.
kyo8. lach. nat-c. nx-v. par. petr. ph*
ac. sabad. sul-ac valer. verat.
— alternating with sorrow: tarent.
Walking rapidly from anxiety : arg-n.
Wander, desires to : calc-p. cimic. mere.
— See also Restlessness.
Washing, bathing, averse to : phys.
— desire for : tarent.
in cold water : meph. phyt.
Weariness of life : aen. ambr. am-c ant-
cr. ars, AUR. bell. herb. bov. calc.
carb-v. caus. chin, creos. grat. hepar.
hyos. lach. led. lye mere mezer. nat-
c nat-m. nit-ac nx-t\ phos. plb. puis,
rhus. ruta. sep. spong. staph, stram.
sulph. sul-ac. thu. valer. verat.
— in bed, morning : lye
— See Ennui, Loathing, etc
Weeping, tearful mood, etc: aeon. alum.
ambr. am-c am-m. ang. ant-cr. ant-t
apis. am. ars. asar. aur. aur-m. hBrJbdi.
borax, bry, calc camph. cann-i. cann-
8. canth. caps. carlMui. carb-v. cast
oau8. isham, chel.chin.chin-e.eie. ema.
clem, cocc coff. ooloc con. creoe. cupr.
cupr-ac eye dig, dros. dale enp-per.
eup-pur. graph, heapar, hyos. ign. tod,
ipec. k-bro. k-ca. k-iod. lac-can. lach.
lact laur. led. lil-t. lyc. mag-m.
mag-6. mang, men. mere, mexer.
mosch. nat-c nat-m. nitr. nit-ac.
nx-m. nx-T, op. petr. phel. phos.
ph-ac plaL plb. psor. puiig. ran-b.
rheum, rhus. rata, sabin. aars. secale.
sep. sil. sol-n. spig. gpong, stann. staph.
stram. suiiPH. snl-ac tabac tarenL
thu. tilia. VERAT. viol-od. viol-tr. znc
ziz.
. — Compare with Moaning, Crying oat,
etc
— aloud : coflT. hyos. nx-v. phos. plat.
plect. sabin. staph, snlph.
— alternating with cheerfalnees :
aeon. arg. bell, borax, cann-s. carb-
an. ign. iod. plat, spong.
laughter : aeon, alum. aar.
bell. caps. lyc. nx-v. plat sep. stram.
salph. ziz.
queer antics: capr.
irritability and laughter at
trifles: graph.
ill-humor: bell.
— ameliorates symptoms: anac dig,
graph, ign. lyc mere phos. plat.
tabac.
— inclination to: aoon. eth. alam.
arg-n. ars. aur. beU. bry. eact, camph.
canth. earb-v, cast. eaus. cham. chel.
cic cimic. eina. cocc oofi*. oolcb.
croc. cupr. eye ferr. gins, graph,
hiemat. hell. hura. hyos. ig^. iod.
ipec. k-ca. lact. laar. lil-t. mere
merl. mero-irr, mezer. naja. nat-c
NAT-M. mat-s. nii-ac nitr. nx-m. op.
phos. plat, puU, ran-b. rheum, rhus.
rata, sabin. samb. aep. sil. spong.
squil. staph, stram. sulph. sul-ac.
tarent. thea thu. verat. znc.
— involuntarily: alum. aur. bdL
cann-i. caus. cina. cupr. ign. lach.
mere mosch. nat-m. plat. plb. rhos.
stram. verat. viol-od.
amel. by vinegar : stram.
— nervous, (eeU so, she would scream.
unless she held on to something : sep.
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Conditions of Weeping. MIND AND DISPOSITION. Conditions of Weeping.
ConditionBof Weeping.
— all day : brj. cans, lac-can. lye.
feels like crying all the time, but
it makes her worse : stann.
— morning : am-c bell, borax, carb-an.
creos. dale. phos. plat. prun. puis,
rhus. sars. sil. spong. sal ph. tarent.
inclined to, at 11 a.m. :8ULph.
after waking : phos. pas. puis.
— afternoon: carb-y. cast. cop. dig.
phos. tarent.
— evening : aeon, ealc, carb-an. clem,
coca, graph, hyper, plat, rhus. sil.
ttram.
amel. in. : am-c. cans.
morning, and : sulph.
— night : alum, am-c anac. am. ars.
bar. borax, bir. calc carb-an. cans,
cham. chel. ekin. chin-s. cineu con.
hipp. byos. ign. ipec. k-ca. k-iod.
lac-can. laeh, lye. mag-c. mere, nat-m.
nit-ac. nx-v, op. phos. ph-ac puis,
rheum, sil. spong. stann. smph.
tabac tarent. thu. verat.
in sleep: alum, carb-an. cans.
cham. chin. con. ign. lach. lye. nit-
ac. nx-r. thu.
on waking : chin-s. sil.
— admonitions, cause: bell. calc.
chin. ign. k-ca, lye nat-m. nit-ac
plat staph.
— air, in open : carb-y. hara.
amel. in : coff. plaL
— alone, when : con. nat-m.
— anger, after : am. nx-r.
from : bell.
— breathing, from : bell.
— oaziled, when : chel.
child cries^ piteously if taken
hold of or carried : dna,
is quiet only when carried :
CHAM.
— oanselesB : apis. ars. bell, caroph.
eina, creos. graph, hura. lye nai-m.
nit-ac. staph, sulph. tarent. yiol-od.
znc.
without knowing why: k-ca.
rhus. sep.
— oontradiotion, from : tarent.
— convulsions, during : absin. cham.
plb.
— coughing, before : am, bell.
during: ant-t arn. ars. beU. cham.
chin, cirui, hepab. ipec. lye osm.
samb. Sep. sil. spong. sulph. yerat.
after: am. bell, cap&cina. hepar.
op.
delirinm, after: nat-s.
disturbed at work, when : puis.
dreeuning, when : phos.
emission, after an : hipp.
emotion, after slight: creos. n^ja.
fever, intermittent, during the
chill: aeon. ars. aur, bell. calc.
cann-s. carb-b. cham. con. hepar.
k-ca. LYC. mere, nat-m. pelr. plat.
PUL8. selen. sil. sulph. yiol-od.
— heat, during tne : acon. bell.
calc eap8. cham. coff. cupr. graph,
ign. lye, pelr, ^lat. pulb. gpig, spong.
slram, sulph. tilia.
— s^Mreat, during the: acon. aur.
BELL. bry. eak, eampk. cham, chin.
eupr, graph, lyc. nx-y. op, pelr, puis.
rheum, rtius. sep. spong. alram, sulph.
yerat.
food, after : arf-n. am. puis.
future, about the : lyc
hallucinations, after : dulc
headache, with : coloc creos. phos.
plat, ran-b. sep.
illness, during : calad.
Joy, from : lach.
laughter, after : cann-s.
— See Altemating with.
— at amusing things: plat.
looked at, when : nat-m,
mania, during : ars.
menses, before : cact. con. lyc phos,
puis, sep. znc
— during : ars. cact calc cans. con.
eye hyos. ign, lach. lyc. phos. pkU.
jmli, secale. sep. thu. yerat. znc.
which does her good : eye.
— after: alum. con. lyc. phos.
stram.
micturition, before : borax, lye, tan.
— during : erig. tarn,
music, from: creos. graph, nat-s.
nitr. nx-y. thu.
— of piano : cop.
— of Dells : ant-cr.
need, about a fancied : chin.
— about a past : nat-m.
nightmare, after : guai.
noise, at : leth. creos. ign. laeh,
opposition, at least: nx-y.
palpitation, during: phos.
past eyents : nat-m.
pains, with the : glon. plat puis.
pitied, if belieyes he is : nat-m.
poetry, at soothing: lach.
refused anything, when : bell. cham.
ign.
75
Conditions of Weeping. MIND AND DISPOSITION.
Wrong.
— remonstrated with, when: bell,
calc. i(;n. k-ea. nit-ac. plat.
respiration, with difficult: ant-cr.
coca. tha.
— rising, after : am*c.
— sad thoughta at : alum, carb-y. dna.
k-ca. pheL plat, stram.
though Bad, is impossible to
weep: ni-r.
— singing, when : hura.
sleep, in : all-s. alum. ars. bell. calc.
carb-an. oaus. eham, chin. con. creos.
fluor-acglon. graph, hyos. k-<Mu k-iod.
lach. lye. mag-m. nat-m. nice, nx-v,
phos. puis, Aus. nl. stann. sulpli.
tabac. tarent. thu.
^^ — good during the day, screaming
and restless all night : jalap.
— spoken to, when: nat-m. plat. sil.
staph.
kindly, soothing words, etc. : bell.
calc. chin. ign. k-ca. nat-m. nit-ac.
plat, staph.
— stool, before : phos. puis. rhus.
during : bell, borax, eham. cina.
phos. rhus. sil. sulpb.
— taken up, child, when : chel.
— telling of her sickness, when : puls.
— thanked, when : lye.
— tonched. when: ant-cr. ant-t. cina.
— trifles, at: ant-cr. calc. cans. cina.
cocc. petr. stram.
at the least worry, children : lye.
nit-ac.
— vertigo, with : phos.
— vexation, from : calad. eham. ign.
nx-v. tarent.
— wakens, arouses from sleep : alum,
cina. k-iod.
waking, on : bell, chin-s. cina. hyos.
ign. lach. lye. mere. nice. nx-v. op.
phos. plan. puis. raph. sil.
— walking in open air, when : calc.
coff.
— -writing, when: coca.
— weeks, for : alum, mezer.
Whistling, inclination to : bell, cann-i.
cann-s. carb-an. lye. merc-i-fl. plat,
stram.
— involuntarily : carb-an. lye.
Wildness: aeon, ant-t. bapt. calc-p.
croc, mosch. op. petr. phos. ph-ac.
9tram. verat,
— See also Anger, Rage, Violent, etc.
— during headache : bapt.
— bright light, odors, etc.: eolch.
— at trifles : ign.
— unpleasant news : calc-p.
— from vexation : ph-ac
Will, contradiction of: aeon. anac. caps,
sep.
— want of control of: apis. lach. nat-m.
— deficient: anac. alum. ars. asaf. bar.
bry. calc. camph. chin-s, cina. dem.
coff. coloc crdc. dulc. ign. ipec. k-ca.
lach. mere, nat-c nat-m. op. petr. pula>
rheum.
— strong: aloe. calc. camph. chin-s.
plb.
— two, feels as if he had two wills:
anac.
Witty: alcoh. caps. cocc. croc, la^
spong.
^7omen, aversion to : am-c. bapt dios.
nat-m. puis. raph.
^7ork, aversion for mental: acet-ac.
aeon. agar. aloe. anac. aur. bell.
brom. dUn. cinnb. clem, colch. ferr.
ffrat. ham. hydr. hyper, iod. k-bi.
^c. mag-m. marum. meph. nit-ac.
nitr. op. par. petif. phos. ph-ac. plat.
ransc. rtius. rumx. sii spig. squil.
staph, sulph. thea. viol-tr.
•^ desire for mental : brom. dem. cob.
coca. naja. rhus. therid.
— complaints from: lye natrm.
— compare Work in general.
Writing, aversion to : h^dr. squil. thea.
— desire for: chin. spig.
— difiElcalty in expressing ideas,
when : carb-an.
— inability for: ign. lye.
— writing connectedly : oolch.
— mistakes, makes, in : am-c benz-ac
bov. calc-p. cann-i. cann-s. carb-an.
eham. chin, chin-s. chrom-ac croc
crotal. dios. fl-ac. graph, hepar. hydr.
ign. k*bro. lac-can. lach. lac-ac lye.
nat-c. nat-m. nx-m. nx-v. ptel. puis,
rhod. rhus. sep. sil. thu.
adding, in : lye.
omitting letters, by : hyper, k-
bro. lac-can. lye nx-v. puis, stram.
omitting words, by : eham. k-bra
lye. nx-v. thu.
repeating words, by : calc-p. k-
bro. lac-can.
transposing letters : stram.
wrong words, by using : am-c
calc-p. cann-i. lye. sep.
by potting *' right'' for " left," or
friee ver/ta : chin-s. nuor-ac.
Wrong, everything seems: coloc engen.
hepnr.
76
CHAPTER II.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
ilohing, undefined pain : abrot. absin.
acet-ac. aeon, eesc-h. sth. agar, ailan.
all-c. aloe. alum. ambr. am-c. anac.
ang. ant-c. ant-t. apis. apoc. arg. arg-n.
arn. are. arum-t. asaf. asar. aur. bad.
bapi. bar. bell, benz-ac. berb. bism.
bov. brom. bi"-!/. bufo. cact. calad. calc.
ealc-p. campli. cann i. cann-s. canth.
carb-an. carb-v. cast. caul, cbani.
chel. chin, chin-s. cimic. cinn. cinnb.
clem. cob. coca. cocc. cocc-c. cofi'.
colch. coloe. com. con. conv. corn,
creos. croc, crotal.croton.cund.cupr.
cupr-ac. eye. dapb. dig. dios. drag,
dulc. elaps. elat. eugen. eup-per.
eupli. euphr. eupi. ferr. ferr-iod.
fluor-ac. gamb. gels. gent. ginp. glim.
gran, graph, grat. guai. gjmn. ham.
hell, hepar. hipp. hunt. hydr. hydr-
aa hydrphb. hyos. hyper, ign. indg.
indm. iod. ipec. iris, jalap, jatr. k-hi.
k-ea, k-clc. k-iod. kalm. lach. lachn.
lac-ac. lact. laur. led. lil-t. lobel. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mane. mang.
meli. ment-pi. meph. mere, merc-c.
merc-i-fl. merc-i-r. merl. mezer. mill,
morph. mosch. murx. mur-ac. naja.
nat-c. nat-m. nat-p. nat-s. nice, nit-ac.
nitr. nx-m. nx-v. cena. osm. oxal-ac.
pallad. par. petr. phel. phos. ph-ac.
phys. phyt. pic-ac. plan. plat. plb.
podo. poth. prun. psor. ptel. iuU.
ran-b. ran-sc. raph. rheum, rnod.
rlius. rhus^v. rumx. sabad. sang,
secale. selen. seneg. aep. ail. spig.
spong. stann. staph, stram. strych.
Bulpb. Bul-ac. tabac. tanac. tarax.
tarent. taxns. tellnr. tiiea. thu. tilia.
tril. trom. urt-ur. ustil. valer. verat.
viol-od. viol-tr. vip. xanth. zne. znc-
6. sing. ziz. etc.
alternating with pain in abdo-
men : sesc-h. cina. geU. plb. rhus-r.
with stitches in hypochon-
drium : ceae-h.
— alternating with cough : lach.
with diarrlicpa : podo.
with frightful dreams : chin.
with haemorrhoids: abrot. aloe.
with lumbago : aloe.
with pains in joints : sulph.
with pain in loins: aloe, lycps.
with pain in neck : hyos.
with pain in teeth : lycps.
— extending to chest: con. nat-m.
to ears : lach. mere. puis. rhus.
to eyes : asaf. brom. cans. croc.
niag-m. nat-m. spig.
— — to face: ani-m. anac. arg-n.
graph, guai. lye. nat-m. phos. puis,
rlius. sars. spig. tarent. thu.
to finger tips, with trembling
and uneasiness : camph.
to jaws : bell, calc-p. k-clc.
spig.
through limbs : acet-ac.
to neck : bar. berb. bry. chel.
guai. jac. lack. lye. mere, mosch. nitr.
nx-m sabin.
to shoulders : glon. graph.
down spine : cocc.
into teeth : creos. crotal. graph.
hydrph. lye. lycps. mere, mezer. puis.
sil.
to throat : tarent.
— — to tongue : ipec.
brain, aching deep in: aeon. aloe,
alum. am-c. anac. arg. arg-n. asaf.
asar. bar. bell. bov. calc. camph.
caTith. carb-v. <»us. cham. c?nn. cina.
coloc. cocc-c. con. com. croc. daph.
dros. dulc. glon. graph, hyos. ign.
lach. laur. lye. mag-c. mang. mere.
mosch. raur-ac. nat-m. nitr. nx-v.
olnd. petr. phos. ph-ac. phys. prun.
ran-b. rhod. ruta. sabad. sare. sil.
spig. stann. staph, sulph. sul-ac.
t her id. thu. zne.
— with expression of anguish or
deep scowl, eyes closed : canth.
77
Aching.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Aching.
forehead, aching in : acet-ac. aeon,
esc-h. agar, ailan. all-e. aioe, cdum.
am-c. anac. ang. ant-c. ant-t. apis,
arg. arg-n. am. ars. arum-t. asaf, asar.
bapt. bar. bar-ac. bell, berb. birnn,
borax, bov. brom. bry. bufo.cact. caj.
ealc. calc-ac, calc-p. camph. cann-s.
canth. carb-an. carb-v. caul. cans,
cham. chel. ehin, chin-s. cic, cimic.
cina. cinnb. cist. clem. cob. coca,
oocc. cocc-c. coloc. con. corn, creos.
croc, crolal. croton. eye. diad. dia,
dios. dios. dulc. elaps. elat. eupn.
eiiphr./CTT. tiuoi>ac. gels. gins. glon.
gran, graph, grat. gymn. guai. ham.
hell, helon. hepar.hipp. hura. hydr-
ac. hydr. hydrph. hyos. ign, iod.
indg. iris. k-bi. ^•-ea. k-clc. kalm. lac-
can, lach. lachn. lac-ac. lact. laur.
led. lil-t. lith. lye. mag-c. mag-m.
mag-H. mane. mang. mere, merc-c.
merc-i-fl. merc-i-r. merl. mezer.
mosch. mur-ac. naja. nai-c, nai-m,
nat-s. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. olnd. ol-jec.
op. osm. oxal-ac. par. petr. phel.
phos, ph-ac. phys. phyt. pic-ac. plan,
plect. plb. podo. pBor. ptel. puis, ran-
b. rap I), rheum, rhod. rhus. rumx.
samb. sang, aeneg. sep. sil. ^ig. spone.
stann. staph, stram. stront. sidph, sul-
ac. tabac. tarax. tarent. tellur. thea.
therid. thu. tilia. tril. trom. ustil.
valer. verat. verat-v. verb, viol-tr.
xanth. znc. zing. etc.
— alternscting with pain in back :
brom.
with crampy pain in chest;
at last tearing in nose and shoulders:
lachn.
— extending backwards : am. bry.
cupr. eup-per. k-bi. lil-t. phyt. prun.
spong. therid.
over whole head: anac. selen.
valer.
to cheeks : brom. lachn. mosch.
sang.
to eyes: ant-t. apis. asar. calc-p.
chara. grat. ign. k-ca. lac-can. lac ac.
lach. mnr-ac. nit-ac. nx-m. phos. puis,
sabin. seneg. spig.
to neck : kalra. lye.
to nose : calc. dios. mosch. phos.
sep.
to shoulder : kalm.
— — to occiput: bell. bry. calc.
chara. colch. dios. nat-c nat-m.
therid.
to orbits : chel. gins. (r).
to vertex : cimic. hell, ipec-
ruta. valer.
— eyes, aching above : aeon. aeth.
aga^. ailan. aloe. alum. ambr. am-c
' ang. ant-c. apis. arg. arg-n. arn. ars.
asaf. aspar. aur-m. bapt. bar-ac. bdL
berb. borax, bov. brom. bry. cadm.
calc. cann-i. canth. caps, carb-an.
carb V. cans. cedr. chel. chin, chin-s.
cimic. cina. cinnb. cist. coca, colch.
con. croe. crotal. croton. cund. dig.
dios. dros. ferr. ferr-i. fluor-ac. ^eU.
glon. gymn. ham. hell, hepar. hipp.
nura. hydr. hydrph. hyos. hyper.
ign. indm. iod. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. kalm.
lach. lao-ac. lact. laur. lil-t. lith.
lobel. lye. mag-c. maiig. marum.
meph. mere, merc-i-r. merl. mezer.
mosch. naja. nat-c. nat-m. nat-p. nit-
ac nitr. nx-j. nx-m. nx-v. ol-an. op.
osm. oxal-ac. petr. phos. ph-ac. phyat.
phyt. pic-ac. plan. plat. plb. ptel.
puis, ran-b. raph. rheum, rhus. rhua-
r. sabad. sar^g. selen. seueg. sep. sil.
sol-n. spia. spong. stann. staph, sulph.
sul-i. taoac. taxus. tellur. tereb.
therid. thu. urt-ur. valer. verat viol-
tr. zing.
in a narrow line : bry.
to occiput: bism. naja.
to vertex: ar^n. gvmn.
— right eye, aching above : aeon,
sesc-h. agar, all-o. am-c. am-m. anac.
ant-c. arg-n. ars. aur-m. bapt. bar-ac.
bell. bism. bov. bry. carl>-an. cans.
chel, chin, chro-ac. cimic. cinnb. cij*t,
coca. cocc. colch. com. croton. eye.
daph. dig. dios. dros. dulc. evon. ferr.
fluor-ac gins. glon. ham. hyos. ign.
indm. iris, lac-can. lach. lye. mang.
merc-i-fl. mezer. mur-ac. nat-m. nitr.
nx-v. op. phos. phys. phyt. plat ran-
b. rhus. rumx. sang. spig. staph,
stront. sulph. tabac. tarent. tong.
viol-tr. xanth. znc. zing. ziz.
first right then left: calc lac-
can, ptel. sep. sin-n.
— left eye, aching above: aeon,
sesc-h. seth. all-c. ambr. am-c ant-c.
ant-t. arn. ars. arum-t. asaf. bar. berb.
bov. brom. bry. caj. cnlc-p. camph.
cann-i. cans. cedr. chel. cimic. colch.
dios. euph. ferr. glon. ham. hell,
hydr. hydrph. ign. indm. k-bi. k-ca.
kalm. lac-can. lach. lil-L lye. mag-c
mag-s. men. merc-c. merc-i-r. mosch.
78
Aching.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Achiag.
mur-ac. naja. nat-m. nat-p. nit-ac.
nx-j. nx-m. nx-y. oxal-ac. pbos. ph-
ac. plat. puis. ptel. rhus-r. sep. boi-d.
spig. stann. strain, sulph. sul-ac.
teliur. tereb. verat. verat-v. verb.
znc. zing.
first
zing.
left then right: lach.
thence to occiput and finall/
over whole body : bry.
llien over whole forehead, in-
creasing and decreasing gradually:
stann.
— behind orbits, aching: aeon,
bad. herb. bism. cann-i. cheT. cimic.
daph. dig. gels. lach.* nitr. poth.
rhud. seneg. therid. ziz.
— between eyes, aching : cupr.
lach. poth.
— nose, aching above root of: aeon,
agar. am-c. ant-t. ars. bar. bism.
borax, calc-p. caniph. coloc. dig.
guai. hepar. ign. k-bi. mosch. nx-v.
plat. puis. raph. staph, stict. yiol-tr.
left half: mur-ac.
— both sides of forehead : carb-y.
glon. j:itr. k-bi. lac-ac. ruta. sul-ac.
yaler. Verb.
— right side of forehead : acet-ac.
aeon. agar. aloe. anac. ant-t. apis, arg-
n. arn. ars. arum-t. asaf. bar. befl.
herb. boy. brom. bufo. canth. cast,
chel. chin. cimx. cinnb. cocc. cocc-c
colch. creos. crotal. eye. dig. dios.
dros. euph. ferr. ferM. nuor^ac. ^lon.
^rat. hell, hepar. hydrph. ign. mdg.
lod. k-bi. kalm. lach. laur. marum.
men. mere, merc-i-fl, mezer. mosch.
nat m. nat s. nice, ol-an. op. osm.
phel. phos. pic-ac. prun. psor. ran-b.
ratan. rhod. rhns-r. rumx. ruta.
sabad. sabin. sang. sars. seneg. sep.
sil. spig. spong. squil. stann. staph,
stram. sulph. sul-ac. tarent. thu. urt-
ur. valer. verb. znc.
extending to left side: acet- '
ac. seth. eye. ign. iri<(. sabad.
to cheek : lachn.
to occiput, through head : prun.
— left side of forehead : acet-ac.
aeon. leth. agar, ant-c. ant-t. apis,
arg. arg-n. arn. asaf. asar. aur. aur-
m. bell. boy. bry. cact. camph. carh-
an. caus. chel. chin, chin-s. cic. cina.
clem. coca, cocc colch. coloc. creos.
cund. cupr. dnlc euph. evon. fluor-
ac glon. gran. grat. hsemat. ham.
hipp. hydrph. hyos. iod. ipec k-bi.
kalm. lac-ac laur. lil-t. lith. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. men. mere, mezer.
mui^ac. nat-c nat-m. nat-s. nitr. ol-
an. op. par. phel. ph-ac. phys. plan,
plat. prun. psor. ptel. rhod. rhus.
sabin. sars. seneg. sep. sil. spig.
spong. stann. staph, sulph. sul-ac.
tabac tarax. thu. tong. yaler. verb. znc.
extending to right side: agar.
hffimat. rhus-r. squil.
to occiput : nat-c
— oocipat, pain in forehead and :
eeth. agar. alum. ambr. anac. aphis,
arn. asaf. aur. bell. bry. calc camph.
cann-i. canth. caps, carb-v. chel.
chin, chin-8. ciraic. cina. clem, coloh.
con. corn. dig. dios. eup-per. ferr.
gels. glon. graph, grat. guai hydr-
ac. hyos. ign. iod. iris. k-bi. k-ca.
lachn. laur. lye. mag-c. mag-m.
mang. mere mezer. mosch. mur-ac.
nat-m. nitr. ol-jec op. petr. ph-ac.
prun. ptel. raph. rhus. sabad. sabin.
sars. seneg. sep. serp. spig. spong.
squil. sulph. sul-ac. tabac thu.
— in morning on waking pain in
forehead and occiput: k-bi. lach.
— temples, pain in forehead and :
agar. agn. ant-c ant-t. arn. am.
arum-t. atro. aur. bar-ac bell. berb.
bov. bry. eamph. canth. cedr. chel.
chin, chin-s. clem, coloc coral,
croton. eye. diad. dig. dios. dulc e'at.
ferr. fluor-ac. gels. glon. gran. hell,
hipp. hura. hydr-ac indm. iris. k-bi.
kalm. lachn. lil-t. lye. ma^-m. mag-s.
mang. merc-i-fl. merl. mezer. mur-
ac myric naja. nat-m. op. phos. ph-
ac. phys. phyt. pip-m. psor. rhod.
sabad. sabin. selen. seneg. spig.
stann. sulph. tabac. tanac verat. znc.
— temples and oooipnt, pain in
forehead: aeon, aesc-h. boy. cann-s.
nx-y. rhus-r. spig.
— vertex, pain in forehead and :
aoet-ac. aeon, all-c aloe. ambr. anac.
ant-c. ant-t. arg-n. bar-ac bell. berb.
borax, bry. bufo. calc cann-i. carb-
an. cast. caus. cinnb. corn, croton.
dig. dios. glon. graph, grat. helon.
hura. hydr-ac hydrph. ign. indg.
k-bi. laur. mag-c. mang. men. mere,
mezer. mosch. mur-ac myric niga.
nat-c. nat-m. nx-y. ol-an. ol-jec oxal-
ac. phel. puis, rhus-r. sep. sil. sol-n.
stann. vaier. znc
79
Aching.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Aching.
neok, pain spreading from: bell,
berb. carb-v. ferr. fluor-ac gels. glon.
lac-can. puis. sang. sil. verat-T.
— pain coming up through base of
brain : gels. kalm. sang. sil.
ocoipnt, aching pain in : aeon. CBth.
ailan. agar. oU-b. alum. ambr. anac.
apis. ars. asar. bapt. bar. bell. bism.
boy. bry. cact. ealc. calen. camph.
cann-i. caps, carb-an. carb-y.
cans. cedr. cham. chel. chin.
cliin-8. cimic. cinnb. clem. cob.
coca, cocc-c. colch. coloc. con. con v.
cop. corn, crotal. croton. eye.
daph. dig. dios. dulc. elaps. euph.
ferr. ferr-p. fluor-ac. gels. glon.
gnap. graph, grat. ham. hydr-ac.
htlL hvdrph. hvos. hyper, hura. igii.
indg. indm. iod. ipec. k-bi. k>bro. k-
ca. k-clc. lac- can. lach. lachn. lac-ac.
lact. laur. lil-t. lith. lobel. lye. mag-
c. mag-m. mag-s. mang. mere, merc-
i-fl. mezer. mill, mosch. murx. raur^
ac. myric nat-c. nat-s. nice, nit-ac.
nitr. NX-v. op. osm. paeon, petr.
phos. ph-ac. phys. phyt. pic-ac. pip-
m. plan. plat, plect. plb. prun. ptel.
puis, ran-b. ran-se. raph. rhod. rhus.
rhus-r. rumx. sabad. sabin. sang,
seoale. seneg. sep. sil. spig. spong.
squil. stann. staph, stram. stront.
stry. sulph. tabac. tarent. thu. tilia.
trom. urt-ur. verat verat-v. verb,
xantb. zinc, znc-ra.
— alternating with pain in fore-
head: mosch.
with pain in joints: sulph.
> — eztenaing down back: seth.
cimic. graph, lil-t nat-m. pic-ac.
podo. strycn.
to chest: mph.
to ears : chel. seec-h. plb.
to eyes : atro. gels, gUm. petr.
sang, (r), sars. sil. (r), spig. (1).
to forehead: arg-n. aur. bell.
bov. brom. chel. clem. dios. ferr. |
fluor-ac. gels. glon. k-bi. nat-m. op.
petr. ph-ac. plb. ptel. seneg. i
over whole head, from morn-
ing till afternoon: chin.
to lower jaw : cham.
from right to left: dig. staph.
from left to right : sauil.
to neck: bry. glon. nell. k-ca.
lil-t. phyt. sulph. ziz.
down back of neck : cimic. lobel.
podo.
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to shoulders : bry. gels. ipec.
podo.
while lying on back in
bed, after waking: bry.
to temples : gUm. coca. plb.
seneg. spig. (1).
upward : glon. ph-ac. sang. sep.
to vertex : eale. cimic. glon.
hura. lac-ac. nat-c.
semi-lateral pains in head : aeon,
agar. agn. alam. ambr. am-c. am-m.
anae. ang. ant-c. ant-t. apis. am. ars.
asaf. asar. aur. bar. bell. bism. borax,
bov. bry. eale. calc-p. camph. cann-s.
canth. caps, carb-an. carb-v. caus.
eham. chel. chin. cie. cina. clem. cocc.
cofi. colch. cohc. con. cop. creos. croc,
cupr. eye. dig. dios. dros. dulc. eugen.
euph. euphr. ferr. glon. graph, guai.
hell, hepar. hyos. ign. iod. ipec. k-bi.
k-ca. lach. lact. laur. led. lye mag-c
mag-m. mang. marum. men. mere,
mezer. mosch. murx. mur-ac. nat-o.
nat-m. nice. nitr. nit-ac nx-m. nx-v.
olnd. par. petr. phos. ph-ae. phyt.
plat. plb. psor. puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
rhenm. rhod. rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin.
samb. sang. sars. selen. seneg. sep.
serp. sil. spig. spong. souil. stann.
staph, stram. stront. sulph. sut-ac,
tar ax. tarent. thu. ustil. valer. verat.
verb, viol-od. viol-tr. znc.
- — alternating with pain in left
arm: ptel.
- — coffee, from excessive use of:
nx-v.
ears, behind the» pain : asar. calo-
p. chel. sang.
behind the left ear: ambr.
sang.
extending to eye : asaf. brom.
cans. croc, mag-m. nat-m.
to neck : guai. laeh. lye. mere.
to neck and shoulders, neck
stiff: lach.
from side to side through
temples: alum. chin. phos. plant.
sang.
to waist : hydrph.
spots, pain in : k-bi. kalm.
- both sides of head, simultaneously,
pain in : all-c. asar. bov. calc-p. carb-
an. chin. cupr. eye. dig. dios. euphr.
glon. lye. mag-c. mag-m. merc-c.
merc-i-n. mezer. ol-an. phos. plat,
squil. tilia. tong.
alternating from one to the
Achiog.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Aching.
other: agar. bell, colch. cupr. evon.
hell. hydr. lae-ean, lil-t. plan,
valtrr.
- — on side on which one lies : calad.
grapli. mag-c. ph-ac.
- — ceases on one side, becomes more
violent on other: lac-can. nat-m.
- right side of head, pains in : aeon,
agar. agn. alum, ara-c. am-m. anac.
ang. ant-t. apis. are. arg-n. am. ars.
asaf. aur. bar. bdl. bism. borax, bov.
hry. bufo. cact» calc. camph. cann-i.
caps, carb-an. carb-v. cans. cham.
chel. chin. cic. cimic. cina. cinnb.
cist. clem. coca. cocc. coff. colch.
coloc. con. creos. croc, crotal. eye,
dig. dros. dulc. elaps. euph. euphr.
gels. gins. gran, graph, grat. guai.
hell, hepar. hyos. ign.indm. iod. jac.
k-bi. k-ca. kalm. lach. laur. led. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. mane. mang. marum.
men. mere, merc-i-r. mezer. mill,
mosch. mur-ac nat-c. nat-m. nitr.*
nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. ol-an. petr. phos.
ph-ac. plat. plb. puis, ran-b. rheum,
rhod. rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin. aang,
sarfi. seneg. sep. sil. spig. spong.
sqnil. stann. staph, stcont. sulph. sul-
ac. tarax. tarent. tha. yaler. verat.
verb. znc.
- — right then left side : am. bry. colch.
cupr. dig. merc-i-r. staph, taxus.
- — right side, morning ; left side,
evening: bov.
-^ left Bide of head, pain in : aeon,
agar. agn. aloe. alum. ambr. am-c
:im-m. anac. ang. ant-c. ant-t. apis,
arg. arg-n. am. ars. asaf. asar. aur.
bar. bdl, bism. borax, bov. brom.
bry. calad. calc. calc-p. camph. cann-
i. cann-s. canth. caps, carb-v. cans,
cham. chel. chin, chin-s. cic. cimic.
cina. cinnb. clem. cocc. colch. coloc.
con. conv. creos. croc, crotal. cupr.
eye. dig. dios. dros. dulc. elaps. eup-
pnr. euph. euphr. /?rr. fluor-ac gent,
graph, guai. gymn. ham. hell. hydr.
hyos. ign. indm. iod. k-bi. k-ca. kalm.
lac-can. Uuih, lac-ac. laur. led. lil-t
lith. lye. mag-c. mag-m. mane. mang.
manim. mere, merc-i-fl. merc-i-r.
mezer. mur-ac murx. nat-c. nat-m.
nitr. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. olnd. pallad.
par. petr. phel. phos. ph-ae. plan,
plat. plb. ptel. puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
rhod. rhus. sabad. sabin. samb. sang,
sars. secale. selen. seneg. scp. spig.
spong. squil. stann. staph, stront
sulph. sui-ac. tabac. tarax. thn. trom.
valer. verat-v. verb, viol-od. viol-tr.
xanth. znc zing. ziz.
— left then right side : am. eup-per.
glon. nx-m. squil.
— of head and face extending to
neck : guai.
temples, aching in: aeon, all-c.
ambr. apis, apoc arg. arn. ars. arum-
t. aspar. atro. aur. Ihad, bapt. benz-ac.
herb. brom. bry. calc-p. camph.
cann-i. cann-s. caps, caro-an. caus.
cedr. chcun, chin, chin-s. cic. cina.
cinnb. clem. cob. cocc-c. coloe, con.
conv. coral, creos. crotal. croton.
cup-ars. eye daph. dios. dros. elaps.
elat. euphr. eupi. fluor-ac. gels. gins,
fflon. graph, ham. hell. Atpp. hura.
hydrph. hydr. hyos. hyper, ign. iod.
iris. jatr. k-bi. k-ca. k-dc kalm. lach.
lachn. laur. led. lith. lobel. lye.
mag-c. mane, mere, merc-c merc-i-fl.
merl. mezer. naja. nat-c. nat-m. ol-
jec op. osm. phos. ph-ac. phys. phyt.
pic-ac. plan. plb. podo. psor. ptel.
raph. rheum, rumx. sabad. sang. sep.
stram. tabac. tarent. thea. xanth. znc.
zing.
— - alternating with heat of face :
cocc-c. (1).
— blood-vessel, as if a, had been
torn out: aeth.
— deep-seated : eup-per. hydr-ac
naja. peti.
— extending backward over ears :
cedr. gymn. nat-p.
to eye : asim. herb. cedr. cocc-
c. natp. pip-m.
to eyebrows : pic-ac.
over forehead : all-e, ferr. glon.
hepar. lil-t.
lo centre of head : dire.
to jaw, aggr. by change of
weather: calc-p.
to neck : pic-ac
to nose : glon.
to occupit : cund. lil-t. meni.
to shoulder, face distorted:
graph. (1).
to teeth, last molar : hydr. (r).
from right temple to left : glon.
lil-t. plat. ptel.
from left temple to right: aur-
m. calc hipp. merc-i-fl. ol-jec
ptel.
from temple to temple : alumn.
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Acking.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Biting.
con. glon. ham. hydrph. lac-can. HI-
t. lobel. meser. naja.
and back again :
hydr. lae-can. lil-t.
toward vertex, amel. after cold
washing!: : oocc-c.
— vertex, aching in: acet-ac. aeon.
(Pth. agar. agn. ainbr. am-c. anac. ant-
c. ant-t. apis. arn. ars. ariim-t. bad.
bell, borax, bry. bufo. e<ici. calc. calc-
p. cann-s. carl>^an. carb-v. cast. cau8.
cedr. cham. chel. chin, cimie. cinnb.
cob. coca. cocc. cooc-c. coff. culch.
con. conv. corn, creos. crotal. cupr.
da ph. dig. dice. dros. dnlc. elaps.
euph. eup-per. ferr. gels. glon. gran.
Sraph. nell. hepar. hura. hydr.
ydrph. hyper, iod. iris. k-bi. kalm.
lac-can. loch, lac-ac. lact. laur. litli.
lye. men. mere, merc-c. merc-i-fl.
mezer. mosch. niur-ac. naja. nat-m.
nit-ac nx-m. nzv. ol-jec. oxal-ac
pallad. par. phos. phys. phyt. pic-ac.
podo. ptel. puis, ran-sc. rneum. rhod.
rumx. sabad. sang. sep. sil. sol-n.
Bpig. spong. squil. stann. staph.
St ram. stdph. sul-i. tabac tellur.
thu. ustil. valer. verat. verb, xanth.
znc.
extending backward : chel. k-
bi. nitr.
ear, from one to other : pallad.
to eyes : ign.
to forehead : caps, caris. cham.
nx-m.
t© malar bones : tarent.
to neck : calc-p. chel. glon.
kalm.
to occiput: calc-p. chel. gels.
to temples : cans. cham. hipp.
Agitation. See Undulation, Vibration,
etc.
Air, or wind passing through head, sen-
sation as of: aur. colch. coral, mill.
nat-m. petr. puts.
— extending to abdomen : aloe.
— on rocking: coral.
Alive, sensation as if something were,
in head : ant-L af^ar. croc, crotal.
hyper, pjetr. sil. sulph.
— as if brain were an ant-hill : agar.
— as if everything in head were: petr.
— crawling, in forehead, as of a worm :
alum.
— pressing, crawling pain, spreading
out from centre, as of something
alive : tarax.
— night: hyper.
— on walking : sil.
Anxiety in head : ant-c. apis. cic. laur.
nat-m.
Arthritic : aeon. arn. ars. agar. aur. bell.
benz-ac. bry. camph. caps. caus.
cham. chin, cic eotoc. con. eugen,
graph, guai. hyos. ign. ipec. mang.
mosch. nat-c. ruU^m. nit-ae. nz-v. petr.
phos. plat. puis. rhus. sabin. fep.
verat. znc.
— periodical : bell.
— afternoon : aur. coloc.
— evening : eugen.
Ascending pains : meph : ph-ae. rhus.
sang. sep. sil. staph.
See also special pains and parts
from which pain extends.
Asleep, sensation in, as if: apis. carb.
an. con. cupr. mere, mnr-ac. nit-ac-
op. sep.
after a debauch : op.
after eating : con.
when lying down : mere.
Back, pains extending as far as the:
anac. bell. bry. calc. cans. dig. lye.
mag-c. nat-m. nit-ac. petr. phos.
prun. puis. rhod. rhus. samb. sep. siL
spig. spong. stann. stront. sul-ac.
tnu.
— pains proceeding from the :oa/c hell,
sep. sil.
Balancing sensation in: iesc-h. bell.
glon. lye.
— difficult to keep the head erect : glon.
— pendulum-like :cann-i.
— on motion : crotal. flnor-ac. lye.
rhus.
Ball, sensation as of a, rising up : aeon,
plat. plb.
fast in brain : staph.
rolling in brain: hura.
hydrph.
Band. See under Compressive.
Beats against bed : hyos. mill.
— against wall, in sleep : niag-c.
— feels as if he could beat head to
pieces : nit-ac.
— Compare alto with Pulsation, Strik-
ing, Throwing, etc.
Beaten senaat'on. See under Bruised.
Bend head backward, must : nitr.
— See under Conditions and compare
with Falling, Throwing about, etc
Biting sensation : arg. bar. carb-v. cham.
grat. k-bi. k-iod. lye. mezer. phel.
ran-sc. rhod. secale.
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Biting.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Boring.
— See also section upon External
Head.
— rubbing aggr. : staph.
— scratching amel. : grat.
Blindness, followed by violent head-
ache ; sight returns as headache be-
comes worse : k-bi.
— followed bj violent headache: gels.
— pain begins with blurred vision : iris.
— See also Ejes, under Concomitants.
Blo^MTS. pain as from : seth. alum, ant-t.
arn. dov. cans. hell. indg. led. mang.
nat-m. nx-v. olnd. ph-ac. plat, ran-b.
ruta. sabad. spiff, snl-ac. valer. znc.
— on back of head and neck : cann-i.
— on forehead, awakens at 1 a. m.:
psor.
— on occiput : hell.
— vertex, stupefying pain as from a
blow on : valer.
Board or bar before, sensation as of:
aeon, sesc-h. calc. carb-an. cocc. dulc.
eugen. helon. Ivc. olnd. op. plb. rhus.
sulph. znc.
— before forehead : carb-an. cocc. helon.
lye. op. rhus. sulph.
Boll, pain as from a, forehead : hepar.
Boiling sensation: aeon. alum. cans.
chin. coff. dig. graph, grat. k-ca. laur.
mag-m. mang. mere. sars. sil. sulph.
— as of boiling water : aeon. indg.
— seething sensation in left side of
vertex: lach.
Bolt, pains as from. See Nail, Plug, and
compare with Pulsation, Shocks, etc.
Bones, pain in. See under section for
External Head.
Bores head into pillows: apis. bell.
camph. dig. hyper, stram.
Boring, digging, screwing pains : agar.
am-c. am-m anac. ang. arg-u. aiit-c.
ant-t. aur. bar. bell. bism. borax, bov.
bry. cadm. calc. camph. cann s. canth.
carb-an. caus. cham. chin, cliin-s.
clem. cocc. coloc. dros. dulc. graph.
hell, hepar. hipp. hyper, ign. ipec.
k-ca. k-iod. lach. laur. led. lye. mag-
c. mag-m. mang. mere, mezer. moscb.
mur-ac nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac. nx-v.
olnd. ol-an. pseon. petr. phel. phos.
ph-ac. plat. puis, ran-sc. rhod. rhus.
ruta. sabad. sabin. samb. seneg. sep.
sil. spig. squil. stann. staph, stram.
sulph. thu. valer. znc.
extending to nose : phos.
from within out: dulc. puis.
sep. znc.
— twisting, screwing pain from
right side of head to botn temples;
after going to bed, spreading over
whole head; returns daily; after a
walk, on entering room : sabad.
forehead : agar. am-m. anac. ant-c.
arff. arg-n. bar. bell. bitm. bry. calad.
calc. carb-v. chel. chin, chin-s. colch.
coloc. dios. dros. dulc. hell, hepar.
hydr-ac. ign. ipec. k-ca. laur. led.
mag-m. mang. mere, mezer. mosch.
nat-s. nice, ol-an. phel. plat. ruta.
sabad. sabin. sang. sep. sil. spig. squil.
znc.
— deep : dulc. nat-m.
— eyes, over : arg-n. n),asaf.cimic.
(1), colch. (r), cup-ar. (1), dulc. ipec.
laur. led. lye. (1), mag-s. (1), ol-an.
— inwards : bell. calc. cocc. k-ca.
— intermittent : arg.
— nose, above : bism. coloc. hepar.
nat-m. sulph.
— outwards : ant-c. bell. bism. bov.
dros. dulc. ipec. sep. spig. spong.
staph.
ocolpat: agar. gels. hell. mere,
mosch. nat-ni. nat-s. nice, ol-an. ph-
ac. plan, ran-sc. sabin. spig. stann.
stront. znc.
— intense pain as if a bolt had been
driven from neck to vertex, worse
at each throb of heart : cimic.
side of: ang. aur. arg n. (r).arum-t.
(r), bov. (r), bry. (r), chin (1), coloc.
(r), cop. (1), eup-pur. hepar. k-iod.
laur. mage, mag-m. mag-s. (1),
nat-m. nat-s. (1), puis, stann. (r),
znc.
— changing to stitches in evening :
bell. (r).
— in spot : hepar.
— outwards : bell.
temple, in : aeon. aloe. (1), alum. (IJ,
ang. ant-c. apis, arg-n. bar. bell, (r),
bov. bufo. calc. (1). camph. carb-an.
carb-v. (1), cham. clem, coloc. (r),
eye (r). dios. (1), dulc. grat. hepar.
ipec. led. (1), mag-m. mang. mezer.
mur-ac nat-s. (l).ol-aD. pceon, ph-ac.
(1), psor. ptel. (r), rhod. (1), stann.
stram. sulph. thu.
vertex : agar. ang. bar. bell. chel.
chin, colch. lach. mag-s. mosch. mur-
ac. nit-ac. olnd. phos. ph-ac. puis,
samb. spig. sulph.
— in spots : borax, colch.
— outward : staph.
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Boring.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
BruiBed.
Conditions of Boring pain.
— morning : arg-n. cam ph. cham. dios.
hepar. hydrph. hyper, nice. nx-v.
after awaking : apis. arg. anim-t.
aur. mezer.
— afternoon : aloe, mag-4. nice. sang,
sep.
— evening: aloe, arg-n. coioc. hipp.
niag-c. mag-m. nat-s. plan. sep. znc.
amel. in : nx-v.
in bed : raag-s.
— night, at: am-c. carb-y. clem. dulc.
Bulph.
— air, cold, amel. : phos. thu.
— bed, aggr. in warm, at night : arg-n.
— bending back, aggr: aur. mang.
— chillinesa, during : sang.
— coffee, after: nx-v.
— cooling of liead aggr. : carb-an.
— coughing aggr. : aur.
— dinner, after: znc.
during: am-c.
— eating, after : nx-v.
— eyes, cU>8ini; the amel.: sep.
— heat and cold a^gr. : grat.
— — of the face, with : puis.
— laying forehead on table amel.:
ang.
— light aggr. : nx-v.
— menses, during : calc. mag^c. sep.
— mental exertion, from : nx-v.
— motion aggr. : hepar. sep.
even of talking: dulc.
— noise aggr. : nx-v.
— pressure aggr. : bell.
amel. : hell. ipec. sep.
— rest amel. : sep.
— rubbing, on : ol-an.
— sitting, when : agar.
— stooping, on : hepar. mere. sep.
stooping amel. : risingupor bend-
ing backwards aggr. : mang.
— waking, on : cham.
amel. by sleep when sufficient :
sep.
— -walking, when : bufo. coloc.
— -writing, when : dros.
Brain, pain deep in. See under Aching,
and also under special pains.
Bruised, beaten sensation : aeon. agar.
alum. am-m. anac. ang. arg. ars. aur.
bell. bov. camph. canth. caps. caus.
cham. chin. cob. coft'. con. cupr. euph.
enphr. gels. glon. graph, gymn. hell.
hipp. ign. indm. iod. ipec. lach. led.
mane. mere, mur-ac. nat-c.nicc. nitr.
nx-v. op. phf)s. plan.p^^. puis, ratan.
I
staph, sal ph. sul-ac. tarent vcraL
znc.
— extending to root of tongue ;
nausea, worse out doors : ipec.
— as if crushed, shattered, beaten to
pieces : aeon. leth. ars. aur. bov.
camph. cham. chin, coff. euphr.
graph, hell. ign. ipec. mere, mur-ac.
nx-v. phos. puis. rhus. sep. stront.
sul-ac. verat.
pain as if brain would be dashed
to pieces, morning on awaking, on
rising pain goes on* and is Converted
into toothache, afterward passes
into small of back : ign.
in spots : ratan.
— brain, in : anac. aur. ehin. coff. cupr.
gels glon. hell. ign. indm. iod. ipec.
mere, mur-ac. nat-m. nx-v. phtis. phya.
phyt. plan. rumx. stann. tellur.
paroxysmal : veral.
— forehead : ang. ant-t ars. bapt.
carb-an. ^cob. con. gels. glon. hepar.
hipp. indg. iod. lil-t. mag-«. merc-i-
fl. nat-m. plan. plat. ^d$, ran-b.
rumx. sol-n. stann. sul-ac. thu.
breaking sensation, after dinner :
nat-6.
as if on surface of brain : ph-ac.
as after violent blow : arn. chel.
sol-n. snl-ac.
above eyes . cann-i. gels. plan.
above nose : carb-an.
— occiput: fp.4c-h. agar. alum, cann-i.
chel. cic. coff. crotal. euph. gins. grat.
hell. indg. merc-i-fl. mezer. nice, nit-
ac. nx-v. phyt. plan. sep. spig. tarent.
znc. .
as if crushed: graph.
extending to temples: tarent.
— side of: ars. benz-ac. bov. chin, eon.
crotal. grat. k-iod. laur. (I), mang-c
merc-i-fl. (r), nit-ac. (r), nx-v. plan,
plat, (r), sil. sulph. (I).
extending to orbit and teeth :
crotal. (I).
— temple : atrop.cob. cop. (r), hipmat.
nice, (r), ph-ac. phys. plan, thus,
tarent.
— vertex : bov. chel. gand>. glon, hell,
hyper, indm. iod. lach. mag-^. nice,
olnd. petr. ph-ac. phyt sep. sil. thu.
in spot-: : caus. vine.
Conditions, of Bruised pain.
— morning : aur. cob. gymn. hyper,
nice. nx-v. plan.
on waking : ign. plan, tarent.
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Braised.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Burning.
on rising : ar«.
— afternoon : nice.
— evening : bov. euphr. graph, mag^
c,
— night : cob.
— air, cold, aggr. : thu.
open amel. : ang. ipcc.
— bed, ongoing to: plan.
in : aiir.
— coughing, when : siilph. tarent.
— dinner, amel. after: rurox.
— eyes, on moving to affected side :
con.
or opening: chin.
shutting amel.: plan.
on turning : cupr. mur-ac.
— heat in head, with : hell.
— lying down aggr. : aur. crotal.
amel.: alum.
on painless side amel. : nz-v.
plan.
— menees, during : gels, mag-c.
— mental effort, from : anac. aur, chin.
reading, etc., aggr. : aur.
— motion aggr.: caps, chin, rumx.
tellur.
moderate exercise amel. : mur-ac.
— presBure aggr. : cop. Jiell.
— rest aggr. : aur.
— rifling, amel. after: nx~v,
— rubbing amel. temporarily . ars.
— flitting up in bed aggr.: mur-ac.
— fltepping or jarring, from : phy t.
— stooping, when: ang. hell. nice,
rumx.
— flun. from exposure to: mane.
— talking, when : aur.
— touch, on : cnus.
— "waking, when : indm. plan, tarent
— "Walking, when: caps.
Bubbling sensation in : asaf. bell. herb.
bry. creos. indg. k-ca. nx-v. par. puis.
