ARSENICUM



780. After the (midday) meal, whilst sitting, the pains increase, but they are relieved by standing and moving the body.

Conversation addressed to him by others is intolerable to him; it increases his pains enormously (aft. ½ h.).

Tearing pain in the ulcers.

On the affected part, in the ulcer, a burning as from a live coal.

(From dipping the hands in a cold solution of arsenic, a frightful burning pain in the fourth finger, as if the part were burnt with boiling fat (for 4 hours) (aft. 1/2h.).

785. The ulcer gets very elevated borders.

The old ulcers, hitherto painless, became painfully sensitive.

The ulcer discharges much black coagulated blood.

Ulcers on the heels with bloody pus. (In the original, “ichorose Stoff.”) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Itching in the ulcer passing into burning. [HEUN, l. c.]

790. Burning pain in the ulcer [HARGENS, in Huf. Journ. d. pr. A., ix, i.] (From application of arsenic to a cancerous ulcer.)

Cancerous ulcer which rendered it necessary to amputate the limbs.(In a refiner of arsenic.) [HEINZE, in Ebers, l. c., Octob., p. 38.]

The ulcer becomes inflamed all around, bleeds on being bandaged, and gets a superficial dry scab. [HARGENS, l. c.]

An ulcer appears on the leg, which is covered with a grey scab, has burning pain, and an inflamed border.

Burning pain the the ulcers.

795. Around the ulcer (not in the ulcer itself) burning pain, like fire; it has a very fetid smell and discharges little; at the same time exhaustion and drowsiness in the daytime.

After th burning about the border of the ulcer, an itching in th ulcer itself.

A burning itching on the body.

Much itching on the right thigh and on the arms.

Itching running sensation as from fleas on the thigh up to the abdomen, also on the loins and nates, making him scratch.

800. Burning itching, and after scratching the part is painful.

Intolerable burning in the skin. [HEIMREICH, l. c.]

Burning eroding pains. [PREUSSIUS, l. c. – GABEZIUS, l. c.]

Burning pains. [QUELMALZ, l. c. – HENKEL, Actea N. C., ii, obs. 155.]

Needle pricks on the skin. [N. Wahrn., l. c.]

805. Inflamed measle-like spots over the body, especially on the head, face and neck. (After opium as an anitdote.) [THOMPSON, l. c.]

Spots here and there on the skin. [BAYLIES, l. c.]

Thick eruption of little white elavations the colour of the skin, of the size of a lentil and smaller, with smarting pain, which is usually worst at night. [Fr. H-n.]

Cutaneous eruption. (Not found.) [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Miliary eruption all over the body which falls off in scales 9aft. 14 d.). [GUILBERT, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 60, “Blue spots on the abdomen, genitals, and white of the eye.”) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

810. The whole body, even the hands and feet, full of small spots with white points, which resemble millet seeds. [DEGRANGE, in Phys. Medorrhinum Journ., 1800, April, p. 299. (From rubbing arsenic into the head).

Eruption of a copious red scorbutic miliary rash. [HARTMANN, Diss. Aethiop. Antim, et Arsenicalis, Halle, 1759, p. 49. (Notaccessible.) ]

Eruptions (Slight) resembling urticaria. [FOWLER, l. c.]

Very painful black pocks. (On the spot on which the suspended arsenical amulet hung.) [B. VERZASCH, l. c.]

Eruption of black pocks, which cause burning pain (aft. 8 d.). [PFANN, l. c.]

815. Pimples very difficult to heal. (The symptoms 815, 917, and 1031 were observed on patients affected with itch, that had been suppressed by an arsenical ointment (FRANK, Hygea, xix.) [AMATUS LUSITANUS, Cent. ii, cur. 34.]

Eruption of small pimples on several parts, also on the forehead and under the jaw, which cause burning pain and slight itching.

(On the appearance of small pointed pimples, itching which goes off on scratching, not followed by soreness or burning.)

With burning itching, as from gnat-bites, an eruption comes out on the hands, between the fingers (at the union of the fingers), and on the abdomen, consisting of whitish, pointed pimples, which contain watery fluid in their apices; scratching causes the fluid to escape, and the itching goes off.

In the eruption of pimples there is such burning that she can scarcely remain quiet from anxiety.

820. In the evening (from 6 to 8 o’clock ) great anxiety, with violent aching and pressing in the head, transient sweat, and extreme anorexia (aft. 106 h.).

Weariness and pain in the joints, an hour before dinner, more felt when sitting than when sitting than when walking.

She becomes quite stiff, cannot move or stir, she can only stand (aft. 72 h.).

After eating great weariness.

Astonishing exhaustion anxiety, she cannot recollect herself, she has a difficulty in giving her attention, and is at the same time very giddy.

