Part 14

SLEEP: Disturbed rest. Unquiet sleep. Dreams. Disgusting dreams. 85. He dreams that he can neither act nor drink nor walk. He dreams of a sheep and a dog, covered with red scarves; the former, elevated above the ground, shook his head and was seized by the dog in the middle of his back; the dog himself was suspended by the back by a man accompanied by many other individuals. Afterwards, a very amorous dream with pollution.

GENERAL: Prickings in different parts of the body.

RESINA ITU.

ITU.

This rosin which comes to us from the province of St. Paul, is used empirically for hernia.

_First day._—1. Stupefying pain in the head, worse when stooping. Vertigo as if one would fall to the right. Earache when the least dampness sets in, extending to the articulation of the jaw. Numbness at the tarsal joint, after sitting. 5. Pain in the abdomen, from within outwards. Sense of chilliness at the hypogastrium, especially in the evening.

_Second day._—Light sleep at night, but continual. Continual hiccough. Aching pain in the forehead and eyes. 10. Beating in the right temple. The pain extends to the ear and the articulation of the jaw. Pain on the left side like wry-neck. Lancination in the forehead, right side. Nausea worse during motion. 15. Pain in the left hypochondrium, when inclining forwards.

_Third day._—Violent itching near the sternal extremity of the right clavicle, followed by a moist tetter, which scatters in six hours.

_Fourth day._—Violent itching at the right arm; it is covered with red pimples, rounded like pins’ head. The itching ceases in the day-time, but the eruption lasts all day. Pimples on the left side of the neck; they itch as much, though less inflamed. 20. Numbness of the legs. On rising from a chair one is unable to stand straight.

_Fifth day._—Stiffness of the nape of the neck, which prevents one from raising or inclining the head. Pain at the nape of the neck, penetrating to the forehead and causing a numbness and heaviness which carries the head forward. The pimples on the arm and neck scatter gradually.

_Sixth day._—Cramps at the left tarsal joint. 25. Involuntary stools.

_Seventh day._—Sudden report in the ear, with frightful pain extending to the teeth, for several minutes; this paroxysm recurs four times in the morning, from hour to hour. Numbness in the tarsal joint every time one rises from a seat. Profuse painless diarrhœa. Copious, yellow, diarrhœic stools.

_Eighth day._—30. Reports in the ears, as often as eight times a day. Profuse sweat after the reports. Air aggravates the pain. Lancinating pain in the region of the liver, worse when walking or stooping. Heaviness of the head, it inclines forwards. 35. Heaviness at the eyes when walking. Burning pain at the anus after sitting. Twinkling of the eyes. Burning in the eyelids. Muscæ volitantes like pins’-heads. 40. Pain from the ear to the teeth, less but longer than previously. Lancinating pain in the orbit of the left eye, extending to the eyebrow. Toothache worse when taking a cold drink.

_Ninth day._—Burning at the vulva followed by violent itching. Crampy pain at the tendo-Achillis. 45. Bright-yellow stool, which cannot be retained as soon as one stands up. Repeated sneezing. Coryza. Crampy pain from the calf to the heel. Heaviness in the legs and weariness towards evening.

_Twelfth day._—50. Acute pain in the knee-joint. The tongue feels big, as if it filled the whole mouth, though the swelling is but trifling. Red tongue. Difficulty of moving the tongue and talking. Inflammation of the tonsils. 55. Pain in the throat and sensation as of a lump in the pharynx. Pain in the left breast worse when walking. Itching at the left breast and nipple, especially in the morning. Pain at the posterior iliac spine when stretching the leg or rising, several days in succession.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: 1. Vertigo as if one would fall to the right. Stupefying pain in the head. Aching pain in forehead and eyes. Beating in the right temple. 5. Twinkling of the eyes. Burning in the eyelids. Muscæ volitantes. Lancing pain in left orbit. Earache in damp weather. 10. Sudden report in the ear, with pain extending to the teeth. Coryza. Toothache worse after a cold drink.

GASTRIC, &c.: Hiccough. Nausea. 15. The tongue feels big as if filling the mouth. Difficulty of moving the tongue. Red tongue. Inflamed tonsils. Sore throat with sensation of a lump. 20. Lancing pain in the region of the liver worse when stooping. Involuntary stools. Diarrhœa, yellow. Burning pain at the anus after sitting. Burning at the vulva.

