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Samarskite
– A Proving.
C. M.
Boger.
Presented by Dr Robert Séror.

(645
symptômes, 76
sections, 20
provers, 1
er juin 1935)
Docteur Cyrus Maxwell Boger (13
mai 1861
– 2
septembre1935)

Chemical Formula : Tantalo — Columbate of Cerium and Yttrium.
(Fe. Ca. UO2 ) 3. (Ce. Di. La. Yt. Er.)2. (Cb. Ta.) 6 021.

Provers :

I. H. Sayre — 6 cent. pot. 2.

2. Dr. Weiss — 6 and 12 cent. pot.

3. Dr. C. S. Gesser — 6 cent. pot.

4. Under Dr. Lehman — 6 cent. pot.

5. Under Dr. Donald Mac Farlan — 6 cent. pot.

6. Curative effects.

7. Dr. Kerkow — 6 cent. pot.

8. Estelle Mc Coy — 6 cent. pot.

9. Mrs. E. C. Arnold — 6 cent. later 200 pot.

10. Under Dr. Lehman — 12 cent. pot.

11. Under Dr. Boger-Shattuck–7 cent. pot.

12. Miss Van Alstyne, under Dr. Sweezey Powers –6 cent., later
30, later 200 pot.

13. Dr. C. M. Bogers patient ; mostly from single
doses.

14. Dr. Robinett.

15. Clt — 200 pot.

16. Dr. Hilmar Schmidt — 200 pot.

17. Dr. Niswander’s wife, contact of 200 or MM pot.

18. Dr. McL. — 200 pot.

19. Mrs. K. — 200 pot.

20. Miss N. — 200 pot.

MIND

: — Same thoughts
kept repeating them-selves almost endlessly. (17).

Past ideas or experiences pass thro’ mind in A. M. ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Can’t keep mind on one thing ; wants to do something but don’t
know what ; rest-less in mind and body. (

1).

Something seems wrong, but can’t tell what ;

6th.
day. (2).

Confused, can’t concentrate ; thoughts foreign to her work
creep into her head. (

5).
(Ang. Old.).

5

— Can concentrate
better now. (17).

Felt cramped, as tho’ confined in too small a space, also
discouraged, with the hunger pains, > hard work ; as if a cloud
had passed over me ;

11th.
day. (12).

Felt miserable, with no power over her-self, did not feel
sociable because felt so ragged and mean, wished to close her eyes
and be left alone and be quiet ; it was an effort to do anything.
(

5).

Feel all bottled up inside and if I did not give away would
loose all control of myself and just tear everything to pieces.

Want to beak something, throw dishes thro’ windows or do
something with a loud crash to it ;

19th.
day, (10).

10

— Reckless and
revengeful ; just opposite to usual state. (1)
.

Great resentment in evening, without provocation ;

4th.
day. (16).

Easily offended ; with vertigo ; > rest ; never had this
before ;

8th.
week. (19).

Suicidal thoughts of drowning cross his mind ; recurrence on

9th.
day. (1).

Sudden attacks of anger, with inclination to violence ;

18th.
day. (2).

15

— Attacks of
impatience, every time she took bottle in hand. (17).

Irritable and averse to mental exercise ;

1st.
day. (2).

Disinclined to do anything, not even read, in afternoon ;

23
to 27th.
day. (2).

Irritable, with aversion to everything, in evening ;

2nd.
day. (2).

Irritable and nervous all day ;

14th.
day. (10).

20 — MIND

: —
Irritable and cross, seem to have a million things wrong with me ;
19th.
day. (10).

Argumentative and wide awake in evening ;

5th.
day. (12).

More alert during studying (

1
hour). (16).

Very nervous and restless, from back and leg ache ;

17th.
to 19th.
day. (10).

Made her feel lively, her tired legs got better. (

5).

