Chapter VIII: Part 8

_Second day._—No sleep at night and drowsy in the day-time. 5. Dry mouth, in the morning, in bed. One does not feel any longer the beats of the heart, in the morning, in bed. The heart beats regularly again after going into the open air. Painful stitch at the heart, almost constantly. Full and slow pulse, in the morning, in bed. Weary while talking. 10. Drawing pain on the right side, from the axilla to the false ribs, at 9 in the morning. Dull pain under the sternum, in raising the head and drawing breath. He eats little, though his appetite is good, at 9 in the morning. General weakness, in the morning. Slight pain at the articulation of the second phalanx of the fingers of the right hand, at half past 9 in the morning. 15. Weakness of the legs. Pain as if bruised in the right knee, while walking, at 10 in the morning, of short duration. Sense as if bruised in the muscles and bones of the legs. Slight drawing pain from the eye to the right lower jaw, followed by shuddering in the same region, at 11 in the morning; this pain recurs, changing to a contusive pain. Sensitiveness of the malar bone when pressing on it with the finger. 20. Sensation of painfulness at the apex of the heart, on the right side, at noon. Hurried breathing, with sense of fullness under the sternum, several times in the course of the day. Painful stitch under the false right ribs, at noon. No stool. Momentary drawing in the flexor communis digitorum, left wrist, at half past 12, afternoon. 25. Pulling from the lower extremity of the forearm to the right little finger, for one hour. Weariness of the limbs, and desire to remain seated. Weakness of the limbs; and lumbar region, at 2. Slight pain in the right ribs, below, at half past 2. Painful fullness in the right temple, shifting a moment after to the left temple, and disappearing in the left side of the nape of the neck, in the evening, in the open air. 30. Sense of fullness in the head, in the afternoon. Dull pain between the forehead and right temple; it disappears in the evening, by shifting to the opposite side. Pain as if excoriated at the left side of the tongue. Pulling from the lower jaw to the middle of the neck, on the right side, in the evening. Fullness in the pit of the stomach, with feeble, hurried breathing; sometimes a strong and long inspiration, with strong and sudden expiration, in the afternoon. 35. Lancinating pain in the region of the heart. Continued prickings under the sternum. Painful stitch on the left side of the navel. Sensation, while walking, as of dull thorns or little pieces of straw between the thighs, or as if stiff and dry moss is applied to a raw sore. Itching at the anus, while sitting. 40. Pain at the left elbow, striking through the whole forearm by fits and starts, in the evening. Dull pain in the right wrist-joints, penetrating to the middle of the forearm; a similar sensation at the left arm, but slighter. Pain as if bruised in the bones of the right forearm, and lancination from the wrist to the forearm, at 6 in the evening. Acute deep-seated, drawing pain under the left last rib, at 6 in the evening. Palpitation of the heart in going up- and down-stairs, with acute pain, as if it were pushed with the tip of the finger, at 9 in the evening.

_Third day._—45. Doughy mouth, at 6 in the morning. The heart seems to beat in the pit of the stomach, at 6 in the morning; its beats are no longer felt under the left breast. The beating of the heart recommences during motion, but is slow and feeble. Noise in the ears, like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly, at 8 in the morning. Sneezing and fluent discharge from the nose, at half past 8 in the morning. 50. Itching at the left commissure of the lips, at 9 in the morning. Fatiguing drawing pain in the anterior cervical muscles, extending to the right ear, at half past 9 in the morning. Colic; flatulence shifts about in the abdomen, followed by emission of inodorous flatulence, at half past 9 in the morning. Painful stitch in the integuments of the abdomen, between the navel and the pit of the stomach, a little on the right side, at 10 in the morning. Dull pain above the wrist and in the radius, at half past 10 in the morning. 55. Dull crampy pain in the right elbow, shifting afterwards to the left elbow. Pain as if bruised in the right side, at a quarter of 11 in the morning. Painful stitch at the heart, shifting at once to the other side, as if one had two hearts, at 11 in the morning. Extensive aching pain from the right upper part of the forehead to the eye, at noon. Slight pain in the right temple, as if several dull points were pressed upon it at the same time; dull pain in the right orbit. 60. Coryza at half past 12. Mouth dry and doughy. Sensation in the skin as if grasped, on the right side of the navel, at one in the evening. No stool. Lancination from the elbow to the middle of the forearm, thence to the left wrist, from 9 to 3 in the evening. 65. Stoppage of the nose, at 3 in the evening. Boring pain at the right external carotid, at half past 3 in the evening. Vertical pullings above the pit of the stomach, at 4 in the evening.

