OLEUM JECORIS
ASELLI.Oleum morrhuæ, cod-liver oil.
The oil obtained from the liver of various species of
fish, mostly of the genus Gadus, especially
from the species Gadus morrhua, L. (the Newfoundland cod); order of fishes, Telostei.Provings made with De Jongh’s Norwegian oil.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 22,
Neidhard’s provings, U. S. Med. and Surg. Journal, 8, p. 1). 1, C. Neidhard, effects of a teaspoonful; 2, same, effects of a dessertspoonful after
dinner; 3, Mrs. —, a middle-aged
woman, took a tablespoonful at a dose for three days, then omitted a few
days and resumed for three days; 4,
M. A., effects of four tablespoonfuls; 5,
Dr. H. N. Guernsey, effects of a tablespoonful on a scrofulous patient; 6, effect of two tablespoonfuls in a
consumptive patient; 7, Mrs. E.,
effects of taking oil daily for several months; 8,
Mrs. L. S., effects of teaspoonful doses taken as a preventive of lung trouble; 9, C. W. B., effects of half a teaspoonful
(person inclined to lung disease, but without any marked disease); 10, Miss H. B., took ten drops of oil several
times (consumptive family and now has tubercles in lungs); 11, Mrs. —, a healthy
middle-aged woman, took a dessertspoonful for several nights; 12, Miss B. T., aged thirty, healthy, effects
of a spoonful; 13, Miss B. T.,
effects of four tablespoonfuls; 14,
effects of five drops in a patient; 15,
effects in a patient; 16, Mr. J. L.,
healthy, took a teaspoonful daily for nineteen days; 17, Mrs. B., effects of large doses continued
for two months; 18, Dr. —,
effects; 19, effects of dilutions,
prepared by digesting pure oil with alcohol, Neidhard, from Raue’s
Record, 1874, p. 43; 20, effects in
a girl, aged seventeen, Neidhard, in Hempel’s M. M., vol. 2, 596; 21, same, effects in another individual,
ibid.; 22, Dr. Kissell, Manual of
Phys. M. M., p. 550, general effects; 23,
Dr. Madden, from Dr. Bennett, On Ol. Jec., 1841, symptoms produced in
healthy persons, Brit. Journ. of Hom., 6, p. 446; 24, Dr. Spear, Dublin Med. Press, Jan. 1850
(Am. Journ. of Med. Sciences, 1850, p. 486), effects of large doses two
or three times a day (no other cause could be assigned for death by
pneumonia); 25, same, effects
observed in other persons.
HEAD.
►
Giddiness in the head, [3], [2]. ►
Giddiness in the head, [10]. ► Headache over eyes, [16]. ► Dull
aching pain on top of head (second day), [10].
► Headache in the forehead all the
time, [6]. ► Dull aching pain in the forehead, [19]. ►
Steady aching sensation from left to right temple, [19].
EYE.
►
Eyes swelled, [16]. ► Heaviness over the eyes, with dry and
parched hands, [12]. [10.] ►
During the second week of the action of the oil, flow of tears when
walking in the open air, the left eye more than the right; this symptom
occurred whenever he had taken a dose the preceding evening, [18]. ►
Eyelids so heavy that she can hardly raise them, [12]. ► During
chill blindness before the eyes, [19].
► Everything turns black, [19].
FACE.
►
The face becomes red, [4]. ► Redness of countenance, [13]. ►
(During the action of the Oleum jecoris aselli she looked fatter and
healthier in the face than she had done for a long time), [3]. ► A
growth of short, thin hair on the chin and upper lip, where she had
never had any previously, [17].
MOUTH.
►
(The putrid smell from a decayed tooth, the nerve of which had been
destroyed by arsenic, ceased during the action of the cod-liver oil), [1]. ►
Yellow coating on the tongue, [19].
[20.] ►
Loaded tongue, [23]. ► Tongue coated yellow, [6]. ► Parched
feeling in mouth, [12].
THROAT.
►
Soreness in the throat after hawking up phlegm, [2]. ►
Tickling in the throat; weakness in breast, [19].
STOMACH.
►
The voracious appetite often observed in rachitic children was
diminished (curative), [23]. ► Loss of appetite for dinner and supper, [19]. ►
Loss of appetite, [23]. ► Loss of appetite; could not take any milk
(second day), [10]. ► Great thirst, [16]. [30.] ► Constant thirst, [12]. ► Thirst
before and during the chill, [6]. ► Nausea, with want of appetite, [16]. ►
Sensation of nausea, [19]. ► Nausea, [23].
► Vomiting, [23]. ►
Vomiting of bile and mucus, with bitter and acid taste, at the
expiration of the chill, [6]. ► Acid vomiting with the chill (after
second day), [3]. ► Sick stomach (second day), [10]. ► Sick
stomach (after second dose), [9]. [40.] ► A
sensation of ardor in the stomach, [23].
► Weight in pit of stomach, after
omitting the oil for six days, [16].