CHEST, &c.: 25. Itching at the left breast and nipple. Pain in left breast. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Pain like wry neck. Pain from nape of neck to forehead, causing a numbness and heaviness. 30. Pain at the posterior iliac spine when stretching the leg. Heaviness in the legs. Acute pain in the knee-joint. Cramps at left-tarsal joint. Numbness of the legs and tarsal joints. 35. Numbness at the tarsal joint. Crampy pain at tendo-Achillis. Moist tetter with itching at right clavicle. Itching red pimples on the right arm. Pimples on left side of neck. 40. Sense of chilliness in hypogastrium.

TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA. (MART.)

TRAD. TRADESCANTIA COMMELINA (WELL.) PORTUG.: TRAPŒRAVA.

This herbaceous plant is pretty common in Brazil. Its ramose and cylindrical stems are erect or a little inclined; the leaves are alternate, sheathed, somewhat lanceolate, and constituting at the extremity of the branches tufts whence arise long pedicles each of which carries from four to six flowers; perianth double, three-leaved, the outer one having sharp, herbaceous divisions, and the inner one being petaloïd and blue-colored. Stamens six fertile; a free tri-locular ovary, surmounted by a simple style. We employ the leaves.

_First day._—1. Vertigo. Pain in the left side of the chest. The breathing is embarrassed as when one is affected with catarrh.

_Second day._—Yellowish, copious urine, depositing at the bottom of the vessel an ash-colored, copious sediment. 5. The urine has an acrid smell. Inflammation of the scrotum which is painful and very red. Difficult breathing, sighing as from want of air. The symptoms continue from the third to the fifteenth day. The breathing is very painful. 10. The inflammation of the scrotum decreases since the twelfth day. Whitish discharge from the urethra. Pain when urinating. Thin stream of urine. Diarrhœa. The testicles return by the inguinal ring.

MURURE LEITE.

MUR. L.

This rosin is used as an anti-syphilitic.

1. Blennhorrhœal discharge. Ulcers on the legs. Yellow and fetid urine. Cracking sensation in the tibia. 5. Profuse flow of saliva. Small painless pimple which terminates in suppuration, with smarting. Spot at the instep, painful in the middle and insensible all round the circumference. Numbness of the left arm. Numbness of the limbs. 10. Sciatica. Swelling of the face as in the elephantiasis of the Greeks. Pain in a former cicatrix on the left side of the tongue. Cold hands. Heaviness of the head. 15. Pains in the head, recurring on the third and fourth day. Pain in the left ear, on the first day. Stool easier. Heat in the eyes. Sore eyes. 20. Drowsy day and night. Constant restlessness during sleep. Exaltation of ideas. Loathing of food, loss of appetite. Pain at the left shoulder, hindering breathing when walking. 25. Pustules on the penis. Eruption on the legs. Toothache for four days. Pimples on the occiput, on the fourteenth day. Vomiting, on the sixteenth day. 30. Urging to stool, with soft fæces. Little appetite. Severe pain in the thighs. Prickings in the tongue. Heaviness of the head.

HAHNEMANN’S ARRANGEMENT.

1. Pain in the head. Heaviness of the head. Pain in left ear. Swelling of the face. 5. Heat in the eyes. Sore eyes. Toothache for four days. Prickings in the tongue. Flow of saliva. 10. Pain of a former cicatrix at the tongue. Loathing of food. Vomiting. Blennorrhœa. Yellow and fetid urine. 15. Pain at left shoulder, hindering breathing when walking. Numbness of left arm. Cold hands. Severe pain in the thighs. Cracking in the tibia. 20. Painful spot at the instep, insensible all round. Sciatica. Drowsy. Restless sleep. Pustules on the penis. 25. Pimples on the occiput. Numbness of the limbs.

CANNABIS INDICA.

CANN. IND. HASCHICH. PANGO.

This is an intoxicating, herbaceous plant, with an erect stem which is furrowed its whole length. Leaves alternate, palmate, composed of five almost linear, serrate folioles on slender petioles. Flowers dioïchous, with a monophyllous greenish perianth, in groups of two, placed at the base of the leaves, and constituting a terminal spike. The male flowers with five reflexed divisions, five stamens with almost vesicular, pendant anthers; female flowers with an entire perianth that is split only on one side. Fruit ovoïd, with one seed. The haschich which has been introduced into Brazil by the blacks, is called by them pango; they are severely forbidden to grow it in Brazil. It can only be procured with difficulty. We employ the leaves.

This narcotic develops a good many symptoms in those who make use of it. It is our belief that, if it had been sufficiently proved, it would be used as much as opium and belladonna. The few symptoms which we give below, are simply intended to stimulate others to continue the proving of this interesting agent.

