PHOSPHORUS.
The element, Phosphorus.
Preparation
, Triturations.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 29,
from Hahnemann, Chr. Kr., 2d ed.). 1,
Hahnemann; 2, Goullon; 3, Gross; 4,
Hering; 4a,
“Rl.;” 5, Schreter; 6, Stapf; 7,
“Bds.;” 8, Hartlaub; 9, “Mbn.;” 10,
“Ng.;” 11, Borchwitz; 12, Bouttaz (not accessible, -Hughes); 13, Brera, in Voigtel (effects of 1/2 to 2
grains, -Hughes); 14, Buchner, in
Voigtel; 15, Conradi, in Hufel.
Journ. (not found for lack of reference, -Hughes); 16, Horn’s Archiv (not accessible, -Hughes); 17, Hufeland’s Journ. (VII, 3, 114, statement
about overaction, -Hughes); 18,
Jahn, Mat. Med. (II, 203, general statement, a mere copy from Voigtel,
-Hughes); 19, Kortum (Hufel. Journ.,
X, 2, 41, effects of 1 grain in divided doses, -Hughes); 20, Le Roi, in Bouttaz; 20a,
same, in Voigtel (effects of 3 grains, -Hughes); 21, Lobstein (Réch. et Obs. sur le
Phosphore, 1815, a collection ofobservations from authors, -Hughes); 22, Menz, in Bouttaz (not accessible,
-Hughes); 23, Robbi (Beob. ueber der
Phosph., 1818, statements and observations, -Hughes); 24, Vater, in Voigtel; 25, Voigtel, Arzneimittellehre (IV, 46,
statements from authors, -Hughes); 26,
Weigel, Diss. Inaug. d. Phosph. us.; 27,
Weickard, in Bouttaz (in Voigtel, effects of 2 to 3 grains, -Hughes); 28, Htb. and Tr.; 29,
Zisler, in Bouttaz; 30, Wm. H.
Holcombe, M.D., proving of Ph., took 20 drops of tincture twice first
day, three times second day, and at 9 A.M., third day; 40 drops 10 P.M.,
third day; 20 drops, 9 A.M., fourth day; 30drops, 10 A.M., fifth day, N.
Am. J. of Hom., 1858, p. 144 (Nos. 31
to 42, provings from Dr. Sorge,
“Der Phosphor,” Leipzig, 1862); 31,
Dr. A. L., aged forty, took 3d. dec. dil., 4 drops, first day, 6 drops
second day, 8 drops third day, 10 drops fifth and eighth days, 12 drops
twenty-first day, 10 drops twenty-fourth, thirtieth, and thirty-first
days, 4 drops thirty-fifth day; 32,
Dr. B. took 25th dil. daily, in the morning, for six days; 32a,
same, took 12th dil., repeated doses; 32b, same, took 2d dil. daily for seven
days, 5 to 15-drop doses; 32c, same, took subsequently the 12th dil.,
repeated doses, for some time; 32d, same, took 3d dil., repeated doses; 32e,
same, took 3 to 6-drop doses of an alcoholic solution of P.; 33, Otto B., aged fifteen, took 3 drops of
1st dec. dil. first, second, and fourth days; 33a, same, took crude alcoholic solution of
P.; 34, Otto R., aged seventeen,
took 1 to 5-drop doses of 1st dil. for nearly three months, with
interruptions; 34a, same, took repeated doses of 2d. dil.; 34b,
same, took again 1st dil.; 34c, same, took again 2d dil.; 34d,
same, took again 1st dil.; 35, G.