9pig, tndph,
— at ni};ht : par. puis.
— when walking: nx-v. spig.
— most relieved when leaning back
when sitting: spig.
— in occiput: indg.
Burning : aeon, ailan. am-c. ant-t. apis,
arg. am, ar\f, ariun-t. aur. anr-s. bar.
bell. bism. bov. bry. calc. canM. carb-
an. carb-v. caus. chin. cooc. ooloc.
croton. cupr. dig. dnlc eugen, graph,
hell, helon. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. lactin.
lact. lilt. lith. mane, roang. mete,
mur-ac. nat-s. nit-ae. nx-j. nx-v. par.
phel. phos. ph-ac. pliys. plat. pib.
psor. rhod. rhus. sabad. sang, secale.
sep. sil. spig. stann. staph, stront.
sui-ac. tabac. tarax. tarent. taxus.
verat. znc-«.
— compare with Heat in Head.
— alternating with pain : brom.
— as if brain were on fire : hydr-ac.
— contracting: bism.
— as from hot iron around head ; or,
hot water in : aeon.
— pressing : mang.
— rest of body cool : am,
— in spots: ars. glon. graph, nit-ae.
raph.
— tearing : mere,
brain, in : aeon. am. bell.
— burning pain in and : phos.
forehead, m : abon. alum, am-e. an.
aur. bism. brv. carb-an. carb-v. eaus,
ch:im. ciiel. chin, coloc. oonv. croton.
cupr. dulc. eup-per. glon. hydrph.
hyos. ipec. k-ca. k-iod. lil-t. lye. mag-
m. mang. marum. men. mere, merc-
i-r. mezer. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m. nx-
V. phos. phys. psor. rhus. rhus-v.
sabad. secale. spig. stann. staph,
stront. siil-ac. tarent. therid.
— eyes, over: nx-m.
— externally: grat. marum.
— like fire : stann.
— as if a hot iron were passed over
it : grat.
occiput: agar. apis. aur. aur-m.
cupr. k-ca. indg. lye. mag-m. nat-e.
(r). pier ac. rhus. sep. staph, siilph.
— burning, stinging, beginning in :
phos.
aide of : bapt. (l),bell. (r), calc. canth.
mang. phos.
— — ascending from neck, with
soreness and giddiness: canth.
temples: alum, (r), amm. (l),apis.
aur. (r), bar (r), cann-i. carb-an. (r),
cans, (r), chel. (1), cimic (r), cinnb.
coloc. con. (r), croton. cupr. (l),merc.
(1), nit-ac. (1), phel. phyt. plat. (1),
rhus. (r), sabad. (l),sars (l),spig. (1),
staph. (1). verb. (1), viol-tr. (r).
— extending to cheek : mezer. (r).
vertex : agar. am. ars. bry. carb-v.
caus. chin-s. coc-c. cupr. dulc. glon.
graph, helon. hyper, loch, merl. nat-
m. phos. ph-ac. ran-sc. raph. sabad.
Sep. stann. mlph, viol-tr. znc.
— chilly : catfs.
— extending into temples, amel. by
mbbing: phos.
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Burning.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Banting.
in spots : am. graph,
transient : natc.
CondiUonB of Burning.
— morning: arn. canth. nx-v, plios.
phys.
on waking : cocc-c.
— noon: sulph,
— afternoon: canth.
— evening : am-c. merc-i-r. phys.
in bed : carb-v. mere, nat-c.
— night : am. lye. mere. sil.
— air, amel. in open : mang. myric.
— chillinesa. with : ant-t. k-ca. sil.
— climacteric, during the: lack,
— dinner, after : alum. grat.
— headache, with : sang.
— lying on back, when : agar.
in bed aggr. : raerc.
amel. : cnnth.
— mental efforts, from : sil.
employment amel. : helon.
— motion aggr. : apis. am.
amel. : helon.
— pressure of hand amel. : apis.
— rest amel. : am.
— room, on entering from air : cans,
— rubbing amel. : phos.
— scratching, after : ol-an. par.
— sitting, when : canth. phos.
upright amel. : mere.
— sneezing amel.: lil-t.
— standing, while : canth.
— stooping aggr. : apis.
— touched, when : ipec. nat-m.
— vomiting, after: nat-s.
amel. : eugen.
-;- v^alking, when : rhus.
amel. : canth.
— "wrapping head up warmly amel. :
sil.
Burrowing sensation : agar, ant-t. bar-
ac. cham. clem, cocc-c. colch. eupi.
hepar. mag-m. phos. ratan. (r), samb.
sptg. squil. tilia.
— extending from forehead to mouth :
eupi.
to nose : phos.
— over eye, while walking : plat.
— in spots : inu.
Conditions of Burrowing.
— morning : agar, hepar.
after rising : bar-ac. junc. squil.
— afternoon : ant-t.
— night : agar.
— air, in open : agar, ratan.
— bending head, amel. : hepar.
— dinner, after : agar.
— lying amel. : junc. apig.
— motion and noise aggr. : tpig.
— v^alking in open air : agar.
Bursting, splitting, etc : sesc-fa. am-c. am"
m. ant-c. apis, arg-n. asaf. asar. bapi.
bar. BELL. berb. bov. brom. bry. calad.
calc. cann-a. caps, carb-an. cast. caus.
cham. chel. ckiru cimic. clem. oob.
coff. con. creos. dig. dios. doHch.
euph. ferr. gent ghn. gr^ph. gymn.
ham. hepar. hvdr. hydroph. ign. k-
ca. kalm. lacli. lachn. lac-ac. Ijc
mag-m. mere, mezer. mill. naja. nat-c
nal-m. nat-s. nice, nitiac. nitr. nx-m.
nx-y. olnd. petr. phos. ph-acphjs.
pic-ac. prun. psor. ptel. puis, ratan.
rhus. sabad. sang. sep. sil. apig. apong,
stann. stront. aulph. sal-ac. thn.
compare with Enlarged, Fullness^
Prej'sure, Pulsation, etc
as if would fly to pieces : arg-n.
asaf. bar. carb-an. cans. p;raph. hepar.
as if split open with a wedge:
lachn.
— brain, would burst out : alum. con.
glon. sol-n. verat.
— forehead : aeth. am-c ant-c. bar. heU.
calad. calc. caps, chin-s. dnic Jerr^
gels, graph, hell. hydr. indg. K-ca.
lac-can. mere, nat-c. nat-s. nitr. nx-v.
olnd. ratan. sep. sil. spig. spong.
staph, ustil. znc.
eyes, over : k-bi.
— occiput: aloe. calc. spig. spong.
staph, znc.
extending to top of head, is so
severe she thinks head will burst
and that she will go crazy : talc.
neuralgic, beginning in upper
cervical region, extanding over head,
causing bursting pain in forehead
and eyeballs ; worse at 10 A. M., when
lying; nausea, cold sweat and cold
feet : gtls.
— side of: asar. brom. nice puis, znc
— temples : apis. bell, (r), cact. chin-s.
cimic. glon. Jiell. ign. indm. ipec.
kalm. Hl-t. aang. sol-n. staph.
— vertex : am-m. bapt. calc. carb-an.
cimic. graph, lac-ac nat-s. nit-ac. sil.
spig. spong. stront. xanth.
as if blown off: cham.
Conditions of Bursting.
— morning : am-m. dios. ham. lac-ac.
phos.
on awaking : con. hydr. nx-v.
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Bursting.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Coldness.
on first opening the eyes : bry,
beginning in and gradually
increasing till evening: bry. sang.
sep.
— night, worse at : cact. carb-an.
— evening : clem. ham. ratan.
— day, every : sulph.
— air, in open : bell, mag-c.
— coughing, when: dios. mere, nat-
m. phos. ph-ac. eep.
aggr. : bell. hydr.
— eating, after : graph, nat-s. nx-v.
dinner) after : k-bi.
— eyes, aggr. on moving: chin. ptel.
puis.
amel. on opening: chin.
— fever, with: »8C-h. bell.
— influenza, during: ni^a.
— Jar, from any : bell. chin. sil.
— lying down amel.: lach. mag-m.
sang.
or resting head amel. : k-bi.
— menses, during: berb. bry, calc.
glon, lyc. nat-m. sang. sep.
— mental labor, from : arg-n. ptel.
reading or writing amel. : ign.
— motion, from: caps. cbin. hydrph.
k-bi. mag-m. rhus. sep. sol-n.
continued hard motion amel.:
sep.
— press with hands, must: carb-an.
glon. mag-m.
— resting head amel.: k-bi.
— nibbing amel. : phos.
— sitting, when : pnos.
bent over, when : ratan.
— sleep amel. : sang.
— stool, after : ratan.
— stooping, when : ham. hepar. hydr.
hydrph. k-bi. nat-m. ptel. sep. stry.
— talking aloud, when : ign.
— turning, after: hydrph.
— waking, on : cham. ham. hydr.
— v^alking, when : caps. k-bi. stront.
in open air amel. : sang,
— 'weather, worse in wet: carb-an.
— weeks, every six : mag-m.
Buzzing, humming in: aeon. bar. calc.
caus. cocc. coff. ferr. graph, hyper, k-
ca. k-iod. lact. lyc. nat-n. nit-ac. nx-
V. phos. ph-ac. plat. puis. rhus. sars.
spong. squil. stann. staph. sulph. sul-
ac. thu. verat. viol-tr.
— as of bees: carb-v. op.
— chirping as of locusts: bry.
— evening, as after a debauch : cocc.
— — in warm room : ph-ac.
— menses, during : brom. creo8,
— water, as of boiling : bar.
— vertigo, during: nat-s.
— vertex, in at night : hyper.
Cleaving pain. See Cutting, Darting.
Cloudiness. See Confusion.
Coldness, chilliness, etc., of: aeon. agar.
almn. ambr. ant-t. apis. am. ars. ars-
iod. asaf. asar. b:ir. bell, benz-ac.
CALC. calc-p. chel. cimic. cist. coca.
cocc. con. creos. dios. dnlc. cup-
per, gins. glon. graph, grat. ham.
iiura. indm. iod. k-ca. lact. Jaur. lyc.
mag-m. mag-s. mang. mere, herc-c.
merc-i-r. morph. mosch. naja. nat-m.
nit-ac. olnd. phel. phos. phyt. raph.
RHUS. nUa, eabad. sep. stann. staph.
STRONT. strych. sulph. sum. tarent.
thea. tilia. valer. veral. verb. vip.
zing.
air, as from cold : aeon, arg-n.
laur. nat-m. petr.
alternating with heat : bell.
calc. mere, verat.
begins in head: b<ir. nat-m.
stann.
spreads from the: mosch.
valer.
icy coldness: agar. bar. eaU. laur.
valer.
internally: arn. bell. calc.
spot, as of a cold: sulph.
i«rater, as from cold : cann-s. croc.
glon. sabad. tarent.
— brain, as from a cloth spread over :
glon.
a cold, creeping along convolu-
tions : abrot.
— forehead : aeon. agar. arn. ars. bell,
camph. cedr. chin, cimic. cinnb. cis^
cofT. colch. gels. glon. hydr-ac. hyper.
laur. lyc. mag-m. mere, mezer. mosch.
oena. phel. ph-ac. plect. puis, staph,
sul-ac. verat. znc.
air, cold, penetrated painfully :
znc.
externally : cist. gels.
hand, as if cold, touched : hyper.
metal, cold, as from : cinnb.
middle of, in brain : bell.
spot, in small, as if by a cold
finger: arn.
water, as from cold : tarent.
— side of: osar. bar. (r), cafe. (r),cann-
6. eon. croc. k-bi. lach. lobel. phos. (1),
tarent. verat. (r).
one sided lach.
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Coldness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Compreasiye.
in small spot as a drop of water : I
croc. (1). I
above ear : asar. (1).
— occiput: aeon. agar. aloe. alum,
berb. calc-p. eann<i. chel. chin-s.
cocc-€. dulc. gins. nitr. nx-m. plat,
phos. sil. thea. verat.
and over buck, every evening:
dulc.
as if frozen: nx-v.
like cool air, rising from navel :
aeon.
rising from neck : chel. sep.
— temples: berb. (r), gamb. merc-c.
ol-an. ph-ac. plat, rliod. tarent. (r).
— vertex : agar, am-c arn. arum-t. aur-
m. k-ca. k-iod. laur, mang. myric.
nat-m. plat. sep. sil. snlph. tarent.
valer. verat.
extending to sacrum : aeon.
icy coldness: agar. arn. laur.
valer.
jn spots : mang. sulph.
upper part feels cold and as if
without covering : arum-t
w.iler, as from cold ; aching in
head: tarent.
Conditionfl of Coldness.
— morning: cedr. dios. lact. plect.
tarent.
— afternoon : anim-L gamb. gels, ol-
an. valer.
— evening : alum, ars-i. creos. dulc.
hyper, merc-c. stry. sulph. znc.
— night : cimic. lye. mang. sep.
— air, in open : phos.
amel. in : sep.
— arteries, with throbbing of: aloe.
— breakfast, after : arn.
— burning, after : sulph.
— congestion of, with : glon.
— covered, when : mang.
amel. : grat.
— earache, with : sep.
— heat, with : chin. puis.
— menses, during : ant-t. calc. mag-s.
sep. sulph. verat.
— motion, on : almn. chel. sep.
— pressure of hat, from : valer.
— rest, amel.: chel. sep.
— riding, after: lye.
— room, in warm : merc-i-r. tarent.
— sitting, when : mezer.
— stooping aggr.: alum. sep.
— S'weat, with : merc-c.
— vertigo, with : lact. verat.
— v^alking, amel. : gins.
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Come off, sensation as if top of head
would : bapt. cham. cob. capr-a.
sang.
Compare with Bursting, Pressure,
etc.
at every jar : cob.
Commotion, painless, in: cans.
— See Motion, Undulation, etc.
Compressive, Constrictive, Contract-
ing sensation : aeon. cUh. agn. alum.
am6r. anac. ang. ant-t. apis, arg^-n.
am. aaaf. asar. bell. bov. bry. bufo.
cadm. calc. camph. cann-i. cann-s.
carb-v. oaiu. cham. chel. chin, cimic.
cic. cina. eoec. coloc. con. creos. croc
da ph. dios. dulc. eugen. fluor-ac
gamb. gent graph, grat. gpare. hell.
hipp. hyot. hyper, ign. indg. ipec.
k-ca. k-iod. lact. lam. laur. lobel.
lye. mag-c. mag^m. mag-s. mang.
men. mere, merc-i-fl. mosch. nat-c
nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. olod.
par. pttr. phel. ph-ac. phys. pip-m.
plai. plb. prnn. psor. puis, ran-b.
rhus. sabad. sabin. selen. sep. sil.
spig. spong. stann. aiapK. stront. sul-
ac. tabic, tarax. tarent. therid. thu.
valer. verat. vip. znc.
Compare also with Cramping,
Heaviness, Pressure, etc.
alternately with relaxation :
calc. l.-ic-can.
armor, as if in : cann-i. clem.
croton.
band or hoop, as if in : aeon. «th.
ant-t. brom. camph. clem. cocc. eye.
gels. glon. guai. lod. ipec. lam. laur.
marum. mere, nit-ac op. osm. petr.
phys. plat, sabin. sara. spig. stann.
$ulph. therid. ziz.
boards, as if compressed by two :
ipec.
hat, as if in a tight : phys.
net, as if in a: nat-ro.
periodic : phos.
screwed, as if. See Vise, below.
sides, from both : aeon. arg. bell.
bov. bry. camph. chin. cic. com.
gamb. hell. lam. mag-m. mag-s. men.
nat-m. prun. sabad. tarax.
as from a screw behind each
ear : oxal-ac.
from behind and before : nx-
m. spong.
from all sides : aeon, tarax.
skull feels smaller : grat.
string or cord, as if bound by :
Compressive.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Compreflsive.
asaf. eye. graph, hell. iod. mere,
mosch. nat-m. psor. sulph.
like a ligature, irom nape to
ears : anac.
— viae, as if in a : aeth. agar. alum,
am-m. ant-t. arg-ii, atro. bar. brj.
cadm. carb-v. caus. chel. cina. clem,
cocc. euph. glon. graph, grat. mag-e.
mag«. mere, nat-m. nice, nit-ac. olnd.
op. petr. plat, puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
ratan. rhus. sabad. sars. spig. stann.
sulph. sul-ac.
brain, as if bound up : seth. am-bro.
ant-t. arg. bry. calc. carb-y. cham.
cocc. colch. eye. hyper, laur. mag-s.
mere, nat-m. olnd. op. ph-ac. plat,
prun. puis. rhns. sars. sil. spig.
— as if membranes of, were too
tight : op.
— as by an iron helmet : erot-c.
— as by a eloth : eye.
forehead: aeon, eeth. ailan. alum,
ambr. anac. ant-t. apis. arn. ars. asaf.
asar. bell. bism. bry. earn ph. eann-s.
earb-an. caus. cham. cofi*. oolch. dig.
dulc. elat. fluorac. gels, graph,
hsemat. ham. ign. ipec. iris, lac-can.
lept. mane. mang. mere, mosch. najs.
nat-m. nitr. nit-ac. nx-m. olnd. osm.
par. phys. phyt. plcU. plb. psor. puis,
sabad. sep. sil. stann. staph, sulph.
sul-ac tarax. therid. yaler. yerat.
verb.
— acrose : arn. ham. lept. naja.
phys.
— alternating with expansion:
tarax.
— band, as from : seth. ant-t. ear6-
ae. oedr. chd. coca, helon. indg. iod.
iris, lil-t. mere. mill, tarent.
— eyes, over : teth. ars. asaf. bell,
bry. borax. (1), coleh. nx-m. puis,
sang.
from margins of orbits to tem-
ples : cann-s.
— intermittent : am. hyos. plat.
— narro'w, as if too : gels.
— nose, over, root of: aeon, bo v.
camph. mosch. nitr. spong. tarax.
— aides, from both : agar. alum,
chin. cina. lye. spig.
from from to back : spong.
from behind and above : seth.
occiput: all-c. ambr, am-m. anac.
asar. eamph. chin, coleh. fluor-ac.
graph, guare. hura. ign, lact. mane,
mang. mere nat-m. nitr. phel. pip-
m. rktts. stann, staph, stront. sul-ac.
tabae. tarent. tong.
as from band : psor.
from front to back : pip-m.
constrictive pain, part feels stiff,
forcing to bend heaa back, amel.
tying hair up : nitr.
extending into back and chest,
noon : graph.
upwards : all-c. puis.
— side of: aeon. (1), seih. am-m. arg-n.
asar. bov. bry. calc. caus. coloc. com.
dios. hura. mag-m. mag-s. pal lad.
phel. phos. rhus. sars. squil. sul-iod.
like a band tied around : dios.
as from a screw behind ears:
oxal-ac.
screwed in, as if, better in open
air : k-iod.
— temple : absin. aeon. agn. ambr.
anac. ant-t. arn. ars. asar, (1), beP.
bov. cann-s. canth. earb-an. caul,
cedr. eham, chel. chin, cimic. coloc.
con. eye. dig. elaps. elat. fluorac.
glon. hell. hipp. k-bi. lach. lept. men.
mezer. naja. osm. par. petr. ph-ac.
phys. plat. plb. puis. sari>. squU, stunn.
sulph. tabae. therid. thu. verb.
crashed, as if: caul.
both sides, from : ant-t. lye.
men. mezer. nat-m. ran-sc. rhus. sars.
sum. tabae.
screi«rs, as with : aeon, arg-n. lye.
sabad.
— vertex: aeon, anac. benz-ac. chin,
coleh. con. crotal. fluor-ac. graph, ign.
ipec. k-bi. kalm. laur. mang. men.
nitr. nx-m. phel. phos. phys. sep,
spig. STANN. staph, valer.
above downwards, and from
both sides : nx-m.
— — extending to forehead : ign.
both sides, from : men.
as by an elastic body : benz-ac.
as if bound : eve. kalm.
like a band drawn tightly over,
from ear to ear : ipec.
Conditions of Compressive.
— morning: bry. eham. gamb. graph,
k-bi. sulph.
after rising : lye. tong.
— afternoon : graph, mag-e. niya. nit-
ac. phos.
— evening : anac. hyper, k-bi. phos.
rhns, sep. sulph. tabae. tarent. valer.
— air, in open, aggr. : mere, valer.
amel. : ooloc lye
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Compressive.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Cc nforion.
— break&Bt, amel. after : boy.
— chill, during : t&rent.
with coldness all over : camph.
titann.
— coughing, on : petr.
— drinking, aggr. : mere.
— eating, after: con. k-ca. nat-m. sep.
— eyes. amel. on closing: chel.
— light, from candle : cann-i.
— looking intently aggr. : puis.
— menses, during : gels, helon. iod.
lye. mere. plat, sulph.
before : hepar.
— motion, from : asar. carb-v. mezer.
amel. : op. salph. valer.
in open air, amel. : aeon.
changing position amel. : valer.
— pressure amel. : seth. men. thu.
— temporarily: anac.
— reading, when : agn.
— rest, when at, aggr. : sulph. valer.
amel. when at: hipp.
— rising, amel. : laur.
— room, on entering : bov.
warm room : aeon, cann-i.
amel. in a : hepar. mere, valer.
— running, amel.: hipp.
— sitting, amel. : asar. hipp.
when aggr. : fluoi^ac.
— sleeping on affected side, when:
cans. (1)
aggr. : mere.
— stooping, aggr. : coloc. thu.
bending backwards, amel.: thu.
— vomiting, when: asar.
amel. : stann.
— waking, on: tarent.
from a nap : bry. nx-v.
— walking, when: ang. <uar. chin.
hipp. thea.
in open air.
— wet weather aggr.: sulph.
Concussion of brain: am. bell, eic
hepar. hyper, led. mere, ph-ac. rhus.
Sep. sul-ac.
— in head. See Shock.
Confusion, cloudiness, muddled, stupid
feeling, etc., in head : acet-ac. aeon.
aesch-h. ceth. agar. agn. alcoh. all-c.
aloe. alum. amor. am-c. am-m. anac.
ang. ani-(. apis. apoc. arg. arg-n. am.
ars. asaf. asar. aspar- atrop. aur. anr-
ro. bapt. bar. bell, benz-ac. bism.
borax, bov. brom. BRY. calad. calc.
calc-p. camph. cann-i. cann-s. canth.
caps, carb-an. carb-v. cast. caus.
cham. chel. chin, chin-s. cic. cina.
clem. coca. cocc. cocc-c coff. colch.
coloc. com. con. com. creos. croc
croton. cup-ac. eye. diad. dig. dios.
dros. dulc. elat ether, eugen. eup-
per. euphr. eupi. ferr. fiuor-ac. gels,
gent. gins. glon. gran, (jraph. grat.
heemat. hell, hepar. hipp. liydr.
hydr-ac. hyos. hyper, iiura. iga.
indg. iod. ipec. jatr. k-bi. k-Bro. k-ca.
k-iod. kalm. loch. lact. laur. led. lil-t.
lith. lobel. lye. mag-c. mag-m. mag-
8. mang. marum. men-pi. men. meph.
mere, merc-c. merc-s. merl. mezer.
mill, mosch. murx. mur-ac. naja.
nat-c. nat-m. nat^. nice. nitr. nit-ac.
nx-j. fLT-m. nX'V. olnd. op. osm. par.
petr. phel. phos. ph-ac. phys. plat,
plb. plect. pnin. psor. ptel. pul^.
raph. rheum, rkod. rhus. ruta. saoad.
sabin. samb. sang. sars. secale. seneg.
sep. serp. si/.spig. spong.sqnil. stann.
staph, stram. stryc. sulpL sul-ac.
tabac. tarax. tereb. therid. thu. tilia.
tong. tril. valer. verai. verb, viol-od.
viol-tr. vip. xanth. znc. zing.
— compare with Dullness, Stupe-
faction of head, etc.
— alternating with nausea : secale.
with pain in kidneys : alum.
— as if memory failed : cham. mezer.
puis.
forehead: aeon. agar, all-c. alum,
am-m. anac. apis, arg-n. asaf. bar-ac.
bell. brom. bry. calc. cann i. cann-s.
chel. chin. clem, cooc-c. coff. colch.
coloc. croc, croton. eye, ferr-i. gins,
gran, graph, haemat. hell. hipp.
hura. hydr-ac. hyos. k-bi. lact. laur.
led. lobel. lye mane. mere, mezer.
nitr. nx-m. op. ph-ac. plat. raph.
ratan. rheum, rhoid. ruta. sabin. sep.
staph, sulph. thu. tilia. valer. vine.
— alternately in either frontal
protuberance: lact.
occiput: all-c. ambr. arg-n. asar.
bov. cann-s. carb-v. cham. colch. con.
croc, croton. fiuor-ac. k-clc. lobel.
mill, nat-c op. phel. sep. spig. tong.
znc.
— extending over head : gels.
— and forehead: mang. mezer.
squil. sumb.
aide of: anac. am. asar. eoloe. con.
(l),creos. croton. eye (r), fluor-ac. (r),
hell. (1), hydr-ac. laur. op. rhus-r.
spig. sulph. (1).
— sudden, as from smoke : sul-ac (r).
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Ck>nfu8ion.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Cod fusion.
— temples: asar. (I), croton. eye. k-bi.
lith. nx-m. plan. spig. thu.
— vertex: all-c. chel. cocc-c. corn,
euphr. eup-per. k-bi. lobel. mere,
raph. sulpn.
Conditions of Confusion.
— morning: aeon. agar. aloe. alum,
ambr. am-m. anac. ant-t. arg. arn.
asaf. asar. aur. bar. beJI. bism. bov.
bry, bufo. cak, canth. caps, carb-an.
earb-v. caus. ehani. chin, chin-s.
cic. clem. cocc. colch. con. euphr.
graph, byos. ign. iod. k-ca. lach. tact,
lye. m:ig-c. mag-m. mere. mill, mosch.
ninrx. nat-c. nice. nitr. nx-j. op. pelr.
phos. ph-ac. ran-b. ran-sc. rAod. rhus.
ruta. samb.sars. seneg. sep. sil. squil.
stann. staph, sulph. sul-ac. thu. tilia.
verat. znc.
on waking : aeon. anac. ant-t. arg-
n. ars. bar. Sry, calc. calc-p. earb-v.
clem, coec-c. euphr. hyper, ign. lye.
mag-s. mere. phos. rhoa. ruta. sulph.
tilia.
when rising : anac. arg-n. asar.
aur. bell. bry. carb-v. cham. cic. cina.
clem, cocc-c. corn, graph, ign. k-ca.
lact. mag-c. mag-m. mere. merl. phos.
ph-ac raph. rhod. rhus. sabad. samb.
sep. sil. sulph.
after rising, amel. : ant-t. mag-s.
phos. rhus.
— afternoon : asaf. bry. calc. carb-v.
cham. chel. chin. clem, ooloc.
croton. ferr. graph, hell. hyoe.
k-bi. k-ca. laur. nx-7. op. petr. phel.
sabin. sep. sulph. znc.
— evening: aloe. am-c. ar^. bar. bell,
borax, bov. calc. carb-an. carb-y.
cham. chin-8. cocc-c. eye. diad. dig.
dulc. euphr. ferr. graph, iod. ipec. k-
ca. kalm. lye. mezer. mill. nitr. nx-
T. phos. ph-ac. ptel.puls. rhus. ruta.
sars. sil. spig. stann. sulph. sul-ac.
thu. yaler. znc.
— night: anac. arg-n. calc. croton. lye.
phos. psor. ptel. raph. ruta. sep.
sulph. tilia.
on lying down : brom. lil-t, rhus-r.
on waking : glon, merc-i-fl. phos.
psor.
— air, in open : agar, colch. eon. croton .
hyos. nit-ac. nx-v. rhod. sulph.
— amel. : am-m. ant-t. bar. bell.
bry. clem, cooc-c. croc dulc. glon.
hydr-ac mag-m. mag-s. mang. men.
mere nat-c. par. phos. ratan. sulph.
bed, when in: ambr. calc. phos.
rhod.
beer, from : bell, calc chin, coloc.
con. coral, croton. ign.
breakfast, after : cocc-c
— before: calc.
bread, aggr. : croton.
carousal, after a : gran. nx-r.
— See Intoxicated, as from.
catarrh, during : graph.
— as during: berb. chin.
— from suppressed : lye.
chill, during cold stage : caps. cic.
dros. hell. k-ca. nat-c. nx-m. plb.
rhiis. ruta. stram. viol-tr.
coffee, after: arg-n. calc-p. mill.
— amel. : coca. hipp.
coition, after : bov.
cold bath, arnel.: calc-p. euphr.
colic, during : coloc.
compression, amel. : eupi.
coryza, during: seth. cocc-c h^par.
— as if from : berb. chin, coloc. con.
ol-an. sep. staph.
cough, oef ore paroxysm of: cina.
dinner, after: arg^n. carb-v. euphr.
nx-v. phgs.
drinking, after: bell. oooc. con.
croc.
eating, from: mag-m. olnd. ph-ac.
— after : ambr. arg^n. bell. bufo.
carb-v. caus. cocc. cocc-c. coloc. croc,
eye. euphr. ferr. grat hyos. led. lobel.
Ivc men. mere. mill, nat-c. nat-ni.
nit-ac nx-v, op. petr. phos. ph-ac.
puis, sabin. sep. sil. sulpn. znc.
— amel.: agar. apis. caus. lach.
mezer. nx-j. phos.
eructations, from : all-c. gent.
— amel. : bry. sang,
exertion, on: ecde-p. natc phos.
fever, during the : arg. bry. camph.
cham. cocc-c. dros. Ayo.«. ign. ipec.
laur. op. phos. puis. sep. valer.
verat.
hat, putting on, aggr. : ferr-i.
head, with congestion of: aeon,
arg-n. bry. carb-an. carb-v. glon.
hyos. lach. nat-m.
— drawing in temple, from : stann.
— with fullness of: aeon. agar,
calc. corn, croton. eye gymn. hyos.
mag-m. merl. phos. sulph. sul-ac.
therid.
— with heat of: arg-n. bism. cans,
clem. corn. eye. hipp. hvos. jatr. k-
bi. k-bro. lach. lact. laur. mang.
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Confusion.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
ConfofiioQ.
merc-c. op. osm. pseon. petr. phel.
Bulph. tlierid.
with heaviness of : aeon. agar.
alum. anac. arg-n. asaf. asar. atro.
bar. herb, bo v. brv. calc-p. cano-s.
canth. cic. ciruic. clem. coco, ooloc.
con. corn, croton. dros. euphr. ferr.
Rins. glon. hemat. hell, hepar. hura.
hyo8. ign. indg. ja!r. k-bi. k-ca. k-
iod. luch. lac-ac. lact. laur. lye. mag-
c. mag-m. mang. mere, merc-c.
mo8ch. mui^ac. murx. naja. nat-c.
nitr. nx-j. nx-m. paeon, petr. phos.
phyt plb. puis. rhod. rhus. sabad.
sabin. sarn. stann. staph, sulph. sul-
ac. tabac. thea. therid. tilia. znc.
— — with humming in: ph-ac.
moving the, on: mag-m.
on raising the : clem. nx-v.
resting the, on table, amel. :
rhod.
on turning the : clem.
trembling sensation in, with:
calc.
wagging of, with : sep.
— heat of body, during : cocc-c. colch.
see Fever, above.
^ intoxicated, as if: aeon. asar. bell,
dig. grat. ign. laur. lye. nitr. nx-r.
phel. rhus. sabad. spong. tong.
as after being : aeon. agar. am-m.
ang. arg. bell. bry. camph. carb-y.
chin. clem. cocc. coloc. coral, croc, k-
ca. lam. laur. mosch. nat-m. ax-y.
op. ph-ac. psor. puis, rheum, sabin.
squil. valer.
— lie do'wn, must: marum. nit-ac.
phos.
— lying down, when : brom. cham. lil-
t. mng-m. mere, rhus-r.
— menses, during: am-c. cocc. lye.
phos.
after : nat-m.
— mental exertion, from: ang. aur.
calc-p. canth. carb-v. cans. cham.
cocc. diad. evon. gels, hepar. iod.
laur. mag-c. mag-m. nat-c. nat-m.
nz-m. nx-v. olnd. petr. ph-ac. pic-ac.
pule, ran-b. sep. sil. staph.
activity, with : dig.
' — motion, from: aeon. ambr. bell.
bry. cob. ign. indg. lobel. mosch.
nx-v. jmU.
amel. : ferr.
— nose, on blowing: euphr.
bleeding of, amel:: cham.
— palpitation, during : glon.
pressure in temples, daring: aut-t.
gran.
— of hands, amel.: hydr.
reading, when: ang. calc. cocc.
ferr-i.
rest, when at : arg. nat-c.
riding, when : bry. sil.
rising, when : aur. bo v. bry. k-ca.
laur. mere, nat-m. nat-s.
room, in a : aeon. am-m. ars. aur-m.
bry. croc, mag-m. men. mere, nat-c
phos.
— amel. in : caus. colch. .
— warm : aeon, ph-ac.
sitting, wjien : am-c asaf. asar. bar.
bell. calc. carb-an. caus. cic. oolch.
k-ca. mang. mere, nat-c. nit-ae. puis,
rhus. sabad. sars. sep. sil. spig. sul-
ae. thu. valer. verat.
sleeping, after: ambr. anac. ars.
bry. calc. carb-v. con. graph, hepar.
op. squil.
— after a siesta : calc. carb-v. phos.
sleepiness, with : cham.
smoking, after : alum. bell, ferr-i.
gels. petr.
speaking, when : staph,
spirituous liquor, from: alum,
bell. bov. con, coral, petr. stront
standing, when : bov. bry. cic. grat.
lith. plb. staph, thu. valer. rerat.
stooping, when: bov. calc. cans,
coloc. corn. hell, nat-m. nit-ac. phos.
spig. valer. vine.
— amel.: verat.
sun, in the : nat-c nx-v.
sweat, during : chin. samb.
turning, on : am-c.
vertigo, during: aeon. eth. agar.
arg-n. bar. bov. calc c^lc-p. carbnan.
caus. cham. clem, creos. dig. ferr.
gels. glon. graph, hell. hydr. hydi^
ac. ipec. laur. lye. mill, mosch. niur-
ac nx-m. op. phos. ph-ac. phyt. ran-
sc. sabin. secAle. seueg. sil. stann.
staph, stram. sulph. £nc.
vexation, after : nx-v.
vomiting, during: am. croton.
graph.
waking, on : aeon. anac. ant-t. arg-
n. ars. bar. berb. bry. calc calc-p.
caps, carb-v. cham. chin. clem, oocc-
c. con. euphr. glon. favper. ign. lye
mag-s. mere, merc-i-n. phos. pA-^.
psor. rhod. rhus. ruta. stann. sulph.
tilia.
^(Talking, when: agar. ang. asar.
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O>nfu8ion.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Congestion.
bell, borax, bry. calc. campb. carb-
an. carb-v. cic. cocc-c. cofi*. con. dros.
ferr. k-ca. nat-m. nit-ac. rbus. sep.
spong. tarax. thea. tbu. yiol-tr.
■— — in open air : aeon. agar, carb-v.
caus. cofi*. k-clc. lye. nat-m. sep. spig.
salph. tarax.
amel. : bry, merc-i-fl. nat-
c. par. rbod. sulph.
— washing amel.: calc-p. coca, eye
euphr. phos.
— 'wlne. after : alum. bov. con.
— "wrapping up head, amel. : mag-m.
uncovering head, amel. : phos.
— v^riting, when: arg-n. croc, ferr-
iod. laur. nat-c.
— ya^trning, amel. when : bry.
Congestion, rush of blood, etc. : acet-
ac. aeon. aloe. alum, ambr, am-c am*
m. anac ant-c, apis, arg-n. am. asaf.
aur. bar. Ml. borax, bov. brom. bry.
cact. cede, camph. cann-i. cann-0.
canth. carb-an. carb-v. caus. eham.
chin. cic. eimtc. cinnb. clem, cocc-c.
coff. colch. coloc. con. cop. coral.
corn, creos. croc, crotal. croton. cupr.
eye. dig. dulc. elaps. eucal. eugen.
eup-per. Jtrr. flu6r-ac. gamb. geU,
glon. gran, graph, grat. hell. hura.
hydr. hydr-ac hyos. ign. indg. tod.
jatr. k-bi. k-bro. k-ca. k-clc. K-iod.
Kalm. lack, lac-ac. lact. laur. lil-t.
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mags, mang.
mere, merc-c. merc-i-fl. mill, mosdi.
naja. nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m.
fUMf. ol-an. op. paeon, petr. phel.phos.
ph-ac. pic-ac. plb. psor. puis, ran-b.
rhus. sabin. sang, secale. seneg. sep.
sil. spong. staph. Biram. strych. sulph.
snl-ac. tabac. tarax. tarent. tellur.
thea. thu. urt-ur. valer. verat verat-
V. viol-od. znc. zing. ziz.
compare with Fullness, Pulsa-
tion, etc.
alternating with congestion to
heart : glon.
— with icy cold sensation : calc.
— — chronic, caused by fright or
grief: ph-ac.
^~ — extending to, from abdomen:
croton.
— from chest : glon. mill, sulph.
as if blood rushed from heart to
head : nx-m.
— — at night, a stream from chest to
head like a gust of wind, with epb-
taxis: miU.
8 93
as if blood streamed from below
upwards or from within outwards:
oxal-ac
— forehead, in : aloe. bad. bell, cimic
cinnb. fluor-ac. glon. lac-ac. mag-s.
nat-c. ran-b. spone. stann. viol-od.
— occipat : aloe, borax, chel. glon.
ol-an. pip-m. staph, thu.
— temple : chel. glon. sil. zine.
— vertex: absin. cann-i. cinnb. phos.
ran-b. sil.
Conditions of Congestion.
— morning: calc. cham. chin-s. glon.
lach. lac-ac. lye. mag-c. mag-s. naja.
raph. tellur.
on waking: cah, lye.
on rising : euffen.
worse toward noon, gradually
ceasing toward evening, with terri-
ble pain, would press head against
wall ; fears going mad : stram.
— afternoon : am-c. cham. chin-s.
lach. nat-m. peon, ran-b. sil.
— evening : calc. caus. chin-s. fluor-
ac. indg. mag-m. mill. nat*c. nx-v.
phos. puis. rhus. trom.
— night : am-c. anac. carb-v. eye. mill.
psor. puis. sil. sulph.
— abdomen, during pain in: coloc.
sang.
— alcoholic liquors aggr. : ea/e. ^t.
lach.
— anxiety, with : aeon. eye.
— air, in open: lil-t. nat-c ran-b.
stdph.
amel. : camph. caus. hell, mag-
m. mosch.
— bandage, amel. by a tight : arg-n.
— bed, when in: anac. lye. mill,
sulph.
— chest, during shocks in : tabac.
— coffee, from : am-c. mill. rumx.
— constipation, during: aster, crotal.
nx-v.
— convnlsions, before : glon.
during: canth. crotal.
— corysa, with sensation as of:
cart-v.
— dentition, during : vcrat-v.
— diarrhoea, during: rhus.
— dinner, after : eye. nx-m.
— eating, before : uran-nit.
after : cinnb. cop. eye. glon. nx-
m. petr.
nigh living, from : verat-v.
— epistaxis, with : bell, carb-vh. lac.
lil-t.
OoDgeBiion.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Cracking.
— feels as if were coming on : ign.
Iac-«c.
excitement, daring: asaf.
— after a pleasant snrpriae: coff.
ezeroiae. on taking: sulph.
eyes, with congestion of: cantfa.
lac-ac. nit-ac. seneg.
dim vision: alom. eye. grat.
hjdr-ac. la&«a nit-ac
faoe, with congestion of: cop. coral.
corn, merc-c mill. ziz.
— heat of with : aeon. asaf. canth.
chin-s. coff. cop. ferr. hell. kalm.
mang. phos. rhos. sil. mdph, valer.
— redness of with : aeon. bell,
canth. coff. ^lon. phos. sil. sol-n.
fright or grief, from : ph-ac.
hsemorrhoids, with : lach.
head, on raising : lye.
— on bending back : bell.
— on shaking : nit-ac nx-v.
heart, at every throb of: cimic glon.
lifting, after : nat-c.
lochia, from suppressed : aeon. bell.
bry. cimic
lying, when: eye hydrph. mang.
naja.
— on temple: mur-ac (r).
— amel. : nat-c
menses, before : aeon. apU, bell, bry.
cupr. gels. glon. hepar. hipp. hyper,
iod. lye. mere, trill.
— daring : aeon. apis. bdl. bry, cact.
oaUe. caus. cham. chin, cinnb. con.
elaps. gels, glon, iod. mag-c mag-m.
mane mere mosch. nat-m. nx-v.
phos. sang, sulph. verat. verat-v.
— after: chin, nat-m. sulph. thu.
— suppressed, from : aeon. apis.
am. bell. bry. ealc. cham. chin, etmie.
ferr. gels, graph, lach. mere op. stram.
sulph.
mental exertion, from: agar. aur.
cede. cham. psor.
motion, from: glon. grat. k-clc
mang. nx-v. petr. sulph.
naosea, with : glon. pieon.
nose, on blowing : nit-ac
— see, also, Epistaxis.
pains, when, suddenly cease : cimic
partorition. in : aur.
pressure, amel. : camph. glon.
respixation, with difficult: aeon.
(Bna.
riding, from : grat. sulph.
rising, on : eugen. mag-s. nat-e. sil.
sulph.
amel. : aur. mill.
— room, on entering : ol-an.
in a hot : carb-v. oocc-c sulph.
sitting in amel.: sulph.
— sitting, when : lac-ac. mag-c mang,
nat-c phos. thu.
must sit up: aloe.
— sleep, during : glon. sil.
after amel. : grat.
— smoking, from : msg-c
— speaking, when: con. sulph.
when spoken to : ign.
— standing, from : k-ca. mang.
— stepping heavily, from : bar.
— stool, during : bry. sulph.
after : lach.
— stooping, when : aeon. aur. belL
calc-p. cauth. coral, elaps. lach. lyc^
mill, myric nat-c nit-ac. rhus. seneg.
Sep. sulph. tellur. verat.
— sun, from exposure to: aeon. cact.
glon.
— suppressed discharges or suddenly
ceasing pains : cimic
— sweat, during the: thu.
— vertigo, with : aeon. alum. am. btlL
bry. cact. calc-p. chin. con. eugen,
glon. grat. k-dh. lach. mere. mosc^.
myric na>v. op. rhus. sabad. sil.
sulph. urt-ur.
— waking, on : am-c bell, carb-v.
— walking, when : caus. lach. mang;
ran-b.
in open air : caus. ran-b.
amel. : cham.
— wet, from getting the feet : dulc
— wine, after : sil.
— working, when: tellur.
— writing, when : cann-s.
Constrictive. See Compressive.
Continuous pain, increases periodi-
cally : cupT.
Contusive. See Bmised.
Cord, sensation as of a, across forehead :
merc-i-r. nat-c
— see also under Compressive.
Cracking, crackling sensation in : aeon.
ars. calc carb-v. cham. con. dig.
kalm. puis. sep. spig.
as if something broke : sep.
— forehead, in : aeon. spig.
— side of: aeon. am. calc cham. coffl
hepar.
— occiput, in : calc carb-v.
— vertex, in : eoff. eon.
— evening, aggr. in : aeon.
— motion) aggr. : aeon.
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Cracking.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Cutting,
— nose, after blowing : hepar.
— shivering, with : kalm.
— siesta, during : dig.
— sitting, when : cart>-v. coff.
amel. when : aeon.
— taming the head, when : sep.
Cramping pain: aeon, ambr, am-m.
anac. ang. ant-t. are. asaf. calc. carb-
T. cina. colch. cotoe. croc, eugen.
gels, ign, k-ca. mag-m. marum.
mezer. nit-ac. nx-T. olnd. petr. pA-ae.
p^. psor. ran-8C. rlieum. sep. aquil.
Btann. tfau. verb. znc.
compare with Compressiye.
extending to malar bone : bell.
— forehead : eth. bell. croc. ign. plat,
above root of nose : am. bell.
as if would lose senses :
€Lcon. ign.
— occipnt : am*m. dios.
in small spot: am-m.
— side of: bell, (r), phos.sars. thu. (1).
cold, crampy, left : phos.
— temple: agar. (1), calc. (1), cina.
inds:. (1), k-ca. (1), petr. plat. sil. (1),
verb. znc.
extending into teeth : nat-m. (r).
with tickling : cann-s.
— early morning, after rising : mag-c.
— > from rubbing forehead, amel. : thu.
— from suppressed catarrh : aeon.
— study and exertion from, after ague :
gels. ^
— vexation, after: mag-c
erased sensation, in : carb-v. lil-t.
— with pain in right iliac region :
lil-t.
— pain so severe believes will go crazy
or lose senses : aeon. ambr. eale. ign.
feels crazed with headache, when
studying: indm.
— Compare with Wild.
Crainrling, creeping sentetion : arg. arn.
calc-p. colch. cupr. hyos. plat. puis.
rhus, sulph.
— in brain : alum. apis. laur. puis.
— forehead : colch. •
Cry out, pains compel one to: anac.
bov. toloe. cupr. mag-m. $ep. sil.
stann. stram.
Cntting, darting, stabbing, etc. : a^r.
alum. ambr. arg. arn. aur. bell. bism.
calc. camph. canth. caps, carb-v.
caus. chin. cina. con. dros. ferr. hepar.
k-bi. k-clc. lach. lye. mag-c mosch.
nat-m. nit-ac. puis, staph, tilia.
Terat.
compare with Lancinating, Shoot-
ing, etc.
as if brain were cut to pieces, on
stooping: nice
as if split by a wedge, body icy
cold, thirst: lachn.
as with a knife : alum. am. beU,
k-bi. lach. mag-c. mag-s. nat-m.
followed by sensation of cold*
ness : arn.
— forehead, in : agar. bell. bism. calc
camph. cocc-c. dios. dros. nat-m.
seneg. sep. ziz.
as with a knife: mang. nat-m.
sabin. tereb.
extending to occiput, where-
upon all previous pain suddenly
ceases: bell.
across forehead, followed by
stitches in epigastrium : lesc-h.
above' right orbit; extending to
occiput : bism.
momentary darts causing one to
close eyes : podo.
— occiput : beil. calc. caps. chin. tong.
extending lo orbits, aggr. by
motion and stooping : chin.
as with a knife : con. nat-m.
— side of: arg-n. aur. bell, (r),cic. k-bi.
nat-m. nat-p. rumx. (1).
as of a knife drawn transversely
through : arn.
— temple, in : alum. apoc. (r), arg-n.
beil. canth. chin, cimic. oocc-c. eoloc
{l)j croc. eye. dios. (!)• glon. graph,
hydr. iris, lac-can. lach. mng-c nat-
p. phos. ph-ac. ptel. (r), rhus. stram.
(r), stront. verb.
extending to jaw : glon.
to eyes : herb.
as with a knife : eye ferr. lach.
stram.
from temple to temple :
6eU.
sharp pains by spells in both
temples: bapt.
— vertex: bell. con. laeh. senec verat.
Conditions of Cutting.
— afternoon : nat-p. ptel.
— evening : bell.
— air, open aggr. : nat-m.
— oold applications, amel. : tilia.
— oonghing, when : ziz.
— exertion, on : ambr. tiKa.
— eyes, closing amel. : tilia.
moving aggr. : dros.
— motion, aggr. : chin, tills.
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Catting.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Dmring.
-^ nose, after blowing: sep.
— rest, affgr. : capr.
amelT: tilia.
— Bleeping, amel. : stram.
— standing, when : agar.
— stooping, on : chin. dros. nice.
T— supporting head on hands, amel. :
dros. hvdr.
-^ tliinking of it, amel. : cic.
— "walking, aggr. : calc.
-r" amel. : caps, hepar.
Darting. See Cutting, and compare
with Lancinating, Shooting, eta
Digging. See Boring.
Dilate, expand, etc., seems to: bell,
cann-i. carbnac dulc. eupfa. sol-n.
stront.
— on shaking head, aggr. : carbol-ac.
— Cbmpare Swollen.
Distention. See Swollen, and Com-
pare Fullness, Pressure, etc
Distorted, feels as if : nat-m.
Dragging sensation in : ant-t. calccanth.
crotal. gels. laur. merl. nat-m. rhus.
— extending to shoulders : gels.
— sitting and leaning against high
pillow amel. : gels.
Drawing: aeon, aeth. agar, ailan. ang.
alum. ambr. am-c ant-t. apis. arg.
arg-n. ars. asar. aur. bar. bell. herb.
bism. borax, boy. bry. cole, camph.
canth. caps. C2irb-an. oar6-o. ehank.
chin. cimx. cimic. cina. coff. ooloc
con, creos. croc. cupr. eye. diad. dule.
eugen. eupi. ferr. glon. gran, graph.
guai. hell. hipp. hydr. ipec. k-ca. k-
iod. lach. lil-t. lye. mag<. mang.
men. mere, mezer. moseh. nat-c. nat-
m. nit-ac. nx-v. ol-an. petr. plat.
puis, ran-sc. rheum, rhod. rhus. ruta.
sabad. snbin. seneg. sep. sil. squil.
stann. staph, stront. stdph, suf-ac.
thu. tilia. tong. yaler. verat. snc zing.
behind forward, from : carb-v.
. extending to face ; ant-t. diad.
graph, seneg.
.- to nose : ant-t.
to occiput : glon.
to spine : moach. nitr. tha.
to temples: asar.
here and there : ambr. ipec
moech. nx-y. tong.
drawing hot pain, head and eyes,
sneezing relieres : lil-t.
periosteam, as if in : merc-c
preceded by drawing in armpit :
petr.
— ronnd the head : boy. earb-y.
— in stripes, an if in : arg-n.
foreheaa: aoon. agar, all-c am-c
anac ang. ant-cr. ant-t. aig-n. ars.
asaf. (1), asar. aur-m. bad. bar. (1),
bell, borax, bry. cann-i. cann-«.
canth. caps, (r), carb-y. cast. cans.
chel. chin, cic cina. (1), clem. (I),
colch. (1), coloc (1), con. eroe, eye.
(1), dulc (I), eupi. ferr. gins, graph,
guai. hell. hipp. k-^«^ lact. laur. lil-t.
lye. mag-c. mang. men. (r), mere,
mezer. mosch. nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac
(r), nitr. nx-y. petr. phos. puis, ran-
b. rheum, rhod. (1), ruta. (r), sabad.
sabin. (r), selen. seneg. sep. sil. squil.
stann. (r), staph. stront. sulph.
yaler. yerb. (1), yiol-od. (1), mc zing.
— alternating with pain in wrist :
sulph.
— extending to eyes : agar, cann-
i. lil-t.
to lower jaw : nat-m.
to neck : mosch, nitr. yiol-tr.
to nose : glon. nx-y.
to occiput : sep,
— flying : chel.
— eyes, aboye : a^r, aeaf. bry. ealc-
ac cann-t. carb-an. oolch. con. igm,
(r), nat-m. (1), nit-ac seneg. sulph.
thu. (1), znc
eyes feel as if projecting, with
sensation as if a thread were tightly
drawn through eyeball and backward
into middle of brain, sight weak:
par.
— nose, aboye root of: aeon, agar,
asar. oar6-v. k-clc nat-m. rheum.
— inrorm, as if a crept through :
sulph.
occiput: agar. ambr. anac. ant-t.
arg. arg-n. arn. asaf. bell. brt. cact.
calad. calc calo-ac calc-p. cann-s.
carb-y. caus. chel. cocc eocc-c ooloc
com. eye. dros. gels. gins. glon.
graph, gnai. k-bi. laur. mag-c mang.
men. mere mill, mosch. mur-ac
nat-c. natHi. nitr. nx-v, phos. ph-ac
plat, plect. puis, ran-b. raph. rhod.
rhus. sabin. selen. sep. spig. squil.
staph, sulph. yaler. znc
-~ extending to ears: bar. (r),
cann-8.
to forehead, amel. by prevure
and walking: chin.
to nedc. before going to deep :
hry.
