VICHY.
The mineral springs at Vichy, in France.
Analysis of Grande-grille springs, by Bouguet.
In 100 grams are found:
Carbonic acid, 4.418
Sulphuric acid, 0.164
Phosphoric acid, 0.070
Arsenic acid, 0.001
Hydrochloric acid, 0.334
Silicia acid, 0.070
Ferric oxide, 0.002
Calcium, 0.169
Strontium, 0.002
Magnesium, 0.097
Potassium, 0.182
Sodium, 2.488
Authority.
Dr. Croserio, Annales de la
Médecine Homœopathique, October, 1842, vol. ii, p. 109, took two hours
before dinner (3 P.M.) a teaspoonful of pure Eau de Vichy (first day);
same at 6 o’clock (second day), same at 6 A.M. and 5 P.M. (third day),
in the morning (sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth days), two spoonfuls
in the morning (eighteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second,
twenty-third, and twenty-fourth days), four spoonfuls in the morning
(twenty-fifth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, and thirty-seventh days), six
spoonfuls in the morning (thirty-eighth day), prepared 2d trit. before
going to bed (forty-second day), took 1 grain of 2d trit. (forty-fifth
day), 7 grains 3d trit. (fiftieth day), 9 grains of same (fifty-first
day), 1 grain in the morning (fifty-third and fifty-sixth days), 3
grains (sixty-second day), 2 gains (sixty-fourth, sixty-sixth,
sixty-eighth, sixty-ninth, seventy-second, seventy-third,
seventy-fourth, twice seventy-ninth days), 2 grains of 3d trit., at 6
A.M., and 2 drops 4th dil. (eighty-first day), 4 drops 3d dil. twice
(eighty-second day), same (eighty-third day), same at 5.30 A.M., and 3
drops at 10 P.M. (eighty-fifth day), 3 drops (eighty-sixth day), same in
the morning and at 8 and 10 P.M. (eighty-eighth day), same at 3, 6, and
6.30 A.M., and 6 drops at 3, 9, and 10 P.M. (eighty-ninth day); a dose
at 2, 3, and 6 A.M., 5 drops of 5th at 10 P.M. (ninetieth day), mixed 5
drops of 5th in half a glass of water, to be taken in small swallows
every half hour (ninety-first day), 5 drops 2d dil. at 5, 5.30, and 6.30
A.M. (ninety-second day), same at 6 and 6.30 A.M. (ninety-third day),
same dose (ninety-eighth day).
MIND.
►
Very low-spirited, felt as though some misfortune were about to happen
(eighty-third day). ► Very
low-spirited, causelessly anxious about the future (in the morning),
(ninety-ninth day).
HEAD.
►
After the second swallow, slight compressive pain in the forehead and
temples (ninety-first day). ► Some
minutes after, slight pain in the temples and forehead (ninetieth day). ► Very painful stitching in the right
temple for some minutes (after nine hours and a half, fiftieth day). ► A stitching behind the right mastoid
process, followed by griping in the middle abdomen; then a return of the
same stitching during some minutes (after six hours, seventy-second
day). ► Stitches in the petrous
portion of the temporal bone (after one hour, eighty-third day). ► Pain in the head; pressure at the
occiput, with general uneasiness, as if fever were coming on (after
dinner); the pain left on wrapping the head up warmly (twenty-sixth
day). ► In the evening, stitches in
the occiput below the left tuberosity (thirty-first day). [10.] ►
Violent itching of the head, in the morning, on rising (twenty-fourth
day). ► Violent itching in the head
(after one hour, sixty-eighth day). ►
Itching in the forehead (eightieth day).
EYE.
►
Stinging in the eyes, with lachrymation (fifty-second day). ► Pain below the left eye, like pressure,
after breakfast (ninety-ninth day). ►
Different colored sparks before the eyes in the morning (ninety-ninth
day).
NOSE.
►
Coryza (ninety-second day). ► In the
morning, on rising, fetid, corpselike odor in the nose (sixty-sixth
day). ► A very strong smell of
cucumbers in the nose, in the morning (seventy-fifth day).
FACE.