825. During the depression, weakness; on returning cheerfulness, stronger.

Faintings. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c. – PET. FORESTUS, l. c. – HENCKEL, l. c. – [MORGAGNI, l. c. – VERZASCH, l. c. – TIM. A GULDENKLEE, Cas. Medic., Lips., 1662, lib. 7. Cap. ii.]

Frequent syncope with weak pulse (With vomitings.) (aft. 3 h.). [FERNELIUS, l. c.]

Severe faintings. [GUILBERT, l. c. – MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Profound syncope (from the smell of orpiment). [SENNERT, Prax. Medorrhinum lib. 6, c. 9.]

830. Commencing debility. [FRIEDRICH, in Hufel. Journ. d. pr. A., v, p. 172]

Exhaustion (aft. 6 h.) [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.]

For several days weakness of the whole body, weak pulse, must lie down for several days.[WEDEL, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 53, “General weakness in the body, especially in the legs, which can scarcely be moved,” and S. 54, “The strength becomes more and more lost.”)

Great weakness, especiallyin the legs. [PYL, Samml., viii, p. 98. &c.]

Weakness so that he could scarcely walk across the room. (See note to S 118.) [EBERS, l. c.]

835. He trembled from loss of strength, and could hardly leave his bed. [EBERS, l. c., p. 56.]

Extreme weakness. [GORITZ, l. c.]

Sinking of the strength. [STORCK, l. c. – GUILBERT, l. c. – RAU, l. c. – GRIMM, l.c. – HAMMER, l. c.]

So weak he cannot walk alone (before the vomiting) (aft. 3 h.) [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. I, app., p. 34]

On attempting to walk he falls down, though he retains his senses. [PYL, Samml., vi, p. 97.]

840. He cannot step properly; he is as if paralysed in all his limbs. [Hbg.]

Walking is extremely difficult for him; he thinks he will fall. [Hbg.]

Great exhaustion; he cannot walk across the room without sinking down. [Stf.]

Great exhaustion for several days, so that he can scarcely stand up. [Stf.]

Death- without vomiting, with only extreme anxiety and excessive sinking of the strength (aft. 16 h.). [SEILER, Progr. De venefic. Per Arsen., Viteb., 1806. (Not accessible) ]

845. Death- without vomiting or convulsions, only from sinking of the strength. [BONETUS, l. c.] (Case of poisoning.)

Death- more from rapid sinking of the strength than from the violence of the pains, or convulsions (aft. 12 h.). [MORGAGNI, l. c., § 3.]

Violent vertigo, complete exhaustion, continual vomiting, haematuria, and rapid extinction of life (without convulsions, fever or pain) (GEHLEN died thus from inhalation of arseniureted hydrogen. [Halle allg. Lit. Zeit., 1815, No. 181.)

Uncommon prostration and weakness of the limbs, which compels him to lie down. [GORITZ, l. c.]

He must lie down and becomes confined to bed. [Fr. H-n.]

850. Lying down. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. ii.]

Sleeplessness. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c. – (aft. 14 d.) KNAPE, l. c. – DEGNER, l. c. – GRIMM, l. c.]

Yawning and stretching, as if he had not slept enough (aft. 2.3/4, 11 h.). [Lr.]

(Incomplete yawning, short yawning, he cannot yawn fully.)

Extremely frequently paroxysm of sleep, when sitting.

855. In the day-time, frequent paroxysm of sleep, when sitting.

After dinner excessive yawning and great fatigue (aft. 100 h.).

Exhaustion, as if suffering loss of strength from want of food.

The strength of the hands and feet as if lost, and they are very trembling, in the morning (aft. 12 h.).

He keeps lying down all day.

860. He can scarcely walk across the room without sinking down.

When he walks but little, he feels immediately an extraordinary weakness in the knees.

He wished to rise up, but when he rises he can hardly maintain himself.

In the morning he cannot get out of bed, he feels as if he had not had enough sleep, and is weary in his eyes.

When she gets out of bed she immediately falls in a heap on account of weakness and vertigo, the headache also is then worse.

865. In the morning faint and anxiously weak.

She emaciates much, with earthy complexion, blue rings round the eyes, great weakness in all limbs. Disinclination for all work, and constant inclination to repose (aft. 8 d.).

Emaciation of all the body, with very profuse sweats.

Paralytic weakness of the limbs, daily at a certain hour, like a fever.

Sleeplessness with restlessness and moaning.

870. He talks and scolds in his sleep.

From 3 a.m. she only sleeps interrupted and tosses about.

At night (about 3 a.m.) prickling pain in the left meatus auditorious as from within outwards.

For two successive nights, in sleep, feeling of illness.

The whole night much heat and restlessness, on account of which she cannot fall asleep, at the same time pulsation in the head.

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.