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
Burning pain at the left radius, with contusive sensation
when touched, third day. Violent itching of the ball of the left thumb,
followed by inflammatory swelling, third day, evening. Weariness of the
arms and legs, and numbness as after a long walk, fourth day, morning.
Painful numbness at the outer parts of the arms and legs. 110. Cold
feeling in the interior of the bones, fourth day, noon. Numbness of the
anus and legs, with deep-seated pain at times in the forehead, at others
in the nape of the neck, with aversion to motion, fifth day, morning.
Excessive coldness penetrating to the bones, hands and feet, seventh
day. Sudden numbness of the knees, with dull pain in the tibia, first
day, noon. Acute and lancinating pain in the metatarsal bone, which
corresponds to the left little toe. 115. Painful pricking in the left
fifth toe, eighth day, morning, a few moments after, the same toe feels
as if it would turn round from above downwards.
Fourth prover: _Miss Célia_, 17 years old, sanguine temperament, good
constitution, pale face, cheerful disposition, auburn hair.
Evanescent and confused ideas. Want of memory. Passing recollection,
which escape from her mind without her thinking of it. Sadness unto
tears, with headache, second day. 120. Deep sleep, commencing early, and
lasting longer than usual, for three days. Drowsy all day, with frequent
yawning, but no desire to lie down. Unpleasant dreams which she does
not recollect on waking. Quiet sleep in spite of the disturbing dreams
which she forgets on waking, second day. Prostration as from sleepiness,
without desiring to sleep. 125. Dreams about dead bodies, she wakes with
a start and cold sweat all over her body. Sensation as if the finger
were pressed on the right temple, with sensitiveness to contact, second
day, noon. Lancinating pain in the right temple, suddenly shifting to
the left temple and thence to the vertex, where a burning sensation is
experienced, second day. Pain and heat in the forehead, with pressure
on the eyes, second day, three in the afternoon. Dull pain at the root
of the nose, evening. 130. Numbness and compressive sensation as if a
warm bandage were wrapped round the head. General prostration as from
sleepiness. The voice seems to come from afar. The body seems insensible
when she is lying down, and she feels as if in a swoon. When walking she
feels as if she did not touch the soil, and as though she would fall.
135. Painfulness of the eyes, as if the eyeballs were driven out of the
orbits by some foreign body. Sensation as if the head were full of warm
water. Sadness, tears; in her sadness she remains seated, motionless,
speechless (all these symptoms occurred within an hour, second day, after
12). Headache, with weight on the eyes, second day. Sensation as if
stung by ants under the left lower eyelid. 140. Nose slightly inflamed
and shining. Dull pain at the root of the nose, on the evening of the
first day. Pain at the left wing of the nose, which spreads to the
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