Muller, took 1st dil. daily for four days; 36,
“R.”, aged twenty, took 3 to 10-drop doses of 1st dil. every
morning, and after some days took 5-drop doses of 2d dil.; 36a,
same, took 2-drop doses of alcoholic solution of P.; 36b,
same, took 2d dil.; 37, Carl Schenk,
aged twenty-seven, took one dose, 3 drops, of alcoholic solution of P.; 37a,
same, took repeated doses of 1st dil.; 37b, same, took various doses of 3d dil.; 37c,
same, took 2d dil.; 37d, same, took again 1st dil.; 38, Rosalie B., aged seventeen, took 3d dil.
every morning; 38a, same, took 2d dil.; 39, Miss T., aged thirty-two, took 3 drops of
25th dil. daily for three days; 39a, same, subsequently took 11th dil.; 39b,
same, took 2d dil., repeated doses; 40,
Madame L., aged thirty-two (suffering from anteflexion uteri), took
repeated doses of 2d dil.; 41, Miss
S., aged twenty-three (habitually suffering for eight days before menses
with restless sleep, bad dreams, and the day before with cramp in calves
and in abdomen, great pain in back; usually passed first menstrual day
in bed; menses last eight or nine days; evacuation of bowels difficult;
stools hard), took 1st dil., beginning eight days before menses, daily
for a week, 3 to 7-drop doses; 42,
Dr. Sorge, took 1st dil. first, second, and fourth days; 42a,
same, 1st dil. first, third, and fourth days; 42b, same, 1st dil., one dose, first and
second days; 42c,
same, 3d dil., one dose; 42d, same, 3d dil. first and second days; 42e,
same, 2d dil. first and second days; 42f, same, 1st dil. first and third days; 42g,
same, 4th dil.; 42h, same, 1st dil.; 43, E. R. Heath, took 5 drops of tincture,
Am. Hom. Rev., 5, 215, 1865; 44,
Robinson, provings, Br. J. of Hom., 25, p. 327, 1867, “an old male
took of a solution of one globule of the 30th dil. in 8 ounces of water,
a dessertspoonful every third morning;” 45,
same, a young female took a globule of 1st dec. dil. four times a day
for eight days; 46, same, a young
female took 3d dec. dil. three times a day; 47,
same, a female took 30th dil. night and morning; 48, same, H. R., took 20 to 50 drops of
tincture at bedtime; 49, E. W.
Berridge, M.D., N. Am. J. of Hom., 1875, p. 379, proving of Dr. David
Wilson with one dose of “C.M., Fincke;” 50, Dr. H. Noah Martin’s provings, Hahn.
Month, 12, p. 353, Dr. Kirk’s proving with amorphous Phosphorus; 51, same, Dr. Gumpert’s symptoms; 52, same, Dr. Hand’s symptoms; 53, Alphonse Le Roy, Mem. de Soc. Émulation,
Paris, 1797 (from Sorge), provings on himself with a solution of P. in
Theracium, effects of 2 to 3 grains (same as No. 20, T. F. A.); 54,
Weigel, Inaug. Diss., 1797 (from Sorge), proving on himself with 1 grain
dissolved in oil (same as No. 26); 55, Bouttaz (from Sorge), took of a solution
of 4 grains in 4 drachms of Naphtha vitrioli, 20 drops every two hours
(same as No. 12); 56, Worbe, a man, twenty-eight years old,
took 1 1/2 grains in hot water, and, experiencing no effects, three days
afterwards repeated the dose, death on ninth day, Mem. luc a la Soc.
Méd. d’Émulat., Paris, 1825 (fromWibmer); 57,
Dieffenbach, Fror. Notizen, 23, No. 493 (A. H. Z., 74, 77), an
apothecary took, as an experiment, 1 grain of P., triturated with sugar,
first day, 2grains second day, 3 grains third day; 58, Grobenschutz, Med. Zeit. Ver. Preuss.,
1843 (Frank’s Mag.), poisoning by Phosphorus paste in food; 59, Shephard, Lancet, 1843, 1, p. 435,
effects of sucking matches, in a child two and a half years old (fatal);
60, Lafargue, Lond. and Edin. Med.