►
Sharp stitching between the articulation of the jaw and the left temple
(after ten minutes, forty-fifth day). [20.]
► Twisting pain in the lower jaw,
near the coronoid process, as if the jaw was swollen, when masticating
on that side, during the whole meal (after twelve hours, eighteenth
day).
MOUTH.
►
Mouth very dry, with very bitter taste, all day (ninetieth day). ► Abundant secretion of saliva,
immediately. ► Flow of salty water in
the mouth, with slight burning in the stomach (heartburn), (after a
quarter of an hour, second day). ►
Water in the mouth, instantly (third day). ►
Some saltish water rose in the mouth (seventh day). ► Flow of water in the mouth, which lasted
a part of the morning (after a minute, fiftieth day). ► Flow of saliva in the mouth (fifty-third
day). ► Flow of water in the mouth;
rumblings in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour, sixty-second day).
► Water rises into the mouth, with
nausea (eighty-third day). [30.] ► Bitter and clammy taste in mouth on
rising (second day). ► Bad taste in
mouth, in the evening (second day). ►
Bitter taste during the day (thirty-third, thirty-fourth, and
sixty-fourth days). ► Bitter taste in
mouth in the evening (several days). ►
Bitter mouth in the evening, with thirst (twenty-ninth day). ► Bitter mouth in the morning, on rising
(seventh, ninth, and eighty-fifty days). ►
Bitter mouth in the morning (ninth day).
STOMACH.
►
Hungry sensation in the stomach, immediately. ►
Little appetite, no thirst (ninth day). ►
Keen hunger before dinner; yet at the meal he eats very little, and
without relish (twenty-sixth day). [40.]
► Appetite and no thirst
(thirty-third day). ► Crawling for
food, as from feebleness of stomach, with sick feeling, without hunger
(after one hour and a half, eighty-ninth day). ►
Appetite poor (ninetieth day). ►
During dinner, I drank less than usual (eighteenth day). ► In spite of the hot weather, I have been
much less thirsty than usual since I commenced these provings (eleventh
day). ► Heartburn (after a few
moments, twenty-first day). ►
Heartburn, with sickness at the stomach (after eleven, and seventeen
hours, twenty-first day). ► Transient
nausea while eating, causing him to stop for awhile, after which he
continued the meal without further interruption (after six hours,
twenty-third day). ► Passing
sensation as if about to be sick, at the stomach, as when first feeling
the effects of an emetic, without retching or efforts to vomit (after
half an hour, eighteenth day). ►
Acidity of the stomach (after five minutes). [50.]
► Belching of air (after an hour). ► Weight at the epigastrium (fifty-third
day). ► Slight griping in the
stomach, with emission of flatulence, immediately (twenty-first day). ► Griping in the stomach, with some
flatulence, immediately (twenty-third day). ►
Griping in the stomach, with ineffectual urgings to stool (eighty-ninth
day). ► The pain in the stomach
continues all the morning, like a griping, until breakfast (eighty-third
day). ► Slight pinching at the upper
part of the stomach (eighty-third day). ►
Pinchings in the epigastrium (eighty-third day). ► After the first swallow, cutting pain
throughout the whole stomach (ninety-first day). ►
Burning at the stomach, in the evening (seventh day). [60.] ► In
the evening, slight burning at the epigastrium (second day). ► Painful sensation at the stomach, like a
burning (after half an hour, sixty-second day). ►
Burning in the stomach, which rises towards the throat, followed by
singing in the ears, heaviness in the head, and dizziness (after some minutes, seventy-second day). ► Burning in the stomach (after a quarter
of an hour, seventy-ninth day). ►
Slight burning in the stomach (eighty-first day). ►
Slight burning in the stomach after taking it (eighty-ninth day). ► Burning in the stomach, some minutes
after each dose (eighty-ninth day). ►
Disagreeable feeling in the stomach (a kind of burning), like urging to
stool; the burning in the stomach is more intense in the afternoon
(ninetieth day).
ABDOMEN.