_Fourth day._—Stiffness of the loins and pain in the abdomen and hypochondria as if bruised, at 6 in the morning. Soft and easy stool, (previous to the proving the stools were generally hard and painful.) 70. The inflammation of the anus has disappeared. Coryza, with heaviness and weariness at the vertex, forehead and eyes, at 9 in the morning. Coryza, with digging, lancinating pain in the left side of the forehead, corresponding to the palatine arch of the same side, at noon. Dry lips, mouth and tongue. Intense itching between the left ring- and little finger, and a red, itching spot on the second phalangeal joint of the ring-finger. 75. A red spot, with a yellowish pellicle and itching at the forepart of the wrists, at noon. Heat at the left ear, with burning digging pain extending to the left nostril, at half past 2 in the evening. Sensation as if the left ear were stopped up, at half past 3 in the afternoon.

_Fifth day._—The coryza has ceased.

_Sixth day._—80. Dreams about objects, which he defends courageously against thieves, who lay a thousand snares for him; also about unknown fruits, which he desires to taste, but which disappear immediately. Dull pain at the outer side of the right eyebrow, passes off in the open air. Acute pain in the left testicle, when walking. A good deal of appetite. Rheumatic pain in the right knee, it disappears by motion. 85. Slight pinching at the extremity of the prepuce. Dull pain in the right temporal region, at 10 in the morning.

_Seventh to thirteenth day._—Slight pains in the left testicle when walking, or by the pressure of the clothes.

_Fourteenth day._—Heat and swelling of the scrotum, near the left groin, with pain when rubbing or touching it. Slight suppuration between the glans and prepuce, on the right side.

_Fifteenth day._—90. The swelling of the scrotum is less, the suppuration of the glans worse.

_Sixteenth day._—Itching at the forehead, as if mosquitoes were walking about there.

_Eighteenth day._—The swelling of the scrotum has disappeared, the testicle is less painful; the suppuration has spread to the outer side of the prepuce, without affecting the glans. Swelling of the right groin which is painful when touched. Pain as from a plug pressing perpendicularly against the forehead, right side. 95. Violent sneezing. Dreams about a frightful storm, with smashing and burning of palaces, or crushing gigantic mountains, from which issue columns of smoke.

_Nineteenth day._—Profuse watery discharge from the nose. Food tastes flat or acid, sugar-water tastes like vinegar.

_Twenty-first day._—Acute pain in the prepuce, as if a small bundle of fibres were seized. 100. Prickling at the prepuce. Profuse discharge of a yellowish white liquid from the prepuce, smelling like ordinary pus. Heat and pain of the penis, the inflammation being worse in bed. The prepuce cannot be drawn back. General malaise, nausea, debility. 105. The swelling of the scrotum has entirely ceased. The testicle remains a little swollen and painful. (The excrescence at the anus has considerably decreased for eight days past.) Dreams about combats, dead persons; he picks up very small heads, which had been partially calcined on a pan with coals; these heads opened their eyes and spoke to him in an angry tone.

_Twenty-second day._—The pain and inflammation of the prepuce are less. 110. The pain in the testicle keeps decreasing. Very weary in the evening, he has to lie down. The suppuration and inflammation of the prepuce augment in the evening, the whole prepuce is affected. Itching at the scrotum.

_Twenty-third day._—Acute pain, with lancinations at the anus, as if a large needle were stuck in three or four times. 115. Prostration; a trifling exercise fatigues him and compels him to lie down. Weariness of the knees. Sensation of a greenish-yellow pus from the prepuce.

_Twenty-fourth day._—Profuse secretion of a greenish-yellow liquid from the prepuce. The internal membrane of the prepuce is inflamed.

_Twenty-fifth day._—120. Itching at the anus, in the morning. The inflammation of the prepuce is less on the right side, it shifts to the left. Itching and prickling at the margin of the prepuce. Emission of a light colored urine, four or five times a day.

_Twenty-sixth day._—The inflammation on the inner side of the prepuce has ceased, whereas the margin has become inflamed over night; and it is raw and bleeds here and there. 125. The contact of the urine causes tearing pains, which affect the whole organism, and leave a considerable malaise behind. The nervous system, head and neck are painfully affected by these pains. The orifice of the urethra looks like two small lips, which are inflamed on the inner side; on touching them, a slight itching is experienced there, extending to the middle of the penis.

