3. Dr. W. G. Jones took 10 dr. of tinct. on going to bed. A few m. afterwards felt dizzy and elated; disturbed dreams of confused character. 19th. – Took 10 dr. before each meal and on retiring. Soon after rising urgent call to urinate, urine more scanty and high – coloured than usual, slight burning in urethra before urinating. Soon after dinner, vertigo. 20th. – Took medicine as yesterday. M., shooting pains in coronary region, and in right side of face, from eyes to teeth; vertigo in evening 21st. – Shooting pains in right side of face, from eye to teeth, in forenoon. Prover was here obliged to discontinue his experiments. (Ibid.)
ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM.
Introduction
Sea – holly.
Provings
1. Mr. E. B. Ivatts, aet. 39, in good health, made a strong tinct. from whole plant, and proved a 10 to 90 solution of this. On 15th of month he began taking 10 dr. m. and n., and went on till he had used up a Zij bottle. For first few day he felt very light and unusually cheerful; on 2nd m. he was so merry on waking that he began to sing in bed (he is usually heavy and drowsy on waking). On 27th began a 20 to 80 sol., taking 10 dr. this m. and next. 28th. – Felt very queer before completely dressed (med. having been taken on rising). Could eat very little breakfast. Walked out two miles, and rested at a friend’s house 3 h. Experienced general weakness and lassitude; legs in walking felt weak at knees and almost unable to bear the body; felt as if he would drop every m,; sinking at pit of stomach; pain at spot in right groin; inclination to close eyes to shut out moving objects; pain at nape compelling support of head on hand or against something; chills, commencing in nape, go down shoulders and back; dulness in head, but no actual pain at first. Took cab home about 2 p. m. Its shaking did not affect the symptoms. Had soreness, with or without pressure, over chest, stomach, and bowels; slight dull continuous pain in bowels; occasional darting pains through lungs to back. Could eat very little at dinner, though there was no actual nausea. Occasional shooting pains under both scapulae; pain at back of right eye, left eye feeling weak; all viscera seemed prostrated and heavy as lead; circulation as if stagnated; veins of back of hands – generally full and prominent – so contracted and depressed as to be hardly visible; disinclination to speak, voice lower in tone, larynx feeling weak; great dryness of throat, larynx, and lips. On sofa all afternoon and e. Towards 7 p. m. symptoms relaxed; head then ached, but not severely, pain was in centre over brows. Increased flow of urine, very red, thick on standing; sore pain on inside of thigh just above knee. 29th. – Much better; able to attend to ordinary avocations; urine still red. Occasional stomach – cough during day, causing pain in head; some lassitude towards e. A cluster of fine papulae appeared on spot felt sore the previous day, rough to touch, dying away on 30th, leaving redness. For several day great lack of sexual sensibility and power (quite unusual). (Amer. Observer, x, 564.)EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM (see vo. ii, p.554)
II. 1. A gentleman, who drank a few teaspoonfuls of a tea prepared from evening, had an attack early in m. as of whirling around in the brain, or, as he described it, ” as if he had been placed in a coal screen, and whirled around 2 or 3 times, repeated after a short cessation.” (Jeanes, Hahn. Monthly, iii, 151.)
