ELAPS.
Elaps corallinus, Merr. (E. venustissimus, Spix.;
Vipera corallina).
Common names
, Cobra-coral, Brazilian Coral
snake.
Preparation
, Trituration of the venom
received on sugar of milk.
Authorities.
1
and 2, Two provings with the 3d
trit. of the venom. Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne; 3, Lippe, proving by a woman, aged 35, with a
dose of the 4th dil., A. H. Z., 61, 28.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Mental
agitation (sixth day), [2]. ► Reveries in the daytime; he imagines he
is being beaten (first to third day), [1].
► Imagines he hears talking (first to
third day), [1]; (fifth day), [2]. ►
She fancies she is falling forward, though really quite still (fifth
day), [2]. ►
Desire to go into the country, and play about in the grass (seventh
day), [2]. ►
Desire to the alone; she takes refuge for days together in a corner of
the antechamber (seventh day), [2].
► She seeks a retired room to work in
(seventh day), [2]. ► Irresistible desire to scream at the top
of her voice (seventh day), [2]. ► She wishes to leave the house just when
she is going to bed (seventh day), [2].
[10.] ►
Aversion to work (eighth day), [3].
► Depression of spirits; desires to
be in a deep cavern, where he can see no one (ninth day), [2]. ►
Profound ennui (ninth day), [2]. ► Fearfulness, dread of being alone, as
though something would happen, or as though rowdies would break in
(eighth day), [3]. ► Excessive horror of rain (tenth day), [2]. ►
Irritable, quarrelsome mood, with mental agitation (fifth day), [2]. ►
Inclination to strike and pick a quarrel (sixth day), [2]. ► Peevish
in the afternoon, did not want to be spoken to, even fretful about
herself (fourth day), [3]. ► He hears what is said without
understanding it (first to third day), [1].
► Absence of thought (ninth day), [2]. [20.]
► Absence of mind (first to third
day), [1]. ►
Complete loss of consciousness, so that time passes by unperceived
(ninth day), [2].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► *Vertigo, with
tendency to fall forward (fifth day), [2]. ► General
Head. ► The head falls
heavily forward (first to third day), [1].
► Fearful pains when inclining the
head backwards, ameliorated by bending it forwards (first to third day),
[1]. ►
Headache the whole day (thirtieth day); headache (thirty-second day), [3]. ►
Headache, lasting from 1 to 11 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), [3]. ► Violent
headache if the desire for food is not satisfied on the instant (third
to sixth day), [1]. ► Dull headache at 7 P.M. (eleventh day), [3]. ►
Dull headache in the morning, again at noon, sticking and extending to
the right side; in the evening, the headache was increased, with shaking
chill (thirty-third day), [3]. [30.] ►
Dull headache on waking in the morning (twenty-second day), [3]. ►
Dull headache after midnight, lasting till daybreak (eighteenth day), [3]. ►
Boring pain from the vertex to the right eyebrow (first to third day), [1]. ►
Violent sticking headache at 1 A.M., preventing sleep (twenty-third
day), [3]. ► Forehead. ►
*Pains in the forehead (second day), [2]; (third to sixth day), [2]. ► Frontal
headache (fourth day), [2]. ► Weight in the forehead and above the
orbits (first to third day), [1]. ► Temples. ►
Sensation as of a foreign body in the right temple (first to third day),
[1]. ►
Very painful constriction in the temples and eyes (first to third day), [1]. ►
Vertex. ► Frightful pain
in the vertex, as though the brain was loose; at night, she was unable
to hold the head still on account of the nausea (eleventh day), [3]. ►
Parietals. [40.] ► Headache on the right side (forty-first
day), [3]. ►
Dull headache on the left side at 9 P.M. (thirty-third day), [3]. ►
Weight in the right parietal region, with pain penetrating to the nape
of the neck (first to third day), [1].
► Occiput. ► Pain, which seems to be seated in the
right side of the cerebellum (first to third day), [1]. ► External
Head. ► Falling out of the
hair (after fiftieth day), [3]. ► Pains at the roots of the hair of the
occiput (fourth day), [2]. ► In the morning, the scalp over the
occipital protuberance feels as if raw (second day), [2]. ► Great
itching of the scalp (fifth day), [2].
EYE.
►
Objective. ► Eyes red and
inflamed (sixth day), [1]. ► Glassy eyes (sixth day), [1]. [50.] ► Swelling around the eyes, which appear
sunken in the morning (tenth day), [2].