_Twenty-seventh day._—130. Internal chilliness, as if the blood would freeze in the vessels, in the open air, for fifteen minutes. Erections, which the continual swelling of the prepuce renders painful. Total suppression of the sexual desire, with relaxation of the penis.

_Twenty-eighth day._—Sound sleep. The inflammation and suppuration of the glans diminish considerably in the morning.

_Twenty-ninth day._—135. He is able to take a long walk without getting tired.

SECOND PROVING.

_First day._—Sense of constriction at the throat, until evening. Rheumatic pain in the left shoulder-blade.

_Second day._—The pain in the shoulder-blade continues until evening.

_Third day._—Restless sleep; frightful dreams. 140. Dull pains in the head, in the day-time.

_Fourth day._—Itching pimple at the glans, of the size of half a grain of corn.

_Fifth day._—Restless sleep, and eccentric dreams. Painless suppuration of the pimple on the glans; with itching; it looks like a chancre. Heaviness of the head, which is painful all day.

_Sixth day._—145. Restless night; sleep is frequently disturbed, with extreme difficulty to fall asleep again. The chancrous pimple on the glans has dried up; there remains in its place a red point; the place is not painful. The throat is very dry.

_Seventh day._—Restless at night, with uneasy and unrefreshing sleep.

_Eighth day._—Rheumatic pain in the right calf. Restless night.

_Ninth day._—150. Sleep more quiet. The pain in the calf continues; it is intense and hinders walking.

_Tenth day._—Sore throat, with constriction of the pharynx and difficult deglutition. The pain in the calf has shifted to the shoulder blade, extending from the last ribs to the neck. The neck is so painful that it is only with difficulty and pain that the head can be turned to the right side.

_Eleventh day._—155. Similar pain in the shoulder-blade and neck. The constriction of the throat continues.

_Twelfth day._—Same symptoms as on the eleventh, but less intense. No sleep at night, and drowsy in the day-time. Pain in the nape of the neck. 160. Pain under the sternum. Weariness and prostration. Emission every night. Heat at the anus. Prickings around the anus. 165. Fever. Prostration, so that he is scarcely able to speak. Dry cough. Cough, with white, watery expectoration. Ulcers on the legs. 170. Pains in the joints. Sore eyes. Pain in the right leg. Bad taste in the mouth, in the morning. Headache, in the day-time. 175. Catarrh. Pressure at the pit of the stomach. Nausea when eating. Pain in the back and chest. Acute pain at the hypogastrium, when pressing upon it. 180. He wakes with a start, twice in the night. He dreams loud all night. Pain in the left arm, in the morning. Redness at the left arm. Painful stitch under the right ribs, when drawing breath, for half an hour.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: Dull pain in right temple, as if several points were pressed upon it. Frontal headache. Dull pain between the forehead and right temple, shifting to the other side and there disappearing. Sense of fullness in the head. Painful fullness in right temple, shifting to the left and disappearing in the nape of the neck. Pain in right side of forehead as from a plug pressing against it. Itching at the forehead as from vermin crawling about there. Heaviness of the head, it aches all day. Sore eyes. Flapping in the ears as of wings. Stoppage of the left ear. Heat at the left ear, with burning digging pain extending to the left nostril. The malar bone is sensitive to pressure. Drawing pain from the eye to the right lower jaw, followed by shuddering in the same region. Sneezing and fluent coryza. Coryza, with heaviness and weariness at the vertex, forehead and eyes. Coryza, with digging and lancing pain in left side of forehead. He dreams about fighting with thieves. Catarrh.

