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Dr. B. MURE’S MATERIA MEDICA, OR Provings of the principal Animal and Vegetable Poisons OF THE BRAZILIAN EMPIRE; AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
Dr. B. MURE’S MATERIA MEDICA, OR Provings of the principal Animal and Vegetable Poisons OF THE BRAZILIAN EMPIRE; AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH AND ARRANGED ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN’S METHOD, BY CHARLES J. HEMPEL, M.D. FELLOW AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOMŒOPATHIC COLLEGE; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE HAHNEMANN SOCIETY OF LONDON, &C., &C. NEW-YORK: WILLIAM RADDE, No. 322 BROADWAY, Philadelphia: Rademacher & Sheek.—Boston: Otis Clapp.—St. Louis: J. G. Wesselhoeft.—London: James Epps, 112 Great Russell-Street, Bloomsbury.—Manchester: H. Turner, 41 Piccadilly. 1854. Entered accor
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TO THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE.
TO THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE.
Though the precious metals hidden in the Brazilian soil, may be never so abundant; though the splendor of its precious stones, may be never so brilliant; though the crops which the soil yields to the farmer, may be never so rich: yet there are, in the Brazilian empire, treasures of a far, greater importance, and infinitely more necessary to human happiness. They are the powerful means which this vast country furnishes for the cure of disease. Previous to Hahnemann’s discovery, we were ignorant o
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FIRST EXPERIMENT.
FIRST EXPERIMENT.
1. First day: Heavy pain in the back part of the orbit, and at the left eyebrow.—Second day: Pain under the right orbit and at the forehead, right side.—Third day: Dry cough with tickling in the throat, at night.—Fourth day: Headache extending over the forehead and then the rest of the head. 5. Fifth day: Smell all day like that of the crotalus, insipid, nauseous, like the odor perceived in a hospital. Sixth day: Lancinations in various parts of the body.—Seventh day: Contraction with pressure a
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SECOND EXPERIMENT.
SECOND EXPERIMENT.
(The drug is taken at 10 o’clock in the evening.) Spitting of black blood. 15. Prickling all over the body. Starting during sleep. Sleeplessness. Fright at night, without knowing about what. 20. Sleep in the morning. The tip of the nose is drawn up as by a string which is fastened to a central point of the forehead. Tingling in the throat. Salt taste in the mouth which cannot be removed by drinking sugar-water. 25. Pulse a little heavy. Small red conical pimples on the wrist. Painful pulling on
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Moral and Mental Sphere : 1. She answers no, whenever she is asked a question. Sensitive mood. Aversion to talking. Sensation as if one were falling out of bed, even while awake. 5. Loss of consciousness. She exclaims: he is in the lions’ den, but they will not bite him. Magnetic state; she hears a strange voice, follows it and tilts against the doors; she has three such attacks, occasionally interrupted by laughter and tears. Ineffectual desire to weep. Loss of memory. 10. Magnetic state; she h
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SECOND EXPERIMENT.
SECOND EXPERIMENT.
