CUPRUM.
Preparation,
Triturations of the metal.
Authorities.
[Note: Symptoms from
Hahnemann’s provers are here included (as in the chronic diseases), with
instructions to prepare the pure metal. Hahnemann, in his Fragmenta,
1805, gives symptoms under the heading of “Cuprum
vitriolatum,” included here under C. sulf., and in 1824 contributed
to Franz’s collection in the Archiv. f. Hom., where “Cuprum
aceticum” is directed to be used. Franz’s collection also includes
symptoms by Franz, Fr. H-n, Herrmann, and Rückert, as well as various
poisoning cases contributed by Hahnemann. Whether or not there is any
essential difference in action between Cuprum
metallicum and its ordinary salts, the collections here
furnished will assist in determining.] [Correction of note: Hahnemann
advised triturations of the pure metal, but included in his
pathogenesis, provings with the acetate as well as the metal. It is,
therefore, impossible to determine which of this symptoms belong to the
metal and which to the acetate. All his provings therefore are given
under the metal. Other provers, using, in part certainly, the acetate,
are mentioned in the remainer of the note.] 1,
Hahnemann, Chr. Kr., 3, p. 212; 2,
Franz, ibid.; 3, Fr. H-n, ibid.; 4, Herrmann, ibid.; 5,
Rückert, ibid.; 6, Casmier, Recueil
period., 1775, III, 202 (“nothing about Cupr. here”. -Hughes);
7, Falconer, on Bath-waters,
observed in workers with copper; 8,
Foudi, Inst. de Chim., Nap., 1778, not obtainable; 9, Horstius in Schenk, VII, 223, not found; 10, Lazorme, De Morb. Cup., p. 253, not
obtainable; 11, Pelargus, no
reference; 12, Ramazzini De Morb.
Artif., c. b. as Falconer; 13,
Sicelius, Dec. Obs., IV, case 8, not obtainable; 14, Voigtel, Arzneimittellehre, general
statement from authors; 15, Weigel,
in Pyl’s Mag., I, 1, not obtainable; 16,
Weinholt, Heilk. d. Thur. Magnet. Th., II, 484, not obtainable; 17, Willich, in Pyl’s Mag., I, 4, 667, not
obtainable; 18, Berridge, proving by
Miss — with Cm. (Fincke), Am. Observer, 12, 307; 19, B. Fincke, proving by Therese S., aged 9,
with 1m, 10m, and 44m, Hahn. Month., 2, 13; 20,
same, proving by M. S. with 50m; 21,
William Budd; boy, æt. 3, swallowed a cent, Phil, Med. Museum, 1806; 22, Jas. Jackson; a boy, swallowed a
half-cent, N. E. Med. Journ., 3, 156 (1812); 23,
effects on a man, aged 45, of working in copper for six months, Lancet,
1830, 233; 24, R. Cobbett; girl,
aged 7, swallowed a copper coin, Lancet, 1831, p. 294; 25, Percy Dickens, boy, aged 10, swallowed a
copper coin, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1844; p. 885; 26,
Blondet, general effects on workers, Lond. Med. Gaz., 36, 745 (Gaz.
Med., 1845); 27, T. W. Foster,
poisoning of a child, aged 14 months, by percussion caps, Med. Times,
1847, p. 512 (B. J. of Hom., 33, 106); 28,
Tardieu, chronic effect on a copper founder, aged 45, Bull. d. l. Soc.
Méd. Hom. de France, 2, 35, from Ann. d’Hyg., 1854; (29 to 35,
Corrigan’s cases of poisoning of workmen, Dublin Hosp. Gaz., 1854, from
Dr. Berridge’s collection of cases of Cup.) 29,
a brass founder; 30, engine-driver
had to clean and file copper and brass; 31,
engineer’s hands constantly immersed in a compound of oil and filings; 32, Shoemaker using brass pegs, which he
constantly files and puts in his mouth; 33,
a brazier, constantly handling old and the new copper; 34, a man who bought copper, iron, and tin,
and used to rub the dust off with his hands; 35,
Corregan, effects of chronic poisoning on the gums of workers in copper,
from same; 36, Stanislas Martin,
effect of working in copper for five months, Journ. Méd. et de Chir.,
1856 (from Dr. Berridge’s collection); 37,
Oppolzer, chronic poisoning of workmen, Deut. Kl., 1859 (from Berridge);
38, Amyot, poisoning of a lady by
water from a copper kettle (copper found in water), Med. Times and Gaz.,
1859 (from Berridge); 39, Perron,
effects on watchmakers, Med. Times and Gaz., 1861; 40, same, effects on a woman
(“finisher”), aged 26, from L’Hahnemannisme, 3, 447; 41, poisoning of a man by a solution (from
Berridge); 42, Harley, case of colic
in a copper-plate printer, third attack, Lancet, 1863; 43, effects on two boys working in copper,
Bull de Thér., 65, 80 (from Berridge); 44,
C. Maisonneuve, effects on sixty-eight workmen in naval arsenals,
Archiv. de Méd. Navale, 1865 (Ranking’s Abstract, 41, 31); 45, Clapton, chronic effects on sixteen
coppersmiths, from inhaling particles or fumes, Med Times and Gaz.,
1868; 46, Nicholls, poisoning of
child, æt. 5, by swallowing a half-penny, St. George’s Hosp. Rep., 1869
(from Berridge); 47, John Morgan,
poisoning of child, aged 4, by swallowing a penny, Br. Med. J., 1873
(from Berridge); 48, poisoning of a
boy, aged 6, by swallowing a copper coin weighing about 3 scruples, Hom.
