Chapter II: Part 2

_Fifth day._—Dreams about dead persons; she kisses dead persons, falls into pits where her feet get entangled; she walks sideways. 265. Quarrelsome, irritable mood, with agitation of the mind. Good appetite. The heel begins to peel off the same as the fingers. While dreaming she bites her forearm. Vertigo so as to fall forwards. 270. Sensation as if falling forward, though the prover remains immoveable. When raising the hand to the right side of the nape of the neck, a penetrating pain is felt which spreads to the ear. Stitch in the side, a whole day. The breathing through the nose is interrupted. One hears some one talking. 275. Violent itching of the hairy scalp.

_Sixth day._—Strange illusion of hearing; she heard whistling and ringing, and rises to see where it is. Frightful dreams; she buries a dead person and, with a knife, digs about in his wounds. Afterwards the experiences a burning remorse and sheds a flood of tears. She dreams that she has a fight with a man condemned to the galleys. 280. Desire to strike and pick a quarrel. Mental excitements. Itching of the soles of the feet, which continue to peel off. Small pimple with a good deal of itching. Slight discharge of a clear mucus from the urethra. 285. At the least contrariety the body shudders and the blood boils, with pricklings. Lassitude in all the limbs.

_Seventh day._—Desire to go to the country and play about in the grass. Desire to be alone; for days she remains in the corner of the anti-chamber. Sound sleep. Plans about travelling, &c. 290. She hears distant whistling. Bread tastes flat, like the triturated poison which had been swallowed for the purpose of proving it. She wants to leave the house at the moment when she is going to bed. She retires to a distant room to work. Irresistible desire to cry out with all her might. 295. Loathing of meat, bananas, and particularly bread. Desire for oranges, acids, and especially for sour beef. Profuse cold sweat all over the body.

_Eighth day._—During a whole month, bread does not mix up with other food, it returns by the nose the whole day, whereas the other kinds of food are either digested naturally or thrown up again by the mouth. Metrorrhagia. 300. Violent aversion to light; one prefers to be in the dark. Violent diarrhœa, continued. Breaking out of little pimples with an oval base, they dry up and are followed by desquamation of the epidermis.

_Ninth day._—Complete loss of appetite, she eats nothing but oranges. Bruising pain in the upper portion of the deltoid muscle, as if she had received a violent blow on the shoulder. 305. Tongue black or of a dark-red color. The tetter at the wing of the nose peels off. Yellow, irregular spots on the hand and around the fingers, over a considerable space. A red, transversal bar of an inch in thickness is seen in opening the eyes, and a red disk when shutting them. Boils on the arm. 310. Profound ennui. Depression of spirits; desire to be in a deep cavern, where nobody can be seen. Absence of thought. Complete loss of one’s self, so that the time passes away without one being conscious of it in the least.

_Tenth day._—After eating an orange and bread, the orange returns by the mouth and the bread by the nose. 315. Coldness at the back part of the thighs. Furfuraceous tetter and itching at the hairy scalp. She feels hungry and yet is unable to eat. Small miliary pimples upon a red base at the corner of the nose. Violent hunger. 320. Burning in the stomach which extends to the duodenum. Suffocative oppression after eating. Pain in the right side, as if in the pleura, striking to the axilla. Constant hunger which cannot be appeased on account of the continual vomiting. Small suppurating pimples on the hands, fingers, wrists, gums, at the inside of the cheeks. 325. Violent itching at the abdomen, especially while walking. Innumerable white pimples at the inside of the thighs, which get inflamed in the day-time and prevent one from walking in the evening. Burning of the eyebrows. Drowsy in the day-time, especially at two o’clock, and sleepless at night. Tickling at the root of the nose, as from worms. 330. Tongue swollen and whitish, in the morning. Bloating around the eyes which appear sunken in the morning. The arterial blood spirts from the nose and ears. Formication at the anus as if a worm were gnawing at the parts. Suppression of urine. 335. Tickling and frightful formication at the vulva. Very thirsty; desire for milk. Cold sweat all over. Slow digestion, one has to drink after every mouthful that one swallows. Excessive horror of rain. 340. Discharge of a black blood from the womb. Noise as from a valve closing in the trachea and causing a column of air to ascend to the pharynx.

_Eleventh day._—Discharge of blood from the ear. The bread returns by the nose.

_Twelfth day._—Loathing of bread and other food. 345. Decided taste for oranges and salad. Watery vomiting in the morning. Ellyptical pimples full of serum. Acute pains in the descending colon. Small red pimples at the tips of the fingers.

_Thirteenth day._—350. The gums become loose near to the roots of the teeth. The intestines seem to turn violently about one other, after which they feel for a few moments as if twisted together like a cord, and then are suddenly strung together as by a knot, causing a sensation as if the abdomen would be choked from side to side. Extreme sensation of coldness after drinking and as if ice-water were rising and descending through a cylindrical opening in the left lungs. Vomiting of food.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

MENTAL AND MORAL: 1. He imagines he is receiving blows. Absence of mind. Horror of rain. Complete forgetfulness of one’s-self. 5. She wants to go out at the moment of retiring to bed. Irresistible desire to cry out. Vertigo, she falls forwards. Depression of spirits, she desires to be in a cavern, alone. Desire for country-air and sport. 10. Desire for solitude. Plans about travelling, &c. Quarrelsome.

HEAD: Pain in cerebellum, right side. The hairy scalp at the occipital protuberance feels raw, in the morning. 15. Painful constriction in the temples and eyes. Horrid pains when inclining the head backwards. Weight in forehead. Weight in right parietal region and pain penetrating to the nape of the neck. Sensation as of a foreign body in right temple. 20. Pain in the forehead. Boring pain from vertex to right eyebrow. Pain at the roots of the hairs on the occiput. Itching of the hairy scalp.