►
Shootings in the liver, at 6 P.M. (fifty-third day). ► Compressive pain in the left
hypochondrium (after half an hour, fifty-third day). [70.] ►
Slight colic in the umbilical region (after one hour, eighteenth day). ► Emission of burning flatulence, with
slight urging to stool (sixth day). ►
Copious emission of flatulence all at once (after two hours, seventh
day). ► Emission of flatulence (after
one hour, sixty-eighth day). ► During the
day, boborygmus in the bowels, slight griping in the bowels
(second day). ► Borborygmi in the
night (eighty-eighth day). ► Some
borborygmi (ninetieth day). ►
Rumbling in the abdomen, rising of air (fifty-third day). ► Rumbling in the bowels, emission of
flatulence, copious pultaceous stool (after a
quarter of an hour, sixty-ninth day). ►
Inflation of the bowels; gripes in the middle of the abdomen, shifting
to the lower part, which cease after an emission of burning flatulence
(thirty-first day). [80.] ► Inflation of the bowels, with griping, in
the afternoon, and especially in the evening, with emission of
flatulence (thirty-third day). ►
Awoke with distension and uneasiness in the bowels; bad taste, as if
from indigestion, which ceased after rising (eighty-sixth day). ► Griping in the abdomen, with ineffectual
urging to stool; stitching pain in the rectum, in the morning, after
rising (thirty-fourth day). ► Griping
in the bowels, at long intervals (thirty-fourth day). ► Slight griping in the bowels
(thirty-fifth day). ► Griping in the
bowels (after ten minutes, forty-fifth day). ►
A little griping in the bowels (forty-sixth, fiftieth, and eighty-ninth
days). ► Griping in the bowels, as if
a stool was desired, without real need (eighty-ninth day). ► Pressing gripes in the bowels
(ninety-second day). ► Burning
borborygmi (ninety-first day). [90.]
► Pinching in the bowels (after an
hour, second day). ► Immediately
slight colic, with passed off with flatulence (eighty-third day). ► Griping stitches in the abdomen, which
cease after a soft stool, in the morning; colic in the middle of the
bowels, at noon; gripes in the lower bowels, in the afternoon, more
severe in the evening (thirty-second day). ►
Some gripings in the bowels on rising; after breakfasting on chocolate
strongly flavored with cinnamon, they ceased very gradually in the
course of the day (thirty-third day). ►
A little pain in bowels (after half an hour, seventy-ninth day). ► Slight pain in the bowels, like urging to
stool, which lasted some minutes (after a quarter of an hour). ► Feeling in bowels like desire for stool;
I passed nothing but wind some minutes after (third day). ► In the evening, sensation as if diarrhœa
was coming on; then a feeling of hunger at an unusual hour
(eighty-second day).
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Ineffectual urging to stool, nothing but wind passed (second day). ► Urging to stool, with stitching in the
rectum, which went off on the emission of flatulence (after a few
minutes, thirty-eighth day). ►
Ineffectual urging to stool, at 8.30 A.M. (eighty-third day). [100.] ►
Urging to stool, which goes off with flatulence (ninetieth day).
STOOL.
►
Very difficult stool, with copious emission of flatulence (second day);
no stool yesterday; to-day a very difficult one (fifth day); very
difficult evacuation in the evening (sixth day); a very difficult stool,
followed by burning and uneasiness in the rectum (eighth day); a good
evacuation in the morning (ninth day); no stool (tenth day); stool
regular (eleventh day); slow stool (eighteenth day); no stool either
to-day or yesterday (twenty-second day); copious evacuation, in the
forenoon (twenty-third day); large soft stool in the morning
(twenty-fourth day); no movement of the bowels yesterday; this morning,
soft stool (twenty-seventh day); no stool (thirty-fourth day); regular
and normal evacuation in the morning (thirty-fifth day); constipation
for three days (forty-sixth day); no movement of bowels to-day (fiftieth
day); copious diarrhœic stool in the morning (sixty-seventh day); no
stool during the day (eighty-second day); copious natural stool, at 8
A.M. (eighty-third day); soft stool in the evening (eighty-third day);
two soft stools during the day (eighty-fourth day); two soft stools in
the forenoon, with pain in stomach (eighty-ninth day); constipation
(ninety-third day).