GASTRIC, &c.: Food tastes flat or acid. Bad taste in the mouth, in the morning. Nausea when eating. Dry mouth, in the morning, in bed. Raw pain at left side of the tongue. Mouth dry and doughy. Sore throat with constriction of the pharynx and difficult deglutition. Constrictive sensation at the throat. Stitch and pulling below the stomach. Fullness in pit of stomach, with hurried breathing. Pulling from above downwards in the pit of the stomach. Pressure at the pit of the stomach. Bruising pain in right side. Painful stitch in the integuments of the abdomen, between the navel and the pit of the stomach. Colic with flatulence. Acute drawing pain under the left last rib. Painful stitch on the left side of the navel. Swelling of the right groin, painful when touched. Sensation on right side of navel, as if the skin were seized. Acute pain at the hypogastrium when pressing upon it. No stool. Soft and easy stool. Itching at the anus while sitting. Heat at the anus. Prickings around the anus. Acute pain with lancination in the anus. Excrescence at the anus. The orifice of the urethra looks like two small inflamed lips, itching when touched. Heat and pain of the penis. Discharge of a yellowish white liquid from the prepuce. Prickling in the prepuce. Pain in prepuce, as if a small bundle of fibres were seized. The prepuce cannot be drawn back. Suppuration between the glans and prepuce. Acute pain in left testicle when walking. Heat and swelling of the scrotum. Slight pinching at the prepuce. Emission every night. Itching pimple at the glans, suppurating like a chancre, and leaving a red point when dry. Suppression of the sexual desire. Painful erections, owing to the swelling of the prepuce. The contact of the urine causes tearing pains, which affect the whole organism. Itching and prickling at the margin of the prepuce.

CHEST: Dry cough, with white, watery expectoration. Painful stitch under the right ribs, when drawing breath. Drawing pain from the right axilla to the false ribs. Dull pain under the sternum when raising the head and drawing breath. Hurried breathing, with sense of fullness under the sternum. Painful stitch under the false right ribs. Prickings under the sternum. Pain at the apex of the heart. Lancing pain in the region of the heart. Palpitation in going up- or down-stairs, as if pushed with the tip of the finger. Sensation as if the heart beat in the pit of the stomach. Painful stitch at the heart, shifting to the right side. Stitch at the heart, which seems to beat slowly. The beats of the heart are not felt in the morning, in bed. Drawing pain from the front part of the neck to the ear. Pulling from the lower jaw to the middle of the neck. Boring pain at the right external carotid. The neck is so painful that the turning the head is difficult and painful. Weakness of the lumbar region.

EXTREMITIES: Rheumatic pain in left shoulder-blade. Pain in the back and chest. Pain in the left arm, in the morning. Redness at the left arm. Dull crampy pain in right elbow, shifting to the left. Pulling from the forearm to the right little finger. Pain from the left elbow through the forearm. Bruising pain in the bones of the right forearm, with lancination. Dull pain from the wrist-joint to the middle of the forearm. Red spot with a yellowish pellicle on the wrists. Drawing in the flexor communis digitorum. Red, itching spot on the ring-finger. Sense as of thorns between the thighs when walking. Ulcers on the legs. Pain in the right leg. Weakness of the legs. Bruising pain in the legs. Rheumatic pain in the right calf. Rheumatic pain in right knee, disappearing by motion. Bruising pain in the right knee.

SLEEP: No sleep at night. Dreams about a frightful storm, mountains from which smoke issues, &c. Restless sleep, with frightful dreams. Dreams about combats, calcined head, which spoke to him angrily, &c. Loud dreams. Fever. Internal chilliness. Dryness and prickings all over. Weariness of the limbs. Weakness in the morning. Weary while talking. Malaise, nausea, debility. Stiffness of the loins, and bruising pain in the abdomen and hypochondria. Pains in the joints. Prostration; he is easily tired. Weary in the evening.

CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

C. ANG. CANNA GLAUCA. PORTUG.: IMBIRI.

This plant inhabits damp regions, or the borders of brooks. Its stem is erect, cylindrical, growing to a height of about six feet out of a rhizoma sending off numerous rootlets. It is provided with knots, whence arise large alternate clasping leaves, whose lanceolate limbs have strong midribs, sending off fine parallel transverse nerves. At its summit the stem bears the flower-bearing pedicels. Flowers alternate, on short peduncles, and accompanied by bracts. The corol has a double perianth, with three divisions adhering to the triangular, greenish and glandular ovary; the stamens present the changing characters so common in this family. We use the leaves.

An infusion of the leaves was recommended for the lepra; but this empirical application of the drug has been abandoned. 1. Whitish expectoration in the morning. Numbness at the instep. He dreams about doctors, treatment. Vertigo on waking. 5. Heat at the anus. Lancinations at the feet, legs and hands. Pain in the chest. Swelling of the fingers. Weakness of sight. 10. Itching of the skin. Weariness in the chest. Peeling off of the skin. Roughness in the throat. Excited sexual desire. 15. Too sudden emission of the semen, and without thrill. Heat at the ears. Constipation.

HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM. (NOBIS.)

HED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE BOI. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDOCK.

The brownish and ligneous stem of this plant is about three feet high; it is ramose, pubescent, especially above. Leaves alternate, pennate, trifoliate; folioles oval and slightly tomentose, on a hairy, bistipulate petiole. The flowers which are small and seated on filiform, unifloral peduncles, form loose, terminal spikes. Fruit oval, hairy, on bent peduncles, and attaching itself very intimately to clothes and to the hairy skin of animals, on which account the Brazilians call it barba de boi.

1. Painful tearing from the loins to the navel. This pain is less on the second day. Sudden appearance of a yellowish discharge from the urethra. No sleep for several nights. 5. Itching of the penis. Pain and pricking at the eyes. The fingers contract with pain. Redness and smarting at the penis. Diarrhœa. 10. Profuse urination. Pain in the upper and lower limbs. Smarting in the eye, with lachrymation. Redness of the sclerotica. Fever and rheumatic pains. 15. Constipation. Painful swelling of the penis, with erysipelatous inflammation. Thin stream of the urine, in consequence of the glans being swollen.

MYRISTICA SEBIFERA. (SWARTZ.)

MYR. VIROLA SEBIFERA (AUBLET). PORT.: UCUUBA.

This is a tree of some height, the trunk and branches of which are covered with a thick, brownish and reticulate bark. Leaves alternate, oblong, cordate, rather tomentose on their lower surface, and supported by short petioles. Flowers in tufted panicles, ramose, arising from the axil of the leaves or the extremities of the branches; they are dioïchous, with a simple, urceolate perigone having three divisions. Male flowers with six stamens, the filaments of which are attached to each other, and are inserted in a glandular disk. The female flowers are smaller, one unilocular, ovary, style wanting, stygma bilobed. Capsular berry, with two valves, containing an oleaginous seed, surrounded by an aril crenated above. This tree is found in the provinces of Para and Rio-Negro. We use the red juice which is acrid and very poisonous and is obtained by cutting into the bark.

_First day._—1. Vertigo from right to left, on waking in the morning. Difficulty of swallowing the saliva. Constriction of the isthmus of the pharynx; this pain increases progressively. Pain and pressure from within outwards at the right frontal eminence. 5. This pain intermits now and then and is less in the open air. Pain in the finger-nails, with swelling of the phalanxes. Painful pinching in the right calf.

_Second day._—He is unable to fall asleep in the evening, in bed. Confused dreams about houses which one is building, commencing at the upper stories. 10. The buccal cavity, the tonsils and the upper part of the pharynx are painful to contact, the soup, when chewing or swallowing it, seems to make these parts sore. Burning sensation in the throat. The urine is discharged less frequently. Dizziness, in the morning. He is indifferent and careless in regard to his business. 15. Sensation as if a foreign body, of the size of a walnut, had lodged in the interior of the left inguinal region, the whole morning. The face is highly colored. Tingling in the left thumb-joint. Stiff hands as from squeezing something in one’s hands for a long time. Pain in the left hand; thirst. 20. He swallows his saliva with less pain and more ease. The urine is scanty and discharged less frequently, though he has drank a good deal; it is of a reddish yellow. The pains in the hands increase when the hands are joined. He is in the habit of drinking two tumblers of water before going to bed, and he urinates immediately afterwards; on the second day he drinks in the evening, but does not urinate. Pinching at the right side of the neck.

_Third day._—25. Restless sleep, he dreams about violent quarrels. Marked copper-taste in the mouth, followed by spitting of blood for 20 minutes. No urine since 5 o’clock in the evening, on the second day. Since 4 in the afternoon he has been unable to fix his mind upon any one point; he continually repeats in his mind a tune, which irritates him, and of which he cannot rid himself. The whole mouth is painful. 30. Two pimples on the left cheek, they disappear in an hour.

_Fourth day._—At night, hard pressure in the sides of the thorax, though this does not hinder the breathing. Restless sleep, with dreams about occupations that are entirely different from his ordinary business; afterwards dreams about disputes. Tongue white-coated and cracked. His head feels heavy. 35. Stools mixed with yellow mucus. Bitter mouth. Palate insensible, with loss of taste.