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Dtrftwing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Drawing.
to nape of: mere, nat-c. plect.
sulph.
— — to nose: corn.
to upper cervical region and
shoalders, better resting head hieh
on pillow, with eyes half closed;
sleepy : gels.
— 'wandering: mezer.
— upward from nape: ambr. carb-
V. ferr.
side of: aam, alum, (r), anac. (1),
ang. (r), ant-t. (1), apis. (H, org, fi),
, . :. r. M, bar. m,
bar-ac. bell, (r), brom. (1), calc. (r),
ar^n. (r), am. (ij, asaf.
camph. (r), canth. (1), caps, carb-v.
ckam, chin. cimz. cina. clem. cocc. (r),
colch. (1), ooloc. dig. dros. fluor-ac.
(r), gran. hell. indg. iod. (1), k-ca. (1),
lach. (r), lyc (r), men. nat-s. nit-ac.
(1), nx-v. phos. (r), ph-ac. (r), plat,
rhus. (I),sar8. (I),sep. (1), spong. (r),
sul-ac. (r), thu. (r), valer. (r).
— extending to clavicle: indm.
to face : cup-ac.
to neck : ehd. (r), cnpr-ac. lyc.
to orbits: crotal. (1).
to teeth : crotal. iod.
— in spot : phos.
— increases gradually and ceases
suddenly, feeling as if a nerve had
been torn: arg. (1).
temple : aeon. agar. ang. ant-c. (1),
ant-t. arg. asar. bell, (r), bry. calc
cann-i. case, (r), caus. (r), chel. chin-
8. cina. ootf. (r), colch. (1), eoloe. (r),
con. croc, (r), cupr. (1), eye. (1), diilc.
(1), eupi. guai. hepar. hipp. indg.
(1), k-bi. laur. lyc. mang. mere, (r),
mosch. nit-ac. nz-v. ol-an. olnd. petr.
phos. ph-ac. phyt. plat. (1), ran-b.
raph. rhod. rhus. ruta. sabad. (r),
sabin. sars. (r),8eneg. spig. (l),s(]uil.
(r), stann. stront. sulph. sul-ac. taoac.
tarax. (1), thu. (1), tilia. (1), anc. (1),
zing. (r).
— extending to eye: aloe. (1).
to .face: ant-t. (r), arg. hry.
seneg.
across forehead : chin-s. lach.
lact. lyc. sabin.
to vertex : aur-m. eye. (1).
— spots, in: sul-ac. (1).
vertex : anac. ant-t arg. ars. bov.
calc cans. chel. cinnb. crotal. dulc.
grat hell. indg. iod. k-ca. led. ux-m.
nx-v. ol-an. phos. ph-ac ran-b. ran-sc.
ruta. Bars. spig. spong. stann. tilia. anc.
extending to eyes ; nz-m.
to forehead : led.
to nose, while eating: dulc.
to neck, aggr. by walking :
chel.
to temple : chel.
Conditions of Drawing.
— morning: ang. dros. hell. k-bi.
ma^-c mezer. petr. sulph. znc
on rising : nat-m.
wakens, passes off on rising : am-
c.
-^ noon, amel. of: bry.
— afternoon : agar, ant-t dulc. gins,
verat-v. zing.
— evening : all-c. aloe. ang. bov. cast,
crotal. graph, hipp. nitr. ol-an. phos.
van-b. stront. valer. znc.
amel. in : coloc
— night : ib-eo. nat-m. phos. rhus.
— air, in open : eon, grat mang. plect
amel. : asar. hell. olnd.
— bed, in : agar. hell. hipp.
— breath, aggr. when holding : agar.
— chewing, when : sulph.
hence amel. after eating : sulph.
— chilliness, during : eupi.
— church, when in : znc
— cold applications, amel.: tilia.
— dinner, after : bell, nat-c. phos.
— draught of air, from : tilia. valer.
— eating, during: du'c.
after: ant-t. bell. cina. mill, nat-
c phos.
amel. : con. sulph.
— eyes, on closing : sabad.
amel. : tilia.
— head, on moving : cact. staph.
resting high on pillows, amel!:
gels.
— house, on entering, amel.: mang.
plect.
— lying down, amel. : asar.
— menses, during: herb, mag-c. sang.
— mental exertion, from: calc-ac.
cins. ooff. gins.
— motion aggr.: arg^n. bism. tabac
tilia.
— nausea, during : croc.
— pressure aggr. : cina.
amel.: chin.
— rest, when at : arir. bell. eupi.
amel. : arg-n. tilia.
— rising, when : bry. coloc nat-m.
— sitting, when: arg. chin. men.
squil.
— sneosing, frequent amel.: lil-t
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J
Drawing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Dniln
— standing, while : agar. mag^.
amel. : tarax.
— • stooping low, on : ign,
— stretching, aggr. by : agar.
— swallov^ing, on : mag-c.
— toach, on : con.
— "waking, when: agar.
— "walking, when : chel. coloc.
amel. : chin.
Dra'wn, backward, the head : aeon, acet-
ac bell, cam ph. cann-i. cedr. cham.
chin. cic. cina. creos. cup-aa enp-
per. ipec. mag-c. miir-ac. nat-c. nit-
ac. nz-v. op. phel. stram. tong. viol-
tr.
compare with Falling.
in convulsions ; tabac.
during menses : znc.
— forwards : hydr-ac. mere. par. plb.
sang.
— sideways : bar. bell. (l),camph. (I),
caul. (I), cup-ac. lack. (1), mere. (1),
plb. (1), puis, sabad. (r), sil. taxus. (1).
first right then left: ang.
first left then riglit : stram.
upon shoulders : hydr-ac.
Dropsy of brain : aeon. am-c. apis. apoc.
aur. bell, calc-p. hell. indg. lach.
mag-m. ph-ac. plat. samb. stram.
with sweat : mere.
Dull pain : agar, ailan. all-c. alum. anac.
ant-c. arg. arum-t. bapt. bar. bism.
bov. calc. camph. cann-i. canth.
carb-an. carb-v. cans. cham. chel.
chin, cina, con. croc, crota'. cupr.
eup-pur. ferr. gion. graph, ham.
hell, hepar. hyos. ign. lach. lachn.
lact. laur. led. lyc mag-m. mang.
marum. men. meph. mere, moscli.
nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. petr. ph-ac, plat.
puis, ran-sc. rheum, rhod. sabad. sars.
secale. seneg; sep. sil. spig. spong.
squil. sulph. sul-ac. tereb. thu. verat.
verb, viol-od. viol-tr.
— — compare Aching.
— forehead : agar, ant-c. ant-t. asar.
bapt. calc. camph. cann-i. cocc. cofT.
coloc. dulc. (1), euph. hell. ign. laur.
lept. nat-m. ph-ac. plat. plb. puis,
rheum, sabad. sars. verat. znc.
eye, over: apis, cann-i. znc.
in right frontal protuberance,
then in left : acet-ac.
— occipat: fesc-h. alum. smbr. asar.
bry. calc. chin, cic eye. fluor-ac gels,
nat-c, ran-sc rhod. samb. aecale.
stront. thu.
-— side of: canth. croc dros. laur.
spong. znc
— temple: agar. chin. laur. ph-«c.
stront. verat
from temple to temple : lobel.
— vertex: agn. ant-c. cimic. geb.
mezer.
— morning : near.
— afternooir: bapt.
— move head, must and close eyes: agar.
— pressare, amel. : cimic.
Dallness, cloudiness, stupid feeling,
etc. : abrot. acet-ac. sesc-h. eth. agar.
agn. ailan. alco. ail-c alum, am-c
ant-t. apis, apoc arg. arg-n. ars.
arum-t. asaf. asar. bad. rapt ^r.
bell. herb. bism. bov. bry. oaU, eale-p.
cann-i. cinn-s. caps, carb-v. cast.
caul. cans. cedr. cham. chel. chin-s.
cic. cimx. cimic. cinnb. clem. cob.
coca. cocc. cocc-c colch. con. creoo.
croc crotal. croton. cub. cup-ac dig.
dios. dros. dulc. elat. eucal. ferr.
ferr-p. fluor-ac. eamb. ads. glon.
graph, grat. guai. bsemat hell. hnra.
hydr. hyper, iris. jatr. k-bi. k-ca. k-
iod. kalm. lach. lachn. lac-ac lact.
laur. led. lil-t, lyc mag-m. mag-a.
mang. marum. men. mere merc-c.
merc-i-fl. merc-i-r. mezer. mill.
mosch. myric naja. nat-c nat-m. nat-
p. nat-6. nice nit-ac, nitr. nz-m. nz-
V. olnd. ol-an. op. osm. ozal-ac
pieon. pallad. par. phel. pho9. ph-
ac phys. phyt. pic-ac. plan. plat.
plect. plb. podo. prun. psor. ptel.
puis, ran-sc. ratan. rhod. rhus. rhns-
V. ruta, sabad. sang. sars. secale.
selen. seneg. sep.serp. ail. sol-n. spig.
spong. stann. staph, stram. stront.
sulph. sul-ac. tabac taraz. tellnr.
tereb. thu. tilia. nrt-nr, ustil. valer.
verat. verat-v. verb, violtr. vip.
xanth. znc.
Compare with Confusion, Stupe-
faction, etc.
blood, as from too mnch : calc
glon. phos. sil. mlph.
chronic : calc.
ccryaa, as from : ars. berb. k-ca.
lyc mere-i-r. nice op. phos. sep.
dizzy, dullness : agar. iris, mosch.
par. sabad. tilia.
drinking, as after : ang. bry.
cimic cocc creos. dulc. glon. mag-
ra. mexer. nice nitr. op. ph-ac rheom.
rhod. rAiM. sabad.
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Dollness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
DallnesB.
— — gloomy : ang. arg. calad. clem,
dig. men. mere, mezer. nat-m. nitr.
nx-v. op. ph-ac. puis, rheam. samb.
thu. valer.
fatigue, as from : nat-m.
intoxicated, as if: seth. caus.
mezer. ratan. rlius. samb. thu.
mnddled, as if: agar. anac. ant-
c. ars. asaf. bry. coral, euphr. ferr.
men. nz-v. puis. rhus. secale. seneg.
staph, tabac thu. verb, riol-od. viol-
tr.
nailed up, as if: <tcon. ceth, mag-
s. plat.
opium, as from : cann-i.
painful : ang. am. asaf. calc.
caut. diad. dros. glon. grat. hell.
mere, nat-c ncU-m, nx-m. plat secale.
spiflf. tilia. Tiol-od.
sleep, as from too much : nat-c.
as from loss of: arabr. ars. bry.
chin, colch. Yerr. k ca. mezer. nice
nx-v. op. phos. ph-ac. rhod. rata.
sulph. znc.
stunning : ang. ant-t. arg. asar.
aur. eoce. croc. dulc. k-ca. mag-m.
m&g-s. mezer. par. rheum, sui-ac.
verb.
sudden : bry. sul-ac.
— forehead, in: aesc-h. agar, ailan.
ant-c. arg-n. aram-t. bell. calc. cann-
i. canth. carb-an, cham. cimic.cinnb.
eoec. coloc. croc. cund. euphr. ferr.
fluor-ac. gels. glon. gjmn. ham. hell,
hepar. hi pp. hydr-ac ign. jac. lac>
can. lachn. mang. merc-c. mur-ac.
naja. nat-m. nx-m. op. oxal-ac. pallad.
par. phos. phyt. pip-m. psor. (1),
ratan. rhod. rumx. sabin. serp. sil.
sol-n. squil. sulph. sul-ac. tabac. tilia.
ustil. vine. znc.
board, before, like a : aeon. calc.
cocc. dulc. olnd. op. plat. plb.
as if something worked around
in : mere.
mounting like a vapor from occi-
put : seth.
Conditions of Dullness.
— morning: agar. alum. ars. aram-t.
eate. carb-an. cob. coloc. hyper, ign.
indg. mag-m. mag-s. nat-c. nat-m.
nat-p. nice. nx-v. ol-an. oxal-ac. petr.
podo. rhu$. sulph. sul-ac. thu. tilia.
ustil.
on waking: arg-n. chin, croton.
ferr. myric. nat-m. plect. rhod.
znc.
on rising : anac. calc. cocc-a hnra.
mag-m. plb.
— afternoon: agar. almn. chel. lae-
ac laur. magws. merc-i-r. nat-m. sol-n.
verat-v.
— evening : ars. cedr. croc. dulc. elat.
grat. k-ca. mac-s. mezer. mill, nat-
m. oxal-ac. pallad. ruMfn. phoe. phys.
selen. sep. spig. stann. sulph. thu.
znc.
— night : arg-n. fluoi^c. pic-ac. nUph.
tilia.
— abdomen, during 'colic at night:
sulph,
during pressure in : graph, sep.
— air, in open : rhod. spig.
amel. in : dulc. phos. phyt.
ratan.
exercise in, amel. : rhod.
— ascending, on : sulph.
— breakfast, before : fluoivac.
amel. after : bov.
— catarrh, during : graph.
— chilliness, with : aloe. hell.
— coffee, after: arg-n. mill.
— coition (or emissions), after exces-
sive: caus. mezer. ph-ac.
-r- cold, after : olnd.
washing amel. : phos.
— conversation, from : sil.
— coryza, during : nat-m.
— covered, in bed: amel.: nat-c
— diarrhcea, after : nx-v.
— dinner, after : arg-n. mag^m. plan,
sabad. thu. tilia.
— draught of air, from : eah^.
— drinking, after : con.
— eating, after : ar^-n. calc cocc lye
mag-m. men. mill, nat-m. phos.
plan, sabad. thn. tilia. znc
amel. : bov. mezer.
— eructations, amel. : sang.
— exertion, in open air, amel. : rhod.
— eyes, on turaine : rhus.
— fever, during: thn.
— hat, worse from pressure of: calc-p.
— head, covering the, on : stront.
resting on table, amel.: rhod.
shaking, aggr. : fflon.
— house, aggr. in : phos.
— menses, after : graph, nat-^m.
— mental exertion, from : cocc. mag-
c nat-m. oxal-ac. phos. thu.
— micturition, free, amel. : tereb.
— motion, from : nx-v. ol-an. labiM;.
amel. : ferr-p.
— nausea, during: fluor-ac.
99
Dullness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Falling.
— periodio : staph.
— rifliDg, after: laur. nat-e. olnd.
rhod.
— room, in warm : bell. croc, merc-i-
fl. phoB.
— fliesta, after : calc.
— sitting, when: phos. phyt. pals,
rhus. sars. verat.
— sleep, after loss of: ph-ac.
— smoking, from : gels. thu.
— sneesing amel. : lye.
— standing, while : staph.
— stool, during : dios. oxal-ac. phos.
amel. after : mag-s.
— stooping, on : nat-m.
— vertigo, during: aeon. seth. am-c.
ars. borax, bov. camph. canth. carb-
an. cans. cham. clem. cocc. coff. coloc.
croc, lach. laur. mag-c. mag-m. nitr.
nX'V. op. phos. secale. sep. sulph.
— vomiting, amel. : tabac.
— Txraking, on : aeon. ars. caps. cham.
con. sep. sulpii. znc.
— TRralking, from: coloc. grat. nat-c
nat-m. sep.
amel. : agar, ferr-p. sulph.
in open air amel. : merc-i-r. rhod.
— Txrine, from least: alum, coloc. con.
k-clc. mill, oxal-ac. znc
Empty, hollow sensation : am-c. anac.
ant-c. arg. am. ars. aaaf. bell. berb.
bov. cact. calc. camph. caps, carb-v.
cans, chin-6. cina. clem, eoee, coral.
cupr. eye. dulc. euphr. ferr. glon.
gran, graph, hipp. hyos. ign. jabor.
manc^ mang. myric. naja. nat-c nat-
m. nat-p. nx-v. oxal-ac. phos. pic-ac.
puU, secale. seneg, sep. stram. sulph.
zing.
aching of brain, with: arg.
as from catarrh : ars.
as tdieT intoxication : aeon. agar.
ambr. spig.
head feels like a lantern : ars.
puis.
— forehead, in: alum. cans. spig.
sulph. sul-ac.
as if between forehead and brain :
caus.
— occiput: mang. nat-c. sep. staph.
sulph.
while brain in front seems too
large: hell.
— temples : eye.
Conditions of Empty sensation.
— morning: anac. l)oy. chin-s. euphr.
Bulph. verat.
— afternoon : nx-m.
— night, aggr. lying on occiput ; ameL
by pressure of hand : sep.
— air. in open, aggr. : cocc sulph. •
— bed, amel. on getting warm in:
cocc.
— corysa, during: hell.
— eating, after : cocc. graph, men.
— honse, amel. in: sulph.
— pressore of hand, lyueL: mang.
sep.
— riding, amel. : euphr.
— sitting, when : spig.
— sleep, after restless : hipp.
— talking, when : spig. sulph.
— vertigo, during : phos.
Enlarged, seems : agar, ant-c ant-t. apis.
or^-n. are-i. bapt. bell. berb. bcv. csj.
caps, cimic. cob. coll. com. dapn.
dulc gds. gins. glon. hyper, indg. k-
iod. lach. lachn. lact. laur. lith.
mana. meph. raerctiat-c nx-m. phel.
ran-b. ran-sc. rhus. sil. spig. taraz.
therid. tilia. tong. zing.
compare with SwoUen.
— elongated, feels: hyper.
— extended upward, the rertez
seems: lachn.
— sensation as if widened : aloe.
— and as if split open by a wede e from
the outside; body icy cold, skin
moist and sticky ; cannot get warm
even under a feather bed, face
yellow; whines with the pain; head
bums like fire, with thirst: lachn.
— bandaging, amel.: arg-n.
— fever, with intermittent : antic.
— headache, with : gels.
— lying, when ; rising aggr. : rhus-
r.
amel. : dulc.
— menses, during : arg-n. glon,
— pregnancy, during: arg-n.
— palling on boots, nggr. : coll.
— stool, during : cob.
— walking in open air, after: ant-t.
— weather, aggr. in cold, damp:
dulc.
Expanded. See Enlarged, Swollen,
etc.
Falling backward of head : eth. agar^
camph. chin, oolch. dios. glon. k-ca.
Ud. oena. op. phel. ftamb. spig, tarent.
see also under Heaviness.
when sitting: chin. oena. op.
during vertigo : spig.
when walking : chin, pheL
100
FaUing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
FullneM.
— forward, feels as if head would:
agn. calc. clem. capr. elaps. gels,
fflon. hipp. hydr-ac. hjos. ign, k-ca.
laiir. lye. op. par. phos. phys. pic-ac.
plb. jntla. ran-b. sars. sulph.
on rising : hipp.
when looking at anything, sink-
ing of head forward : cic
sitting, when : nz-m. oena.
staph.
stooping, when : puis.
walking, when : hipp.
wrinkling of forehead and open
air, amel.: phos.
— fomrard, sensation of, in brain :
alum, am-c bar. herb. bry. carb-an.
cham. oofT. creos. dig. grat. hipp. k-
ca. laur. mag^ nz-v. rhuB, sabad. sul-
ac.
pain, as if fell forward
and came up again : snl-ac.
on stoopinfc : earb-an.
coff. laur. mag-s. nat-m. nat-s. rhus.
raising head, amel.:
alum.
— hither and thither : bell. phel.
— out, sensation as if everytiiing
would, at forehead : aeon, all-c. bar.
bell. brom. bry. canth. carb-an. cans,
chel. colcli. coipc. creos. hell, hepar.
k-ca. mag-m. mag-s. mezer. nz-v.
phos. plat. puis, ratan. rhod. sabad.
sen. spig. spong. stann. staph, stront.
taoac. tnu. verb.
see also under Pressure.
coughing, when : hepar.
stool, when at: ratan.
stooping, on : hell, mag-s.
— to pieces, sensation as if head
would fall, when stooping: glon.
— aideTRrays of head : ang. arn. ars.
cann-s. cina. dios. eup-per. ferr. fluor-
ac. hyos. k-iod. uz-m. op. prun. stram.
siilph. taraz.
child leans head, all time : cina.
to right side : ferr.
to left side : nz-m.
on waking: sulph.
when walking: dios. ferr.
— aide to side, in brain : nice, sul-ac.
to side, which stoops: am-c.
to left temple, on stooping : nat-s.
Flapping sensation in brain : ars, rhus.
Flattened, sensation in forehead : coral.
— as if pressed flat : verat.
Flnotnating in : aphis, bell, cimic coff.
glon. hepar. hyos. mag-m. par.
— compare Undulating.
Fly off. See under Bursting, Come off,
etc.
Flying, fleeting pains. See Stitches^
Wandering, etc.
Foreign body in, pain as from a : fluor-
ac. rhod.
in right half of brain : con.
FnllnesB: abrot. acon. sesc-h. agar.
ailan. a'l-c. am-c. am-m, ang. apis.
apoc. arg-n. arn. arum-t. asaf. bapt.
biU. herb, borax, bov. bry. calc. calc-
p. cann-L caps, carb an. carb-v.
earUbad. cast. cham. chin, chin-s.
chx^ac. cimic. cinnb. clem. cob. COC9-
c. coff. con. corn, creos. crotal. croton.
cupr. eye. daph. dig. dios. elaps.
eucal. ferr. fluor-ac. gtU. gent. gins.
QLON. graph, grat. guai. gy mn. ham.
hell. h^dr. hyos. hyper, ig^. iris.
jac. k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. kalm. lach. lac-
ac. lact. laur. lil-t. lye. melilo. meph.
mere, merc-i-r. merc-e. mill, nat-c.
nat-m. nat-p. nice, nit-ac. nz-m. nz-
y. op. osm. pieon. petr. phel. phos.
phys. phyt. pic-ac. plan. psor. ran-b.
ran-ie. raph. rhua. rumz. samb. sang.
senec. sep. sil. sol-n. spong. stram.
9ulph. sul-ac. tabac. tanac. tellur.
ter^. thu. tilia. urt-ur. yaler. yerat-y.
xanth. ziz.
compare with Congestion, Heat,
Heayiness, Pressure, etc.
as if would burst : am-c. cann-i.
daph. ipec. lil-t. mere, nit-ac.
as if too full of blcod : lac-ac.
sulph.
causing head to hang down : clem.
phel.
as if stuffed full : glon. indm.
-chilliness, thick speech, double
yision, with : geU.
— forehead: acon. agar. am-m. ang.
apoc. arg-n. bapt. bell. herb, boraz.
bry. caJc. cann-i. carb-an. chr-ac.
cinnb. clem. coca. euph. eupi. gels.
glon. gymn. ham. hell, helon. hydr.
nyoe. indg. indm. laur. lil-t mag-«.
naja. nat-p. nice ozal-ac. pallad.
phys. phyt. podo. ran-sc. rhus. rumz.
sang. sep. sulph. sul-ac thea. tilia.
as if there was not room enough,
a forcing out, amel. washing and
eating: psor.
eyes, oyer: hydr. lil-t. nat-p. ozal-
ac
with yertigo: podo.
101
Follness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Orasping.
nose, oTer, evening: naja.
— occiput : agar. apis. bapt. caj. cann-
i. cinnb. con. creos. glon. helon. osm.
sulph. therid.
— temple : alco. apis. bell. cic. cinnb.
cob. glon. gnap.guare. jac. lil-t. lith.
plan. rumx. sep.
first right, then left, then to nape
where it disappears : jac.
— aide of: arg*n. (r), asaf. (1), cimic.
(I), eye. (r), flaor-ao. (1). glon.
— vertex: sesc-h. alcoh. am-c. apis,
calc-p. chin-8. chro-ac. cimic. eup-
per. OLOK. gjmn. ham. helon. hyper.
• k-bi. lac-ac meph. osm. pic-ac. psor.
as if something were piimpea in :
glon.
Conditions of Fullness.
— morning : am-m. arg-n. borax, carl,
cann-i. chin-s. chr-ac. cinnb. oob. oon.
hydr. indg. mag^m. nat-p. nice. petr.
pic-ac. rhua. sul-ac.
10 A. M. to 10 p. M.: lac-ac
on waking: con. glon. kalm. lil-t.
tilia.
— noon to 2 p. M. : pic-ac.
— afternoon: arg^n. coca. ferr. gels,
guare. lac-ac. lact. lith. mill, nat-p.
osm. phys. sang, sulph.
to night: sil.
— evening: arg-n. cimic. ferr. guare.
ham. naja. nat-m nat-p. thu.
— night: arg-n. chr-ac.
— air, in open : grat.
amel.: cinnb. carl. jac.
walking in, amel.: borax.
hydr.
— ascending, on: borax.
— breakfast, after : con. hydr.
— chilliness, during : eupi.
— dinner, after : gins.
— eating, while: con.
after : con. gins. hydr.
before : uran-nit.
— hat. worse from pressure of: calc-p.
— head, aching, during: calc-p.
— . — ^on bending back, aggr.: osm.
leaning to left: chin-s.
on raising, aggr. : sulph.
shaking aggr. : curb. glon.
— heat, during : glon. lach.
*— lying, when : naja.
— menses, on appearance of: gent.
glon.
during: firg-n. bell. calc. enpi. gion.
— mental exertion, from : helon. indg.
nat-p. p90r.
better when mind is employed :
helon.
— mictorition. copious, ame). : gela.
— motion Aggr* from : calc-p.
— pressore of hat aggr. : calc-p.
amel. : agar, arg-n. hydr.
— reading, when : helon. indg.
— rising, on: am-m. cinnb. glon.
sil.
— se^Rring aggr. : petr.
— siesta, after: mill.
— sitting, when : borax, glon.
up, aggr. : calc-p.
— sleep, aggr. after : sulph.
— sneesing, on : hjrdr.
— stool, when straining at : ham.
amel. after : com.
— stooping, when : aeon, lac-ac merl.
nice. petr. pic-ac rhus. spong.
— talking, after, aggr.: sulph.
— vertigo, during: am-m. borax, bry.
chr-ac con. croton. eye gymn. helon.
lac-ac. lact. mere, nat-m. nat-p. podo.
sol-n. tilia. urt-ur.
— Txraking, on : agar. asaf. guare.
before : hyper.
— "walking in open air: thu.
— "wine, after: ailan.
— "writing, while : chin-s.
Gloominess. See Confusion, Dnllneaa,
etc.
Gnawing : calc canth. led. lye nat-m.
p^eon. par. phos. ran^sc snc.
— forehead : con. merc-i-r. nat-s. sulph.
znc.
above right eye, morning: dros.
above nose : calc-ac mere phos.
raph.
— occiput : calc. dros. glon. nice, ol-
an. raph.
— temple : ran-sc sol-n. (r).
temples, occiput and ears : led.
— vertex : men. ran-sc
— with otalgia : ran-sc.
— at night : merc-i-r.
when stepping heavily : lye.
Gradually disappearing pain : op. plat,
sabin.
— increasing and suddenly ceasing : sul-
ac.
— see also under Increasing.
Grasping : ars. con. mag-m. nat-s.
— forehead, amel. by cold foot-bath :
nat-s.
— grabbing sensation, during confusion
of head : hell.
— grasped forehead and cried my head,
102
Grasping.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Heat
my head ! I am crazy ; amel. walk-
ing about : sulph.
— momentary blindness ; grasps liead,
it feels so strangely : nx-m.
— apoplexy, graspH head; mouth drawn
to left: phos.
Grinding : agar. anac. myric.
— amel. by pressure : anac.
Griping : con. mag-s. sen.
Grumbling : hepar. indg. sul-ac.
Gargling : asaf. bry. sep.
— see Bubbling.
Hacking : am-c. ars. aur. lye. nitr. ph-
ac.
— see Cutting.
Hair, tiee under Scalp.
Hammering: caw-e. ars. aur. calc chin-
s. cic. clem. coff. dros. fei-r, hepar.
indg. lack, roanc. raezer. nat-m. nice.
nit-ac. ph-ac. psor. rhus. rheum, sil.
Siilpli. tarent.
see Pulsation, Shocks, etc.
like a clock : mag-s.
like a hammer: ars.
— forehead: am-m. cic. creos. olnd.
verb.
as with small, sharp hammer:
nice.
— temple : ars. benz-ac. chin. psor.
— vertex : hyper, phos.
Hands, holds head with : glon. hyos.
on coughing : nice nx-v.
sulpha
— leans on : iod.
— puts to : camph. verat.
— rubs with : verat.
— see also under Grasping.
Heat: acet-ac. aeon, sesc-h. seth. agar,
all-c. aloe. alum. ambr. am-c. am-m.
anac. ang. ant-c. ant-t. apis, arg-n.
aiti. ars. asaf. asar. aur. bad. bapt.
bar. bell, behz-ac. herb. bism. borax,
brom. bry, calad. calc. calc-p. campli.
cann-i. cann-s. canth. carb-an. carb-
V. cans. cham. chel. chin, chin-s.
cimic. cinnb. clem, cofif. colch. coloc.
con. corn. croc, cupr-ac. <yc. daph.
dig. dios. dros. dulc. euph. euphr.
eupi. fluor-ac. gamb. gels. gins. glon.
Sran. graph, grat. gymn. hfemat.
ell. hura. hydr. hydr-ac hyos.
hyper, ign. indg. indm. iod. ipec.
iris. jatr. k-bi. k-bro. k-ca. k-clc. k-
iod. kalm. lach. lact laur. led. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mane. mang.
men. mere merc-c. merl. mezer.
mosch. nat-c. nat-m. nice. nitr. nit-
ac. nx-j. nx-m. nx-v. ol-an. op. pceon.
petr. phel. phos. ph-ac. phys. pic-ac.
plat. plb. podo. puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
ratan. rheum, rhus. ruta. sabad.
sabin. sarn. secale. senec. sqj* iU.
spig. spong. squil. stann. staph,
strum, stront. sulph. tabac. tarent.
taxus. therid. tellur. thu. tilia. tong.
valer. yerat. vine, viol-od. xanUh. znc.
— agreeable : cnmph. cann-s. nice,
thu.
— air, as if surrounded by hot : aster.
— alternating, with chilliness:
asaf. sep.
with diarrliGca: bell.
with rigor in back : spong.
— anzioufl : canth. coff.
— oorysa, as from : herb. nx-v.
— breath, like a warm : fluor-ac.
— flaahes of : sesc-h. leth. am-m.
ant-t. arn. nrs. aur. calc-p. cic.
cocc. colch. com. dig. glon. hell,
hepar. lact. lanr. led. mag-c. mag-s.
nat-m. cena. ptel. acp. sulph. tabac.
xanth. ziz.
after chilliness: sang. sil.
— hot body, as if, fell forwards : k-
ca.
iron around, as if from a:
water : all-c indg.
water thrown on scalp and
penetrating^ to brain, as from : petiv.
— periodical: calad.
— rising up : tuih. calad. canth. eye.
gamb. nat-s. plh. rheum, rhus.
from abdomen : alum. indg.
mag-m. plb.
from back : phos.
from chest : aeon. glon. phos.
sulph.
— spot, in small : carb-v. mezer.
— S'weat, as if, would break out :
cans. phos. plat, ran-b.
— tormenting sensation of heat,
with dullness: stram.
— transient: agar. arn. cann-i.
mag-m. sulph. tabac. valer.
— vapor, as from warm : ol-an.
— Txrine. as from : rhus-r. sabad.
forehead : aeon. seth. alum. am-m.
ang. ant-t. ars. asaf. asar. bad. bapt.
bell. brom. calc camph. canth. carb-
an. carb-v. caus. chel. chin, cimic.
cinnb. clem. cocc. coloc. creos. cup-
ac eye. euph. euphr. eupi. flaor-ac.
gins. glon. gran, graph, grat gymn.
103
Heat
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Heat.
hell, hepar. hydr. hyoe. indg. indm.
jatr. k-bi. k-ca. lact. laur. Ted. Ijc
mag-m. mag-s. mane. mere, mero-c.
mezer. nat-c. nat-m; nice. nitr. ol-an.
op. petr. phel. phos. ph-ac. phjs.
pic-ac. puis, ran-b. ratan. rhus-r.
aabad. senec. sep. sil. spong. stann.
staph. Btram. sulph. tarax. tarent.
tazas. tellar. thu. tilia. verat viol-
od. znc.
alternately in either protuber-
ance : lact.
as if warm water trickled down
inside : glon.
feeling of warmth in middle of
forehead) then coolness as from
draught of air: laur.
— oooiptit : aesc-h. bell. brom. camph.
cann-i. caun-s. cic cinnb. cocc-c.
con. dig. fluor-ac. glon. indg. jatr.
kalm. lobel. mane, merc-i-fl. nat-s.
puis, rhus-r. sulph, tarent. thu. Terat-
V. znc. .
flashes of : lesc-h. lach.
— side: am-m. (r), calc. (1), caus. (r),
cinnb. eye. (r.), k-bi. (1), petr. (1),
phel. (1), pic-ac. tarent. tilia.
in flashes : k-bi.
— temple : berb. eu ph. glon. hura. ign.
lye. merl. ol-an. phel. podo.
with cold cheeks : berb.
— vertex : aeon. eaJc, camph. carb-an.
chel. cocc-c. corn. daph. eup-per, grat.
hepar. hyper, lack. laur. lept. mag-s.
mere-'irr, mezer. nat-s. nz*m. phos.
podo. rhus-r. mdph. tarent. thea.
in small spots : mezer.
Conditions of Heat.
— morning : alum. am-m. ant-c. ant-t.
bry. calc. carb-an. chin. clem. eye.
dies, euphr. hi pp. hyper, indg. kalm.
lye. merc-ir. mezer, nat-c. nitr. nx-v.
petr. phos. podo. sep. sulpk, tilia.
tong. zing. znc.
on waking : berb. calc. lye. nat-m.
sil. stann. sulph.
on rising : agar. am-m. bar. calc.
com. eye. dulc.
amel. : sulph.
— noon : ant-c. bell. jatr.
— afternoon : ant-t. arg-n. bad. berb.
bry. cann-s. carb-an. chin-s. dies,
graph, hyper, ipec. lye. ma^-c mag-
m. mag-«. mang. nat-m. nice, ol-an.
phos. phys. ptUs, sep. spong. stront.
sulph.
— evening : aeon. alum. am-m. borax.
calc. canth. chel. ooce-c eye. grat.
indg. k-ca. laur. lil-t. lobel. lye. mag-
c. mag-m. merc-i-r. nat-c nx-j. nx-v.
ol-an. ph-ac. phys. puis, ran-b. rkas,
sep. sil. sulph. thu. znc.
night: am-m. ang. arg-n. camph.
cann-s. lye. meph. uatrc rhus-r. ntta.
sil. staph, tilia.
— in bed : carb-an. lye. nat-m. «ic/j»A.
— on waking : tilia.
air, in open aggr. : verat.
amel.: clem. grat. laur.
mag-m. mang. nat-c. phel. phos.
abdomen, from pain in : grat.
anus, from pain at : oxal-ac.
anxiety, with : stront.
baok, with coldness of: thu.
bed, when in : ang. arg-n. carb-an»
eye. lye. nat-c. nx-v, staph.
amel. in : k-ca.
beer, after: chel. sulph.
bone, with pains in : merc-c.
catarrh, during : graph.
cheat, after heat in : grat.
chilliness, during: ant-c. asaf*
oolch. hell, niag-m.
cold bath, amel.: euphr. indm.
mezer. nat-m. sep.
coldness of body, with : aemi. ask.
asaf. bufo. calc. chin, chin-s. clem.
gels. hipp. hyos. iaehn, mag-s. nx-r.
plb. Btram. verat
— extremities, with : bell, camph.
cann-i. cann-s. chel. com. nx-j.
— fingers, with : hell.
constipation, during: chin,
contradiction, from : cop.
oorysa, during: abum-t. calc. jatr.
lach. mag-m.
cough, during: am-m. ant-t. an.
carb-Y. ipec. sulph,
diarrhcsa, during : oxal-ac rhua.
dinner, after : alum. berb. caus. eye.
graph, msg-m. phel.
— during : grat. nat-c. nx-v.
eating, after: alum. bell. berb.
canth. carb-Y. caus. clem. eye. graph,
hyos. laur. lye, mag-m. petr, phel.
phos.
— hot food : mag-c
exertion, from : berb.
eyes, on moving^ chin,
face, with coldness of : thu.
— with heat of: eth. arg-n. berb.
bry. calc-p. cann-s. canth. clem. com.
glon. hura. jatr. iris. k-ca. k-iod. nat-
m. nitr. op. phos. sabad. stront. solph.
104
Heat
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Heaviness.
— with pale : ambr. puis.
— daring redness of: nth. bry. cact.
cann-8. k-iod. mag-c. mag-m. mag-s.
merl. nat-c. phel. plb. stront. sulph.
tarent. snc.
feet, with cold: alnm. am c. bar.
bell. con. ferr. gels. laur. nat-c. squil.
sulph.
grief, after: phos.
hands, with coldness of : asaf. asar.
bar. bell. hell. iod. lact. Ijc. nat-c.
sumb.
— with heat of: canth. lach. laur.
roag-a ol-an. phel. phos.
palms: borax, tarent
headache, with : apis. hydr.
— on moving head : calc.
— on raising bead : grat.
heart, dnring oppression of: glon.
— with palpitation of: coloc. iod.
lying down, when : am. ars. nx-j.
amel. when : k-ca. nat-c. rhus.
menses, before : apis. bell. calc. eon.
ign. iod, ipec. lye. petr. thu.
— during : apia. am. bell. eale. carb-
an. cans. cham. t^. ipec. k-iod. Ijc.
mag^c mag-m. mag-s.
mental exertion, from : anac. anr.
motion, on : ant-t. spong.
— amel. : phos.
nansea, with: cann-s. dig. gran,
jatr. nat-m. phyt. stann.
pressure, amel.: arg-n. hjdr.' nx-
V.
— when touched : herb.
reading, when: nat-s.
riding, when : Ijc.
rising, on : bar. calc. mag-«.
— from stooping : grat nat-c.
— amel. on : carb-an. k*ca. sulph.
room, when in : caus. clem, cocc-c
indg. mag-m. nat-c. nice, ran-sc.
sulph.
— in hot : cocc-c sulph.
se^Rring, when : petr.
shivering, with : arn. ars. ran-b.
siesta, after : clem. eye. rhus.
sitting, when : canth. mere, nat-c.
ph-ac. spong.
sleep, before going to : almn. cocc-
c
— amel. : laur.
— with sleepiness : creos. stann.
stront.
sneexing, from, amel. : lil-t
sonp, on taking : phos.
speaking, by : phos. ph-ac.
— standing, amel. when : phos.
— stool, during urging to : clem, mag-
m.
— — after : lye.
— stooping, when : k-ca. petr. valer.
— storm, on approach of: nat-c
— throbbing, with : glon. spong.
— - vertigo, with : clem. dios. hydr-ac.
lact. merl. nit-ac op. ph-ac. puis,
spong. sabin.
— waking, on : calc. chel. lye. nat-m.
phos. sii. stann. sulph. tarent. tilia.
before : hyper.
— Txralking, when : borax, glon. indg.
mezer. nit-ac. sep. stront.
in open air, amel. : sulph.
— "Wine, after : Ivc. nx-v. petr.
— TRrriting, on : k-ca. ran-b.
Heaviness: acet-ac. aeon, aesc-h. eth.
offar. agn. ailan. all-c. aloe. alum.
ambr. am-c am-m. anac. ang. ant-t.
apis. apoc. arg-n. am. an. arum-t.
asaf. asar. aur. bapt bar. bar-ac. bar-
m. belL herb. bism. borax, bo v. brom.
bry. bufo. cact eale. eamph. cann-i.
canth. carb-an. earlhv. cast. caus.
cedr. cham. chel. chin. chin-«. cic.
cimic. cinnb. clem. coca, cocc cocc-c.
cofif. coloc con. com. cop. creos.
croc, crotal. croton. eupr-ac. eye. dig.
dios. dros. dule. eupiir. eupi. ferr.
ferr-i. fluor-ac. gamb. ^e^f.gins. glon.
gran, graph, grat. guare. gymn.
hemat helL henar. hipp. hura. hydr.
hydr-ac. hyoe. nyper. ign. indg. iod.
ipee. iris. jatr. k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. lac-
can. la'*h. lachn. lac-ac. laur. led. lil-
t lobel. lye. mag-c. mag-fn. mag-$.
mane. mang. men. meph. mere, merc-
c merc-i-fl. merc-i-r. merL mezer.
morph. mosch. murx. mur-ac naja.
nat-«. nai-m. nat-p. nat-s. nice nit-
ac. nitr. nx-m. nar-v. olnd. ol-an. op-
osm. pfeon. par. petr. phd. phot. ph.
ae, phys. phyt. pic-ac. plan. plat.
plb. prun. ptel. puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
ratan. rheum, rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin,
sang. sars. seeaU. seneg. sep. siL sol-n.
spig. sponq. squil. stann. stram. stront.
staph, sulph. sul-ac tcAae. tarax.
tarent. tellnr. tereb. thea. therid.
ihu. tilia. long, nstil. vider. verat.
verai-^. verb, viol-od. viol-tr. vip.
• snc. zing.
compare with Pressare.
-alternating with clearness of
mind : mnrx.
105
Heayinen.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Heavuu
— blood, as if too fall of: glon. ign.
lil-t.
— corysa, as if from: berb. laur.
— dizsy : camph. bry. nat-m. nx-v.
— draTRrn, backward, as if: phel.
znc.
forward, as if: olnd. viol-tr.
to one side, as if : sil.
— dxinking. as if had been : aeon,
agar. cocc. dulc. ferr. lach. laur. nitr.
sabin.
— dull : apoc caj. calc. flaor-ac.
glon. nat-8. phys. ramx. verb.
— fall, backward, head: camph.
chin. k-ca. phel.
forward, as if brain would :
carb-an. laur. rhus. sul-ac.
forward, as if head would :
agn. alum. bar. berb. hipp. nat-m.
op. par. phos. plb. rhus. sulph. sul-
ac. tabac. viol-tr. znc.
doTRrn, as if brain would :
alum. bell. berb. hipp.
side, to one, as if head would :
bry. fluor-ac. phel.
— lying with head too low, as if had
been: phos,
— oppressive: an. ipec. sabin.
therid.
— painful : gran. hell. nice. olnd.
sabad. verb.
— pressed forward, as if brain
were : bry. canth. laur. thu.
— brain feels compressed : hyper.
— like a weight on brain: chel. nx-
y. sil.
on head : cocc. phel.
— raise from pillow, as if he could
not: iod. ph-ac. puis, sabad.
— sleep, as if had not had enough :
mag-c. znc.
forehead: aeon. eth. agar, ailan.
all-c am-c am-m, ang. ant-c. ant-t.
apoc. arg. am. ars. arum-t. asaf. asar.
aspar. bapt. bar. bell. berb. 6t8m.
boy. brom. bry. bufo. ecdc camph.
cann-i. canth. carban. carb-y. cham.
chel. chin. chin-«. cic. clem, ooloc.
con. cony, creos. crotal. croton. dulc
elaps. ferr. ferr-L gamb. gels. gins,
glon. gran. grat. hsemat. ham. hell,
hepar. hipp. hura. hydr. hyos. indg.
jatr. k-bi. irca^ k-iod. lac-can. lach.
laur. led. lil-t. lith. mag-c. mag^m.
mag-8. mang. mere, merc-i-r. mui^c.
naja. nat-c nat-m. nice. nitr. nx-y.
olnd. op. oxal-ac.pallad. phos. phyt
plb. rhod. rhus. rata, sabin. sars. 8e|»»
9iL sol-n. aiann. staph, stront sulph.
tarent tax us. tellur. tbea. tong.
yerat. znc
— as if full of lead : clem, lye
stone lay there : rata.
all would come out : aeon.
creos. mag-8.
a weight pressed forward
in ; must hold head upright : rkua.
sank down in it : nx-
y.
ocoipnt: seso-h. seth. agar, ant-t.
apis. aur. bell. bism. boy. bry. cacL
calc ciy. cann-s. canth. earb-an.
cham. CHEL. chin, cic clem, colch.
con. cop. creos. dulc eup-per. ferr.
gins. hell. indg. k-ca. k-iod. UuJi. lac-
ac lact laur. lye mag-m. mang.
meph. mezer. mur-ac. myric. nai-m.
nat'S. nice. nitr. op. pseon. petr. phos.
ph-ac. plb. pran. ptel. ruta. sabin.
secale. selen. sep. spig. spong. stann.
sulph. tarax. thu. tilia. trill.
— eyes, seems to draw together : nai-
m.
— extending downward : sep.
sulph.
from ear to ear : ferr.
to shoulders, after waking,
while lying on back : bry.
— lead, as if full of: k-ca. lach.
mur-ac op. petr. spong.
— raise, difficult to : chel.
pain in occiput like a weight,
must raise head with hands : eup-
per.
— sink, as if head would, back-
ward : ign. k-ca. mur-ac. op.
— step, at eyery, a jolt as if a weight
were on occiput : bell.
side of: seth. (r), am-c. (1), arg^n.
Jr), boy. (r), eael. (r), cedr. elaps.
r), eugen. (r). ^rat. (1), hydr. kalm.
;r), k-ca. (1), k-iod. lye (1), mag-m.
(1), sabad. (r), sabin. (1), stann. (1),
sul-ao. (1), tarent (1).
temple : agar. bell. bism. boy. cact
carbon, cimic. cinnb. clem. ferr.
glon. k-iod. led. nit-ac phyt rhnsi
sabad. sars. sep. stann. tellur.
— as if a weight hung at both sides :
agar. rhus.
vertex : aeon, all-c. aloe. alum. apii.
bry. CACT. camph. eann-s. canth. cast
chel. chin-s. con. dig. eup-per. hell,
hipp. hydr. indg. k-bi. k-iod. laur.
106
HeayineiB.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Hearinen.
mag-c. merc-i-r. mosch. ozal-ac phd.
phys. pliyt. pic-ac. rhus. squil. staniL
9ulpk, zanth.
as from a stone or weight : cann-
s. indg. moBcb. phel.
ConditionB of Heaviness.
— morning : aeon. agar. alum. am-m.
ars. arum-t. berb. tot. bry. calc. earb-
an, cast. chel. chin, cimic. clem. coca,
com. con. croc. eupi. gamb. hell,
hjdr. hjrper. indg. k-ca. k-iod. kalm.
lach. Ijc. mag-m. mang. mezer. nat-
m. nice. nitr. nx-v, op. oxal-ac. pseon.
pallad. petr. phos. phys. phyt. pic-
ac plb. ruta. sabin. sars. sep. sil. spig.
sulph. sul-ac. tarent. yerat. znc.
on waking : bar. bell. bry. cala
cale-p. cann-i. cham. chin, croc
croton. euphr. ferr. fluor-ac. lach.
lil-t. lye. mag-e. nat-m. nice, nit-ac.
phos. rhus. 8ol*n. squil. tarent. tong.
verat.
on rising : am-m. anac. ang. ars.
aur. bell. clem, cocc-c. coff. hell,
hipp. hura. k-bi. k-iod. mag-c. mag-
m. nat-m. nice phos. rhod. sep.
stront. sulph. tong.
amel. after : k-iod. mag-s. nice.
— afternoon : all-c. alum. am-c. arg-
il, bry. bufo. cham. chel. cliin-s. ferr.
gamb. gels, hyper, indg, k-iod. lact.
ma^-c. ma£;-m. mang. murz. nice,
nx-j. pallad. puis. sil.
— evening: ambr. apoc. arg-n. ars.
bar. bov. bufo. cedr. chin-s. coloc.
ferr. fluor-ac. hydr-ac. k-iod. kalm.
laur. lith. lye. phos. plan. rnmz. sep.
itann. sulph. znc.
— night: arg-n. carb-an. k-iod. lil-t.
mezer. nit-ac. sil. tarent. tilia.
on waking: chel. cic. nat-c tilia.
— abdomen, with distention of:
graph.
— air, in cold : carb-an.
in open : laur. lil-t.
^ amel. in : ant-t. ars. cans. clem.
ferr-i. gamb. hell. hydr. mang. mosch.
nice phos.
— ascending, on : men. rhus-T.
— back and limbs, with pain in :
apoc.
with drowsiness and pain in :
gamb.
— bed, when lying in : am-c
— beer, after ; chel.
— breakfast, amel. before : nat-^,
— candle-light, from : boT.
chill, during: sulph.
— after : dros.
coffee, strong, amel. : com.
cold, after taking : dulc.
— amel. : chin-s.
coughing, on : euphr. tazus.
daily : nat-m. sil. -
darkneflfl, amel. : brom.
descending, on : men.
diaxrhcea, with morning : lil-t.
dinner, amel. after: carb-an.
eating, while: sth.
— after : am-c. bry. cast. cedr. euphr.
gins, graph, grat. k-iod. mag-c. mag-
s. nat-c. nat-m. nz-j. nz-v. opi tabac
epistaxis. amel. : dig.
— accompanied by : nat-s.
erect, on becoming, aggr.: con.
exercise, aggr.: calc.
eyes, on moving: chin. nz-y. rhus.
— ezertion of, aggr : mur-ac.
— with burning, after dinner : nat-
c.
fever, during the : sep. thu.
— after the : tarent.
forehead, wrinkling of, amel.:
ghos.
ead, bending back, amel.: coec.
ph-ac.
forward, on : nat-m. ph-ac.
— holding erect, on : dros. taraz.
— lying with, head high, amel. :
sulph.
— moving, on : asar. oilc. indg. sars.
spig.
— raising, on : dros. ign. op. spong.
sulph.
amel. : bry.
— shaking the, partially amel.:
gels.
— supporting, amel. : staph.
— .stupid feeling in, with: canth.
cic. coloc. crotal. ferr. hell, hepar.
indg. k-iod. laur. mag-m. mezer. nice,
nitr. nz-v. op. plb. puis. san. sol-n.
sulph. tabac.
heat, from : <com. hell.
— of sun : brom. nat-c.
legs, with tingling in : secale.
light, worse from strong : cacL
looking steadily, amel. : sabad.
— sideways, when : agn.
lying down, when : am-c bov. glon.
mag-c mere nice. nz-m. puis. sep.
sulph. tarax.
— — amel.: wU-m. olnd. rhus.
tellur.
107
Heaviness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Increasing.
— on back : cact. meser.
— OD side, when : men.
amel. : cact.
— with head high, amel. : sulph.
menses, before : cimic. crotal. ign.
— during: calc. carb-an. ign, k-ca.
rnag-a. mags, nx-v. znc.
— after: all-s. nat-m.
menstrual colic : ant-t.
mental exertion, from: calc, crotal.
ferr-iod. lye. nat-m. phos.
motion, from: aeon, arg-n. bism.
bov. calc. canth. colch. fluor-ac. lye.
phys. plat. aam. 8tann. sulph. thu.
— amel. : mag-c. mosch.
pressure, amel.: ailan. cact.
camph. cop. mur-ac. nat-m. sabin.
reading, when : bry. calc. croton.
rest, during : stann.
— amel. : arg-n.
riding, when : phyt.
rising, on: am-m. ang. aar. bapt.
calc. hura. iod.. olnd. sulph. tarax.
viol-tr.
— amel. on : calc. con. laur. nice.
— from stooping, on: grat. mag-s.
sulph. tong. viol-tr.
room, when in: ars. laur. mere,
phos. rhus.
— warm, room : chin-s. hydr. psran.
salivation, with : fluor-ac. phos.
serving, when : petr.
siesta, after a: bov. bry. mag-c.
rhus.
sleepiness, with : canth. gamb.
sitting, when: feth. alum. ang. ars.
cans. chin. cic. mere. olnd. squil.
sulph.
— Dent over, when : con.
