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
_Fifteenth day._—Restless sleep. Last evening’s dinner does not sit well
on her stomach, with acidity at night. Doughy mouth, in the morning.
Weariness all over, when rising. 240. Drawing pain in the right lower
limb, posteriorly, from the gluteus maximus to the heel. The menstrual
flow is interrupted. When bending the knee, pulling pain in the posterior
and internal muscles of the thigh. Hypochondria. Sadness. 245. Every
thing is disagreeable to her, she would like to go far away. Small
pimples on the lower part of the neck and on the right knee, they are
very red at the base, with a white point in the centre; they disappear in
an hour. Sense of weight in the nape of the neck, at half past 11. The
head feels heavy, she can scarcely keep it erect. Pain as from weariness
in the back and the posterior muscles of the thighs and arms. 250.
Dulness of the head. Pain as if bruised, hindering her movements in bed.
Very hot hands. Slight nosebleed, at 11 in the morning. She walks with
difficulty, she fears, she will lose her muscular powers. 255. The pain
is worse in the day-time and less in the evening. The menstrual flow is
interrupted. The epidermis of the face peels off. Numerous small pimples
on the face. Desire to stretch.
_Sixteenth day._—260. No sleep; disturbed sleep. Oppression, owing to the
dinner of last evening not sitting well on her stomach, she has to rise
at 3 in the morning. Eructations followed by rumbling in the stomach,
ceasing after drinking a glass of water with sugar. Tongue coated white,
with a yellow line along the middle. (She would like to break every
thing, on account of not being able to understand a certain phrase). 265.
Doughy mouth, in the night. Alternate heat and shuddering, in the night.
(Has the taste of potatoes in the mouth, all night, from last evening’s
dinner). Beating in the left temple. Stiffness in the posterior cervical
muscles. 270. The sacrum is painful when touched or during a walk. After
eating, choking and difficulty of breathing, caused by dryness of the
mouth. Very fine pimples and intolerable itching at the labia majora.
_Seventeenth day._—Restless sleep. Is roused at 4 in the morning by
a stomach-ache with eructations, for an hour. 275. Headache during a
half-slumber. Heaviness at the vertex in the evening. Shuddering and
burning, in the evening, in bed. Palpitation of the heart, while lying
down. Ringing in the ears as if she would faint. 280. Acute stitch-like
pain in the left side, preventing her from turning about in bed. The hair
in the axilla sticks together.
_Eighteenth day._—Heaviness at the vertex. Disturbed sleep. Pain at the
stomach and redness of the face after breakfast.
_Nineteenth day._—285. Feels well all over. Prickings at the right
internal surface of the sternum.
_Twentieth day._—Sore throat; she is unable to swallow her saliva, in the
evening. Distressing pain in the lumbar region, she cannot keep herself
erect.
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