First day. —Tension in the nape of the neck and inability to turn the head. Dark, almost red complexion. Pain in the urethra while urinating. 125. Pricking in the left gums. Desire for food, with aversion to eating. Lassitude in the limbs. Prickling under the toe-nails. Sense of excoriation at the nape of neck. 130. Violent pains in the lumbar region, like a band extending to the uterus. Weight at the uterus. Weight at the stomach after eating. Acidity, nausea and faint feeling. Weight at the le
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Mental and Moral : 1. He imagines he is receiving blows. Absence of mind. Horror of rain. Complete forgetfulness of one’s-self. 5. She wants to go out at the moment of retiring to bed. Irresistible desire to cry out. Vertigo, she falls forwards. Depression of spirits, she desires to be in a cavern, alone. Desire for country-air and sport. 10. Desire for solitude. Plans about travelling, &c. Quarrelsome. Head : Pain in cerebellum, right side. The hairy scalp at the occipital protuberance
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SYMPTOMATIC ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
SYMPTOMATIC ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Moral and Mental : 1. Depression of spirits. Dulness of feeling. Merry in the evening. Very merry. 5. Irascible. Sad without cause. Sensation as if raised off the ground by the hair. She is waked in the night by an attack of dizziness, and inability to open the eyes. Dizziness while walking; the cerebellum feels compressed, with beating and an acute pain on rising in the morning. Head : 10. Frontal headache. Headache at intervals, and abating all at once. Headache in the evening. Heaviness of th
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Mental and moral : 1. Out of humor. Sad. Ennui when alone. Merry. Head , &c.: 5. Hammering in the temple. Hammering in the head. Hot face. Eyes, ears, nose : Swelling of the left eye. Swelling of the right eye. 10. Unable to look at an object steadily. Confused sight at candle-light. Throbbing toothache. Bad smell in the mouth, after drinking water. Violent heat in the tongue when taking his dinner. Gastric : 15. Foul eructations. Colic, after taking a cold drink. Desire to vomit. Nausea
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Head , &c.: 1. Vertigo. Indifference. Depression of spirits. Pain in the sides of the head. 5. Headache, with weak stomach. Heat in the head. The head feels as if swollen. Coryza, fluent. Itching of the eyes. 10. Dimness of sight. The left eye is inflamed. Inflamed eyes. Whizzing in the ears. Bleeding of the gums. Gastric Symptoms , &c.: 15. Ptyalism. Stomach-ache after breakfast. Flatulent colic. Diarrhœa. Easy stool. 20. Frequent stools with colic. Rumbling. Dry cough. Oppresse
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Head , &c.: 1. Depression of spirits. Weight at forehead. The head feels heavy and dull. Heat in the head. 5. The head feels compressed as by a band tied behind. Sensitiveness to light. Left side of the tongue feels sore. Taste of doughy bread. Copper taste in mouth, with heat in throat. 10. Mottled appearance of the face. Hot face. Pricking at right nasal wing. Pain in right groin after walking. Pricking pain in the right groin and navel. 15. Slight pain around the navel. Diarrhœa. Erec
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Head , &c.: 1. Dizziness, objects turn from below upward. Headache. Headache as if the head were encased in iron. Headache as if the head would split. 5. Aching pain in forehead and temples. Pain in forehead when inclining the head forward. Pale face, with faint feeling. Pinching pain behind the ears. Cutting in the gums, followed by bleeding. 10. Tongue coated white. Beating at the left commissure of the lips. Formication in right nasal fossa. Itching in right nostril, with sneezing. Ga
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FIRST PROVING.
FIRST PROVING.
First day. — 1. Merry mood, desire to sing. Is disposed to take every thing in good part. Buzzing in the ears and whizzing like the wind, when walking. Urine scanty and whitish. 5. Sensation of heat and trembling in the chest. Constant eructations like volumes of air. Watery vomiting. Violent pain in the abdomen, as if he had been struck by the point of a stick. Second day. — 10. Heavy sleep, and late waking. Evanescent ideas. Sensation of paralysis immediately after rising, his hand trembles a
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SECOND PROVING.
SECOND PROVING.
First day. —(The drug was taken at half past seven in the evening.) One hour after, violent headache, with painful lancinations. The pains continued all night, with sleeplessness. Second day. — 130. The headache continues, especially at the temples and above the eyes. Acute pain at the elbow-joints. Taste of blood in the mouth. Rheumatic pain at the shoulder-blade. Repeated, violent lancinations in the right side of the abdomen. 135. Lancinations at irregular intervals, in the left shoulder-blad
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
1. Mental and Moral : Taciturn. Deep repose of mind. Evanescent ideas. Merry. 5. Sadness. Feeling of tenderness. Sad, then merry dreams. Head : Heaviness and dulness of the head. Lancinating pain in the head. 10. Pain at the head, as if bandaged all round, after thinking. Headache with vertigo, after eating bread in the morning. Headache, especially in the temples, and above the eyes. Violent headache with painful lancinations. Pain as from a blow all round the head, when staying in the sun. Wei
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ARRANGEMENT OF THE SYMPTOMS ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SYMPTOMS ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Mental and Moral : 1. Sensation as if floating in the air. Dizziness. She imagines she sees a dead person, and cries. Sensation as if falling to the ground. 5. Sensation as if hanging three feet from the ground. Listless. Absence of mind, he makes mistakes. She imagines she is alone in the world. Laughter with shuddering. 10. Weeping, followed by a nervous laugh. Sad, thinks of the future. Desire to weep, with oppression and tendency to start. Merry, with desire to laugh, followed by shuddering
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SECOND PROVING.