— amel. : sulph.
sleep, amel.: laur.
sleepiness, with: apoc. asaf. bar.
bell. coca. corn. gamo. grat. hydr.
ipec. laur. nit-ac. op. rhus-r.
smoking, aggr. : ferr-i. gels.
soup, after taking: phos.
sneezing, on : seneg.
standing, on : alum. are. bov. caus.
k-ca, mag-c. nice. plb.
stool, after : apoc.
stooping, on: aeon. alum. herb.
bov. bry. camph. carb-an, colch. con.
fluor-ac grat. hell. hyos. indg. k-bi.
k-iod. laur. nat-m. nice, nit-ac. wmj,
petr. phos. ph-ac. plat. piUs, rhus.
senna, spong. sulph. sal-ac. tabac.
— amel. : dros. ign. tarax. viol-tr.
after : tong. viol-tr.
— ann, heat of, in : brom. nat-c.
— STRralloTRring, aggr. : k-ca.
— STRreat, during: ars. cans.
— talking, from: cact. nat-m. sulph.
— touch, on : agar.
— urine, profuse dischai^e, amel. :
geis. fluor-ac.
— vertigo, during: aeon. am-m. bov.
bry. carb-an. caus. clem. coff. geU.
hepar. hydr-ac. k-bi. lact. laur. mag-
c. mag-m. mag-s. naja. nat-c. nice,
nx-m. peeon. phos. prun. puis, secale.
thu. tilia.'
— vexation, after: mag-c.
— vomiting, after: sulph.
amel. : tabac.
— waking, on: bar. bell. bry. calc.
calc-p. cann-L cham. chel. chin, cia
con. croton. euphr. ferr. fluor-ac. iffn.
lach. lil-t. mag-s. nat-c nat-m. nice,
nit-ao. rhus. sep. sol-n. squil. sulph.
tarent. tilia. tong. verat
— walking, when: hell. hipp. k-bi.
laur. puis, rheum, rhus. spong. sulph.
thea.
amel. : k-bi. mag-c.
after in open air: bov.
in oi>en air, amel. : hydr.
— vraahing, amel. : mag-c. phos.
— V7ork, from fatiguing : nat-c.
— writing, when : calc gent-1. lye
— yavrning, with : mag^c
Heaving up and down sensation in:
bell. con. lye
Hold up head, unable to: ant-t. atro.
bapt. cliam. con. croc, cupr-s. gelt.
glon. hipp. lil-t. lye. mang. mezer.
nx-v: olna. op. petr. phel.|mt. rhus.
sabad. nL tabac. znc.
— steady, unable to : squil.
Hollow. See Empty.
Humming. See Buzzing.
Hysterical headache: aur. bell. bry.
caps. cham. cocc hepar. t^ k-bi.
lach. mag-c. mag-m. mo»ch. nit-ac.
phos. plat. rhus. ruta. sep. valer.
verat.
— ill-humor, with: bov. creos. k-ca.
nlaL sil.
— impatience, with : plat
— inability to collect one's self, with :
carb-v. chin, creos. crotal. eye mang.
mezer. nit-ac rhus. sars. sil. stann.
sulph.
Increasing gradually, pain : aeon. bry.
lact. lobel. sars.
108
Increasing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Lancinating.
— and decreasing, gradually : arn. bar.
crotal. jab. k-bi. op. plcU. sabin. ears.
9tann, stront. verb.
— and decreasing, rapidly : arg^n. bell,
coca, merc-c 8ul-ac.
— gradually, but suddenly going off:
arg. caus. suNac.
Inflammation of brain : aeon. apis. bell.
bry, cadm. eamph, canth. cbam. cina.
crotal. evpr. glon. heU, Kyo», lach.
mere. nx-v. phos. plb. puis. rhus.
strain, sulph. verat-v.
with sopor : borax.
Intermittent pains: agar. anac. arg.
cann-L caul. cina. cupr-ac ign. iod.
iris. kalm. mill, nit-ac. plan, plat
psor. sang. sep. stann. tereb. valer.
verat.
Intoxication, as from: eesc-h. agar.
am-c. ars. berb. bry. carb-an. carb-T.
caus. chel. creos. croc, croton. eye
euphr. eupi. glon. graph, hydr-ac.
ioa. laur. mag-m. mezer. nat-m. nit-
ac nitr. nx-r. par. ph-ac ptel. puh,
rhod. rhu8, samb. spig. tarax. sul-ac.
valer.
compare with Confusion.
Itching : dig. sabad. tarax.
— see under Scalp.
— sides and inside : dig.
— forehead: agar. am-m. anac. ars.
bell. berb. bov. canth. caps. caus.
cham. clem. con« fluor-ac. gamb.
gran. hura. hyper, k-bi. lach. laur.
led. lye. mag-c. mere, nat-m. olnd.
ol-an. petr. rhus, samb. sars. spig.
squil. 8tupA. tabac verat.
evening: wlpK
air, amel. in open : gamb.
dinner, during: hepar. mag-c.
sulph.
menses, before, itching eruption
on :sar8.
rubbing, amel. : ol-an. samb.
tabac.
flcratching» amel. : bov. mag-c.
squil.
Jerking pain : aeon. ambr. am-c. anac.
ant-t. am. asaf. bar. bell. bism. borax.
bry. calc. cann-i. canth. carb-an. carb-
V. cans. chin, creos. croton. eye dnlc.
glon. graph, ign. k-ca. lach. lye mag-
c. mag-m. marum. men. mere. mill.
mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-v.
pseon. petr. phos. ph-ac. plb. prun.
puis, ratan. sabad. sep. sil. spong.
squil. atann. sulph. thu.
compare with Shocks.
here and there: chel. stront.
involuntary jerking of head back
and forward, when sitting: sep.
from one side to another : samb.
from behind forward : k-ca. ph-
ac.
on walking quickly or ascending
stairs : bell.
throwing head toward the right :
nat-s.
— forehead, in: arn. borax, cann-i.
caus. cham. chin. op. sep. sil'. stann.
sulph. sul-ac. thu.
across : sabad.
alternating with dull aching :
stann.
backward : prun.
— occiput, in : aeon. bell. cedr. fluor-
ac. glon. k-ca. prun. rhus. spig. stann.
thu.
forward : arg-n.
intermitting : canth.
— sides of: seth. (1), alum. caus. chin,
nat-m. nice, nit-ac. sabin. (r).
— temples, in : am. cast. chin. glon.
k-ca. lact. lil-t. oxal-ac. plb. stann.
(1), sulph. valer.
downward : anac.
upward : am-m. spong.
— vertex, in : anac. k-iod. men. mur-
ac. ran-sc. spong.
here and^ there : k-iod.
— drinking cold water amel. : k-ca.
— worse during rest, better from
motion : stann.
Knocks head against things : ars. bell.
— pain as if knocked in the head:
mosch.
see under Bruised.
Knocking in : am-c. ang.
like a ball striking skull : plat.
-; as of brain against skull: ars.
chin. daph. glon. hvdi^ac. laur.
mezer. nat-m. nx-m. rheum, atann.
sulph. sul-ac.
on motion : nx-m. rkuM,
see also under Pulsation,
and compare with Motion, ete
Lacerating. See Tearing.
Iiaming pain : cina.
Lancinating pain : aeon, sesc-h. ambr.
am-c. arn. oell. cadm. cup-ac. dros.
gins, graph, hepar. hura. ipec. k-iod.
mane. sang, squil. tarent.
— see also Cutting.
' — motion, amel. : k-iod.
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Lancinating.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Motions.
— scooping, on : am.
— vertigo, with : nat-m.
— walking in open air, amel. : hepar.
Large. See Enlarged, and compare with
Swelling, etc.
Lean on to something, desires to : bell,
gymn.
see also Falling ; compare with
Heaviness.
Lightneaa in, a sense of: aoet-ac. am-c.
arum-t. bar. hry. camph. cann-L
chin-8. chr-ac. cinnb. con. con. com.
crotal. eup-pur. gels. grat. kipp,
h ydrph. ins. k-bi. k-ca. lach. lac-ac.
naja. op. oxal-ac. phos. sars. secale.
Bol-n. stram, trom. ziz.
compare with Empty.
as if air were in head : benz-ac.
as if borne by air : op.
— oocipat, in : secale.
— giddinesB, after: iris.
— motion, aggr. : gels.
— nausea, after : hydrph.
— sitting, when : carb-an.
— sneesing, when : benz-ac
— "walking, when : oxal-ac.
Load, pain as from a: bell. led. men.
mosck. ph-ac. plat. rhus. sars. sil.
spig. squil. sulph. thu.
— compare Heaviness, Pressure, etc.
.Looseness of brain, sensation of: aeon.
am-c. bar, carb-an. cans. chin. cic.
con. cocc. croc, elaps. glon. graph.
guai. hyos. k-ca. kalm. lach. lact.
laar. mag-s. mur-ac. nat-m, nat-s. nice
nitr. nx-m, phys. rhu8. sep. staph, sul-
ac. verat. xanth.
compare with Motion, Shaking,
Vibration, etc
diagonally across top, when tam-
ing: kalm.
feels as if brain fell to side on
which leans : am-c.
^ forehead, in: chel. con. laur. sul-
ac.
— temple : sul-ac.
when stooping feels as if brain
fell toward left : nat-s.
— occiput: staph.
— carrying a weight, when : mar-ac.
— head, on shaking : bar. con. glon.
nat-m. Ttx-m. rhus. xanth.
on moving the : mag-s.
on turning the: k-ca. kalm.
— step, at everv : guai. rhus.
— stooping, when: laur.
and rising : phos.
— waking in morning, on : cic
— "walking, when: aeon. carb-an. cob.
croc, mag-s. nx-m. nx-v.rhus. staph,
verat.
in open air, when : cans, sul-ac
Lump, sensation as of, in: ant-t. am.
cham. chel. staph.
— in foreliead : cham. pip-m. staph. ^
Lying on something hara, as if: ph-ac
— too low, as if from : phos.
— in an uncomfortable position, as if:
cimx. clem, lye
— most lie : k-bi. rhus.
— wants to lie low : absin. mosch.
Maddening pains : aeon, chin.ign. indg.
nat-m. puis.
— feeling in brain : plan.
— pain, extending into teeth and face :
puis.
— sensation, as of madness : belL
Marble, brain seems as if changed to:
cann-i.
Motions, movement in: aeon. aloe. alum,
am-c. anff. ant-t. ars. bar, belL bry.
calc. carb-«n. caus. chin, cic cob.
croc, crotal. eye dig. engen. glon.
graph, guai. hyos. indg. k-ca. lach.
Fact, law, mag-s. mezer. mosch. nat-
m. nx-m. nx-v. phel. phos. plat,
rheum, rhus. sep. sol-n. spig. staph,
stront. sulph. sul-ac tabac verat.
— compare with Knocking, Looseness,
Boiling, Shaking, [Indication, etc.
— alive, as if something: crotal. hyper,
petr. sil.
— moved, as if something, from back
of neck up to head : glon.
— worm, as of a : alum.
Conditions of Motions.
— morning: grat. guai. indg. lact.
nat-s. spig. taoac
on awaking : cic.
on rising : bar.
— afternoon: graph, mag-m. mezer.
nat-ni. sulph.
amel. in : bar.
— evening: eugen. mag-m. nat-m.
plat, stront. sulph.
— night: hyper, puis.
on awaking : par.
— air, in open : laur.
amel. in: indg. mag-m.
walking in, when : aloe. cans.
plat. rhus.
— ascending stairs, when : bell, crotal.
lye. nat-m. par.
— coughing, when : bry, lact mag-s.
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Motions.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEA.D.
Noise.
— dra^Rring load, when : mur-ac.
— drinking, when : aeon. brj.
— eating, after : alum, mag-s.
amel. after: aloe.
— head, by bending the : asar. dig.
amel. : spig.
moving, hj : am-c. ars. bar. calc.
cooc. eon. croc. glon. k-ca. lach. lact.
mang. mezer. nat-m. nz-m. rhus. sep.
sol-n. spig. squil. stann. sulpb. sul-
ac. tha.
turning the, quickly, when : nat-
ars.
— leaning, when : eye,
— menses, during : mag-m.
— - motion, from : aeon. ars. bry. calc.
carb-an. cic cob. croc. led. mag-c.
mag-s. mang. nat-m. nx-m. nz-v.
spig. staph, sulph. tabac.
amel. : petr.
•— pressure, amel.: bell.
— rest, from : lach. staph.
— rising up, when : cnam. indg. lye.
phos.
amel. : alum. laur. mill.
— room, when in : indg. mag-m.
in warm : lact
— sitting, when : grat. sil.
— — amel. : spig.
— speaking, when : aeon. cooc. znc.
— standing, when : mang.
— step, making a false : led. thu.
— stool, when at: spig.
— stooping, on : ant-t. alum. berb.
brj. carb-an. ooff. dig. hydr^ac. k-ca.
laur. mag^. mill, nat-s. nz-v. rheum,
rhus.
— stumbling, from : bar. led. sep.
sil.
— thinking about it, amel. : cic.
— turning, when : cham. glon. kalm.
spig.
— vomiting, from : eugen.
— "waking, on : phos.
— "walking when: bell, carb-an. cic.
cob. oocc. crotal. guai. hyos. inde.
lye mag-c. mag-«. nuph. nz-y. rhod.
rhus. spig. sulph. yerb. yiol-tr.
Motions of head (shaking, nodding,
waying, etc) : aloe. ars. aur-m. bell,
benz-ac. bry. bufo. cann-i. caus. de.
crotal. mezer. nz-m. secale. sep.
Btram. tareht.
see also Drawn, Falling, Trem-
bling, etc.
baok'ward and forward: aur.
cham. lam. lye. ph-ac.
ars. op.
constant : ars. cocc.
convulsive : camph. cocc. nz-
m. stram. tarent.
conyulsiyely, so that talking
and swallowing are impossible : nz-
m.
difficult: hipp. k-iod. stann.
forward : nat-m.
hither and thither:
stram.
impossible : spig. tarent. znc.
involuntary : mere, nat-m.
pains, moyes head to relieye :
chin, k-iod. secale.
pendulum-like : cann-i. secale.
raising from the pillow : stram.
and sinking alternately : bell.
rolls head : hyos.
day and night, with moaning :
hell.
rubs against something : tarent.
sideways: aur. bell. clem. hell.
lye
rocks head from side to side
to relieye pain : k-iod.
Nail, pain as from a : agar, am, carb-y.
eoff. eyon. hell, hepar, ign, lach. nat-
m. nz-v, ptel. T^\d», ruta. staph, thea.
compare with Plug, and see under
Pressure.
— forehead: hell, sabin. thu. (1).
were driyen from occiput to fore-
head : mosch.
side of: aeon. agar. chel. coff.
hepar. (r), ign. no^-m. (I), nz-y. ruta.
staph, thu. (r).
were driyen outward, better lying
on part: ign.
— temple : arn. cocc. ign. k-iod. sang.
(1).
from temple to temple : ham.
— vertex: eyon. hell. hura. mane,
nice. nx-r. staph, thu,
pain as if a bolt were driyen from
neck to yertez, worse at each throb
of heart : eimic
— air, a^gr. in open : coif.
— morning, on rising, worse : ptel.
— liquor, after ezoess of: ruta.
— menses, during : am. iyn. nx-t.
— Walking in open air : thu.
Noise in : ars. bar. calc. caus. chin-s.
oon. dig. graph, k-ca. lye. mur-ac.
nit-ac. phos. ph-ac sep. stann. sulph.
tarent.
— See also under Ears.
— Compare Boiling, Bubbling, Buz-
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Noise.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
PiDching.
zing, Cracking, Gurgling, Roaring,
etc.
— barrelt tones like an empty : pimp.
— chirping in, like a: agar. ang. bry.
— crepitation: aeon, calc cann-i.
puis.
synchronous with pulse: coff.
puis.
^^ explosion, like an : cann-i. dig.
— gong, like a, when lying : sars.
— simmering, like boiling water:
bar.
— sudden crashing noise in head, on
falling asleep, awakes with a start :
dig.
. — ticking, like a watch or clock:
graph, magHS.
— tvrang, as upon a harp string:
lye.
upon a loose wire : phel.
— whirlwind, like a: croc.
— TRrhlrring in : k-ca. lact. puis.
— "whizzing in : k-ca. pimp. lye.
Nodding of : alco. aur-m. calc. caus. k-
bi. lye nat-m, ph-ac.
— — while writing : caus. ph-ac.
None, sensation as if had : asar. calc-iod.
nit-ac
Numbness, sensation of: aeon, ant-t.
apis. bapt. bell. bry. calc. carb-an.
cotf. cotch. con. dig. dios. flnor-ac.
graph, ham. hura. jatr. lach. lil-t.
mag-m. meph. mere, merc-i-fl. merl.
mezer. mur-ac. nit-ac. oind. ol-an.
petr. phos. phys. plat, sil. stram.
thii.
compare Asleep, as if.
as if tied up in a hot cloth : petiv.
-: as after electric shocks: fluor-ac.
during menses : plat.
as if of wood : petr.
-:-' brain, as if in : mag-c. plat
— forehead: bapt. brom. coll. dig.
fluor-ac. ham. mag-m. mere, mur-ac.
plat, sil. valer.
extending to nasal bone : plaL
as if a board lay there : aeon.
as if from a blow : plat.
morning on awaking and when
lying; better from exercise and
wrapping head warmly : mag-m. .
— occiput : bry. gels, merc-i-fl. merl.
plat. raph. tellur.
-: as if too tightly bound : plat.
side of: calc. (r), chel. (r), cina.
(r)j con. hura. (1), hydrph. fl), lach.
(1), ol-an. (1), tarax. thu. (l).
— temple : myric. (r), phys. plat ang.
— vertex : pallad. plat.
preceded by a feeling as if scalp
and brain were contracted; better
from motion and in open air : plat.
Open, pain as if: guare. sil.
— opening and shutting, pain as if:
cann-i. cimic cocc.
Oppression, Bee Heaviness, Pressure,
etc.
Pain. See Aching.
Paralysis of brain, incipient : am-c ar&
carb-v. hyos. lye op. phos. plb.
znc.
Paroxysmal pains : aeon. agar. am. dig.
lye. mur-ac. plat. sil. tpig. spoog.
stann. stront. thu. valer. verat.
Pecking: carb-an. mosch. nx-v. rhua.
ruta.
— forehead : carb-an.
Piercing: apis. calc. cann-e. carb-an.
carb-v. cans. chel. creos. croc glon.
hell. mere. par. petr. phos. sep. sil.
staph.
— temple: apoc (r), caj. (r), calc4.
(r), euphr. (r), guai. '^1).
^ — pressure aggr. : verb, (r).
compare Cutting, Shooting, etc.
Pimples on head. See Scalp.
— on forehead : agar. alum. ambr. ara.
bell. bov. bry. calc. eale-p, canth.
carb V. clem. con. creos. eye. gran,
hura. indm. k-bi. k-bro. lach. led.
meph. mezer. mur-ac. nat-c nit-ac
olnd. par. phos. puis, rhus-v. sep, sol-
n. mlph. tabac. tarent. snc ziz.
burning : bell, canth.
itching : alum. calc. euiph, siz.
painful: indm. staph.
red : bell, carb-v. nat-m. sol-n.
sore to touch : ph-ac.
smarting, when washed : nx-v.
white : carb-v. k-bro. sulph. mc
after drinking wine : znc
Pinching : bar. caus. colch. lye marum.
mezer. nx-v. petr, phos. ail. verb.
— forehead : aeon, anac calc eugen*
meser. nit-ac nx-m. psor. rheum,
staph, verat.
extending to root of nose : op.
— occiput : am-m. carb-v. chel. hipp.
petr.
— side of: calc (1), crotal (1>, sep,
squil.
— temple: crotal. (r), k-ea, (1), merc^
(r), mezer. olnd. (r), sulph. YBitB.
as with forceps : ph-ac verb.
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Pinching.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Pressure.
extending to ear: nat-p. (1).
— after sleeping : rheum.
— on walking : sil.
Pithy, sensation as if upper part of
head were : mezer.
Ping, peg, or wedge, pain as from a :
anae. arg. asaf. dot. cocc. con. creos. .
dulc. hepar. jac. olnd. plat. prun.
ran-se. rhod. rhus. ruta. sul-iie.
Compare with Nail.
as if split wide open b^ a wedge,
body cold, head burns, cannot get
warm; whines: lachn.
a plug were thrust suddenly in by
increasingly seyere blows : sul-ac.
— forehead : anac (r), asaf. jac.sul-aa
(1).
— occiput : arg, rhod.
— side of: asaf. hepar. (r), plat,
— teoiple : anac, axaf. sul-ac.
— vertex : intense pain as if a bolt
were driven from neck to rerter,
worse at each throb of heart : ctmie.
Presflive pain. See Boring and under
Pressure.
Pressore, pressing, etc: aeon. agar.
agn. all-c aloe. alum. avpJbr, am-c.
am-m.anocang.afU-^. apis. arg. arg-n.
am, ars. arum-t. osq/'. asar. aur. bapt.
bar. 6eU. herb, hxxm, boT. bry. calad.
calc. calc-p. camph. cann-s. canth.
caps, earh-an, earb-v, eatu. cham. chel.
chin, chin-s. cic. cina. cinnb. clem.
cocc coloc. con. coral, creos. crotal.
cupr. daph. diad. dig, dros, dulc.
eugen. euph, euphr. eupi. evon, ferr.
fluor-ac. gels. glon. graph, guai. hell.
helon. AgKw. hydr-ac. hvos, hyper.
ign. indg. iod. ipec. k-ca. k-iod. kalm.
lao-can. loch, lam. lact. laur. led. lye,
mag-c, nuig'tn, mag-s. mang. men.
mere, merc-c. merc-i-r. merl. mezer,
mosch. mur-ae, myric nat-c, ntUnn,
nat-s. nice, nitr, nit-ae, nx-m. nx-v.
olnd. ol^n. op. osm. par. pelr, phos.
ph-ac. pip-m. pUU, plb. prun. psor.
puis. ran-D. ratinae, rheum, rhod, rhus,
futo. sabad. sabin. samb, sars. ieneg.
sep, serp. til, spig, spang, squil. ntann.
staph, stront. sttlph, sul-ac. tabac.
tanac. tarax, tarent. tereb. thu. tong.
valer. verat. verb, viol-tr. xanth.
snc. zing.
— — compare with Bursting, Compres-
sive, Drawing, Heaviness, etc.
... — aannder: aeon. aloe, ant-c. am.
bar. bell, bov. bry, caps. chel. chin.
cocc. euph. hell. ign. k-iod. lach. lil-
t. lye. mere, mezer. nat-m. nitr. nx-
m. 7ix^, par. prun. puis, ran-b. rhus.
aabad. sabin. samb. sep. spig. stann.
staph, stront. tarax. znc.
— band, as if by a : clem. glon.
— baming : aloe. alum. lact. mang.
sep. sul-ac. tarax.
from within out: nx-m.
— changeable : gins, ign,
from place to place : bell.
— congestion as from : apis. chin,
merl. nx-m. rhus-v.
— constricting : graph.
— cramp-like : ars. colch. ph-ac.
plat, ran-sc. znc
— deepaeated : agar, aro-n, bell,
cans. cic. con. gins. indg. lach. nat-m.
nat-s.
— desire for pressure: chin.
against wall: rham-c.
upon floor : sang.
— digging : bry. clem.
— - dov^wwaid : ambr. ant-t asar.
cic cina, con. cupr. hura. laur. mang.
men. mere, merc-i-fl. raur ac. nit-ac.
nx-v. phas. ph^c. plat. rhus. senna,
spig. spong. sulph, verat.
— drawing : agar. ang. ant-c. ant-t.
arg. ars. a^^af. aur. carl^v. caus. coif,
hell, hepar. ign. iod. k-ca. mosch.
nat-c. nit-ac. olnd. ran-b. ran-sc. rhod.
rhus. sabad. sars. spig. stann. staph,
tarax. thu.
— dnll : aloe. apis, canth. cimic.
con. ferr. hydr-ac lith. op. phys.
— extending to nape: sabin.
— forward : bry. nit-ac. sil. sulph.
— gna^Rring : ran-sc,
— hat, as from tight: sulph.
— heavy, see Weight.
— in'ward: anac. asar. cham. cocc.
coff. dulc. hell. ign. nit-ac olnd. plat,
ran-sc sabad. spig. staph, zing.
as if by sharp comers: cham.
— moving to and fro : bell. phos.
— ont'ward : aeon, anac. arn. ars.
as(rf, asar. 6e^^ herb. bry. camph.
chel. cob. con. coral, creos. dros. dulc.
euph. ferr. fluor-ac. hell, hepar.
hyper, ign. laur. lil-t. lye. men. mere
nx-m. olnd, par. ph-ac. phyt. pic-ac.
pran. psor. ptel. ran-sc. rhod. sabad.
sabin. samb. sep, sil. spig. spong.
sulph. tarax. znc
— — as if by a sharp instrument :
pran.
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Pressure.
SYMPTOMS OP THE HEAD.
as if coDtents woald be forced
out: lil-t.
— painful : creos. Ijc. ol-an.
— parozysmal : carboy, cham.
— right to left, from : eup-pur.
— spots, iu : bell. cic. dig. dulc.
gloD. meph. nx-v. psor. thu. znc
— stoop, must : cann-i.
— throbbing: bry.
— apw^ard : fluor-ac. guai. meph.
ph-ac. spig.
— wedge-like, body icy cold:
lachn.
see also under Nail, Plug, etc.
like fingers pressed in : meph.
like a button : thu.
peg on small spots : dulc.
thumb : aeon, nit-ac.
— weight or stone, like : ars. bism,
cann-s. carb-y. cina. laur. led. men.
merc-i-r. nit-ac. nx-v, plat. rhus. sars.
sulph. thu.
brain, pressure forward of the:
asar. bell. bry. ipec. k-ca.
— against skull : mezer. rhod. rhus-y.
sharp corners: sabad.
— inyirara : asar. glon.
— on the : ars. eann-t. glon. ign.
mane. men. ruta. sep.
— ontyirard of the : agar. helL bry.
glon. liepar. hydr. indg. laur. lil-L
nat-m. phys. stann.
forehead : aeon, sesc h. seth. agar,
agn. aloe. alum. ambr. am-c am-m.
anac. ang. ant-t. apis, arg-n. arn. ars.
asaf. asar. aur. bapt. bar. bell. herb.
bism. borax, bov. brom. biy. calad.
calc. calc-ac. camph. cann-i. cann-s.
canth. caps, carb-an. cast. caus. cham.
chel. chin. cic. cimic. cina. clem, oocc
coff. coloc. con. cop. coral, croc. cupr.
eye. dig. dros. dulc. elaps. euph.
euphr. eupi. ferr. gels. gent-I. gins,
glon. gran, graph, grat. guai. hell,
hydr-ac. hyof. hura. ign. indg. iod.
ipec. jatr. k-bi. k*ca. kalm. lach.
lachn. lact. laur. led. lil-t. lye. mag-
c. mag-m. mane. mang. marum. men.
mere, mezer. mosch. mur-ac. nat-c.
nat-m. nats. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. nx-v.
ol-an. olnd. op. oxal-ac. par. petr.
phos. ph-ac. plat. plb. plect. prun.
psor. puis, ran-b. rnph. rheum, rhod,
rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin. samb. sars.
seneg. sep. sil. tpig. spong. squil.
Biann. staph, stram. st ont wJph. snl-
ac. tarax. tarent. thea. thu. tilia.
tone, ustil. txUer. yerat. verb, yinc
yiol-tr. me.
— eyes, oyer : aeon. agar. aloe, am-c
ang. apis, arg-n. am. asaf. bar. borax,
boy. brom. Dry. cann-L carb-y. cheL
chin. cist. con. creos. euph. enpi. eyon.
fluor-ac. glon. grat. gymn. hsmal«
i^HD. indg. iod. k-ca. kalm. lach. lil-i.
lith. mag-c. mere merc-c. merc-i-r.
merl. morph. nat-m. nat-p. nat-s.
nitr. nx-m. op. paeon, petr. phyt. pic-
ac. plan, plect. pula rAics. ruta. sarad.
sant seneg. sep. sil. sol-t-ss. staph,
stront. tabac. thu. znc. zing.
as if eyes would be forced oat :
cocc. gymn. ign. lachn. nat-m. pho&
sabin. seneg. sep. tarent.
right eye, upward and in-
ward: bism.
pressiye pain aboye left eye,
followed by a dull, pressiye pain in
occipital protuberances, thenoe
spreading oyer whole body; on
quick motion and after eating pain
so seyere that it seemed a distinct
pulsation in head : bry.
pressure so seyere, when rising,
could only half open eyes, could
not look up : stram.
— nose, aboye : cae-k. ambr. am-m.
ant-t. asar. bapt. bar. bism. cann-s.
carb-y. chin, coloc. euphr. glon.
helon. hydr. ign. iod. mane inezer.
nitr. ph-ac. raph. sil. sliet. tilia. yiol-
tr. mc. zing.
— right side of forehead : anac.
am. asaf. bell. caus. chel. chin. gnai.
hell. ign. k-ca. marum. men. mere,
mezer. mosch. nitr. nx-y. par. phos.
plat. rhus. ruta. sabad. saoin. aars.
spong. staph, stront. sul-ac. thu.
yaler. yerb. viol-tr. zna
then in left : colch.
— left side of forehead : agn.
ambr. ant-t. arg. asaf. aur. camph.
cann-s. caus. chel. cic cina. coloc
euph. ign. iod. mag-c. marum. mere
mur-ac nat-c nat-m. nitr. nx-m.
nx-y. ph-ac plat, ran-b. rhod. sabad.
eabin. sars. sen^. spong. squil. stront.
su!-ac thu. znc.
— asunder. See Outward.
— baoky^rard : dios. spong. tabac
— ball, as from a : bell. con. mag-s.
— betw^een forehead and bnun,
sensation as if something pushed in :
cans.
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SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
— orazy, with fear of beoomiiig :
ambr.
— downward : ambr. ant-t. asar.
bell. bry. cina. cocc glon. mur-ac
rhus.
— extending downward: bry,
chin-8. mere
to eyes: asaf. bell. laur. nitr.
Dx-m. op.
inward : agar. laur.
to nose : agar. aloe. am-m. ealc
ph-ac
to occiput : bry. cann-a. chel.
outwani: aloe, barbae, lact.
pran. psor. 8iann. staph.
to vertex : creos. glon. puis.
— finger, as from a : ol-an. stront.
— hat, as from a tight : cUmn.
— forward : hydr. laur. mag-s. nx-
m. rhus.
— inw^ard : agar. alum, ant-c. bapt.
bell. brom. calc. cocc. croc. ferr. hell,
k-ca. laur. mosch. nx-y. olnd. plat,
ran-flc. rhod. rhus. spig. stann. staph,
sulph. verb. znc.
as though eyes would be drawn
into head : hepar.
— out^nrard : aeon. aloe. alum, am-
canac. ang. arg-n. asaf. bar. bell. berb.
brom. bry. calc. camph. cann-i. cann-
8. canth. caps. cast. chel. chin. cic.
cina. coloc. con. coral, creos. cupr.
dros. dulc. graph, hell, hepar.
hydroph. ipec. k-ca. lU-t. mag^m.
mag'^. mang. marum. men. mere
meser. mur-ac. nat^m. nx-m. olnd, op.
phos. ph-ac. plat. prun. psor. puis,
ran-b. rhod. rhus. sabad. senec. sep.
sil. 8pig. spong. stann. staph, stront.
sulpn. tarax. thea. thu. verb, viol-
tr.
as though brain would come
out : aeon, all-c. am-c. ang. arn. bell.
brom. bry. canth. carb-v. cans. chel.
colch. coloc. creos. k-ca. mag-m.
mag-8. mang. mezer. nat-c. nx-y.
phos. plat. puis, ratan. rhod. sabad.
sep. n/. spig. spong. stann. staph,
stront. sul-ac. thu. verb.
— npw^ard : glon. valer.
— weight, or stone, like : aeon, am-
m. ant-t. asar. bell. cham. dig. rhus.
sep. spig. tarax.
ocoipnt: aeon. agar. aloe. alum,
ambr. anac ant-t apis. org. asaf. asar.
aur. bapt. bdl, berb. bitm, bov. bry.
cact calc. calc-ph. camph. cann-i.
cann-s. canth. carb-an. carb-y. cans.
cedr. chel. chin. cic. cinnb. oooc
eoUh, coloc. con. croc. cupr. dig.
*dulc. euph. fluor-ac. gent-1. ffins.
glon. gran, graph, grat. guai. hell,
ydr-aa ign. iod. ipec. jatr. k-bi. k-
ca. lach. lact. laur. lobel. lye. mag^
m. mang. marum. men. meph. mere
mezer. nat-c. nat-m. natrs. nitr. nitr-
ac. nx-m. nx-y. ol-an. par. peir, phoB»
ph-ac. pip-m. plb. puis, ran-b. rhod.
rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin. sars. selen.
seneg. sep. til. spig. spong. aauil.
stann. staph, stront. sulph. suI-ac;
tabac. iarax, thu. tilia. yaler. verb,
zne zing.
— asunder : aloe, staph.
— deep-seated : cast.
— doyynyyard : card-b. hydr-ac.
merl.
— extending forward : ant-t. hydr-
ac. mang. ol-an. ph-ac. sabad.
— foryyard : chel. mang. nx-y. ol-
an. ph-ac. plb. sabad.
— intermittent : phel.
— inyyard : bar. calc. ign. meph.
olnd. oxal-ac. ph-ac. sep. spig.
between vertex and occiput:
oxal-ac.
— ontyyard : berb. bry. carb-y. chin.
geU. mezer. ph-ac. prun. stann. staph,
stront. tilia.
— ping, nail, etc., as from : bov.
canth. con. rhod. tarent.
— in spots : glon. olnd. ol-an.
— as with thumb : aeon.
— yyeight or stone : anac. asar.
cann-s. carb-v. cans. cina. cocc. cupr.
graph, hell. laur. led. men. nitr. nx-
V. ph-ac. plat, sulph.
side of: aeon. agar, (r), ago. (r),
alum. am-m. anac. ang. aiv-n. ^r),
am. arum-t. astrf. asar. (r), bar. (r),
bell. bov. (1), bry. (r), cact. (r), calc.
cann-s. caps, oedr. chel. chin. clem,
coca. coloc. con. creos. crotal. (l),dig.
dros. f r), euph. glon. grat. (r), hydr-
ac. hell. (1)» hepar. (r), ign. (r), iod.
(1), k-bi. kalm. (r), laur. lil-t. (r),
mang. men. mezer. (r), mur-ac. (1),
nat-m. nat-s. nitr. nx-m. olnd. (r),
paeon, phos. ph-ac. (1), pip-m. rheum,
(r), rhus. (1), sabad. (r). sabin. samb.
ears. (1), sep. spig. (1), spong. (r),
stann. staph, stront. (1), sulph. (1),
tabac. (r), thu. verat verb, viol-tr.
ane (r).
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SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
-^ aaonter : epig. (r).
— brain, as u, against the bone:
mezer. (r).
as if something were lying on
the: grat. (r).
— board, like a heavy : eugen.
— downward : calc. con.
— extending to eyes : kydrpk,
to forehead : hydr-ac.
toward temple : nitr.
— hoop, like a: therid.
— internal, when leaning head
against wall : cann-e.
— inward : asaf. calc. croc. dulc. k-
ca. hydroph. nat-e. olnd. plat
— outward : asaf. (I), asar. bell. (1),
cina. (r), creos. dros. (r), mere, ph-
ac. (r),8pig. (r), spong. (r), stann.
(r), verb, (r), viol-tr. (r).
— stupefying, as with blunt in-
strument : olnd. rnta.
— sudden, as from blunt tool,
pressed in : asaf.
— tool, as from a blunt : asaf. dulc.
hepar. olnd. ruta.
temple : aoon. agar. agn. (r), aloe,
alum. anae. ang. ant-t. apis. arg. arn.
ars. as(rf, a^ar. aur. bell. berb. bimn.
boT. brom. (1), bry. calad. (r), calc.
camph. cann-i. eanns, canth. caps,
carb^in. carb-r. cast. cans. cedr. (r),
eham. chel. chin. cina. cinnb. coca.
(1), clem. ooff. colch. (r), eoloe, con.
cupr. eye dig. dios. dros. dulc enph.
ferr. fluor-ac. (1), gent. gins. don.
gran. (1), graph. (1), guai. nell.
hepar. hip p. hura. H), hydr-ac.
hyos. hyper, ign. inam. (r), iod.
ipec. jatr. k-ca. kalm. lach. lachn.
lac-can. laur. led. lith. lobel. lye.
mang. marum. men. mere. merl.
mezer. moech. (r), nat-c. nat-m.
nat-6. nitr. (r), nx-m. olnd. ol-an.
op. par. petr. phos. ph-ac. plat,
prun. psor. ran-b. ran-sc. rheum, (r),
rhod. rhus. sabad. sabin. samb. sars.
seneg. sep. sil. splg. spong. stann,
stront. Bulph. sul-ac. tabac. tarax.
taxus. (1), thu. verat. verb, viol-tr.
znc.
— eyes, drawing in eyes as if stra-
bismus would follow, pressing in
temples with : podo. >
— extending across forehead : bry.
seneg. sol -n.
to neck: chel.
to occiput : lil-t. (I), sabad.
to vertex : chel.
— forward : verb.
— inward : aoon. alum, anac ant-e.
ant-t. asaf. asar. bell. calc. cooc
dulc. fluor-ac. hell. jatr. k-ca. lith.
mezer. nat-c. nit-ac. ol-an. ph-ae.
plat, ran-se. rhod. sabad. sabin. 4wneg.
sol-n. spig, stann. staph, sul-ac. thu.
valer. znc
— outward: aeon. aloe. anae.
asaf. (1), berb. bism. bry. calc. canth.
carb-v. (1), cast. cans. chin, creos.
dros. (r)| fluor-ac glon. ign. indg.
ipec k-ca. (r), lach. lacL lil-t. lob^
maruro. mezer. (I), mur-«c. (r), nat-c
(r), nat-m. nx-m. (r), op. par. ph-ac
nhys. phyt. prun. ran-«c rhod. m»-
oad. (t), sabin. (1). samb. senec. epig.
spong. (t), stann. stront. sulph. vaier.
verb. (I), viol-tr.
with heat of face and flicker-
ing before eyes: aloe.
— paroxysmal : ptel.
— spots, in : helon. oxal-ac.
— upward : rhus.
— ^nreight, plug, or stone, like : am-
bro. aiit-t. arn. luaf. cocc. dulc hell,
rhus. sep.
as from strong pressure with
thumb: cham.
vertex : aeon, sosc-h. agar. agn. aloe,
alum. ambr. am-c. anae ang. ant-t.
apis, arg-n. arn. asaf. asar. aur. bar.
bell, benz-ac. bo v. cact. calc. oofin-t.
carb-v. cast cans. oedr. cham. chel.
chin. cina. dem. cooc. cooc-c oolch.
coloc con. creos. croc. capr. eye dig.
dulc eup-per. ferr. ferr-p. gets. glon.
graph, hell, helon. hepar. hipp.
hydr-ac. hydroph. hyos. hyper, ign.
iod. k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. lach. lac-can.
laur. led. lil-t. lith. lye. mag-m.
mane men. mezer. moech. nat-c nat-
m. nice. nitr. nx-m. nx-v. olnd. ol-
an. op. pal lad. petr. phos. ph-ac
phyf, phyt. plat, ran-b. ran-ec. rheum,
rhod. rumx. sabad. sabin. sars. sep.
sil. spig. spong. stann. staph, stram.
sulph. sul-ac. tabac. thu. tong. valer.
verat, verb, viol-tr. znc
— asunder : carb-an. nx-v. ran-b.
— oloth, as if brain were envdoped
in a, which would deprive of senses :
eye.
— dov^nw^ard : ambr. cina. croton.
cupr. hydr. nx-m.
— extending to eye : calc
116
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
PreesQre.
.. .^ — to forehead : eham, hydr-ae.
iiat-m.
— to shoulders : ^els.
..-. to spine, do pain : bens-ac.
.— — finger, as from : nitrac.
— ^ — hard body, as from : t^ nx-y. thu.
inward: anac. asar. cans. dale.
ferr. glon. hell, nit-ac. nx-m. oxal-
ac. ph-ac plat, ran-sc. sil. staph.
Bolpn.
small spot : spig.
on yerte. : aeon. alum. anac. ant-
t. boy. brom. canth. carb*y. cham.
chel. chin-e. croc. dros. eophr. ferr.
hell, hydroph. k-bi. moscn. myric.
nat-c. nat-m. nice, nit-ac ol-an. phel.
Bars. sep. stann. staph, sol-n. iulph,
tabac. thu. veraL
— — ontward : calc-p. cham. op. ph-
ac phys. spig.
aloWly increasing and decreas-
ing: sarf*.
upward : helon. ferr.
and outward, as if there were
no room for brain : cimic. glon.
Conditions of Pressure.
— morning: aeon, alum. ambr. arg^n.
asaf. benz-ac. boy. cannns. caus. cedr.
eham, chin, cimic. croc. eye. glon.
k-bi. lach. lye. mezer. myrie. nat-c.
nat-m. nat-«. nice. nitr. nx-y. peon.
petr, phos. ph-ac. pip-m. puis. rhus.
sil. snlph. tong. thu..
3 to 4 A. B£. : thu.
on waking: agar. anac. arg-n. cocc-
c. ferr. gels, hepar. mezer. oi-an. ph-
ac. znc.
on rising: cinnb. graph, oxal-aa
psor. sabin. squil. ndph,
— noon : agar. mane. sil. nUph. znc.
— — relieyM toward : bry.
— afternoon : alum. ang. cann-i. carb-
y. cham. coloe. hell, nat-c. op. ph-ac.
senec. sep. stram.
— evening: aeon. alum. ambr. anae,
arff-n. ars. cast cham. chel. colch.
coloe. dig. dies. ferr. fluor-aa hell,
hydr^ae. hydroph, hyper, kalm. mag-
m. mag-s. nat-m. nat-s. ol-an. rhod.
rhus. staph, sulph. thu. znc,
— — after sunset: nat-e.
— night: hepar. lye. nx-y. sulph.
on awaking : canth.
— air, in open : agar. cans. ferr. glon.
hepar. laur. nx-y. rhus.
amel. in open : alum, cinnb. hell.
hydr-ao. mag-m. phos. sabin. seneg.
anna, on moying : rhus.
ascending, on : am. men. ph-ac.
bed, when in: kalm. nat-s. ol-an.
pip-m. lan-b. rhus. sulph.
bending backward, amel. : bdl, ph-
ac.
sffl^' ' mang.
breakfast, after: chel. hydr.
amel. : psor,
boots, when drawing on the : apis,
chill, during: sep.
coffee, after strong : arum-t. nat-s.
company, when in : mag-c
constipation, during : jatr.
coughing, when: aeon. alum. &ry.
cheL con. creos. hepar. nit-ac phos.
ruta. pars. sep. spig.
covered, pressing with distress,
when: led.
darkness, in : sil.
descending, on : men.
diarrhoea, during: rhus.
— pressing pain in forehead, at its
height yomiting and diarrhoea : seth.
dinner, during: pallad.
— after : alum. calc. carb-an. ol-an.
ruta. seneg. tabac. thu. rntc
drinking aggr. : cocc.
eating, after: alum. calc. carb-an.
carb-y. chel. clem. eocc. con. graph,
hydr. hyoe. lye. nat-e. ol-an. pip-m.
ran-b. ruta. tabac. thu. sne,
— amel. : psor.
excitement, after : chin-e.
exertion, ag^. : bell.
eyes, on moying : bell. chel. hepar.
— turning toward affected side,
aggr.: con.
— opening, after sleep : rhus.
— using: ^ent hell.
fever, during : sep.
— with hay-feyer : sabad.
hat, worse from pressure of: calc-
-£
ead, on bending forward: bell,
ferr-p. nat-m. ph-ac.
— lying with head high, amel. :
spig.
— moymg, when walking : ars.
— resting against wall (internal
pressure), when : cann-s.
— shaking, on : chin. glon.
heated, when : am-c
hiccough, during : bry.
house, amel. in : cocc.
looking, steadily, aggr. when:
hell.
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Pressure.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Palling^
lying down: glon. pi{>-m. nat-6.
TABAX.
— on aide, when : bar.
— amel. : bell, nit-ac.
— see also Bed.
menses, before : petr. sep.
— during : aeon. belL bry, cast, cimic
ereaa, eye. eupi. nat-m. nx-y. sep.
Btann. sulph.
on vertex : calc. east. nx-v.
— after : ustil.
mental exertion from : arg-n. am.
asar. eact. earb-an. eham. eocc. colch.
dig. heion. Ijc. mag-c. nat4. ph-ac.
pie-ac. sep. iulph.
— reading, while: bell. coec. helon.
lye.
— when attention is concentrated :
helon.
motion, aggr. : agn. arg-n. bism.
calc. cnpr. dulc. glon. hell. phos. ph-
ac. pic-ac. spig. thu.
— to one side, on : thu.
— amel. : agar. ferr. pip-m.
nausea, during : asar.
neck, on moving the : glon. nat-s.
noise, aggr. : nit-ac. ph-ac. spig.
nose-bleed, before: oar6-an.
presanre of hat aggr. : calc-p.
— amel. : arg^n. asaf. chin. dios. men.
nat-6. op. stann.
rest, amel. : arg-n. eocc nat-s. pic-
ac. rhod. spig.
— in one position, aggr. : pip-m.
riding in wagon aggr. : oocc.
— amel. : nit-ac
rising, on : asaf. bell, cinnb. glon.
mag-A. nit-ac. spig.
— after amel. : ran-b. stann.
room (house), in : laur. mag-c. nat-
m. nat-8. phos.
— hot, in : cocc-c
— amel. in : hepar.
rnbbing, amel. : op. ph-ac.
sitting, when: agar. alum. bry. heuxr
ac. fluor-ac.
— up in bed, amel. : canth.
— amel. : bell, pic-ac.
— erect, when : mans,
sleep, after, amel.: thu..
— aggr. : eocc.
— after a siesta : calad.
smoking, when : calad.
sneezing, after : apis. cina.
standing, on : alum, selen.
— up, amel. on. : plb.
step, every, in open air, at: glon.
— stool, before : mere
during : ooloc. gran. mere.
after : lye. sil. spig.
— stooping, on : 6ett. bry. calc. canth.
earb-v. eham. hepar. fluoi^«c. Ijc.
mag-uL marum. mere, mero-c. par.
petr. phos. spig. stann. zing.
must bend forward : cann-L ign.
amel. : eaus. mang.
— snn, when in ; passes off in shade:
brom.
— supper, after : carb-v. ran-b.
— sweat, amel.: thu.
— talking loudly, when : spig.
— tea, after warm, amel. : glon.
— thinking of it, aggr. : eham. cooc.
dig. hehn.
— thirst, with : iod.
— vomiting and diarrhoea, with:
aeth.
— waking, on : arg-n. bry. calad. nat-
m. rhus. thu. verai.
— walking, when : arn. bell. bry. calc.
caus. clem. oocc. nat-m.
in open air : agar. beU. glon. ferr.
staph, thu.
after : bell. znc.
— washing, after, amel. : ferr. psor.
cold bath, amel. : euphr.
— writing, when : k-ca. nat-c.
Pricking, prickling: am-m. apis, arg-n.
aur. eham. chin-s. hydr-ac. lachn«
ph-ac sabad. thu. verb, viol-od.
as from needles : con. eugen. rhus.
thu.
— forehead: apis. aur. chin-s. ferr.
lil-t. sabad. sep. thu. verat. viol-od,
intermittent : verb.
— — in spots : apis.
like needles : agar, all-c. am-c.
asaf. caul, hepar. k-ca. mang. nat-m.
sep.
pricking, stinging above root of
nose: k-bi.
— temple : ailan. (1), ant-c. apis. cupr.
eocc. euphr. rhus-r. tarent, tarax.
thu. verb.
as with needles : nice, znc
— evening: lachn.
Pulled, sensation as if hair were : cttk.
alum, arg-^n, arn. canth. carb-an. chin,
laur. mag-c mag-m. mur-ac nitr.
phos. psor. rhus. stann.
— out : are. bell.
— vertex, from the: aeon. (err. indg.
mag-m. nitr.
Pulling like, pain : canth. lack. petr.
118
PoUing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Pulsation.
extending into teeth : staph.
Pnlsation, beating, throbbing, etc.:
aton. seth. ailan. aloe. ainm. anac.
ant-t apis. am. ars, asaf. asar. aur.
beU. borax, bov. bry. cact. cadm. calc.
calc-p. eamph. eann-i. cann-s. capa.
carb-an. ear6-t*. coat. eaus. oedr. eham,
chel. chin, chin-s. cimic. cinnb.
clem. cob. oooc. ooff. colch. ereos,
croc, crotal. croton. cnpr. eye daph.
dig. droe. engen. eup-per. euphr.
eupi. ferr. gels. glen, graph, grat.
I^uai. hell, hepar. hipp. njoe. ign,
indg. indm. ioa. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. k-
iod. lach. lact. lam. lour, led. lith.
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mane
mang. mere, mezer. mill, mur-ac.
myric. nat-c. nat-m.nicc. nit-ac. nitr.
nx-m. nt-y. olnd. ol-an. op. par.
peir. phel. phos. ph-ac. plo. psor.
jjula. rheum, rhod. rhos. ruta. sabad.
sabin. sang. sara. secale. seneg. aep.
9iL sol*n. apong. smiil. stann. stram.
aulph. tabac. therid. thu. tilla. iong.
verat. verai'V. znc.
compare with Bursting, Conges-
tion, Hammering, etc.
abdomen, rising from: rheum.
aching : aeon. leth. ang. ars. aur-
m. bell. bry. calc. calc-p. calc-s.
camph. 6anth. caps. caus. cham. chel.
clem. coll. cupr. cupr-s. eugen. ferr.
ferr-m. glon. ham. hepar. hydrs.
hjper. ign. indg. k-bi. mane. meli.
nat-m. nat-p. nat-s. nice, nit-ac. nx-
m. petr. ph-ac. psor. ptel. rheum.
rhoa. rhns-r. sang. sep. sil. sulph.
tarent. upa. verat. xanth.
alternating between head and
chest : bell.
burning, throbbing : apis. coff.
rhua.
dra^nring : ars.
extends to neck or chest: nat-
m.
gna^tring : par.
hammers, as if from little,
awakens every morning : nai-m.
here and there : aeon. leth. indg.
intennittent : ferr-m. verat.
Jerking : bry. ign. phos.
painless, with fear of going to
sleep: nx-m.
paroxysmal : caus. glon.
pressing, throbbing, in spots,
worse in left supraorbital ridge : nx-
m.
— shooting: eeth. bell. ferr. lam.
nx-v.
as from an internal abscess:
aeon.
— stinging : puis.
— tearing : carb-an. mag-m. nat-c.
sil. spong. znc
— teeth, extending to : meser.
— transient, in one half of brain:
cham.
— uloerative : bov. cast. mang.
brain, seems to be in : beU. eye. dig.
glon. hyos. op. lye. rhus.
— deep-seated : cic.
— beating of, against skull : ars.
beU. daph. hydr-ac. psor. auiph.
as of waves : chin. dig.
■ hammers, like little : nat-m,
psor.
— -— throbbing pain in middle of
brain, every morning, lasts all day :
calc.
— shooting, ending in : bell.
— transient, in one half of: cham.
forehead : aeon. seth. aloe. alum.
am-c. am-m. ang. ant-t apoc. arg.
ars. asaf. asar. aur. bar. beU. borax,
bry. calc. calc-p. camph. eann-i. cann-
s. canth. eapa. carb-v. cast. cans,
cic. cinnb. clem. cocc. com. creos.
croc. dig. dulc. euph. eupi. gamb.
glon. graph, grat. hell. ign. iod. iris,
k-ca. kalm. laur. lye. mag-c. mag-m.
mag-8. mere, merc-i-fl. mezer. nat-c
nat-m. nat p. nit-ac. nx-m. olnd. op.
oxal-ac. par. petr. phos. puis, ran-b.
rheum, rhod. rhus. ruta. sabad. sars.
sene^. sep. sil. spig. spong. stram.
therid. thu. verb, vibur. zne.
