Heart. Palpitation of the heart with anxiety (Aconite, Cact., Spigelia).
Neck and Back. Hard swelling of the cervical glands (Baryta c., Carb. v., Iodi.). Painless swelling of the glands in the neck, at the margin of the hair. The glands of the neck pain. Pain in neck on turning the head, as if a tumor would protrude there. Pains in loins and back, as if sprained, could scarcely rise from a seat (Rhus tox.). Drawing pain between the shoulders. Pressure between shoulders which on motion impedes respiration.
Limbs. Weakness and weariness of the limbs. Paralytic bruised pain in the long bones and in the joints of the limbs; also i n the small of the back on motion.
Upper Limbs. The arms feel bruised on moving them, or taking hold of them. The arm goes to sleep if he lies on it, with pains. Cramps in the whole of one or the other arm. Weakness and a kind of paralysis of the left arm. Pain as from a sprain in right wrist, or as if something had been wrenched or dislocated (Aconite, Bryonia, Eupat., Rhus tox.). Pain in joints as if swollen on waking in morning, without swelling. Trembling of the hands; finger joints much swollen. Sweating of the palms.
Lower Limbs. Painful weariness of the lower limbs, especially of the thighs and feet, as after a long walk (Argentum nit., Cinchona, Acid nitricum). Swelling and trembling in the legs after coition (Cinchona, Phosphorus ac.). Swelling of the knees; stitches, tearing. Stitches in patella on stepping when beginning to walk. Cramps in the legs (Camph.); in calves at night (Aconite, Camph., Nux v., Silicea, Sulphur); in hollow of knee when stretching out legs; in the soles; in the toes. Legs go to sleep in the evening when sitting. Burning in the soles (Sulphur). Feet feel cold and damp; sweating of the feet (Sepia, Silicea).
Generalities. Twitching of the muscles (Ignatia, Stramonium). Trembling of the body. Great weariness; not able to walk. Easily strained; cannot lift anything (Rhus tox.). Weak and sick of the morning; unable to go up stairs, or becomes much exhausted from it. Inclination to stretch in the morning. Takes cold very easily (Kali carb., Natr. ars., Phosphorus, Silicea). Epileptic attacks (Arsenicum, Belladonna). Tendency in children and young people to grow very fat. Great heaviness of the body. Children cannot walk; they have no position to do so and will not put their feet down.
Skin. Elevated red stripes on the tibia, with severe itching and burning after rubbing. Unhealthy, ulcerative skin; even small wounds suppurate (Graphites, Hepar s., Sulphur). Warts here and there. Nettle rash, mostly disappearing in cold air. Itching over various parts. Scurfy pimples on border of red portion of lower lip. Moist, scurfy eruptions (Graphites, Hepar s., Lycopodium, Mercurius).
Sleep. Sleepiness and weariness during the day. Difficult to arouse on walking, mornings. Persistent sleeplessness; so soon as he closes his eyes he sees figures. Late falling asleep in the evening. Frightful, anxious dreams (Arnica, Belladonna, Bryonia).
Fever. Excessive internal chilliness. Chill and heat alternating (Coccul., Mercurius); forenoons. Frequent flushes of heat, especially at night (Lachesis). Internal heat at night, especially in hands and feet; in morning; dry tongue. Profuse sweat from the slightest exertion (Ambra, China s., Kali nit., Mercurius, Phosphorus, Sepia, Silicea). Profuse sweat in the mornings (China s., Nitr. ac., Phosphorus, Rhus tox.). Night sweat (Cinchona, Mercurius, Phosphorus, Phosphorus ac., Sulphur).
Aggravations Mornings, evenings or after midnight; from cold and cold air; on ascending a height; during and after coition; after eating; from exertion; from walking; from milk; near or during full noon. Chronic troubles, better every other day.
Conditions. Fair, plump children; leuco-phlegmatic temperament. Excessively obese young people.