SECOND PROVING.
First day. —Heavy sleep, with numbness on waking; sensation as if the whole body were bruised. Drawing pain from the throat to the arm; her tongue is thick as if very much swollen. Second day. —The left arm is very numb, pain in the left shoulder, as if beaten by hammers. 115. Stitching pain at the pit of the stomach, after eating. Crampy pain in the right hand, followed by shuddering all over. Third day. —No sleep until midnight. At seven in the morning, itching at the corner of the right lip.
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THIRD PROVING.
THIRD PROVING.
First day. — 185. Very drowsy, shuddering in the legs as before an attack of fever, very short. At 8, stitch in the left side, disappearing of itself. At 11, tightness in the forehead as if pressed upon, for 15 minutes. Constant physical and moral torpor. Constant dull pain in the head. 190. Frequent yawning. Desire to vomit before eating. Violent headache at 4 in the afternoon. Dull pain in the abdomen, especially on the right side, not aggravated by pressure. Headache with heat at the forepart
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FOURTH PROVING.
FOURTH PROVING.
Second day. —At 10 in the morning, pain all along the trunk, from above downwards. 220. Pulling in the course of the left sartorius muscle. At 2, pain in the left gluteus maximus, as if contracted and twisted. At 6, pain as if cut with a penknife, under the left axilla. Third day. —Laming pain at the left arm, when holding it still for a time. Dreams about dead bodies, at night. Fourth day. — 225. At 11, distress at the pit of the stomach, with desire to vomit. Physical and moral prostration, lo
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FIFTH PROVING.
FIFTH PROVING.
First day. —Violent lancinations in the right side of the chest for a few minutes, below the third rib, every few moments. Acute pain at the inner side of the right tibia. Second day. —Heaviness of the body. 250. Drowsy all day. Bad night, nervous restlessness. Pains in the left brain, spreading from above the left eye (which experiences a contractive sensation) to the vertex, the back part of the head, and lastly to the nape of the neck where they remain seated for a time. The pains seem to be
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Mental and Moral : 1. She imagined the floor was sinking under her. Inability to think. She imagines she is pursued by a phantom in a church-yard, cries, with loss of voice next morning. Vertigo, with desire to vomit. 5. Vertigo when stooping slightly. Sad and quarrelsome. Head : Painful pressure on the head. Headache, with heat at front-part of vertex. Headache above the orbits and in the temples. 10. Constrictive pain in the head. Headache, with sense of compression in forehead. Beating headac
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HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
Head , &c.: Vertigo. Dissatisfied with herself, more so when she has the headache. Pain at the temples as if in a vice. Aching pain at the vertex with dizziness, shifting to the left eye, with sensation as if a rocket were rushing out of it. Heaviness in the forehead. Headache worse when inclining the head to the left side. Sawing pain above the orbits. Pain in a decayed tooth, as if a penknife were thrust in. Heat at the tongue, with sensation as if little drops of ice-water were upon i
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HOMŒOPATHIC TREATMENT OF THE POTATO-ROT.
HOMŒOPATHIC TREATMENT OF THE POTATO-ROT.
Human pathology is not the only field of the homœopathist. He should take an interest in every species of suffering, and endeavor to restore the harmony of the organic kingdom wherever it has been disturbed by some accidental cause. Homœopathy is a vast, unitary science. The healing art is one; there is no such thing as one healing art for man and another for the animal, though it is on man that we should prove our drugs because he is the complex of the various kingdoms of nature. The question n
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Emotive Sphere. — 1. Quarrelsome, irritable mood. Dread of work. Hypochondriac mood. She wants to enjoy a change of scenery, &c. She fancies she is miserable, and dwells much on the future. Sentient Sphere. — 5. Crowd of ideas. His attention is easily disturbed by other things. Head : Heat in the head, evening. Heaviness of the head; in the vertex; on stooping and then raising the head again. Catarrhal dulness of the head, especially the forehead. 10. Headache at noon; increased by the s
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Head , &c.: 1. Vertigo after eating. Vertigo. Taciturn. Excessive heat about the head. 5. Dartings in the head. Pain in the temples. Frontal headache. Sensitive smell, all day. Acute pain in the left ear. 10. Heat in the eyes. Inflammation and running of the left eye. Gastric , &c.: Profuse saliva. Ulceration of the commissure of the lips. Milky spittle. 15. Bitter mouth. Aversion to every thing. Painful constriction of the throat. Sore throat. Heaviness at the stomach. 20. Pain
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
1. Sad. Irritable. Toothache. Pain in the face, also with swelling of the face and throat, and inflammation. Redness of the face. 5. Pain in left cheek, spreading over the face. Stye on right lower lid. Inflammation of left lower lid. Pain at the inner canthi. Discharge of fetid yellow mucus from left nostril. 10. Difficult digestion. No appetite. Tongue coated white. Chilly feeling in left chest, after drinking. Sore throat. 15. Ptyalism. Lancinating pain in the stomach. Scanty urine. Short-las
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SECOND PROVING.