— aohing : bell.
in spots : nx-m.
pulsating in forehead, with ach-
ing in occiput : carb-v.
— blow^s in, pulsation as from
strong : aeon.
— extending to occiput : bry.
— eyes, over : gymn. k-bi. lac-can.
lach. nx-m. spig. therid. vibur.
— nose, above : ars. mezer.
— side, left of forehead : aoon.
cimic. oooc. k-ca. nx-m. par. spig.
verat.
one sided : aur.
on frontal protuberance : arg-
n.
oociput: eth. agar, ailan. aloe.
alum. am-c. asar. bar. bell. berb.
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PulBation.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
PalMtiofD.
borax. 6ry. calc. camph. cann-s. carb-
an. carb-y. caus. coo. dros. eup-per,
ferr. oeU, fflon. hepar. hnra. ign.
indg. k-ca. lac-can. laur. lye. maff-nL
nat-m. nit-aa nitr. peir. plioe. phjs.
peer. puis, ran-b. rhns. rata. Bep,
spig.
— from occiput to forehead : carb-v.
ail. spig. (1).
— gradually extending to sides and
forehead, worse on stooping or mov-
ing: ferr.
— hammer, like beats of, in cerebel-
lum : camph.
aide of: »th. (r), agar, (r), alum, {t),
am-c (1), ant-t. ars-n. ars. aur. (r),
bar. bell. boy. (r), bry. calc. (1),
canth. (r), cham. coca, (r), con. (r),
croc. (1), dire H), enp-per. glon.
graph, (r), hura. (I), k-ca. (r), k-iod.
kalm. (1), laur.'mag-c. (r), mag-m.
(1), mag-s. (r), nat-c. (1), nit-ac. (1),
ol-an. petr. phos. (I), rhod. (r), rhus.
(r), sep. spong. sul-ac (r), tong.
yerat. znc.
— deep-seated : sars. (r).
— from left to rieht : nx-m.
— from right to left : boy.
temples : seth. (1), all-s. alum, (r),
am-m. (r), ant-c. (1), ars. asaf. (1),
bell, borax, bry. cact. cadm. calc.
camph. caps, carb-y. cast, (r), cedr.
chel. chin. cocc. coloc. daph. ferr.
fluor-ac. (r), gins. glon. hell. (1),
hepar. hyper, (r), hura. (1), k-ca. k-
iod. lac-can. lach. lac-ac. laur. (r),
nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac. nitr. phos. phys.
plb. rhus. (1), sabad. sars. (r^, spig.
spong. (I), stann. stram. sulpn. sul-i.
tabac. thea. thu. yerat. yerat^y.
— aohing : alum. ara. boy. camph.
cocc-c coloc. glon.
— barning : cinnb.
— pressiye, screwing, throbbing
pain in one frontal protuberance,
temple or into bones of face ; at its
height trembling of body; nausea,
bilious yomit; lies senseless, eyes
closed, shuns light and conversation:
arg-n.
vertex : leth. agar. alum. ars. bry.
calc. cann-i. caus. chel. cinnb. cocc.
creos. corn. ferr. glon. grat. ham.
hyper, hydrph. k-ca. lach. lye. mane
merc-i-r. nat-c. nx-y. pliel. phos.
sars. sep. sil. Biram. sulph. thea.
tong.
— — aohing : bell, canth. glon. snlph.
tong. yerat.
aaoendlng from base of skull :
glon.
biiiiaed:cau8.
like beating of waves : znc.
— — as if all would come out there :
cans.
pressing : grat. nx-v.
Conditions of Pulsation.
— morning: aur. bov. canth. oedr.
cob. gamb. glon. graph, grat indg.
lact i^c. nat-c nice plb. sars. sep.
sil. spig. mdph,
every, lasts all day : calc.
increases till evening: eup-pur.
sang. sep.
on awaking: bry. lach. nat-m.
phos. ruta.
on rising : asar. caus. nat-m.
comes on gradually and goes off
about breakfast: nit-ac. (I).
— afternoon: seth. alum, cast caus.
coca. glon. graph, grat. hura. indm.
lye. mag-s. m«rc-t-r. nat-ra. phel.
phys. sil.
— evening : aeon. am-m. bov. calc.
canth. carb-v. cic. clem. cocc. con.
eye. fluor-ac. glon. indg. iris, k-iod.
lac-ac mag-s. nit-ac. oxal-ac puis,
ruta. stram.
on lying : carb-v. lye.
— — worse in, until gets to sleep:
cast
— night: aloe. ars. cacL chel. glon.
hura. lye sars. sil. nUph.
in bed before sleep : chel.
on waking : carb-v. sulph.
worse after 1 2 p. M. : ferr.
comes on during the, with nausea
and vomiting : sil.
— air, worse in open : carb-an. cocc.
eup-pur. iris.
better in : ant-t k-bi. mang. phos.
— asoending, aggr. on : alum. glon.
nat-p.
fast: glon.
— bathing, after : cast.
cold partially amel. : ars.
— bed, when in : chel. con. eye graph.
sep.
— bending backward, aggr. when:
aur. lye.
— amel. : bdL nat-fii. bU.
forward. See Stooping.
— blood, after loss of: chin.
— breakfast, amel. after: nat-m. nit-ac
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Palpation.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Pushed.
oho^nring, when : phos.
chill, durinff: cann-i. enp-per.
— with chiJunefls : sil.
cold, preceding a : lach.
debaach, after a: carb-T.
coaghing, when : anr. dire. ferr.
hepar. hipp. ipec. iris. k-ca. led. lye.
nat-m. nit-ac. phos. ph-ac. seneg. sep.
sil. spong. salph.
dinner, after: am-e. carb^an. k-bi.
mag-c. nat-c. ol-an. pib. znc.
eating, after: am-c. carb-v. clem,
pelen.
— before and after : cocc.
drinking, worse when : aeon,
epistaxia, after: borax,
exertion, from : gins. glon.
eyea, close involuntarily from sheer
prostration: chin-s.
— lies senseless, eyes closed : arg-n.
— turning or closing, aggr. : sep.
fever, during the : eup-per.
head, on moving : ndph.
— high, lying with, amel.: nat-m.
— resting, amel.: k-bi.
— raising it suddenly, aggr. : nat-p.
squil.
— shaking, aggr. : glon.
heat, during : eup-per. glon. rhus.
honse, amel. in : cocc.
Jar, from any : bdl. glon. therid,
laughing, from : phos.
lying, when : aloe. glon. nija, phos.
— on back : sep.
— on the part : peir.
— on side, amel. : nat-m. sep.
— must lie down : beli, sang.
mensea, before : bell, borax, crotal.
gels. glon. lach. petr. salph.
— during: aeon, bell, borax, bry.
cact. caU, calc-p. chin. glon. ign. lach.
mag-c. fuUrc. puis. sang.
painless throbbing : eupi.
— after : calc-p. carb*an. ferr. glon.
— suppressed, when : puis.
— compare with Congestion,
mental exertion, from : nat-m. psor.
puis. raph. sil. yibur.
motion, aggr. : aeon. apis. ars. bdl.
calo-p. cimic oolch. dire. ferr. glon.
grat. tod. laeh. wU-m. tejt. sulph.
— mo<ierate, amel.: iris, viour.
— sudden, from : ferr.
periodic: ferr.
perspiration, amel.: nat-m.
pressure, amel.: leth. am-c. bell,
ferr. glon. nat-m. nitr.
whh hands amel. temporarily :
apis. guai.
upon forehead causes beating:
mag-m.
— pulse, at each beat of: camph.
cimic. glon.
— reading, when sitting : lye.
— respiration, during difficult: earb-v,
glon.
— rest, when at: aloe. lact.
amel. : enpi. sep. stram.
— riding, when, aggr.: cocc. gUm.
grat.
— rising, aggr. on : chin-s. dire. glon.
phos.
amel.: nat-c.
from stooping, on : mag-m.
up in bed, when : ars.
— room, on entering: seth. mag-m.
mang. tong.
in dark, amel. : sep.
in warm : am-c
— rubbing, amel. : eeth.
— sitting, when : am-m. cast. indg.
lye. mag-m. ol-an.
— sleep, amel. : sang.
— standing, when : cast. plb.
amel. : camph.
— stool, when straininjg at: ign.
— stooping, by: apis. asar. colch.
ferr. glon. hydr-ac. k-bi. lach. laur.
nat-c. nat-m. phos. puis, sul-i.
— stretching limbs out, on : phos.
— sunlight, aggr. in : aeon.
— talking, aggr. : aeon. sil.
— tea, warm, amel. : glon.
— thinking of it, aggr. when not:
antrc.
— turning around, aggr. : glon.
— vertigo, during: glon. secale.
— waking, on: caro-v. cinnb. lach.
nat-ra. phos. ruta. sulph.
— w^alking, when : bdt. calc. gUm. k-
bi. nat-s. nx-v. plb. sars. sil. sulph.
in open air : am-c. mag^s.
amel.: ars. eup-pur. guai.
quickly, when : ferr. nx-v.
stepping heavily, when : alum.
phos.
— w^ashing, cold, amel. : phos.
amel. partially : ars.
— wine, after : oxal-ac. [bU.
— iKrrapping head up warmly amel. :
— writing, when: k-ca.
— yawning, after: calc.
Pushed forward, sensation as if: eamUi.
grat. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v. rhus.
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Pushed.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Scraped.
— to forehead from occiput, sensation
»8 if a load were : pallad.
Pashing sensation : croc. ncU-m, phos.
ph-ac.
amel. by pressure : arg-n.
compare with Pressure.
Paatulefl on forehead : anac. ars. carb-
an. chel. eup-per. k-bro. mur-ac.
rhod. sars.
Qaivering sensation in : cann-s. lact.
on shaking head : xanth.
when running and walking : nx-
V.
sensation as if brain were shaking
when walking: rhodo.
Raging : leth. ant-t. aur. boy. caus. cinnb.
clem. indg. led. mag-m. mere, mill,
sabad.
— amel. in open air : ant-t.
— reading aggr. : clem.
Raise, difficult to, night : chel.
— frequently from pillow : stram.
— unable to : bell. chel. pu^. nz-y.
when lying on back : nx-y.
after stooping : bell. rhus.
Rash on forehead : ailan. am. indg. lil-t.
rheum, marum.
— sticking, when cold : marum.
— see Pimples, etc.
Redness of forehead : calc. hura. laur.
lilt, merc-i-r. mezer. rhus-y. stram.
yaccin. yerat.
spots: ssc-h. herb. caps. eye.
mosch. sulph. tellur.
Reeling : aeon. bell. rhus.
— see Vertigo.
Rending, See Tearing.
Restlessness : ambr. bell. caus. ether.
jabor. mere, merc-p. phos. pip-m.
ruta. secale. sil.
— when too weak to move body, will
roll head from side to side : an.
Rigid feeling in : cam, phos. rheum.
Ringing in forehead : ailan.
^ — in head. See under Ears and Hear-
ing.
Rising sensation in : glon. nat-c. nx-y.
rhus.
— and sinking: bell. cob.
— when drinking beer : rhus.
— when walking rapidly : nx-y.
— from vertex to forehead, sensation
of something : glon.
— sensation as if brain raised several
times in succession : thu.
Roaring, rushing, in : aeon. am-c. ars.
aur. bar. calc. cann-i. cann-s. carb-v.
caus. chin-8. cimic. cinnb. coff. creos.
croc. ferr. graph, hepar. hura. hydr.
hyper, k-bi. k-ca. lach. lact lye.
mag-c mag-m. muivac. nat-c. nat-m.
nit-ac. nx-y. op. petr. phos. ph-ac.
plat, puis, rku$. sars. sep. sU. sUj^
sulph. tabac. thu. verai. verb, znc
— compare under Ears.
— forehead : yerat.
— temple : ang. k-ca. stront
— vertex : hyper, nat-m.
— like wind among trees: rhus-r.
Conditions of Roaring.
— evening : cinnb. hyper.
in bed : nat-m.
— coition, after : carb-v.
— coryB^^ during : sep
— ooagh, during: caus. hepar. mag-
m.
— eating, after : cinnb.
— hysterical persons, in : aur.
— menses, during : brom. crew.
— sitting, while : phos.
— stepping heavily, when: nl.
— stool, after: znc.
— syyeat, during : cans.
— walking, when : ferr.
Rocking of brain to and fro : aeon. chin.
rhus.
— see also Quivering, Waving, etc.
— rocks head from side to side to re-
lieve the pain : k-iod.
Rolling in head : cup-ara. eugen. graph.
hura. phys. sep.
sensation as if brain were rolled
into small bulk : ooce-c.
sensation as if a lead ball rolled
about in : hydrph.
after study: cup-ars.
durine vertigo : sep.
vomiting aggr.: eugen.
— of the head : mere, morph. nx-m.
phos. stram.
in paroxysms : mere.
from side to side: hell. podo.
when too weak to
move the body : ara.
when l^ing on pillow : mere.
when sitting : nx^nu
Rubbing : camph. con. hyoe. tarent
— against something : tarent.
— inclination to rub forehead : glon.
— with the hand : verat.
Semilatexal pains. See under Aching
and special pains.
Sore'wea in. See under Compressive.
Scraped feeling, motion amel.; when
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Scraped.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Shocks.
lying the pain shifts to side laid on :
ph-ac.
Bensltiveneaa of brain : bell, brom.
brj. calc carb*v. chin. oon. croton.
dros. gels. gent. hjos. iod. k-ca. lack.
lact. Ted. lye. ma^-m. mezer. nit-ac
phos. raph. sil. spig, znc.
— to special causes, compare aggrava-
tions under General Conditions.
— air, to cold : brom. mezer.
to draught of: ni^a. tilia.
— candle-light: calc.
— cold, to: grat.
— dinner, after : gent.
— hat, to pressure of: croton. glon.
sulph.
— Jar, to the least : beU. glon. hepar.
mang. nat-ars. nit-ac. ph-ac. sil. spig.
tulph, therid, yibur.
— motion of head, to : gent. mang.
— noise, to: bar. calc. con. ph-ac.
stram. therid.
— — shrill sounds : calc.
of wagons on street : nit-ac.
of re^Ung: mag-m.
of speaking: con.
— — especially of male voices : bar.
— stepping, to : bell, calc-p. dros. gels,
lye. nat-m. nit-ac. raph. rhos. spig,
stann. sulph.
-— — when ascending : rhus.
— tonch, to gentlest, after anger:
mezer.
Separated, from body, were, night :
daph.
— brain from sknll^ were : staph.
Shaking sensation in : aeon. aloe, anac
ars. asar. anr. bar. bell. benz>ac.
bufo. ealc. cann-i. carb-y. cans. cic.
cocc. crotal. elaps. eupi. flnor-ac.
glon. hyos. k-ca. lact. led. lye.
mag-s. mezer. nx-m. nx-v. pallad.
phos. ph-ac. plat. rhod. sep.sil. sol-n.
spig. verat. yiol-tr.
— compare with Looseness, Motion,
Undulation, etc.
— of head, cannot bear : glon.
— by paroxysms : carb-y.
— affainst frontal bone : aur.
— air, aflsgr. in : aloe.
— chills, during : ars.
— cold, aggr. : nx-m.
— cough, during: chin. lad. mag-s.
— eating, worse after : nx-m.
— heat, except that of bed, amel. : nx-
m.
— motion of head, on : cocc lact. spig.
laying head down, on : aloe.
— rest, amel. at : nx-y.
— room, amel. in warm : nx-y.
— speaking, on : cocc.
— stamping, on : bar.
— stepping heavily^ when : led. lye. sil.
striking foot against any-
thing: sep.
— stooping, on: berb.
— yyalking, when : cic. cocc led. lye.
mang. nx-v. sep. sil. spig. yiol-tr.
in open air : cans. nx-v.
— wrapping up warmly, amel.: nx-y.
Shattered feeling in : seth. calc. hyos.
k-ca. mang. nx-y. sil. stront. sul-ac
yerat.
compare with Bruised.
on couching: calc. lact. rhus.
— — on motion : mang. nx-y.
on stepping heavily : sil.
on waking in morning : sul-ac
walking, when : nx-v.
as if a ball were beating
against the skull, on beginning to
walk : plat.
with toothache : euph.
Shocks, blows, etc, in : aeon. eth. all-c
alum. ars. asaf. bapt. bar. bell, benz-
ac bov. calc camph. eann-t. carb-v.
caus. clem. eroc. crotal. ferr. ^lon.
jrraph. hell, hydr-ac hydrph. indg.
ipec k-ca. lach. laur. led. lobel. lye
mag-s. mang. mere mill, mur-ac nat-
c nai-m. nat-s. nit-ac nx-v. oind. phos.
ph-ac. plb. psor. puis, ran-b. raph.
rhup. sabad. samb. sang. sen^. sep.
spig. stann, sulph. suI-o/d. tarent.
tnea. thu. valer. verat-v. znc
compare with Jerks. Pulsation ;
see under Plug, Nail, etc.
electric, like : arn. lobel. nat-e.
here and there : znc
from elbow to head : agar.
to cheek : puis.
— forehead : aeon, am-c ang. camph.
caus. croc. hipp. glon. k-ca. laur.
mag-s. nat-m. olnd. plat. rhus. sang,
seneg. spig. stann. sul-ac. thu. znc.
as with an axe : nx-v.
a finger : nat-m.
— occiput: arn. cann-i. hell, lye
mang. plb. ran-b. sabad.
from occiput to forehead : sabad.
dull, heavy, throbbing pain
through head, with sensation like a
heavy blow on back of head and
neck : cann-i.
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Shocks.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Shootinip.
— aido of: alum, (r), am-c. (l),bov. ^r),
chel. graph, (r), k-ca. (r), lanr. (1),
plat, mag-m. (1). nat-s. (1), phos. (r),
plb. (r), pulfl. (r), ears, (r), spig. (1),
Bulph.
— temples: ago. am-c. (r), bar. (1),
camph. croc. lach. lye* olnd. (1), ph-
ac. plat. spig. (r), sol-ac. thu.
as if a peg were struck in deep :
sul-ac.
sudden, deep in, causes starting :
croc. (r).
— vertex : calc. Ijc. mang. nat-c. phos.
tong.
as from a bolt, from neck to
vertex, worse at each throb of heart :
cimic.
electric like : natns.
Conditiona of Shocks.
— morning in bed : nx-y. sul-ac
on rising : tarent.
amel. : nx-v.
every : sul-ac.
— ascending, on: ant^. am. bell,
men. par. ph-ac.
— oonacionaneaa, on regaining:
cann-i.
— coughing, when: ars. calc. ipec.
lach. lye. mag-s. mang. nat-m. rhus.
seneg. spig. sul-ac.
— drinking cold water, on : thea.
— eating, after : lye.
— hawking, on : raph.
-^ lying, when: nit-ac.
— menaea, during: borax.
— motion, from: am-c. lye mere,
prun.
— presanre, amel. : bell. thu.
— pulae, at each beat of: eimic glon.
— reading, from : carb-v.
■^ ahaking head, when : mang.
— aieata, after a : sep.
— altting, after a full meal, when:
lye.
— aleep, on going to : nat-c.
— aneesing, when : bar.
— atool, during: phos.
— atooping, on : mere, nit-ac. thu.
— talking, when: nat-m.
— walking, when : bell. mang.
rapidly : ant-c. arn. bell. par. ph-
ac.
in open air: spig.
— writing, when: raph.
Shooting in : acet-ac. agar. alum. ambr.
am-c. ant-t arg. bar. beU. bry. calc.
caps, carb-y. cans. cham. cimic. oolch.
con. corn, frrr, gran. hell, hepar.
hura. hyos. ign. indg. iod. ipec. k-
ca. lach. lact. laur. mag-c mane,
mamm. mem. mur-ac ni^ja. ruU-
hyp, nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-y. petr.
plan. ptel. pals, rhus-r. sep. sil.
staph, sulph. thu. tong. yaler.
— compare Cutting, Lancinating,
Shocks, Stitches, etc
— declining and increasing : bar.
— here and there : am-c. bapt. calc.
hydr-ac mag-c mag-s. nice plb.
ratan. sul-ac.
flying : asar. calc. stnmt.
— from behind forward : natrm.
within outward : alum. dnnb.
nat-c. rhus. sulph.
— upward : guai. sil.
forehead: aeon. agar, ant-t am.
bell. chin, cinnb. con. creoe. eye diff.
euph. ferr. k-bi. k-ca. mere, mero-i-
fl. moseh. niya. plb. rhod. rhus.
rumx. sabad. senec. sil. stram. sulph.
tilia. tarent.
— diagonally : chel.
— flying : asar. jatr. sep.
— in^nrard : canth. gels.
— eyea. over : am-c ant-cr. berb.
bov. bry. (1), cans. k-bi. nat-m. nit-
ac ph-ac. aep. znc.
violent shooting pains from
root of noae along left orbital aroh
to external angle of e^e, with dim
sight ; begins in morning, incroisea
till noon, and ceases towara evening :
k-bi.
from left eye to vertex : phyU
— outward : barbae bell. eon. ferr.
glon. gran. lye. ph-ac puis, senec
sep. sulph. verb.
— up^nrard : ph-ac. scutel.
oooipnt: aeon. aeth. agar, ailan.
alum, anac arum-t. asaf. bell. bov.
caps, cimic cedr. glon. grat hepar.
indg. iod.k-ca. laur. lycmag-cmaru m.
men. mur-ac niga. nat-m. nit-ac nitr.
ol-an. phos. sil. znc
— diagonally across: agar.
— forward : chel.
— upward : ambr. sep. sil.
— intense pain as if a oolt had been
driven from neck to vertex, worse at
every throb of heart : cimic
side of: aeon. aeth. agar. aloe. alum,
am-c. am-m. anac. arg^n. bar. calc.
camph. cans. cham. ferr, (1), fluor-
ac k-ca. lach. mang. men. nat-m.
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Shooting.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Soreness.
phos. phjs. plan. rumx. sabin. sars.
Btann.
— temple : acet-ac. aeon. aeth. (1), agar,
(r), anac. (1), arum-tbapt. bell. (1),
calc-p. (r), cimic. (I), coca, (r), com.
(1), cup-8. glon. iris. k-bi. kalm. lil-t.
(r to 1), merc-i-fl. naja. phos. phjs.
phyt. pic-ac. pip-m. rhus. (1), sep.
(1), snlph (r), sal-i. tarent. (r), thea.
— — spreading out in a circle : cans,
transient : iris, tarent.
from one temple to another : bell,
inward : am. iserb. canth. dirca.
rhus.
outward: bell. dulc. rhus.
— out and in : staph.
apward : chin-s.
up and down : ang.
— vertex : aeon. eeth. agar. alum, am-
m. bar. bell. herb. boy. bry. calc. caps,
carb-an. carb-v. caus. chel. chin,
cimic. cupr. dig. hura. iod. ipec. k-
bi. lach. laur. lye. mag^. mezer. mill,
nat^m. nit-ac. phel. phos. ph-ac.
phyt. spig. stram. sulph. tabac. yaler.
across: lac-ac. [znc
boring through : dil.
deep : caps. indg. lye. ratan.
staph, tabac. tong.
drawing head backward: phel.
extending to forehead : nice.
in^nrard : aloe. lye.
transient : indg. mill.
Conditions of Shooting.
— morning : arum-t. ptel.
before rising, aggr. : nat-hyp,
begins in, increases till noon and
ceases toward evening : k-bi.
— noon, at: calc-p. sep.
— afternoon :/efT. plan, sulph. tarent.
— evening : bell, tarent.
— — arael. toward: k-bi.
— night : tarent.
— air, amel. in open : n^ja.
— coughing, on : arn. bry. calc carb-
▼. con. mang.
— - cramps, during: hell.
— cries, extorting : sep.
— eating, aggr. : sulph.
— eyes, on turning up. arum-t.
— head, bending back, aggr. : anac.
moving, amel.: sulph.
— lying down, aggr.: cimic. k-bL
— menses, before : ferr.
during : apis.
— pressure, amel.: bell, cuprns.
— rising and walking, aggr. : phys.
— singing, when: ptel.
— sitting, amel. : aeon.
— stooping, on: bell, creos. nit-ac.
sulph. sul-i.
— teeth, clenching, amel. : sulph.
— vexation, after : mag-c
-- walking, when: bell. phys.
Sinking feeling : glon.
as if suiuething were sinking from
occiput, on stooping : k-ca.
Sleep, sensation, as if brain were asleep :
con. ctipr. nat-m.
as from want of, see under Con-
fusion, Dullness.
Smaller, feels : aeon ooff. grai, pic-aa
— brain feels smaller than skull:
glon.
too far from skull : staph.
Smarting: bapt. camph. canih. chin,
euphr. glon. ham. rhus. sabin.
— compare Soreness, and also see under
Scalp.
— forehead : bapt canth. carb-an. gels,
graph, hydr. lach.
on touch : graph.
Smoke, sensation as of, in : ang. sul-ac
Softening of brain : ambr. lach. nz-m.
phos.
Soreness, feeling of: agar. aloe. apis,
ars. bapt. bry. calc. camph. carUh,
carb-v. chin, cinnb. coca, cupr-ars.
daph. eup-per. euphr. ferr. ylon,
graph, ham. hydrplj. ign. k-bi. lac-
ac. lach. lye mag-c. mere, meztr,
mosch. nat-m. nat-p. nit ac. olnd.
phos. phyt. prun. raph. rhod. rhus,
sabad. sep. sil. apig, stram. sulph.
thea. znc, zing.
compare with Sensitiveness, and
see also under Scalp.
deep-seated : mosch. plat
feels as if head would fall to
pieces, is afraid to shake it : glon.
in spots : oxal-ac. sang.
— forehead: aeon. apis. ars. bapt.
bufo. canth. carb-an. coloc. gels. gon.
hydrs. lach. lil-t. lye. mere, mur-ac.
nat-c. plan. podo. prun. sang, spig,
spong. sulph. tellur. znc. ziz.
in spots : par.
to touch : hepar.
every morning from 9 to 1 ; begins
over left eye, then over nose, temple
to back of liead: mur-ac.
— occiput : bry, chel eimie. dire eup-
per. eupli. ferr. ghn. hyos. mezer.
nice ux-v. pip-m. sabad. spig.
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Soreness.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Stitches.
as if broken loose from rest of
skull: chel.
as if a wound were pressed : sabad.
— side of: ambr. (r), eup-per. lil-t. (1),
mezer. (r), phyt. sulph.
as if suppurating : petr.
in spots: sulph.
— temples: aesc-h. calc-p. (r^ cast,
cham. (I), coca, cupr-ars. dnph. dire,
glon. gymn. (1), merl. nz-m. plan,
pib. puis. sang.
— — to touch and from lying on them ;
warmth amel. : nx-m.
— vertex : apis. bov. bry. bufo. cast,
chel. cimic. cinnb. ferr. k-bi. k-ca.
lac-ac. mag-c. mag-m. olnd. phos.
rhod. rhus. sabin. sep. spig. sulph.
Bul-i. znc.
. as if bruised : glon.
Conditions of Soreness.
— morning : bov. hepar. mezer.
on waking : cupr-ara,
— afternoon : bufo. sang.
— evening : aeon. cast. chel. mag-c.
puis. zne.
in bed : plan.
— night : coca.
— breakfast, after : mere.
— coughing, when : coca. spig. znc.
— head, on shaking : glon.
— lying, on part, aggr. : nx-m. spig.
— mental labor, after : daph. prun.
— motion, on : cimic. glon. mere, nat-
— pressure, from : pip-m. [ars.
of hat : earb-v.
on pillow: cnpr-ars.
— rest, aggr. : puis.
— riding on cars, aggr. : glon.
— room, worse in warm : puis.
— speaking, when : spig.
— stooping, on : bapt. cdoe. lye. nice.
— touch, when : dire, hepar. mere.
mezer. mosch. nat-m. phos.
— vexation, after : mezer.
— "walking, when : raph.
in open air, amel. : puis.
49ound. See Noise.
Spasmodic pain : aeon. ambr. ang. aim.
ars. cale. carb-v. chin, col eh. coloc.
croion. ign. mosch. murx. nat-e. nice.
nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. petr. ph-ac. plat.
ran-b. rheum, sars. squii. stann.
straw, stront.
Splashing in : asaf. bell, carb-an. hepar.
hyos. nx-v. rhus. spig. squil.
— compare with Undulation, etc.
Splitting. See Bursting.
Spot, pain in small : borax, carb-y. cans.
cofch. eupi. ferr-m. graph, helon.
hepar. hydr-ac. k-bi. kxdm. lach. lact.
lith. nx-m. oxal-ac. phos. p'an. psor.
ran-sc. ratan. sang, sol-n. spig. sulph.
sul-ac. tellur. thu. vine. znc.
Sprained sensation in back of head :
paor.
Squeezing. See Compressive.
Stabbing. See Cutting, Shooting, etc.
Stepping. See Sensitiveness, and com-
pare general conditions of head.
Stiffness, sensation of: canth. ferr. glon.
nat-m. nat-s.
extending to nose : lacbn.
— in brain, in open air : phos.
— in occiput: anac calc. ferr. gins,
nitr. phos. sil.
— evening in bed : sil.
— must bend head back : nitr.
— motion, on : nat-s.
of head, aggr. : oolch.
— on waking : anac.
Stitches, stinging, etc. : acari' leth. agn.
aloe. alum. ambr. am-c. am-m. anac.
ant-t. arjr. am. ars. asaf. anr. bapt.
bar. bell. herb, borax, bov. bry. calc.
camph. cann-i. cann-s. canth. caps,
carb-an. carb-v. castor. cat». cham.
ehel. chin, eic cina. oocc. con. croc
croton. cupr. eye. daph. dig. dire
dule. elaps. eugen. euphr. eupi. euon.
ferr. gels. glon. grat. guai. hell.
hepar. hipp. hydr-ac. hyos. igiu indg.
iod. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. lacn. lachn. lact.
lam. laur. lobel. lye. mag-c. mag-m.
mag-8. mane. mang. marom. mere
merc-c. merci-fl. merl. mill, mosch.
mur-ae. nai-c. nal-m. nat-s. nice, nii-ae,
nitr. nx-m. nx-v. ol-an. op. por. pefr.
phos. ph-ac. plb. plat. puis. raph.
ratan. rhod. rhvji. eabad. sabin. sars,
selen. seneg. sep. serp. siL spig.
spnng. squil: stann. staph, stront.
mlph. sul-a^. tabac. tarax. tarent.
thu. tilia. tong. valer. verat. verb.
viol-tr znc.
boring stitching, at night : am-c
burning: ph-ac. rhod.
with coldness and trembling,
every day at 4 p. M., unbearable
stitches : asaf.
deep-seated : all-c. lach. tabac.
drayying : creos. mang. sil.
dull : mag-m. sep. sil.
extending to chest or neck :
nat-m.
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Slitches.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Stitches.
to face : rhus. sars.
to malar bone : indig. rhus.
— jerking : ncU-m, nx-v. puis.
— periodic : calc.
— tearing : herb, coloc. k-bi. mere,
phos.
brain, in: agn. alum. am-c. bar.
bell. brjr. calc. cham. cina. oolch. cvc.
dulc euphr. gran, guai, k-ca. laur.
lye. mill, nat-m. petr. plb. puis.
sabin. sil. thu.
forehead : aeon, sesc-h. alum. am-c.
am-m. anac. ant-t arg-n. am. asaf.
aur. bar. bell. berb. bov. bry. calc.
camph. canth. caps, carb-v. caus.
ckam. chel. chin. cic. cina. cocc.
cocc-c. coloc. can, cupr. eye dig. dros.
dulc. euph. euphr. ferr. gels. gins,
^ran. grat. guaL hell, hepar, hyos.
ign. ipec k-ca. lact. laur. led. lil-t.
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mang. men. mere,
merc-c. mezer. mosch. mur-ac. nat-c.
nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-v. op. petr.
phos. ph-ac. plan, plat, plb. puis,
rhod. rhus. ruta. saoad. sabin. sars.
selen. sep. HI, spig. spong. squil.
stann. staph, stram. stront. suJph,
sul-ac. tarax. tilia. yaler. verat. verb,
viol-tr. znc.
— left frontal eminence: arg-n.
mang. nat-c sars.
— right frontal eminence: bell,
squil.
— burning: thu.
— extending into ear: rhus.
squil.
to lower jaw : brom.
to nose : psor.
to occiput : cham, phos.
— ezternally: ang. dig. hell,
hepar. tarax,
— eyes, over: anac. arum-t. (I),
bov. k-iod. mane, nat-m. ol-an. phos.
ph-ac. rhus. selen. (1), spig. (1).
— nose, over : agar. berb. camph.
chin. k-bi. k-ca. nat-m. nit-ac psor.
ran-b. rhus. sars. sep. sil.
— ^nrithin, from : colch. sep. sulph.
occiput: aeon. seth. aloe. ambr.
ant-t. bell. bov. bry. calc. canth.
carb-an. carb-v. caus. cham. ehel.
cimic. dig. dale euphr. Rion.grat.
hell. ign. indg. iod. iris. k-bi. k-ca.
k-iod. lac-can. laur. mag-c mag-m.
mang. marum. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m.
nit-ac. nitr. petr. phos. puis, ran-b.
rhus. samb. sars. sep. spig. spong.
squil. staph, stront. sulph. sul-ac.
tarax. thu. verat. viol-tr. znc.
- — burning: carb-v. staph.
• — deep-seated : canth. cop.
■ — extending across : agar.
■ to frontal eminence: bar.
> to back of chest : eupi.
■ through ears : puis.
to upper jaw, leftside : cham.
— pulsating : cop. hepar.
■ — tearing : aeth.
side of: «th. (I), alum, (r), am-c.
(r), am-m. (1), anac (1), ant-t. asaf.
aur. bar. bell, fr), herb, borax, (r),
bov. brom. (r), bry. calc. calc-p. (I),
camph. (r), cann-s. (1), canth. (r),
caps. cast. caus. (r), cham. (r), chel.
(1), cic. cinnb. cocc. cocc-c. con.
crotal. (1), cupr. (r), eye (1), dig,
eup-pur. euph. (r), euphr. eupi. (1),
ferr. (1), gamb. graph, grat. (r),
guai. hvos. hvper. (r). indg. (1), iod.
(r), k-bi. (r), k-ca. (r), lach. laur.
niag-c. mag-m. mag-s. (r), mang. (1),
men, (1), mezer. (1), mill, (r), mur-
ac. nat-c. nat-m. nat-s. (1), nice, nit-
ac. (r), nx-v. ol-an. (r), par. (r), petr.
phos. ph-ac. plat. (1), plb. (r), puis,
ratan. (1), rhod. (r), sars. sep. sil.
spig. (1), staph. (1), sulph. larax. (1),
thu. (r), tong. verb. znc. (r).
— extending deep into brain:
anac. indg.
to eye : calc. (r).
to face : k-bi. (r).
to forehead : sil. (1).
— tearing : sars. spig.
extending from side to side :
carb-v.
temples : aeon, sesc-h. aeth. agar, (r),
aloe. ambr. (1), am-c. (1), am-m. (1).
anac.(l), ang. ant-t. apis. apoc.(r).arn.
artim-t. asaf. (1), ars. (1), bar. (r),
bell. berb. (r), borax, (r), bov. bry.
cadm. cnlad. (r), calc. (1), camph.
cann-i, (r), canth. carb-an. carb-v.
cau8. cham. chel. (1), chin, cimic
cina. cocc. (1), cooc-c. coff. (r), coloc.
cop. crotal. (1), cupr. (1), eye. (1),
daph. dig. dale, euphr. eupi. fl),
ferr. gamb. gran, graph. (1), grat. (r),
j;uai. hell. (1), hepar. (1), hydr. ign.
iod. iris. k-bi. (r), k-ca, k-iod. (1),
lye. mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mang.
men, (1), merc-i-fl. merl. mezer. mur-
ac. nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m.
ni-r. ol-an. par. phos. ph-ac plat. (1),
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Stitches.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Stitches.
r;
Ah, (1), squil. (r), por. puis, ran-b.
'1), ran-sc. (1), rheum, rhod. (1),
rhus. ruta. sabaid. fr), sang. sars. (r),
selen. f^ep. aU. sol-n. spong. stann.
staph. (1), stront sulph.tabac. tarax.
(i), tarent. therid. thu. (r), verb.
viol-tr. znc.
awakening at 3 A. M. ; spreading
gradually over head; chilly : ferr.
alternating with heat and cold-
ness : borax.
with pressure : tabac.
boring, amel. on touch : coloc.
extending to eyes : ant-c. (1),
herb. (r).
across forehead : anac. herb.
borax, ferr, sil. squil. tabac.
inward : aeon. arg. am. lach.
rhus. tilia.
outward: berb. calc. nx-m.
rhus. sulph.
needle like, burning stitches :
staph.
— vertex: aeon. eth. alum. am-m.
anac bar. bell, borax, bov. bry, calc.
caps, carb-an. carb-v. cans. chel.
chin, cimic. con. cop. cupr. dig. ferr.
hell, hyper, gaai. indg. iod. ipec.
k iod. lach. laur. lye mag-nc. men.
mezer. mill, nat-c. nat-m. nice, nit-
ac. nitr. oind. ol-an. petr. phel. phos.
pimp, ph-ac. raph.ratan. ruta. sabad.
sars. Sep. spig. stann. staph, stront.
sniph. tabac. thu. tong. valer. verb,
znc.
extending to forehead : caps.
mezer. nice.
through whole head, from ex-
posure to sun : bar.
into palate: nat-m.
to pharynx : cham.
to temples: carb-v. phos.
paroxysmal : cans, chel.
in spots : chel. k-bi.
within, outward ; better when
wa^hiufd but worse after : spig.
Conditions of Stitches.
— morning : agar. alum. am-m. arg-n.
bry. canth. cliam. con. glon. grat.
liepar. indg. lye. mag-c. mag-s. mang.
nice. petr. plb. sars. sil. stront. thu.
tilia. tong. verat.
at 3 A. M. : ferr.
on waking: petr.
after rising : bar. mag-c plb.
stront.
— noon : con. elaps.
— till goes to sleep: mur-ac.
afternoon : 8eth. alum. bov. canth.
cham. grat. indg. mag-c. nat^c. nice
ol-an. phel. sars. sep. stront.
— every day at 4 p. M., with cold-
ness and trembling: asaf.
evening: ambr. bar. bov. calc.
canth. carb-an. carb-v. caus. chel.
dig- graph, hyper, indg. k-iod. mag-
c. mang mur-ac. natrc. nat-m. nit-ac.
petr. phos. plat. sep. gU. stram.
stront. sulph. valer. thu.
night : am-c amm4. dig. lye. nat-
m. sep. spig.
— on waking : hepar.
air, in open : mang, sil.
amel.: am-c sars. Bep.
tabac.
arxna, on moving: nat-s.
bed, when in : uat-c. plat.
breakfast, after : 6ry.
chilliness, during : eupi.
oold hand, touch of, amel. : euphr.
coryza, during : cocc-c. k-ca.
— during stopped : croc,
coughing when : alum. anac. ant-t
am. bry. calc carh-v. caus. chel. cina.
con. hyos. k-ca. mezer. nit-ac. phos.
ph-ac. ruta. sabad. sulph. sul-ac
verb. znc.
descending, on : merc-i-fl.
dinner, during: znc.
— after : ant-t bar. mag-c. phos.
puU.
eating, after : alum, ant-t. bar. lye.
mag-c. phel. phos. sep sulph.
eyes, on moving: caps, hyper, k-
ca.
fright, from least: cic.
head, on moving: cape, hyper, k-
ca. nat-m.
— raising, amel. : k-ca.
heat, after in face: puis.
— amel. : k-ca.
— of stove, from : bar.
— during the fever (stage) : asaf.
fix-v. puis.
house, wlien in : nat-m. sep.
Jaw, moving aggr. : k-ca.
laughing, when : tong.
lying down, when: canth. nat-c
puis. sep.
— amel. : calc. nit-ac.
— on affected side amel. : chel. sep.
— on well side amel. : mag-c.
menses, before : calc-p. ferr.
— appearance of, amel. : cjc
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Stitches.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Stunning.
daring : aeon. berb. calc. lye.
mang. ratan.
after: berb. lye. nat-m. ol-an.
plat.
— mental exertion, after: lye. pimp.
— motion, aggr. : agn. ant-t. caps,
cham. nitr. ratan. sil. spong.
amel.: sulph.
— nose, on blowing : mur-ac.
— odors, from strong: selen. (1).
— pressure, amel. : seth. calad. guai.
mur-ac. sil. sulph.
— reading, when : carb-v. cans. lye.
— respiration, on deep : ratan.
— rest, amel. : calc.
— rising, on : agar. calc. (mur-ac. from
seat).
amel. : ol-an. puis.
from stooping, on : hepar.
— room, in : am-m. boy. con. selen.
amel. in : mang.
— mbbing, amel. : canth. phos.
— scratching, amel. : plat.
— sitting, when: cans, clvin. indg.
mag-c. phos. ratan. squil. taraz,
— standing, when : mag-c. plb.
' still, amel. when : mang.
— stepping heayily, when : aloe, bry,
— stooping, when : am-m. berb. bry.
calc. caps, eye glon. hepar. mag-m.
rnur-ac. nice. puis, staph, sulph. thu.
after : aloe. rhus.
— snn, from exposure to : bar. selen.
H).
— talking, after : agar, nat-m.
loudly : sulph.
— tonch, from: hepar. ipec spig.
staph.
amel. : ars. coloc,
— waking, on: canth. hepar. petr.
thu.
— ^iralking, when : bry. carb-an. croton.
mere. plb. sep. sulph. thu.
after: bry. tarax. tellur.
about amel. : staph.
— 'washing face, on : cop.
better while but worse after wash-
ing: spig.
— 'weather, on change of: vip.
Stomach, as if rising from: alum.
carb-v. con. mag-m.
Stone, as if from a: belL cann-s. con.
dig. nitr.
— around eyes, like : nitr.
— see also under Heaviness, Pressure,
etc.
Stopped-np, stuffed sensation: aeon.
glon. graph, ham. nat-c. sep. sulph.
ustil.
Strange feeling in : nhys. thea.
— compare Confusea.
Strain, as from a : ph-ac. phys.
— sensation as of a, in forehead : hyper,
op.
Striking, sensation as though brain
were, against skull, on motion : ars.
laur. nx-m. plat, rhus, stann. sulph,
sul-ac.
— compare with Knocks, Looseness,
etc.
— strikes head against wall or bed ;
twitching of eyelids and frontal
muscles: mill.
Stunning, stupefying pain: aeon.
Eeth. agar. am-c. anac. ant-c. arg.
am. ars. asaf. asar. aur. bar. bell, bo v.
bry. calc. chin, cic cina. cinnb. con.
croton. cupr. eye. dros. dulc. gran.
hell. hyos. iod. iris. k-ca. lac-can. iaur.
led, lye. mag-c. men. mezer. niosch.
nat-c. nitr. nx-m. nx-v. olnd,o]p.phos.
ph-ac. pu^. rheum, rhod. rhus. ruta.
sabad. sabin. samb. sep. sil. stann,
staph, sulph. tarax. thu. valer. verb.
znc.
compressing: moseh.
dnfwing : asar.
pressing : ani-t, arg. am. ars.
asar. calc. cic. cina. croton, cupr. dros,
dulc. evon, hell, hyos. mezer, rata,
sabad, stann. sulph. verb.
stinging : verb.
throbbing : sabin.
tightening : asaf. olnd.
with coryzii, 4 to 8 p. M., worse
on stooping; better at rest and in
open air: hell.
with heat in temples and ears ;
mouth and lips dry ; worse 4 to 8
P. M., rising up or lying down : lye.
— forehead: agar. anac. ant-c, arg.
arn. ars. asaf. asar. bell. calc. cann-s.
carb-an. cic. cina. eye. dros. euph..
fluor-ac. gran. hyos. Iaur. led. mag-c.
mang. men. mur-ac. nat-c. nitr. olnd.
par. phos. ph-ac. plat. rutn. sabad.
sep. stann. staph, tarax. thu. valer.
verb,
over eyes : evon.
above nose : aeon, ant-t. asar.
mosch.
so violent sweats from anxiety;
when walking in open air : ant-c.
— occipnt : cann-i, cina. seneg. sulph.
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Stun];iing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Swollen.
— side of: asaf. (1), daph. (r), dulc.
(1), euph. (r), mezer). (1), olnd. (r),
sul-uc. (r), verb.
— temple : aeon. ars. asar. cina. iod.
podo. rheum, sabad. verb,
— vertex: bov. dulc phos. rheum,
valer.
Conditions of Stunning pain.
— morning : nx-y. rhus.
on waking, as from liquor : nitr.
— evening: puis,
— cold, amel. : puis.
aggr. : rhus.
with chilliness : puis.
— coughing, on : seth. nitr.
— eating, after : nx-v.
— motion, amel. : puis. rhus:.
— pressure, amel. : iod. podo.
— rest, aggr. when at : puis. rhus.
and motion, during : calc.
— room, worse in : nat-c. puis.
— sunshine, from : nx-v.
Stupefaction, sensation of: acet-ac.
a?sc-h. agar, ant-t. arg-n. apis. ars.
asaf. ars. bapt bov. bry. calc camph.
cans. cham. chin. cina. clem. cob.
cocc. cocc-c. coloc con. croc. dulc. ferr.
graph, hell, helon. hyos. jatr. ipec.
laur. lyc. niag-m. nat-m. nat-s. nice
nx-v. op. petr. phos. phys. plan. psor.
raph. rhns-v. sars. Kecale. selen. sep.
sil. spig. squil. stann. staph, thu.
tong. valer. vip.
— compare Confusion, Dullness, etc.
— forehead : ars. berb. cina. coloc. con.
gels. hell, hepar. mosch. staph.
— temple : ant-t. plan.
— occiput: agar, cupr-s.
Conditions of Stupefaction.
— morning : acet-ac agar. chin. cob.
graph, sars. squil. thu.
oil waking: cham. phos.
after rising : rhod. sabad.
— afternoon : calc. phys. lyc.
1 1 A. M. to 6 p. M. : ars.
— evening: bov.
— night: calc
on waking, must rise : psor.
— air, in open : cina. nx-v.
— coryza, during : hell.
— dinner, after: coloc. nat-m. nx-v.
plan.
— eating, aggr. after : cocc. morph.
— mental exertion, aggr.: petr.
— motion, from : staph, thu.
— retching, amel. : asar.
— rising, on : sil.
amel. after : phos.
— somnolency, with : ph-ac.
— stool, during : tong.
— stooping, on : nice, valer.
— sun, aggr. in: nx-v.
— vertigo, during: aeon. aeth. agar,
am. bar. bell. bov. calc. clem, creos.
gels, graph, hell, hydrs. hydr-ac.
laur. mill, mosch. mur-ac op. phos.
phyt. psor. sabin. secale. stann.
staph, sulph. znc
— 'walking, when: ipec.
open air: ars. cina.
— 'warm room, in : phos.
— walking much, when : alumn. ar$,
— "Writing, when: arg-n.
Sudden pains: agar. 6e^. camph. croc
ferr. mezer. morph. phys. aahiru tabae.
valer.
and go, suddenly : bell,
which decrease gradually: asaf.
calc-ac flnor-ac. puis, ran-sc sabin.
compare Increasing.
during micturition: tabac
Sunstroke : camph. glon. stram. therid.
verat-v.
— from having slept in sun : aeon. bell.
Suppuration, pain as if from: bov.
carb-v. nx-v. petr. rhod. stann.
Surging sensation, while lying: oxol-ac.
amel. on becoming erect : alum.
in forehead, like waves rolling
up and down : $ep.
from occipnt to forehead : cann-i.
S'washing sensation in : ai>af. bell, carb-
an. dig. hepar. hyos. nx-v. plect,
rhus. samb. spig. squil. viol-tr.
see also Undulation.
— ice, amel.: plect.
— motion, from: plect.
— shaking head, on : spig. squil.
S'weat. See under External Head.
S'woUen, distended feeling: aeth. agar.
am-c. anac ant-t. apis, arg-n, arn.
bapt. bar. bell. berb. bism. bov. cann-
1. caps. cedr. chin-s. cimic cina. cob.
cocc-c. eollin. coral, cnpr-ac. daph.
dig. dulc. gels. gins. oiiON. indg. k-
iod. lach. lachn. lact laur. lil-t lith.
mang. meph. mere merl. nat-m. nx-m.
nx-v. op. par. plan, ran-b. ran-sc. rhus.
samb. sep. spig. stront. sulph. tarax.
therid.
— feels elongated: hyper.
— inflated, feels : k-iod.
— e^»mpare En'arged.
— forehead : aeon, agar, ars. cic dulc.
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Swollen.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Tearing.
hepar. indg. lye. mere, mezer. nx-y.
phos. pip-m. rhus-v. riita. sep.
expanding alternating with con-
tracting: tarax.
feels broad and high : cund.
— occiput : bry. dulc. pip-m. puis.
— side : cans. nx-m. par.
— * temple : bafo. (r), calc (r), cham.
(1), enph. (1), par. (r).
— vertex: all-c
— on 'waking : ars. samb.
— ^iralking in open air : aBth. mang.
— 'washing, sensations as if head,
face, and hands were swollen ; worse
after wasliing; better going into
room : eth.
Tearing, rending pain : sth. agar, ailan.
aium. ainbr. am-c. anac. ant-cr. arg.
am, ars. asar. aur. hell, berb. bov.
bry. calc. cnmph. cann-s. carUk, caps.
carb-an. carb-v. cast. cans. cAam. chel.
chin. cina. cinnb. cocc. coff. colch.
coloc. con. creos. croc, croton. cupr.
dig. dros. eupi. ferr. graph, auau
hell. hyos. iffn, indg. iod. ipec. k-bi.
k-ca, kalm. lach. lam. lanr. led. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mane, marum.
mere, mezer. mill, mur-ac. nat-c. not-
m, nat-s. nice. nitr. tiz-v. ol-an. petr.
phoR. ph-ac. plat. plb. psor. puUs.
ran-b. ratan. rhenm. rhiis. ruta. samb.
sars. selen. sep. nl. spig. sqnil. stann.
staph, stram. stront. sufph. sul-ac.
tarax. tereb. thu. tilia. tong. viol-tr.
vip. znc.
aching, tearing, jerking : phos.
shooting, tearing: tong.
asunder: agar. am-m. co&. mur'
ex. nat-8. op. puis, staph, sal-ac verat.
compare with Bursting.
bruised tearing : bov. mere.
crazy feeling runs up back: lil-t
cutting : bell.
digging : coloc. spig.
drawing : am-c. calad. canth.
caps. cina. guai. lach. nx-v. ol-an.
rhus. sil.
boring,drawing, tearing: carb-
an.
extending to ear : nx-v.
to face : am-m. anaa bry. guai.
lye. sil. squil. thu.
to left eye in paroxysms : nice.
— to nose : lyc. nat-c. nx-r.
to leeth : lyc mere, staph.
to throat : anac mere.
-~ — flying : ambr. con. nat-s. selen.
— intermittent : nice, rheum.
— jerking : agar. anac. ehin, k-ca.
mag-c. marum. mur-ac. poeon. puis,
ratan. thu.
— lacerated, as if. See Torn.
morning on rising, rest and
warmth amel. ; passes off with much
yawning : staph.
pain as if brain were clasped
by a hand and being torn and
twisted: mur-ac.
— periodic : anac.
— press! ve : camph. chel. squil.
— pulsating : ars. rhus.
— saw, as if with* a : mUph,
— shooting : arg. berb. cans. chel.
chin. cic. hyos. nyper. phos. sil.
sulph. vip. znc.
— spots, in : aloe. lyc.
— stinging : caps, cocc i^n. mag-
m. nat'tn. nice. puis.
