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

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CANTHARIS.


NOSE.

► Objective. ► Inflammation of the tip of the nose, [9]. ► Inflammation on the edge of
the right wing of the nose, especially toward the end, appearing at irregular intervals red
and shining, with a little swelling and some pain (after several hours); disappeared only on
the second day, [5]. ►
Inflamed, spotted nose, with pain, as if sore; several crusts form, which fall off after
three days, [9]. ►
Red, swollen nose, with sensation as if it would fester, especially internally; on touch and
on talking the pain is increased, [9]. ► The nose red and hot, with a festering pustule, [9]. ► Nose swollen; red
and sore in the interior (after three weeks), [98]. [210.] ► He has a violent
catarrh, which makes itself apparent by the secretion of much tenacious mucus from the nose,
without sneezing, by hoarseness and hawking of tough mucus from the chest, and (which was
never the case in catarrh with him) by nightly dry, cutting-stitching along the trachea
externally (second day), [8]. ►
Sneezing (after three hours), [6]. ► Sneezing, followed by sticking in the left wing of the nose, [9]. ► Violent sneezing
(second morning), [6]. ►
Bleeding of the nose, [9]. ►
Bleeding of the nose (ninth day, A.M.), [6]. ► The nasal mucus is mixed with blood, [9]. ► The mucus from the nose in
an old catarrh becomes bloody, [1a]. ► Pain and tension in the nose and throbbing, with sensation as
if it were swollen; it is also painful to the touch (fourth and fifth days), [7]. ► Pain at 3 A.M. above on the
top of the nose, so that he thought he had pressed it, followed by tension and erysipelatous
inflammation and swelling from the back of the nose down both sides into the cheeks,
especially on the right, like great redness of the cheeks, becoming white under the pressure
of the finger, then rapidly again red; hard to the touch. It continued to increase on the
following days and decreased on the third day, followed by slight desquamation (thirtieth
day). After several weeks, without marked cause, a similar inflammation, especially on the
right upper lip, the sides and tip of nose, [5]. [220.] ► Transient, stitchlike
pain above the root of the nose, [8]. ► Several stitches in the left wing of the nose, from within
outward, [9]. ►
Drawing and tickling, with ineffectual irritation to sneeze, in the right nostril (after
three and a half hours), [6]. ►
Stitches in the nostrils, [9]. ►
Nostrils sore, [84]. ►
Itching of the nostrils, uvula, and throat, [60]. ► Smell. ► Constant
stench before the nose, that passes down his throat (after three weeks), [98].
   

FACE.

► Objective. ► Animated expression, [60].
► *Expression of extreme suffering, [6]. ► *Very suffering, pale look
(fourth, fifth, sixth, etc., days), [6]. [230.] ► Sickly look, sunken,
pale face, [3]. ►
Sickly look, with dim eyes, surrounded by dark rings (second day), [107]. ► *Deathlike look, during and
after the pains
(second day, afternoon), [6].
► Countenance anxious, [81].
► Very anxious countenance, [96]. ► Hippocratic countenance, [4]. ► On stooping he
immediately becomes very red in the face, the blood shoots forcibly into te head; even when
sitting the head becomes very hot, no when walking, [1a].
► Red spots in the face, which glow like fire (after
three hours), [9]. ►
Flushed face (soon after), [76]. ►
Flushed face (after one hour), [99]. [240.] ► Face flushed, anxious
expression, [96]. ►
Flushed, anxious countenance (second day), [18]. ► Glowing of the whole face, [9].
► The right side of the face glows, while the left is a
waxy yellow, [9]. ►
Face cyanotic, [94]. ►
Cyanotic color of the face, [87]. ► Yellow color of the face and eyes (tenth day), [6]. ► Earthy color of the face, [26]. ► Pale looks (after
one and a half hours), [6]. ►
Paleness of the face, [6]. [250.]
► Faces pale, sunken, expressive of terror, [101]. ► Face pale,
sunken, haggard, expressive of anxiety, [102]. ► Face pale as plaster, and covered with sweat, [4]. ► During the chill very pale,
[6]. ► Pale face,
with red flushes (second day), [92]. ► Pale in the face, with internal sensation of coldness, [6]. ► Deathlike pallor, [4]. ► Face disfigured, [4]. ► Swollen face, [45]. ► *Face very much
swollen and puffy (after three months), [97]. [260.] ► Face, neck, and
abdomen swell, [25]. ►
Right half of face quite swollen (after three weeks), [98].
► The right side of the face swollen, with tension
without redness or heat (eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh days), [6]. ► Sunken, hippocratic face, [6]. ► Subjective.
► Spasmodic stitches, drawing downward, from the eyebrows
to the chin, with a hot sensation in the palate, as if he had eaten something burning (first
day), [7]. ► Pain,
as if sore, in the facial bones, which extends into the ear, more on the right side, [9]. ► Cheeks. ► The right cheek is swollen and inflamed, with drawing
toothache in the upper jaw, [9]. ► Lips. ► Lips much
swollen (second day), [92]. ►
Desquamation of the lips, with moderate thirst (nineteenth day), [6]. ► Dry lips, without thirst
(after eight days), [6]. [270.]
► Dryness of the lips and thirst during and after the
pains, [6]. ► A
cutting pain in the middle of the margin of the lower lip, which passes toward the right ear
and ceases behind it (after four hours), [6]. ► Chin. ► Twitching in
the middle of the left lower jaw while speaking (after two and a half hours), [6]. ► Stitching in the external
chin, somewhat on the right side, in the afternoon, [6].
► Gnawing in the middle of the right lower jaw (after two
hours), [6]. ►
Painful gnawing in the centre of the lower jaw, spreading to the teeth (after three-quarters
of an hour), [6]. ►
Tearing in the right lower jaw (second morning), on walking, [6].
► Tearing in the left lower jaw, extending backward, in
the afternoon, [6]. ►
Violent tearing in the centre of the right lower jaw, and in a tooth there, [6]. ► Pain as if sore on the
inner margin of the lower jaw, where there is also an eruption of tetter, which itches
somewhat; on speaking and touch, the bone aches still more, [9].
   