FACE: Dark complexion. 25. Itching in the ear and cheek. Lancinations from the root of the nose to the ear. Boring pain from the lower jaw to the right eye, and then from the right eyelid to the ear.

EAR: Pinching at helix and lobule. Itching in the ear. 30. The cerumen is hardened and black. Itching in the right meatus. Deafness. Illusion of hearing, she hears a whistling and ringing. He imagines he hears some one speak. 35. Ringing. Constant buzzing in the meatus. Buzzing. Discharge of a serous fluid from the left ear. Discharge of blood from the ear. 40. Discharge of a greenish-yellow liquid from the ear, morning.

EYES: Stye at left eye, with lancination. Tickling and red streaks of the sclerotica. The left eyebrow is painful and drawn down. Blood oozes from the eyes. 45. Blindness for some minutes. Violent itching in the left eye. Prickling in the eyebrows. Aversion to light. Burning of the eyebrows. 50. Bloating around the eyes, in the morning. Aching pain around the eyes, with vanishing of sight. Sharp prickling in the inner canthi. Desire to close one’s eyes. Lancination in outer canthus of left eye. 55. The eye is sensitive to cold water. Red eyebrows. Eyes red and inflamed. Difficulty of opening the eyes. Sand in the eyes. 60. Blear-eyed. Glassy look. Sensation in the right eye as of a gauze of a blueish-white or mother-of-pearl color. Black disk at a few feet from the eye, when walking. Greyish gauze before the eyes, gradually spreading over the whole field of vision. 65. Red bar before the eyes when opening them, and a red disk when shutting them. When closing the eyes, every thing looks red, dotted with black points. Sense of long, white filaments before the eyes.

NOSE: Tickling at the nose. Stoppage of right nostril. 70. Bad smell from the nose. Distressing prickling in the superior nasal fossa. Tickling at the root of the nose. Swelling of the nose, with pain extending to the ear. Stoppage of the nostrils. 75. Heat in left nostril, and swelling of the septum. White and watery mucus is discharged from the nose.

TEETH: The teeth are loose. Prickling in left gums. Swelling of the gums on the last three molares. 80. Looseness of the gums at the roots of the teeth.

MOUTH: Salt tasting saliva. Bitter, salt taste in mouth. Prickling at the tip of the tongue. Tongue swollen and whitish, in the morning. 85. Tongue black or dark-red.

THROAT: The beverage is arrested in the œsophagus as by a spasmodic contraction of this organ, after which it descends like a heavy weight. Pulling in the œsophagus. Constriction with pressure, in the throat. Sensation as if the food turned like a screw while passing down. 90. Burning as from peppermint, from the larynx to the tongue. Sensation as of a valve in the trachea causing a column of air to ascend in the pharynx. Stoppage in the œsophagus, after eating, as if a sponge had lodged there.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS: Vomiting of green bile, followed by bilious diarrhœa. Weight at the stomach, after eating. 95. Acidity, with nausea and faint feeling. Violent thirst. Cold feeling in the chest, after drinking. Desire for food, with aversion to eating. Desire for food causing a violent headache, unless satisfied at once. 100. Violent hunger. Suffocative oppression after eating. Bloating of the stomach after eating. Acidity after every mouthful of food. Aversion to food. 105. Desire for cold water, ice. Sour eructation. Sense of coldness after drinking, as if ice-water were rising and descending through an opening in the left lung. She has to drink after every mouthful she swallows. Watery vomiting in the morning. 110. She feels hungry, but is unable to eat. Hunger, with continual vomiting, preventing one from appeasing the hunger. Aversion to meat, bread. Desire for oranges, acid. Loss of appetite. 115. Bread returns by the nose, and does not mix up with the other kinds of food, for a month. Bread tastes flat, like the poison. Fruit and cold drinks feel like ice in the stomach. Shuddering and chattering of the teeth, after taking a cold drink. Suffocative oppression while eating. 120. Eructations tasting like spoiled eggs. The dinner distresses him. Pulling in pit of stomach. The food descends violently into the stomach, which trembles.

STOMACH: Burning in the stomach. 125. Sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach. Swelling of the stomach. Pulling at the cardiac orifice, with sense of hunger and boring to the spine. Weight in stomach, with desire to vomit, after eating.

ABDOMEN: Lancinations from the navel to the womb. Pains in the loins as from a band, extending to the uterus. Colic spreading from the cœcum to the rectum. Swelling of the inguinal glands. Colic, with urging to stool. Borborygmi. 130. Falling of rectum. Distress in abdomen. Pressure in right hypochondrium. Itching, drawing and pricking at epigastrium, hindering breathing. The intestines turn about one another, and then feel twisted as by a cord, and strung together in a knot, with strangulating sensation in the abdomen. 140. Formication at the anus, as from worms. Acute pains in the descending colon. Itching at the abdomen, especially when walking. Sensation as if the blood in the abdomen were flowing backwards, with violent pain and palpitations, succeeded by lancinations. Sudden colic, with diarrhœa. 145. Bloat in region of diaphragm. Sense of an iron bar pressing on the loins. Sensation in the abdomen as of a tube which can be closed by a valve and through which liquid is poured into the abdomen. Lancinations from both groins to the symphysis pubis.

STOOL: Blackish and froth, diarrhœa. 150. Lienteria. Constriction of the sphincter. Watery, yellowish diarrhœa, with slime, also rumbling. Discharge of black, liquid blood from the bowels. Constriction of the sphincter, after bloody stool. 155. Bloody dysentery. Diarrhœa consisting of bile and bloody mucus. Discharge of black blood at stool, with colic as though the bowels would be twisted.