SECOND PROVING.
First day. —Sense of scraping in the throat. Heat in the front part of the chest. 75. Short breathing. Passing in the region of the liver. Acute pain at the left wrist. Rumbling in the right hypochondrium. Pain in the left hypochondrium. 80. Pain in the right parietal region, as if pressed from within outwards. Internal trembling in the umbilical region and the left hypochondrium. Pain in the whole abdomen, worse when touching it. Pain at the heart, at 2 in the afternoon. Lancination in the præc
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Mental and Moral : 1. She likes to be alone and quiet. Ennui. Melancholy. Dizzy, her head inclines forward. 5. In walking she imagines she is walking backwards. Staggering gait. Vision of dead persons. Head : Headache in the evening, with inability to stoop. Heaviness of the head, with pain in right temple. 10. Acute pain in middle of the head. Pain in head as from a nail. Pressing pain from within outwards, in right parietal region. Splitting headache. Beating in the temple and above the left e
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HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
1. Aching in the temples. Numbness and heaviness in the head. Acute pains in the temples. Pain in the temple, with lancinations now and then. Stitch in canthus of left eye. Yellowness of the sclerotica. Lachrymation. Bloating at the pit of the stomach. Pain in the transverse colon. Heat in the urethra when urinating. Bright-yellow, albuminous urine. Acute pain in the chest, afternoon, also with want of breath. Pain shifting from the back to the shoulder-blade. Pricklings in the left side of the
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DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS. DELPH. DELPHINUS GEOFFROYI (DESM.) PORTUG.: PEIXE BOI.
DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS. DELPH. DELPHINUS GEOFFROYI (DESM.) PORTUG.: PEIXE BOI.
This dolphin is from 9 to 10 feet long; its body is large and cylindrical, of a brownish-gray color above and a pure white below. Its jaws, of equal length, are long, narrow, linear, armed on each side with 26 large conical, somewhat rugose teeth, with wide crowns. Its forehead is bomb-shaped, the eyes a little above the commissure of the lips. The pectoral fins are of considerable size, brownish at their extremities, and placed very low; the dorsal fin is elevated and semilunar. This dolphin, a
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AMPHISBŒNA VERMICULARIS. AMPH.
AMPHISBŒNA VERMICULARIS. AMPH.
This species moves either backwards or forwards, as occasion may require, and is quite frequent in the woods of Brazil. Its body is cylindrical, from two feet to two and a half long, terminated by a very obtuse tail. It has no scales properly speaking, but its skin is divided into quadrilateral compartments disposed in rings round the body; 228 on the trunk and 26 on the tail. The lower lip is divided into six long and narrow plates; the head is small, rather sharp, protected by scutellæ, and no
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Head. Head heavy. The head is burning hot. Throbbing in the right frontal eminence for a minute. Sensation of torpor at the vertex. 5. His temples are very sensitive to touch during the whole day. Acute lancination in the head. Acute lancination in the left side of the head. Severe lancination behind the head. Shooting in the cerebellum. 10. Sensation of torpor in the cerebellum. Mouth : Mouth pasty through the whole morning. Excoriations of the lips and gums. Excoriations of the lips and gums a
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Head , &c.: 1. Vertigo as if one would fall to the right. Stupefying pain in the head. Aching pain in forehead and eyes. Beating in the right temple. 5. Twinkling of the eyes. Burning in the eyelids. Muscæ volitantes. Lancing pain in left orbit. Earache in damp weather. 10. Sudden report in the ear, with pain extending to the teeth. Coryza. Toothache worse after a cold drink. Gastric , &c.: Hiccough. Nausea. 15. The tongue feels big as if filling the mouth. Difficulty of moving t
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TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA. (Mart.) TRAD. TRADESCANTIA COMMELINA (WELL.) PORTUG.: TRAPŒRAVA.
TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA. (Mart.) TRAD. TRADESCANTIA COMMELINA (WELL.) PORTUG.: TRAPŒRAVA.
This herbaceous plant is pretty common in Brazil. Its ramose and cylindrical stems are erect or a little inclined; the leaves are alternate, sheathed, somewhat lanceolate, and constituting at the extremity of the branches tufts whence arise long pedicles each of which carries from four to six flowers; perianth double, three-leaved, the outer one having sharp, herbaceous divisions, and the inner one being petaloïd and blue-colored. Stamens six fertile; a free tri-locular ovary, surmounted by a si
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HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.
1. Pain in the head. Heaviness of the head. Pain in left ear. Swelling of the face. 5. Heat in the eyes. Sore eyes. Toothache for four days. Prickings in the tongue. Flow of saliva. 10. Pain of a former cicatrix at the tongue. Loathing of food. Vomiting. Blennorrhœa. Yellow and fetid urine. 15. Pain at left shoulder, hindering breathing when walking. Numbness of left arm. Cold hands. Severe pain in the thighs. Cracking in the tibia. 20. Painful spot at the instep, insensible all round. Sciatica.
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CANNABIS INDICA. CANN. IND. HASCHICH. PANGO.
CANNABIS INDICA. CANN. IND. HASCHICH. PANGO.
This is an intoxicating, herbaceous plant, with an erect stem which is furrowed its whole length. Leaves alternate, palmate, composed of five almost linear, serrate folioles on slender petioles. Flowers dioïchous, with a monophyllous greenish perianth, in groups of two, placed at the base of the leaves, and constituting a terminal spike. The male flowers with five reflexed divisions, five stamens with almost vesicular, pendant anthers; female flowers with an entire perianth that is split only on
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Prover: Dr. Manuel Duarte Moreira.
Prover: Dr. Manuel Duarte Moreira.
1. Merry, disposed to sing. Deep sleep, longer than usual, for the first three days. Drowsy all day, with frequent yawning, but no desire to lie down. Insignificant or unpleasant dreams, scarcely recollected on waking. 5. Sleeps longer, the first day. Headache, on waking. Sleepy with yawning, after breakfast, the first day. Drowsy after dinner, but no sleep, second day. Shuddering all over, sweat; the hair stands on end, second day, 9 in the morning. 10. Heaviness of the head on waking, eight ho
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Mental, Moral, Head : 1. Sad. Sad, motionless, speechless. Confused ideas. Merry, disposed to sing. 5. Boring pain at the top of the forehead. Lancinations in forehead and left side of the hand. Splitting pain in left parietal bone. Pain and head in forehead, with pressure on the eyes. Numbness and compressive sensation at the head as from a warm bandage. 10. Sensation as if the finger were pressed on the right temple. Lancing pain in the temples, shifting to the vertex where she feels a burning
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Dizzy. Sad. Bad humor on waking. The whole head and especially the nape of the neck, are cold. Weight in the head. Pain in forehead and nasal fossa. Optical illusion. Pain in the orbits. Whizzing in the ears. Eructations. Thirst. Appetite at breakfast, ceasing suddenly after tasting milk. Doughy mouth. Dry feeling in the œsophagus. Pain at velum palati. Sense of swelling in left tonsil. Dull pain in stomach and bowels. Weight at the stomach. Tenesmus, and pressure in sphincter ani, with pricking
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MELASTOMA ACKERMANI. MELAST. TAPIXIRICA.
MELASTOMA ACKERMANI. MELAST. TAPIXIRICA.
This species has never yet been described by authors. It is a bush with round branches, triangular at their extremities, and covered with a brownish bark. The leaves are opposite, supported by short and hairy petioles; their limb is oval, reticulate, covered with stiff hairs, and traversed on its lower surface by five thick almost parallel nerves running from the base to the summit of the leaf. The flowers are sessile supported by terminal axes. We employ the leaves. First day. — 1. In the morni
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SEDINHA.