Compare. Arnica, Arsenicum, Baryta c., Belladonna, Calcarea, phos., Cinchona, Cuprum, Iodi., Graphites, Lycopodium, Kali carb., Magnesia carb., Nitr. ac., Mercurius, Phosphorus, Sepia., Silicea, Sulphur
Antidotes. Camph., Nitr. ac., Nitr. sp. d., Nux v., Sulphur
Calcarea Antidotes. Acid aceticum, Bism., Cinchona, China s., Nitr. ac., Sulphur
THERAPEUTICS.
Calcarea carbonica is a tissue remedy and invaluable in the treatment of all conditions resulting from mal-nutrition. Especially useful in scrofulous, tubercular and rachitic affections in general. Defective growth and development in children, both mental and physical; especially of the osseous system; open fontanelles; slow dentition, and consequent troubles; even convulsions; hydrocephalus; emaciation; skin flabby, hanging in folds; marasmus; patient weak and sluggish. Diseases of the bones; curvature of the spine, especially in dorsal region; child slow in learning to talk and walk. Tabes dorsalis. Chronic information of the joints, swelling without inflammatory symptoms, worse from change of weather, especially damp: white swelling and hip-joint disease after abscesses have formed. Disease of the glands; enlargement and induration in Calcarea subjects, as already explained; glandular suppuration and fistulous ulcers. Goitre. Valuable in polypus of the nose or ear. Scrofulous inflammations of the eyes and ears. Corneal inflammations, ulcers and opacities; closure of lachrymal ducts; as thenopia. Chronic nasal and bronchial catarrh in scrofulous subjects. Tuberculosis; hoarseness, dyspnoea on ascending purulent expectoration. Calcarea is often indicated for the disordered nutrition, menstrual derangements, and general cachexia that so often indicate incipient phthisis; dry night cough; emaciation; weakness; sweats, etc. Abscesses in the lungs, with characteristic symptoms. Hectic fever. Diseases of the skin in scrofulous children, especially eczema of the scalp. Warts, rhagades, etc. In chronic rheumatism Calcarea may be indicated in the characteristic subject, after Rhus has failed, especially if caused by working in water. Allen gives special stress to the value of Calcarea in all affections caused by working in water. Constitutional gout, nodosities caused by working in water. Constitutional gout, gouty nodosities on fingers. Rheumatoid arthritis. Calcarea may be useful in some nervous diseases in scrofulous subjects, especially epilepsy, particularly if it results from the constitutional cachexia or brought about by fright or suppression of some chronic eruption. Chorea; insomnia; melancholia. Enlarged liver in scrofulous subjects; jaundice; passage of gall-stones. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Calcarea is of great service in stomach and bowel troubles, especially of teething children. In such, milk disagrees, may be vomited in curds, or pass the bowels in the same manner. Sour vomiting; sour or undigested stools; cholera infantum. Dyspepsia, ravenous hunger; craving for eggs; also for coal, chalk and other indigestible things; bloated abdomen; acid fermentation, everything sours, sour risings; irregularity in menstruation, especially menorrhagia. Amenorrhoea in scrofulous girls, with symptoms pointing to tuberculous. Leucorrhoea like no nourishment, in scrofulous or tubercular women. Calcarea is useful for the results of sexual excesses in the male; impotence; sexual desire without erection; emissions imperfectly or premature; weakness after coition. Hydrocele, especially in scrofulous children.
ALLEN CORSON COWPERTHWAITE was born at Cape May, New Jersey, May 3, 1848, son of Joseph C. and Deborah (Godfrey) Cowperthwaite. He attended medical lectures at the University of Iowa in 1867-1868, and was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1869. He practiced his profession first in Illinois, and then in Nebraska. In 1877 he became Dean and Professor of Materia Medica in the recently organized Homeopathic Department of the State University of Iowa, holding the position till 1892. In 1884 he accepted the chair of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Clinical Medicine in the Homeopathic Medical College of the University of Michigan. He removed to Chicago in 1892, and became Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. From 1901 he also served as president of that College. He is the author of various works, notably "Insanity in its Medico-Legal Relations" (1876), "A Textbook of Materia Medica and Therapeutics" (1880), of "Gynecology" (1888), and of "The Practice of Medicine " (1901).