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Griping in the bladder, in the morning (twenty-seventh day). ► Frequent urination (seven times), during
the night; urine abundant, watery and foaming (fifth day). ► Copious emission of watery urine
(twenty-fourth day). ► Copious watery
urine in the night (thirty-seventh day). ►
Very copious urination, during the night and this morning (thirty-first
day). ► Copious urination
(seventy-third day). ► In the night a
copious urination (eighty-eighth day). ►
Urine copious, abundant, and watery (eighty-ninth day).
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Strong and long lasting erections, without incitement or venereal desire
in the afternoon (fiftieth day). [110.]
► Excessive itching at the orifice of
the glans penis and at the fossa navicularis (fifty-first day). ► Sharp itching of the scrotum, which lasts
tow days (seventy-fifth day). ►
Diminution of venereal desire (twenty-second day).
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
During last night an attack of dry cough, with tickling in the neck. On
continuing the trituration, this morning, violent and frequent sneezing,
followed by fluent coryza (forty-second day). ►
Dry cough produced by a pricking in the neck (after six hours, fiftieth
day). ► Cough at night, with
difficult expectoration (fifty-first night). ►
This morning cough, with mucous expectoration, without pain or any
sensation exciting the cough, beyond the necessity of clearing the
air-passages (fifty-second day).
CHEST.
►
Painful uneasiness in the chest, followed by expectoration of purulent
matter; this uneasiness ceases gradually (ninety-second day). ► Sensation on the chest as if a bar
pressed across it prevented respiration (a quarter of an hour after
taking the medicine), followed by a cough, with expectoration of thick
mucus (ninety-third day). ► Tearing
pain at the borders of the false ribs on both sides (eighty-third day). ► Stitch in right side of chest, in evening
(twenty-ninth day).
NECK AND BACK.
[120.]
► Painful stiffness of the muscles of
the back of the neck and the scaleni of left side, as after making a
false step; moving these parts is very painful (in the afternoon),
(twenty-seventh day). ► Less
stiffness of the neck, and it ceased entirely in the evening
(twenty-eighth day). ► After a sound
sleep he felt, on rising, something remaining of the pain in neck, but
it ceased entirely in the course of the day (twenty-ninth day). ► Stitch in the right lumbar region when
seated, preceded by stitch in heart (in the evening); these two pains
are of short duration (ninetieth day).
EXTREMITIES.
►
Bruising pain in the fingers, and uneasiness as if a fever were coming
on, after lunch (thirty-first day). ►
Stitch in the right tibia, extending from the upper part to the instep
(eighty-ninth day).
GENERALITIES.
►
Uneasiness as if a fever was coming on; weakness, desire for food, and
longing for wine; yet he relished his dinner, and felt well after it
(twenty-eighth day). ► General
uneasiness, as before a fever, nausea; very painful stitches in the
right side of the chest, corresponding to the commencement of the
cartilaginous portion of the two first false ribs, and extending below
and behind the breast towards the back; clammy bitter taste, without
appetite or thirst; anxious feeling, as if some misfortune were about to
happen; this uneasiness goes off on taking dinner (eighty-ninth day). ► Excessive weakness after coition, as if
suffering from hunger (twenty-second day). ►
Very sensitive to cold and to draughts of air (twenty-eighth day). [130.] ► 4
P.M., bruised pain in the arms; headache, as if the temples were
compressed; pain in bowels, as if diarrhœa was coming on, with sore
pain in the stomach (the weather was stormy), (thirty-first day).
SKIN.
►
A red and sore pimple on upper lip (third day). ►
A few small pimples on the back of the neck, with very lively pricking
(twenty-fourth day). ► Itching of the
face and right eyebrow (fifth day). ►
Between the eyebrows sharp, prickly itching, which burned after
scratching (eighty-second day). ►
Pricking itching behind the neck, as of pins, compelling to scratch
(second day). ► Pricking and itching
in the back, which cease on scratching, but returns afterwards (second
day).
SLEEP.
►
Somnolence after dinner (sixty-eighth day). ►
Excessive sleepiness in the evening (eighty-fourth day). ► Fatiguing dreams at night, but the sleep
is more prolonged than usual (ninetieth day).® 2000
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