Journ., 1843, effects of sucking matches, in a child six months old; 61, Huss, from a work on Chronic Alcoholism,
effects of inhaling vapor of P. (Hempel’s Mat. Med., 1, 722); 62, Strohl, Gaz. Méd. de Strassburg, 1845,
effects on a workman in a match factory; 63,
same, in a woman; 64, same, in a
woman; 65, same, in a woman; 66, same, general effects; 67, Roussel, Mem. de la Acad. des Sc.,
effects on workers in match factories; 68,
Belfour, Northern J. of Med., effects in workers; 69, Neumann, Preuss. Ver. Zeit., 1846 (S. J.,
53, 212), effects of working four years in a match factory, in a healthy
girl; 70, same, a girl, aged
seventeen, worked seven years; 71,
same, in a woman, aged twenty-seven, who worked two years; 72, Lorinser, S. J., 53, p. 76, effects of
fumes of P. on workmen; 73, Annal.
de Thérap., 1846 (A. H. Z., 33, 57), effects of fumes of P. on workmen;
74, Pluskal, Oest. Med. Woch., 1846
(Br. J. of Hom., 6, 284), effects of playing with matches a great deal,
in a girl; 75, Dr. Walker, Br. J. of
Hom., 4, 287, effects on a workman; 76,
Bibra and Geist, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 116, observations of Gendrin on
workers, mostly women; 77, same, a
woman, aged thirty-four; 78, same,
in a man; 79, same, in a man, after
working nine months (no phthisical
predisposition); 80, Sunderlin
(Sorge’s Mon.), took 1/4 grain in oil; 81,
Bibra and Geist, Br. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1848, p. 446, effects on
Barbara Klein, aged twenty-two, a worker in P.; 82,
Simon, Lancet, 1850, Vol. 1, p. 44, effects on a worker for twelve
years; 83, Russian Med. Zeit., 1850
(S. J., 70, 97); 84, Dassier, Journ.
de Toul., 1851 (S. J., 74, 168), effects of a large amount of rat
poison, in a girl; 85, Boudant, Gaz.
des Hôp., 1851, effects of a large amount of P. paste, in a man; 86, Bell, Pharm. Journ, 1852-3, 12, p. 517,
effects on a woman, worker in match factory; 87,
Weihe, S. J., 82, 87, general effects; 88,
Lewinsky, Zeit. d. K. K. Gesell. d. Aerzte zu Wien, 1853, effects of P.
from matches, in a girl, aged twenty-two; 89,
Deitz, Wurt. Corr. Bl., Vol. 22, A. H. Z., 48, 176, effects of P. fumes;
90, Marcy, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1855,
p. 94, proving by inhaling 3d dec. dil., in a woman, aged twenty-two,
inhalation repeated daily for several days; 91,
same, another prover by inhalation; 92,
same, a third prover; 93, Cabot,
Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1855, p. 268, effects in a female worker in
P.; 94, Campana, Journ. de Chim.
Méd., 1855 (S. J., 101, 145), poisoning by matches; 95, Marchand, Gaz. des Hôp. (Bost. M. and S.
J., 53, p. 323), effects of P. paste in soup, on a man, death on third
day; 96, Muller, A. H. Z., 50, p.
163, effects on a woman of about 3 grains, scraped from matches; 97, Flugel, S. J., 90, 297, Vjs. f. Ger.
Med., 1856, poisoning by matches; 98,
Wood, N. Y. J. of Med., 1856, p. 312, worker in P.; 99, Leudet, Archives Gén. de Méd., 1857 (N.
Am. J. of Hom., 7, p. 137), poisoning by matches; 100, same, in a woman; 101, Nitsche, Dubl. Hosp. Rep., 1857, from
Zeit. d. K. K. Gesell. d. Aerzt. z. Wien., poisoning by matches; 102, Kraus, All. Wien. Med. Zeit., 1857 (from
Sorge), poisoning by matches; 103,
Elwert, A. H. Z., 53, 171, poisoning by matches; 104, Halsey, Am. J. Med. Sc., 1858, p. 357,
worker in P. factory; 105, Coover,
Br. Med. J., 1858, p. 846, two children poisoned by matches; 106, Tueffard, Journ. de Chim. Méd., 1859
(S. J., 104), poisoning by P.; 107,
Rokitansky, Wien. Med. Zeit., 1859 (S. J., 105, 170), a girl poisoned by
matches; 108, Mertens, J. de Chim.
