Part 29

MELAST. TAPIXIRICA.

This species has never yet been described by authors. It is a bush with round branches, triangular at their extremities, and covered with a brownish bark. The leaves are opposite, supported by short and hairy petioles; their limb is oval, reticulate, covered with stiff hairs, and traversed on its lower surface by five thick almost parallel nerves running from the base to the summit of the leaf. The flowers are sessile supported by terminal axes. We employ the leaves.

First day.—1. In the morning, pain in the region of the sternum. Sneezing. Heat all over. Palpitation of the heart. 5. Buzzing in the left ear. Acid stomach. Profuse saliva. Shuddering, then sweat. Vertigo.

Second day.—10. Looseness of the teeth. Lancination and prickings at the vertex. Stitches at the feet, ankles and wrists. (Disappearance of an inveterate diarrhœa with colic). Itching and heat at night. Tenesmus with constriction of the sphincter. 15. Pain at the perinæum. Light-colored and foaming urine. Hardness of the penis, even when there is no erection. Fetid urine. Digging in the teeth. 20. Heat and pricking at the anus. Pricking in the urethra. Weakness of the thighs. Profuse urine. Lancinations in the perinæum, the urethra and the testicles. 25. Rumbling. Urine more cloudy and less foaming. Pain in the abdomen. Prostration. Pale face. 30. Drowsy in the day-time. Urine with white sediment. Albuminous urine. Horrid pain and pulling from the perinæum to the groin, for six hours; while seated and not passing off in any position. Violent shuddering for four hours, followed by heat without sweat. 35. White coated tongue. Bitter mouth. Pain in the loins. Red urine without smell, with bloody coagula. Headache and sensitiveness of the hairy scalp. 40. Œdema of the legs. Eruption on the lips, especially the upper. Internal heat.

SEDINHA.

Herbaceous plant, with a slender, round and pubescent stem; the leaves are opposite, lanceolate and very sharp; their upper surface is hairy and of a darker green than their lower surface, which is covered with long, silky hairs. This plant is quite common in the neighborhood of Rio-Janeiro. We employ the leaves.

1. Aching pain at the sternal articulation of the fourth ribs. Internal itching, with desire to scratch, in the pit of the stomach. Sensation in the region of the liver as if penknives were thrust in. Tenesmus. 5. The urine burns like boiling water. Restless dreams about murders, monstrous animals. Distress on seeing any one eat. Pain in the pit of the stomach in raising one’s-self. Pressure in the temples and vertex. 10. Bone-pains above the eyes. Constant yawning for two days. Pain in the abdomen, after dinner, apparently proceeding from the pit of the stomach, with slight colic. The teeth are sensitive and set on edge, especially the right upper incisores. Itching in the left ear, with a good deal of ear-wax. 15. Digging pain in the right lung. He raises a bloody mucus. Desquamation on the back of the hand, extending to the nails, where the skin becomes loose and forms hang-nails. Itching at the pubis. Pimples and itching on the back, chest and arms. 20. Colic in the evening, with incarcerated flatulence; relief is obtained by the emission of flatulence. Toothache after eating, with bleeding and sensitiveness of the gums. Pain in the bad teeth. Headache as if from water-bubbles enclosed here and there in the forehead. Sense of excoriation in the urethra. 25. Slight pain in urinating. Discharge from the urethra of a water mixed with little mucous flocks. Heat on the back of the hand as if scorched by the sun, followed by desquamation. The gums are extremely sensitive, and the incisor teeth set on edge. Ludicrous dreams; he is pursued by crocodiles and he drives them away by sneezing. 30. Coffee aggravates the symptoms; the incisor teeth are set on edge, with sense of coldness in these teeth which descends from time to time. Caries of an incisor tooth.

SPIGGURUS MARTINI. (NOBIS.)

SPIG. SPIGGURUS SPINOSA (FR. CUV.) HISTRIX SUBSPINOSUS. THE PORCUPINE.

This little animal is common in Brazil where it lives on trees and secures itself by means of its hind-feet, it uses its tail, which is pretty long, as a means of descending. Its length, from the muzzle to the tip of the tail, is about a foot; the tail is almost as long as the trunk. The upper parts of the body are covered with sharp prickles about an inch and a half long, and attached to the skin by means of a very thin pedicle. The head-prickles are white at the base, black in the middle and of a yellowish-brown at the top, the dorsal prickles are of a sulphur-yellow at their base. The prickles on the rump and the first third of the tail, are black at their extremity. All the prickles are very close together, mingled with a few long and fine hairs. The lower limbs are covered with a grayish fur, interspersed with little prickles; the tail is furnished with prickles at its upper part, and is covered with stiff and black hairs; the extremity of the tail is bare.

