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
_Twenty-first day._—She feels as if a piece of flesh had grown out in
her throat. 290. Lancinating pain in the left iliac region, less in the
right. Good appetite. Is unable to walk erect. Complains a good deal
about her pain in the loins.
_Twenty-second day._—She is waked by a violent shrill cough which last
five hours. 295. The pains in the loins are worse when stooping. Acute
pain as if the sacrum were out of place. The pain in the loins causes
her to cry out; she walks bent forward, at 11. The least movement
causes her an acute pain in the sacro-lumbar articulation. Pain in the
posterior part of the right thigh as if a penknife were thrust in. 300.
Pain in the left gluteus muscle, accompanied by nausea. Sensation as if
something would become detached from the sacrum. She can neither remain
standing nor sitting. Pressure as from an iron bar at the sacro-lumbar
articulation, obliging her to lie down when she feels better. Formication
at the sacrum. 305. Cough as from obstruction of the pharynx.
_Twenty-third day._—Restless sleep. Acute lancinating pain above the
right breast, for two hours, in the morning. Pain as if sprained all
along the vertebral column, and extending down the posterior muscles
of the lower limbs to the heels. The face is dark red. 310. She walks
inclined forwards. Heaviness in the stomach, her dinner does not sit well
on her stomach, at 9 in the evening. Walking is hindered by the pain in
the lumbar vertebræ. Desire for coffee.
_Twenty-fourth day._—Her dinner hurts her all night. 315. Palpitation of
the heart, in the night, three different times. Colic with loud emission
of flatulence. Incoherent dreams. The pain in the loins is less. Twisting
pain through the uterus, at nine in the evening.
_Twenty-fifth day._—320. Itching wakes her at four in the morning. Dreams
about a witch, actors changing to yellow and black. Sense of spraining in
the right groin. Slight nosebleed, at six in the evening. Thick urine,
with appearance of white mucus some time after standing.
_Twenty-sixth day._—325. Dreams about fire, then a comedy. The urine
continues to show white flocks after standing.
_Twenty-seventh-day._—Slight nosebleed after supper. Violent itching at
the labia majora, at two.
_Twenty-ninth day._—Hard, difficult and large stool.
_Thirtieth day._—330. Dreams about a revolution, about a city being
destroyed by fire and the sword. Sour eructations exciting her cough.
Smarting and itching at the vulva, at two in the afternoon.
_Thirty-second day._—Canine hunger at dinner. Acidity, bitterness and
regurgitations after dinner, 335. Hard and large stool. Difficult,
fragmentary stool. Painful stool, making the tears rush to her eyes; the
sclerotica becomes red in consequence of the efforts she is obliged to
make. Soapy pale-yellow urine. Colic along the large gut, at nine in the
evening.
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