25

— Buoyant spirits,
in spite of rain ; 2nd.
day ; optimistic and quite cheerful, altho’ it is cold and rainy ;
7th.
day ; good spirits but did not get much done ; 13th.
day. (12).

Great sense of satisfaction ;

2nd.
day. (2).

Dejected feeling ;

4th.
day. (3).

Deepening gloom, as morning wore on, worked automatically ;

11th.
day. (12).

Unduly depressed. (

12).

30

— Depressed
mentally, in morning ; 5th.
day. (16).

Depression relieved. (

6).

Disgusted with life in afternoon ;

4th.
day. (3).

Illusion of some one behind him, when in bath-tub, after
accident case where victim died in tub ;

20th.
day. (2).

Awoke with terrible scary feeling and down pressure on vertex,
at

6
A. M. breakfast ; 2nd.
day. (9).

35

— Waves of fear,
> changing occupation. (17).

Frightened by sharp abdominal cramps. (

12).

Feelings easily hurt and wants to cry, but can’t get started,
yet seems would be better by it ;

19th.
day. (10).

SENSORIUM

: —
Faintness, with tremulous legs ; 1st.
day. (9).

Faintness ; after

24
hours ; then cramp thro’ trunk below diaphragm. (17)
; relieved by Lyc. after Nux-v. failed.

40

— Felt detached, as
if floating over every-thing that stood in the way, during rain ; 5th.
day. (12).

On starting to step in morning, felt that floor was not there,
and nearly fell ;

3rd.
day. (4).

Staggering, has to grasp hold of things ;

3rd.
day. (11).

Vertigo, whirling from right to left, and as if to fall forward
on closing eyes, < standing, > leaning on a support ; came
on in one minute and lasted

2
weeks. (17)
; Antidoted by Arsenicum 30.

Vertigo, with general penetrating heat into the bone ; at once
> lying. (

17).

45

— Vertigo as if to
fall forward on descending, with severe exhaustion. (17).

Severe vertigo, tired and weak ; compelled to lie down for two
days and nights ; vertigo lasted several weeks ; recurred and
again worse on

60th.
day. (19)

Swimming vertigo, is tired ; bones and muscles ache ; return of
an old aural discharge ;

1st.
week. (20).

Vertigo, as if rolling over like a ball ; cold, uneasy, nervous
; drowsy, but disturbed sleep ; jerking inside ;

2nd.
week. (20).

Vertigo ; as if pulled backward at

4
P. M. ; 2nd.
day. (2).

50

— Vertigo ; with
nausea on waking in A. M., could not raise head, > cup of black
coffee. (5).

Very marked dizziness and lightheadness ;

19th.
day. (4).

Dizzy when sitting, < bending forward. (

5).

Dizzy every morning and could not walk straight, after rising
at

6
A. M. ; kept going sideways, lasted until 9
A. M., followed by backache in evening. (9).

Dizzy in later part of morning, paper and desk seemed to reel
or sway, could not read or write ; like an attack on train years
ago ; recovered next day at

4
P. M., > changing work and walking around, but walking in fresh
air strangely de-pressed her which got > by eating. (12).

55

— Dizzy when lying.
(6).

Slightly dizzy, with fulness in head ;

19th.
day. (4).

Lightheaded (old symptom returned). (

6).

Lightheaded ; on moving quickly ; as if to fall on standing up
;

2nd.
day ; after lying down at night ; 4th.
day. (10).

Great lightheadedness, as if head were floating in air. (

5).

60

— Head groggy, in
evening. (12).

Groggy and lazy after breakfast ; later felt as if going to be
sick, but could not tell where ;

12th.
day. (12).

Felt funny and woozy on lying down in evening. (

6).

Patient staggered into office, reeling to the right side. B.P.
210/110. A dose of Samarskite CM, was followed by severe vomiting
: History of several anginal attacks.

He had no return in 3 months ; repeated the remedy for an
attack of vertigo. (

11).
(Clinical).