FERRUM IODATUM (see vol. ii, p.573)
II. 11. A lady, aet. 23, was in good health, but had never menstruated (from undeveloped sexual organs). She took Ferrum iod. 6 every 4 – 6 hours for seven weeks. It had no effect in establishing the catamenial flow, but the following symptoms appeared in the patient:
During 1st week. – Feels as if she had eaten too much, a sort of upward pressure; circulation excited, heart beats quickly, and seems to force blood violently through whole body (continued into 2nd week); headache, felt as a cutting from bridge of nose through occiput; small of back felt only at n. as if broken, as if lying in a cramped position (2nd week also); feeling in sides, low down, as of needles pricking her, worse on raising arms and in walking; inguinal region sore on walking; dizziness, worse on movement. 2nd week. – Stuffed feeling in abdomen, as if she could not lean forward; costiveness for 2 or 3 day, then griping and sudden inclination to stool, then costiveness again. 3rd week. – Stomach full of wind; every breath gives pain as from a weight in epigastrium; on rising, or turning in bed at n., heart beats violently, with pain in epigastrium or lower end of sternum; abdomen bloated after food or drink, it seems to push upwards, even a small quantity of food causes it; may or may not feel hungry, but food soon satisfies her; sides of neck feel sore when touched or on movement. 3rd and 4th weeks. – R. cheek itches, reddens when rubbed, and vesicles form, which, when rubbed, become raw; bowels not moved for a week, then stools loose, or she may have two movements – the first costive, the second sudden and loose, preceded by griping; much thirst; same distended feeling after food, but appetite better; when walking, stitches in inguinal region, worse right 5th week. Circulation again excited, blood – vessels throb all over, even when she is quiet; food seems to push up to the throat, as if it had not been swallowed; abdomen, when pressed, feels like a rubber ball; if she happens to pinch the abdominal walls, or to crease them, the part feels sore for a long time; inguinal pains have extended across hypogastrium; sides feel stiff, as after a strain. 6th and 7th weeks. – Pain in sides worse, if she stoops it feels there as after pinching; fulness in stomach and abdomen better; running upstairs causes violent beating of heart and pain on top of head; sharp pain from below eye up through eye and head to vertex; feels again, in bed at n., as if back would break, – it is stiff on getting up, but better during day; on rising abdomen feels sore; heart beat so violently, it woke her from sleep; throbbing all over. 8th week. Nervous, had shakes while sewing; bad taste in mouth in morning; abdomen feels again distended, but not after eating. 9th. – Pain from eye to vertex as in 6th and 7th weeks; nervous; heart beats violently, each beat seeming to go into stomach, and causing trembling feeling across epigastrium; weak trembling feeling on using hands and on walking; bad taste; constant bearing down in uterine region, as if something was coming away; while sitting feels as if pushing something up (says she could touch cervix uteri); urine scalds; leucorrhoea, white, like boiled starch, when bowels move discharge is stringy; itching and soreness of vulva and vagina, parts much swollen. (Farrington, Trans. of Penns. Hom. Medorrhinum Soc., ii, 254.)
FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM ALBUM
This is said to be a true ferric phosphate, Fe2(PO4)2 or Fe”2P2O, as contrasted with the ordinary phosphate of iron, which is a ferrous – hydric phosphate, H2Fe2(PO4)2 or Fe”HPO4. (It is the ” Ferrum phosphoricum ” employed by Schussler.).
Provings
Dr. John Moffat furnished to 10 persons five half once bottles, without name, marked A, B, C, D, and E, and containing respectively sugar of milk, 30th, 6th, and 1x trits., and the crude drug. The following are the results:1. a. P. C. Moriarty, aet. 21, in good health, save for some nasal catarrh. June 7th, 1887, at 10 a. m. took 10 gr. of A. Almost immediately, sensation as of pinching in left temporal region from within outward. This recurred after a second dose of 5 gr. at 10:30. At 11:30 dissolved 5 gr. in half a tumbler of water, and took a dose every 15 m. Nothing further was noted this., or on 8th, 9th, and 10th, save some coryza between 7 and 8 p. m. On 15th took 5 gr. of same 4 times. 16th. – Feeling of dulness and heaviness of eyelids, especially right 17th and 18th. – Same, and on latter day great fulness also of whole eyeball, and feeling of dryness and roughness of lining of lids. This feeling had increased on 19th, and continued about the same on 20th and 21st. Eyes were then examined, and found congested. Alumina was given, and by noon on 22nd improvement had set in.
