The Materia
Medica of the Nosodes.
By Henry Clay ALLEN, M. D.
Presented and arranged by Dr Robert Séror.
ELECTRICITAS.
(Atmospheric and Static)
Caspari and his colleagues obtained the symptoms caused by
Electricity, natural and artificial, and was first published inHom.
Bibliot.
Later it appears in Jahr and has recently been republished, with
additions byClarke.
Every medical man knows the extreme susceptibility of some persons
to the electric fluid and the sufferings they experience on the
approach of, and during, a thunderstorm, or the contact of an electric
current.The potencies are prepared from milk sugar which has been saturated
with the current.Characteristics.- (Electricitas)
Dreads the approach of a thunderstorm
;
suffers mental torture before and during an electric storm.Electricity should not be used nor electro-thermal baths taken when
suffering from a cold, especially if the chest be involved;
fatal results have followed.Heaviness and paralysis of limbs and entire body
;
feels as if she weighed a ton.Intense nervous anxiety
;
timid, fearful, sighing ;
screams through nervous fear ;
paroxysms of weeping.Relations.- (Electricitas)
Antidote
:
Morphia acetate, especially the potency.Clarke
says :
“I
have found Phosphorus the best antidote to the effects of
storms.”Compare
:
(Electricitas)The X-ray, Psor., Tub. to remove the susceptibility.
ELECTRICITY.
Mind.- (Electricity)
II
Involuntary
hysterical laughter.II
Loss of
memory.II
Weeping,
timid, fearful ; sighing, crying out through nervous fear.Comprehension slow and difficult.
Dread at the approach of a thunder-storm
;
fear, internal anguish, especially of chest ;
nervous agitation.Ill-humor.
Paroxysms of oppressive anxiety.
Rage.
Suffers mental torture before and during an electric storm.
Unable to comprehend time.
Violent uneasiness
;
anxious, restless.Sensorium.- (Electricity)
II
Loss of
sensibility.II
Stupefaction.
Dullness of head.
Giddiness, especially on stooping.
Looking around with haggard eyes.
Loss of consciousness.
Head.- (Electricity)
II
Headache ;
pressure in the forehead, from above downwards, as from a stone.I
Tearing from
the nape of the neck to the forehead.Darting from the vertex to the right side of the head.
Disagreeable shocks, generally in the occiput.
Painful spasms in the head.
Roaring in the whole sinciput.
Sensation of torpor in right side of head.
Sore pain in the occiput.
Outer Head.- (Electricity)
Feeling of coldness on the vertex.
Prickings in the scalp.
Stinging itching of the head and thighs.
The growth of the hair is considerably promoted.
Undulating sensation under the scalp.
Eyes.- (Electricity)
II
Blindness.
II
Everything
looks yellow.II
Inflammation
of the eyes ; profuse lachrymation.I
Black point
before the right eye.A dark room looks as if brightly illumined.
Contraction of the morbidly-enlarged pupils.
Dim-sightedness.
Gnawing in the left eye, or violent drawing, extending to the
forehead.Improved sight
(cur.
effect).Sensation as if something would come out of the eyeball.
Sensation as if the eyes were deep in the head.
Wild rolling of the eyeballs.
Ears.- (Electricity)
II
Blisters
behind the ears full of an acrid fluid.Darting in the right ear, from the throat.
Drawing from the jaws into the ears.
Redness and warmth of the ear.
Suppuration and small ulcers in the meatus auditorius.
Swelling of the inner ear.
Whizzing in the ears, or sensation as if obstructed by a plug.
Nose.- (Electricity)
I
Loss of smell.
Discharge of a milky fluid from the dose.
Tingling in the nose, or pressing from within outwards.
Face.- (Electricity)
I
Large blisters
on the cheeks.Chapped lips.
Eruption around the mouth and chin.
Expressions of terror in the countenance.
Scurf in the face, on the arms and body.
Swelling of the face.
Teeth.- (Electricity)
Pain as from subcutaneous ulceration in old sockets of the molar
teeth.Rapid growth of teeth.
