Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : $b or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of diseaseMure, Benoît
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Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : $b or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of disease
Mure, Benoît
Homeopathy; Materia medica, Vegetable
_Second day._—Restless sleep. 30. He dreams about a sheep and dog covered
with red scarfs; the first was lifted off the ground and seized by the
latter in the middle of the back; the dog was suspended by the back, by
some individual accompanied by a number of persons. Afterwards an intense
sexual dream with emission. Painful stitch under the shoulder-blade, as
after receiving a blow. Sense of embarrassment behind the left inner
ankle. Uneasiness in the thighs, followed by pricking, at 2 in the
afternoon. 35. Contusive pain at the left knee. Lancinations at the
forepart of the left outer ankle, at 7 in the evening. Fulness of the
stomach. Stitching pain at the right thigh. In the morning, the leg is
swollen and violet-colored; it becomes inflamed by walking, and, towards
evening, changes to a blackish red. 40. Loss of appetite. The whole leg
is covered with irregular blackish spots formed by extra-vasated blood.
Urinates more frequently than usual. Burning head. Continual thirst, with
bitter mouth. 45. The lips and gums are excoriated. Complete loss of
appetite. The left leg is painful as if excoriated; the pain shifts to
the right inner ankle, where it becomes more acute.
_Third day._—Lancinating pains at the apex of the heart, which arrests
the breathing all night. The temples are painful to contact, the whole
day. 50. Stiffness of the leg, with inability to stand for a few minutes.
Stitching pain between the shoulders. Dull pain at the lower part of the
lumbar region and at the abdomen. Burning pains at the anus. The lips and
gums are raw as before. 55. Itching above the bend of the right elbow.
Crampy pain in the left tendo-Achillis. Partial numbness around the
ankles. Contusive pain below the left knee-pan, at 3 in the afternoon.
Lancinations in the lower part of the right leg and at the inner ankle,
at half past 3. 60. The upper and lower part of the left arm is painful
to the touch, at half past 4. Painful lancinations at the inner part of
the left knee. Stitch in the articulation of the first phalanx of the
little finger, at 8 in the evening.
_Fourth day._—Pain at the dorsal part of the left index. Colic, followed
by stool the first part of which is soft, the latter diarrhœic, twice in
succession, in the morning. 65. Malaise as if something would accumulate
at the inside of the right leg, above the knee, in the evening and during
part of the night.
_Fifth day._—Difficulty of using the lumbar region. Sensation as if the
skin of the right leg would fall upon the ankles, like a stocking; he
frequently puts his hand there for the purpose of raising the skin again.
Itching at the forepart of the right leg. Pricking at the inside of the
right leg. 70. A difficulty at the lower part of the tendo-Achillis. Easy
stool.
_Sixth day._—Itching at the internal ankle of the left foot. Itching at
the left thigh. Pain above the right inner ankle. 75. Disgusting dreams.
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