URINARY AND SEXUAL: Red urine, with cloudy sediment. Thick urine with red sediment. 160. Pain in urethra while urinating. Red urine. Suppression of urine. Discharge of mucus from the urethra. Itching excoriation on the back of the penis. 165. Impotence. Lancinations and prickings in the penis. Weight and swelling of the testes. The skin of the prepuce is thick and inflamed. Discharge of prostatic fluid. 170. Discharge of black blood between the menses. Prickling in the uterus, vagina and pubic region. White, albuminous leucorrhœa. Weight at the uterus. Weight at the vagina, after an attack of hysteric colic. 175. Horrid formication at the vulva. Discharge of black blood from the womb. Metrorrhagia. Itching in the vagina. Premature menses. 180. Weight in the vagina, with acute pain preventing her from going up-stairs.

BRONCHIAL: Coryza from the least currents of air. Constant cough. Fit of dry cough which ends in raising black blood, with tearing pains in every part of the lungs and especially in right side, superiorly. Taste of blood in mouth before coughing. 185. Loose cough. Hoarseness. Chronic loss of breath on going up-stairs. Violent distress in the chest. Sensation as if the pleura would be torn, and as if the lungs would be split by force.

CHEST: 190. Spitting of black blood, with painful tearing as if proceeding from the heart. Constriction of the chest. Stitches in upper part of each lung. Painful pulling in right lung on which account he is unable to lean to the right side. Dull pain in right lung, worse when walking. 195. Dull pain in right lung, worse when walking, with rush of blood to the throat. Prickling and pulling in right lung. Palpitation of the heart.

BACK: Lancinations in the dorsal muscles. Pain in the whole spinal marrow. 200. Pressure between the shoulders. Coldness in the back. Lancinations from the occiput to the sacrum, with pain in the temples.

NECK: Sense of excoriation at the nape of the neck. Painful pressure at nape of neck. 205. The parotid glands are painful. Bruising pain in sides of neck. Twitching in the parotid glands. Tension in nape of neck. Stiffness of the neck. 210. Beating in the nape of neck, like the ticking of a clock. Throbbing of the external carotid. When raising the hand to the right side of the neck, a penetrating pain in feet, spreading to the ear. The neck remains twisted when turned.

UPPER EXTREMITIES: Painful drawing at the inner side of the arm. 215. Itching under the axilla, with tetter. The arm and hand are swollen, blueish, covered with red spots, also the right leg and foot. Bruising pain in the deltoid muscle. Painful drawing from axilla to wrist, at inner side. Crampy constriction at the bend of the elbow. 220. Pains in the elbows. Warmth in the hollow of the hand, after dinner. The right hand feels numb, with a stitch through the metacarpus. The hand looks congested, and is as if paralysed. Lancinations in the back of the hands. 225. Pulling in right hand. Prickling in the back of the right hand. Burning in the hands while preparing the drug. The right hand feels as if paralysed. Smarting under the nails. 230. The tips of the fingers peel off. Redness and pain under the nails, the parts look as if raw. Crampy constriction in the phalanxes and under the nails.

LOWER EXTREMITIES: The lower limbs give way. Acute pain in the right iliac bone, as though the crest were swollen and inflamed. 235. Coldness behind the thighs. Cramps in the calves. Lancination at inner side of the knee. Cramps in the calves. Icy-coldness of the right legs. 240. Pains in the knees, especially the left, as if bruised and contused. Sense of spraining and stiffness in the knee-joint. Contusive pain at inner side of left leg, with sensation as if something were rising and descending in the tibia. The soles of the feet itch and peel off. Drawing-up of the feet. 245. The left foot is swollen and blue, with red spots. Pain in the right instep, as from walking. Lancinations in the soles of the feet while seated, ceasing when walking. Dartings in the left fourth toe, now and then. The heel peels off. 250. Prickling under the toe-nails.

FEVER: Sensitive to cold. Sweat on the forehead and nape of neck. The arm shudders when dipping the hand in water. Shuddering of the arm when dipping the hand into cold water. 255. Cold sweat all over.

SLEEP: Sleeplessness with uneasiness. Drowsy all day, no sleep at night. Dreams about previous business. Nightmare, with congestion about the head. 260. Anxious dreams. She dreams that she buries a dead person and digs in his wounds with a knife. She dreams that she is fighting with a man condemned to the galleys. She bites his hand during sleep. Dreams about dead persons, she kisses them and falls into pits. 265. Dreams about business.

CUTANEOUS: Red spot on the knee-pan. Boils on the arm. Crusty eruption on the ear and cheek. Itching pimple on the legs. Vesicular eruption on the feet. 270. Phlyctænæ here and there, especially on the extremities. Pimples full of serum. Red pimples at the tips of the fingers. Miliary pimples at the corner of the nose, upon a red base. Furfuraceous tetter at the hairy scalp. 275. Suppurating pimples on the hands, fingers, wrists, gums, &c. Numerous white pimples at the inside of the thighs, inflamed in the day-time. Little pimples, followed by desquamation. Yellow spots on the hand and fingers. Red tetter from the corner of the right nostril to the cheek.

GENERAL: 280. Lassitude in the limbs. Congestion first to the chest, then the abdomen. Stitch in the side. Pressure in left side, extending to the vertebral column. Black blood spirts out of the finger when pricked. 285. The right side feels sensitive, with inability to rise in the morning. Prickling as by spice, after triturating the drugs. Spirting of arterial blood from the nose and ears. Pain in the right side, up to the axilla. Stitch in the side. 290. Lassitude in all the limbs. At the least contrariety the body shudders and the blood boils, with prickling. Cramps in the right side. Quick lancinations in the back, sides and arms. The extremities look blue, with reddish spots. 295. Paralysis of the right side. The right side is numb and as if paralysed. Constrictive pain at the bend of the elbow and knee. A change of position is painful. Aching in left side. 300. Disposed to faint.

PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE).