_Fifth day._—Restless sleep. Violent starting during sleep. 40. Pain at the frontal eminence, at noon. He is unable to concentrate his attention on one object, though he has important business to attend to.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

Indifferent and careless about business. He keeps repeating a tune against his will; this irritates him. Quarrelsome dreams. Is unable to fix his mind. Vertigo from right to left. Painful pressure at frontal eminence from within outwards. Pain at the frontal eminences. Pimples on the left cheek. Coppery taste in the mouth. Constriction of the pharynx, painful. Soreness of the mouth, tonsils and pharynx. Tongue white-coated and cracked. Difficulty of swallowing saliva. Sensation as if a small body had lodged in the left inguinal region. Stools mixed with yellow mucus. Scanty urine, with less frequent discharges. Hard pressures in the sides of the thorax, at night. Pinching at the right side of the neck. Stiffness of the hands. Tingling in left thumb-joint. Pain at the finger-nails, with swelling of the phalanxes. Painful pinching in right calf. Confused dreams about building houses. No sleep in the evening.

OCIMUM CANUM. (D. C.)

OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (Mart.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA.

This is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with an erect and ramose stem, about 16 or 20 inches high; it is pubescent, quadrangular and grooved towards the upper branches. Leaves opposite, oval, finely indented, on petioles of the same length, as the limbs of the leaves. Flowers whorled, forming terminal spikes; each whorl is provided with two foliaceous bracts. Calix with five divisions, the upper being oval, large and entire; the other four are sharp and inferior. Corol tubulous, inverted, with a bilabiate limb; the upper lip divided into four lobes; the lower lip composed of a single lobe, which is longer. Stamens four, with free and outward-bent filaments, and two other stamens, which are shorter and somewhat geniculate at their base; style filiform and bifid. Root vertical, fibrous, rather ramose. We use the leaves.

The ocimum canum is destined to become one of the most important remedial agents in Brazil, where it is used as a specific for the diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urethra. Those who wish to devote themselves to our art, had better set about proving this drug.

1. Turbid urine, depositing a white and albuminous sediment. Burning during micturition. Urine of a saffron color. Diarrhœa, several attacks a day. 5. Crampy pain in the kidneys. Renal colic, with violent vomiting every 15 minutes; one wrings one’s hands, and moans and cries all the time. Red urine with brick-dust sediment after the attack. Itching at the breasts. Engorgement of the mammary glands. 10. The tips of the breasts are very painful; the least contact extorts a cry. Compressive pain in the breast, as is the case with wet-nurses. Dreams about being poisoned. Dreams about her parents, friends, children. Lancinations in the labia majora. Swelling of the whole vulva. 15. Falling of the vagina, so as to issue even from the vulva. Thick, purulent urine, with an intolerable smell of musk. Swelling of the inguinal glands. Heat, swelling and excessive sensibility of the left testicle. Numbness of the right thigh, for two days.

SOLANUM ARREBENTA. (VELL.)

SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS.

This bush grows spontaneously in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, along roads and in cultivated places. It is from 10 to 16 inches high; its branches which bifurcate regularly, are, while young, covered with strong thorns growing from above downwards. Leaves slightly pubescent, cordate, with five obtuse lobes; their nerves are furnished with a few irregularly distributed thorns. The flowers are supported by peduncles arising from the axils of the leaves in groups of two or three. Calix with five parts, very prickly on the outside; corol with five divisions; five stamens; a style. Berry red, fleshy, with two chambers, containing a large number of small seeds. Roots fibrous, arising from a common rhizoma. We use the leaves.

1. Loss of appetite. Superficial ulceration below the left nipple. Vertigo after bathing. Painful boil below the right axilla. 5. Pain at the pectoralis major. Suppuration of the boils. Headache. Slight fever. Swelling of the stomach. 10. Difficult digestion. Urticaria. Dreams about quarrels and murders. Waking with a start. Doughy mouth in the morning. 15. Constant thirst. Impatient and irritated by trifling causes. Redness of the face, and rush of blood to the brain. Flash of heat all over. Paleness and greenish color of the skin after a few days of proving. 20. Swelling of the axillary glands. Lancinations in the breasts. Glandular tumor in the right breast.

ILLICIUM ANISATUM.

ANISUM STELLATUM.

Both the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly become important adjuncts in the homœopathic materia medica, the former in gastric affections, the latter in those of the chest. We publish the following symptoms in the hope of facilitating their employment in the treatment of disease.