MOUTH.

► Teeth. [280.] ► Drawing, followed by
sticking, in the teeth, especially in the evening, after lying down, so that it is an hour
before she falls asleep, [9]. ►
In the upper teeth a drawing pain, worse on eating, in the afternoon, [9]. ► Tearing in the right lower
molars (ninth day), [6]. ►
A few tearings in a carious molar, on the lower right side, [6].
► A root of a tooth on the right lower side rises and can
easily be drawn out, without the tearing ceasing (ninth day), [6].
► Gums. ► Gums
red and swollen, [96]. ►
Gums red and swollen (one case), (third day), [53]. ► On the gum above the left upper incisor there appears a red,
somewhat painful spot, which constantly grows more painful, and finally becomes a small,
round, elevated, inflamed spot, of a yellow-reddish appearance, which is sore and also
painful to more severe pressure externally; the whole upper lip is swollen, [5]. ► On the gum there appears,
after six hours, a small blister, with red points; after fifteen hours the blisters
disappears, and leaves only a red spot; at the same time the upper lip is remarkably
swollen, but little painful, [5]. ► After several weeks a dental fistula, lasting many weeks; a
red spot above the carious root of an upper incisor, somewhat painful, of the size of a
pin’s head, with a small opening in the centre, from which, if it is pressed, pus
discharges, [5]. [290.]
► Gums and mucous membrane of cheeks swollen (second
day), [92]. ► Pains
the gums, [2]. ► A
quivering in the gum of the left upper eye tooth, [8].
► Painful drawing in the right gum extending outward on
he right upper incisor, with sensation as if something were drawing across the lip (after
four hours), [6]. ►
A sudden painful tearing in the gum and left lower incisor (after three hours), [6]. ► Tongue. ► Tongue red at the edges, with a thick yellow coating on its
anterior two-thirds, [102]. ►
Tongue bluish-red, covered with white blisters containing bile-like fluid (second day), [92]. ► Tongue rather
pale and dry, [96]. ►
Tongue coated white, [89]. ►
Tongue coated white during the attack, [6]. [300.] ► The
tongue white, taste bitter, with nausea and aversion to everything, [6]. ► *Tongue highly furred, red at
the edges
(third day), [96]. ► Tongue much coated, with red edges (one case), (Third day), [96]. ► Tongue swollen and
thickly coated
, [81], [93], etc. ► *Sublingual glands
swollen and red
, [96]. ► Tongue, throat, and gum were festering, [42]. ► *Tongue and back of mouth in
part excoriated, in part covered with blisters
, [49].
► A large blister along centre of tongue reaching far
back, painful (second day), [92]. ► Trembling of tongue, [93].
► Dry, pale tongue (second day), [78]. [310.] ► Tongue dry and coated with mucus, in the morning, [6]. ► Long-lasting
burning on the tongue and palate (after quarter of an hour), [8].
► Stitch on the tip of the tongue, as if she had bitten
it (first day), [17]. ►
Tickling on the tip of the tongue, [9]. ► General Mouth. ►
Inflammation and considerable swelling of the buccal mucous membrane, with very profuse
salivation (after a few hours), [52]. ► Inside of mouth inflamed and ulcerated (third day), [96]. ► The lips, tongue,
palate, and pharynx, as far as could be seen, inflamed and full of blisters, [45]. ► *Mucous membrane of the mouth
red and covered with small blisters
(after two hours), [82]. ► Mucous membrane of lips
and mouth peels off in large flakes (after one hour), [103].
► Mouth excoriated, [93].
[320.] ► Black of
mouth swollen and red, as if from erysipelas; the tissues crossed by enlarged veins (second