Méd., 1860 (S. J., 107, 171), effects in a man of rubbing some P. paste
into a cut in the finger; 109, Kopp,
All. Wien. Med. Zeit., 1859 (S. J., 105, p. 297), a girl ate six packets
of matches; 110, Kaspar’s Vjs. (from
Sorge), poisoning of a woman by P. paste; 111,
Zeidler, Annals of Berlin Charities, 1860, a woman drank an infusion of
a thousand matches, repeated next morning and evening; 112, von Hauff, Wurt. Corr. Bl., 1860 (S. J.,
109, 41), effects in three persons of eating soup containing Phosphorus
paste; each received about 3 grains of P., first case; 113, same, a boy, aged six years; 114, same, a girl, aged four; 115, Paul, Edin. Month. J., 1860, p. 388,
effects in a girl, aged twenty-six, of Ph. in coffee, death on the
eighth day; 116, Lilienthal, N. Am.
J. of Hom., 9, 448, effects of working in a match factory; 117, Frickhoffer, Nassau Med. Jhrb., 1861,
(S. J., 111, 24), poisoning by a solution of matches; 118, L’Union, 12, 201, tox. by a solution of
matches; 119, Ogston, Br. and F.
Med. Chir.-Rev., 1861, p. 350, tox. by scrapings of matches; 120, Cutler, Bost. Med. and Surg. J., 66,
393, a child, aged two, ate P. from ninety-two matches; 121, Paget, Med. Times and Gaz., 1862,
effects on a man working in P.; 122,
same, second case; 123, Lewin, a
girl ate tops of a thousand matches, Med. Times and Gaz., 1862; 124, Adams, Med. Times and Gaz., 1862, a
worker in P.; 125, Sorge, a woman
poisoned by matches, Sorge’s Monograph; 126,
Wagner, Archiv de Heilk., 1862, a girl, aged thirteen, ate P. paste; 127, Gallavardin, Annals d’Hyg. Publique,
1855, poisoning of a man by P. mixed with food; 128,
Hœring, Med. Corr. Bl., 1862, a woman, aged thirty-two, poisoned by one
hundred matches; 129, Fritz, Archiv
Gén. de Méd., 1863, a girl poisoned by paste scraped from sixty
matches; 130, Fritz, Ranvier and
Verliac, Treatise on P. Poisoning, Paris, 1863, poisoning by matches; 131, same, another case; 132, Bucquoy, L’Union Méd., 1863, poisoning
of a woman by matches; 133,
Lancereaux, L’Union Méd., 1863, poisoning of a man by matches; 134, same, poisoning of a man by P. paste; 135, same, poisoning of a girl, aged
twenty-two, by matches; 136, same, a
man poisoned by matches; 137,
Richardson, Br. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1863 (from Tuengee), effects
observed in nineteen cases of poisoning; 138,
Karrajan, A. H. Z. Mon. Bl., 8, 29, a man took a solution in beer of
eight packets of matches; 139,
Fraser, Med. Times and Gaz., 1863, a woman took P. paste; 140, Guillabert, L’Art Méd., 13, 311, a girl
of eighteen took a solution of matches in hot water; 141, Mannkoff, A. H. Z. Mon. Bl., 8, 16, a
woman of twenty-three took an infusion in cold water of one thousand
matches (10 to 12 grains of P.); 142,
same, a woman took an infusion of about three thousand matches; 143, same, a man took an infusion of one
thousand matches in coffee; 144,
same, a woman poisoned by one thousand matches in coffee; 145, Ozanam, L’Art Méd., 19, p. 146, a woman
took P. scraped from one hundred and twenty matches, death seventh day; 146, Woodman, Med. Times and Gaz., 1864,
poisoning of two women by P. paste; 147,
von Bunan, Vjs. f. Ger. Med., 1864, poisoning by P. in milk; 148, Levi, Gaz. Hebdom., 1864, effects of
eating matches; 149, Memorabilien,
1864, p. 245, effects of eating matches; 150,
Guillabert, Gaz. des Hôp., 1865, a woman poisoned by matches; 151, Ogle, Med. Times and Gaz., 1865, effects
in a worker in P.; 152, Hunt, Am. J.