It is scarcely necessary to give a description of this species which is sufficiently known; we shall content ourselves with indicating the principal characteristics which distinguish it from the other vermin living on the surface of the human body. The louse is of an oval form; flattened, longer than the crab-louse; its head is very small; its thorax is composed of three not very distinct rings; the abdomen is all of one piece, rounded off on the sides; it is ash-colored, whereas the crab-louse is entirely white. The lice which have been made use of in our provings, were taken from the head of a healthy child of five years.

Even before undertaking this experiment we expected to derive from it important results. We entertained the belief that nature pointed out to us the louse as a specific for the hereditary psora, in which belief we were strengthened by the fact that psorin develops the lice-malady in healthy persons. And we are now prepared to affirm that we have found the louse one of the most useful agents in diseases of children. We offer the following pathogenesis with a sincere pleasure which none but those who devote themselves to such patient investigations, can appreciate.[2]

SYMPTOMATIC ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

MORAL AND MENTAL: 1. Depression of spirits. Dulness of feeling. Merry in the evening. Very merry. 5. Irascible. Sad without cause. Sensation as if raised off the ground by the hair. She is waked in the night by an attack of dizziness, and inability to open the eyes. Dizziness while walking; the cerebellum feels compressed, with beating and an acute pain on rising in the morning.

HEAD: 10. Frontal headache. Headache at intervals, and abating all at once. Headache in the evening. Heaviness of the head. Dulness of the head, on rising, with beating in the right temple. 15. Heaviness at the vertex. Violent headache, with dizziness and nausea, in the forenoon. Violent headache, worse on stooping. Headache, with nausea, when walking. Violent headache, and darting in the forehead, when walking. 20. Dull pain in the head, on rising from bed. Headache and pressure at the nasal eminence. Lancinations in the forehead. Dartings in the forehead. Dartings in the right parietal bone. 25. Intermittent dartings in the head, worse when stooping. Heat about the head. Itching of the hairy scalp, in front. Contraction of the hairy scalp. Itching of the left temple. 30. Itching of the hairy scalp. Shuddering over the left side of the hairy scalp. Falling of the hair.

FACE: Dark complexion. Warmth of the face, afternoon. 35. Itching of the beard. The face is red and bloated. Sweat in the face. Scarlet-redness of the face. Itching at the right lower part of the face. 40. Heat in the face. Tingling pain in the right cheek. Itching of the face and hairy scalp. The left cheek is swollen.

NOSE: Tickling and prickling at the left wing of the nose. 45. Inflammation of the nasal fossæ. Dartings in the root of the nose. Itching of the tip of the nose.

EARS: Itching in the left ear, evening. Buzzing in the ears. 50. Hot ears. Itching of the right ear. Whizzing in the ears, when whistling. Cracking in the right ear, when eating.

EYES: Itching of the left eyelid. 55. Rings around the eyes. Dilatation of the pupils. Smarting of the eyes as from weeping. The eyes feel weary, are red and smart. Sensation as of sand in the eyes. 60. Smarting around the eyes.

TEETH: The lower jaw feels tired, as from chewing too much. Dartings in the right upper molares.

MOUTH: The lips are black and cracked. Dry, swollen and red lips. 65. Burning and prickling on the border of the tongue, which is red and cracked.

GASTRIC: Hunger, with inability to swallow; the pharynx seems to contract, followed by fainting and desire to vomit, at noon. Aversion to food. Constant nausea in the evening. Difficult digestion, with contraction of the stomach. 70. Colic and diarrhœa after dinner.

THROAT: Sore throat, getting worse until evening. Scraping in the throat. Sore throat every evening. Transitory choking, especially after supper. 75. Dryness of the throat. Scraping at the tonsils, when swallowing. Sore throat, with constriction of the pharynx. Constant swallowing of saliva.

STOMACH, &c.: Stomach-ache, and dartings in the umbilical region. 80. Violent colic. Slight colic.

STOOL: Soft stool, in the evening. Diarrhœa evening and next morning. Hard and scanty stool.

URINARY, GENITAL, &c.: 85. Frequent and copious discharge of a watery, yellow-greenish urine. Red urine. Yellow, clear urine. Frequent and copious micturition. Continual erection, without desire. 90. Leucorrhœa. Shifting pain in the uterus, in the evening. Painful stitch in the uterus. Painful dartings, heat and itching in the uterus.

BRONCHIAL, CHEST: Thirst with hoarseness, towards evening. 95. Dry and convulsive cough. Numbness while drawing breath. Pain in the breasts, when drawing breath. Pain in the chest, worse when touched. Oppression on the chest, in the evening.

BACK: 100. Tickling at the nape of the neck and between the shoulders. Itching of the nape of the neck and back. Frequent pain in the loins, when standing. Itching of the back.

EXTREMITIES: Bruising pain on the shoulders and arms. 105. Darting at the arms. Itching of the forearm, in the evening. Pain in the bend of the right arm. Itching of the forearm, in the evening. Tickling at the left wrist. 110. Tickling at the wrists. Darting in the back of the left hand. Itching at the backs of the hands. Itching of the back of the hand, with redness and swelling of the veins. Tremor of the hands. 115. Darting and itching at the first phalanx of the middle-finger. Tingling in the tips of the middle and index fingers. Itching at the ring-finger. Itching of first phalanx of right index-finger. Redness and itching at the right hip. 120. Itching as from nettles in the bend of the thigh. The skin on the left thigh peels off. Weakness of the lower limbs. The knee and upper portion of the left lower limb feel tired. Violent lancination above the left knee-pan. 125. Beating above the left knee-pan. Weariness of the knees, especially the left, in the evening. Intense itching at the right instep. Cold sweat at the feet, followed by excessive coldness, in the evening. Ganglion under the foot, hard, swollen, and painful when walking.

