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
HEAD.--Vertigo on rising after stooping, with momentary loss of sight,
and sensation of heaviness in the forehead. Weakness of memory and
inability to study.
EYES.--_Pains and inflammation of the eyes, with redness more marked in
the left eye. Sensation of sand in both eyes._ Ophthalmia, which begins
in the left eye, with lachrymation and night agglutination of the
eyelids. Weakness of sight. Syphilitic-like ophthalmia.
STOOL.--Diarrhoea with dark mulberry-colored stools without pain or
tenesmus, but with mucus.
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS.--Increased secretion of the urine. Pain in
the penis. _Blennorrhagia_ with a discharge which stains the linen a
dirty yellow color. _Chancroids._
THROAT.--Pain and burning of the larynx, when laughing or reading aloud,
and small vesicles in the pharynx.
BACK.--Weakness of the lumbar region.
These are not doubtful symptoms.
N. B.--This remedy acts on the head at first, afterwards on the
intestines, and on the eyes last.
Please try it, and make it known to our colleagues. Should it prove to
be there as good as here, I assure you it will be a valued remedy.
(Dr. J. S. Whittinghill contributed the following,
_Eclectic Medical Journal_, concerning _Jacaranda_):
Let me give the results of my experience with _Jacaranda_. I believe it
to be a true specific for certain kinds of rheumatism. Its first trial
was given a patient suffering as follows: She had had rheumatism for
about ten years--never became serious. Sometimes she was nearly relieved
from it; again lost much rest and sleep from it. Her wrist would become
painful and very weak from ordinary labor. She always suffered very much
in the morning upon any motion, and complained of being stiff. Had to
have assistance in dressing. Upon sudden motion, sensation in the
muscles as of tearing and being bruised--even painful upon pressure.
I gave her different remedies as they seemed to be indicated, with no
results towards removing the trouble. I thought there could be nothing
lost by trying _Jacaranda_. It met with decided success. She was
entirely relieved of muscular pains in a few days. Had the recurrence of
some symptoms in about six weeks after; tried _Jacaranda_ again with the
same decided success. Some eight weeks have elapsed since, with no
recurrence of muscular pains. I have tried it on three other patients
with the same peculiar morning stiffness and soreness of muscles. All
were relieved in a few days. They have no more muscular trouble. So I
put morning soreness and stiffness of muscles as the guide in
prescribing _Jacaranda_.
LAC CANINUM.
PREPARATION.--The fresh milk from a bitch is triturated in the usual
way.
(The late Dr. Sam. Swan had a proving of this remedy, dog
milk, in the Materia Medica he attempted to publish, but
of which only one volume appeared. The work is now very
rare. The following clinical cases were contributed by
Dr. Philip Rice to the _Medical Century_, Vol. IX, No.
24):
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