Kl., 1, 10; 49, Bing, a boy
swallowed a copper coin, Eichorn. Med. Corr. Bl., 1844, from Frank’s
Mag., 4, 122; 50, Mayrhofer, from
triturating the one-fiftieth, from Hering’s monograph on Cup. (Mat.
Med., I); 51, Schnitzler, case of
chronic poisoning, from Hering; 52,
Falconer, London, 1774, case of a man working at cleaning brass wire,
compare No. 7; 53, Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., M. S., 3,
504, proving with Cm. (Fincke), one symptom; 54,
Cooper, effects on an engraver from wiping off copper-filings on his
lips from the style, Month. Hom. Rev., 15, 392; 55,
Preston, effects of working in copper, N. A. J., 5, 262.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Immoderate
laughter in the evening, [1]. ► Spasmodic laughter, [1]. ► Very
cheerful; at night especially full of fun and laughter (curative
action), [19]. ► Crying like the croaking of frogs, [6]. ►
Melancholy; she shuns the sight of people, seeks and loves to be alone,
and becomes anxious about her death, which she supposes imminent and
inevitable, [1]. ► Great depression of spirits, [55]. ►
*Slight attacks of deathly anxiety, without heat, [1]. ►
Fearful; want of courage, [51]. ► A kind of fearfulness; it seems as though
he must tread lightly, in order to avoid injuring himself or disturbing
his companions in the room, [1]. [10.] ►
Feeling of general irritability, [18].
► Fretful; he does not know what he
wishes; he desires to be alone; after some time this changes to
cheerfulness, but the fretfulness soon returns, [4]. ►
Aversion to everything, [3]. ► Irresolute; satisfied with nothing; this
only lasts as long as he is fretful, [4].
► Apathetic and inert, [40]. ►
Intellectual. ►
Disinclination to work, yet idling is burdensome to him, [4]. ► Loss of
ideas, weakness of memory (after two hours), [4]. ►
Confusion of mind; is fearful, and endeavors to escape, [6]. ►
Senselessness; it seems as though he were in a half-waking dream, [5].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► Vertigo, [9], [11],
[17]. [20.]
► Vertigo immediately, accompanying
all the symptoms, as though it were turning around in the head, and as
though he would sink forward, [4].
► Vertigo, with weakness, the head,
sinks forward; worse while moving, less while lying, [4]. ► Vertigo
on reading; he was obliged to remove the eyes from the book for some
time, [3]. ► *Vertigo on looking up, with vanishing of
vision, as though a veil were before the eyes, [1]. ► Attacks of
vertigo, [1]. ► Giddiness, [54].
► All complained of giddiness and
lassitude, and a disinclination, when not at work, to take exercise, or
“to go about,” as other workmen, [45]. ► General
Head. ► Inflammation of
the brain (phrenitis), [9]. ► Dulness of head; a sweetish metallic
taste, and saliva running together in mouth; the throat gets dry, with a
sensation as if constricted when swallowing
(while triturating the precipitated dust with sugar of milk, 2 grains to
98), [50]. ►
Sensation of heaviness in the head, [17].
[30.] ►
Heavy sensation in the head, with a fine stitching in the left shoulder,
on moving it from side to side, [5].
► Most of them complain of pain in
head, [39]. ►
Headache, with inclination to vomit, [26].
► Slight headache, [24]. ► Most
violent headache, [9]. ► Drawing pain in many places in the head,
with a whirling vertigo, only relieved by lying down, with general sick
feeling; he does not himself know how he does feel, [4]. ► A
stitch through whole head, from the forehead near the hair backwards
(second day), [19]. ► *Bruised pain in the brain, and also in the
orbits, on turning the eye, [1].
► Forehead. ► Weight in right forehead, [18]. ►
Pressing pain at forehead, [48]. [40.] ►
Pain, as from pressure of the brain outward in the forehead, especially
on stooping, with confusion of the head like a dulness, [5]. ► Sharp
burning stitches in the left side of the forehead (after sixty hours), [3]. ►
Temples. ► A hard pressure
in the right temple, worse when touched, [4].