ABDOMEN.
►
Next morning, after walking, soreness and heaviness in the region of the
liver, increased by exercise; after which, half an hour later, soreness
in the region of the kidneys; this soreness continued for several days,
whenever he exerted himself, [1]. ► Sore like a boil on pressing region of
liver, after omitting the oil for six days, [16]. ► In
moderate doses it promotes the secretion of the kidneys and the skin, [22]. ►
Beating pain in the spleen, [15]. ► Aching pain in the left side (region of
spleen) on breathing and coughing, with corresponding pain at the apex
of the shoulder-blade, at the expiration of the chill, [6]. ►
Occasional jerking-drawing pain in region of spleen (after third dose), [2]. ►
(Relieved the flatulence to which he was subject), [9].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa once in the night, and again early in the morning (after half
a spoonful), [9]. [50.] ►
Purging with the chill (after two days), [3].
► A greater or less increase of the
alvine evacuations, [23]. ► Costiveness, after omitting the oil for
six days, [16]. ► Constipation of bowels, [16].
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Soreness in the region of the kidneys,
after the soreness and heaviness in region of liver, [1]. ►
Discharge of mucus from the urethra, with burning, every morning, during
an evacuation from the bowels, [21].
► Acceleration of the urinary
secretions, [23]. ► Urine with bricky sediment, [23]. ►
(Cure of incontinence of urine), [23].
► Urine reddish, with pink sediment, [16]. [60.]
► It acts as an emmenagogue, [22]. ►
Increase of the menstrual evacuation so strong as to render a suspension
of the oil necessary, [23]. ► In one case, re-establishment of the
menses (curative), [23].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Swelling of the thyroid gland, [19].
► Cough all night, [19]. ► Hard
coughing spells, in the morning, [19].
► Hacking cough, [12]. ►
Tickling cough in the middle of the upper part of the chest, with
palpitation of the heart (after taking the oil three times), [11]. ►
(With the appearance of the fever the cough got better), [6]. ►
Constant expectoration of somewhat tough, thin mucus, in the morning, a
very unusual occurrence with him, with soreness in the throat, after
hawking up the phlegm, [2]. [70.] ►
Expectoration of tough greenish-yellow phlegm, with saltish taste; by
continuing the oil, the phlegm gradually became white, [8]. ►
Expectoration of thick white phlegm, [19].
► The phlegm became white, [14]. ►
Shortness of breath, with beating of heart, [12]. ►
Artificial asthma continually increasing in violence, [7]. ► (Cure
of fetid breath), [23].
CHEST.
►
Pneumonia of both the upper lobes of the lungs, [24]. ►
Soreness of the chest, [19].
► Soreness in chest on coughing, with
expectoration of thick yellow phlegm, [19].
► Oppression and heat of chest, [16]. [80.]
► Towards evening, a kind of
rheumatic pain in the left chest, in the region of the heart, and also
about the muscles of the chest, [2].
► Pain on the right side, above and
below the shoulder-blade; the breathing on that spot is arrested by
soreness; in addition, there is a sharp stitch in the left side, lasting
for several minutes, [7]. ► Burning heat in left chest, [19]. ►
Sensation of excoriation on the left chest, worse in the upper and lower
part of left chest, extending to the back, [16]. ►
Weakness in breast; tickling in the throat, [19].
HEART AND BACK.
►
Palpitation of the heart, [19].
► Palpitation of the heart, with the
cough, [11]. ►
Rush of blood to the heart, with a creeping sensation all over the body
(second day), [3]. ► A sudden stitch in the heart, [2]. ►
Beating of heart, with shortness of breath, [12]. [90.] ► Anxiety and beating of the heart, with
oppression, [8]. ► Oppression in the region of the heart, [23]. ►
Weakness and dull aching in sacral region, relieved by pressure, [16].
EXTREMITIES.
►
Continued aching and sore pain in elbow and knee-joints, [5]. ►
Rheumatic pains in the knees and arms; pain in the knee, particularly
around the patella, increased on pressure, and sensation of heat on
touching the parts, [20]. ► Aching pain at the apex of the
shoulder-blade, with the pain in the region of the spleen, [6]. ►
Hands dry and parched, with heaviness over the eyes, [12]. ► Pains
in the bones of the left arm, [20].
► An abscess appeared on the gluteus
muscle of the left side, near the seat; the abscess discharged three
times; afterwards, another boil on the right side of the chest appeared,
[3]. ►
Soreness of both feet, [19].
GENERALITIES.
[100.]
► After using it a considerable time,
emaciated persons increase in size and weight, [22]. ►
Acceleration of the pulse, and other indications of a seizure
approaching inflammation, [25]. ► Atrophy, [23].
► General lassitude of the whole
system, [16]. ► After taking a tablespoonful of the oil
daily for some weeks, she feels miserable all over, with great nervous
irritation, [12]. ► After taking a small dose, all the
symptoms gradually disappeared, [10].