Med. Sc., 1865, p. 353, a worker in matches; 153,
Krug, Archiv de Heilk., 1865 (A. H. Z., Mon. Bl., 12, 54), a girl, aged
fifteen, ate two packets of matches; 154,
same, another case; 155, Meyer,
Virchow’s Archiv, 1865 (S. J., 136, 209), effects of eating matches; 156, Pastau, Virchow’s Archiv, 1866 (A. H.
Z., Mon. Bl., 13, 24), a woman took a solution of eight packets of
matches in hot water; 157,
Hæsseler, Archiv f. Ger. Med., 1866 (S. J., 136, 209), a child poisoned
by matches; 158, Blix, Gaz. Hebdom.,
1866 (S. J., 136, 209), a man took Phosphorus; 159,
same, a man poisoned by matches; 160,
Heschel, Wien Med. Woch., 1866, poisoning by matches; 161, Habershon, Med.-Chir. Trans., 1867, a
woman, aged twenty-eight, drank a solution of rat poison; 162, Hillier, ibid., a child sucked matches
(about twenty-four); 163, Müller,
Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1867, poisoning of a woman, aged twenty-two; 164, same, another case, Ph. in hot coffee; 165, Pestel, L’Union Méd., 1867, a man
poisoned by soup containing matches; 166,
Klett, Wurt. Corr. Bl., 1868, (Br. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1869, p.
542), a woman, six months pregnant, ate ends of matches; she died in six
hours, an hour after delivery; 167,
Weihe, Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1867, a woman poisoned by matches; 168, Rummel, H. and P. Zeit. f. Med. (S. J.,
144, 31), a woman poisoned by matches; 169,
Gross, Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1867, a man poisoned by matches; 170, Maschka, Prag. Vjs., 1867 (A. H. Z. Mon.
Bl., 16, 58), a girl, aged twenty, took infusion of matches in hot
water; 171, Guenzler, Med. Corr.
Bl., 1867, p. 68, a woman poisoned by matches; 172,
Taylor, Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1868, p. 242, a girl of thirteen poisoned by
Ph. rat poison, death on sixth day; 173,
Fournier and Ollivier, L’Union Méd., 1868, No. 86, a girl, fourteen,
employed four years in match factory; 174,
Dujardin-Beaumetz (N. Y. Med. Journ., 1868, p. 534), effects of small
doses; 175, Matthieu, Preuss. Med.,
1868 (S. J., 144, 31), a man took a lot of matches; 176, Haselhorst, Inaug. Diss. Berlin, 1868, a
boy of seventeen poisoned by matches; 177,
Huber, Deutsch Archiv f. Klin. Med., 1868, p. 611, a man poisoned by P.
paste; 178, same, a man ate food
containing P. paste; 179, Concato,
Rivista Clin., 1868 (S. J., 144, 31), poisoning by matches; 180, Thiersch, Archiv de Heilk., 1868 (A. H.
Z. Mon. Bl., 18, 57), general P. necrosis in workers; 181, Lenftleben, Virchow’s Archiv, 36, 520,
poisoning by application of P. in oil to a raw surface; 182, Waterhouse, Br. Med. Journ., 1869, 2, p.
