AMPHISBŒNA.
A. vermicularis, Wagl.; Animal kingdom. Nat. order, Ophidians. Preparation, The jaw containing the poison is
removed and triturated.
Authority.
Mure (Brazilian provings).
MIND.
►
Ennui. ► Depression. ► Tender sadness, which disposes one to be
gentle and meek. ► Sadness and
lassitude in the morning. ►
Impatience.
HEAD.
►
Dizziness and vertigo with wavering or staggering, which seems to draw
you over to the same side, with a series of successive impulses, and
then bring you back to the opposite side by an oscillation of the same
kind. ► Dizziness when turning round.
► Horrible headache, with sensation
as if the feet were in the brain. ►
Weight at the forehead. [10.] ► Weight in the forehead and parietal
region. ► Repeated beating at the
right side of the forehead, as if hailstones fell upon it. ► Lancination and pain through the right
side of the head. ► Sweat about the
head.
EYES.
►
Weariness of the eyes, in the evening, with pain and pricking when
looking at the light. ► Constriction
of the right eye, as if strung together with a cord. ► Sensation as of a grain of sand in the
right eye. ► Constant twitching at
the upper eyelids, especially the left. ►
Pain at the inner canthus of the right eye, as if a stye would form. ► Shooting pain in the outer angle of the
left eye. ► Lachrymation and
constriction of the left eye.
EARS.
[20.]
► Pain in the meatus auditorius, as
if air were rushing in.
FACE.
►
Pricklings and heat at the right malar eminence. ►
Painful and large pimple on left side of upper lip, suppurating. ► Swelling of the right lower jaw, worse in
the open air. ► Pains in the right
lower jaw, and considerable swelling, aggravated by air and dampness. ► Dull pain in the
right lower jawbone.
MOUTH.
►
The teeth feel elongated and set on edge, especially the right lower
molars. ► The toothache is worse in
the afternoon and evening. ► Chewing
is painful, but the contact of liquids is not painful.
THROAT.
►
Swelling of the tonsils. [30.] ► Deglutition is difficult; one is not able
to swallow saliva.
STOMACH.
►
Chilliness and pains at the epigastrium.
ABDOMEN.
►
Protrusion of umbilical hernia. ►
Tearing pain at the navel, all day. ►
Lancination in the navel, as from a stiletto. ►
Suppuration of inguinal hernia. ► The
hernia is painful, and air is felt in it.
STOOL AND ANUS.
►
Constipation.
NECK AND BACK.
►
Violent pain in the whole of the vertebral column, worse when walking,
moving the arms, or stooping.
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
►
Breaking out of little pimples, especially on the forearm. [40.] ►
Painful swelling of the arm, on the fifteenth day.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
►
Painless drawing up of the legs. ►
Cramp in the left leg. ► Cramp in the
left leg; it remains behind in walking, as if paralyzed.
GENERALITIES.
►
Debility.
SKIN.
►
Painful and large pimples on the left side of the upper lip,
suppurating. ► The military acne
rosacea spreads over the chest, neck, and back, with itching, which is
worse in the morning, and decreases in the evening. ► Breaking out of little pimples,
especially on the forearm. ► Acute
acne rosacea (a dry itch cured), covering extensive elliptical spots;
after the eruption healed, a furfuraceous desquamation took place
wherever a pimple had been situated. ►
Gradually, a white vesicle forms on every pimple, discharging a clear
serum, after which the eruption dries up on the fifth day.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
[50.]
► Wakes at midnight for ten
consecutive nights. ► Disturbed
sleep.
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Sadness and lassitude; itching of
the eruption. ► (Afternoon), Toothache. ►
(Evening), Weariness of the eyes,
etc.; toothache. ► (Air), Pains in lower jaw, etc. ► (Open air),
Swelling in right lower jaw. ► (Dampness), Pains in right lower jaw, etc. ► (Moving arms),
Pain in vertebral column. ► (Stooping), Pain in vertebral column. ► (Turning round),
Dizziness. ► (Walking), Pain in vertebral column. ► Amelioration. ►
(Evening), Itching of the eruption.® 2000
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