Stramonium Cured Cases


Clinical cases which were cured by the homeopathic medicine Stramonium in Constantine Hering’s practice. Published in the book Model Cures….


108. A man aet. 26, a musician, of sanguine temperament, became deranged after the death of his brother, who died in his arms. Scolding spitting, pushing, tearing clothes, breaking chairs, boring holes into the walls with his fingers. Changes his position from sitting to standing, talks nonsense, imagines at times to be God, at others the devil. Singing. Pupils contracted, eyes listless and sunken, sleepless, no appetite, does not answer when spoken to, avoids people’s looks; Stramon.- SZTAROVCSZKY

109. Great restlessness, confused memory. Red face and staring eyes. Sadness, weeping, thoughts of dying. Stammering, gets the words out with great difficulty. Cold feet, restless sleep with wrong visions. Fear of wild animals and black dogs; Stramon.- BETHMANN-

110. Mania; he thinks he is lying in his sepulchre; confessing, praying, wants to be killed by slaying; laughs as if tickled; wants to be kissed; accuses his wife as faithless; scolding, beating in a rage, will not be taken hold of by his attendants, takes them for dogs, and barks at them; talking in the Jewish Jargon, this he never did before; supposes his house to be surrounded by carts, Jews and geese, offending him, driving him into a rage; pale, eats nothing, does not sleep, while the muscles of his face are in a constant twitching motion. Case of long standing. Stramon. 9, cured in a few day.- SCHELLHAMMER

111. An old lady had a vision every night since six weeks, in which many persons, all strangers, came into her room and to her beside, causing her such fear that she had to leave the bed: Stramon – BECKER

112. A women, aet, 50, became weak-minded, childish, and laughed without cause. She had two paralytic attacks. each at 8 O’clock in the morning. She lay quietly on her back with closed eyes. Delirious talk always worse in the evening. Wants to get away, throws things out of the window, laughs much. At 3 A.M. violent spasms, which return every half hour. Wants of scream but cannot; gurgling sound in the throat; foams at the mouth; opisthotonos; strikes with one arm, with the other she only grasps; pale face, unconsciousness: Stramon.30.- HARTLAUB

113. Very restless in the evening in bed; converses with spirits who approach his bed, lays hold of a sword and talks about him to drive the fiend who is latter him from the room. Red face, glistering eyes, great thirst, distended abdomen and great sexual excitement: Stramon.- TRINKS.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.