SLEEP, FEVER: 130. Yawning. Drowsy. Uneasy sleep. Restless night. Frequent waking. 135. Dreams about a mob, then amorous dreams with an emission. Confused dreams about being pursued. He dreams that he is dissecting one of his friends. He dreams that he sees people skate on the Seine, in summer. She dreams that she sees acquaintances walk on water. 140. She dreams that she is sick in a dirty hospital, full of vermin; water flows from her mouth. Dream about large-lice. She dreams that she sees a large, black figure flying to the clouds. He dreams that he is to die in a prison, whence he escapes by crawling out. Shuddering all over, eight or ten times in succession. 145. Shuddering in the evening. Shuddering and twitching. Fever.

CUTANEOUS: Pimples in the face, on the forehead, temples, chin, &c., vesicular with a black point in the centre. Miliary pimples at the nape of the neck, on a red base. 150. Red pimples on the hands, passing off soon. Red, inflamed pimples on the temples, shoulders, arms, legs. Inflamed pimples on the back, red all around, white in the middle, with a black point in the centre. Red inflamed pimples in the face, evening. Smarting pimples on the back, white at their tips. 155. Red inflamed pimples on the left shoulder and arm. White blotches above the left breast. A number of small pimples on the left knee, black at the centre. Small red pimples on the feet, on taking them out of the warm water. Red pimples on the shoulders. 160. Small red pimples and itching on the right calf. Red pimples with a black point in the middle, on the right side of the neck. Miliary pimples on the calves, with itching. Miliary eruption at the inside of the thighs, with itching. Former pimples at the nape of the neck reappear. 165. Miliary pimples at the inside of the arms. White pimples on the forehead.

GENERAL: Increase of physical strength. Swelling of the breasts, face, and then of the whole body. Itching all over. 170. Face, hands and feet look red. Tickling all over. Starting when sitting or lying in the evening. Prickling all over, the whole day. Prickling all over, especially at the front part of the thigh. 175. Weariness, dizziness, faint feeling. Shivering, heat and dryness of the extremities. Itching of the skin. Heaviness. Itching here and there, at night.

ELEIS GUINEENSIS. (JACQ.)

ELE.—PALM-TREE.

This species is spread all over South-America; it prefers cultivated and sunny regions. Its trunk, which is from 25 to 30 feet high, is covered by the persistent bases of the leaves. The top-leaves form a thick tuft; they are large, pennate, with numerous folioles, ensiform, alternate and sessile, attached to a strong rachis or spike the petioler portion of which is garnished with long and sharp prickles. The flowers are monœcious with a papyraceous perianthus having six divisions. The male flowers have six stamens and three internal, erect and converging folioles. They form ramose spathes in fusiform masses, placed between the bases of the leaves. The female flowers are scattered; the ovary is sub-cylindrical, surmounted by a short style with a bilobate stigma. The fruit is oval, oleaginous, of a reddish yellow, surrounded by a hard and angular pericarp. We have had it drawn of a large size in comparison to the tree.

The fruit is triturated.

_First day_ (in the morning).—1. Ennui when alone. Bitter eructations. Nausea. Drowsiness in the day-time. 5. Heat in the face. Throbbing pain in the nape of the neck. (In the afternoon): pain in the middle of the chest, as if pricked by pins. The breathing is embarrassed. Hammering pain all through the head. 10. Vacillating gait. Loss of appetite. Beating at the left arm, as if drumming on it with the finger.

_Second day._—Swelling of the right leg. Pain at the foot when walking, whenever the foot touches the ground. 15. The same pain is felt when touching the sole of the foot with the hand. Itching all over. He feels strong and healthy. Small vesicles on the swollen leg. They break when pressed upon, a little fluid spirting out. 20. Similar vesicles break out on the left leg, arm and on various other parts of the body, without any swelling. Merry mood, and laughter, even when alone. Remembrance of a former shipwreck. Pain at the right knee as from a blow. Pains at the right leg as if stung. 25. Continual itching all over. Pain as if contused at the right side of the chest. Swelling, roughness and itching of the skin of the right leg. The skin seems to be thicker. Acute pain at the lower past of the left leg, as if a penknife had been thrust in.

_Third day._—30. The leg is less swollen. Colic after taking a cold drink. Sadness. Pain at the bend of the knee, as from a blow. Desire to vomit. 35. Violent colic. Weakness of the legs. At candle light the sight becomes confused; when writing he makes the letters much larger than usual. Throbbing pain in the calves. Breathing embarrassed, with a sigh. 40. Hammering pain at the tibia, nape of the neck and right foot. Pains in the right shoulder, as from a blow. The sight is weaker than before. Shuddering. White urine. 45. Blackish stool. Constrictive pain around the neck as if a string were tied round. Good appetite. Out of humor. Disobedient. 50. Wants to cry (weep).

_Fourth day._—The foot swells up more and more. Hammering pain in the foot all the time. Lancinations in the throat when swallowing. Pain in the abdomen, with sensation as if bruised. 55. Throbbing toothache. Prickling in the larynx when drawing breath. He approaches his hand to the fire without burning himself, whereas another person got burnt at the same distance. An hour after, he feels very keenly that he had been burnt. Stinging pain in the throat when swallowing saliva.

_Fifth day._—60. Bad smell in the mouth, after drinking water. Cough with lancinations in the sides. Heat in the tongue when taking dinner, so violent that he was obliged to stop eating.

_Sixth day._—The swelling of the leg increases. The vesicles on the right leg and foot have dried. Other vesicles break out on the left leg and arm.

_Tenth day._—65. After a complete disappearance of all the symptoms, he smells of the drug and afterwards takes 10 drops of the mother-tincture. After taking them, bad smell in the mouth. Foul eructations. Merry mood. Hammering in the temple. 70. Lancinations in the right side of the chest, every 5 minutes, less during rest. Breaking out of vesicles which are full of water and larger than the former ones. Itching every 5 minutes, especially at the legs. On each side of the pit of the stomach the skin appears thicker, with pain in the last false ribs as if a peg were stuck in there.

