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DELPHINUS. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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DELPHINUS.


Natural order of animals

, Cetaceæ. The Dolphin from the mouth
of the Amazon.

Preparation

, Tricturation of the hide.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogénésie Brésil. (Before taking the
drug, the prover had paroxysms of cough, with suffocation, during which a hernia protruded
with much force).

HEAD.

► Headache (second
day).

EYE.

► A pain passing
quickly along the right eyebrow (first day).

NOSE.

► Bleeding from the
left nostril (before taking the drug, he bled from the right nostril), (third day).

FACE.

► Dry lips (second
day).

MOUTH.

► Clammy mouth
(second day).

STOMACH.

► Eructations
(first day). ► Acidity of the stomach (fourth day). ► Sensation of much air in the stomach, with rumbling in the
bowels (first day).

ABDOMEN.

► Slight pain at
the navel (after five minutes), (first day). [10.] ► Hard abdomen, especially on the right side, where he feels as
if there were a ball, painful when touched, in the evening (second day). ► The hardness felt in the right side of the abdomen has passed
to the left side (third day). ► Severe colic, with soft,
sour-smelling stools (second day). ► (The hernia
protrudes less forcibly when he laughs), (first day).

ANUS.

► Itching at the
anus, as from worms (fourth day).

SEXUAL ORGANS.

► Very
violent erections, with strong sexual desire (fourth day).

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

► (He
has not been troubled with suffocation, and the cough is less), (second day). ► (Cough continues), (third day). ►
Paroxysms of cough, with suffocation (fourth day).

CHEST.

► All the bones of
the thorax are affected with rheumatic pains (fourth day).

BACK.

[20.] ► Pain in the loins (on rising in the morning), (first day);
(second and third days).

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

►
Violent, smarting, and excoriating pains, passing from the right thigh to the heel, then to
the right shoulder; these pains are aggravated by contact (first day).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.

► On
moving the right toes, the bones crack, as if they were notched (first day).

SLEEP.

► Sleep restless and
disturbed (third day).

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