1. Dizziness. Buzzing in the ears. Ringing in the ears, followed by sleep. Bloating of the stomach. 5. Retention of urine. Pain in the loins. Bilious stools. Acute catarrh. Constipation. 10. Pain in the spleen. Heat from the abdomen to the stomach and chest, shifting about here and there, and decreases in the course of the day. 15. Rumbling in the abdomen. Acid stomach. Satiety after eating but little. Nausea. Uncertain pains in the head. The pains are less in the evening and worse in the morning. Flow of saliva. Watery discharge from the nostrils. 20. The stools are compact and dark-colored. Drowsy at twilight. Pain at the spleen. Heat at the navel and in the œsophagus. Violent erections. Nocturnal emissions. 25. Pains in the chest, also the left side, and feeling of emptiness after coughing. Pain in the back and chest. White expectoration. Disturbed sleep.

MILLEFOLIUM.

_Second day._—1. Headache as if the skull would fly to pieces. Stitches in the chest. Oppression, dyspnœa. Burning eyes. 5. Tongue coated and swollen. Urine red, frequent and copious.

_Third day._—Headache less violent. Prostration. Malaise in all the limbs. 10. Dry mouth. Lips cracked. Stomach-ache. Cough with frothy expectoration. Cough and vomiting. 15. Fever with shuddering, internal and external heat, for four hours. Hot fever. Thirst. Hot hands and feet.

FOOTNOTES

[1] This case has been reported in detail, in the Medical Gazette of Paris, of the 5th of January, 1839, by the attending physicians, _Maïa_ and _Reis_. We transcribe it for the benefit of our readers.

Mariano José Machado, fifty years old, of athletic form, bilious-sanguine temperament, was afflicted with elephantiasis leontina Alibert. The whole body, especially the extremities, were insensible. The skin and the cellular tissue were thickened, hard, rugose and covered with tubercles which were somewhat raised but not ulcerated. A few pustules under the arms, looked like itch-pustules, and seemed to indicate a complication with this disease. The epidermis and nails began to alter, and the fingers had lost their normal shape. Internally, the patient felt quite well, enjoying both vigor of mind and body. After six years of suffering, he had come to the determination to try this dreadful experiment, which would either lead to death or a deliverance from his horrible affliction.