We triturate the prickles taken from one of the sides.

Prover: Jo. Vincente Martins.

First day.—Took one dose of the third trituration at 8 in the morning. 1. Desire to vomit and nausea at the sight of food, immediately. At night, sense of dryness and fullness in the stomach. Very drowsy after dinner.

Second day.—5. Wakes early. Merry and quiet dreams. Sense of fullness in the abdomen, at 5 in the morning, when lying. Diarrhœa. Transitory pains in the toes, right temple and one of the right cuspidati. 10. Pains at the lower extremity of the right forearm. Pain at the right zygoma. Pain at the first incisor. Bleeding of the gums. Pain in one half of the head. 15. Buzzing in the ears. The knees give way, likewise the tarsal joints. The toothache becomes obstinate. After dinner all the pains cease. Shuddering with chattering of the teeth. 20. Cough with pains in the chest. Stitch in the region of the heart, left side, which stops his speech for two minutes. Pain at the right arm, from the hand to the elbow, as if extending the arm were prevented by a string. Improvement when turning the arm or lifting a weight, or moving it about; aggravation as soon as these movements cease. After breakfast, boring pain through the bones of the skull. 25. Aggravation when lying down, and improvement when walking in the open air. Pains in the stomach, as if strung together.

Third day.—Quiet sleep with merry dreams; in the morning he dreams of insects and a serpent which it was difficult to kill. Painful sensation at the articulation of the jaw. Whizzing and buzzing from the left ear to the back part of the head. 30. Long-lasting prickings at the zygoma. Very much disposed to write, in the morning, ceasing after breakfast. Heaviness of the head from 10 to 11. Abundant desquamation in the region of the whiskers and at the knee. The whizzing in the ears continues. 35. Acute pain in the intercostal muscles, in the evening, while riding on horseback. Prickings on the vertex from time to time, especially on the right side. Pain at the lower extremity of the forearm. Dizziness in the back part of the head when writing. Roaring in the ears, as from a distant gale. 40. Bitter mouth and throat, with salt taste. Nausea, with piercing pain in the back, for 15 minutes.

Fourth day.—Boring pain through the skull-bones. Cough as the day before. General weakness. 45. Drowsy all day. Lancination in the left side of the head, through the skull-bones; inability to move the head, for three minutes. When sitting or rising, lancinating pain in the right big toe hindering walking, for two minutes. 50. Painful swelling of the abdomen, before dinner. Itching of the pubis after taking tea.

Fifth day.—Disposed to yawn, with flow of saliva. Lachrymation. Stitch in the left side, for five minutes, hindering gaping. 55. Shootings in the epigastrium, for several minutes. Pain in the left side, at the moment when he attempted to gape. Acute pain from the left ear to the jaw, for two minutes. Constriction from the neck to the diaphragm, with heaviness of the head and arms. 60. Numbness for half an hour. Pain in the right side, for two minutes, as if a plug were thrust in. Pain in the urethra after urinating, worse when stooping in order to pick up something. Pain around the navel. Continued swelling and pain of the abdomen, down to the left groin. 65. Drowsy. Good appetite. Nausea after dinner. Shuddering from time to time. Heat and numbness of the feet. 70. Merry dreams, at night.

Sixth day.—Itching all over, with bleeding after scratching. Pain in the right arm, as if the bones were broken, with inability to grasp any thing. Deafness on the left ear, as if stopped. Inconsistent and capricious mood.

Tenth day.—The scales on the head and in the whiskers are less; before, they were so thick that he did not feel either the cold or heat, and was insensible to water. Irritable, he quarrels about the least trifle. Cracks between the toes. Violent pain in the left kidney. Constant whizzing in the ears. 80. The speech is sometimes embarrassed. He discovers some gray hairs. His hair falls off. Every thing is disagreeable to him; he desires to travel.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

Dizziness behind the head. Capricious mood. Every thing is disagreeable to him, he desires to travel. Prickings on the vertex. Darting through the left skull-bones. Hemicrania. Boring pain in the skull, after breakfast. Heaviness of the head. The hair falls off. Lachrymation. Deafness on the left ear. Whizzing in the ears. Buzzing in the ears. Pain in the articulation of the jaw. Bleeding of the gums. Pain at the right zygoma. Prickings at the zygoma. Bitter mouth, with salt taste. Nausea, with piercing pain in the back. Desire to vomit at the sight of food. Drowsy after dinner. Embarrassed speech. Constrictive pain in the stomach. Dry and full feeling at stomach, at night. Painful swelling of the abdomen, before dinner. Shootings in the epigastrium. Pain in right side as from a plug. Pain around the navel. Violent pain in the left kidney. Sense of fullness in the abdomen. Pain in the urethra, after urinating, worse when stooping. Itching of the pubis, after taking tea. Cough with pain in the chest. Stitch at the heart. Constriction from the neck to the diaphragm. Pain in the intercostal muscles. Pain in right arm, as if broken. Pains at lower end of the right forearm. Pain at the right arm, as if the stretching were prevented by a string. The knees give way. Heat and numbness of the feet. Cracks between the toes. Lancing pain in the right big toe. Yawning. Morning-dream about a serpent. Merry dreams. Shuddering. Shuddering, with chattering of the teeth. Desquamation at the whiskers. Itching all over, with bleeding after scratching. Pains in the toes, right temple. Feels better in the open air.

