ARSENICUM



PEARSON, in Samml. br. Sbh., f. pr. Aerzte, xiii.

PFANN, Samml. merkw. Falle. Nurb., 1750.

PREUSSIUS, Eph. Nat. Cur., cent. iii.

PLY, Samml., I, v, vi, viii.

QUELMALZ, Commerc. lit. Norimb., 1737, heb. 28.

RAU, TH., Actea Nat. Cur., ix.

RICHARD, A., in Schenck, lib. vii.

SALZBURG Medorrhinum -Chir. Zeitung.

SEILER, Progr. De venef. Per Arsen. Viteb.,1806.

SENNERT, Prax. Medorrhinum, lib. 6.

SIEBOLD, in Hufel. Journ. f. pr. Arz., iv.

STAHL, G. E., Opusc. Chym. Phys. Medorrhinum

STOERCK, Medorrhinum Jahrg., i.

TACHENIUS, O., Hipp. Chym., c. 24.

THILENIUS, in Richter’s Chir. Bibl., v.

THOMSON, Edinburgh Essays, iv.

VAN EGGERN, Diss. De Vacill. Dentium, Duisb. 1787.

VERZASCH. BERNARD Obs. Medorrhinum obs. 66.

VICAT, Observ.

WEDEL. G. W., Diss. De Arsen., Jen., 1719.

WOLFF, J. PH., Actea Nat. Cur., v.

The 1st Edit gave 662 symptoms, the 2nd 948, this 3rd Edit. 1068. The CHr. Kr. Contains 163 additional symptoms.]

Vertigo, so that she must hold on by something, when she shuts her eyes, every evening. (Therefore recurring after the manner of an intermittent fever. Of such ague – like recurring symptoms, arsenic has several, v. SS. 265, 375, 868. 918.)

Vertigo when sitting.

Vertigo (aft. 12 h.). [THOMPSON ( Poisoning of woman.) Edinburgh Essays, iv. (From the dust of sulphuret of arsenic.) – SENNERT, (From inhaling realgar.) (This symptom not found.)Prax. Medorrhinum lib. 6, p. C. 2. (Vide DR. C. L. KAISER, in Hartlaub and Trinks’ R. A. M. L., vol. I, p. 249(Poisoning of the whole family by A. (Quoted in H. and T. from Henke’s Ztsch., vii. Pt. 3. Amalgamated with pathogenesis in Chronsichen Krankheiten.)

Vertigo causing obscuration of vision. § [A. MYRRHEN, Misc. N. C., Dec. iii. Ann. 91. 10. Obs. 220 (From drawing a solution of A. into the nostrils for coryza.)

5. Giddy in the head. [ALBERTI, Jurisprud. Medic., tom. Ii, pp. 527 – 530.(Cases of poisoning in healthy adults. – This giddiness occurred during vomiting.)

He is attacked with violent vertigo and sickness when lying; he must rise up, in order to diminish it. [Stf.]

Vertigo; when he rises up, his thoughts go away. [Stf.]

Vertigo only when walking, as if he would fall to the right side (aft. 9.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Vertigo and unconscious stupefaction. [EBERS, in Hufel. Journ., 1813, Octob., p. 8. (EFFECTS of arsenic of potash in ague patients.)]

10. Loss of sensation and consciousness, so that he know not what was going on. [PYL, (Poisoning of adult.) Samml. viii. pp. 98. 105, 108. (KAISER, l. c. Sympt. 5, ‘The distinct self-consciousness vanishes, or is observed in a slight degree.”)]

She lay on the bed completely devoid of sense, mutteres incomprehensible sounds, the eyes staring, cold sweat on the forehead, trembling all over the body, pulse small, hard, and very quick [EBERS, l. c., p. 9. (Ibid., S. 7., “The organs of sense seem to be in abnormal activity.”)

Loss of reason and of the external and internal senses; he did not see, for many days did not speak, did not hear, and understood nothing, and when one roared very loudly into his ears he looked at those around, like a drunken person wakened out of profound sleep. [MYRRHEN, l. c. ]

Delirium reccuring from time to time. [GUILBERT, (Poisoning of adult.) Medorrhinum – Chir. Wahrnehm., vol. iv. Alteb. (Ibid., S. 6, “Delirium.”)]

Diminution of memory.

15. Very defective memory for a long time. [MYRRHEN, l. c. ]

His memory leaves him; he is forgetful.

Stupid and weak in the head; towards noon (aft. 30 h.)

When walking in the open air, giddy in the head, which is increased on coming again into the room (aft. ½ h)

Head is confused. [PEARSON, in Samml. br. Abh. f. p. Aerzte, xiii. 4. (Effects of arsenic of potash in an epileptic.)

20. Empty in the head. [Hbg.]

Giddy in the head; he cannot think. [Myr.]

Chronic weakness of mind. (See note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c., Sept., p. 48.]

Weak reason. (From suppression of ague by A.). [EBERS, l. c., p. 56.]