1 b. On 23rd evening was commenced (by mistake for B). Five gr. were taken at 11:30 a. m., and at 2 p. m. same dose was mixed with water, and taken in four portions. Very drowsy all day 24th. – Stool this m. dark green, no odour. At n. had tossed about for 4 day, exceedingly restless and quite feverish; but when sleep came it was heavy. 25th. – Stool a shade lighter. Urine, p. m. and evening, had odour as of cafe au lait, and was copious. 26th. – Stool rather dry, natural colour, but here and there spots of dark matter; much hot flatus passed just before it. Urine quite copious, inodorous. 27th. – Tinnitus, buzzing and ringing, interfering with hearing, all p. m. and in early evening 28th. – Buzzing in ears, p. m., but not so marked as yesterday. On July 9th and 17th prover took 5 gr. four times [or in four doses, it does not clearly appear which – Eds.], with no effect, save on colour of stools. On Aug. 1st took same. Very drowsy during m. (1st dose taken 7 a. m.). 2nd. – Took 5 gr. at 8, 11, and 2. Much drowsiness during m., with continued rush of thoughts, suddenly turning from something pleasant into the most vivid impressions of some crime being committed or horrible accident occurring, but not to myself. Slight buzzing in ears about 2 p. m. 3rd. – Vivid dreams during n., quarrelling with one person and the next moment happily conversing with another. Stool very dark greenish and quite hard, rather dry and expelled with much effort. Experienced an aching, dull pain in right testicle about 11 a. m., lasting about 20 m. Yesterday and to – day I have been absolutely devoid of sexual instinct. 4th. – During n. had very realistic dreams, mostly quarrelsome in character. Stool this morning very dark, but not exactly green; it looked as though a black mud had been mixed in with it; was not so hard as that of yesterday; sexual system same. 5th. – Stool natural except one portion, which was mixed with the dark green faecal matter before alluded to. Sexual system same. 6th. – These two day past have had continual hawking of viscid, tenacious, colourless mucus from low down in throat and from the posterior nares. Commencing Aug. 3rd, I noticed a profusion of acne, very sore, about my chin and forehead, which grew worse until to – day; at present writing they seem to be fading away. Before making this proving I had, off and on, more or less acne about the face, but never so profusely as that which caused me to note the symptom. 12:30 p. m., 5 gr. Drowsiness; sexual system same; profuse urine. 7th. – Stool very dark muddy green. Continual hawking of mucus. Yesterday, and to – day also, have had dull aching pains in heart (as though in anterior walls), which moved from spot to spot and were something like stitches, but not so sharp; it was rather a ” blunt ” pain. Acne fading; urine very profuse and watery all day; sexual feeling still absent. 8th. – Stool half normal, the other half dark green. Several times during day dull, aching pains in heart. Urine profuse but not so pale. There has been increasing dryness of margins of lids for several day, but it was not very annoying until to – day. Continual hawking of mucus; sexual system same. 9th. – Stool almost normal now; pains in heart very slight; urine not so profuse; lids quite dry and rough; slight sexual feeling. I was asking questions of a patient, and had to repeat my questions several times; and finally I asked my preceptor, who was present, if he could hear distinctly what the patient was saying, for I could not. He replied that they were talking very plainly, and that he had noticed my deafness of 4 or 5 day past, but had not made any comments upon it, as he wished to see whether or not it was a proving. To – day there was a terrific and continual hawking of mucus, which was very annoying; it was very frothy and felt as though I was going to raise a bucketful, but instead of such profusion it would simply be a little watery, frothy and stick mucus. 10th. – Stool normal; urine apparently normal; acne almost gone; sexual feeling still slow about being excited. It was very annoying to converse to – day (as it has been for several day, but heretofore I blamed the other party for not speaking above a whisper); the deafness continues, but is not quite so bad as it was. The trouble of raising frothy mucus was very annoying, but seems to be declining in intensity. Slight frontal headache, lasting about 2 hours this evening 11th. – Stool and urine normal; sexual system about normal; hearing much improved; some mucus raised to – day. 13th. – Took 5 gr. at 10 and 2. Drowsiness during afternoon. 14th. – Stool dark green. 