► A Hard pressure in the temples,
frontal eminences, occiput, and also within the brain, with vertigo;
aggravated by motion and touch, [4].
► A tearing pressure in both temples,
worse when touched, [4]. ► A pressive-drawing pain in the left
temple, worse when touched, [4]. ► Sharp burning stitches in the left temple
and on the vertex (after fifty-four hours), [4]. ► Vertex.
► *Crawling sensation in the vertex,
[14]. ►
Parietals. ► Pressive
pain, first on the right, and then on the left side of the head, [1]. ►
Stinging, as with a needle, in right side of head ever since morning
(second day), [19]. [50.] ► A
cutting jerk in the left side of the head (second day), [1]. ►
(Headache in the parietal bone, especially on taking hold of it even to
crying out), [3]. ► Occiput. ►
Burning tearing in the occiput, at the attachment of the cervical
muscles, on moving the head forward, [5].
► External Head. ► Hair colored green, [26]. ► Hair
changed from white to green, [36].
EYE.
►
Objective. ► Weary-looking
eyes encircled with blue (after few days), [48]. ► Dim
eyes (inclined to close from weakness), [4].
► Blue margin around eyes, [49]. ►
Protruding, glistening eyes, [6]. ► Eyes sunken, [42]. [60.] ► Eyes hollow and glazed, [27]. ► Eyes
wandering about, [14]. ► Subjective. ►
A sore burning pain, now in one, now in the other eye, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in both eyes, as from watching over night, [5]. ►
Pressive pain in both eyes, [1]. ► Violent itching in the eyes towards evening,
[1]. ►
Orbit. ► Headache
restricted to the orbits, [23]. ► *Pain in the orbits as if bruised, on turning
the eyes, [1]. ► Lids. ►
Pressure in the lids, on closing the eyes as well as on opening them
worse on touch, [5]. ► Conjunctiva. ►
Conjunctiva injected, [23]. ► Ball. [70.]
► Itching in the eyeballs, [1]. ►
Pupil. ► Dilated pupils, [1]. ►
Preternatural dilatation of the pupils, not perceptibly lessened by
exposure to a strong light, [55]. ► The pupils are insensible; they contract
very little in the light and dilate very little in the dark, [5].
EAR.
►
External. ► Fine tearing
in the cartilage of the left ear (after two hours), [4]. ►
Pressure in the right concha, as from something hard, [4]. ► Internal.
► Boring pain in and behind the ear, [1]. ►
Sticking pain in the right ear, [1].
► Pain in the ears; a pressive
tearing within the right ear (after seven hours), [4]. ►
Frequent itching in the ear, [1]. ► Hearing. [80.]
► *Distant drumming in the ear upon which
he is lying, in the morning, in bed, always disappearing on rising,
[1]. ►
Fluttering in the left ear (after a quarter of an hour), [4].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Very frequent
sneezing, [1]. ► Coryza and stopped coryza, with sleepy
yawning, [1]. ► Profuse fluent coryza, [3]. ► Sensation
as of great rush of blood to the nose, [1]. ►
Internal itching in the nose, [1].
► Smell. ►
*Loss of smell, [28].
FACE.
►
Objective. ► Expression of
suffering in face, [49]. ► Expression anxious, [38], [42].
[90.] ►
Complexion haggard; look miserable, [39].
► Countenance rather wild, [23]. ►
Appearance unhealthy; complexion dark and sallow, [33]. ► Aspect
rather unhealthy and pale, [32]. ► Most unhealthy-looking countenance;
complexion of a leaden hue, [32]. ► Appearance remarkably cachectic, [34]. ►
Peculiar cachectic appearance during convalescence from fever, [29]. ►
Paleness of the face, [11],
[14]. ►
The color of the face becomes pale, [1].
► Pale cachectic color of the face, [14]. [The effect of continued small
doses. -Hughes.] [100.] ► Pale, dirty, shining color of face (after
a few days), [48]. ► Looked pallid (after three months), [24]. ►
Face rather pallid and thin, [54].
► Peculiar sallow, almost
clay-colored complexion, [42]. ► Complexion leaden (third day), [41]. ►
Pale-yellow coppery color of face, [49].
► Greenish-yellow tinge of
countenance, [37]. ► Icteric coloring of the face and surface
generally, [48]. ► Became jaundiced (sixth days), [41]. ►
Pale, puffy face, [28]. [110.] ►
Greenish-yellow color of face, [51].
► *Bluish face, with blue lips,
[1]. ►
Redness of face with heat, and sometimes cold, running over body (second
day), [20]. ►
Face swollen and discolored, [47].