SEDINHA.
Herbaceous plant, with a slender, round and pubescent stem; the leaves are opposite, lanceolate and very sharp; their upper surface is hairy and of a darker green than their lower surface, which is covered with long, silky hairs. This plant is quite common in the neighborhood of Rio-Janeiro. We employ the leaves. 1. Aching pain at the sternal articulation of the fourth ribs. Internal itching, with desire to scratch, in the pit of the stomach. Sensation in the region of the liver as if penknives
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Prover: Jo. Vincente Martins.
Prover: Jo. Vincente Martins.
First day. —Took one dose of the third trituration at 8 in the morning. 1. Desire to vomit and nausea at the sight of food, immediately. At night, sense of dryness and fullness in the stomach. Very drowsy after dinner. Second day. — 5. Wakes early. Merry and quiet dreams. Sense of fullness in the abdomen, at 5 in the morning, when lying. Diarrhœa. Transitory pains in the toes, right temple and one of the right cuspidati. 10. Pains at the lower extremity of the right forearm. Pain at the right zy
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Dizziness behind the head. Capricious mood. Every thing is disagreeable to him, he desires to travel. Prickings on the vertex. Darting through the left skull-bones. Hemicrania. Boring pain in the skull, after breakfast. Heaviness of the head. The hair falls off. Lachrymation. Deafness on the left ear. Whizzing in the ears. Buzzing in the ears. Pain in the articulation of the jaw. Bleeding of the gums. Pain at the right zygoma. Prickings at the zygoma. Bitter mouth, with salt taste. Nausea, with
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Prover: Dr. Manoel Duarte Moreira.
Prover: Dr. Manoel Duarte Moreira.
1. Heat and burning of the skin all over, with prickings like the stings of insects. Profuse sweat in bed, several nights in succession. Red spot on the right cheek when rising from bed, it disappears in the course of the day. Shuddering in the day-time, several different times. 5. Small red spot in the right side of the neck. Drowsiness in the evening, in three provers. Prostration, in two provers. Dreams about quarrels. 10. Reveries in the day-time. Dreams about dead persons and about the inci
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
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Mental, Moral, Head : 1. Vertigo with fainting. Dizziness. Pain all over the head. Headache, at the vertex and at times at the occiput. 5. Pressure in the frontal region. Burning in the frontal region. Pain in the left temporal region, also acute. Pain in the frontal region, also with heat, at the root of the nose. Eyes , &c.: Inflammation of the left eye. 10. Swelling of the gums. Mouth, Stomach , &c.: Sense of swelling at the tongue. Sore throat. Heat in upper part of the œsoph
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Prover: Bruno Vidal.
Prover: Bruno Vidal.
First day. — 1. Extreme heaviness of the head, at 2. Aversion to work, with inability, the whole afternoon. Second day. —Pain at the sacrum, worse when rising, stooping or sitting. Almost continual expansive pressure in the orbits, and sensation of internal itching; he is obliged to rub his eyes with the palm of his hand. 5. Itching at the pubis. Itching at the face. Violent itching at the lips. Third day. —Pain at the inner part of the right knee. Easy stool. 10. Itching, almost all over. Not d
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
1. Sad, he avoids company. Exalted imagination. Indolence of mind. Merry and talkative. 5. Pressure on the right side of the forehead. Darting in the left temple. Heaviness of the head. Expansive pressure in the orbits, and sensation of internal itching. The eyes are red and smart. 10. The orbits feel larger, and as if in contact with the orbital walls. Formication of the lower jaw. Violent itching at the lips. Itching of the pubis. Erections without desire. 15. Pain under the false ribs. Tingli
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SECOND PROVING.
SECOND PROVING.
