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
_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 disposed to study. Less active than usual.
Expansive pressure and itching in the orbits. The pain at the sacrum
continues.
_Fourth day._—15. The pain at the sacrum is less; the pain at the knee
has ceased. Expansive pressure and itching in the orbits. Itching almost
all over. Constant erections without desire; not disposed to intellectual
labor, not very active.
_Fifth to tenth day._—Laziness of mind as before. 20. Constant
erections, but no desire. Itching and expansive sensation in the orbits.
_Eleventh day._—No sleep.
_Twelfth day._—Prickling at the right big toe.
_Thirteenth day._—Crampy pain at the outer side of the right leg. 25. Red
pimple, which breaks and leaves a black spot in its place. Pricking in
the pit of the stomach. Pinching at the inside of the left elbow.
_Fourteenth to fifteenth day._—Pressure at the cartilages of the false
ribs. Loathing of study.
_Seventeenth to eighteenth day._—30. The eyes are red and smart. A former
fungus bleeds. The orbits feel larger, and as if they were in contact
with the orbital walls. Aversion to work. He is apt to forget things
which he had been occupied with a moment ago.
_Nineteenth day._—35. The eyes smart and are painful when touched.
_Twentieth to Thirty-fifth day._—Careless. Lazy and discouraged. No
disposition to work. Weak memory. 40. The upper portion of the orbits
seems to be in contact with the orbital walls, especially at night. He
is obliged to rub his face in the morning. Formication of the lower jaw.
Itching at the lumbar vertebræ. Itching at the anus. 45. A black spot on
the right outer ankle, which had remained after a pimple, continues.
_Thirty-sixth day._—Large red pimple on the occiput.
_Thirty-eighth day._—Very gay in the evening. Disposed to talk about
merry things.
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