► (Whilst continuing the
dessertspoonful of the De Jongh’s oil every afternoon, he experienced a
decided increase in his strength and general health), [2]. ►
Creeping sensation all over the body, with a rush of blood to the heart
(second day), [3]. ► Soreness all around the body to the back,
immediately, [8]. ► Sense of fluttering, like the movements
of a watch, commencing in the region of the sacrum and gradually rising
to the occiput; as the sensation ascends the back, it affects the
abdomen and chest in such a way that she becomes, as it were,
transfixed; she can move neither hand nor foot; these sensations occur
whilst in a state of motion or rest; if in motion, she must at once
cease all movements, [5]. [110.] ►
Stitch in the right side, on drawing a long breath, all day (second
day); at a later period, on again taking one drop of the oil, the
violent pain on the left side returned, with aching on the right side
through to the back, [10]. ► Bearing-down pain in the side, [15]. ►
Quick, sharp stitch in the left side, [19].
► (The pain in the side continued; it
was particularly aggravated by bending the side inward), [14].
SKIN.
►
In moderate doses it promotes the secretion of the skin and kidneys, [22]. ►
Redness of the skin over the whole body, at night, in bed, with much
itching, disappearing in the morning, [20].
► Eruption of small red spots, with
itching, [23]. ► An eruption of the skin, similar to
psora, made its appearance, and from that time the cure made rapid
progress, [23]. ► Sometimes there appear eruptions of a
papular or vesicular nature, [22].
► (The scrofulous ulcers with which
the patient was affected discharged a large quantity of mucus), [20].
SLEEP.
[120.]
► Less sleepy at night than usual, [14]. ►
Sleeplessness after 3 A.M., [19].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Coldness of
the body, [23]. ► Chill at 3 A.M.; chill in evening, [19]. ►
Cold feet from the time he began to take the medicine, [16]. ► Chill,
accompanied by an attack of acid vomiting and purging, for six hours,
with a spasmodic pain in the region of the navel; this chill returned
every evening for four days, and was accompanied by a sick stomach and
diarrhœa; relieved by Iris versicolor (second day), [3]. ► Chills
and hectic fever, [15]. ► Febrile symptoms; chilly at night when
going to bed; afterwards fever, oppression, and heat of chest; hot room
disagreeable to him; burning of face, [16].
► Heat. ►
In half an hour flushes of heat; the face becomes red, the stomach hot;
there is fever and heat all over, to the extreme ends of the toes; this
effect lasts from eight to ten hours, [4].
► In half an hour flushes of heat,
with redness of countenance, heat in the stomach, and fever all over, to
the extreme ends of the toes; this effect lasts from eight to ten hours,
[13]. [130.]
► Heat in the palms of the hands every
night, [19]. ► Burning heat in the palms of hands for
several days; the first day after taking the medicine more aggravated
than the second, [10]. ► Every night fever and excitement in the
whole system, producing wakefulness and very vivid dreams, [11]. ►
A regular tertian intermittent fever commenced on the 8th of February
returning four times, receding two hours at each renewed attack; the
first paroxysm occurred at 12 M., the second at 10, the third at 8, and
the last at 6 A.M.; the chill lasted about two hours, passing down the
back and around the abdomen; this chill was succeeded by a fever, with
profuse perspiration, [6]. ► Fever for two hours, at night, followed
by violent perspiration, particularly of the head, neck, and arms;
another half teaspoonful produced less fever and less perspiration, [9]. ►
Fever during the day, [12]. ► Sweat. ►
Perspiration, preceded by heat over the whole body, [23]. ►
Perspiration, every night, for a week (which he had not had before), [14]. ►
In two cases the sweat had the odor of the oil, [23]. ► In one
case the sweat was observed only on the inferior extremities, [23]. [140.]
► Increased diaphoresis, [23].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Diarrhœa; discharge of mucus from
urethra; burning during an evacuation; cough; expectoration of mucus. ► (Towards evening),
Rheumatic pain in chest and region of heart. ►
(Evening), Chill, with vomiting and
purging. ► (Night),
Redness of whole body, with itching; diarrhœa; cough; on going to bed,
fever, with oppression and heat of chest; heat in palms of hands; fever,
with excitement of the whole system; fever, followed by violent
perspiration; perspiration; 3 A.M., chill; sleeplessness. ► (Bending side
inward), Pain in left side. ►
(Breathing), Aching pain in left
side. ► (Drawing
long breath), Stitch in right side. ►
(Coughing), Aching pain in left
side; soreness in chest. ► (Before chill), Thirst. ►
(During chill), Blindness before
eyes; thirst. ► (Exercise), Soreness and heaviness in region
of liver. ► (Pressure),
Soreness in region of liver; pain in knee and arms. ► (Walking in open
air), Flow of tears. ► (After walking), Soreness and heaviness in
region of liver. ► Amelioration.
► (Morning),
Redness of body and itching. ► (Pressure), Weakness and aching in sacral
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