454, a girl took P. paste, recovery; 183,
Kay, Lancet, 1869, 1, 836, a woman took an ounce of P. paste, death on
third day; 184 to 189, Porte, Inaug. Thèse, Paris, 1869, cases
of P. necrosis; 190, Schultz and
Reiss, Annal. des Charite Krankenhauser, Berlin, 1869, a man poisoned by
an indefinite amount; 191, same,
another case; 192, same, a girl
poisoned by three hundred matches; 193,
same, a girl took five hundred matches; 194,
same, a woman took same; 195, same,
a girl took one thousand matches; 196,
same, a girl took one hundred matches; 197,
same, five hundred matches; 198,
same, a large number of matches; 199,
same, a man took one thousand matches; 200,
Ebstein, Archiv de Heilk., 1869, a woman took an infusion of matches; 201, Knœvenagl, Berlin Klin. Woch., 1869, a
woman took an infusion of matches; 202,
Lange, Berlin Klin. Woch., 1870, a man took an infusion of matches; 203, Kohler, ibid., poisoning by two hundred
matches; 204, Battmann, Archiv de
Heilk., 1871, a woman took a solution of matches in wine; 205, Andant, Journ. de Thérap., 1871,
matches in soup, effect on a woman; 206,
same, on the son; 207, Anderson,
Lancet, 1871, 2, 189, a child sucked the heads of matches; 208, Rommelære, Traité de P. Intox.,
Bruxelles 1871, girl, aged seventeen, took infusion of matches in
coffee, cured by turpentine; [Symptoms observed subsequent to turpentine
not included, although she suffered from jaundice, bile in urine, etc.] 209, same, another case, poisoned by matches,
cured by turpentine; 210, Anstie,
Practitioner, 1873, 11, 103, a man, subject to migraine, took three
pills, each containing 1/30th grain of P., daily for about a week; 211, Wegner, Virchow’s Archiv, 55 (B. J. of
Hom., 31, 29), poisoning by P.; 212,
same; 213, Sharp, Essays on Med., p.
720, took twice 1 drop of P., 1st cent. dil.; 214,
Biermer, Corr. Bl. Schweiz., 1873, p. 269, poisoning of a woman by
matches; 215, Jacobson, Deutsch
Archiv f. Pr. Med., 1874, p. 467, poisoning of a woman by matches; 216, Courtenay, Med. Times and Gaz., 1876, p.
461, child poisoned by P. paste; 217,
Morse, U. S. Med. Invest., 1876, p. 488, effects of inhaling the fumes
of burning P.; 218, Goullon, Int.
Hom. Presse, 10, 496, a man engaged in packing a large quantity of
matches; 219, same, a woman poisoned
by eating matches; 220, Tardieu,
Empoisonnement, a girl, aged nineteen, poisoned by matches; 221, same, D’Hielly, a girl, aged
twenty-three poisoned by matches; 222,
same, Brullé, Thèse, Paris, 1860, a girl poisoned by matches; 223, same, a woman poisoned by matches; 224, same, a woman, two months pregnant,
poisoned by matches; 225, same,
Tungel’s case of a woman poisoned by matches; 226,
same, Tungel’s case of a man poisoned by matches; 227, Breyton, Thèse, Paris, 1865, a woman
poisoned by matches; 228, Gallard,
Annal. d’Hyg., second ser., vol. 31, a woman poisoned by matches; 229, Piffard, Hosp. Gaz. and Archives of
Clin. Surgery, 1877, p. 294, effects of tri-daily doses of 1/100th to
1/20th grain of P. given for psoriasis; 230,
Boling, N. Orleans Med. and Surg. Journ., 1854, experiments on a healthy
negro boy with tincture, doses 1/2 drop to 500 drops (only immediate
effects on pulse reported; those not showing any deviation from health
are omitted, T. F. A.); 231, same,
experiments on a healthy man, 10 to 200-drop doses, omitted; 232, Bemis, N. Orleans M. and S. Journ.,
1867, effects of a box of rat poison, in a woman.® 2000
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