— twitching : ehin. k-ca. sil.
forehead: agar. agn. alum. ambr.
am-c. am-m. anac arg. arg-n. arum-t.
asaf. asar. aur. bell. berb. bism. bov.
bry, cact. calc. camph. canth. caps,
carb-an. carb-v. cast. caus. cham.
chel. chin. cina. cocc. cocc-c coloc.
con. cupr. dros. euphr. gran, graph,
grat. guai. hell, hepar. hyos. ign.
indg. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. kalm. lachn.
laur. lye. mag-c mag-m. mag-s. mnng.
mere merc-i-r. merl. mezer. mur-ac.
nat-c nat-m. nat-s. nit-ac nitr. nx-
V. m>. phel. phos. plb. puis, ratan.
rhod. sabad. samb. sars. sep. sil. spio.
stann. staph, stront. sulph. sul-ac.
thu. tilia. znc.
— across : bry. kalm. lachn. (1 to r).
— alternating with pain in arms :
sil.
— extending to chest : cham.
to cervical muscles, then to
right arm : bry.
down neck, into face and
teeth ; worse rising, better lying :
lyc.
to e^es : mur-ac nat-c nat-m.
spig.
to nape : berb.
to occiput : bov.
=- to temple : caus. gran.
to vertex : mere sil.
— eyes, over : agn. aur. calc. chel.
ferr-i. iod. k-ca. k-iod. lach. lyc.
mang. (r), mere (1), mezer. phos.
sang. sil. tong.
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Tearing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Tearing.
— flying : ratan. seneg.
— nose, above : agar. ambr. Ijc.
nat-c. nat-m. long.
— periodic : cham. plb.
— radiating : lye.
occiput: aeon. eeth. agar, ailan.
ambr. am-m. anae. arg. ars. aur. bar.
bell. berb. bism. bo v. calc. camph.
canth. carb-an. carb-y. chel. colch.
con. cupr. grat. guai. hyos. hyper,
ign. indgi k-bi. laar. led. lye. mag-c.
mag-m. mang. mere, merc-c. merl.
mur-ac. nat-s. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m.
phel. ph-ac. puis, ran-b. sabad. sep.
sil. spig. sqiril. stann. stront. sulph.
tarax. thu. verat. znc.
— burning : cupr.
— extending to forehead: ambr.
aur. carb-v. chin. mere.
to nape of neck : berb. nz-m.
ran-b.
to temple : anac. arn.
to throat, amel. on rubbing :
laur.
to vertex : mag-m. ratan.
forward: anac. aur. chin.
mere.
upward : berb. ol-an. sars.
and forward : arabr. mag-
m. ratan.
side of: seth. agar. alum, (r), ambr.
am-c. am-m. (r), anac (r), ant-t. (1),
arg. (1), arg-n. ars. (1), aur. (1), bar.
bov. (r), bry. canth. caps, carb-an.
(r), carb-v. cast, (r), caus.eAam. chin.
(r), cic. (r), cina. (1), cocc-c. colch.
(1), coloc. (1), croc. (l),dig. (1), gran.
(r) graph. (1), grat. (r), ouai, (1),
hell. ign. (r), inde. (r), k-ca. (1),
laur. (1), led. (I), lye. mag-c.
(r), mag-ra. mang. marum. mere.
(1), merl. (1), mill, (r), mur-ac. nat-c.
(1). nat-8. nice. nx-v. (r), ol-an. phel.
(1), phos. (r), plb. (r), puis, (r),
ratan. fl), rhod. (r), ears, selen. (1),
Sep. (1). sil. spig. (I), stann. (r),
stront. (r), sulph. sul-ac. (r), thu. (1),
tilia. (1), tong. verb, (r), znc.
— draviring : bov. caps. znc.
— extending to eye : mag-m. (r).
from side to side : clem. rhus.
to teeth and glands of throat:
graph.
down neck, into face and
teeth ; worse rising, better lying: lyr.
temple: aeon. (1), aeth, (r), agar.
(r), agn. ailan. alum. ambr. (l),am-c.
am-m. (1), anac. (1), ant-t. (1), oro.
arg-n. am. (1), arum-t. (r), asaf. (r),
aaar, (1), aur. (1), bell. berb. biam.
(r), bov. bry. (r), calc. calc-ac
camph. (r), canth. (r), carb-v. cast.
caus. (r), cham. chel. (r), chin. (I),
chin-s. cic. (1), cina. (1), cocc. colch.
(r), coloc. (r), con. cop. creos. eye
dig. (r), dulc. (1). gran, (r), grat. (1),
guai. (1), ham. hell, hyper, (r). indg.
(r). iod. k-bi. (1), kK!a. (1), k-lod.
lach. lachn. (1), lact. (r), laur. (r),
led. lye. mag-a mag-m. (1), roag-e.
1), mang. mere. merl. mezer. mur-ac.
r), nat-c. (r), nai-m. nat-s, (r), nice.
[r), nitr. nx-m. nx-v. olnd. ol-an. (1),
par. petr. phos. ph-ac. (1), plb. plect.
puis, ran-b. (r), ratan. (1), rhod. (1),
rhus. (r), sabad. sabin. samb. (1)
seneg. (r), sep. (1), sil. {*), spig. (1),
spong. stann. sulph. (1), snl-aa thu.
tilia. (1), verb, viol-tr. (1), znc.
extending into brain : anac.
to face: am-m. arg-n. bry. k-
ca. lachn. seneg.
across forehead : cast. lye.
mezer. ph-ac.
to neck : bry.
to occiput : rhus-v.
to teeth : bry. carb-v. lachn.
verb.
upward : am-m. laur. rhus-v.
in spot: carb-v. ratan.
twitching-tearing in temple lain
on ; moves to other side on turning ;
worse evenings and raisingeyes : puis.
— vertex : agar, agn. ambr. am-c. arg.
awr. bar. heU. benz-ac. borax, bov.
canth. cast. chel. colch. creo^. dulc
hyper, indg. iod. k-ca. kalm. laeh.
lachn. laur. lye. mag-c mag-s. mang.
mere mezer. mur-ac. naja. nit-ac
nx-v. phel. phos. ph-ac. ran-b. ran-4K*.
ratan. rhus. ruta. sars. sil. spig.
stann. thu. vine. znc.
extending to ear: agar. phos.
to ocripnt : indg.
to shoulder: lye
over temples: ang.
to zygoma, while sitting : phos.
hair were pulled, as if: oanth.
Conditions of Tearing.
— morning: alum, arg-n. borax, bov.
coh)c. con. indg. mezer. nice, ran-sc
rhod. sars. sil. tong. verat.
on waking: graph, phos. puis.
verat.
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Tearing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Tension.
morning, in bed : arg-n.
— on rising: ipec. staph, stront.
stram.
noon : graph, znc.
— eyery daj at ; pressure aggr., open
airamel.: arg.
afternoon : seth. calc. cast. cans,
ciiel. creos. graph, grat. guai. k-iod.
laur. Ijc. mag-c. magHB. nat-c nice,
ol-an. sil. sal ph. znc.
— till evening : lye.
evening : ailan. almn. ambr. am-c.
coloc. grat. hyper, lachn. lye. mag-c.
mag-m. mere. nice. nitr. olnd. petr.
puis. Bars. sil. staph, sulph. sul-ac.
— in bed : laur. sil. thu.
— till midnight: laur.
night : cham. hepar. laur. lye. mag-
c. mere.
— on waking : arg-n.
air, from cold : ign.
— in open : alum, ant-t. mag-e. mang.
ol-an.
amel. : aur. sulph.
bed, amel. in: aur.
— warmth of, aggr. : mere,
breakfast, during : sul-ac
chill, during : eupi. hyper,
cold, aggr. : bov. grat. stram.
cough, during: alum. arn. calc.
cupr-ac. puis. sep.
dinner, during: znc
— after: carb-an. mag-c. ol-an. znc.
eating, while : con. sul-ac. znc
— after: carb-an. mag-c ol-an. phel.
sep. znc.
eyes, on moving, aggr. : dros. mur-
ac.
head, bending back airgr.: anac
forward, ame'. : ign.
burning tearing in, pn:
cupr.
— moving, aggr. : eoloe.
— resting on hands, amel. : dros.
on table, amel. : sulph.
heat, during the : puis.
— amel. : staph, stram.
knitting, when : mag-s.
labor, from hard : anac,
lying down, when : mag-c
— on Dack, amel. : ign.
— must lie df)wn : colch.
— lying quietly, towards morning,
amel. : mere.
menaea, during: calc. cast, mag-c.
nat-c. ratan.
— before : ars. cinnb.
— mental exertion, from : cnae.
amel. : calc-ac.
— motion aggr.: agn, avr. calc. canth.
chill, phos. ratan. sil. spio. verat.
amel. : mur-ae. sulph.
— noise, aggr. : spig.
— pressure aggr. : arg. bism.
amel. : calc-ac. carb-an. mag-c.
nat-c. sulph.
— respiration, on deep : ratan.
— rest, amel.: staph.
— rising, on : am-m. kalm.
from stooping : ant-t. roang.
up in bed, aggr. : mur-ac
amel. on : tong.
— room, on entering : mag-m.
amel. in : ol-an.
— rubbing amel. : laur.
— sitting, while : indg. mag^. mezer.
nice. Tpho8,9pig,
amel. : mag^m.
upright, aggr.: ign.
— standing, while : ran-b. spio.
still, amel.: larax,
— step, a false, aggr. : spig.
— stooping, on: asar. bov. carb-an.
rhus. sil. tong.
— talking, on : sars.
— touch, aggr. : arg. chel. ipec.
amel. : mur-ac.
— vomiting, after : thu.
— ^iraking, on: arg-n. gmph. phos.
thu. verat.
— walking, when: cast. chin. con.
sant. SPIO. tarax.
— — in air, amel. : ant-c.
— water, cold aggr.: sulph.
— ^irriting, when : ran-b.
— ya'wning, passes off with much:
mur-ac.
Tender. See Sensitivenecs, Soreness,
etc.
Tension: eeth. aloe. alum. ambr. ang.
ant-t. am. ars. asaf. asar. bapt. bar.
bell. herb. bov. bry. calc. cann-s.
carb-an. carb-v. eaus, cham. clem.
coff. colch. con. corn, creos. crotal.
dig. dios. glon. graph, gymn. hell.
hepar. ipec. lach. lact. laur. lobel.
lye. magK;. mag-m. mang. men. mere.
roerl. moaeh. mur-ac. nat-c. nnt-m.
nit-ac. nitr. nx-v, olnd. op. oxal-ac.
par. petr. plat. puis, rheum, rhod.
Eabad. samb. nl. spig. stann. gtront.
sulph. Rul-ac therid. valer. verat.
verb, viol-od. xanth. znc. ziz.
compare Compressive, Pres^re.
133
Teiuion.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Throwing.
— bandage, as from a : chel. gjmn.
ligature around, as from : bell.
— choking sensation, followed by
a : glon.
— skull were too small, as if: glon.
morph. scut.
— thread were stretched from nape
to eyes: lach.
were stretched through eye-
ball back into middle of brain : par.
— 'water were in, as if: sanib.
forehead : aeon. seth. agn. aloe. arU-
t. asaf.. bapt. bar. bell. herb. calc.
cann-s. carb-an. caus. chel. chin,
clem, colch. coloc. croc, crotal. croton.
dig. dros. dulc. enph. gent-1. glon.
grat. hell, hepar. hyper, laur. mag-
m. marum. men. mere, mosch. naja.
nat-c. nitr. nx-v. par. plat. puis,
rheum, rhus. ruta. sabad. sabin. sep.
sil, spig. aulph. yaler. verb, yerat.
yiol-od. znc. ziz.
— across : iris. naja.
— skin of: bar. cann-i. op. par.
phys. sabin. sep. verat.
— skull were too tight, as if: naja.
— string or band, across, as from :
chel. coca. mane. mere.
— over eyes : apis. chel. dulc. euphr.
glon. (r), iod. merl. sil. sul-i.
— over nose : seth.
occiput: agar. alum. anac. bar.
berh. cann-s. chel. coloc, dulc. euph.
glon. graph, hyos. ipec. k-iod. lact.
lobel. lye. mag c. mezer. mosch. mur-
ac. murx. nat-c. par. rata. thu. viol-
od. verat. ziz.
— alternating with tension in face :
mol-nd.
— extending to finger joints : plect.
into nape of neck : pimp.
up ward, downward, and toward
ears: glon.
side of: ant-t. (1), apis. (l),'asaf. (1),
bar. (r), ca^c. (r), caus. (1), cbin-s.
clem, (r), coloc. (1), dig. (r), fluor-ac
— extending into orbits and teeth :
crotal.
to left upper teeth, stitch-like
in spots, on stooping; amel. on
rising: dig.
temple: ailan. alum, (r), am-bro.
ant-t. bar. berb. (1), bov. calc. cann-8.
caus. (r), carb-an. cinnb. clem, coloc.
(r), glon. hell, hyper, lith. lye. mag-
m. merl. mur-ac. (r), nat-m. (r), ol-
an. palladL plat, rheom. verat. verb,
znc.
like a band from temple to
temple: carb-ac.
— vertex : ant-t. apis, cact calc. chel.
gent. k-iod. men. mosch. naja. rheam.
stront. tong. verat. verb.
extending to jaw : stront
Conditions of Tension.
— morning : agar.
amel. in : glon.
— evening: asaf. lobel. marx. mur-
ac. ol-an. stront.
— night: mezer. nx-v.
— air, open, amel. : berb. lach.
walking in, amel. : oxal-ac.
— bed, evening in: asaf. mere, ol-an.
— eating, after : con. dios. lye.
— eyes, on turning to sitle: dig.
using the, aggr. : par.
— laying forehead on table, when:
ang.
— lying on back, when : mezer.
— menses, before : sil.
— mental exertion, from: par. sulph,
— motion, aggr. : par.
— pain in occiput, with : graph.
— pressure, amel. : lach.
— throat, after tightness about the:
glon.
— rising from stooping, amel. : dig.
from bed and laying hand on
forehead amel. : mere.
— sitting bent forward aggr. ; sitting
erect amel.: asaf.
— sleep, aggr. on going to : graph.
— standing, aggr. : mag-c.
— stool, during : coloc.
— stooping, on : berb. dig.
— swallowing, on : mag-c
— waking, on : anac. ant-L graph.
— ^writing, when : lye.
Thick, feels : ailan. clem, oolch. nat-m.
nice. petr. ran-sc. then, therid.
— compare with Swollen.
-^ forehead : mng-s. ruta. spong.
— temple: gins. (1).
Thin, cranium feels as if: bell. puis.
Thread-like pain over eyes: a)l-c.
— tension as from a thread tlirough
eyes: lach. par.
Throbbing. See Pulsation.
Throviring head about: mere. phos.
tarent.
backward : acet-ac. camph. cina.
ether, glon. hell, lobel. mere. nitr.
phyt. 8tram, tabac tauac.
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Throwing.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
TwitpWng.
boring into pillow : heU. camph.
dig. hell, hyper, stram.
during sleep: hyper.
from side to side : ars. helL hell.
mere. naja.
while lying: oena.
compare Motions of, Kolling, etc.
Throats. See Jerks, Shocks, etc.
Ticking in. See under Noise.
Tickling in : ferr. phos.
brain : laur. phos.
night : hyper.
forehead : brom. ferr.
Tied, feels as though : colcb. pimp.
— see Compressive, Tension, etc.
Tightness in head : cans, rheum.
— tightening pain : herb.
— see Tension.
Tingling: acet-ac. aeon. am-c. apis. arg.
arn. bar. cadm. cans. chel. cic. cocc.
colch, cupr. hyos. Innr. nz-m. phos.
ph-ac. plat. puis, rheum, rhus, secale.
sulph. tarax. thu. verb.
as though a large bell were struck :
sars.
compare Crawling.
— forehead : arn. aur. chel. cic. eolek,
indg. ph-ac. puis, sabad. stram. tarax.
verat. viol-od. viol-tr. znc.
— occiput : rhus.
stupefying, on stepping : sulph.
— temple : borax, plat, rheum, stront.
sulph.
with coldness of spot : plat.
— vertex : calc. colch. cupr. hyos. lac-
can, sulph.
strange tingling pain in; menses
omitting: cupr.
— on speaking aloud : znc.
— while walking : verb.
Tired feeling in brain : apis, con,
— pain, after mental exertion : iris.
Torn, pain as if: agar, alum.am-m. ang.
ars. aur. bell. bov. camph. carb-an.
caus. cham. chin, cofT. con. euphr.
ferr. graph, hell, hepar. ign. ipec.
iod. lach. mag-c. mere, mosch. mur-
ac. nice. nitr. nit-ac. nx-r. op. phos.
ph-nc. plat. puis, rlius. sep. stann.
staph, stront. sulph. thu. verat. znc.
compare with Bruised, Tearing,
etc.
— brain aches as if torn to pieces,
morning on rising, worse from
motifm, better from rest and warmth ;
passes off with much yawning:
staph.
pain as if brain were torn or
beaten to pieces : worse moving eyes
or sitting up in bed ; better from
moderate exercise : mur-ac.
pain as if brain were clasped by
a hand and were being torn and
twisted: mur-ac.
— forehead : am-m. asar. coff. graph,
mezer. nx-v.
— occiput: con.
— side : nx-v. sulph.
— temple : mur-ac.
— vertex : carb-an. caus. mur-ac. thu.
znc.
Torpid feeling : hura.
— see Numbness, etc.
Trembling sensation : alcoh. ant-t. bell,
bufo. calc. carb-v. chel. etc. cocc.
graph, mere. plb. sulph. tabac.
— extending to pit of stomach : phys.
• — in head : indg. petr. plat.
— on coughing: ant-t.
— moving a^gr. : cic
Turning, twisting in head (sensation
of) : bell. bry. calc. indg. iris. k-ca.
petr. rhus. sabad. sil.
— backward of: laur.
— to side : op.
side to side : colch. hyos. phos
phys. secale. tarent.
see Rolling.
to left side : lye. tarent.
to right side : plb.
to wrong side, when spoken to :
atrop.
— to and fro : agar.
T^tching in: ambr. apis. arn. bell.
bry. calc. cann-s. carb-v. caus. chel.
chin, croton. eye. eupi. glon. graph,
ign. k-ca. laur. lyc mag-e. mere, nat-
c. nit-ac. nx-v. petr. phos. ph-ac.
^ rhus. sabad. sep. sil. stann. staph,
stram.
— in brain : bar. bov. bry. calc. cann-
s ratan.
— forehead: aeon. agar, ant-t. am.
herb, borax, bry. caus. cham. cliin.
lach. mag-m. mezer. phos. prun.
sabad. sq). sil. spong. stann. sulph.
thu.
extending into brain : camph.
— occiput : aeon. bism. canth. mag-c.
mag^m. mere, ph-ac. rhus. sars. spig.
thu.
extending to forehead : anac.
— side of: a»th. (r), agar (r),anac. (1),
ang. (r), bar. (r), calc. (1), cann-L (1),
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Twitching.
SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Wagging.
cans, (r), cupr. (I), glon. graph, nit-
ac (1), ozal-ac. (r), plb. (r), valer.
(r), verb. (1).
extending from side to side : mere.
to throat : chin.
to vertex, when jerking arms
and on stepping : spong.
— temple: agar, am-c am-m. (1),
anac. (I), arc. bar. (1), bo7. (I), bry.
carb-an. chel. (1), chin, crotal. eye.
k-ca. (I), lil-t. mere, (r), oxal-ac.
phos. (1), plb. spig. squil. (r), stann.
(1), sul-ac. ir), valer. (r).
extending into brain : camph.
to jaws or teeth : rhns.
to vertex : eye.
in spots : ratan. (r).
twitching-tearing in temple lain
on ; moves to other side on turning ;
worse on raising eyes : puis.
— vertex: chel. gent, mag-c. men.
mar-ac. petr. ran-sc. sil.
Conditions of Twitching.
— morning : glon. nx-v. phos. sep.
— noon : glon.
— afternoon : eeth. borax, rhns.
— evening: fluor-ac. mur-ac. nit-ac.
rhns. sil.
— night : chel. rhns. sil.
— arms, when jerking the : spong.
on moving: chel.
— asoending steps, on : glon.
— cough, during : lye puis.
— eating, after : cham.
— lying down, when : nit-ac.
— motion, aggr. : phos.
— rest, amel. : eupi.
— standing, evening, after : fluor-ac.
— stepping, when : spong.
— stool, aggr. during : plios.
— stooping, on : herb, nit-ac. petr.
— touch, aggr: chel.
— viralking, while: spig.
Twitching of head: aloe. am. cham.
cic. mere, nat-s. petr. ph-ac.
Compare with Kolling, etc.
during sleep : arn. mere.
on walking : petr.
— backward, of: alumn. atro. bo v.
cic. cina. mere. sep. strych.
during sleep : hyper.
— forward : mere. sep. strych.
— side to side : k-ca. plb.
tllcerous pain : aeon. am-c. borax, hov,
carb-v cast. cans, creos. hepar. k-ca.
mag-c. mang. mere. nx-v. puis. sep.
stront. sulpn.
— forehead : hepar. mur-ac nx-v.
periodical, with constipation:
nx-v.
— occiput : am-c. mang. nx-v. sep.
— temple: mur-nc. puU,
— vertex : cast znc
Undulating pain: ant-t. asaf. chin.
cocc. ferr. plat. spig. sep. spig. viol-
tr. snc.
Undulation, waving sensation: aeon.
alum. cuus. chin, cimic cina. cupr*«.
dig. dulc. ferr. glon. graph, hepar.
hyos. indg. lack, laur. lye. mag-m.
mang. mere mill. par. petr. sarbb
selen. sulph.
as from water in: asaf. bell. cina.
dig. ferr. mag-m.
wave-like motion upward: glon.
— forehead: asaf. belL mere. petr.
from right to left : glon.
like a heavy body swaying back
and forth : op.
— motion amel. : petr.
— standing aggr. : dig.
— turning head. aggr. : glon.
Unsteady, feeU: bell. dem. phos. rhus.
sep. aulph.
agfirr. after study : cnpr-ars.
Vacant feeling: secale.
— forehead, morning after waking:
sulph.
Vapor in : nx-m.
— of coal, as from : am-m. nit-ac znc.
Vertigo. See Vertigo in general.
Vibration : arn. am-c calc. grat. indg.
k-ca. lye. m:ig-c. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v.
sars. sil. stann. slront. sulph. verb.
snc.
see also Motion, Undulation.
as of a steel spring : grat.
— forehead : mere,
— temp'e : k-ca. stront.
— occiput : snlph.
— coughing, on : hepar.
— motion, from slight : arn. mag-c.
— stepping, when : lya nx-v. sil.
— talking, when : phos. verat.
-- walking, when: verb.
Violent pains : seth. apis. ars. bell, cann-
B. canih. cimx. cina. cinnb. coloc.
croc, crotal. cupr. euphr. grat. hell,
hyos. lach. laur. lye. masr-c mere
mosch. nat-m. op. plb. sil. stram.
tarax. therid.
during the climacteric : therid.
Vise. See under Compressive.
Wagging: bell, cham.
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.Wagging.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Wild.
— see also Shaking.
Wandering pains: am-c. chin. k-bi. led.
lye. nat-6. podo. puis.
— mist before eyes; then fleeting pains,
worse at occipital protuberance,
down neck and shoulders, better
lying in a dark, quiet place, and
from sleep : podo.
Water, sensation as of, dripping on
head: cann-s.
brain, on : aeon. am-c. apis, apoc
aur. bell, calc-p. dig. hell. indg. lach.
mag-m. ph-ac. plat samb. stram.
of boiling water in : aeon. indg.
of warm, in : am-c. petiv. sant
wrapped up in, as if: all-c.
Waves waving. See Undulation.
Weakness : alum. ambr. ant-t asaf. aur.
bell. bry. canth. carb-v. cans. cham.
chin, cinnb. creos. hepar. hyper, k-
ca. mere, nat-ra. nit-ac. nx-m. op.
phos. ph-ac. plan. psor. ran-b. raph.
rhus. sep. spong. squil. stann. stram.
sulph. sul-ac. tabac. tanac. tarent.
thu. znc.
— compare Dullness, etc.
— disaoling: iod.
— on side on which lies : mng-m.
— as from working in hot room: glon.
— as though headache were coming on :
ambr. iod. lac><»n. phos. stram.
thu.
— extending to lower extremities, as
though paralyzed : phys.
to throat : graph.
Conditions of Weakness.
— morning : cham. phos. ran-b.
after rising : ph-ac.
— noon : ars.
— evening : plan. raph.
— coffee, after : eham.
— cough, after: hepar.
— dinner, during : sulph.
— exertion, after : hydr-ac.
— heat, after : sep.
— lying on back, when : puis.
— mental exertion, after : cinnb.
causes mental weakness : spong.
— pain, after : thea.
— respiration, on deep : carb-v.
— standing, while : rhus.
— stomach, during weakness in : ars.
— walking, when: sulph.
Weariness : lach. nat-m. nz-m. jjsor.
— see also Tired.
Wedge. See Plug, Nail, and under
Pressure.
Weight. See Heaviness, Pressure, etc
Whirling in : arg. ars. eup-per. fluor^ac.
glon. lach. nx-v. petr. sabad. sep. sil.
sulph. tarax.
early morning : eup-per.
like a mill wheel : chin-s.
Whissing : k-ca. lact.
— as of boiling water, in side lain on :
mag-m.
Wild ^ling: aeon. agar. ambr. am-c.
anae. ant-c. ars. asaf. asar. bell. biiv.
bry. oar6-r. chin, chin-s. coloc. croc.
euphr. ferr. gels, graph, grat. hell.
ign. lact. led. lU-L lye. mere, mezer.
nat-c. nx-v, phos. ph-ac. puh, rhod.
sabad. secale. seneg. spig. squil. staph.
thu.
alternating with uterine pains:
gels.
crazy^ feeling on top of head ;
wild feeling in head, with confusion
of ideas : lil-t.
GENERAL OONDITrONS OP SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD.
Day, all : agar. am-c. bry. calc. cann-s.
cans. chel. chin-s. cina. cist. cob.
coca, eup-per. ferr. fluor-ac. ham.
jac k-ca. lye. merc-i-r. nat-^m. nice.
pau-p. phos. rumx. sep. stann. staph.
— — but IS worse at mia-day : ruU-m,
forehead : caus. chel. con. cund.
k-ca. lach. lil-t. lye. mag-c. nat-m.
nuph. petr. phos. ptel. rau-b. sep. sil.
sol-t-fe. tarent. znc.
occiput : carb-v. ign. mag-c. petr.
ph-ac
— sides : cact. ferr. hydr. mag^m.
— temple: ars. calc. li 11. hepar.
hydr. hydrph. jatr. mezer. nitr. 8tann.
— vertex : sep. sulph. tabac.
alternate days : alum. ambr. chin,
cimic. nat-m. nx-v. phos.
— see also under Periodical.
— at certain hours : nat-c.
— on first waking : eup-per.
— every three or four days: aur.
— every seven dajs: nx-m. phyt.
sang. sil. sulph.
137
Day,
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD. Morning on waking.
every fourteen days: nice. phyt.
salph.
lasting two or three days :
ferr-acet.
— and night : borax, cans, creos. led.
rhu8. sul-ac. viol-tr.
— every day, daily: ars. bell, calc
coloc. con. eup*per. hepar. lach. lye.
mag-c. mag-m. mang. mur-ac. natm.
nx-v. petr. phos. sabad. seneg. sep. sil.
stann. sulpn. znc.
at same hour : ars. cimic. gels.
. k-bi.
from 9 to 1 P. M. : mur-ac
from noon to 10 p. M. : form.
earlier each day: form.
continues two or three days :
croa
Morning : aeon, agar, all-s. alum. ambr.
am-c. am-m. anac. ang. ant-t. arg.
arg-n. am. ars. asaf. asar. aur. bar.
bell, benz-ac. berb. borax, bov. bry.
cadm. calc, calc-p. camph. cann-s.
Ciinth. carb-an. carb-v. caus. cham.
chin, chin-s. cic. cina. clem. cob.
coca, coflf. coloc. con. creos. croc
croton. cnnd. cupr. eye dios. dulc.
eup-pur. euphr. ferr. glon. ffrapL
grat. guai. hell, hepar. hipp. iffn,
mdm. iod. ipec. iris. jatr. k-bi. k-ca.
k-iod. kaim. lac-can. lach. lachn.
lact. led. lil-t. lith. mag-c mag-m.
mane. mang. mere raerc-i-fl. merc-
s. mezer. murx. mur-ac. nat-c not'
m. nice, nit-ac nitr. nx-j. nx-m. nx-
V. ol-an. paeon, pallad. pau-p. petr.
pho8. ph-o/C, phyt. podo. psor. puis.
ran-b. rheum, rhod. rhus. rumx.
ruta. samb. sang. sars. scut, seneg.
aep. sil. spig. squil. stann. staph, stram.
stront. sulph. sul-ac. tabac ihu, verat.
znc.
better in : bov. caus. creos. nat-m.
verat.
at 3 A. M. : bov. nat-m. thu.
4 A. M. : chel. raph. stram.
5 a.m.: dios. k-iod.
10 A. M. : nat-m.
until 10 A. M. : lachn.
10 A. M. to 6 P. M. : apis.
at same hour: k-bi.
begins in morning, increases till
noon, or a little later, then gradually
decreases: sulph.
and ceases to-
ward evening: bry, k-bi. nat-m. sang.
spig.
increases and decreases with the
sun : glon. kalm. nat-m. spig.
comes and goes with the sun : k-
bi. nat-m.
— forehead : agar, a^umn. am-m.
aster, bell, borax, bov. brom. bry.
calc-s. canth. chel. chin-s. cimic.
coca, creos. croton. eye dios. equ.
euphr. ferr. form. hydr. hydrph.
June k-bi. k-ca. lach. lact. lil-L lye
mag-c. mag-s. merl. mezer. murx.
naja. nat-c. nice nit-ae nx-m. nx-v.
ol-an. oxal-ae pceon. phos. psor.
raph. rhus-r. scut, seneg. sep. sil.
stram. sulph. tarent. thu. ustil. zne
better in: mag-s. oxal-ae petr.
— brain : k-bi. lach. spig.
— ocoipnt: agar. all-?, arum-t. boy.
cedr. chin-B. cob. oolch. cop. dios.
gels. June lobel. lye mac. mag-<;.
mag-8. nit-ac. petr. puis. raph. rhod.
rhus. rhus-r. sabin. sil. spig. snlph.
in room, amel. : bov.
— sides : aloe. alum. bell. bov. chin-s.
chr-ae dios. euphr. fluor-ac. gels,
graph, ham. hipp. hydr. jug-e mag-
e mang. sars. spig. tabac
— temple: all-e am-e apis. bar.
camph. clem. cob. coloc. cop. cund.
dios. dire equ. graph, ham. hydrph.
ign. jae lith. lil-t. nat-ar. nat-p. nitr.
phos. rhus. rhus-r. rumx. sang, sulph.
tarent. thu.
amel. in : mag-s.
— vertex: agar. ambr. aster, bov.
conv-d. graph, hydr. hyper, iris, lac-
ac nierc-s. nat-c ran-b. staph, sulph.
thu.
amel. in : laur.
Morning on waking: agar, ailan. arg-
n. ars. benz-ac. bov. bufo. calc. cann-
i. carb-an. cans. cham. chel. chin,
cic. cob. coff. colch. con. creos. croc
crotal. croton. cupr-ars. dig. elaps.
equ. erig. eup-per. fago. form, graph,
hell, hepar. hipp. ign. indm. jug-c.
k-ca. k-bi. kalm. lam. lil-t. lobel. lye
murx. mur-ac. merc-i-fl. mvrie not-
m
m. nit-ac nitr. nx-v. ol-an. op. petiv.
phos. ph-ae phys.pip-m. plan, plect.
puis, rhus-r. rumx. sep. squil. stann.
staph, sul-ac. tarent
— aggravated: benz-ac. crotal.
eup-per. thu.
— preceded by disagreeable
dreams: murx.
on first opening the eyes : bry.
138
Morning on waking. CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Noon.
forehead: aeon, alnmn. alum.
anac. ant-t. arg. arg-m. arg-n. arn.
bell. berb. bry. cala carb-an. chin-B.
cina. cinnb. coff. colch. coloc. creos.
dig. erig. eupbr. fago. ferr. fluor-ac.
gels. glon. graph, hepar. hjdr. ign.
indm. k-bi. kalm. lac-ac. lact. lyc.
mag-G. mag-m. mjric. naja. nat-ars.
ol-an. oxal-ac. petr. phos. ph-ac.
plect. raph. rhus. rumz. rata. sang.
8ol-n. staph, wiph, tellur. therid.
thn.
— — occiput : am. bry. con. fluor-ac
grat. k-bi. mill, ozal-ac petr. rhus.
Bulph. nran.
side : arum-t. aur. cina. merc-i-r.
mur-ac. phos. puis, tabac.
temple : ailan. asim. atro. calad.
calc. camph. cast-eq. coff. indm. lacb.
lith. naja. nat-ars. nit-ac. tabac.
znc.
vertex: alum. bar. brj. bufo.
calc. carb-an. cans. cedr. croc, hyper.
k-bi. puis. 87tlph, labac. verat.
Morning in bed: agar. alum. am-c.
anac. ant-t. aur. bar. bell. berb. bov.
bry, calc. calc-p. carb-an. cham. chin.
chin-8. cic. con. con. creos. dig. dulc.
ferr. graph, hell, hepar. ign. ipec.
k-ca. k-iod. lach. lact. lam. laur. lyc.
mag-c. mag-m. mag-s. mang. mere.
mezer. murz. nai-m. nil-ae. nz i\ petr.
phos. ptel. ran-b. rheum, rhod. rhus.
ruta. squil. staph, sulph. sul-ac. thu.
verat. znc.
with nausea: calc cob. graph.
nat-m. nz-v. ^ep. sil. sulph.
forehead : anac dulc graph.
inn. mezer. nz-v. ran-b.
occiput : agar. eupi. jug-c
temple : anac
side : graph, nice nx-v. scut.
spig.
vertex : carb-v. hell.
Morning on rising : am-c. am«m. apis.
arg-n. anr-m. bar. bry. camph. cliin-
s. cob. colch. croton. eye dig. dulc.
f&go. ^lon. ham. hepar. hydr. indm.
ipec. jug-c. kalm. lach. lyc mag-c.
mag-m. mere, mui-ac. nice. nz-v.
petr. phos. psor. ptel. puis. rhus.
rumz. sep. squil. staph, stront. sulph.
tarent. tong.
amel. : alum. cham. ign. k-iod.
merc-i-r. murz. nat-m. nit-ac. nz-v.
ph-ac. rhod.
— — brain : indg. ped. rata.
forehead : am-m. asar. bar-ac.
bry. carb-an. cob. con. dnlc. ferr.
graph, ham. iber. k-bi. kalm. lil-t.
lyc. mag-c. nat-c. nat-m. nitr. psor.
raph. sep. sil.
amel. : nz-v. phos. ran-b.
occiput: cimic. cinnb. gels, k-
bi. mag-m. merc-i-fl. nzyv. ped. tong.
^ amel. : spig.
side : ars. cact. calc. gels, mag-s.
puis. spig.
amel. : merc-i-r.
temple :aur-m. coca, lil-t.nat-ar.
nit-ac. ped. sulph.
vertex : bar-ac cans, cimic nice.
nitr. podo. sep. suiph.
amel. : ol-an.
Morning to noon : oonv^l. ipec. nat-m.
phos. sep.
— J'rom 9 to 9 P. M. : mur-ao.
— to 5 p. M. : mang.
— to 10 P. M. : phvs.
Forenoon : «eth. alum, ant-e. bry. calc.
canth. carbn-6. chin-e. cimic. cinnb.
clem. cob. cocc. cocc-c cop. cupr-ar.
Kamb. gen. ham. hydrs. indg. jac.
jabor. k-ca. kalm. lach. lachn. lact.
merc-i-fl. nat-m. nice. phel. phyt.
polyg. ptel. rhod. rhus. rumz. sep.
sulph. tong. trom.
— brain : fluor-ac indg. ran-b.
— forehead: ars-i. brom. bry. calc-s.
chin. clem. coec. coloc. eon. dig.
euphr. fluor-ac. gamb. gels. ign. k-
ca. lach. lyc. mag-s. merc-i r. myric.
nat-ars. peti. plect. rhus. sars. selen.
seneg. sep. sulph, ustil. znc
amel. in : indm. lact
— occiput: agar. all-c. alum. cob. dies,
gels. lact. lyc nat-c phys. phyt. psor.
spong. sulph.
— side: alum. cact. carban. castor,
euphr. fluor-ac hydi-s. indg. jug-o.
kalm. lach. nat-m. nz-j. peti. plb.
sars. stront. verat.
— temple : alum. ars. asar. cAam. clem,
cob. dies. fago. gen. hipp. hydr. indg.
juff-^, k-ca. lach. lil-t. lycps. mag-s.
nnt-ars. peti. phyt. podo. rhus. seneg.
sulph.
— vertex: alum, bar-ac. bov. bry.
calc. fluor-ac. gamb. glon. k-cy. mag-
s. nat-ars. nice uz-m. pic-ac. rhus.
sulph.
Noon: arg. ars. bov. calc-p. carb-v.
cham. chel. cic. cob. con. graph,
gymn. hydrph. ign. indg. jabor. k-bi.
139
Noon.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Erening.
kalm. lye. IjcpB. mag^c mang. mere,
mur-ac. nat-c. nitr. phos. puis. rhus.
spong. salph. snc. sing.
to evening : sil.
— forehead: chel. dire. fago. ign.
puU-n. spire. nUpk, yerat. znc.
— side ; caic-D.
— temple: dios. fago. pallad. ptel.
sulpb.
— vertex : pu/n-n. aulph, thu.
Afternoon : aeon. seth. agar. alum. ambr.
am-c. am-m. anac. ant-t. am. ars.
asar. aur. bad. bar. bell. berb. bov.
hrj. bufo. calad. calc. calc-p. cantb.
carb-an. carb-v. cans. chel. ehin.
chin-s. cic. cimic. cob. coca. ooce.
colch. coloc. con. conv-d. creos. cund.
eve. dig. dios. dro8.eqo. euphr. fago.
ferr. form. gamb. gels. een. ^lon.
graph, grat. ham. hell, hjdrph. iber.
ign. indg. indm. iod. k-ca. kalm. lac-
can, lach. lact. laur. lepi. linu. lye.
Iycp8. mag-c tnag-m. mag-s. mang.
merc'i-r. mezer. mur-ae. nat-c ndt-
m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. nx-v. op.
pallad. ped. petr. phos. ph-ac. phyt.
pic-ac. plat plb. polyg. ptel. puis.
ran-b. rhus-r. ruta. sabin. sars. secale.
selen. senei;. sep. sil. spong. stram.
stront. Bulph. sul-ac tabac. tellur.
yaler. znc.
see also under Evening.
amel. iir: ipec ol-an.
— brain : bar-ac. hell. iris. lact. mag-s.
merc-i-fl. uran-n.
— forehead: ailan. cdoe, alum. ambr.
anac. arg-n. bad. borax, bov. bry.
bufo. calc-s. cann-i. castor, cans. chin,
chin-s. cic. cimic. coca, colch. eon.
creos. eye. dios. dire. fago. form,
gels. glon. graph, hipp. bvdrph. ign.
indm. ir-foe. jabor. k-ca. k-cy. lact.
laur. lil-t. lye. mag^. mang. raerc-i-r.
mur-ae. myric. nsia. nat-ar. nat-ni.
nit-ac. nitr op. ped. peti. phos. ph-
ac. pip-m. plect. puis, ran-b. rhus-r.
sang, senec. serp. sil. sol-tree, stront.
sulph. tiibac. tarent. valer.
aniel. in : bar-ac. ferr.
— occiput: aeth. agar. ang. bov.canth.
castor, chel. chin-s. cimic. clem. coca,
dios. dire. fago. hydrs. indm.
iod. iris. mang. nitr. ol-an. osm.
ph-ac rhus. rhus-r. rumx. sars. sep.
sulph.
— side : leth. alum. bry. canth. castor,
chin-s. coca, colch. ferr. graph, indg.
lach. laur. mag-s. merc-i-r. nat-m.
nice nit-ac nx-m. ol-an. aep. valer.
znc.
— temple : aloe. alum. bell. bov. bry.
canth. cans, ehin-s. coca. cod. coloc.
corn. dios. dire. dulc. equ. fago. gamb.
grat. guai. hipp. iber. iod. k-bi. laur.
lye. mag-s. myric. nat-ar. nit-ac. ol-
an. peti. plat ptel. rumx. sang. sil.
btront sulph. zing.
— vertex: alumn. alum. ambr. ar&
bufo. cale-s. carb-v. cimic. crotal.
graph, helon. hnra. hydrpli. hyper,
indm. ir-fce. lae-ac. lye. mang. nierc-
i-r. mur-ac nat-ar. nit-ac. nitr. osm.
phel. phos. phys. sulph.
Bvening : aeon. agar, all-c. ahim. ambr.
am-c anac. ang. ant-t. apis. arg. ar«.
aur. bad. bar. bell, borax, bov. brom.
bry. calc camph. eantli. caps, carb-
an. carb-v. cans. eedr. cham. cheL
chin, cic cimic cina. clem. cob. cocc
ooce-c colch. coloc croc, croton. eye
cupr. cupr-ar. dig. dios. dulc. elat.
eugen. euphr. ferr. form. glon. graph,
hell, hepar. hipp. hydrs. hydrph.
iiyper. indg. indm. ins. jug-c k-bi.
k-ca. k-clc kalm. lach. lachn. lac-ac
laur. led. lept lil-t. lobel. lyc lycps.
mac mag-c mag-m. mag-s. mang.
marum. men. meph. mere merc-i-fl.
merc-i-r. mezer. mosch. murx. mur-
ac. nat-c nat-m. nit-}ic nitr. nx-j. nx-
V. par. pau-p. petr. phos. ph-ac. phys.
plan, plat plect. plo. psor. puis, ran-
0. ratan. rhod. rhus. ruta. sabad.
sabin. sang. sars. selen. seneg. sep.
sil. spig. spira. stann. staph, sti am.
stront sulph. sul-ac tellur. tereb.
therid. thu. trif-p. valer. wies. znc.
aggravated: all-c asaf. bell.
cham. chin-s. cist, eye elaps. ferr.
hipp. k-iod. kalm. mag-c mezer. nat-
m. par. puis. sep. tilia.
— — better in : bry. ham. k-bi. lach.
mang. nat-ar. nat-m. phys. pic-ac
sang. spig. tereb.
see also under Morning.
1 p. M. : ailan. coca, lyc phys.
pic-ac ptel.
1 to 3 p. M. : chin-s. plan.
1 to 5 p. M. : lac-ac mag-c
1 to 10 p. M. : mag-c plat spig.
2 P. M. : grat. hydrph. laur. phys.
ptel.
2 p. M. to 7 A. M. : bad.
2 p. M. till late in the evening : bad.
140
•Ereniiig.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Night.
— 8 p. H. : fago. guai. hura. hydrph.
iber. lycpe. natnu*. sep. sil. tha. yerat-
v.
— 3 to 4 p. H. : broni. clem.
— 3 to 9 P. M. : am. hydrph. nat-ar.
tarent.
— 4 p. M. : arg-n. chin-fi. dioe. helon.
menL nat*m. phys. pic-ac. stryc.
Bulph, yerat-T.
— 4 to 8 p. M. : hell, lye
— 4 p. M. to 3 A. M. : bell.
— 5 p. M. : bufo. equ. helon. nat-m.
ptton. pic-ac. ptel. snlph.
— 6 to 6 p. M. : chin-B. lil-t.
— 6 to 9 P. M. : plat.
— 6 p. M. : cob. gelfl. nat-s. peon,
ptel.
— 7 P. M. : chin-B. oocc. elaps. lye
mag-c. nat-m. rhod. sep. aulph, yerat-
y.
— 8 p. M. gymn. lac-ac merc-i-r.
phys. 8ol-n. atryc. sulph.
— 8 to 9 P. M. : helon. indg.
— 9 P. M.: coca. dios. eapi. gels,
hydrph. osm. pic-ac. ptel.
— 10 p. M. : dioe. ham. lanr. myric.
phys.
— 11 p. M.: dioe. indg. mero-i-r.
pip-m. stram. yaler.
— twilight, at : ang. puis.
brain : agn. all-c. nat-m. par. phos.
ran-b. snc
forehead : aeon. agar, alumn. alam.
anac. ang. ant-t. aran. arg. arg-n.
ars. amm-t. bad. bapt. biur. biam.
borax, boy. bry. cact. calo-B. camph.
castoc. cans, chel.chin. chin-s. cimic.
cina. cinnb. oooc crotal. eife, dig.
dioe. dulc. erec. erig. ery-m. fago.
ferr. fluor-ac. graph, ham. hell. hipp.
hnra. hydrph. iber. indg. indm. iod.
iria. ir-foe. Ic-ca. k-iod. kalm. lach.
lac-ac. lepi. lU-t. lye. lycper. mag-c.
mag-m. mag-s. mere mero-i-fl. merc-
i-r. myric. nat-m. nit^ac. nitr. nnph.
nx-j. ol-an. osm. p«eon. ped. oeti.
phoe. ph-ae phys. pic-ac. plat, plect
plb. podo. psor. puis, ran-b. ran-sc.
ratan. rhae-r. mmx. sara. selen,
seneg. serp. sil. sin-n. staph, sulph,
sul-ae thu. uran. ustil. yaler. znc.
— better in : chin. dem. ooca. k-bi.
n%ja. op.
oooiput : alnm. ambr. bar. bell. boy.
canth. carb-an. chin-e. colch. dios.
form. gels, graph, hyper, indg. jabor.
k-bro. k-cle looel. lye mag-e meser.
mnr-ac. nit-ae nitr. ol-an. op. ptel.
ran-b. ran-s. rhus-r. seneg. sep. stann.
staph, stront. sulph. thn. aran. zne
better in : coca. serp.
— side : aloe. arg. bar. calc-s. canth.
cans. chin. dios. elaps. flaor-ac. g^ph.
ham. hydrph. indg. indm. k-ca. lye
mag-c. mag-m. merc-i-r. mezer. nice
nitr.nx-y. pallad.phos. puis. sep. sil.
spig. snlph. taboc. tong. sne sing.
— temple: aeon. aloe. alum, am-e
ang. apis. aran. calc-s. camph. castor,
caus. chin, cinnb. colch. cop. creos.
crotal. dig. dios. equ. fluor-«c. hydrs.
hyper, inu. jae k-ca. k-iod. lach. lac-
ae lepi. lith. mag-m. mezer. nat-m.
nit-ae niir. nx-m. nx-y. ph-ae psor.
ran-b. rlius-r. sep. stram. stront.
sulph. sul-ae tabae tarent. thu. zing.
— vertex: aeon. ambr. apis, borax,
canth. carb-an. cimic. cony-d. crotal.
eye dulc. fago. form. gent. glon. hepar.
hyper, k-ca. k-iod. lach. lith. ly^-
mere murae nit-ae ol-an. petr. ran-
b. rhus. sep. sil. stront mdph. thu.
sne
Evening in bed : ars. carb-y. eye hipp.
laur. lye. mag-e phos. pu^. sep. sulpn.
zne.
better : mag-e snlph.
— forehead : fluor-ae mag-e. sep.
— occiput : dulc. nitr. sarr.
— side : arg. eon. plat
-^ temple : ehel. glon. ol-an. ph-ae
rhos.
-^ vertex : oarb-y. stann*
Night: alnm. ambr. am-e am-m. anac.
ang. arUrt am. ars. arum-t aster.
beu. herb, borax, boy. bufo. caet.
cale camph. canth. carb-an. carb-y.
caus. cedr. cham. ekin, chin-s. cic.
cist. con. colch. creos. enpr-ar. eye
dig. dule elaps. eugen. glon. graph.
^rat guai. ham. hepar. hydr-ae hyos.
ign. indm. k-ca. lach. lact lam. laur.
led. lobel. lye. mag^. mag-m. meni.
mere, mezer. mill, nat-e nat-m. nit-
ae nitr. nx-m. nx-y. op. par. pau-p.
phos. ph-ae plat irals. raph. rhus.
rhus-r. sars. sep. sil. spig. stront.
mUph. tarent thu. yerat. sne
compare with Eyeiylng.
aggravated at : ars. boy. cale
clem. puis. sil. tarent. thu.
better at : bufo. ham. sol-i«.
spire.
— forehead : anae atg-n. ars. camph.
11
141
:Night.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Aic
cauB. chin-e. cinab. croc, crotal. eye
fago. ham. hepar. hura. k-ca. lachn.
lac-ac lye. mag-B. merc-i-r. Daja.
pip-m. ptel. pulB-n. raph. sang. sil.
sin-n. spig. tarent. tilia.
better : clem. phjs.
— occipnt : borax, carb-v. clem. hipp.
lye nitr. sep. stront. tiUph,
better at : bo v. gloD. graph.
— aide : cact. graph, mag-c. nat-m.
nice. nitr. ol-an. tarent.
— — better: mag-c.
— temple : arn. are. arum-t bry. cact.
cop. dig. ferr. grat. k-ca. lye. mag-s.
rhus-r. sang, tarent.
— vertex : aeon. agar, aster, carb-an.
ferr. glon. hipp. ir-fce. laur. lya nitr.
ol-an. ratan. sulph.
^- — better : mag-c
on ffoing to sleep : phyt.
Might in bed : aloe, alumn. fago. hipp.
hyper, mcrc-i-fl. sulph.
see Bedi and compare Evening
in bed.
Kight on waking : alamn. ambr. ant-
t. aster, bufo. canth. cinnb. coloc.
ferr. gels, gins, glon. hyper, lac-ac.
mang. merc-i-fl. ment-pi. mezer. ph-
ac. plect. mmx.
see also Waking.
Midnight, before: am-m. anac cans.
chin. dulc. lach. puis. rhns. sep.
see hours given under Evening.
— abont : all-s. arn. ars. elaps. hepar.
k-ca. mag-8. myric. plat. puis. sep.
— - after: ars. carb-an. cnam. ferr.
hepar. ign. k-ca. ph-ac. rhus. sep. sil.
spig.
1 A. M. : pallad.
— — 3 A. M. : thu.
— from, till noon : hepar.
Air, open : alum. ang. arg-n. bell. bov.
bry. cadm. cede, calc-p. cans. cedr.
chel. chin. cina. oocc. ooff. con. eup-
per. euphr. ferr. glon. grat. hepar.
hipp. ign. iod. ipec. k-ca. kalm. lach.
laur. lye. mang. men. mezer. mur-ae.
nat-m. nx-v. petr. phos. ran-b. rhus.
spig. staph, sulph. valer. znc.
see also under Walking in
open air, and compare with Weather.
aggravated : arg-n. bell.
calc-p. eup-per. grat kalm. lil-t men.
mezer. spig. sulph.
*— — » — better: aeon, all-c. alum.
am-c. ang. ante, ant-t. aran. ars.
asar. aur. bell. berb. bov. calc. camph.
eann-6. caus. cimic clem. cob. ooS.
coloc croc. diad. dulc fago. ferr.
ferr-i. glon.<grat ham. hell.nydr-ac
hydrph. hyos. iod. jatr. k-ca. k-iod.
lach. laur. lye mag-m. mag-s. mang.
men. mezer. mosch. nat-c nat-m.
nice. nitr. olnd. op. petr. phel. phos.
plat. puis, ran-b. rhod. sars. sen^.
sep. stann. sulph. sul-ac tahac. tarent.
thu. viol-tr. znc
headaches that oome on in-
doors are better ont-doors and vice
vena; mang. ran-b.
forehead : bell. calc. chel. enphr.
k-bi. lachn. mang. nx-v. plect. romx.
staph.
aggravated : agar. chel. sil.