1. Dizziness when stooping, vertigo, the head inclines backwards. Aching in occiput and temples. Beating headache at vertex. 5. Slight pain at the pit of the stomach. This pain is followed by a very marked pricking sensation. These pains cease after eating. Little appetite. 10. Contraction of the eyelids. Twinkling of the eyes. Pale face. Haggard looks. Languid eyes, heaviness of the head. Loss of appetite. 15. Very hungry. Bitter mouth. Tongue coated white. Urine thick and reddish. Very drowsy, even in the day-time. 20. Weary pain in the bend of the right elbow. Vivid, sometimes extatic dreams. Chill and heat all over. Shuddering. Pain in the joints.

PETIVERIA TETRANDRA. (GOM.)

PET. MAPPA GRAVEOLENS (WELL.) PIPI. ERVA DE PIPI.

This bush is common in the fields around Rio-Janeiro, where it blossoms the whole year. Its branches are erect, somewhat sarmentose, slightly pubescent at their extremities, with alternate, glabrous, somewhat undulate leaves. Flowers small, scattered over long axillary or terminal spikes; perianth persistent, herbaceous, with four linear divisions. Stamens four, alternate with the divisions of the perianth and a little taller. A single ovary, surmounted by a style, divided into ten reflexed stigmata. Capsule flattened, containing a single seed. The roots are branching and very fibrous; they smell strongly of garlic.

We employ the recent root.

Prover: _Dr. Manuel Duarte Moreira._

1. Merry, disposed to sing. Deep sleep, longer than usual, for the first three days. Drowsy all day, with frequent yawning, but no desire to lie down. Insignificant or unpleasant dreams, scarcely recollected on waking. 5. Sleeps longer, the first day. Headache, on waking. Sleepy with yawning, after breakfast, the first day. Drowsy after dinner, but no sleep, second day. Shuddering all over, sweat; the hair stands on end, second day, 9 in the morning. 10. Heaviness of the head on waking, eight hours after taking the drug. Weight at the vertex, which seems to press on the brain, with heaviness of the eyelids and difficulty of opening them, without sleep. Deep-seated and dull pain in the upper part of the brain, worse when touched, talking or sitting; less when walking or moving about, first day. Same symptom on the second day, but less. Sense of fullness in the head, second day. 15. Sense of fullness in the head, as if it would split, especially after twelve o’clock, on the third day. Sensation as if hot water were thrown on the hairy scalp, penetrating to the brain, second day. The headache disappears on the third day, it becomes lighter and changes. Sight feebler and dimmer than usual. Painful heat at the margin of the eyelids, worse when closing the eyes. 20. Dim sight after dinner, second day. Fetid breath. Sensation in the throat as if one had swallowed some astringent substance. Sensation in the mouth and throat as if one had eaten some acrid and resinous fruit, second day, in the morning. Dull pain in the bowels and hypogastrium, second day. 25. Constipation for three days. Copious urination, in the morning. Light-colored, watery urine, without smell or sediment, third day. Violent lancinations cinder the right breast, at each inspiration. Slight pain at the sternum, when stooping. 30. The voice becomes hoarse from much coughing. Weariness and numbness of the left arm, with pain in the humero-cubital articulation, first day. Numbness of the tips of the fingers, especially the ring-finger. Sensation at the middle of the right thigh as if bitten by an ant; itching and heat after scratching. Cramp in the calves during the night, second day.

Second prover: _Mlle. Norma_, 21 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution, pale face, melancholy disposition, chestnut-colored hair.

35. Disposed to laugh and jest, first day. Sad, desires to weep; shortly after, involuntary weeping, sixth day, morning. Long, deep sleep, the first three days. Sleeps all day, with frequent gaping, but no desire to lie down. Dreams about quarrelling, she does not recollect her dreams on waking. 40. First day, sleeps longer than usual in the morning. Headache on waking. Somnolence after breakfast, with gaping, first day. Drowsy after dinner, second day. Sad dreams about sick persons in her family, fifth day. 45. Profuse, cold sweat, and chilliness all over, with shuddering after the first sleep, sixth day. Shuddering throughout her body, when lying down. Febrile heat, pale face, cold hands, on the evening of the sixth day. Two small dark-yellow spots on the neck. Headache, with a small and feeble pulse; heat in the face, especially on the right cheek, which is felt very intensely, though the skin feels cool, first day. 50. Painful stitch in the forehead, worse when opening the eyes, with external heat of the head on the first day, at 2 in the afternoon. Stabbing sensation in the right temple, first day, at 3 in the afternoon. Dull pain, with beating in the left temple, third day. Aching pain in the temples. Pain in the forehead, with compressive sensation in the brain, aggravated by walking. 55. Eyes half closed, swollen externally, surrounded by blue margins, especially near the nose, for three days. Weight on the eyelids constraining her to close her eyes; in this state she sees a variety of figures, sixth day. The veins of the nose are swollen and bluish. Redness and heat of the left ear, for some minutes, third day. Stomach-ache with sensation of coldness internally. 60. Acute and seated pain in the whole stomach, when rising from a chair, suffocation, with cold feet, which obliges her to remain in bed, on the evening of the sixth day. Pains in the muscles of the superior and inner side of the elbow, like stings of ants. Contusive pain in the arms and legs. Heaviness and weariness of the limbs, sixth day, morning. 65. Numbness of the lower limbs, with aversion to exercise. Contusive pain in the arms and legs, sixth day. Cold feet, in bed, morning.