► Blood oozes from the eyes (sixth
day), [1]. ► Subjective. ►
The eye is extremely sensitive to cold water (third to sixth day), [1]. ►
Dry, hot burning in the eyes (twenty-second day), [3]. ► Dry
burning in both eyes in the morning on waking (eighteenth day), [3]. ►
Feeling as from boring in the eyes from within outward (thirty-third
day), [3]. ►
Feeling of sand in the eyes (second day), [2].
► Violent itching in the left eye
(fourth day), [2]. ► Brow and Orbit. ►
The left eyebrow is painful and drawn down (third day), [2]. ►
Pressive pains about the eyes, with dimness of vision (first to third
day), [1]. ► Lids. [60.]
► Red eyelids (third to sixth day), [1]. ►
Bleareyedness (second and third day), [2].
► Stye on the left eye, with severe
lancination (third day), [2]. ► Difficulty in opening the eyes (second
day), [2]. ►
Desire to shut the eyes, as if fever (first to third day), [1]. ►
Burning of the eyelids (tenth day), [2].
► Lancination in the stye on the left
eye (third day), [2]. ► Pricking in the eyelids, especially the
left (fourth day), [2]. ► Very sharp pricking in the inner canthi
of the eyes (first to third day), [1].
► Ball. ►
Tickling and red streaks on the sclerotica (third day), [2]. [70.] ► Complete blindness for five minutes
(fourth day), [2]. ► Gray veil before the eyes, like a
gathering cloud; at first the size of the penny, but finally spreading
over the whole field of vision (third day), [2]. ► Strong
aversion to light; likes to be in the dark (second day), [2]. ►
Unsteady vision in the morning (nineteenth day), [3]. ► Towards
noon, it seemed as though the crochet-work constantly moved to and fro;
letters ran together; vision unsteady the whole afternoon and evening
(eighteenth day), [3]. ► Appearance of a bluish-white or pearly
gauze before the right eye (third day), [2].
► Appearance of long white thread
moving before the eyes (second day), [2].
► Appearance, a few paces off, before
the left eye, while walking, of a black disk, four inches in diameter
(third day), [2]. ► A red transverse bar an inch wide is seen
on opening the eyes, and a red disk on shutting them (ninth day), [2]. ►
When the eyes are shut, a red appearance, dotted with black (second
day), [2]. [80.] ►
Large red, fiery points, becoming violet and then black before the eyes
on becoming erect, worse while reflecting on what had been read; on
stooping, the blood rushes into the head (thirteenth day), [3].
EAR.
►
Objective. ► Small balls
of black, hardened was came from the ear when cleaning it (first day), [2]. ►
Serious discharge from the left ear (first to third day), [1]. ► *Discharge
from the ear of a yellowish-green liquid in the morning
(sixth day), [1]. ► Discharge of blood from the ear (sixth
day), [1]; (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Subjective. ► Pinching
sensation at the helix and lobe of the ear (sixth day), [1]. ► Tearing
in the left ear at 9 A.M., better at 11 A.M. (sixth day), [3]. ► Itching
in the right meatus auditorius (second day), [2]. ► Itching
inside the ear in the evening (sixth day), [1]. ► Itching
in the meatus auditorius; this itching spreads into the interior of the
cheek, following the course of the duct of Steno (third day), [2]. ►
Hearing. [90.] ► Diminished hearing from time to time in
the afternoon (twenty-first day), [3].
► *Long-lasting deafness
(first to third day), [1]. ► Crackling in the ears on swallowing
lasting two hours (twenty-first day), [3].
► *Buzzing in the ear (first
day), [2]. ► *Continued buzzing, as if a fly was inclosed in
the meatus auditorius (first to third day), [1]. ► Ringing
in the ears (first to third day), [1].
► Roaring in the right ear at 3 P.M.,
lasting a quarter of an hour (fifth day), [3].
► Strange illusion of hearing; she
hears whistling and ringing, and rises to see where they are (fifth
day), [2]. ►
Hears distant whistling (seventh day), [2].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► The nose
continues to swell, and the pain extends to the ear (fourth day), [2]. [100.]
► *Bad smell from the nose
(third to sixth day), [1]. ► *Stoppage of both nostrils; he
breathes through the mouth (fourth and fifth days), [2]. ►
Stoppage of the right nostril, relieved by lying on the same side (third
to sixth day), [1]. ► Discharge of white and watery mucus from
the nose (second day), [2]. ► Coryza brought on by the slightest
draught; sneezing (second day), [2].