— better : aeon. alum. ang. arg-
m. aur. aur-m. berb. calc camph.
carb-an. castor, cimic colch. coloc
coral, croton. eaphr. ferr. ferr-i. ham.
hell, hydr-ac jac k-bi. lach. mag^a.
nuph. nx-j. sars. sep. sulph. tarac.
tarax. viol-tr.
oooiput : cob. hydr-ac iod. lobel.
better : carlAn. glon. hydra.
k-ca. mag-m. mag-s.
side : fluor-ac
better: am-c carb-an. fago.
grat. mang. phos. ratan. tep, sulph.
temple: aur. coloc. equ. hyos.
jac. k-bi. mang. niga. ol-an.
better: asar. atro. camph.
castor, coloc com. croton. glon. helL
hvdrs. hyos. jatr. lith. nnph. olnd.
pnos.
vertex: ferr. iris, sulph.
better: carb-an. ferr. gambw
glon. indm. nitr. ratan.
Air, cold, from : aur. bov. calc. camph.
carb-an. cans, cocc cofiT. ferr. grat.
ign. k-bi. nat-m. nx-v. plat. rnod.
rhus. ruta. sil.
ameliorates : aloe hydrph. sin-
n.
— draught of, from: acotu ara. hdL
benz-ac cadm. ealc, caps. chin, coloc
hepar. k-ca. nitr. nx-m. nz-r. phos.
selen. <t/. sulph. valer. verb.
— '-of cold, damp : cimic dulc. mosch.
of cola, dry : aeon.
— vaults, cellars, churches, etc : an,
bry. carb-an. pu^. tep. stram.
— virarm, from : aeon, am-c am. bar.
bell. bry. carb-v. caps. euph. ign. iod.
ipec laur. led. mosch. puis, seneg.
sep. spong.
142
Acids,
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
ChiU.
Acids, from : bell, morph-aoet. tden,
— ameliorate: tong.
Alcohol, from abuse of: acet-ac. ant-e.
— smell of: sol-t-ie.
— see also Beer, Spirituous liquors,
Wine, etc.
Angry, when getting : dulc.
— after being : bry, cham, coloc. ign.
lye. mag-c. mezer. nat-m. nx-v. petr.
phos. plat, ran-b. rhus. staph.
Animal fluids, from loss of: ars. ealc
earb-v, chin, cina. cocc. con. k-ca. lach.
mere, nairm, nx-«. phos. ph-cx, puh,
sep, sil. staph, sulph, verat.
after profuse uterine hemor-
rhages: giim,
see also Sexual excess.
Anns, from moving: cans, nat-s. ptel.
rhuB. spong.
Arthritic : aeon. am-c. am. ars. <uar.
aur. bell, benz-ac. bry. camph. caps.
cans. cham. chin. etc. cina. c<^, con.
eugtn, graph, guai. hyos. ign. ipec.
mag-c. mang. mosch. nat-c. nat-m,
nt^-oe. nx-v. petr. phos. plat. t>uls.
rhus. sabin. sep. spig. veraL znc.
Ascending steps, etc. : alum, ant-c arn.
aster, bell. cadm. calc, clmic. crotal.
cupr. ferr. gels. glon. hjdrs. ign.
kalm. lach. lobel. Ijc. men. mosch .
nat-ar. nx-y. par. ph-ac. ptel. rhus.
sil. spong. staph, sulph.
— forenead: ant-c. arn. cimic. ign.
men. sulph.
— occipnt: bell, carls, pic-ac.
— side : hydrs.
— temple : glon. kalm. sulph.
— vertex: ant-c. cimic. ferr. lobel.
men.
Attention, from too eager : anac. nx-T.
sabad.
see also Mental exertion.
— being called to pain, aggr. : cham.
chin, ferr-p. helon. ign.
see also Thinking of.
A'wake, when trying to keep : phys.
Back, better from pressing up against
something hard : sang.
Bandaging. See Binding.
Bathing, after: ant-c, bell. calc. canth.
cans, creos. nii-ac. rhus. puis. sep.
— see also Washing, Water, etc.
— ameliorates: lac-ac.
— cold : bell, nit-ac. phos. rhus. sep.
— sea : ars. r Aim. sep.
Bed, on going to : alum. ars. lye. mag-m.
puis, sabaid. sep. sulph. znc.
— heat of; aggr. : lye.
— must leave the : coloc.
— better in : colch. rhus. sep.
— see also under Morning, Evening and
Night.
Beer, from drinking: all-c. bell, calc-
cau. cocc. coloc. ferr. mere. rhus. verat.
— and bread, a^gr. from : croton.
Bending. See Head, bending, and under
Stooping.
Binding or bandaging head, from : calc.
cham. lach. rhus. thu.
— see Pressifre, etc.
— ameliorates: arg^n, bell. bry. eale,
hepar. mag-m. nx-v. psor. puis. rhod.
sil,
up hair, amel. : nitr.
Blows, from: am. hyper, nat-s. See
Injuries.
Boat, from riding in a : coee, colch. ferr.
Brain fag, from chronic: calc.
— see also Mental exertion.
Bread, from eating : mane. zing.
— and beer, a|fgr. : croton.
Breakfast,, before : cimic. indg. rumx.
— after : bufo. cham. hydrs. indg. lye
naja. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-m. nx-v, par.
petr. phos. ph-ac. plb. sul-ac
better : am-m. arum-t. bov. canth.
carb-ac. con. croc, eup-per. nat-p.
Breathing, deeply, on : anac. ratan.
— when holding the breath : agar.
Carriage. See Driving.
Catarrhal : aeon, ssc-h. all-c alum. ambr.
am-m. are. bell. bry. carb-v. caul.
cham. chin, cic cimic. cina. dulc.
euphr. gels. gymn. hell, hepar. hydrs.
ign. k-bi. k-ca. k-iod. lach. laur. lye.
mere, mezer. nat-ar. nat-m. nx-v, puis.
ran-b. sabad. samb. sang, staph, stict.
still. siUph.
Chagrin. See Anger.
Chewing, when : k-ca.olnd. phos. sulph.
temples : am-c. am-m. k-ca.
Chill, before the: sesc-h. ars. bell, bry,
calc. carb-v. cedr. chin, com-f. elat.
ipec. lach. nat-c. nat-m. nitr. plant.
puis. rhus. spong. thu,
— during the : aeon. am-c. anac. ans;.
ant-t. oran. arg-n. arn. ars. bapt 6eu.
herb, borax, bov. bry. cact. calc.
camph. caps, carb-aa. carb-v. cham.
chin, chin-s. cimic. cina. coca, coloc
coral, creos. crotal. daph. dros. dulc.
elat. eup-per. cup-pur, eupi. ferr. gels,
eraph. hell, hepar. hipp. ign. ipec.
k-ca. lach. lact. led. mag-c. mang.
143
ChUL
(X)NDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Dentition.
meser. nat-h. nx-v. petr. phos. podo.
puis. rhod. rhus. ruta. sang, seneg.
6SP. spig. spong. strani. tulph. taraz.
tfaa. yerat.
— after the: ant-t. oedr. dros. kat-m.
Choraio peraona, in : agco'.
Chronic : am-c con. sulph.
— of old people : iod.
— see also Constant
CUmaxls, daring the: carb-y. croc.
glonr. lach. sang, therid. ustil.
Coffee, from abuse of: aoet-ac arg-n.
am. arum-t. bell, cale-p. cans. cMon,
cocc. form. glon. hepar. ign. lach.
Ijc. mere. mill. nitr. nx-v. puis.
— relieves : cann-i. chin, coloc glon.
hyos. tilia.
— from smell of: lach.
Coition. See under Sexual.
Cold applications relieye : aeon. aloe,
ant-t. ars. asar. aui^m. bell. brj. calc-
p. cham. chin-s. cinnb. eye. euph.
•nphr. ferr. glon. indm. lac-oan.
merc-c. myric. phos. plant, seneg.
spig. znc.
— becoming, from: aeon, affar.ant-c.
ars. bry. cadm. carb-an. carb-y. clem,
colch. grat lach. mosch. nit-ac petr.
phos. puis, stram. stront. sul-ac.
verb.
on head getting cold : our. heU,
hepar. hyos. k-ca. nz-y. puis. 9q>.
on sudden change to cold : carb-y.
dulc.
— getting a cold, from : (icon, ant-c.
arn. belL bry. calc. carb-y. caus.cAam.
chin. coff. coloc. con. dulc graph,
hepar. hyos. k-ea. lach. mere, nat-m.
nit-ac. nx-v. petr. pho9. puU. rhu^
samb. sep. nl. sulph. verat.
— suppressed cold, from havins a:
aeon. am-c. ars. bell. bry. ealc carb-y.
cham. chin. cina. lach. lye nx-v. puis.
sU. sep.
Company or crowd, when in: mag-c.
plat.
Compress. See under Pressure.
Concnssion, from: arn. bell. oocc.
ferr- p. hepar. phos.
— Compare with Jar, etc.
Constant, continued : arg. cann-s. cupr.
dulc. hydrs. indg. lobel. lent, nat-m.
Ehos. rhus-r. sep. still, tereo.
zed, lasts for weeks, months, eyen
years, with rare intermissions : tereb.
— for two or three days : croc.
Constipated, when: aloe. alum, crotal.
lach. nat-m. nz-y. petr.
— compare with Stool.
Contradiction, after : lye. mag-c. nat-
m. petr. phos. rhus.
Copper, abuse of: hepar.
Corysa, from suppressed : chin. k-H. k-
ca.
— see also Cold, suppressed.
— during. See under Concomitants.
Coughing, on : aeon. alum. ambr. am-c.
anac. ang. ant-t. apis. am. ars. anr.
bad. BEix. BBT. cact calc. eap». carb-
y. caus. chel. chin. con. ferr. hepar.
hydrs. hyos. ign. ipec iris. k-bi. k-ca.
lach. led. lye. mag-s. maug. mere,
mezer. nat-h. nit-ac nitr. nz-v. oena.
ol-an. petr. phos. ph-ac puU. rhus.
rumz. rata. $ahaa. sang. sars. sep.
spig. squU. 9iann. sulfh. suI-ac.
tarent. tril. aiz.
couffh, alternating with head-
ache: lach.
— forehead: aoon. ant-t. am. asc-/.
brom. chel. coca, creos. ferr. hepar.
hyos. k-bi. mosch. nat-m. phos. ruts,
seneg. spong. staph, sulph. verb.
pain in, relieyed by coughing :
arg.
— occiput : alum. anac. carb-an. /err.
mag-c. mere mosch. sep. sulph.
— side: apis. aur. cimic. dire. mang.
yibur.
— temple: alum. ambr. ant-t. caus.
cina. coca, creos. k-ca. lya puis. rhus.
tarent. tazus. yerb.
— vertex: alum, anae, con. cupr.
sabad. squil. sulph.
Covering head, from : calc carb-y. chin.
glop. laur. Ud. sulph. yaler.
relieves : aur. hepar. mag-m.
mur*ac. nz-y. psor. sU.
wears a fur cap eyen in hot
weather : psor. *
see also under Heat, Hat, etc
— uncovering relieyes : croton. glon.
lobel. lye nitr. sulph. zing.
Damp. See under Air, Weather, etc
— houses, liying in, from: ars. calc
earb'V. phys. puis. rhod. rhw. sil. verai.
Darkness, relieyes: aeon. brom. hipp.
sang. sep. sil.
— compare with Light, aggrayates.
Debaucn, after a: bry. carb-y. chin.
cocc. creos. ipec. laur. led. nz-y. puis,
sabin. stram.
Dentition, during: aeon. bell. ealc. cham.
144
IXentitioii.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
E7<
hepar. hyos. ign. mere, nit-ac rhus.
sil.
Deaoending, on: ferr. men. merc-i-fl.
Diarrhcoa. See under Stool.
— compare with same under Concomi-
tants.
Dinner, before : indg. nx-v.
— from delayed : cact. cist.
— after: am-c. aran-s. bell, calc-p.
castor, chin-s. cimic. con. dios. gins,
gen. glon. hjper. jug-r. k-bi. lob-s.
mag-m. merc-i-fl. nat-m. nat-p. nitr.
nx-y. phel. phos. phyt. raph. sulph.*
thu. yaler. znc.
— relieved after: arg-n. arum-t. phos.
ptel.
Dreams, after unpleasant : cob.
Drinking, from : aeon. cimx. coca mere.
— cold drinks, from : con.
relieve : alum. k-ca.
— milk, from : brom. phye.
— quiokly , after : nat-m.
— tea, from abuse of: carb-ac selen.
thu.
Driving, or motion of carriage, from :
ars. eoec colch. ferr. graph, hepar.
ign. iod. k-ca. lach. meph. niga. nit-
ac nx-m. sep, sil. sulph.
too long : iod.
relieves : brom. mere. nitr.
— forehead : aeon. glon. lye. nx-m.
— temple : lith. lye.
— vertex : 1 va
DmgB, after abuse of: nx-y.
Bating, before : cann-e. earb-an. nx-r.
ran-b. sabad. sil.
— 'When eating: am-c ehel. oocc. eon.
dulc. gels, graph, mag-m. mane nat-
m. nit-ae. nx-y. puis, ran-b. rhus.
sabin. secale. sal-ac. tabac. verb, znc
relieved : ehel. phel.sin-n. sulph.
znc
better while eating, but worse
after: anae, lith.
Sating, after; after meals, etc.: agar.
alum. ambr. am-c. anac, ant-c. arn.
ars. bar. bell. bov. bry. bufo. ealc. calc-
p. canth. caps, carb-an. carb-v. castor.
cans. cham. ehel. chin, chin-s. eina.
cinnb. eoec cof!. croton. dios. eyon.
ferr. gels. gen. glon. graph, grat.
hyos. ign. indm. k-ca. lach. laur.
lobel. lye mag-c mag-m. men. mere
merc-i-fl. merc-s. mnr-ac. nat-c nat-
m. nat-s. nit-ac nitr. nx-j. nx-m. nx-
V. pieon. petr. phel. phos. ph-ac plat.
prun. pals, ran-b. rhus. rata. sars.
seneg. sep. ail. staph, sulph. yaler.
yerat znc
relieved, after : arg-n. arum-t
carb-ac. cans. cist. coca. con. gels,
gen. indm. lachn. lye. petr. phoa.
phyt. scut. sep. tellur. tong.
— brain : canth. indg. ran-b.
— forehead: alum. am-c. aran. boy.
brom. bry. ealc-s.calen. carb-y. cham.
ehel. chin, chin-s. clem, colch. con.
graph, hydra, inu. k-bi. k-bro. k-ea«
lye. mag-c. nat-s. nitr. op. phos.
phyt. plat. sars. sulph. tabac. yaler.
znc.
relieved : carb-an. ehel. cist
gen. phyt. psor.
— oocipnt': a^ar. alum, canth. carb-y.
dios. gels. mill, nat-m. ol-an. pip-m.
— aides : bar. bell, calc-s. ooec-c form,
ham. k-ca. lach. mag^c nx-y. psson.
phos. znc
relieyed : calc-p. oolch. form, nai-
m. tong.
— temple : alum. aran. canth. castor.
clem. eon. dios. hydrs. indg. k-bi.
mag-c nitr. ol-an. phos. znc.
— vertex: bad. eaic-s. castor, dire
inu. k-bi. lye. mag-c nat-c. phel.
rhus. sulph. tabac
Bffort. See Exertion.
Bmotions. See Excitement.
Epileptic attacks, after : eina. cupr.
Emotations relieye : gent-c lach. mac
Braption, suppressed, i^ter: arU-chrj.
lye nx-m. sulph.
Bzoitement, after : aeon. arg. bxr. cact
cham. chin, chin-s. eoec co£ con*
creos. eye gels. ign. nat-m. nx-y. op.
Sar. ph-ac. rhus. scut staph, tanac
epressing or sad, after: eoec ign.
nx-y. op. staph.
Bzertion, of body, etc : aoet-ae anac.
herb. cact. ealc. calo-p. gins. glon.
lact mezer. nat-c. nat-m. rhus-r.
spong. zing.
— relieves: agar, mag-m. merc-i-fl.
rhus-g.
— compare with Motion.
Byes, on moving the : aeon. agn. am-
c. arn. bar. bell, bry, caps. ehel. chin.
chin-s. coloc con. croton. cupr. dig.
dros. hepar. ign. indm. maff-s. mnr-
ac. nat-m. nx-y. op. puis. rhus. 8ep«
tpig. sulph. yaler.
forehead: bad. chrf. chin-s. dros.
gels, hepar. ign* mur-ac nx-j. pals,
rhus. spig. yaler.
146
Eyes.
CONDITIONS OF THE flEAD.
Head.
moving the eyelids : bry. coloc.
temple : bad. chiii. sulpn.
vertex: sep.
— opening, on : bry. chin. cofL eon.
gent. ign. mag-c. nx-y. rhus. spig.
sulph.
relieyes : chin.
— — morninff, on first : bry.
— olosing Uie, on: all-c. bry. nx-y.
sabin.
relieyes: aeon. calc. con. hell.
ipec. iod. ipec. spig. sulph.
— turning the, on : dig. rnus. sep.
up the, on : bell. caps.
— see also under Looking.
Faoe, on moying the : apis.
Fainting, after: mosch.
Fall, after a : arn. hjper. rhus.
Fasting, when: cist, elaps. indm. iod.
nx-y. ptel. ran-b. at/, sulph. uran-n.
— compare with Belieyed after eating.
Fat fooo, from : carb-v, colch. eye. ign.
nat-c. nat-m. puU. sep. thu.
Fatigue, from : calc. sil.
Feet, cold, from getting: cham. k-ca.
phos. puis. sil.
— wet, from getting : gels. phos. puU,
rhus. sep. nV.
Fever, before the : bry. chin. puis. rhus.
spong.
— during the : aeon, aesc-h. agar,
am-c. ang. ant-t. abn. ara. asaf.
BELL. berb. borax, bry. cact. calc.
camph. caps, carb-y. chin, chin-s.
cina. coloc. corn-f. croton. cupr.
dros. dulc. el at. eup-per. graph.
hepar. hipp. hyos. iffn. k-bi. k-ca.
lach. lobel. lye, nat-m. nx-p. op.
plant, podo. puU, rhua. ruta. sahad.
sep. SIL. spig. sulph. thu. yaler. yerat.
— after the : ars. calc. carb-v. eup-per.
NAT-M.
Flatulency, as if from : carb-y. chin-s.
mag-c. nit-ac. sulph.
FlatUB, emission of, relieyes : seth. cic.
Food. See Eating, or Special kind.
Fire. See Heat.
Fright, after: aeon. calc. cupr. hipp.
hyos. op. ph-ac. plat. puis. samb.
Froy^ning, from : ars. mang. nat-m.
— relieyes : calc-can.
Gaslight, from working under : glon.
"Oaetric: acet-ac. aeon, sesc-h. ailan.
alum. am-c. anac. arU-e. apis. arn.
ars. asar. atro. bell. berb. bism. bry.
calc. calc-p. caps. caul. cans, carb-y.
cham. cic. cina. cocc. coff. eup-per.
form. gamb. gels. glon. hydrs. ign.
indg. iris, k-bi. k-ca. lach. lept lye.
niga. fix-v. op. par. phoe. phjt. plat.
pM8. nibin. sang. sep. sil. stict. 9ulj^
(abac, tarent. yerat.
— compare with Concomitants.
QirU. in young : aeon. bell, calc-p. nat-
m. ph-ac. pnls.
Qrieft from : ign. ph-ac. staph.
Hair, after cutting : belL glon.
— from combing : glon. merc-i-fl.
amel. : form.
— from touching the: agar.
— tying up, relieyes : nitr.
Hand, from pressure of: marum.
— cold, relieyes: calc
— pressure of. relieves : aran-d. cinnb.
con. dros. glon. men. mere. olnd. par.
rhus. sabad. spig.
see also under Pressure.
Hat, from pressure of: calc-p. carb-an.
carb-y. croton. glon. hepar. laur.
mere, sulph. yaler.
Head, benaing backward, when:
anac. aur. bell. clem. cupr. dig. elaps.
glon. lye. mang. osm. spig. stann.
yaler.
relieves : apis. glon. ph-ac.
thu.
forehead : chin, stann.
relieves: bell. thu. verat.
-• occiput : anac. colch. osm.
relieves : seth. bar-ac. chin.
murx. ph-ac. raph. rhus. spig.
temple: anac. thu.
fory^ard. See Stooping.
— holding erect, when: bar.
must hold head and eyes down :
apis.
— leaning against something, when:
ang. bell. eye. nat-m.
relieves: anac. aral. am. bell.
brom. cann-s. con. diad. dros. gels,
gymn. k-bi. men. mere. nx-v. rhod.
sabad. sabin. sang, seneg. spi^. sulph.
— lies with head low: aosin. am.
cadm. nx-v. phys. spong.
high : cape. gels, nat-m.
puis. spig. spong. stront.
— moving head, when: aeon, am-c
arn. ars. bar. bell. berb. bry. calc.
camph. cann-e. canth. caps. caus.
chin, chin-s. cimie, cic. clem. cocc.
cocc^. oolch. con. coral, corn. copr.
dros. euph. ferr-i. fluor-ac. gels. gen.
fent. glon. graph, hell, hepar. ipec.
-ca. lach. lact. lye. mag-c. mang.
146
Head.
CX)NDITI0K8 OF THE HEAD.
Lying.
meser. mosch. nat-c. nat-m. nx-j.
nz-m. nx-y. ph-ac. plat. puis. rhod.
samb. sang. san. aecale. sep. sil. spig.
spong. staph, sulph. therid. yerat.
yibor. yiol-od.
see also Shaking.
relievea : cina. plan.
— raising head, when: ang. bar-ac.
boy. cact. calc. ciips. chin-s. coca.
dro6.ign. lach. seneg. spong. squil.
sulph. taraz. yerat. yiol-tr.
relieves : ang. carb-y. ign. k-ca.
mage
— resting on arm, when : nat-m.
relieyes : dros. seneg. staph.
on hand, when : bell. chin.
— shaking head, when : aoon. am.
ars. bar. bell. bry. cans. chin, coloc.
con. glon. hepar. lact. lye. mang.
nat-m. nit-ac. nz-y. ph-ac. rhus. ruta.
sep. spig. sqnil. stann. staph, sul-ac.
partially relieyes : gels.
— sioe. bending head, to painful,
when : mezer. tabac.
to one : chin. men.
relieyes : men. puis.
— turning head, on: canth. clem.
coloc. gen. glon. graph, hyos. lye.
nat-c. nat-m. nitr. phos. ph-ac. phys.
pic-ac. spong.
forehead : canth. chin-s. cocc-c.
gels. glon. nat-c. ph-ac. rhod.
quickly : nat-c.
to right : aeth.
— 'wrapping up. See Coyering.
Heat. See Feyer.
— relieves : aur, bell. caps. caus. cinnb.
oocc. colch. it-ca. k-iod. lach. mag-m.
nz-m. nx-y. rhod. rhus. ail. staph,
stront. sulph. sumb.
heat of hand : cinnb. iris.
hot applications : cinnb. colch.
iris, k-iod. mag-m. sil.
Heated, from becoming : aoon, aloe, am-
c, ant-c, arg-n. am. bar. bell. 6ry.
calc. camph. caps. 6ar6-v. con. dig.
glon. grat. ign. ipec. lye. nat-m. nz-
m. op. ptel. sep. sil. staph, thu. snc.
by a fire : ant-e, bar, bry. euph.
mere. puis. me.
of bed : nz-m.
House. See Boom, and under Damp.
Hunger, from. See Eating, Fasting, etc.
HypochondriaoB, in : nx-v. staph.
Hysterioal : am. asaf. bell, cann-s. caps,
cham. cimic. cooc. ooff. gels. hell,
hepar. hyos. ign. iris. lach. lact.
mag-c. mag-m. nit-ac. nz-y. phos.
ph-ac. plat. rhus. ruta. scut. sep.
stict. stram. tarent. yaler. yerat.
Indoors. See Room.
Injuries, mechanical, after: am. calc.
etc. con. dulc. hepar. hyper, lach.
mere, nat-s. nit-ac. petr. phos. puis.
rhus. staph, sulph. sul-ac.
Inspiration, during an : anac. carb-y.
Intoxication, after: ant-c. bell. bry.
carb-v. oocc. coff. glon. laur. nx-v. puU.
spong. stram. sulph. taraz.
— see also under Spirituous Liquors.
Iron, from abuse of: puis. znc.
Jar, from any: bell. ehin. ferr-p. glon.
hepar. ph-ac. sang. sil. spig. sulph.
tharid. yibur.
— see also Concussion.
Ja^ir, moying. See Chewing.
Joy, from ezcessiye : cofT. eye. op. puis.
scut.
Labor. See Ezertion ; also under
Mental.
Laughing, from : iris. mang. phos. tong.
ZDC. zing.
Lemonade, frdu : selen.
Lie down, must : con. croc ferr-ac. gels.
mag-m. ph-ac. rhus. stict.
see Lying relieyes.
Lifting, from : ambr. am. bar. bry. calc.
cocc. graph, lye. nat-c. nz-y. ph-ac.
- rhus. sil. sulph.
Light, in general, from : aeon. aj^r. ars.
bufo. cact. cocc. euplir. sep. sil. tabae.
ziz.
— from artificial: bufo. croc. glon.
mang. sang.
— from daylight: nat-m. sil.
— from working under gas : ^lon. nat-s.
Looking fixedly at anything, from:
cadm. cina. gent. glon. helon. lith.
mur-ac. par. puis, spong. sulph.
tarent.
relieyes: agn. sabad.
— downward, from : nat-m. phyt.
out of window causes vertigo,
anziety, headache, and sweat : ozal-
ae.
— upyyard, from : aeon. aeth. am. arum-
t. caps. coca, colch. glon. gran. pula.
stram. sulph. thu.
— sideyyays, from : aoon.
relieves : olnd.
Lying, when : agar. alum. ambr. am-c
anac. ars. aur. bar. bdl. boy. cadm.
calc. camph. carb-y. chtm. cimic. clem,
coloc cupr. dios. dulc. euph. euplir.
147
Lying.
0ONDITIOK8 OF THE BEAD.
MenUd Labor.
eupi. gels. glon. hepar. ign. k-ca. lac-
can, led. fith. Ijc. mag-€. mag-m.
mang. men. mere meser. mur-ac nit-
ac. nx-y. petr. ph-ac. phys. plat puis,
ran-b. rbod. rhos. sang. aep. spig.
spong. stann. staph, stront. sulph.
therid. znc
must stand or walk : chin.
— relievea : alum. ambr. am-m. anac.
arn. asar. bell, benz-ac bry. bufo.
calc. calc-p. camph. canth. chel. chin.
chin-8. cocc-c. colch. oon. dig. dulc.
ferr^i. fluor^ac. ham. hell. hipp. ign.
k-bi. k-ca. lacb. lye. mag-c. mere,
mur-ac nat-c. nat-m. nit-ac. nx-v,
olnd. petr. phos. ph-ac. sabad. spig.
sulph. tabac. znc. ziz.
— foxehead : alum. arg. bov. bry. calc.
camph. cinnb. fluor^ac. lachn. mag-s.
mere, ran-b. tong.
relieves: anac. bell, calc con.
glon. ham. k-bi. meli. pip-m. rhus.
sep. spi^. tabac.
— occiput : camph. canth. chel. enph.
lachn. mag-8. nz-y. pip-m. puis. spig.
staph.
relieyed : alum, graph, iod. nit-
ac. spig. tabac.
on the part : ph-ac. sep.
— aide : carb-y. petr. rhod. sep. spong.
relieyes : dig. ment-pi.
— temple : camph. calen. clem, graph,
lith. mag-m.
relieyes : asar. benz-ac. chel. chin-
s. colch. ferr. ma^. nz-y.
— vertex : chel. hipp.
relieves : calp-p. spig.
Lying on abdomen, amel. occipital pain :
grat
— on back, when: ailan. bry. cact.
cinnb. coloc. ign. nz-y. petr. plect.
sep. spiff.
of head, aggr. : cact.
relieyes: bry. Ign. nz-y. par.
petr. puis, verat.
— on side, when : cact. calad. oocc. ign.
graph, ign. nx-y.
relieves : ign. men. sep.
— on right aide, when : brom. staph.
relieves: brom. cinnb. nz-
v.
— on left aide, when : cinnb. nz-v.
— on painful aide, when : ars. calad.
calc. carb-v. graph, mag^c. mag-m.
nx-v. ph-ac puis, spong, stann. staph.
relieves : am. hipp. ign.
nx-y. puis. sep.
side pains on which one lies:
calad. graph, mas^c ph-ac
Maetloating. See Chewing.
Meals. See Eating. Breakfast, etc
Meaalee. after: bell, dole hell. hyoa.
puis. rhus. sulph.
Meneee, before : aeon, alum. asar. beU,
borax, bov. brom, bry. calc calc-p.
carb-an. carb-y. eimie, cinnb. creoa.
cupr. ferr. gels, glon. hepar. hyper.
iod, loch, mere nat-c nai-m, nit-ac
nz-m. nz-y. peir,t>UU, pvU. sil. nUpk,
veraL vibur. zanth. znc.
at commencement of: hyos.
relieved, when the flow begins:
all-s. alum. lach. yerat
Menses, daring : aeon. agar. aloe. alum.
am-c. am-m. ant-c apis, arg-n. ars.
asar. bell. herb, boraz. bov, brom. bry.
bufo. calc canth. carb-an. car6-v.C8st.
cans. cham. chin, cic cocc. oon. creos.
cub. cupr. cur. eye. eupi. ferr. gels.
gent. a/on. graph, hyos. hyper, ign.
k-bi. K-ca. lach. law, lye, mo^he. mag-
m. mag-s. nai-c. nat-m, nit-ac nitr.
nx-m. 9IX-V. pho9. plat, puU, rhod. sans.
sep. sil. stann. mdph, veraL zanth.
znc
relieved : bell, verat.
forehead: sese-h. am-c apia.
bell. brom. bry. cast. gels, helon. iod.
k-bi. lye mag-e mere nat-c. natrm.
nz-y. phos. plat, ratan. sang. sep.
sulph.
oooipnt : carb-an. mag-c mag-m.
nitr. nz-y,
side : am-m. herb. magn:. mag-m.
nat-c sang.
— — temple : am-m. cast, lye nat-e
vertex : calc carb-an. cast. lach.
laur. lye mag-e nz-T. ol-an. phoe.
ratan. sulph.
Menaes, amr: agar, calo-p. carb-ae
carb-an. ferr. glon. k-bL lach. lye
nat-m. ol-an. plat puis.
as if top would ny off: ustiL
morning, on awalang,after sadden
cessation of: lith.
Mental emotion, after. See Ezdte-
ment.
— labor, from : aeon. agn. ambr. am-c.
anac aran-d. arg-n. am. asar. aur.
bell. cadm. calc. cham. chin, cimie
cina. cinnb. oooc. coff. ooloh. con.
daph. dig. fago. graph, hell. hipp.
iK^. lach. lact. lye. mag-c nat-c nat-
m. nat-8. nit-ac nx-m. nx-v. olnd.
148
Mental Labor.
CONDmONB OF THE HEAD.
Noifle*
op. oxal-ac. par. petr. phos. ph-ac.
plat D6or. ptel. puis, sabad. aelen.
sep. sii. staph, stram. sulph. znc.
see also under Beading, etc.
relieves : ham. helon. phjs. pip-
m.
' forehead : arn. asar. calc-ac ooff.
cop. dig. fago. hydrs. hydrph. kalm.
lact. mane. raeU. mezer. nat-m. ol-
an. ph-ac. pip-m. psor. puis, rhus-r.
sil. tereb.
oociput: anac. aster, colch. ign.
lobel. nit-ac. rhus-r.
relieves : cact. cale-ac.
Bldea : hyper, ign.
temples : dig. gent. hell, nat-c.
nz-y. ph-ac. pip-m. psor. sulph.
amel. : calc-ac
vertex : aster, gent pie-ac, nx-v.
sep.
Mercury, after abuse of : asaf. aur. carb-
T. chin, fluor-ac Aepar. iod. k-iod.
mezer. nit-<ic, podo. puis. sars. staph.
still, sulph.
Metallic substances, from abuse of:
sulph.
Milk, after drinking : brom. phys.
Motion, from: aeon. agn. aloe. ambr.
am-c. am-m. anac. ant-t apis, arg-n.
arn. ars-i. aur. bapt. bdl, herb. bism.
boy. bry, bufo. calc. calc-p. camph.
cann-fl. canth. carb-y. caus. chin,
chin-s. cimic. cob. cocc. colch. coloc
croa cupr. dulc. fago. fluor^ac gels.
gent glon. graph, grat. hepar.
hydrph. ign. indm. iod. k-ca. kalm.
lach. laur. led. lobel. lye. mag-c.
mag^m. mang. mere, merc-s. mezer.
mosch. niga. nat-c. nat-m, nice. nitr.
nx-j. nx-m. nx-v, petr. phos. ph-ac
phys. pic-ac. plat, ratan. rneum.
rumx. sabad. samb. sang. sars. sep.
sil. apig, spong. stann. Uapk, sulph.
thea. ikerid. thu. verat. zing.
— see also Motion of Arms, Eyes, Head,
Exertion, Walking, etc.
— relieves: alum. am-m. ant-t. calc.
caps. cham. cina. coloc. dros. euph.
guai. hipp. hyos. k-iod. mag-c. mag-
m. men. mosch. mur-ac. op. petr.
phos. puis. rhod. rhus. ruta. seneg.
sulph. tarax. yaler. verb.
— forehead: aeon. agn. ang. ant-t.
ars. atro. aur. anr-m. bell. bism. bov.
bry. calc. calc-ac. canth. cinnb. cupr.
eye. dig. dulc. fago. glon. graph, ign.
iod. k^i. lye. mag-c. meli. men.
1
moech. nat-c. nx-i. ph-ac. phys.
rhod. rumx. sabad. sep. sil. sol-n.
spig. staph, sulph. tabac.
rapid: dros. nat-m.
relieyes : hydr. lach. pip-m.
— occiput: aur. bism. bry. cnin. colch.
cupr. gels, hyper, iod. lac-ac. man.
mezer. ph-ac. spig. spong.
relieves : carl, pip-m.
— sides : agn. arg-n. bell, calc-p. chin,
dire. glon. hipp. iris. phos. ph-ac.
prun. sabad. sil. spig.
— temple : agn. caus. chin, cinnb. cob.
cupr. dire, glon hipp. hydrs. k-bi.
tneser.phos. ph-ac. phys. rhod. thu. znc
relieves: carl. com. lil-t. mezer.
— vertex: aur. bell, calc-p. canth.
chin. ferr. glon. hydrph. ipec iris,
lobel. mezer. ph-ac. phyt. sep. spig.
thu. verat.
Mouth, by opening, aggr.: fago. spig.
Move, on beginning to : iris, therid.
relieves : valer.
— from violent : calc dros. mezer.
relieved : sep.
— from quick : coral, nat-c. petr.
— on moving in bed : colch.
— pains compel one to: chin, ph-ac.
Music, from : aeon. ambr. nx-v. phos«
ph-ac. viol-od.
Narcotics, after abuse of: bell. cham.
ooff. dig. graph, hyos. lach. lye. nx-
y. op. puis. sep. valer.
Nervous : acet-ac. aeon. agar. agn. ailan.
anac apb. arg. arg-n. am. ars. asaf.
asar. asc-t. atro. aur. bell. bry. cact.
calad. calc. camph. cann-s. caul. caus.
oedr. cham. chin, chlor. cic. cimic.
cina. coca. cocc. coff. coloc croc.
croton. form. gels. glon. graph.
hydrs. hyos. ign. ipec iris. lact. nat-
m. nx-v. op. petr. phos. ph-ac. plat.
puis, rhus-r. rhus. sang. scut. sep. sil.
spig. stict stram. sulph. tarent. tereb.
tnerid. thu. ustil. valer. verat. verat-
V. znc.
Noise, from : aeon. anac. ang. arn. ars.
bapt. bar. beU. bufo. cact calad. calc.
cann-s. colch. eon. hell. hyos. ign.
iod. lac-can. mere, nat-c. nit-ac. nx-
y. ph-ae. sil. tpig. stann. tabac
THERID. yuc. znc.
of distant talking: mur-ac
of hammer on anvil : mane
of falling water : nit-ac
of rattling of vehicles : nit-ac.
therid.
149
Noise.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Beading.
— forehead: aeon. agar. cact. cit-r.
colch. con. iod. plect. spig.
— occiput : ph-ac. spig.
— aide : cact. ziz.
— vertex : cact. iod. apig.
Noae, bleeding of, relieves: ant-<^ bnfo.
dig. ferr-p. hyos. k-bi. melt. mill,
tabac.
— blcwing, when : ambr. aster, chel.
ferr. mur-ac. nit-ac. sulph.
— odore, from strong: aeon anac. aur.
bell. cham. chin. coff. coleh. graph, t^.
lye. nX'V. jokoB. selen. tulph,
of alconol : 8ol-t-3e.
of coffee: lach.
of dirty clothes: carb-an.
strong and agreeable : arg-n.
Nnraing infants, after: bell. bry. cole,
chain, chin. dulc. phos. puls» sep. sil.
staph.
Opium, from abuse of: acet-ac.
Overheating. See Heated.
Parturition, during, lying-in, etc. : am.
bell. bry. calc. carb-an. cham. coff.
ferr. hyos. k-ca. nz-v. plat. pidg. rkus.
aep. sulph.
— pregnancy, during : bell. bry. calc.
caps. cans. cham. cocc. hyos. nx-m.
plat. puis. rhus. sep. sulph.
Periodical headache : seth. aloe. ambr.
anac. am. ars. asaf. bell, benz-ac.
calc. cedr. cham. chin, chin-s. creos.
cupr. ferr. k-bi. laur. lobel. mur-ac.
nat-c. nat-m. nat-s. nice, tut-v. phos.
plat puis. rhus. sang, selen. sep. sil.
spig. sulph.
— aggr. periodically : cupr.
— every day: nx-m. sabad. sulph.
from 9 to 1 : mur-ac.
morning : hepar.
from 4 p. M. to 3 A. M. : bell.
other day : ambr. cimic. mercHJ.
phos. psor.
— morning on awaking: eup-
per.
fortnight : nice, sulph.
six weeks : mag-ro.
seven days : pby t. sang. sil. sulph.
eight days : iris.
— perif^ic headache with vertigo and
nausea, morning on awaking, also in
evening : often relieved by pressurct
in open air or b^ eating : k-bi.
in afternoon, mcreasmg until mid-
night ; every third attack alternately
more or less violent : lobel.
Perepiration. See Sweat.
Preeaure. external, a^. : mr. am-c
ant-c arg. bell. bism. bry. calc
camph. castor, chin. etna, cinnb.
cupr. glon. k-eoL lach. lact lye mag-
c. mag-m. marum. merc-i-fl. meser.
mur-ac. nat-c. ph-ac. pnm, sabin.
ears, sulph. valer. verb.
— cannot bear pressure though it does
not aggravate : seneg.
— relieves: alum, am-c anac ant-c
apis, arg-n. bell. bij. calc camph.
carb-an. chel. chin, cimic cinnb. con.
alon. guai. hepar. indm. ipec k-bi#
lach. laur. mag-c mag-m. men. mere
merc-i-fl. mezer. mur-ac. nat-c. nat-m.
nat-p. nice. nitr. nx-v. olnd. par.
phos. puis, ran-sc. sabad. sabin. sep.
sil. spig. alann. staph, sulph. sul-ac
tarent. thu. verat.
— of a cold hand, relieves : calc.
— hard, relieves: anac. bell, carb-an.
chin, mag-m. men. nx-m.
— forehead : calc. camph. dios. mag^
m. marum. mur-ac. pn-ac
relieves: ailan. am-m. anac. aral.
bell, calc-ac. carb-ac. castor, chel.
chin, cimic clem, colch. croc. ferr.
^els. glon. ham. hell, hydrs. ipec k-
lod. lil-t. mang. men. mere mur-ac.
nat-c. nat-m. olnd. op. phys. sabad.
spig. stann. sulph. sul-ac.
— occiput : calc. camph. dioa. ph-ac.
sulph.
— T— relieves: calc-ac colch. grat.
hydrs. hyos. mag-c. mang. man. nx-
V. sabin. sep. spig. tarent.
— aide : agar.
relieves: mezer. sulph.
— temple: aspar. bism. castor, cina.
cop. daph. lil-t. mur-ac. nat-ars. nat-
m. nitr. prun. verb.
relieves : seth. alum, ant-c aral.
cact. calad. calc-ac. chin, cocc-c cop.
dios. dire glon. guai. hydrs. iod. k-
iod. lil-t. mag-c. mag-m. men. nat-c.
par. phos. plan. podo. stann. thu.
verat.
by pressure on opposite side r
jac
— vertex : bell, castor, cina. k-ca. lach.
nat-c nitr.
relieves: cact. dire eup-per. ferr.
ph-ac phys. stann.
Quiet. See Rest.
Reading, aggr. from: agn. apis. arg.
am. aur. borax, bov. bry. ca(e. calc-
ac. carb-v. caus. chin-a. cina. dnnb.
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Beading.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Boom.
clem. coca. cocc. coff. croton. ferr-i.
glon. helon. hydrph. ign. lach. lye.
mercmezer. nat-m. nat-6. nz-y. olnd.
op. par. rata, sabad. sil. sulph.
— see also under Mental labor,
Writing, etc
— relicTes : ham. ign.
— forehead : am. borax, br^. eo/c-oc.
caufl. chin-a. cocc. coff. ferr-i. hjdrph.
lob-8. op. pfays. pip*m. taraz.
— temple : calc-ac. clem. coca, mezer.
nat-m. phys. pip-m. Bulph.
— vertex : catb-T. helon. lye. nat-m.
Rain, amel. : cham.
Rest, aggravates: arg. asar. bens-ac.
caps. cham. cic. coff. euph. ferr.lach.
lye. mang. men. nat-c. nitr. puis,
rhod. rhus. ruta. samb. stann. btaph.
valer.
— relieves : ant-c. arg. arg-n. am. bry,
chel. cic. cocc. colch. croton. cupr.
eupi. gent. glon. hell, hepar. hipp.
ioa. k-bi. k-ca. lac-can. laur. lye. nat-
m. nitr. nx-v. olnd. phos. rhod. sang,
sars. sep. spig. squil. staph.
— compare with Lying, Sitting, etc.
Retching. See Eructation.
Rheumatic: aeon. am-m. asc-t. bell.
herb. bry. calc-p. caul. caus. cham.
chin, cimic. coloc. dulc. guai. ign. k-
bi. kalm. lach. led. lye. mag-m. mere,
nit-ac. nx-y. phos. phyt. podo. puis,
rhus-r. rhus. sep. spig. stict. stram.
sulph.
Riding. See Driving.
— in cars, aggr. : coloc. k-ca.
Rising. See under Morning, Noon,
Night, etc., on Kising; also under
Head, raising.
Rising, after: am. glon. laur. nat-m.
oxai-ac. phos. stram. tarent.
— relieves: asaf. he^ar. ign. k-iod.
mere, nat-c nat-s. nit-ac rnus-r.
— forehead: cob. dulc. glon. iber.
kalm. mur-ac. phys. sang, verat.
relieves : chm-s. cinnb. spong.
— occiput: gels.
relieves: chin-8. enp-per.grat.jug-
c. puis.
— temple : fago. lycps. verat.
relieves : calc-ac rhus. stann.
— side : chin-6. graph.
relieves : carb-v. dig. indg. ol-an.
rhod. tabac. tong.
Rising from lying, aggr. : leac-h. am-
m. anac ang. apis. ars. asar. bapt.
bell. bov. bry. calc camph. caps.
carb-an. 6ham. chel. cinnb. clem,
coca, coloc. con. coral. duU. glon.
hepar. ipec. mnivac nat-c. nitr. nx-
y. olnd. phos. ph-ac puis. rhod. ruta.
sep. sil. squil. sulph. staph, ustil.
relieves : aloe. ambr. am-c.
ars. aur. bell, calad. carb-an. carb-v.
cham. chin, cic cup-ac. ferr. gels,
hepar. ip. k-ca. laur. lith. mag-c.
nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-y. phos. ph-
ac. phys. plb. puis, ran-b. rhod. rhus.
sabin. spig. verat.
— from sitting, aggr. : apis. bell. chin,
cob. ferr. grat. lam. laur. lye. mang.
mur-ac. ozal-ac. puis. su. spong.
trio, verat.
relieves : arg. phys. spig.
spong.
— from stooping, agnr. : aeon. asar.
coral, daph. hepar. k-ca. lam. lye.
mag-m. mag-s. mang. mur-ac. nx-y.
sul-ac. tong. viol-tr.
— — — relieves: calc-ac. con. ign.
indg.
forehead : asar. mag-s.
side : k-ca. mang. sul-ac.
— upright, erect, aggr.: aeon. ang.
. arn. ars. asar. bell. bov. bry. caps.
cans. cham. cic. dros. hell, hepar.
ign. k-ca. laur. lye mag-m. mang.
mur-ac. spong. sul-ac. tarax. verat.
viol-tr.
relieves : ant-t. cic. mag-c. rhus.
sabin.
— standing position, rising to, re-
lieves: alum. ang. aur. bar. bry. calc.
cauth. carb-v. chin. con. dig. k-ca.
laur. mag-c maram. nat-c. olnd. puis,
rhus. spig. stann.
Rooks head from side to side to relieve
pain : k-iod.
Room, afigr. : aeth. all-c am-m. arn. ars.
asaf. bov. bry. calc-ac. caus. cham.
chel. cimie. cob. coca, colch. croc.
euphr. ham. hepar. hipp. hyos. iod.
jatr. laur. mag-c mag-m. mang. men.
mezer. mosch. nat-c. nice nx-v.
phos. ph-ac. phys. plat. puis, ran-sc
rhod. sabad. seneg. sep. sulph. tilia.
ton. verat. verb, snc
-^ pains coming on in room are re-
lieved out-doors, and vice versa:
mang. ran-b.
— relieved in : bell. bry. bov. cham.
chel. chin, cocc coff. eup-per. ferr.
hepar. mag-c mang. mere. nx-m. tix-v.
rhus. spig. staph, su] ph. sul-ac valer.
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Boom.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD,
Sleep.
— forehead: aeon. bry. cact. cans,
coca, colch. ooa. lach. nz-j. plat ran-
b. rhod. rbus. sep.
relieved in : bell. mang.
— occiput : brv. cimic. mag^m. meser.
relieved : bov.
— temple: iatr. laur. phos. ran-b.
rhod. sabad.
relieved : coff. hyos. ol-an. zing.
— aide: am-m. bov. euphr. fluor^ac
phos. sabad. ton.
relieved : mag-s.
— on entering a, aggr. : mezer. nat-m.
rarirh. ran-8C. rhus. sabad. spong.
from cold : colch. con. puis.
— 'warm room, aggr. : all-c. aloe. apis.
am. bar. bov. cann-i. caus. cocc-c.
croc, ferr-i. hydrs. lact. laur. lil-t.
mezer. merc-i-fl. nat*c. nitr. phos.
ph-ac. plat. puU. selen. seneg. sin-n.
sol-n. spong. sulph. tanac. znc.
compare with Air, warm.
relieves: am-c, lac-can. nx-v.
sil.
forehead : aeon. bov. carb-an.
caus. lac-ac. lil-t. mezer. plat, selen.
seneg. sin-n. verb.
relieved : lac-can. sil.
occiput : bov. seneg.
Rubbing, aggr.: alum, calc-p. caus.
dios.
— forehead, relieves : ars. ham. ol-an.
op. j^hos. phys.
— occiput, relieves: canth. laur. ol-
an.
— temple, relieves : canth. ol-an. phos.
plat.
— vertex, relieves : carb-ac.
Running, from: bry. nat-m. nx-v.
tarent.
Scarlatina, after : am-c. bell. bry. cham.
dulc. hell, hepar. lach. mere. rhos.
Scratching, amel. : mang.
Sexual exceseee. after : agar. am. cole.
carb-v. chin. con. k-ca. lach. mere.
nat-c. nx-v. phos. ph-ac. plp-m. puis.
sep. sil. spig. staph, sulph* ttiu.
after onanism : ealc. carb-v. chin.
eon. lye. mere, nat-m. nx-v. phos.
puis. sep. spig. staph, sulph.
after excessive pollutions : alum.
eak. con. ham. k-ea. lye. nx-». sep.
staph, viol-od.
occipital pain : ehin.
Sewing : lac-can.
Shade, compare Darkness and Sun,
aggr. in.
Shame, from : op.
Siesta. See under Sleep.
Singing, from : alum.
Sitting, aggr. when : agar. alum. am-m.
ang. aral. am. ars asaf. asar. bism.
borax, bry. bufo. calc. canth. carb-an.
caus. cham. ekin, cic. coff. con. eye.
dros. euph. gent. grat. guai. indg.
ferr. lach. led. lye mag-c men. mere.
merc-i-r. mezer. mosch. mur-ac. nat-
c. phos. plat. puis, ran-b. ratan. rhod.
rhus. ruta. sabad. seneg. sil. spong.
squil. staph, sulph. sul-ac tarax.
verat. zing.
up or erect. See under Rising.
— relieves : ars. asar. calc calad. coff.
con. gels. glon. hipp. ign. k-ca. lam.
mag^m. mere. nx-v. sulph. verat
— forehead : seth. agar. alum. am-m.
bism. calc-ac castor, caus. chin. con.
glon. ham. lach. mere mezer. phos.
ruta. seneg. spig. spong. staph, tarax.
tereb. verat.
relieves: aeon. ars. bell.
— occiput: agar, castor, chin. indg.
men. ran-b. spig. squil. znc.
relieves : asar. ign. mag-c. mag-m.
— side: am-m. canth. chin-s. ngo.
indg. mag-c. nice. phos. ratan. rhod.
sulph.
relieve^* : ars. calad. con.
— tample: am-m. arg. chin, lil-t
mang. mezer. nice. phos. staph, sol-
ac. tarax. verat.
relieves : ars. asar. calc-ac. cofL
coloc- lith. mang.
— vertex: castor, lye. peti. phos.
verat. viol-tr.
relieves : con. gels.
Sleep, before going to : agar. nx-m.
— during : agn. ars. camph. cham.
colch. dig. ferr. graph, fed. mag-c.
petr.
second sleep, morning, aggr.:
ham.
on falling asleep, amel.: anac.
ang. nit-ac.
relieved during : aeon. bad. glon.
hell. hyos. ign. pallad. sep. sil. tnu.
— on a^^aking, aggr.: agar, ailan.
alum. ambr. anac. anX-t. arg-n. ars.
aur. bar. bell. bov. 6ry. cadm. ealad.
calc carb-an. carb-v. caus. cham.
chel. chin, chin-s. cic. cimic dna.
cinnb. clem. cooc. coff. eon. croc. dig.
dros. erig. euphr. gels, graph, ham.
hell, hepar. ign. ipec k-bL k-ca. hush.
152
Sleep.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Stooping.
lact lye. iiiag-<:. mag-m. mill, morph.
nat-c. not m. nat-s. nitr. Dit-ac. nz-m.
1IX-V. op. ozal-ac. par. petr. peti. pteL
phos. ph-ac. plect. plb. psor. puis.
raph. rheum, rhus. rhus-r. rumx.
ruta. sabad. selen. sep. sil. squil.
staph, stram. sulph. sm-ac. tarent.
thu.
after restless sleep : crot-c. stram.
see also Morning, Night, on
waking.
amel. on awaking: bell, campb.
chel. glon. graph, ham. laor. phos.
sang. tha.
by a good sleep : sep.
— Bieata, after a: boy. calad. calc-s.
carb-T. coff. ign. merc-i-r. nz-m.
rhus. sep. sulph.
relieTed : nitr.