_Eleventh day._—Swelling of the right eye. 75. He is unable to look at an object steadily. Lancinations in various parts of the body, especially when going down-stairs. Tumor at the left arm. No sleep at night in consequence of the violent itching. Swelling of the left eye. 80. Frequent diarrhœa. He vomits up a cake as soon as he had eaten it.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

MENTAL AND MORAL: 1. Out of humor. Sad. Ennui when alone. Merry.

HEAD, &c.: 5. Hammering in the temple. Hammering in the head. Hot face.

EYES, EARS, NOSE: Swelling of the left eye. Swelling of the right eye. 10. Unable to look at an object steadily. Confused sight at candle-light. Throbbing toothache. Bad smell in the mouth, after drinking water. Violent heat in the tongue when taking his dinner.

GASTRIC: 15. Foul eructations. Colic, after taking a cold drink. Desire to vomit. Nausea. Bitter eructations. 20. Loss of appetite. He throws up cake immediately after eating it. Shootings in the throat when swallowing. Bruising pain in abdomen.

STOOL: Black stool. 25. Frequent diarrhœa. White urine. Prickling in larynx when drawing breath. Cough, with lancinations in the sides. Lancinations in the right side of the chest, less during rest. 30. Contusive pain at right side of chest. Embarrassed breathing. Pricking pain in middle of chest. Constrictive pain around the neck. Throbbing pain in nape of neck.

EXTREMITIES: 35. Swelling at the left arm. Beating at the left arm. The hand gets burnt when holding it near the fire. Swelling of the right leg. Throbbing pain in the calves. 40. Sharp sticking pain at lower part of left leg. Swelling, roughness and itching of right leg. Pain at the right leg as if stung. Bruising pain at the bend of the knee. Bruising pain at the right knee. 45. Pain at the foot when walking or touching the sole. Drowsy. Shuddering. Itching all over. The skin on each side of the stomach appears thicker, with sticking pain in the last false ribs. 50. Itching every few minutes, especially at the legs. Vesicles here and there, containing a fluid. Vesicles on the swollen leg, containing a fluid. Hammering pain at the tibia, nape of the neck and foot. Vacillating gait. Lancinations in various parts, especially when going down-stairs.

MIMOSA HUMILIS. (WILD.)

MIM.

This species which is one of the smallest of the genus Mimosa, is found in the prairies around Rio-Janeiro. Its stem is feeble, rather woody, ramose, pubescent above and covered with very sharp prickles. The leaves are bipinnate, the pinnæ being three- or four-paired, with small, linear folioles, which close at the least contact; there are from 6 to 12 on each side of the spike. The flowers are small, sessile, forming pretty silky tufts of a violet color. The fruit is somewhat triangular, flattened, covered with long and stiff hairs, and surrounded by a persistent pericarp, divided in two capsules, each of which contains one seed.

_First day._—1. Twitching of the arm, which extends even to the chest. Smarting pain in the legs, with lameness of the knee. Headache, with weakness of the stomach. Stomach-ache after breakfast. 5. Drowsiness. Flatulence and rumbling in the bowels. Yawning. Ptyalism. Shuddering. 10. Trembling of the legs. Lancinations in the legs and hands. Sneezing. Coryza and discharge from the nose. Inflamed eyes. 15. Papulæ on the left leg. Constipation. Depression of spirits.

_Second day._—Frequent waking at night. Dry cough in the morning. 20. Stomach-ache after breakfast. Vertigo. Halo around the candle-light. Numbness of the hands. Stiffness of the bends of the knees. 25. Sense of heat in the head. The head seems larger than usual. Yawning. Indolent indifference. Flatulent colic in the evening. 30. Frequent stools, with colic. Papulous excrescence of the size of an almond on the right leg, painful and itching. The same swelling at the instep. Drowsy in the evening. Difficult breathing.

_Third day._—35. Inflammatory swelling of the scrotum. Itching of the eyes. Pressure at the nape of the neck and the right temple. Papulous excrescence at the tendo-Achillis. Dimness of vision. 40. Pain in the sides of the head. Diarrhœa.

_Fourth day._—Swelling of the left ankle, with redness, tension and lancinations. The excrescences on the leg disappear; similar ones appear on the left arm. Easy stool. 45. Numbness of the arm and right hand, passing off when moving the parts. The left eye becomes inflamed. Want of breath.

_Fifth day._—Bleeding of the gums. The papulæ disappear. 50. Acute lancinations, now in the legs, then in the arms. Violent lancinations in the back as from a penknife. Drowsy in the evening, with frequent waking at night.

_Sixth day._—Inflammatory swelling of the left hand. Shuddering.

_Eighth day._—55. Flatulence. Diarrhœa.

_Tenth day._—Diarrhœa. Whizzing in the ears.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: 1. Vertigo. Indifference. Depression of spirits. Pain in the sides of the head. 5. Headache, with weak stomach. Heat in the head. The head feels as if swollen. Coryza, fluent. Itching of the eyes. 10. Dimness of sight. The left eye is inflamed. Inflamed eyes. Whizzing in the ears. Bleeding of the gums.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS, &c.: 15. Ptyalism. Stomach-ache after breakfast. Flatulent colic. Diarrhœa. Easy stool. 20. Frequent stools with colic. Rumbling. Dry cough. Oppressed breathing.

EXTREMITIES: Pressure at nape of neck. 25. Lancinations in the back. Twitching of the arm. Smarting in the legs, with lame knee. Trembling of the legs. Lancinations in the legs and hand. 30. Stiffness of the bends of the knees. Numbness of the arm and right hand. Lancinations in the legs and arms. Inflammatory swelling of the left hand. Swelling of left ankle, with redness. 35. Yawning. Drowsy. Shuddering. Papulæ on left leg and arm. Papulous excrescence on the right leg and instep.