► Fluent coryza (thirty-sixth and
thirty-seventh day), [3]. ► *Arterial blood gushes from the nose
and ears (tenth day), [2]. ► Subjective. ►
Heat in the left nostril, with swelling of the septum nasi (third day), [2]. ►
Lancinations from the root of the nose to the ear (fourth day), [2]. ►
Terrible pricking in the upper part of the nasal fossa (first to third
day), [1]. [110.] ►
Tickling at the root of the nose, as from a worm (tenth day), [2].
FACE.
►
Objective. ► Complexion
high-colored, almost red (first day), [2].
► Subjective. ► Boring pain from the lower jaw to the
right eye, and then from the right brow to the ear (first to third day),
[1]. ►
Cheeks. ► Swelling of the
right cheek, with small red pimples beneath the skin, followed by large
round tetter-like spots; 7 P.M. (nineteenth day). The redness of the
face was better the next day towards noon. Swelling of the face in the
afternoon, especially of the right side of the nose (twentieth day). On
the next day, the swelling of the face lasted till 10 o’clock, with
increased redness and swelling under the eyes; the pimples in the face
gradually disappeared, but could still be felt under the skin; the
redness was less at 8 P.M. (twenty-first day). The next morning, there
were red spots in the face, which was puffy (twenty-second day), [3]. ►
Right cheek hot, red, with formication, from 1 to 6 P.M. (nineteenth
day), [3]. ►
Pressure in the right cheek, with slight redness, followed by slight
swelling of the right cheek, followed by shivering over the whole body,
lasting several minutes (for one hour), (fifth day), [3].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► The teeth are
loose; inability to chew bread (third day), [2]. ► Gums.
► Swelling of the gums of the last
three molars on the right side (first to third day), [1]. ► The
gums fall far away from the teeth (thirteenth day), [2]. ►
Pricking in the left gums (first day), [2].
► Tongue. [120.] ►
Black or deep red tongue (ninth day), [2].
► Tongue white and swollen in the
morning (tenth day), [2]. ► Pricking at the tip of the tongue (first
to third day), [1]. ► Pricking as if from pimento (after
triturating the drug), (first to third day), [1]. ► Saliva.
► Watery saliva (third day), [2]. ►
Viscid saliva more abundant (third day), [2].
► The saliva is salt (sixth day), [1]. ►
Taste. ► Bitter, salt
taste in the mouth (sixth day), [1].
► Taste of blood in the mouth before
the paroxysm of cough, and inclination to vomit after it (first to third
day), [1]. ►
Bread has an insipid taste, like that of the triturated poison which is
being proved (seventh day), [2].
THROAT.
[130.]
► Congestion of blood to the throat,
caused by the pain in the lung (third to sixth day), [1]. ► Burning
as from a mustard plaster within the pit of the throat on swallowing,
aggravated by heat, ameliorated by cold, on waking in the morning,
better toward nine o’clock (third day), [3].
► Burning from larynx to tongue, as
from peppermint, with desire for fresh air (first to third day), [1]. ►
Pressive constriction in the throat (first to third day), [1]. ► Œsophagus.
► The passage of liquids is arrested
as by a spasmodic contraction of the œsophagus, after which they fall
heavily into the stomach (second day), [2].
► After eating, obstruction in the
œsophagus, as if a sponge had lodged there (second day), [2]. ► Drawing
in the œsophagus (third to sixth day), [1].
► Swallowing. ► Foot turns spirally when going down the
œsophagus, or, sometimes, each morsel falls heavily, as through a
metallic tube, into the stomach, which trembles violently (first to
third day), [1]. ► Liquids pass down the œsophagus with a
gurgling noise (fourth day), [2]. ► External Throat. ► Violent throbbing of the external carotid
(first to third day), [1]. [140.] ►
Twitching in the parotid gland (sixth day), [1]. ►
Painfulness of the parotid gland (sixth day), [1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Great appetite
(fifth day), [2]. ► Constant hunger, which cannot be appeased
on account of the continual vomiting (tenth day), [2]. ► Violent
hunger (tenth day), [2]. ► Very violent hunger (third to sixth day),
[1]. ►
She is hungry, yet unable to eat (tenth day), [2]. ► Desire
for food, with aversion to eating (first day), [2]. ► Desire
for oranges, acids, and especially for beef, with sour sauce (seventh
day), [2]. ►
Decided relish for oranges and salad (twelfth day), [2]. [150.] ► Complete loss of appetite; she eats
nothing but oranges (ninth day), [2].
► Loathing of food; every mouthful
causes acidity (first to third day), [1].
► Loathing of bread and other foot
(twelfth day), [2]. ► Loathing of meat, bananas, and
particularly bread (seventh day), [2].