Tearing in the upper teeth, proceeding from the head.
Mouth and Pharynx.- (Electricity)
II
Foam at the
mouth.II
Increased
secretion of saliva.II
Swelling of
the tongue.II
The tongue is
very sensitive, particularly at the tip.Soreness of the inner cheek.
Throat.- (Electricity)
Blisters on the palate, the epidermis becoming detached.
Constant titilation in the throat.
Inflammation of the pharynx.
Loss of speech, inability to articulate.
Appetite.- (Electricity)
Increased appetite.
Stomach, Nausea and Vomiting.- (Electricity)
II
Heartburn.
Desire to vomit.
Hematemesis.
Nausea, also after a meal.
Ptyalism.
Vomiting with sore throat.
Stomach.- (Electricity)
Sense of repletion in the stomach, after a slight meal.
Spasmodic contraction of the stomach.
Abdomen.- (Electricity)
II
Cutting in
the abdomen at the approach of a thunder-storm.Black-yellow, liquid stools, having a fetid smell.
Burning at the anus.
Constriction of the anus, after stool.
Drawing up of the testes during stool.
Flowing hemorrhoids.
Stool.- (Electricity)
Violent pressing in the anus
(during
menses).Urinary Organs.- (Electricity)
II
Frequent
micturition.I
Sensation as
if the bladder would burst.Discharge of blood with the urine.
Incontinence of urine.
Female Sexual Organs.- (Electricity)
I
Black and
thick menstrual blood.Appearance of the menses
(while
in the electric bath).Leucorrhea, first thin, then thick, with coagula of the size of a
hazel nut.Profuse menses, with pressing in rectum.
Larynx and trachea. – (Electricity)
Cough with violent titillation in the throat and pressing in the
forehead from within outward.Respiration.- (Electricity)
Asthma all one’s life, with palpitation of the heart and
disposition to faint.Panting breathing.
Chest.- (Electricity)
Chest and arms become stiff, almost paralyzed
;
unable to walk.Chilliness in the left side of the chest.
Heaviness and stiffness of chest and shoulders, felt like marble.
Painful quick movement from the region of the heart through the
chest.Palpitation of the heart, with fever, or with headache, or with
oppressive anxiety and bright-red face.Back.- (Electricity)
I
Boils in the
back and nape of the neck.Creeping in the spine.
Drawing through the scapula as with a thread.
Formication in a muscle which had become shortened by suppuration.
Stinging in a swollen cervical gland.
Upper Limbs.- (Electricity)
II
Feeling of
numbness in the tips of the fingers.II
Frightful
pains in the arms and lower limbs.II
Paralysis of
the arms.I
Swelling of
the hand, also red, or sudden.I
Trembling of
the hands.Blister filled with a greenish, sanguineous fluid on the finger
which discharges the bottle.Crusty ulcers on the arms and lower limbs.
Jerking or tearing in the joints of the arms and hands.
Red, smooth spot on the hand.
Swelling of one arm.
Tearing in the right shoulder, going off in the warmth of the bed.
Violent jerking in the upper arm.
Whitish, itching spot in the palm of the right hand.
Lower Limbs.- (Electricity)
II
Burning in
the feet, up to the knees, particularly at night.Coldness of the lower extremities up to the abdomen, in summer,
during a cool wind.Feet would patter rapidly on the floor during a thunder storm,
could not be controlled even by husband sitting on knees.Intense suffering of electric shocks through left foot and entire
l. side of body to head, repeated at every discharge during a thunder
storm.Red spots on the skin.
Red, burning spot as if sore on the knee, or also itching elevation
on the knee.Sensation as of a broad ring around the malleoli.
Sensation in the thigh as if the flesh had become detached from the
bone.Sense of numbness and distension in the feet, and as if they had
gone to sleep.Tingling in the knees down to the foot.
Tingling in the soles of the feet.
Tingling or languor in the tibia.
Tottering of the knees.
Trembling and feeling of weariness in the feet.
Sleep.- (Electricity)
Sleeplessness for two months.
