New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
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New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Homeopathy -- Materia medica and therapeutics
"I have had under treatment a case that has been pronounced incurable by
many physicians. She has had most of the symptoms developed in your
proving, that awful coldness being most pronounced. She has had two
doses of the 200th. I learn through a neighbor that she is delighted
with the result of the last medicine. The coldness has nearly
disappeared, leaving a comfortable glow upon the body. She tells her
neighbors this without having been informed by me what results I
expected from the medicine."
(Dr. Erastus E. Case contributed the following detailed
clinical case to the _Medical Advance_, July, 1897):
An auburn haired woman, 55 years of age, had numbness in the feet two
years ago. It has gradually extended upward until it now includes the
lower part of the abdomen.
Tingling, creeping sensation on the legs as if from insects.
Worse when lying in bed at night.
Worse from exposure to cold air.
Worse from touch; she cannot endure to place her bare feet together.
Legs insensible to an electric battery.
Legs wasting away, skin very dry and inelastic.
Ankles turn easily when trying to walk.
Numbness of the arms from the hands to the elbows.
Forgetfulness.
Melancholy with weeping.
Worse in stormy weather.
Worse when thinking of her ailments, cheered by company.
Pain in the forehead in the morning, aggravated by turning the eyes.
Tongue dry and cracked in the morning.
Swallowing difficult.
Empty eructations, especially before breakfast.
Empty, gone sensation in the stomach.
Dislikes sweet things and worse from taking them.
Sensation of constriction about the whole abdomen.
Constipation from torpor of the rectum.
Hemorrhoids and itching of the anus.
Burning in the urethra during and after micturition.
Burning and dryness of the vagina.
Palpitation and dyspnoea from slight exertion.
Drawing sensation in all the extremities.
Yellow skin.
April 11, 1895. _Heloderma horridus_ four powders, one every four hours.
April 23, 1895. Decidedly more cheerful and memory is better.
Bowels more active.
Legs more reliable, with the numbness and tingling.
No medicine.
April 26, 1895. Alarmed because the palms and soles are swollen and
itching.
No medicine.
May 22, 1895. She gained rapidly in both flesh and strength, until a
week ago.
_Heloderma horridus_ one powder.
Soon after this an itching eruption came all over her, which subsided
without any further medication. She was restored to a fair degree of
health so that she has taken care of her house and family up to the
present time.
(The following arrangement of Dr. Boocock's proving was
made by Dr. Lilienthal):
_Mind._--No inclination for exertion in any way.
Difficulty in remembering the spelling of simple words.
Depressed, feels blue.
_Head._--Sensation of heat in head; heat on vertex.
Headache over right eyebrow.
Pressure in head and scalp; pressure in skull as if too full.
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