First day. —Sense of constriction at the throat, until evening. Rheumatic pain in the left shoulder-blade. Second day. —The pain in the shoulder-blade continues until evening. Third day. —Restless sleep; frightful dreams. 140. Dull pains in the head, in the day-time. Fourth day. —Itching pimple at the glans, of the size of half a grain of corn. Fifth day. —Restless sleep, and eccentric dreams. Painless suppuration of the pimple on the glans; with itching; it looks like a chancre. Heaviness of th
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Head , &c.: Dull pain in right temple, as if several points were pressed upon it. Frontal headache. Dull pain between the forehead and right temple, shifting to the other side and there disappearing. Sense of fullness in the head. Painful fullness in right temple, shifting to the left and disappearing in the nape of the neck. Pain in right side of forehead as from a plug pressing against it. Itching at the forehead as from vermin crawling about there. Heaviness of the head, it aches all
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CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA. C. ANG. CANNA GLAUCA. PORTUG.: IMBIRI.
CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA. C. ANG. CANNA GLAUCA. PORTUG.: IMBIRI.
This plant inhabits damp regions, or the borders of brooks. Its stem is erect, cylindrical, growing to a height of about six feet out of a rhizoma sending off numerous rootlets. It is provided with knots, whence arise large alternate clasping leaves, whose lanceolate limbs have strong midribs, sending off fine parallel transverse nerves. At its summit the stem bears the flower-bearing pedicels. Flowers alternate, on short peduncles, and accompanied by bracts. The corol has a double perianth, wit
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HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM. (Nobis.) HED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE BOI. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDOCK.
HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM. (Nobis.) HED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE BOI. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDOCK.
The brownish and ligneous stem of this plant is about three feet high; it is ramose, pubescent, especially above. Leaves alternate, pennate, trifoliate; folioles oval and slightly tomentose, on a hairy, bistipulate petiole. The flowers which are small and seated on filiform, unifloral peduncles, form loose, terminal spikes. Fruit oval, hairy, on bent peduncles, and attaching itself very intimately to clothes and to the hairy skin of animals, on which account the Brazilians call it barba de boi.
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ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Indifferent and careless about business. He keeps repeating a tune against his will; this irritates him. Quarrelsome dreams. Is unable to fix his mind. Vertigo from right to left. Painful pressure at frontal eminence from within outwards. Pain at the frontal eminences. Pimples on the left cheek. Coppery taste in the mouth. Constriction of the pharynx, painful. Soreness of the mouth, tonsils and pharynx. Tongue white-coated and cracked. Difficulty of swallowing saliva. Sensation as if a small bod
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OCIMUM CANUM. (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (Mart.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA.
OCIMUM CANUM. (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (Mart.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA.
This is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with an erect and ramose stem, about 16 or 20 inches high; it is pubescent, quadrangular and grooved towards the upper branches. Leaves opposite, oval, finely indented, on petioles of the same length, as the limbs of the leaves. Flowers whorled, forming terminal spikes; each whorl is provided with two foliaceous bracts. Calix with five divisions, the upper being oval, large and entire; the other four are sharp and inferior. Corol tubulous, inv
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SOLANUM ARREBENTA. (Vell.) SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS.
SOLANUM ARREBENTA. (Vell.) SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS.
This bush grows spontaneously in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, along roads and in cultivated places. It is from 10 to 16 inches high; its branches which bifurcate regularly, are, while young, covered with strong thorns growing from above downwards. Leaves slightly pubescent, cordate, with five obtuse lobes; their nerves are furnished with a few irregularly distributed thorns. The flowers are supported by peduncles arising from the axils of the leaves in groups of two or three. Calix with five pa
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ILLICIUM ANISATUM. ANISUM STELLATUM.
ILLICIUM ANISATUM. ANISUM STELLATUM.
Both the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly become important adjuncts in the homœopathic materia medica, the former in gastric affections, the latter in those of the chest. We publish the following symptoms in the hope of facilitating their employment in the treatment of disease. 1. Dizziness. Buzzing in the ears. Ringing in the ears, followed by sleep. Bloating of the stomach. 5. Retention of urine. Pain in the loins
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MILLEFOLIUM.
MILLEFOLIUM.
Second day. — 1. Headache as if the skull would fly to pieces. Stitches in the chest. Oppression, dyspnœa. Burning eyes. 5. Tongue coated and swollen. Urine red, frequent and copious. Third day. —Headache less violent. Prostration. Malaise in all the limbs. 10. Dry mouth. Lips cracked. Stomach-ache. Cough with frothy expectoration. Cough and vomiting. 15. Fever with shuddering, internal and external heat, for four hours. Hot fever. Thirst. Hot hands and feet. [1] This case has been reported in d
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