Yawning, with shuddering over the whole body.
Fever.- (Electricity)
Accelerated circulation.
Chilliness with profuse sweat, with painful spasms in the head and
along the back.Chilliness, then dry, short heat.
Excessive night sweat in an arthritic individual, without relief
;
sweat with anxiety during a thunder storm.Frequent alternation of chilliness and heat, with sore throat.
Heat in the parts which had been touched by the sparks.
Heat through the whole body, with chilliness on motion.
Pulse intermittent.
Pulse quick and strong.
Shuddering over the body, every morning with yawning.
Warmth in the parts which were touched by the electric stroke.
Skin.- (Electricity)
II
Ecchymoses.
II
The skin
becomes blackish.Itching or tingling over the whole body.
Itch-like eruption in the joints.
Red pimples on the spot touched by the sparks.
Violent pains and swelling of the foot which had been frozen twelve
years ago.White vesicles.
General Symptoms.- (Electricity)
II
Drawing
through all the limbs, extending to the tips of the fingers and toes.II
Fainting.
II
General
languor after a meal.II
Pains in the
limbs.II
Paralysis of
single limbs, particularly the lower.II
Stiffness of
the limbs.II
Trembling of
the limbs, particularly of those which have received the shock.Aggravation
of
the epileptic fits.Heavy sensation as if she weighed a ton.
Intense suffering with paralysis of nervous and muscular system.
Painful spasms along the back from below upward.
Relaxation of the nerves and muscles.
Shock through the whole body, proceeding from the malar bone.
St. Vitus’ dance.
Subsultus tendinum.
Tingling in the electrified parts.
Violent burning of the parts which are in contact with the chain.
The following are reported by
Seward
(Trans. C. N. Y.
S., Medical Advance, 1891, p. 150)A lady had taken electricity for partial paralysis of left arm.
During a thunder storm felt severe electric shocks through the left
foot, the entire left side of the body to the head, repeated at every
severe electric discharge, which left that side and limbs painful for
days.The previous electrical treatment had rendered her more susceptible
and its injurious effects will often last for years, or even during
life, unless antidoted.A young lady took an electro-thermal bath when she had a cold, and
acute tuberculosis soon developed. She died in spite of the best
homoeopathic treatment.A lady who had passed the climacteric had taken electrical
treatment, at first going to the office. Soon she became too weak to
walk, her chest became weak and painful, and the arms stiffened and
almost paralyzed ; the entire body heavy and weak.A young married woman had been under general and local electrical
uterine treatment for several weeks, without benefit ; complained of
feeling so heavy, as though she “weighed a ton.”A woman received an atmospheric electric shock six or seven years
before, and since had suffered in every electrical storm, even while
it was miles away. It affected the whole body, but was worse in the
lower extremities.During every storm her feet would “patter” upon the
floor, and her husband, sitting upon her knees, could not prevent it.She received three or four doses of Morphia acet.
200,
and has never felt such effects from a storm since, now more than ten
years.My son, during the effects of a common cold, took an
electro-thermal bath. Soon after felt a heaviness and stiffness of
chest and shoulders he had never felt before ; “his chest and
shoulders felt like marble.” An incurable tuberculosis developed
and he died in two years. Did not know he had taken bath for over a
year after.A brother of Dr. Hawley, while in New York in Nov.,
1890,
took a severe cold, followed by rheumatic fever ; was treated
homoeopathically, without relief ; advised to try electro-thermal
baths, and became worse.Was removed to Syracuse and was under care of Drs. Hawley, Miller
and Seward, with little or no benefit. His sufferings were intense,
his voluntary muscular and nervous systems were paralyzed by
electricity ; could neither move nor feed himself.Was taken to his home in Illinois, and in May, six months later,
could walk a little by dragging his feet. He fell, and had hemorrhage
from the lungs.The doctor said there was no hope for a cure and gave him Morphine,
as a palliation, in water. In a few minutes after the first dose he
said : ”I
can use my hands better than at any time since the electrical
treatment,” and under the antidote recovered.Copyright
© Robert Séror 2005