BLATTA AMERICANA.
“The great American Cockroach,” probably kakerlae insignis.
Nat. order
, Insecta (common in Brazil).
Preparation
, Triturate the live insect with sugar of milk.
Authority.
Pathogénésie Brésilienne (Mure).
HEAD.
► Numbness and
heaviness of the head. ► Pain in the temple, with
lancinations now and then (second day). ► Aching pain in
the temples. ► Acute pain in the temples, every now and
then, at 4 P.M.
EYES.
► Pricking, as by a
fly, in the corner of the left eye, at 10 A.M. ►
Lachrymation. ► Yellowness of the sclerotica. (When the
prover had the jaundice, for which the Blatta is considered empirically as a specific, he
felt a number of pains which have been reproduced in this proving, such as general
prostration, weariness, etc.).
NOSE, FACE, AND MOUTH.
►
Watery discharge from nose. ► Yellowness of face. [10.] ► Very salt saliva.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
►
Transient bloating at pit of stomach. ► Slight colic. ► Pain in transverse colon, duodenum, and pit of stomach.
URINARY ORGANS.
► Much heat
in urethra, when urinating. ► Yellow color of urine,
increasing more and more. ► Urine of a bright yellow,
albuminous (second day).
CHEST.
► Acute pain in
chest, afternoon (second day). ► Violent pain in chest,
with want of breath (second day). ► Pain in right side of
chest.
NECK AND BACK.
[20.] ► Prickings in left side of neck. ►
Pain in back, right side. ► Pain shifting from back to
shoulder-blade.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
► Sense
of weariness in the hams. ► Cramp in right leg (second
day). ► Pain in right leg, from toes to knees. ► Pain in feet, here and there, sometimes in the sole (second
day). ► Pain at left little toe.[Note: add: Formication in toes, at 7 A.M.]
GENERALITIES.
► Lazy. ► Extreme weariness when going upstairs.
SLEEP AND FEVER.
[30.] ► Frequent yawning. ► Chill
and shuddering, for half an hour. ► Shuddering, with
sense of heat and moisture all over.The proving was interrupted by an accident.
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