15th. – Stool same. Took 5 gr. at 10, 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. Much drowsiness during m. accompanied by exceedingly unpleasant thoughts; tried to turn thoughts to something pleasant, but some horrible image or accident was sure to come into the scene; then I got angry for allowing my thoughts to run on this way, and endeavoured to occupy my mind with something else, writing, reading, &c., but invariably with the same result. This turn of thought was only noticeable during the drowsiness in m. Dull, aching pains about heart, sometimes extending into muscles of back, left side of spine. Urine very profuse, watery. Very marked thirst during latter part of day for large quantities of cold water at frequent intervals. During evening continued hawking of mucus came on; coughed very hard to loosen it, and would raise a little watery, frothy mucus. Dull, aching pains over kidneys, especially l. Have had a continual run of acne on the nose, fading from Aug. 9th to 13th; on 14th they began to show themselves again. They are very sore and slow to suppurate, like that on the rest of the face. 16th. – Stool very dark green, undigested. Very restless sleep during n., disturbed by constant dreaming; drowsiness during m. with continual rush of thoughts, being in character similar to those at other times during the proving. Dull aching pains in region of the heart. Quite a profusion of acne about and forehead, small but very angry and sore; slow to suppurate. Had dull frontal headache during afternoon, seated mainly under frontal eminences. Mucus hawked continually during latter part of afternoon and evening, getting worse as evening advances; thirst for large quantities at frequent intervals; frequent micturition, not quite as profuse as heretofore, but having a strong odour. Had to – day taken 5 gr. at 10, 12 and 2. 17th. – Sleep disturbed by continuous dreaming, very vivid. Stool rather hard and undigested, looking like black mud. Took 5 gr. at 10, 11, 2 and 4 o’clock. Drowsiness very marked this m., thoughts running about the same as heretofore, except that they were even more annoying. On 16th my hearing was disturbed, but not as markedly as to – day; it commenced with ringing and buzzing in ears, and for rest of d. I could not hear very distinctly. For 3 or 4 day past I have had vertigo on rising or suddenly turning, but it was not very severe until to – day; it is now very harassing, as on rising or turning I became actually stupid and imagine that my reason is leaving me. Much acne about face and a profusion on nose. Urine very frequent, profuse, rather dark and smelling very strong, the colour darkens toward n. Not so much mucus hawked to – day. Dull aching pains in heart and slightly in chest and abdomen. Violent thirst for frequent, copious drinks. 18th. – Very feverish and restless last n., much tossing about, and was annoyed by the bedclothes touching my chest or abdomen (it was not painful, but annoyed me). My sleep was restless and accompanied by vivid dreaming. Ringing and buzzing in ears with deafness. Stool dark green and mixed with undigested matter. Took 5 gr. at 8, 10, and 2. Very drowsy all m., with wild thoughts, thinking of two things at same time, and then the usual horrible interruption to pleasant thoughts. Frontal headache (dull, heavy, in frontal eminences) came on about noon and lasted for remainder of day; also had violent throbbing up to occiput; this latter was not painful, but the throbbing was very marked, I could hear the heart – beats on the pillow. Continued till about 25th. (Oct. 10th, writes: ” Have since tried to hear it but could not.”) Felt ” all broke up ” this afternoon, and had sensation as though a piece of sheet iron (or hard substance) was lying between anterior layer of peritoneum and abdominal integument. Dull aching pains in heart, and sensation of hard sore spots all over chest. Much hawking during e. Appetite failing very plainly. Thirst for large quantities at frequent intervals, e. Had quite a fever during evening, felt very weak, and at times severe vertigo would come on; twice during e. I thought I would faint. 19th. – Very restless during n., sleeping one moment and waking the next. In m. attempted to et up, but had to return to bed, as I had an attack of vertigo which made me stupid; I tried to get up a second time and used all my will power, but ” mind cure ” did not seem to work, and I returned to bed; had no appetite and felt very weak. Experienced same hard feeling over abdomen, and the feeling of hard, sore spots over chest was very severe; much dull aching in heart; stomach felt hard and ” set.” Considerable dull frontal headache. Felt very drowsy during m., but could not sleep; this drowsiness was accompanied by a stupid feeling, but not by horrible thoughts. The doctor called – as neither he nor I attributed my condition to the proving he made no special note of my symptoms, but they were, to the best of his recollection, as follows: Face flushed; head very hot to touch; eyes somewhat injected; very restless; tongue furred, with dull, almost white coating; pulse full and hard; temperature about 99 1/2 o. He prescribed ferr. phos., but in evening changed to kali mur. 6. (This note made on 24th.) At noon ate a little toast and one or two prunes, but did not relish them. Got up about 3 p. m. and felt quite dizzy; urine was dark and strong in odour; had a stool 1/2 hours later, which was muddy green and mostly undigested; felt very weak after it, and had considerable griping for about 5 m. About 5 p. m. I began to dress myself, but the exertion of lacing my shoes made me so weak that I had to sit still for a while. Ate nothing for dinner, but was very thirsty from this time on through e. About 7 p. m. I went to my preceptor’s office, and shortly afterward I felt very feverish and weak; quite a perspiration broke out from head to foot.
Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.