day), [53]. ► A
swelling, large as a hazel-nut, of a purple color, on the inside of the mouth near the last
lower molar, painless (ninth day); on the third day it breaks, and clotted blood is
discharged, without pain, [6]. ►
Aphthæ in the mouth, [35]. ►
Blisters in the mouth and pharynx, [25]. ► *Lining of mouth and throat covered with white blisters from the
size of a pin’s head to that of a bean
, [84].
► Toward morning a piece of clotted blood comes into the
mouth (fourteenth day), [6]. ►
Early in the morning, in bed, a clot of blood comes into her mouth (eleventh day), [6]. ► From the mouth,
breath like cedar pitch, [21]. ►
Very nauseous odor from the mouth, many days, [6]. ► *Dryness in the mouth (second evening), [6]. [330.] ►
Dryness in the mouth, with violent thirst, [25]. ► Remarkable dryness in the mouth and nose (first hour), [8]. ► Month slimy,
bitter (fourth day, A.M.), [6]. ►
Mouth slimy, tongue white (fourth day, A.M.), [6]. ► At night, on waking, slimy mouth, [6]. ► Painful heat of the mouth
(soon after), [49]. ►
Burning heat in mouth and œsophagus (after one hour), [103].
► *Burning pain in the mouth, throat, and stomach,
[81]. ► Burning of
whole mouth and throat, which are hot, obliging him to drink often without quenching the
thirst (second day), [92]. ►
Burning in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach
, [25],
[29], etc. [340.] ► Burning of the lips, tongue, and palate (immediately), [52]. ► Exceedingly
violent burning in the mouth, pharynx, and œsophagus, [45].
► Mouth and tongue seem deprived of their mucous
membrane, [96]. ►
On the right side of the mouth sensation as if the membrane were being raised with a needle
(after one hour and a half), [6]. ► Biting pain in the palate (especially after eating), (after
six hours), [1a]. ►
Saliva.
► Flow of saliva, [29]. ► Profuse flow of saliva, so
that the patient constantly had to lie on his side, [45].
► Much secretion of saliva, [2]. ► Much saliva accumulates in
the mouth, [9]. [350.]
► A disgusting sweet saliva accumulates in large
quantities and constantly fills the mouth, on account of which he must spit incessantly for
a quarter of an hour (after half an hour), [8]. ► Much expectoration of saliva, [42].
► Salivation, [93],
[96]. ► Salivation,
without coppery taste (third day), [96]. ► Salivation and mucus from
mouth, [84]. ►
Salivation; constant spitting of mingled mucus and saliva, of a dark color (second day), [53]. ► Much salivation, [75]. ► Salivation
profuse, [76]. ►
Profuse salivation; margin of tongue and gums covered with aphthæ; teeth loosened
(increasing for two days, lasting seven days), (after five hours), [96]. ► Copious salivation, gums
red (third day), [96]. [360.]
► Flow of water into the mouth (eight day, A.M.), [6]. ► Mouth constantly
full of tasteless water (after a quarter of an hour), [6].
► Frequent accumulation and spitting of tasteless water
(after one hour and a half), [6]. ► Mucus and blood from mouth and nose, [84]. ► Taste. ► Insipid taste, as of sweet cheese (immediately after 6
drops), [107]. ►
(Bitter taste), [1a]. ►
Bitter taste in the mouth (ninth day), [6]. ► Sour taste, [9]. ► Taste nauseous, biter (second day), [92]. ► Nauseous taste and much
saliva after three hours), [9]. [370.] ► Foul taste in the
mouth, on rising, [1a]. ►
Filthy, disgusting taste in the mouth, several afternoons in succession, [7]. ► Taste as of cedar pitch, [31]. ► Bloody taste in
the mouth (tenth day), [6]. ►
Loss of taste during the attack, [6]. ► The food seems unsalted to her, [6].

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