— loss of, from late hours, aggr. : ant-
c. carb-y. ooff. colch. laur. wm), rhus.
sulph.
from night watching : ambr. brj.
carb-y. eooe. colch. nx-v. tmU,
Smell. See Odors under Nose.
Smoking. See under Tobacco.
Sneesing, when : am-m. am. bar. brj.
cina. grat k-ca. nat-m. sabad. sulph.
relieyes : calc. lil-l. mur-ac.
Sonp, from warm : k-bL
Speaking. See Talking.
Spinning, from : carb-an.
Spiritnone liquors, from abuse of:
acet-ec. agar, ant-c ars. asaf. bell.
brj. calc. carb-y. chel. chin, cimic.
ooff hell. hydr. ign. ipec. laeh, lye.
mere, nat-m. nit-ac nz-m. nx-v. op.
phos. puis. ran4>. rhod. rhus. ruta.
sabad. selen. sil. spig. stann. iulph,
yerat.
see also Alcohol, Beer, Wine,
etc.
relieye : arg-n. bufo. castor. helL
naja. phos. sep.
Stanoing, aggr. when : agar. alum. arg.
am.^ ars. calc-ac. canth. chin. dig.
guai. mac^c. mang. puis, ran-b.
rheum, rhus. staph, sulph. taraz.
yerat. mc.
— relieyes : calc. camph. ran-b.
-— forehead : agar. alum. ars. calc-ac.
canth. chin. ham. k-ca. mere. phel.
ran-b. rheum, sang. spig. staph.
tabac taraz.
relieyes : calc-ac. marum.
— occiput : castor, kca. mas-c. tabac.
in one position, when : cnam.
relievea : nz-y. plb.
when standinff still : taraz.
— aide : calc. canth. oig. k-ca. mag-c.
mang. plb. znc.
— temple: ars. caator. chin, coloc
glon. guai. staph, yerat.
relieyes : taraz. aing.
— vertex : ran-b. sul-ac yerat.
Stepping. See Walking.
— heavily, aggr.: alum. ambr. bell,
bry. calc. <»lc-p. chin. cocc. dros.
hell. k-ca. lach. led. lye. men. nat-m»
nit-ac. nz-y. phos. ph-ac. rhus. sep.
sil. spig.
— false, from a : anac. bry. cob. hepar.
led. puis, sol-n. spig. thu. yibur.
— at each step : afum. ambr. bell. bry.
calc-p. cocc-c. coloc. con. dros. glon.
hydrs. lach. lye mezer. nat-m. nit-
ac. nuph. ph-ac. sep. spig. spong.
sulph.
— compare with Jar, etc
Stomach disordered. See Gastric.
Stool, from urging at: bell, calc-p.
coloc con. glon. ham. hell. indm. ixn.
iod. lye. phos. ratan.spig. sulph. thu.
yibur.
— from insufficient : aloe. con.
— after : aloe. ambr. apoc. bufo. chel.
podo. sabad. sep. spig.
relieyed : seth. agar. aloe. apis.
corn, lachn. ptel. ozal*ac yerat-y.
Stooping, from : acet-ac. aeon, aesc-h.
aloe. alum. am-m. ang. ant-t apis,
arg. am. asar. bapt. bar. hell, herb,
boraz. boy. bry. ealc calc-caus. calc-p.
camph. canth. cape, carb-an. carb-y.
cans. cham. chel. chin, chin-e. cic.
cob. cocc. coff. colch. coloc com.
com. creos. cupr. eye dig. dice. dulc.
ferr. ferr-i. form. gels. glon. ham.
helL helon. hepar. hydrs. hydr-ac.
hydrph. hyoe. ign. k-bi. k-ca. lach.
laur. lye mag-m. mane. mang.
• marum. men. mere, merc-i-r. mill,
mur-ac. nat-c nat-m. nice nit-ac.
nitr. nx-m. nx-v. par. petr. phos.
phys. phyt. pic-ac plat, plect. puis,
rheum. rhuB, rhu£-r. samb. aan^.
seneg. senn. io). nl. spig. spong.
stann. staph, sulph. sul-ae tnu. Taler.
yerat. yibur. sing.
— after. See Rising from.
— heayy pressure on brain forcing to
stoop : cann-i.
— relieves : ans. cans. etna. con. dig.
elaps. fago. Ayos. ign. indg. laur.
153
Stooping.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Touch.
mang. mezer. nx-y. phos. tmrax.
yerat. verb, viol-tr.
— forehead : aeon. am-c. am-m. ang.
arg-n. am. asar. atrop. atir-m. bar.
bell. berb. borax, bov. brom. hry. calc-
ac. camph. canth. carb-an. carb-y.
card-b. cans. chel. cob. coff. ooloc.
creos. cupr. eye. dros. dulc. fago. fluor-
ac gels, gran.'gaai. bsemat. hepar.
by OS. hydrph. ign. indm. ipec junc. k-
bi. k-iod. lact. laur. lye. mag-m. mane,
mang. marum. mere merc-c murx.
mur-ac. myric. nitr. nx-y. pcd. pic-
ac. plat. ptel. puis, ratan. rAiM-t*. sil.
8ol-n. spig.stann. staph, sulph. tarent
yaler. verat.
relieyes: bar-ac. bell. cans. yerb.
— oooipnt: aeon. aloe, camph. carb-
y. chin, oolch. gels. hell, helon.
k-ca. mang. ph-ac. prun. rhus-r. spig.
salph.
relieyes : ign. ol-an. yerat.
— Bide : alum. ang. calc-ac caps, chin-
B. coral, dig. euphr. glon. hipp. indg.
laur. ment-pi. phos. ton.
relieyes : dig. iris.
— temple : am-m. boy. brom. calo-ac
chin. coff. coloc. dios. &go. fluor-ac.
glon. guai. mur-ac. nat-ars. phos.
sol-n. thu. yerat.
relieyes: ang. mang. yerat.
— vertex: aeon. almn. am-m. berb.
calc. calc-p. coloc. glon. helon. men.
nx-m.
relieyes: laur yerat.
Stove, from heat of: am. bar, cimic.
Suls.
ying. See Mental labor.
Sun, from exposure to : aeon. aloe, ant-c.
bar. hell. brom. bruc. cadm. calc.
camph. cann-i. castor, chin-s. euphr.
gen. glon. hipp.hyos. ign. lack. mane.
nat-^. nat-m. nx-y. selen. therid. yaler.
— relieved in: graph, stram. stront.
in shade: brom.
Sapper, amel. after : am-c. lachn.
— see Eating.
Syyalloyying, when : mag-c.
— see also Chewing.
Sweat preceded by headache : ferr.
— eappreased, from having : are, bell.
bry. calc. cham. chin. lye. mere. nx-v.
phos. puis. rhus. sep. iuiph,
— relieves : bov. clem, graph, mag-m.
nat-m, psor. mdph. tarent. thu.
— daring headache: am. ars. eup-per.
nat-m. rhus. thu.
— after: calc. chin, mere. puis. Mp.
staph, sulph.
Talking, when, aggr. : aeon. agar,
arannd. aur. bry. cact. calc. canth.
chin. cic. oocc. coff. con. dros. dulc.
euphr. fluor-ac. glon. hyos. t^. iod.
lac-can. led. mag-m. man. mere.
moor, nat-m. nx-j. nx-v. par. ph-ac.
puis. rhus. sang. sars. sil. spig. spong.
sulph. znc.
— relieves : eup-per. ham.
— distant : mur-ac.
— of others: aran-d. bar. ign. mere.
Tea, from abuse of: chin. lach. selen.
thu. verat.
relieves : ferr-p.
— by strong : carb-ac. glon.
Teeth, on compressing the : indm.
see also Chewing.
Temperature, from a change of: carb-
y. ran-b, verb.
— see also under Weather.
Thinking of pain, ag^. : cham. chin.
ferr-p. hell, helon. ign. pip-m. sabad.
sin-n. staph.
relieves: agar, camph. ctc»
prun.
— see also Mental labor.
Thander-atorma, air just before, aggr.
from : bry. lach. tuU-e. phos. rhod. sep,
sU.
during, ajgr. : nat-p.
Tobaooo, smoking, from : acet-ac. aeon.
ant-c. calc. cans. clem. cocc. cooc-c
ferr. gels. glon. ign. mag-c. nat-ars.
nat-m. nx-v. op. par. puis. spig. thu.
relieves: am-c. aran-d. calc-p.
carb-ac. naja.
forehead : calad. cans, ferr-i.
Toach, aggr. by: a/xm. agar. agn. all-
c alum. arg. bar. bell, borax, bov.
bry. calc. camph. case. cast, carb-
an. chel. chin, cinnb. con. cupr. daph.
grat. hydrph. ipec. k-bi. k-ca. lact.
laur. led. lye. mag-s. mere, mur-ac
nat-m. nit-ac. nitr. nx-m. par. phos.
ph-ac. rhod. sars. sep. spig. sabin.
staph, tarent.
on vertex, from : sabin.
— relieves : ars. asaf. bell. bry. calc.
coloc. con. eye. mang. men. mur-ac.
nitr. phos. sars. thu. viol-tr.
— compare with Pressure.
— brain : all-c. arg. bry. chin, cinnb.
grat k-bi. lact. laur. mag-s. mere
merc-i-fl. mezer. mur-ac. nat-m. par.
sabin. sars. staph, sulph. viol-tr.
154
Touch.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEA D.
Walking.
relieves : Bars.
— forehead: chin. cupr. ipec. lepi.
lye. mur^ac. nat-m.
relieves : hell, calc-ac. chin. eye.
mur-ac viol-tr.
— oocipnt : bar. cupr. nit-ac. nitr.
. relieves : mang.
— side : agar. agn. borax, cupr. dire,
laur. nit-ac.
relieves : hrv. thu.
— temple : aur. herb, castor, chel. ^n.
cupr. daph. led. lepi. nx-m. peti.
staph.
relieves: ars. calc-ac. chin, eye,
— vertex : bov. chel. cinnb. k-hi. peti.
phos.
— . — by laying hand on it, amel. :
nitr.
Treading. See Stepping.
Turning body, when : cham. glon. graph,
lye. merc-i-fl. nat-m. plan. sil.
in bed, when : meph.
see also Head, turning.
Twilight, aggr. in tne: ang. caj. puis.
— amel. in : coca.
Unoovering body, from : benz-ac.
relieves : coral.
— see also under Covering.
Urination, during: ooloc
— profuse relieves : ^Is. sil.
Veal, from eating: nitr.
Vertigo, after: oaic
— See Concomitants.
Vexation, after : aeon. bry. castor, eham,
coca ign. lye. mag-c mezer. nat-m.
nx-v. pttr, phos. ran-b. rhus. staph,
verat.
— compare wiUi Angrv.
Vinegar, aggr. by swallow of: marum.
— applying, amel. : meli. op.
Voioe, male, affect brain : bar.
Vomiting, aggr. when : ars. asar. bar-m.
con. eugen. glon. k-bi. lach. lye.
mezer. nx-v. phyt. secale. sep. verat.
after : cham. cocc. ferr. nat-c. nx-
V.
— relieves: asar. calc. glon. hipp.
ma^nc. op. sang. raph. stann. sul-ac.
Waking, on. See under Sleep and
compare Waking under Morning,
Night, etc.
Walking, when : aeon. aloe. alum. anac.
ang. ant-t. arn. ars. asar. aster, bar.
bell. bry. cadm. calc. caps, carb-an.
cans. chin. cic. clem. cob. cocc. ooloc
con. com. dig. dros. ferr. glon. gran.
guai. hell. hipp. hyos. hura. ign. iod.
k-ca. lach. laur. led. lye. mag-c.
mang. men. mera merc-i-fl. mur-ac
nat-c nit-ac. nitr. nx-v. olnd. 08t«
par. petr. phos. ph-ac phyt. plat,
ptel. puis, ran-b. rheum, rhod. rhus.
sabad. sars. sep. sil. spig. spong.
staph, stront. sulpii. tabac. tarax.
tarent. thea. therid. ustil. verat. verb,
viol-tr. znc
— compare with Motion, Stepping,
etc.
— relieves : am-c ant-c aran-d. asar.
borax, calc. canth. caps. cham. chin,
coca, ooloc dros. fago. glon. ham.
hyos. lye mag-c mang. mur-ac. nat-
c nat-m. phos. puis, ran-b. rhus.
seneg. sep. sin-n. spig. staph, sulph.
tarax. thu.
— forehead : aeon. anac. arn. ars. bry.
calc. calc-ac. chin. clem. coca. cocc.
coloc. euphr. gran. indm. k-bi. lept.
mag-c naja. nitr. ped. peti. phys.
puis, ratan. rhus-v. sars. spong.
sulph. ustil. viol-tr.
relieves : calc-ac. chin. coca. dros.
puis, ran-b. rhod. sang, staph.
— oocipnt : asar. bell. bry. calc. chin,
coca. con. graph', k-ca. mur-ac ped.
phys. spig. sulph, tarax.
— aide: arg. arg-n. ars. bell, calc clem,
con. k-ca. nat-m. plb. spig.
— temple : ars. asar. bufo. castor, chin,
coloc con. dies. gen. glon. hell. k-bi.
lil-t. mang. phos. ran-b. sulph,
relieves : chin. guai. staph, tarax.
— vertex: carb-an. calc. oedr. con.
glon. hura. peti. phyt. spong. sulph.
relieves : peti. sang.
Walking in open air, when: aeon.
alum, am-c ant-c. am. atrop. bell.
borax, bov. bry. calc, caus. chin.
chin-s. cina. coff. con. dulc. euphr.
ferr. grat. hell, hepar. ign. k-ca. lam.
laur. lye mang. mere mur-ac nat-
m. nice. nx-m. nx-v. par. petr. plat.
puis, ran-b. rhus. sabad. sars. selen.
spig. gpong. staph, stront. sulph. sul-
ac tarax. znc.
after: am-c. bell. bov. calc.
caus. chel. chin. coca. coff. ferr. hepar.
k-bi. mezer. mui^ac nice nx-v.
pal lad. petr. puis, ran-b. ran-sc rhus.
sabad. spig. spong. znc
relieves : aeih. ambr. am-c.
ang. ant-c. aral. ars. asar. bov. canth.
carb-an. caus. chin-s. cina. coff. coloc.
coral, croc diad. eup-pur. fago. gen.
155
Walking.
CONDITIONS OF THE HEAD.
Yawning.
fflon. hepar. hjos. lach. laur. lith.
lye. mag-c. mang. moach. nat-m.
olnd. phel. phos. pu/s. ran-b. rhus.
ears, seneg. sep. sulph. thu. vioi-tr.
forehead : aoon. ant-c. asim.
calc-ac. cans, ciiin. cina. ooca. hell.
hjdrph. k-cy. mere, nat-m. plat. sars.
spong. taraz.
relieves: borax, camph.
coral, crotal. ham. hydrs. hyos. Ijc.
phys. scut. sep. thu.
oociput: boy. caus. cina.
ferr-p. manj^. spig. staph, znc.
relieves : cimic. mang. seneg.
sulph. tabac.
Bide : chin-8. grat. ign. mag^
8.
relieves : mang. merc-i-r.
temple : am. bry. ooff. hyos.
mang. nat-m. spig. taraz. sing.
relieves : psor. rhod.
vertex, relieves : aoon. aster.
thu.
Walking rapidly, when : bell. bry. cale.
chel. ferr-i. mane, tabac. ^
in the wind, from : chin, mor-ac.
nx-v.
— alo^irly, when : hipp.
relieves : eu|>-pur. puU.
Warm. See Air, Koom, etc.
Warmth. See Heat, Fever, etc.
Washing, from: can-c, cmirc bell. bry.
ealc. canth. carb-v. cham. glon. lye.
mere, nit-ac nx-m. phos. puis, rhua,
Bep. spig. stront. ndph,
— oold water, amel. : aoon. aloe,
ant-t ars. asar. aur-m. bry. cham.
einnb. eye. euph. indm. kalm. lae-ac.
m^ria nat-s. plan. psor. znc.
— of feet, relieves : nat-s.
— from washing hands : rhus-r.
WeaUier, from changes of: bry. cale-p.
lach. nx-fFi. phos, psor. ran-b. rhod.
rhus, «/, verb, vip-t
— oold: aeon. agar. am-c. ars. aur. bell,
bry. cale. oamph. caps, earb-v. caiu.
cooc. eolch. eon. aide, hdl, hepar,
hyos. ign. k-ca, lye. mere. mo9ch, nat-
m. nx-m, nxv, phos. rhod. rhua. $ab<uL
sep. stronL vent.
— damp oold: am-e. ars. bry. ealc.
earb-an. earh-v. colch. dulc. glon.
lach, lye. mere, moseh. nx-m. wm).
rhod. rhus. sil. stront. sulph. verat
sing.
— dry oold: acoi^. asar. bry. eaus.
hepar. nx-v. sabad. spong.
— 'warm, begins with the : glon. nat-
s.
— 'Windy, stormy, from : asar. aur. bry.
cham. chin. lach. mur-ac iuhii. nz-
V. phos. puis. rhod. rhus.
Wet, from getting: ars. belL bry. ealc
eoleh. dulc. hepar. k-ca. led. lye.
lao^-m. nz-m. puis. rhus. sep.
when sweating: aeon. cale.
eoleh. dulc. rhus. sep.
— head, from wetting: bar. beU. led.
phos. puis.
— leet, from wetting: gels. phoe. puis.
rhus. sep. sU.
Wind,^ from exposure to: aoon. cham.
chin. ham. mui^ac. nx-v.
oold : aur. lac-can. mur-ac. nx-v.
rhus.
riding in: ars-i. calc-L glon.
lye.
east : psor.
rough : aur, mur-ac
Wine, from abuse of: ant-c am. ars.
cact eale, carb-an. carb-v. ooff gela.
glon. ign. lach. lye. nat-c nat-m. nx-
m. nx-v. ozal-ac ran^, rhod. rhus.
sabad. sden. sil. verat. me.
— relieves : arg-n.
— lead, containing: belL nx-v. plal.
sulph.
— salphoroiia : ars. mere, puis, sep.
— sour: antre. ars. ferr. sulph.
— see also under Alcohol, fieer, Spirit-
uous, etc.
Winking, aggr. : aUr€,
Work, from : anac. bufo.
— carrying a weight on shoulders : mag-
s.
— relieves : mero-i-fl.
— when doing some disagreeable:
chin.
Worm oom plaints, from: eale. chin. ema.
graph, nx-v. plat sabad, sU spig.
sulph.
Wrapping up. See Covering.
Wrinkling forehead, aggr. : nat-m.
Writing, from : aur. borax, ealc. clem.
dros. ferr. ferr-i. gent. glon. ign. k-ca.
lye. mane, nat-m. phos. ran%. rhus.
rnus-r. sil.
— forehead: borax, dros. ferr-L k-ca.
lye. op.
— oooiput : carb-an. oocc. gels.
— vertex : eels, nat-m. ran-b.
Yawning, when : agar. bar. chin. eye.
mag-c. mur-ac. nx-v. phyt
•^ relieved after : nat-m. staph.
166
GENERAL OONOOMITANTS OF HEAD 8YMPT01CS.
Abdomen, with bearing down in:
— neat of: tarent.
— pain in : aoon. eth. ailan. aioe. bism.
cedr. cina. oooc. oolch. ooloc. con.
cupr. dig. dios. euphr. fjmn, hepar.
hjdn. nyoB. indg. iris. iach. led.
lye. mere. nua. nit-ac. nitr. ol-an.
phos. ptel. rnos-r. stram. tarent.
tereb. verat Terat-v. znc.
alternating with : cina.
in right iUac region : lil-t.
in liver : indm. tarent.
in pelris : stram.
in spleen : borax, cinnb. urt-ar.
in nmbilicns : lil-L
— stitohea in hypochondria: sesc-h.
— a^irelling of: nitr. phos. stram.
Angniah, with ; ailan. anac ant-c Iach .
nat-m. selen. seneg. stann. stram.
Anzietj, with: ant-t. benz-ac. cact.
cadm. carb-an. chel. chin-s. glon.
jabor. nat-c. nitr. phos. plat, ran-b.
rhenm. mta. sep. stront. tarent
Apathy, with : bell.
— aversion for motion : ph-ac.
for speaking : ant-c rhos-r.
for thinking: ailan. eqn. phyt.
rhus-r. tep.
-» — for work : calc-p. camph. coff.
coloc dig. dulc. lact. op. phos. sep.
— dlsgost of life : podo.
Appetite, with increase of: chin-s. elaps.
iod. lye psor. sil.
— with loss of: ailan. anac. benz-ac.
cale-p. con. euphr. ferr. gymn. hipp.
iber. laeh. nat-m. petr. phos. selen.
sep. stann. stram. tabac.
Arma, jerking : verat.
— see also Hands.
— pain in: arg-n. bell. bry. calc-p.
carb-T. cimic dios. dire euphr.
gymn. indg. Iach. mage. phos. tilia,
▼erat.
arms and hands, pain in : calc-p.
in elbows : indg. lobel.
— nombneas in : aJl-c phys.
— tingling in : ailan.
— vireakneBa : glon. iod.
Aathma, with : ooloc.
Awkwardneas, with : caps.
Back, chilliness of, with : sil.
— nombneaa, in a band, from left
scapula to hip : ailaa.
— pain, with : ailan. benz-ac cina.
oob. daph. fluor-ac. graph, hydra
meni. mere, myric. ol-an. op. sabad.
sabin. til. verat trios, six.
in small of : aix)c. oob. lac can. sil.
^^ — alternating with : brom.
— aweat, cold, on : aoon. morph-ac
— weakneaa ef, with : coloc (ago.
lobel. nym.
Blood, feels as if arrested : bar. sulph.
— oongeetion o{, with. See under
Congestion, page 93.
Breath, fetid, with : apis.
— oool, sense of, with : arg-n.
Cheeka, hot. with : calc. cann-s. mere
— red, with: alum. bov. cann-s. ign,
znc
— ■'welling of, with: calc carb-v.
lye
— see also under Face.
Cheerfulneea, with: coca, lye phos.
ph-ac.
Cheat, constriction of, with : sep.
— oppreaaion of, with : ailan. carb-
ac crotal. meli tazent
alternating with : glon.
-— compare with Bespiration.
— pain in, with: eth. almn. cham.
chro-accina. con. dulc eupi. fago.
{praph. gymn. hydrs. hydrph. indg.
jabor. k-ca. lack, lith. mero-i-r. nat-
m. op. ran-b. stront tarent tep.
alternating with: iod.
— ainking sensation in, with : nz-v.
— see also under Respiration.
Chillineas, with : aloe, anac arg. arg-n.
am. calc cadm. camph. carb-v. chin,
con. dios. dulc eup-per. euphr. evon.
ferr. hell, hyper, indg. indm. jatr.
k-iod. Iach. lam. mag-s. mang. meni.
meier. nitr. nit-ac puis. rhus. sang,
sep. sil. stann. sulph. tarent thu.
— after headache : sang.
Coition, desire for : sep.
Coma, with : chin-s.
Confoaion. mental, with : our. glon. nat-
ars. petr. stram.
as if would lose senses or go mad :
aeon. agar. chin, stram. tarent verat
— unable to collect one's senses: carb-v.
chin, creos. crotal. eye tnoa^. mezer.
nit-ac rhus. sars stann. sulph.
— see also Confusion, Stupefaction
under Mind, Head.
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157
Confltipatioii. CONCOMITANTS OF HEAD SYMPTOMS,
Eyes.
Confltipatioii, with: aloe, alum.bry.
coff. con. crotal. ign. iach. mag-c
mere. nx-v. op. petr. puis, verat. znc.
Coryza, with : aeon, sesc-h. all-c. arg-n.
ars. bad. bell. bov. brj. calc. carb-y.
caus. cham. chin, cina. cic. coral.
croa dios. euphr. ferr. hell, hepar.
ign.jac k-ca. k>iod. Iach. lye. mag^
m. mere, nit-ac. nx-v, phos. phyt.
psor. puis. rhod. sabad. sep. spig. tnu.
• — 'with dry : croc
Cries, extorting : cact. cimic. coloc. cupr.
hydrph. k-ca. mag-m. petr. sep. sil.
stann. tarent. tong.
Deliriam, with : chins, sil. stram.
Delnaiona, with : chin.
Depression, dejection, with : agar. anac.
aur. berb. cact. con. creos. crotal.
dulc. iris, lac-can. lact. mag-c. niga.
ran-b. rhus-r. selen. sep. sil. tanac.
tarent. therid.
Despair, with : agar, tarent. vip-red.
Diarrhcoa, with : seth. agar. aloe. ambr.
apis. con. glon. graph, indm. jatr.
nitr. stram. yerat.
— alternating with : podo.
DisBiness. See Giddiness.
Dreams, with : alum, aur-m. borax, chin-
s. puis.
Ears, discharge, from, with: borax,
psor.
— nearing, hardness of, with : arn.
dulc. grat. isn. lyc. stram.
improyed : phyt.
— heat of, with : calc. gran. lyc. mur-
ac.
right hot, left cold : tereb.
— noises in, with: aeon. anac. ars.
borax, bry. chel. chin, chins, clem,
coca. cocc. creos. dulc. euphr. ferr.
gels, hyper. Iach. lyc. murx. myric.
nice. op. petr. ph-ac. plat. vul«. rhus.
sang, selen. sqnil. staph, sulph.
tarent. thu. yerat.
gurgling in : plat.
hammering in : spig.
— pain in, with : agar. all^. alum,
anac. arn. arum-t. asar. bar. bell,
borax, boy. brom. cact. calc. canth.
caps, carb-an. caus. chel. cimic.
colch. con. glon. gymn. ham. hura.
]^. indg. k-bi. kalm. Iach. lepi. lil-t.
hth. lyc. mang. mere, merc-i-r.
mosch. nat-m. nitr. ol-an. plb. pnin.
puis, ran-sc. rhus. sang^ sars. sep.
sol-n. sulph. tabaa tarent. tilia. tong.
yiol'od. znc.
— stitohes in, with: borax, croton.
mere. rhus.
— stoppage of, with : merc-i-fl. selen.
— tiokling in, with : borax, mui^ac
Bpileptic attack, after an : cina. cupr.
Epistaxis, with: agar. alum, antrc.
berb. bry. cadm. carb-an. coff. crotaL
dulc. ferr. ham. Iach. sep. tep.
Brnctations, with: arg-n. biem. calc.
carb-v. chin-s. eye. graph, iod. Iach.
lyc. nat-c. nit-ac. nx-y. op. phos.
phys. psor. sil. sulph. uran.
Excitement, with : bapt. chin. phos.
ruta.
Eyes, bloatedness of, with : Iach. rheum.
— blindness, with : ether, grat. iris,
k-bi. petr. znc.
followed by headache, sight re-
turns with increasing headache: k-
bi.
— closing of lids, with: agar. aloe,
am-c. ant-t. arg-n. bell. calc. carb an.
carb-y. cedr. oocc. creos. lith. mag-
c. mezer. mosch. nat-m. nit-ac. nitr.
nx^m. nx-y. olnd. petr. ph-ac. plat,
plb. sep. sulph.
— — with pain in forehead : agar, am-
c. ant-t. bell, cann-s. carb-y. cedr.
chel. coff. coral, eupi. gels. glon.
lact-ac. nat-B. nit-ac. nx-m. op. phos.
plat. podo. sep.
must close : canth. coral, stram.
— congestion, with: alum. bell,
myric nat-m. stram.
— diplopia : con. kiss,
— downward pressure, with: carb-
an.
— dray^ing in lids, with : aoon. bell.
creos.
— fall out, sensation as if would : brom.
glon. nitr. phos. rhus. sang. sep.
yaler.
— flashes before: chin-s. coca, yiol-
od.
— flickering before: chln-s. con. eye
Iach. phos. sara.
— heat in, with: ailan. ambr. boy.
eugen. enpi. ^ymn. lyc tarent.
— heaviness m, with : aloe, arum-t.
coca. ham. peti.
— inflamed, with: bad. calc-s. led.
merc-i-r.
— dim vision, with: am-c arg. aster,
boy. bry. carb-an. croc eye ferr. gels,
glon. grat. helon. hydrs. Hyos. ign.
indg. jug-c k-bi. k-ca. lil-t. mag-m.
meph. mur-ac nat-c nat-m. nit-ac.
158
.Eyes.
CONCOMITANTS OP HEAD SYMPTOMS.
Keyer.
nx-Y. petr. pho6. puis. raph. sars.
sep. sil. stann. stram, sulph. thu. tilia.
znc.
— Bees half light, half dark : gUm,
lachrymation, with: agar, arg-n.
asar. bell. boy. carbran. carb-v. chel.
comoc. con. eugen. ign, indm. k-iod.
lac-can. lil-t mere. osm. . plat, puis,
rUu8-r. spoog. stram. tax.
motion to side, difficult : mag-s.
open, difficult to: nat-m. op. peti.
ph-ac plect. stram.
pain in, with : aeon. ambr. anac.
antrt. arg-n. ars. bar, bell. bism. bry.
calc. calc-p. carb-y. cans, chin-s. cic.
cimic. cina. eoce, con. creos. croc,
croton. eugen. hipp. ign. k-ca. lach.
led. I vc. mag-c mag-m. mere, roezer.
mosch. mur-ac. nat-c. nice nit-ac
nx-y. op. par. petr. phos. psor. puU.
ran-b. rhoa. rhus.8abad. 8aoin.8amb.
seneg. sep. sil. spig. spong. stann.
stram. stront. sulph. yaler. znc.
— with the pain the eyes become
smaller : aloe.
— in orbits: aeon. aloe. bad.
bar-ac. bell. calc. camph. carb-an.
chin. clem. con. crotal. nydr-ac. ign.
lach. lil-t. lith. mang. merc-i-fl. nat-
ars. nuph. op. . pseon. seneg. stront.
sulph. tabac. znc.
. — see also Aching, Forehead, page 78.
photophobia, with: arg-n. glon.
ign. k-bL k-ea. nat-s. stram. sulph.
tarent.
— compare with Closing of Eyes,
pupila, dilated, with: aoon. bell,
laur. morp-ac rheum. verat*v.
— contracted with : bell. laur. sep.
sol-n. yerat.
redness of, with : arg. arg-n. bell,
cinnb. cupr.
sparks before, with : chin-a. coca,
eye. eugen. lach. phos. psor. sars.
spong. yiol-od.
spasm. of, with : yiol-od.
stiff sensation in, with : mag-s. nit-
ac.
stinging in, with : pulfl.
swelling of, with: hyos. lach.
rheum.
— sensation as of: menL
tycritohing of lids, with: coloc.
creos. mill, mur-ac.
yellowness of: myric.
— objects appear in a yellow yeil :
k-bi.
Face, coldness of, with: rhod.
— distorted, with : graph.
— erysipelas ofj with hammering
headache : lach.
— heat of, with : aeon, agar. aloe. ang.
aran-d. arn. asaf. bry. calc calo-p.
cann-«. canth. chin-s. coff. creos. ferr.
gels. glon. grat. k-ca. laur. lohel.
mag-c men. nat^m. nx-y^ op. phos.
plat. psor. ran-b. rhos. sabad. sil.
stront. sulph. tarax.
— nnmbnQss of, with : bapt.
— pain in, with: aeon. agar. ambr.
am-m. arg-n. herb. bry. calc carb-an.
carb-y. chel. cina. clem, colch. creos.
crotal. dros. euph. eyon. graph,
hepar. lach. laur. lil-t lye. mosch.
nat-m. nitr. nx-m. nx-n, osm. petr.
phos. puis. rhus. sen^. sil. spig.
spong. stront. sulph. tarax. thu. tong.
urt-ur. yiol-od.
— paleness of. with.: aeon. alum,
ambr. canth. chin-s. hell, hydrs. lach.
mage. phos. spi^. yaler. veraL znc.
— redness of, with: aeon, ailan. btU,
boy. bry. cact. calc camph. cann-s.
canth. ooffi creos. ferr. glon. hydrph.
ign. indg. indm. ipec k-iod. kalm.
lach. lye mag'C mag-n>. morp-ac
nat-c nat-m. nx-^. op. phos. plat. plb.
rhus. sil. spong. stront. sulpn. tarax.
thu. znc.
— sweat on, with : glon. mag-c. morp-
ac. plat. thu.
— syyelling of, with : aoon. ailan. calc.
k-bi. lach..
— yelloyyness of, with: lachn. vip-
red.
Faintness, with: herb, calc graph.
lach. lye merc-i-fl. nat-m. nx-y, petr.
puis. sil. stram. yip-red.
Fear, with: <ieon. ambr. fluor-ac. glon.
stront. tereb.
Feet, cold, with : bufo. camph. chn>-ac.
coca. ferr. men. naja. stram. sulph.
trios.
— heaviness of, with : clem.
— pain in, with: sang, stront.
in toes :. fluoi^ac op.
— stiffness of, with : trios.
— weariness of, with : carb-an.
— see also under Limbs.
Fever, with : ars. chin-s. ferr. hell,
helon. hydrph. indm. lach. phos.
rhod.
— with eyening : led. lohel.
— see also Heat
159
Fingers.
CONCOMITANTS OP HEAD SYMPTOMS.
Lie Down.
Fingers, ooldnesB of, with : hell.
— paleness of, with : vent.
— pains in, with : ealo-p. cjc nitr.
in thamb : indg.
— see also under Hand.
Flatnlenoy, with : calc-p. carb-v. chin-
a ferr. glon. led. niya. ramx.
Forgetfolness, with: calc-ac. capa
chin-a mezer. nn,
Fretfolness, with: k-ca. k-iod. sil.
Btann. thu. tong.
Oiddiness, vertigo, etc., with: aoon.
(Eth, agar, ailan. alum. anac. ang.
ant-t. apis. arg. axg-n. am. asar. aur.
bar. bell. berb. bism. brom. bry, ealc
canth. carb-an. cana cham. chin.
chin-a clem. coca, oooc con. creoa
crotal. cnpr. cjc. dig. dioa dulc
euph. ferr. fluor-ac. gels. glon. graph.
mt ham. hell, helon. hepar. hipp.
hydr-ac hjos. iffu. iris. k-bi. k-clc.
kalm. laeK. lam. laur. lU-t.lobel. Ijc
mag-c. mag-m. mag-a meph. mere
meser. mur-ac nat-c nat-m. nice.
nitr. nitac. nz-i. nz-m. nx^. ol-an.
op. petr.>i)Ao0. phyt. podo. nran. psor.
pii/^. ran-D. rheum, rhus. sabad. samb.
sang, secale. sep. spig. stann. stram.
stront sulph. talwc. taraz. yerat.
verb, sna
— after headache : merc-s.
Qlands, pain in cenrical, with : am-c
borax, bry.
parotid : bry. k-bi. sabad.
— swelling of oerrical: bar. mur-ac.
Qrimaoes, makes : agar.
Groaning, moaning, with : am. bell. sil.
Hair, falling out, alter repeated attacks
of headache : hepar.
Hands, with cold : ambr. benz-ac. borax,
camph. indm. lact men. mere, ran-b.
stram.
— heat of, with : ign. lact phel.
alternately hot and cold : borax.
— numbness of, with : hydrph.
— pain in, with : odc-p. phos. tarent.
— paralysed feeling in, with : lobel.
— see also under Fingers, Limbs, etc.
Heart, anxiety at : plat
— flattering sensation : form.
— pains at : hydrph. jab. lycpe. merc-
i-r. seneg. sulph. tarent.
— palpitation of: aeon. alum, ant-t
bnfo. clem, hepar. elect jab. lach.
nx-v. spig.
— — - with each throb of: bufo. etmic
glon. ign.
— sinking at: ara.
— uneasiness at: dig.
— violent action of: glon. lycpa
Heat, with ; eth. agar, ailan. alum. ang.
ar;^. arg-n. bism. bov. calc camph.
chin, coral, creoa eye. dig. gamb.
glon. hepar. hyos. indm. lac£ lye.
mag-a mere, morp-ac nat-m. nat-e.
nitr. nx-y. oxal-ac. plat pula rhua
sang, sulph. tarent tilia. yip-red.
— alternately hot and • cold : borax,
carb-y.
of ri^r and heat : berb.
Hamming m head, with : puis. rhus.
Harry. See Impatience.
ni-hamor, with : am-c am-m. anac.
bell. boy. calc-p. chin-s. coloc. con.
creos. dulc indm. k-oa. mag-m. mere.
nat-m. nice op. p«on. phoa plat sU.
stann. stram.
Impatience, with: plat ptel. rhus-r.
sna
Indiffsrenoe, with: nat-aia op. pula
tarent
Indolence, with : calc-p. dulc. laet laur.
ph>ac.
— see also Apathy.
Irritability, with: am-c am-m. anac.
bell. herb. boy. calc-p. chin, ooloc
con. creoa dale k-ca. k-iod. kalm.
lac-can. laur. mag-m. meph. mere
nat-m. nice nx-y. op. phoa plaL til.
stann. thu. ton^.
JaiRrs, pain in, with: ang. and. brom.
bry. calc canth. carb-y. cimic con.
^is. hnra. hydrph. k-clc lach. merc-
i-fl. meser. nat-m. nitrsc nx-y. par.
plat, ran-b. stict sulph. yaler. yip.
in apper : aoon. ant-t chin, creoe.
k-bi. stront. sulph. thu.
in lower : ang. arum-t barac
brom. eomth, carb-y. dice. hura. indg.
lach. mang. nit-ac oxal-ac par. plat.
ran-b. stict. sulph. tarax.
— numbness of: hura.
— swelling of lower: aoon.
— tremor of: carb-y.
Lay the head on something, must:
eon.
Xmaghter. inclination to, with : sabad.
Lie down, must : alum, am-c anac belL
bry. ooie. calc-p. chin. eon. crotal.
euphr. ferr. graph, iod. k-bL k-ea.
lach. lye mag-m. mosch. nat-c nat-
m. nit-ac fi»^. olnd. op. petr. ph-ac.
puis, rhua fon^. sara aeUn, 9ep. sU.
stann. sulph. sue.
160
lie Down.
OONOOMITANTS OF HEAD SYMPTOMS.
Neck.
amble to: ooloo.
compare with Ljing» relieyes.
Limbs, aoning in joints, with : erig.
— ooldness of. with: camph. k-oa.
aolph.
— oramp in calves: cann-i.
— heaviness of, with : ear6-«. nit-ac
sabad. sil.
— pain in, with: aeon, ailan. apoc
cact. earb-y. coll. erig. gels. lach.
mag-c wng. salph.
in legs: agar. calc. calc-p. oedr.
crotal. gymn. k-ca. kalm. mag-c.
morp-acosm.
in hip-joint: nitr.
-^ — in knee : oxac-ac
— trembling of, with : lye. salph.
— "weakness of^ with : ant-c. glon. k-
bL
of legs: castor, nz-v.
— compare Arms, Hands, Feet, etc
Iffania, with : cooc. iod.
— with fear of: ambr.
Memory, lost^ with : con.
— see GoniosioiL etc.
Mental powers, mminished, with : ailan.
aster, aar. dot. cann-i. cann-e. chel.
creos. cjc. glon. hell. hjos. ign. kalm.
lanr. nz-m. op. pmn. rhns. knc.
— — — loss of thoaghts: asar. cooc.
creos.
Mind, loss of^ with: (mon, ambr. cooc.
mag-«.
Menses, too soon, with : carb-v. gent
ol-an.
L. and too scanty : alum, nat-m.
and too profuse : laur.
— profuse, with : mag-c sang.
and too late: nit-ac
— irregular and watery, with : herb.
— see also on page 148.
Moaning. ^ Groaning.
Motion, averse to : ph-ac
Month, burning of, with : k-iod.
— dryness of, with: dios. lye niga.
puis.
of lips: eod. indm. nz-v. rhus.
lis.
— heat of, with : carb-v.
— pain in pafaUe, with : mere nat-m.
in gums : daph.
— slimy : bell.
— siRrelllng of gums, with : hura.
— see also Jaws, Teeth, Tongue, etc.
Nansea, with : aeon, nsc-h. auan. ahan,
amr€. onl-c apis. arw. arg-n. am. ars.
asar. anr. beoa-ac boraz. 5ry. calad.
oaU, camph. cann-s. caps, carh^,
cans. chin, chin-s. cic. cooc coloe,
con. ooraL croc crotsl. dros. dole,
ett^m. eup-per. eup-pur. fluor-ac
glon. graph, grat hepar. ign. ipcc.
iris. k-bi. k-ca. lac-can. lach. iyc
mag-c meph. mere moteh, nat-c. luU-
m. nit-ac fix-v. petr. phos. phyt. plat.
puU. ran-b. rhus. ruta. sang. sars.
seneg. asp. sil. spig. staim. stram.
stront. mUph. tabac taraz. therid.
« vercU. znc etc.
headache aggr. while nausea
lasted : petr.
— with inclination to yomit : alwn. arg.
ars. benz-«c eaU. camph. cocc. con.
grat. ign. indg. sep. taoac, etc.
see also Eructation.
— with vomiting: eth. agn. apis,
arg-n. arn. bai^m. bry. caom. caps,
cans. chin. cimz. cocc coloc con.
creos. croton. dulc eugen. ferr. fflon.
mph. ipec iris. jatr. k-bL K-ca.
lach. meser. mosch. nat-m. nit-ac.
nz-m. nx-v. op. phos. plat. puis, rhus-
r. fofi^. sars. sep. sil. spig. stann.
stram. tabac. yerat verat-y. yip. znc.
of bile : arg-n. aur. croton. iris.
sang, znc sis.
sour : apis. nz-y. op. sars.
yellow-green mucus : yerat.
yellow bitter mucus: form.
glon.
Neck, numbness of: spig.
— pain in, with: aeon, ailan. alum,
anac arg-n. arn. asar. bar. bell.
bor^z. bry. bufo. calc-p. cann-L cann-
s. canth. carb-y. cans. chel. chin,
clem. con. elaps. euph. fiigo. gal-ac
gels. glon. graph, hura. hydt^ac
hydrph. hyocpac k-ca. k-iod. kalm.
lach. laur. lepi. lil-t. Iyc mane mag-
c. mags, mere mere-i-fl. mosch.
myric peti. plb. ptel. nat-m. ran-b.
rhus-r. sars. serp. sulph. spong. tep.
six.
in nape of, with : sth. alum.
ambr. am-e anac asar. bar. bell,
herb, boraz. bry. cann-s. carb-an.
carb-y. cans. chel. cinnb. clem. cocc.
con. com. croton. glon. graph, hell,
hyos. hydr-ac iod. ipec k-ca. kalm.
lil-t. Iyc. mag-c mere mezer. mosch.
mil r-ac nat^. nat-m. nitr. op. pipon.
pject. plb. puis, ran-b. rhus-r. sabin.
sars. sil. spong. sulph. taraz. tarent.
trios, yerat.
161
Neck.
CONCOMITANTS OF HEAD SYMPTOMS.
Spl
when raising the head : senna.
— BtiffnesB of, with : am-c. ant-c. arg.
bar. calc caus. crotal. eye. glon.
graph, k-ca. lach. mag-c. merc-i-fl.
mur-ac. nat-c. nitr, ph-ac. sang. sep.
spig. tarent. verat.
— strangulation, feeling of: glon.
— weariness of, with feeling of:
fago.
Noise, sensitive to : calc. k-bi.
— see also page 149.
Nose, heat of, with : conv.
— itching in, with : ferr.
— pain in, with: aeon. agar, ant-t.
bism. calc. camph. cic. colch. corn,
croc. glon. guiac. hell. ign. lach. lye.
mere, merc-i-fl. raerc-i-r. mezer.
mosch. nat-c. nit-ac. nitr. nx-v. op.
phos. ph-ac. plat, ran-b. squil. stann.
viol-od..
as if it would bleed : tarent.
forehead and nose : agar. bism.
brom. croc, colch. dulc. ferr. glon.
hipp. ign. k-iod. kiss. lach. lachn.
lye. merc-i-fl. mezer. mosch. nat-c.
nitr. nx-j. op. phos. ph-ac. pip-m.
plat ran-b. squil. sulph. tarent.
thu.
compare root of nose, under
Forehead, page 79.
— stopped, with: aeon. bov. chel.
cliin. grat. indm. k-bL k-ca. nitr.
sulph.
see also Coryza, Catarrhal, etc.
Numbness of head and face : bapt.
Olfactory nerves, with sensitiveness of:
phos.
Pains all over body, with : op.
— in otiier parts : lye.
— in bones : lac-ac.
— gouty pains : sulph.
— rheumatic and stiffness : sang.
— soreness of body : bad.
— see also Arms, Hands, Limbs, etc.
Perspiration, with: ant-c. apis. arg.
arn. ars. canth. cans, chin-s. glon.
hyos. lachn. lye. mag-s. nat-s. nitr.
op. oxal-ac. plat. puis, tarent.
— cold : graph.
— on face : mag-c. plat. thu.
— on head : aeon.
— on forehead, warm : glon.
cold : verat.
— precedes the headache : ferr.
— see also Sweat, pa^e 154.
Pulse, contracted, with : bism.
— hard, with : aster, lach.
— quick: assr. chin-s. glon. Isnr.
phoB.
— slo^nr : canth. chin-fl. lanr^ lye phys.
Bol-n.
— inreak : ars. peti. vip-red.
Pyrosis, with : am-c. lach. op.
Respiration, difficult, with : ailan. ars.
cact carb-ac. carb-v. cpn. crotal. dulc.
jab. lact. nit-ac. nitr. sep.
— with disease of respiratory organs :
laet.
— see also under Chesty Heart, etc.
Restlessness, with: anac arg-n. ars.
bell. bry. cadm. calad. camph. cham.
chin, coral, eye. daph. dale. gent,
hydrph. ign. indm.* K-iod. lauh. lye,
meni. morp-ac. naja. nitr. nx-ni.
par. prun. ran-b. rata. sil. tarent.
vip-red.
— with impulse to run hither aad
thither : ars. coloc
Retching. See Eructation, Nausea,
etc.
Sadness. See Depression.
Saliva, increased, with : ant-c. cinnb.
hipp. indm. k-bi. op. phos. sep.
verat.
— bloody, with : mag-c
Shoulders, pain in, with: bry. chin.
cupr. fluor-ac gels. ipec. kalm. lach.
lac-can. nitr.
joint, right side : lach.
extends to : bry. gels. glon. graph.
ipec. kalm. podo.
Shuddering, with: herb. even. hell.
lach. mag-s. mezer. nz-v« puis. sil.
thu.
Sing, inclined to : nai-m.
Sleepiness, with: aeon, sesc-h. agar.
ailan. ars. asar. broc camph* cliAm.
chin-s. con. com. creos. eqn. gels.
gins. grat. hipp. hydrs. ign* indg.
indm. ipec. lach. laur. lobeL merc-i-r.
mur-ac. myric. nat-s. nitr. nx-j. nz-m.
op. phos. puis, ran-b. ttann, stront.
sul-ac. tanac vip-red. znc.
Sleeplessness, with : aeon, am-c bafo.
caus. chin. coca. com. creos. elaps.
gent. lye. merc-i-r. naja. nit-ac. ol-
an. par. rhus-r. verat.
Sneezing, with : arg-n. am. gels, k-iod.
lach. sulph.
— ineilectual attempts : zoc
Solitude, with desire for : ant-c
Spasms, with : petr. stram. verat. vip.
Speech, harried, with : 2adL
Spleen, pain in, with : borax.
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Staring.
CONCOMITANTS OF HEAD SYMPTOMS.
Yawning.
Staring, with : spig.
Stomach, burning in : jatr. sang.
— pain in : sesc-h. ain-<i. apis. arg. ars.
benx-ac case. clem. oob. dulc. ferr.
glon. ham. lith. lye. mang. naja.
phyt. rhu8-r. sang, sulph. verat.
at pit of: arg.
— see also under Abdomen.
— empty sensation in: ham. sang,
tax.
— deranged. See Nausea.
Stool, with urging to : cob. coca, ooloc.
con.
— see also Diarrhcea.
Stupefaction, with: roth: agar, ant-t.
am. carb-Y. chin-s. cina. con. eye.
glon. hydrs. k-bi. lye. mag-c. morp-
ac. mosch. nat-m. nx-m. op. phos.
ph-ac sabin. sil. tarax.
S^nreat. See Perspiration.
Taciturnity, with: ant-c. arg-n. con.
rhus-r. thu.
Teenia : sabad.
Taste, altered, with : ailan. calc-p. eye.
lach. morp-ac.op. tarent.
— bitter : creos. morp-ac. tarent.
Teeth, chattering of, with : cadm.
carb-v.
— clinching of: arg-n. crotal.
— grating of: stram.
— pain in, with: arg-n. bell, borax,
brom. bry. calc. canth. carb-v. castor,
caus. coloe. con. creos. croc, crotal.
eye. dig. euphr. fluor-ac. glon.
graph, hura. ign. indm. iod. kbi.
kalm. lach. laehn. laur. lil-t. lobel.
lye. mag-c. mere, mezer. mosch. nat-
c. nat-m. nit-ac. pelr. prun. psor.
puts. rhus. sabad. sang. sars. sep.
stram. sulph. tong. verb. znc.
Thinking, averse to : ailan. equ. phyt.
rhus-r. tep.
— is difficult : men.
Thirst, with : agar. arn. cadm. cham.
chin, chin-s. cupr. eye. eugen. hipp.
indm. lach. led. lye. mang. nat-c.
nice. plat, ran-sc. rhus. stram. tarent.
thu. viol-t. vip-red.
Throat, burning in, with : carb-ae. k-
iod. lye.
in oesophagus: der.
— choking sensation : ferr.
— constriction : cadm. lac-ac. uran.
— dysphagia : nitr.
— dryness : agar, cimic. coca. naja.
plat, stram.
— pain in, with : calc-p. croc. jab. lac-
ac merc-i-r. nitr. osm. plat, tarent.
verat.
— soreness in: agar. podo. stram.
tarent.
— tearing in : graph.
— tickling in : sang.
Tobacco, with aversion to : op.
Tongue, biting the : agar.
— dryness of: nat-m. tarent.
and slimy : calc
— pain in : ipec.
— paralyzea: lach.
Tremor, trembling: aeon. agn. arg-n.
borax, cede, camph. carb-v. chin-s.
lact. lye. op. petr. sars. sep. sulph.
tarent.
Unconsciousness, with : aeon. ambr.
arg-n. am. aur. bell, carb-v. cocc.
eye. glon. k-ea. laur. mag-c. mang.
mosch. nat-m. nx-v. petr. prun. puis.
rhus. sabin. sil. stram. tarax.
Urine, with increased discharge of:
aeon, canth. cinnb. eugen. gels. glon.
iris, ol-an. eelen. uran. verat. vip-red.
passes off with profuse discharge
of pale urine : gels. ign.
Vertigo. See Giddiness.
Voice, feeble : n&trC. nx-v.
— difficulty in speaking, with : aeon,
ph-ac. plat.
— hoarse : osm.
— low voice : bell.
— slow speech : cann-i.
Vomiting. See under Nausea.
Weakness, with: agar. alum, ant-e.
am. are. bov. chin, chin-s. creos.
cupr-ac. eye. glon. grat. hydrs. hydr-
ac. by 08. iod. iris, lil-t. lobel. nuig-
m. nat-m. nitr. nx-v. ol-an. phos.
psor. ran-b. rhus-r. sil. sulph. tarent.
— followed by : lye.
Weariness, with : agar. am. bell. bcrb.
chin-s. coca, creos. glon. indg. indm.
k-ca. lil-t. naja. nat-m. phos.
Weep, disposition to, with : ars. carb-v.
eoloc. cop. creos. ferr. phos. plot. puis,
ran-b. sep.
— see also Cries, Groaning.
Work, with aversion to: eaniph. coff.
eoloc. dig. phos. sep.
— with inclination for : aloe.
Wrinkling of forehead, with : grat.
sulph. viol-od.
Yawning, with i am-c. chin-s. eye. ol-
an. staph, sulph. znc.
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