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 day. Sore eyes. Flapping in the ears as of wings. Stoppage of the left ear. Heat at the left ear, with burning digging pain extending to the left nostril. The malar bone is sensitive to pressure. Drawing pain from the eye to the right lower jaw, followed by shuddering in the same region. Sneezing and fluent coryza. Coryza, with heaviness and weariness at the vertex, forehead and eyes. Coryza, with digging and lancing pain in left side of forehead. He dreams about fighting with thieves. Catarrh.
Gastric, &c.: Food tastes flat or acid. Bad taste in the mouth, in the morning. Nausea when eating. Dry mouth, in the morning, in bed. Raw pain at left side of the tongue. Mouth dry and doughy. Sore throat with constriction of the pharynx and difficult deglutition. Constrictive sensation at the throat. Stitch and pulling below the stomach. Fullness in pit of stomach, with hurried breathing. Pulling from above downwards in the pit of the stomach. Pressure at the pit of the stomach. Bruising pain in right side. Painful stitch in the integuments of the abdomen, between the navel and the pit of the stomach. Colic with flatulence. Acute drawing pain under the left last rib. Painful stitch on the left side of the navel. Swelling of the right groin, painful when touched. Sensation on right side of navel, as if the skin were seized. Acute pain at the hypogastrium when pressing upon it. No stool. Soft and easy stool. Itching at the anus while sitting. Heat at the anus. Prickings around the anus. Acute pain with lancination in the anus. Excrescence at the anus. The orifice of the urethra looks like two small inflamed lips, itching when touched. Heat and pain of the penis. Discharge of a yellowish white liquid from the prepuce. Prickling in the prepuce. Pain in prepuce, as if a small bundle of fibres were seized. The prepuce cannot be drawn back. Suppuration between the glans and prepuce. Acute pain in left testicle when walking. Heat and swelling of the scrotum. Slight pinching at the prepuce. Emission every night. Itching pimple at the glans, suppurating like a chancre, and leaving a red point when dry. Suppression of the sexual desire. Painful erections, owing to the swelling of the prepuce. The contact of the urine causes tearing pains, which affect the whole organism. Itching and prickling at the margin of the prepuce.
Chest: Dry cough, with white, watery expectoration. Painful stitch under the right ribs, when drawing breath. Drawing pain from the right axilla to the false ribs. Dull pain under the sternum when raising the head and drawing breath. Hurried breathing, with sense of fullness under the sternum. Painful stitch under the false right ribs. Prickings under the sternum. Pain at the apex of the heart. Lancing pain in the region of the heart. Palpitation in going up- or down-stairs, as if pushed with the tip of the finger. Sensation as if the heart beat in the pit of the stomach. Painful stitch at the heart, shifting to the right side. Stitch at the heart, which seems to beat slowly. The beats of the heart are not felt in the morning, in bed. Drawing pain from the front part of the neck to the ear. Pulling from the lower jaw to the middle of the neck. Boring pain at the right external carotid. The neck is so painful that the turning the head is difficult and painful. Weakness of the lumbar region.
Extremities: Rheumatic pain in left shoulder-blade. Pain in the back and chest. Pain in the left arm, in the morning. Redness at the left arm. Dull crampy pain in right elbow, shifting to the left. Pulling from the forearm to the right little finger. Pain from the left elbow through the forearm. Bruising pain in the bones of the right forearm, with lancination. Dull pain from the wrist-joint to the middle of the forearm. Red spot with a yellowish pellicle on the wrists. Drawing in the flexor communis digitorum. Red, itching spot on the ring-finger. Sense as of thorns between the thighs when walking. Ulcers on the legs. Pain in the right leg. Weakness of the legs. Bruising pain in the legs. Rheumatic pain in the right calf. Rheumatic pain in right knee, disappearing by motion. Bruising pain in the right knee.
Sleep: No sleep at night. Dreams about a frightful storm, mountains from which smoke issues, &c. Restless sleep, with frightful dreams. Dreams about combats, calcined head, which spoke to him angrily, &c. Loud dreams. Fever. Internal chilliness. Dryness and prickings all over. Weariness of the limbs. Weakness in the morning. Weary while talking. Malaise, nausea, debility. Stiffness of the loins, and bruising pain in the abdomen and hypochondria. Pains in the joints. Prostration; he is easily tired. Weary in the evening.
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, with three divisions adhering to the triangular, greenish and glandular ovary; the stamens present the changing characters so common in this family. We use the leaves.