► Thirst. ► Thirst, with heat and sleepiness at
night, sweat in the morning (thirty-eighth day), [3]. ► Great
thirst; desire for milk (tenth day), [2].
► Unquenchable thirst (first day), [2]. ►
Burning thirst the whole forenoon (twenty-second day), [3]. ►
Eructations. ►
Eructations, smelling like bad eggs in the throat (third day), [2]. ►
Sour eructations with desire for cold water and for ice (first to third
day), [1]. [160.] ►
Acidity, nausea, and faint feeling (first day), [2]. ► Nausea and
Vomiting. ► Nausea, with
vomiting (twenty-fourth day), [3].
► Vomiting of ingesta (thirteenth
day), [2]. ►
Bread keeps returning by the nose (eleventh day), [2]. ► For a
whole month, bread does not mingle with other food; it is returned
through the nose all day, while other articles are either digested or
thrown up by the mouth (eighth day), [2].
► After eating an orange with bread,
the orange returns by the mouth, and the bread by the nose (tenth day), [2]. ►
Watery vomiting in the morning (twelfth day), [2]. ►
Vomiting of green bile, followed by bilious diarrhœa (first day), [2]. ►
Violent vomiting of mucus in the evening (forty-first day), [3]. ►
Swelling of the stomach (fourth day), [2].
[170.] ►
Bloating of the stomach after eating (third to sixth day), [1]. ►
Very slow digestion; she has to drink after every mouthful (tenth day), [2]. ►
Breakfast agrees pretty well, but dinner distresses him (third day), [2]. ►►
*Fruits and cold drinks lie on the stomach like ice (fourth
day), [2]. ►
Burning in the stomach, extending into the duodenum (tenth day), [2]. ►
Drawing in the pit of the stomach (third to sixth day), [1]. ► Drawing
at the cardiac orifice, with sensation of hunger and boring feeling,
extending to the spinal column (third day), [2]. ► *Weight in
the stomach after eating (first day), [2]. ► Weight
in the stomach after taking food; it is disposed to reject what is eaten
(third day), [2]. ► Sensitiveness in the pit of the stomach
(fourth day), [2].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondria. [180.] ► Pressure at the right hypochondrium
(third to sixth day), [1]. ► Swelling of the diaphragmatic region
(fourth day), [1]. ► Flanks. ►
Pressive pain in the left flank (second day), [2]. ►
Pressure in the left flank, extending to the vertebral column (third to
sixth day), [1]. ► General Abdomen. ► The peristaltic movement of the bowels is
reversed, the blood appears to flow back in the abdomen, with great pain
and frightful palpitation, followed by lancinations, which prevent
walking (fourth day), [2]. ► Borborygmi and noisy flatulence (fourth
day), [2]. ►
Noisy and very violent borborygmi (sixth day), [1]. ► She
feels as if she had a tube inside her which closed suddenly by means of
a valve, and through which a column of some liquid was poured into the
abdomen, where a violent rumbling takes place (third day), [2]. ►
Cramps in the whole of the right side (fourth day), [2]. ►
Pressure from above downward (in the abdomen) for some minutes, on
account of which she was unable to stand, worse from warm drinks,
especially coffee or tea (fourth day), [3].
[190.] ►
The intestines are hurriedly rolled together, are twisted, for some
moments, like a rope, and then suddenly seem tied up, as by a knot,
which violently constricts the abdomen from side to side (thirteenth
day), [2]. ►
Very sharp pains in the descending colon (twelfth day), [2]. ► Cutting
pain in the abdomen towards 7 P.M., sudden, at one time disappearing,
suddenly better about 10 P.M., worse after midnight, disappearing in the
morning (third day), [3]. ► Lancinations from the umbilicus downwards
to the uterus (first day), [2]. ► Colic, gradually spreading al through the
colon from the cæcum to the rectum (first day), [2]. ► Colic
returns at 5 P.M., as if she would sink together, worse while sitting,
better while walking about and resting the hands on the hips (fourth
day), [3]. ►
Colic, with urging to stool (sixth day), [1].
► Sudden colic, with diarrhœa
(fourth day), [2]. ► Violent colic, as though the bowels were
twisted together (third day), [2].
► Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
► Very sharp pains in the right iliac
bone, as though its crest were swollen and the periosteum inflamed
(fourth day), [2]. [200.] ►
Swelling of the inguinal glands (sixth day), [1]. ►
Lancinations starting simultaneously from the groins and crossing each
other at the symphysis pubis (third day), [2].
► The left groin is painful to
contact (sixth day), [1].® 2000
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