Third prover: _Mlle. Silvia_, 20 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution, gay disposition.

Disposed to sing. Regular and deep sleep, longer than usual, the first three days. 70. Sleeps all day, with frequent yawning, but no desire to lie down. Unpleasant dream which she does not recollect on waking. Wakes at 4 in the morning, falls asleep again a quarter of an hour afterwards. Light and disturbed sleep, after breakfast, first day, 9 in the morning. Deep sleep at 10, same day. Deep sleep, second day. 75. General prostration, with disposition to lie down, but no sleep, third day, 9 in the morning. Sad dreams, which she does not recollect. No sleep in bed. Profuse and cold sweat, after her first sleep. Prickings at the right shoulder, followed by inflammatory redness for 15 minutes. 80. Lancinations or shootings through the whole body, as if needles were stuck in; followed by itching from the elbow to the hands, with small violet-colored spots on the arm, back and feet, second day. Pain at the outer part of the left arm, with a large, red, inflamed spot like erysipelas. Heat on the surface of the body as from exposure to the sun, the feet being cold. Pain at the vertex, as from a blow, dull pain on the top of the head, left side, worse when turning the head or walking, second day, 11 o’clock in the morning. Benumbing and deep-seated pain with pressure, in the temples, and dull pain on the vertex, second day. 85. At the moment if lying down in bed, explosion in the head, the noise passing through the ears, third day. Deep-seated pain, at times in the forehead, at times in the nape of the neck. Aversion to exercise, she wants to remain quiet. Laming numbness of the arm and legs, fifth day, morning. Heaviness in the forehead, when stooping, here and there, sixth day, noon. 90. Weight in the eyes, and prostration as from sleepiness, without however being sleepy. Sensitiveness to the light of day. Redness of the conjunctiva, especially near the internal angle of the left eye. Sudden inflammation of the left eye at dinner, continuing for three days. The flame of the candle looks yellow, and seems surrounded by a red halo. 95. Redness of the wing of the nose and left cheek, third day. Frequent sneezing after 12, fifth day. Redness on the left cheek. Sharp lancinations in the epigastrium from within outwards, fifth day, evening. Lancination in the stomach after dinner, seventh day. 100. Pain in the throat, with difficulty of swallowing saliva. Catarrh from the third to the fifth day. When lying down, sensation in the spine as if she had strained it by lifting a heavy weight, first and second day, evening; the pain is aggravated by raising herself again or by inclining backwards, and disappears when she inclines forwards. Numbness at the wrist, along the course of the cubital nerve, with sensitiveness to contact, second day, evening. Shooting throughout the body, followed by itching at the back part of the forearm, second day, morning. 105. Redness and intense inflammation at the outer part of the left forearm, second day, 11 in the morning. Burning pain at the left radius, with contusive sensation when touched, third day. Violent itching of the ball of the left thumb, followed by inflammatory swelling, third day, evening. Weariness of the arms and legs, and numbness as after a long walk, fourth day, morning. Painful numbness at the outer parts of the arms and legs. 110. Cold feeling in the interior of the bones, fourth day, noon. Numbness of the anus and legs, with deep-seated pain at times in the forehead, at others in the nape of the neck, with aversion to motion, fifth day, morning. Excessive coldness penetrating to the bones, hands and feet, seventh day. Sudden numbness of the knees, with dull pain in the tibia, first day, noon. Acute and lancinating pain in the metatarsal bone, which corresponds to the left little toe. 115. Painful pricking in the left fifth toe, eighth day, morning, a few moments after, the same toe feels as if it would turn round from above downwards.

Fourth prover: _Miss Célia_, 17 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution, pale face, cheerful disposition, auburn hair.