From pains she got such a weakness in her head, and became so qualmish and weak in the scrobiculus cordis, that she was very ill.

25. Obtuseness in the head, without pain.

Great confusion of the head, in the evening (3rd d.).

After sleeping he was very dazed in the head.

(From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.) headache, is stupid, as if from insufficient sleep.

Internal uneasiness and a stupefaction of the head, such as arises from too hasty performance of an excessive amount of business (aft. 2 d.)

30. Head stupid and empty (like a lantern), as if he had a severe cold and is very cross.

While walking in the open air very stupid and giddy in the head, chiefly in the forehead, as if intoxicated, so that he staggered first to one side and then to the other, and feard to fall every instant (aft. 9.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Dulness in the head. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitr. z. ger. Arzn. Iv., p. 164.]

Uncommon heaviness in the head with roaring in the ears, which goes off in the open air, but immediately returns when coming again into the room (aft. 16 h.).(Comp. 969.)

Heavy head and empty, so that he cannot easily rise up; he must lie down.

35. Excessive heaviness in the head, especially when standing and sitting. [BUCHHOLZ, l. c. ]

Headache. [G. C. GRIMM, Misc. N. C., Dec. iii, obs. 174.] (Frthe black oxide, in an adult.)

Pains in the head and vertigo for several days. (From the vapour of arsenic.) [G. W. WEDEL, Diss. De Arsen., Jan., 1719, p. 10.] (From arsenical vapours.)

Headache (for some days), which is immediately relieved by the applicationof cold water, on removing which it is worse than before. [VICAT, Observ., p. 197. (From powdering the hair with A.)]

In the morning immediately on rising from bed, a one-sided headache, as if bruised (aft. 12 h.).

40. Semilateral headache. {KNAPE, Annalen d. Staats-Arzn., i. I. (Effects of powdering hair with A) ]

Every afternoon headache for some hours, drawing under the coronal suture.

Uncommon heaviness of the head, as if the brain was pressed down by a weight, with roaring in the ears, in the morning after rising from bed (aft. 24 h.).

(Tearing in the head and at the same time in the right eye.)

Heaviness of the head, with aching pain, in the morning (aft. 72 h.)

45. Aching stupefying headache, especially in the forehead, in every position (aft. 2 h.). [Lr.]

Aching stupefying headache, especially on the right side of the forehead, just above the right eyebrow, which pains as if sore on wrinkling his forehead (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Aching drawing pain on the right side of the forehead (aft. 2.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

Aching pain on the right temporal region, in all positons (aft. 3 h.). [Lr.]

Aching stitch-like pain on the left temple, which does not go off by touching (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

50. Aching stupefying headache (chiefly on the forehead), with fine stitches on the left temporal region near the outer canthus of the eye when walking and standing, going off when sitting (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Stitch-like pain on the left temple, which went off by touching (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

As if beaten on the front of the head.

At night (about 2 a.m.), along with an outbreak of perspiration, a hacking (sharp hard beating) in the head, as if it would burst her skull asunder.

On moving, violent throbbing headache in the forehead. [Stf.]

55. In the whole head, especially in the forehead, on rising up in bed, a violent throbbing headache, with sickness. [Stf.]

Throbbing headache in the forehead, just above the root of the nose. (aft. ½ h.)

At noon and midnight, for half an hour, a hammering, like blows of a hammer, in the temples, very painful, after which, for a couple of hours, she is as if paralsed in the body.

A dull throbbing pain in one half of the head, to above the eye.

Pain above the nose and in the forehead, as if sore or bruised, which goes off for instants by external rubbing.

60. Periodical headache. [TH. RAU, N. C., ix., obs. 37. (From application of A. to the scalp.) ]

Horrible headache. [JOH. JACOBI, Acta N. C., vi, obs. 62. (From suppression of ague by A. in a young man.) -RAU, l. c. – (aft. 6, 7 d.) KNAPE, l. c.]

Headache in occiput.

Tearing shooting in the left temple.

Tearing pains in the occiput. [Bhr.]

65. A small boil on the left side of the forehead, with smarting pain, for eight days. (aft. 24 h.). [fr. H-n]

On moving he feels as if the brain moved and struck against the skull internally.

Transient, squeezing headache above the eyes.

Headache as if stretched.

A headache acompounded of weight and tearing, with sleepy exhaustion by day (aft. 4 d.).

70. Clicking sensation in the head above the ears, while walking.

The scalp pains as if the head when touched.

Extrenal headache as if bruised, which is aggravated ny touch (aft. 3 h.).

Touching the hair of the head causes pain.

Formication on the integuments of the occiput, as if the roots of the hair moved (aft. 1 h.)

75. Contractive pain in the head.

( Throbbing like pulse-beats in the eyes, and at each throb a stitch, after midnight.)

Sunken eyes, yellow complexion.

Drawing pains in the eyes, and quivering in the eye-lids.

Above the left eyelid and in the upper half of the left eye-ball an aching pain, increase by looking upwards (aft. 1.3/4h.).

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.