CERVUS BRAZILICUS (NOBIS).

CERV.—BRAZILIAN STAG; GUAZOUTI. PORTUG: GOUAZOUPITA.

This stag whose forms are extremely fine and graceful, inhabits the forests of Brazil. Its size is about the same as that of our stag. Its skin the color of which never changes, is of a brownish fallow, being rather lighter towards the abdomen, the posterior part of the thighs and the tail. The inferior surface of the lower jaw, the part above and below the eyes, the interior of the ears and the abdomen are white; a black line encircles the jaws and gradually disappears under the lower one. The eyes of the guazouti are black, it has no canine teeth; its mouth, which is very slender, tapers to a muzzle. The horns which, in every case, are not very high and extremely regular, are at first straight; they curve forward in the second year, send forth three antlers, the anterior being placed about two inches above the burr, which is turned a little inward, and the other two at the superior and posterior part of the staff. The horns become bigger as they grow older, but the number of antlers remains the same. We triturate the skin, which should be used fresh and covered with the hair.

_First day._—1. Copper taste in the mouth, and a sensation of heat in the throat when taking the drug. Light or comatose sleep, with dreams about men who are dressed in black, about pistol-shots, imprisonment. Uneasiness. At five o’clock in the morning, the head feels heavy and dull, especially the front part. 5. Constant heat in head. At half past nine the left side of the tongue feels hurt. Languid feeling, he wants to lie down. Unable to work. Sensation of goose-flesh as if some one were cutting cork close to him. 10. Repeated yawning. He feels cold though he is wrapt up well. Slumbers from half past two to three o’clock. Slight diarrhœa. 15. The heat in the face increases (at four o’clock). Dark-red spots, with inflammation of the right side of the face. Head dull and heavy. Heat about the legs. At six o’clock, slight pain around the navel, which, however, does not last long. 20. Pricking at the right nasal wing. At noon, the head feels compressed as by a band tied together at the nape of the neck. Bruising sensation in the left toes. Frequent pain, now in the left buttock, and then in the thigh. The left leg feels weak. 25. Small callosity above the internal ankle of the left foot. General feeling of weariness and of being bruised.

_Second day._—Restless sleep as the first night. Wakes several times at night, always preoccupied with the idea of quarrelling with somebody who frightened him. The dulness continues. 30. Weight at the forehead. Tight feeling at the inner side of the right leg, with red spots. Appearance like incipient erysipelas. Shuddering with twitching. Yawning. 35. Intermitting pain in the right groin after walking. Taste of doughy bread in the mouth. The sight is very sensitive to light, he cannot open his eyes in a spot which is illumined by the sun. At eight o’clock in the evening, pain in the right groin as if pricked with a pin, in the direction of the joint, for a quarter of an hour. The same pain is felt in the navel in a recumbent posture.

_Third day._—40. Numbness of the arm on which he had been lying at night. Hardness of the left leg, with lancinations. Mottled appearance of the face. Red and humid spots on the left leg. Quiet and short sleep, he wakes four times at night. 45. Dulness of the head; same weight at the forehead. Heat in the right leg, where the red spot is; this is sensitive to contact. Taste as of doughy bread in the mouth. Depression of spirits in the day-time. Erection in the evening, with desire to lie down.

_Fourth day._—50. Numbness of the hands and legs. Uneasiness in the left leg.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: 1. Depression of spirits. Weight at forehead. The head feels heavy and dull. Heat in the head. 5. The head feels compressed as by a band tied behind. Sensitiveness to light. Left side of the tongue feels sore. Taste of doughy bread. Copper taste in mouth, with heat in throat. 10. Mottled appearance of the face. Hot face. Pricking at right nasal wing. Pain in right groin after walking. Pricking pain in the right groin and navel. 15. Slight pain around the navel. Diarrhœa. Erection.

EXTREMITIES, &c.: Numbness of the arm on which he had been lying. The left leg feels weak. 20. Tight feeling at inside of right leg, with red spots. Hardness of the left leg, with lancinations. Heat at the legs. Heat in the right leg, where the red spot is. Bruising sensation in left toes. 25. Uneasiness in left leg. Restless sleep. Yawning. Quiet sleep, with frequent waking. Dreams about men dressed in black, about imprisonment, &c. 30. Yawning. Shuddering with twitching. Sensation of goose-flesh. Cold feeling. He feels weary and sore. 35. Languor. Numbness of the hands and legs. Incipient erysipelas. Callosity above the left inner ankle. Red and humid spots on left leg. 40. Dark-red inflamed spots in face, right side.

GUANO AUSTRALIS.

This substance, which has been used for some years past as manure, is found on the coasts of Patagonia—and principally on the Lobos Island near the coast of Peru. We have proved the different varieties of guano, and likewise the crystalline particles formed by the condensation of ammonical vapors which rise from the guano in abundance. Our hope to discover in these crystals a more active normal agent, has not been realized, so that, in the end, we have found the freshest possible guano preferable for medicinal purposes. It is triturated in the same way as all other substances.

_First day._—1. Internal shuddering for three minutes in the morning. Violent headache. Pain in the forehead when inclining the head forward, at 6 o’clock in the morning. Violent itching at the back, and painful smarting after scratching, at 7 o’clock in the morning. 5. Formication in the right nasal fossa, at 7 and a half o’clock. Pain with pinching behind the ears, at 8 o’clock in the morning. Dizziness, objects turn from below upward, at 9 o’clock in the morning. Nausea with profuse flow of saliva. Pale face with faint feeling, at noon. 10. Lassitude, at half past two in the afternoon. Desire to vomit, at half past two in the afternoon. While eating, pain at the pit of the stomach and desire to vomit. Profuse sweat all over, after eating. Aching in the forehead and temples, worse when stooping, at half past three. 15. Pain at the styloid process of the left wrist. Pain in the lungs which stops the breathing, for three minutes. Swelling of the right index-finger. Itching of the genital organs. Water feels extremely cold to the hands, they feel like ice when keeping them in the water a little longer. 20. Pain at the feet which prevents one from pressing them to the ground, at 5 o’clock in the evening. Red spot, with itching at the back, and smarting pain after scratching. Violent headache as if the head were incased in iron.

