Tearing pressure in the right temple (aft. 1 h.). [Hrr.]
35. Tearing aching and pressing outwards in the left side of the forehead (aft. 7.1/2 h.). [Hrr.]
Headache: cutting blows dart through the forehead and temples to the middle of the brain, returning after short pauses, immediately after lying down (aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
Violent single shoots in the right half of the brain (aft. 4 h.).
Cutting pressure from the left side of the occiput to the forehead (aft. ½ h.). [Hrr.]
Tearing shooting headache in the forehead, and pressive on the upper part of the frontal bone (aft. 4 h.). [Fz.]
40. Fine tearing in the head, especially in the forehead (aft. 7 h.). [Htn. (Probably a misprint for Hrr., as Hartmann does not appear as one of the provers.)]
A constrictive pain in the base of the brain, especially in the occiput and above the root of the nose, which continues without intermission, during which the head is leant to one side or the other; a pain that is much aggravated by stooping low, lying down, or external pressure – with coldness of hands and feet, hot forehead, and waking slumbar.
Fine tearing pain in the left side of the forehead and left side of the occiput (aft. ½ h.). [Hrr.]
Heat in the head and tearing headache, transient in character, and going off by by pressing on it (aft. 11 h.). [Fz.]
45. Rush of blood to the head (aft. 6 h.).
Extraordinary rush of blood to the head. ( The priliminary vertigo and the unconsciousness from a strong dose, along with the coldness of the rest of the body (See note to 47, 304, 311 to 313), seems to be the primary action of camphor, and points to a diminshed flow of blood o parts at a distance from the heart; on the other hand, the rush of blood to the head, the heat of the head, &c., are only a secondary action or reaction of the life in the same degree of intensity as was the previous opposite state, the primary action above mentioned. Just so, rapidly occuring, slight inflammation may therefore sometimes be removed by the palliative refrigerant effect of the primary action of camphor given internally, but long-standing inflammations cannot be so removed. The prolonged, or frequently repeated administration of camphor, is not unfrequently followed by obstinate inflammations of the eyes, which are of long duration, like every secondary action or reaction of the organism (comp. 283 to 292 and 297.) I will not deny that the external applications of camphor acts homoeopathically in acute cases of ophthalmia but I will not venture to say that this is my experience, as I never treat such cases by external remedies.) [WHYTT, (Effect of thirty grains.), Works, p. 646.- MURRAY, (General statement from authors. Here he is merely quoting Whytt.) Appar. Medorrhinum, iv., p. 584.]
The head is drawn spasmodically towards the shoulder(From a large dose given to a child, which caused loss of consciousness and deathly coldness of all parts of the body.) (aft. some m.)
(Fatal) inflammation of the brain. [QUARIN, (Occasional effects of large doses in fever patients. Query always, how much is fever and how much camphor?) Method. med. febr., p. 57.]
Paleness of the face.
50. Very pale face, with eyes at first closed, afterwards open and staring, with eye-balls directed upwards (aft. 2 h.). [Ws.]
Very red face. [QUARIN, l. c.]
Spasmodic distortion of the facial muscles, with foam before the mouth. (From several grains of camphor injected into the median vein.) [ORTEL, (Not accessible.) Medorrhinum pract. Beob., I, 1, Lpz., 1804.]
Pressure on the right palpebral muscle (aft. ¾ h.). [Hrr.]
Staring inflamed eyes. [QUARIN, l. c.]
55. He stares at every one with an astonished expression, without consciousness (aft. 2 h.). [Ws.]
Sensation of tension in the eyes (aft. ¾ h.). [Hrr.]
In the outer canthus of the eye a smarting (aft. ½ h.).
Frequent twitching in the outer canthus of the eye (aft. 28 h.). [Fz.]
Visible twitching sand quivering of the upper eyelid (aft. 36 h.). [Fz.]
60. Smarting itching in the eyelids. [Stf.]
Smarting and shooting in the eyelids (aft. 5 h.). [Fz.]
The eyelids are studded with many red spots (aft. 24 h.). [Ws.]
The eyes water in the open air. [Stf.]
In the white of the right eye a couple of red spots, without pain (aft. 24 h.). [Ws.]
65. Out-pressing pain in the right eyeball on moving it (aft. 2 h.). [Fz.]
Sensation in the left eyeball like pressure and blows from behind upon it (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Fz.]
Inflammation of the eyes (aft. 10 h.).
The eyeballs are turned upwards.
Distorted eyes. [ORTEL, l.c.]
70. Staring, distorted eyes.
Contracted pupils.
Extremely contracted pupils (aft. 35 h.). [Hrr.]
Dilated pupils (aft. 5 h.).
Obscuration of the sight. [WHYTT, – UNZER, l. c.]
75. Sensation as if all objects were too bright and shining (aft. 5 h.)
Wonderful figures hover before his eyes. [UNZER, l. c.]