An infusion of the leaves was recommended for the lepra; but this empirical application of the drug has been abandoned. 1. Whitish expectoration in the morning. Numbness at the instep. He dreams about doctors, treatment. Vertigo on waking. 5. Heat at the anus. Lancinations at the feet, legs and hands. Pain in the chest. Swelling of the fingers. Weakness of sight. 10. Itching of the skin. Weariness in the chest. Peeling off of the skin. Roughness in the throat. Excited sexual desire. 15. Too sudden emission of the semen, and without thrill. Heat at the ears. Constipation.
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.
1. Painful tearing from the loins to the navel. This pain is less on the second day. Sudden appearance of a yellowish discharge from the urethra. No sleep for several nights. 5. Itching of the penis. Pain and pricking at the eyes. The fingers contract with pain. Redness and smarting at the penis. Diarrhœa. 10. Profuse urination. Pain in the upper and lower limbs. Smarting in the eye, with lachrymation. Redness of the sclerotica. Fever and rheumatic pains. 15. Constipation. Painful swelling of the penis, with erysipelatous inflammation. Thin stream of the urine, in consequence of the glans being swollen.
MYRISTICA SEBIFERA. (Swartz.)
MYR. VIROLA SEBIFERA (AUBLET). PORT.: UCUUBA.
This is a tree of some height, the trunk and branches of which are covered with a thick, brownish and reticulate bark. Leaves alternate, oblong, cordate, rather tomentose on their lower surface, and supported by short petioles. Flowers in tufted panicles, ramose, arising from the axil of the leaves or the extremities of the branches; they are dioïchous, with a simple, urceolate perigone having three divisions. Male flowers with six stamens, the filaments of which are attached to each other, and are inserted in a glandular disk. The female flowers are smaller, one unilocular, ovary, style wanting, stygma bilobed. Capsular berry, with two valves, containing an oleaginous seed, surrounded by an aril crenated above. This tree is found in the provinces of Para and Rio-Negro. We use the red juice which is acrid and very poisonous and is obtained by cutting into the bark.
First day.—1. Vertigo from right to left, on waking in the morning. Difficulty of swallowing the saliva. Constriction of the isthmus of the pharynx; this pain increases progressively. Pain and pressure from within outwards at the right frontal eminence. 5. This pain intermits now and then and is less in the open air. Pain in the finger-nails, with swelling of the phalanxes. Painful pinching in the right calf.
Second day.—He is unable to fall asleep in the evening, in bed. Confused dreams about houses which one is building, commencing at the upper stories. 10. The buccal cavity, the tonsils and the upper part of the pharynx are painful to contact, the soup, when chewing or swallowing it, seems to make these parts sore. Burning sensation in the throat. The urine is discharged less frequently. Dizziness, in the morning. He is indifferent and careless in regard to his business. 15. Sensation as if a foreign body, of the size of a walnut, had lodged in the interior of the left inguinal region, the whole morning. The face is highly colored. Tingling in the left thumb-joint. Stiff hands as from squeezing something in one’s hands for a long time. Pain in the left hand; thirst. 20. He swallows his saliva with less pain and more ease. The urine is scanty and discharged less frequently, though he has drank a good deal; it is of a reddish yellow. The pains in the hands increase when the hands are joined. He is in the habit of drinking two tumblers of water before going to bed, and he urinates immediately afterwards; on the second day he drinks in the evening, but does not urinate. Pinching at the right side of the neck.
Third day.—25. Restless sleep, he dreams about violent quarrels. Marked copper-taste in the mouth, followed by spitting of blood for 20 minutes. No urine since 5 o’clock in the evening, on the second day. Since 4 in the afternoon he has been unable to fix his mind upon any one point; he continually repeats in his mind a tune, which irritates him, and of which he cannot rid himself. The whole mouth is painful. 30. Two pimples on the left cheek, they disappear in an hour.
Fourth day.—At night, hard pressure in the sides of the thorax, though this does not hinder the breathing. Restless sleep, with dreams about occupations that are entirely different from his ordinary business; afterwards dreams about disputes. Tongue white-coated and cracked. His head feels heavy. 35. Stools mixed with yellow mucus. Bitter mouth. Palate insensible, with loss of taste.
Fifth day.—Restless sleep. Violent starting during sleep. 40. Pain at the frontal eminence, at noon. He is unable to concentrate his attention on one object, though he has important business to attend to.