_Second day._—Beating at the left commissure of the lips, at 6 o’clock in the morning. Itching in the right nostril and frequent sneezing, for one hour, at half past 6 o’clock. 25. Great weakness. She remains at the spot where she happened to have located herself.

_Third day._—Painful ganglion on the left arm, with redness and itching; when scratching the arm, it remains insensible until the skin was off; lasts for half an hour, at 6 o’clock in the morning. Headache: he feels as if the head were opened, at 8 o’clock in the morning. Smarting ganglion below the right calf, hindering walking, and lasting until night.

_Fourth day._—30. Nausea, one cannot bear seeing persons eat, at 7 o’clock in the morning. Painful ganglion at the left elbow. Small itching pimples. Violent beating of the heart; feeble breathing, for five minutes. Large hard and red place on the back, with pricklings as from a thousand pins. This sensation commences at 9 o’clock and lasts all night.

_Fifth day._—35. Profuse sweat on the arms and hands; the skin on the thighs is insensible; a prick is not felt; for two days they are covered with little pimples. Cramp at the pit of the stomach before eating.

_Sixth day._—Violent pain at the right knee, as though pieces of flesh would be torn from him, at 7 o’clock in the morning. Burning under the soles of the feet, she cannot keep her shoes on. Cramp at the left thumb, for an instant.

_Seventh day._—40. Sensation as if the gums were cut with penknives, after which they bleed for half on hour, at 6 o’clock in the morning. Formication in the right nostril, for five minutes, at 10 o’clock. Sensation of hammering in the nape of the neck, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Pain in the abdomen as if pierced by sharp points, at 9 o’clock in the evening.

_Eighth day._—Tongue white and thickly coated. 45. Bitter bilious taste in the mouth, at 6 o’clock in the morning. Deep sleep. She dreams that she is playing with wild beasts.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: 1. Dizziness, objects turn from below upward. Headache. Headache as if the head were encased in iron. Headache as if the head would split. 5. Aching pain in forehead and temples. Pain in forehead when inclining the head forward. Pale face, with faint feeling. Pinching pain behind the ears. Cutting in the gums, followed by bleeding. 10. Tongue coated white. Beating at the left commissure of the lips. Formication in right nasal fossa. Itching in right nostril, with sneezing.

GASTRIC, &c.: Bilious taste in mouth. 15. Cramp at pit of stomach before eating. Nausea, cannot bear seeing people eat. Pain at pit of stomach, with desire to vomit, while eating. Sweat all over, after eating. Nausea, with flow of saliva. 20. Desire to vomit. Sharp piercing-sticking pain in abdomen. Itching of the genital organs. Palpitation of the heart. Pain in the lungs, arresting the breathing.

EXTREMITIES, &c.: 25. Hammering sensation in nape of neck. Itching of the back, with smarting after scratching. The hands feel like ice in cold water. Pain at the left wrist. Swelling of the right index-finger. 30. Cramp at the left thumb. Burning at the soles. Pain at the feet when pressing them to the ground. Pain at right knee, as if the flesh would be torn off. Internal shuddering, in the morning. 35. She dreams that she is playing wild beasts. Itching, red spot on the back. Hard and red spot on the back, with pricklings. Smarting ganglion below the right calf. Painful ganglion on left arm, with redness. 40. Weakness, no desire to stir. Lassitude. Profuse sweat on the arms and hands, with insensibility of the skin and little pimples.

HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. (L.)

HIPP. MANCINELLA VENENATA, TUSS.

Although the poisonous properties of the mancinella have been very much exaggerated, it is nevertheless a very poisonous tree, which, happily, becomes more and more rare, owing to its being rooted up with great care wherever it shows itself. It is a tree from 12 to 15 feet high, with a trunk having a white and soft wood and covered with a greyish bark. Its branchy top gives it the appearance of a European fruit-tree. Its leaves are alternate, oval-acute, somewhat cordate at their base, with fine indentations, and a red gland at their apex. They are attached to long petioles; stipulate while young. Flowers monoïchous, forming long terminal spikes, the male flowers being above, the female below or at the axilla of the leaves. The male flowers have a bifid perianth whence emanate the stamens, the united filaments of which form a column that supports the anthers. The female flowers have a perianth with two or three divisions and a rudimentary foliole; the ovary is round and superior; style straight, terminating in 6 or 7 red, radiating, reflexed stigmata. The fruit is round, pulpy, from 5 to 6 inches in diameter, umbilicate at the top, and inclosing a wooden kernel with seven monosperm compartments.

The fresh leaves are triturated. When we were informed that a mancinella had been discovered near Rio, we requested Mr. Ackermann, a pupil of the institute, to repair to the spot for the purpose of verifying the identity of the plant, and collecting its juice. Having accomplished his mission, he drunk a portion of the liquid, on the 10th of January, 1847, in a public sitting of the institute. He was joined in the proving by several of our pupils. Some of the following symptoms were so violent, that they had to be counteracted by antidotes. The pathogenesis of the mancinella is one of the most precious additions which our Brazilian provers have furnished to our Materia Medica.

Prover: M. E. T. Ackermann.

FIRST PROVING.

_First day._—1. Merry mood, desire to sing. Is disposed to take every thing in good part. Buzzing in the ears and whizzing like the wind, when walking. Urine scanty and whitish. 5. Sensation of heat and trembling in the chest. Constant eructations like volumes of air. Watery vomiting. Violent pain in the abdomen, as if he had been struck by the point of a stick.