CONVOLVULUS DUARTINUS. (NOBIS.)

CONVUL. DUART. CALONYCTION SPECIOSUM. (D. C.) IPOMEA BONA NOX. (LINN.) CONVOLVULUS PULCHERRIMUS. (WELL.) MORNING-GLORY.

This is a climbing plant, cultivated in America and Europe. Leaves large, entire, cordate, alternate, on long petioles, generally arising from the axil of the flower-bearing branches. Calix with five unequal folioles, the three outer ones sharp, the two inner ones oval and foliaceous. Corol white, large expanding into a large circular limb. Stamens five, adhering by their filaments to the tube of the corol which is shorter than the stamens. Anthers linear acuminate. The base of the ovary is surrounded by a glandular disk; style very long, filiform, terminated by a shaggy, bilobate stygma; fruit with a coriaceous tegument. There are two or three flowers on the flower-bearing pedicels; they resemble a trumpet in shape, whence their Brazilian name “herva trombetta.” This plant blossoms in the summer-months. We employ the flower.

Prover: Dr. Manoel Duarte Moreira.

1. Heat and burning of the skin all over, with prickings like the stings of insects. Profuse sweat in bed, several nights in succession. Red spot on the right cheek when rising from bed, it disappears in the course of the day. Shuddering in the day-time, several different times. 5. Small red spot in the right side of the neck. Drowsiness in the evening, in three provers. Prostration, in two provers. Dreams about quarrels. 10. Reveries in the day-time. Dreams about dead persons and about the incisores falling out. Dreams that one flies along an illuminated street; appearance of a ghost; waking with a start. Languor. Sinking of the moral strength, in two provers. 15. Hypochondria. Mental languor. Discouragement. Pain in the left temporal region, in relation with the eye. Pain at the right cheek. 20. Pain in the frontal region. Dizziness, in three provers. Pain all over the head, especially along the median line. Pain in the frontal region, with heat at the root of the nose, in three provers. Two small spots on the forehead, disappearing in a few minutes. 25. Pain in the whole head, from the morning until 5 o’clock in the evening. Acute pain in the left temporal region, in the morning, on two consecutive days, in two provers. Headache, at times at the vertex, at others at the occiput. Pain in the temples. Violent pain at the vertex, evening. 30. Pressure in the frontal region. Headache on the left side. Heaviness and dizziness in the frontal region, two days in succession. Burning in the frontal region, ceasing after taking a cold bath. Violent pain at the vertex, morning. 35. Vertigo with fainting. Slight pain at the vertex. Inflammation of the left eye. Dark redness of the face. Slight heat in the upper part of the œsophagus. 40. Sore throat for eight days. Sense of swelling at the tongue. Toothache. Swelling of the gums. Bad taste in the mouth. 45. Spitting up of mucus. Heat and dryness at the anterior and superior part of the œsophagus, in three provers. Slight pain on each side of the thyroid cartilage. Appetite when rising in the morning, in two provers. Stomach-ache for three days. 50. Decrease of the appetite. Pain in the abdomen, with internal heat. Violent colic with pulling, in two provers. Constipation, the first days, in eight provers. Red urine. 55. Yellow sediment in the urine. Numbness of the left scapular region. Pain at the left shoulder. Numbness of the arm, worse when hanging down. Numbness of both arms. 60. Deep-seated pain in the left forearm. Numbness of the right index- and middle-finger. Pain in the left wrist-joint. Deep-seated pain under the right breast. Pain at the right knee. 65. Deep-seated pain in the calves. Pain at the forepart of the left leg, for four days. Laming pain of the legs and thighs for several days. Deep-seated pain, first in the left, then in the right thigh. Numbness of the left leg and heel. 70. Shooting stitch in the right knee.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

MENTAL, MORAL, HEAD: 1. Vertigo with fainting. Dizziness. Pain all over the head. Headache, at the vertex and at times at the occiput. 5. Pressure in the frontal region. Burning in the frontal region. Pain in the left temporal region, also acute. Pain in the frontal region, also with heat, at the root of the nose.