On the morning of the fourth of September, at fifty minutes past eleven o’clock, he was bit by a rattle-snake, the crotalus cascavella, in the two last fingers near the metacarpus. He felt neither the bite, nor the poison as it penetrated into the wound. A few drops of blood came out of the wound, and the hand began immediately to swell.—In five minutes: slight feeling of coldness in the hands.—Twelve o’clock: slight pain in the hollow of the hands.—Twenty minutes: the hand swells a good deal.—Thirty minutes: swelling of the jugular veins. Alteration of the features. Formication in the face.—Fifty-five minutes: the sense of swelling extends through the whole forearm.—Twenty minutes past one: trembling of the whole body.—Thirty-six minutes past one: the head is affected, with frequent pulse, difficulty of moving the lips, disposition to slumber, constriction of the throat, violent pain in the whole arm, the hand swells more and more.—Thirty-eight minutes past one: sense of chilliness; the patient covers himself.—Forty-eight minutes past one: pain in the tongue and larynx, increased pains and swelling of the bitten hand; sense of coldness in the feet.—Twenty-five minutes past two: difficulty of swallowing,—anguish,—copious sweat on the chest.—Fifty minutes: weakness of the arms,—nosebleed,—anguish, now and then,—restlessness,—pulse 96.—In three hours and forty minutes: pulse 100.—Fifteen minutes: intensely violent pains in the arms.—restlessness.—Thirty minutes: pulse 98,—red face,—continual bleeding of the nose.—Thirty-five minutes: the patient drinks some wine and water without any difficulty, and changes his linen which was all wet from the perspiration.—Intense redness all over.—In four hours: pulse 100,—the whole of the skin, especially on the bitten arm, is very red,—violent pains in both arms, which do not leave the patient any rest,—constriction of the throat,—impeded respiration.—Fifty minutes: pulse 104,—the body is very hot all over,—flow of saliva.—In five hours, thirty minutes: torpor,—copious emission of urine,—thick, viscid saliva, which it is difficult to get out of the mouth,—muscular debility,—frequent moaning on account of the pains which he feels in the whole body,—quiet breathing,—pulse full and frequent, skin soft,—the bitten hand swells enormously.—In seven hours: somnolence with moaning,—after waking the pains in the arms are less, but he experiences violent pains in the chest,—sensation of a lump in his throat,—copious emission of urine,—great difficulty of swallowing, white, viscid saliva,—discharge of a bloody liquid from the nose,—inability to swallow a drink composed of water, sugar and brandy.—In eight hours: the sweating abates,—restlessness,—moaning,—emission of urine.—In nine hours, ten minutes: the moaning ceases,—deep sleep.—In ten hours: takes an infusion of guaco,—pulse 108,—the bloody discharge from the nose ceases,—shrivelling of the tuberculous formations on the arms and in the face, they exhibit an erysipelatous redness.—In ten hours, twenty minutes: emits two ounces of a natural urine,—a few minutes’ quiet sleep, without moaning.—In ten hours, forty minutes: the pains abate a good deal, but he complains of pains in the thighs and feet, where he had felt a considerable coldness until now,—pulse 108,—ordinary thirst,—the patient sits up in order to drink, and swallows the drink with ease.—In eleven hours: takes four spoonfuls of a strong infusion of guaco.—In eleven hours, forty-five minutes: emits a deeply-colored urine,—pulse 119,—the bitten hand and arm are very much inflamed and intensely painful,—restlessness.—In twelve hours: quiet sleep, disturbed by eructations,—pulse 112,—emission of urine.—In twelve hours, thirty minutes: restlessness,—screams,—despair.—In twelve hours, forty minutes: emission of urine,—pulse 116,—sensation of burning heat in the legs, which he uncovers.—In thirteen hours: emission of urine,—quiet,—he takes an infusion of guaco.—In fourteen hours: he sits up in bed, and drinks water, during which he moves about violently and screams.—In fifteen hours: emission of urine,—the swelling of the lower lips abates,—the salivation ceases.—In fifteen hours, forty-five minutes: pulse 110,—involuntary motion of the right thumb and left foot.—In seventeen hours: the patient feels very sick,—pulse 100,—frequent moaning.—In nineteen hours: excessive debility,—involuntary motion of the lower jaw, and lower extremities,—bloody urine.—In twenty hours: accelerated, intermitting pulse,—increase of the convulsive motions,—the swelling of the extremities, and the redness of the skin are less,—extreme difficulty of swallowing,—anxious respiration.—In twenty hours, fifty minutes: diminution of the convulsive motions.—In twenty hours, fifty-five minutes: the convulsions cease.—In twenty-one hours: he takes an ounce of lizard-oil, which he swallows with difficulty.—In twenty-one hours, thirty minutes: death.—In a few minutes, the blue-colored body, swoll considerably.—Twenty-three hours after death, the body had swollen enormously, was covered with blue and red spots, and smelt so horridly that no post-mortem examination could be made.—HEMPEL.

[2] To avoid unnecessary repetition, the natural order of the symptoms has been left out, it being nearly the same as Hahnemann’s arrangement—_Ed._

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

Introduction, 3

Crotalus Cascavella, 5

Elaps Corallinus, 22

Pediculus Capitis, 40

Eleis Guineensis, 45

Mimosa Humilis, 49

Cervus Brazilicus, 51

Guano Australis, 54

Hippomane Mancinella, 57

Hura Braziliensis, 65

Lepidium Bonariense, 101

Panacea, 115

Solanum Tuberosum Ægrotans, 117

Plumbago Littoralis, 138

Solanum Oleraceum, 142

Paullinia Pinnata, 144

Blatta Americana, 151

Delphinus Amazonicus, 153

Amphisbœna Vermicularis, 155

Aristolochia Milhomens, 157

Resina Itu, 162

Tradescantia Diuretica, 165

Murure Leite, 166

Cannabis Indica, 168

Petiveria Tetrandra, 170

Janipha Manihot, 182

Melastoma Ackermani, 185

Sedinha, 187

Spiggurus Martini, 188

Convolvulus Duartinus, Morning Glory, 192

Bufo Sahytiensis, Toad, 195

Jacaranda Caroba, 199

Canna Angustifolia, 209

Hedysarum Ildefonsianum, (Burdock), 210

Myristica Sebifera, 211

Ocimum Canum, 214

Solanum Arrebenta, 216

Illicium Anisatum, 217

Millefolium, 218