► Face swelled and pasty, [38]. ►
Face sunken, emaciated, greenish-yellow color, [51]. ►
Subjective. ► Pressive
pain in the face in front of the ear, [1].
► Stitches in the right side of the
face, [1]. ►
Pain, as from a thrust in the left side of the face, [1]. ► Cheeks.
► Blue tint over cheek-bones
(denoting deficient hæmatosis), [40].
► Lips. [120.] ►
Pale lips (after a few days), [48].
► Lips livid, [42]. ►
Soreness within the upper lip, [1].
► Chin. ►
Drawing beneath the chin from without inward, worse when touched, [4]. ►
Hard pressure in the left ramus of the lower jaw, worse when touched, [4]. ►
Drawing pressure on the right side of the lower jaw, worse when touched,
[4]. ►
Dull stitches in the left lower jaw extending inward, and at the same
time in the left tonsil, when swallowing and when not, aggravated by
external touch, [4].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Teeth slate
color, particularly on edges, [51].
► Teeth colored more or less green,
and almost bronzed, [39]. ► All of them had a green stain on their
teeth, of different shades of color, varying from a light bright-green
to a dark greenish-brown, [45]. [130.] ► A
dark greenish-blue line on the teeth, [54].
► Teeth coated with a crust of
sulphuret of copper, [26]. ► One tooth after another fell out in a
row, particularly in the upper jaw, without salivation, [51]. ► Gums.
► The tongue is tolerably clean, but
round the gums there is the characteristic purple line of copper
poisoning, [42]. ► An edging of rich purple on the margin of
the gums of the incisor, canine, and bicuspid teeth of both jaws. This
purple color corresponds in situation precisely with the coloring
produced by lead, but the tint of color is so different as to decide at
once whether it has proceeded from copper or from lead, for while the
color produced by lead is of a pure blue, that from copper is a
well-marked purples, and even sometimes a reddish-purple. The tint of
color produced on the gums remains a very long time, [35]. ► Gums
lax and spongy for about three-sixteenths of an inch from the teeth
through nearly their whole extend, [55].
► Gums soft, with patches of
purplish-red at their juncture with the cheeks, [54]. ► The
black line on gums distinct in each case, and in one the gums were also
swollen and ulcerated at their edges, [43].
► Retraction of the gums, [35]. ►
Edges of gums withdrawn from the teeth through nearly their whole
extent, [54]. ► Tongue. [140.]
► Tongue furred, [30]. ► Foul
tongue (after three months), [24].
► Foul, dry tongue (third day), [41]. ►
Foul, dry tongue (third day), [41].
► Pale tongue, with a thin, whitish
coating (after a few days), [48]. ► Tongue with in middle, red at edges, [23]. ►
Tongue coated with a light-brown or cream-colored fur, except the edges
and tip, which were clean and of a pale-color, the whole tongue being
moist, [55]. ►
Dry tongue, [49]. ► General Mouth. ►
Mucous membrane of mouth pale; inside of lower lip and part of upper
lip, mostly on places where the teeth had made an impression, dark-blue;
teeth slate color, particularly on edges, [51].
► Occasional spitting of blood from
mouth, especially in morning on rising from bed, [54]. ► During
recovery, acids of any sort, fruit, etc., gave the tingling sensation of
a galvanic current to mouth and teeth, [38].
[150.] ►
Mouth sore, with little blisters on the mucous membrane, [38]. ► Saliva.
► Saliva accumulates in mouth; throat
dry (while triturating the precipitated dust with Sach. lac., 2 grains
to 98), [50]. ► Great flow of saliva from mouth (almost
immediately), [22]. ► Salivation, which increased to nearly one
pound in twenty-four hours, and continued at the rate of about a pint a
day for four days; it appeared to be pure saliva, attended with some
swelling of tongue and salivary glands (second day), [21]. ►
Abundant salivation (third day), [41].
► Collection of water in the mouth
(immediately), [5]. ► Much mucus in the mouth, in the morning, [1]. ►
Frothing from the mouth, [1]. ► Taste. ►
Peculiar sweetish taste in mouth, [55].
► Sweetish, metallic taste, [50]. [160.]
► Disagreeable and nauseous taste in
mouth, [55]. ► Bitter taste in mouth, [23]. ►
Bitter, nauseous taste (after a few days), [48]. ►
Sourish taste in the mouth the whole afternoon, as though the tongue had
been held against iron, [1]. ► Salty, sour taste in the mouth, in the
morning, [1]. ► Coppery taste and troublesome burning in
the throat, [14]. ► Food tastes like simple water, [3]. ►
Speech. ► Loss of speech, [1]. ►
The ability to speak returned later than consciousness; she lay in a
condition of consciousness, without being able to speak, [1].® 2000
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