MUREX PURPUREA-MUREX BRANDARIS.
Introduction
(Murex, the purple-fish; purpureus, purple-colored)
The coloring matter of this sea-snail, from the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, s found near the neck o0f the animal and it is triturated fro our use. The celebrated purple dry of the ancients was obtained from this and one other snail of this species.
Murex was first proved by Dr. petroz, of Spain, in1841, with the 6th dilution of three women, each of whom were sufferers from leucorrhoea. Incorporated with the proving, the Encyclop. has the effects of he 200th dilution on two women an observed by Dr. hering, of Philadelphia.
Symptoms
The three most prominent symptoms of murex are, the consciousness of a womb, acute pain in tended upwards to the 1.breast, and violent sexual desire.
Allen says: “This drug has been used almost solely for prolapsus of the uterus (203), with pressure and bearing-down pains and with the particularly characteristic sensation of sharp pain extending upward to the breasts.”
The sensation of prolapsus may be so great that she must sit down and keep the thighs be so great that she must sit down and keep the thighs tightly crossed in order to obtain relief (203); or there may be a sensation of pulsation in the neck of the uterus, or soreness, with aggravation on sitting down.
The sexual desire is greatly increased and is excited by the least touch.
Dunham says; “the menses are delayed. After flowing a few days the menses cease, and after twelve hours re-appear” (136). Hering gives as the characteristic, frequent and profuse menstruation (135). Greenish-yellow or bloody leucorrhoea follows the menses (126).
I have used Murex only in the 3d.
