6. Dr. MUEHLENBEIN, aet.74. Well, save some unless at stomach remaining form an attack of diarrhoea. My 22nd, 1838, at 6 a. m, took 10 right in a teaspoonful of water (abstaining throughout proving rom tobacco, tea, coffee, and wine). No symptoms. 23rd. – 20 dr. at 5 a. m. At 7:30, pulse, usually 73-80, is 62. From 10:30-12, while visiting patients, sense of lassitude and trembling in hands, making it difficult to write (a feeling, however, not unknown to him). 24th. – Rose at 6; found urine cloudy, with brick-dust sediment, as it often is with him when he has been indisposed; took 30 dr. While taking it, and during day, darting, cutting, disagreeable pain in velum palati, near uvula, on right side, with a kind of stiffness, so that swallowing was difficult and painful. Urine still sedimentous.25th. – 35 dr.; no return of pain in throat or other symptoms. 26th. – 50 dr. A little somnolence and yawning in forenoon, and slight lassitude and trembling while visiting between 11 and 2. 28th. – 50 dr., without appreciable effect. (Ibid.)
7. H-, aet,30 blind from cataract, but otherwise robust, took tinct; March 20th-26th, 1838, 1 dr. every evening 27th-April 15th, 3 dr. 16th-23rd, dr. from 24th, 10 dr. On April 27th he informed Dr. Muhlenbein that he felt excited after each dose, and could not sleep in early night; he began to perspire all over, and to experience frequent urging to micturate., and pulsations, especially in head, during which pulse was very rapid. He was advised to suspend medicine for 2 days. Next night however, he only slept for 3 hours towards morning, and perspired much; and on following one, though there was no sweat, sleep was deficient. On the 3rd day he took much exercise, and then slept well and had no more sweats. From 4th to 6th days took remainder of drug, without feeling any effect. While in former state, he thought he
noticed some intermittence of pulse and pressure at heart. On May 9th began to prove mixture of 20 dr. of tinct. in 3j of alcohol, taking every second evening 20 dr.; but experienced nothing. June 11th. – Began to take powered G., 10 gr. every other night. After 1st dose, in 1/2 hour nausea and flow of water into mouth, lasting 1.1/2 hours, after which he slept; on following morning 2 diarrhoeic stools, with pinchings in belly; during day, well. 14th. – Took 10 gr. with same immediately results, though less than on former occasion,. Good sleep at night, but next morning a soft, and at noon semifluid stool of fetid odour. He took a third powder on 17th. Towards noon next day, slight diarrhoea. On 19th, evening another powder, with little effect. 22nd. – Took in evening in powder. After 1 hour, great malaise, flow of water into mouth without vomiting, but with desire thereto At 4 a. m., colic; at 9, two semifluid stools. During the colic, some flatulence, whose emission eased pain. He complained of pains in loins, possibly resulting from fatigue; and pressure in thighs on mounting stairs. 26th. – About 6:30 a. m., took 3j. Flow of water into mouth; towards 7, great malaise nausea, frequent but unsuccessful urgings to vomit. Some food at 9 caused all nausea to disappear for an hour it the returned, was again appeared by soup at noon, but persisted in less degree till evening. He had two liquid stools about noon, and one more at 4 p. m.. (Ibid.
8. Dr. C. G.F. MUEHLENBEIN, aet.29. May 22nd, at 6 a. m., 10 dr. of tinct. After dinner, 2 loose stools. 23rd. – At 6 a. m., 20 dr. After 1/2 hour borborygmi and agitation in stomach, scanty stool with slight pains in belly. Borborygmi, etc., increased after breakfast at 8. In right flank pain as if he were constantly and strongly drawn to opposite side. From 3 p. m. continued pinchings, drawings, and borborygmi in abdomen, with frequent urging to stool and embarrassment of head. Towards 10:30, copious stool, with transient gripings. 24th. – Free perspiration towards morning. At 6 a. m., 20 dr. with same local effects; urine dark reddish-yellow, with brick-dust sediment (not uncommon with him). Pulse at 8 a. m. rather stronger than usual. No stool. 25th. – On waking this morning extraordinary lassitude and somnolence. At 6,30 dr., with usual abdominal disturbance, and from 10 a. m. till evening pressive headache. At 7 a. m., 40 dr., with same effect as yesterday. 27th. – 50 dr., which caused also burning and dryness of palate for 1/2 hour 28th. – Pressive frontal headache continued till noon. 29th. – 60 dr., with no fresh results (Ibid.)