He cannot bear the light (aft. ½ h.).
Feeling of heat in the lobes of the ears. [Stf.]
Redness of cheeks and lobes of the ears.
80. Hot, red ear-lobes. [Stf.]
Ringing in the ears. (Just before losing consciousness.) [ALEXANDER, l. c.]
A kind of tearing in the left ear (aft. 1 h.).
In the left meatus auditorius externus a dark red abscess, larger than a pea; on touching it he felt a shooting pressure (aft. 12 h.); it suppurated after 36 hours. [Hrr.]
In the anterior angle of the nostrils a shooting pain, as if the part were ulcerated and raw (aft. 2 h.).
85. Painful looseness of the teeth (aft. 10 h.).
The teeth feel too long, with a toothache apparently proceeding from swelling of the submaxillary glands.
Toothache: transient cutting blows dart through the gums at the roots of the incisors and canine teeth (From the smell.) (aft ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Dry feeling on the back of the tongue, like scraping, with much saliva. [Stf.]
Constant collection of saliva in the mouth (aft. ½ h.). [Hrr.]
90. Collection of saliva in the mouth, which is sometimes slimy and viscid (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Hrr.]
Foam appears in front of the mouth (aft. a few m.).
A dry scraping sensation on the palate. [Stf.]
Single coarse stitches in the palate (aft. 4 h.).
A chilly sensation rises into the mouth and along the palate (aft. 4 to 6 h.). [Fz.]
95. Disagreeable warmth in the mouth. [ALEXANDER, l. c.]
Violent burning on the palate down into the oesophagus, that urges him to drink, but is not allayed by any amount of drinking (From the smell.) (immediately). [Ws.]
Sensation of heat in the mouth and stomach. [MURRAY, l. c.]
In the morning, bad smell from the mouth, which he is himself aware of (aft. 20 h.).
Closure of the jaws (trismus).
100. (Nocturnal) sore-throat per se, and still more when swallowing, as if the gullet were sore and excoriated, with sensation in the throat as from partaking of something rancid.
Eructation and bringing up of the contents of the stomach.
After a meal frequent and almost constant empty eructation (aft. 3 h. and later). [Hrr.]
Pleasure in drinking, without thirst.
The first 24 hours, adipsia. [Ws.]
105. The first 36 hours, adipsia. [Hrr.]
Increased taste of all food; the beef-tea tastes too strong (aft. 2 h.).
The taste in the mouth is in itself correct, but everything he eats, and even the (accustomed) tobacco smokin, tastes bitter (aft. 13 h.). [Fz.]
Tobacco has a disagreeable bitter taste (aft. 2.3/4 h.). [Fz.]
Dislike to (accustomed) tobacco smoking; although it does not taste ill, tobacco is repugnant to him, and causes him to vomit.
110. Food tastes bitter, meat more so than bread, with erucation during and after eating, tasting of camphor (aft. 4 h.). [Fz.]
Frequent ejection of watery saliva. [Stf.]
Nausea. [GRIFFIN,- ALEXANDER, l. c.]
Nausea with flow of saliva. [Stf.]
Nausea and inclination to vomit, which always goes off after an eructation (aft. ¼ h.). [Fz.]
115. After several attacks of inclination to vomit, short attacks of vertigo. [HUFELAND, l. c.]
At the commencement of the vomiting, cold sweat, especially in the face. [Ws.]
Bilious vomiting, tinged with blood. [GRIFFIN, l. c.]
In the scrobiculus cordis, feeling as if it was distented and bruised, with fulness in the abdomen (aft. 25 h.). [Fz.]
Pain in the stomach.
120 Pain the gastric region. [HUFELAND, l. c.]
Aching pain in the scrobiculus cordis or in the anterior part of the liver.
Contractive pain under the short ribs extending into the lumbar vertebrae.
Aching pain in the hypochondria (aft. 1 h.).
Manifest coolness, especially in the scrobiculus cordis [Fr. HOFFMANN, Diss. De usu int. Camph., 1714, p. 20.]
125. Cold sensation in the epigastrium and hypogastrium (aft. ¼ h.). [Hrr.]
Violent burning heat in the epigastrium and hypogastrium (aft. 4 h.). [Hrr.]
Burning heat in the hypogastrium (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Hrr.]
Burning in the stomach. [WHYTT, – UNZER, – GRIFFIN, l. c.]
First discharge of much flatus, and after several hours, pressure in the abdomen, in the morning, as from distension with flatulence.
130. Flatulent sufferings in the abdomen.
The digestion is impeded [W. CULLEN, (From forty grains taken by a female maniac. This symptom not found.) Arzneimittell., ii, p. 331.]
Cutting colickly pain, at night (aft. 5.).
Feeling of hardness and weight in the abdomen above the navel. [Stf.]
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.