9. Dr. NICOL. From doses of 3-6 dr. of tinct. repeated every 3 days for 4 weeks, experienced following symptoms: – Frequent sense of cold on vertex, sometimes painful, which on covering head soon passes into heat; after each meal almost irresistible sleepiness, with feeling of general weakness; woke every in morning with painful sensation in occiput, going off on rising or on lying prone; often unable to get to sleep if he sits up later than usual; at times light attacks of vertigo, especially while walking fast; an indescribable pain in two hollow canine teeth on exposure to anything cold; frequent accumulation of water in mouth, especially while fasting and on drinking cold water; after each meal (3 hours), but especially dinner, extraordinary sense of fulness at stomach, lasting for hours, but dissipated promptly by eating a piece of bread; dull pain frequently in left lumbar region, especially while walking, eased by external pressure; during first 14 days, at times in morning distension of abdomen, colic, with pale face and nausea, going off after copious semi- liquid stool with fetid flatus. (Ibid.)
10. Wife of above took G. for 14 days. After supper, painful embarrassment of head, which went of after breakfast, but recurred frequently; great susceptibility of head to cold; every morning for 4-5 weeks, swelling of upper lip, going off after some hour; painfulness of all teeth, especially on touching them or taking cold things (for a long time); a sort of cramp in chest, – feeling as if it were constricted, most between scapulae and under sternum, relieve by eructations (one only). After 20 dr. at one dose, heat in stomach, then feeling of coldness and pressure, with nausea; after some hour 2 semi-liquid stools, which removed all discomfort. (Ibid.)
11. Dr. SPAMANN, First day, 5 dr. of tinct. Scratching in throat soon after ingestion. 2nd day 10 dr. Same with short lasting nausea; tearing and cutting about umbilicus. 3rd days, 15 dr. with similar results; loose stool. 4th days, 15 dr. Scratching in throat; transient pressure in right chest, slight nausea gurgling in abdomen, 3 watery stools, momentary tearing in flexors of arm and elsewhere (this recurred at times for some day.). (Ibid.)
12. Dr. STERNEIM. May 2nd, look 10 dr. in morning. After 2 or 3 hours, pinching in belly, eructations; after dinner, much flatulence; next day cold and shivery, disposed to sleep. On morning of 8th, repeated dose. Frequent pinchings and eructations; in evening, escape of blood after stool, with urging. 9th. – Pinchings and eructations; continue; shivering down back. 10h. – Ulcerative pain in right hand and left foot; chill repeated. 21st. -15 dr. After 1/2 hour deep pinchings in abdomen, rumbling in belly and frequent empty eructations. From 22nd to 25th, considerable weariness. June 2nd – 20 dr. After 1 hour, pressing and pinching in belly; pressive pain in eyes after 3 hours, which recurs during day Nothing more after this day ( Ibid.)
13 LEMBKE took, April 24th, 7 a. m., 10 dr. tinct. At 3 p. m. a liquid, dark stool. 7 p. m., a smaller, liquid dark stool, with much straining. 25th. Normal stool, and the following day th same – 30th, 8 a. m., 20 dr. Several times severe boring pain in both ankle-joints and in knees, when sitting. 7 p. m., repeated scraping in larynx and fits of dry cough. No stool. Scanty urine. – May 1st. Firm stool. 9 a. m., 30dr. During day very severe boring in ankle-joints. No stool evening, boring in tibiae. 2nd morning, hard stool. – 3rd, 8 a. m., 50 dr. At 1 p. m. copious, soft, dark stool without griping, with flatus. Boring pain in tibiae, evening – 5th, 11 p. m., 50 dr. Slept well-6th, 9 a. m., dark, soft, copious stool. 7 p. m., when sitting, severe drawing in both thighs down to knees and feet, like pains of fatigue. No more symptoms. (N. Zeitsch. f. h. Kl. xvii, 97.).
Poisonings
A young scrofulous woman, who had taken with advantage for some time a mixture of G. and digitalis, added thereto an enema of decoction of former. The first brought away much thick glairy matter; the second, in addition, caused intolerable itching of the parts; the third caused evacuation of matter like the scrapings of intestine, and much increase the pruritus; nevertheless, next day a fourth enema was taken, whip produced sharp cuttings and abundant evacuations, followed by palpation and at length a shocking nymphomania, with all the delirium which usually accompanies this condition. It took 3 weeks of bleedings, baths, -irritation from a distance, to restore calm. After recovery, patient felt much shame at what had passed that she drowned herself. (BOUVIER, Gaz. de Sante, 1816.)
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.