HEAD

: — Continually
got duller and duller, < reading ; a walk in fresh air did not help. (12).

65

— Dull, as if a
cloud had settled down ; hard to make speed. (12).

Dull oppressive ache in early afternoon, with general tiredness
and languor, during menses, then sore throat in evening ;

4th.
day .(12).

Head felt filled up and confused ; in half an hour, continuing
thro the night, disappeared before morning. (

18).

Rush of blood to ; as if to burst, with a hot flash, >
afternoon ;

4th.
to 15th.
day. (4)
; 26th.
day. (10).

For several days and nights, headaches as if in meninges ; was
compelled to sit up straight for

3
days and nights ; in a few days a slighter recurrence, followed by
a boil in right ear, then a sticky, grainy discharge ; 5th.
month. (17).

70

— For 3
days and 2
nights headache outlining brain, again compelled to sit up,
relieved by Arsenicum 30,
pain stopped suddenly ; at once stabbing in first joint of first
finger of left hand, then burning itching and an aching white lump
came out on joint ; after several hours it opened with a sandy,
sticky exudate, this was followed in several hours by same in 2nd.
and knuckle joint and 3rd.
thumb joint like the first ; 5
months. (17).

Headache in spots, occiput, then left temple, then left
forehead, then left inner ear ; also deep in head ;

2nd.
day. (16).

Dulness throughout head ;

3rd.
day. (18).

FOREHEAD

: — Like a
rubber band tightening around forehead, > rubbing ; in 24
hours. (17).

Sharp twinge over either or both eyes ;

20th.
day. (2).

75

— Terrible ache over
eyes and in vertex, in evening until went to sleep ; 6th.
day. (9).

Shooting pains around eyes and temples ;

29th.
day. (10).

Dull ache over eyes, < right, all day ; < afternoon of next day ;

13th.
and 14th.
day. (4).

Dull ache in evening to bedtime ;

2nd.,
3rd.
and 24th.
day. (2).

Ache over frontal and occipital regions in mid-afternoon, >
out of doors ;

10th.
day. (12).

80

— Dull ache over
forehead thro’ night, disappeared on waking in A.M. ; 2nd.
day. (18).

Arose with ache, more over left eye, late afternoon ; became
intermittent in four days ;

16th.
day. (4).

Arose with ache over eyes, on vertex, in small of back and also
around hips, like a pulling down pain, then nausea at noon ;
lasted all day, with a hard cramp in right little finger at

1
P. M. ; before menses ; > open air ; 5th.
to 7th.
day. (9).

Ache over eyes on waking at

6
A. M. getting < until noon, but gone by 2 : 30 P. M. ; at 1 P. M. back started aching, until re-tiring, < stooping ; 10th. day. (9).

Ache over left eye ;

2nd.
day. (11).

85

— Heavy ache over
left eye for a short time after rising in A. M. ; 11th.
day. (2).

Dull pain over left eyebrow in evening at

6
P. M. ; 7th.
day. (18).

Dull ache over left eye at

4
P. M., with a sore, splinter like sensation in left tonsil ; < eating or empty swallowing, lasted three days ; 6th. day. (7).

Ache over and behind left eye on rising, left about noon, next
day over right eye, even on retiring and got up with same ache
next day, then went to over left again, toward evening ;

7th.
to 14th.
day. (10).

Pain at edge of left mastoid ; a hard lump raised ; in a few
hours burning, itching and a sandy, sticky exudate ;

5th.
month (17).

90

— Pain over right
eye at 5
: 30
P. M. ; 2nd.
day. (2).

Dull ache over right eye, in A. M. until after eating lunch ;

7th.
day, on 9th.
day at 4
P. M. ; in afternoon and evening of 56th.
day. (2).

Very severe frontal ache settled over right eye at

5
P. M., > after eating, but returned in 10
minutes, > by 10
P. M. ; slightly over left eye at bedtime. (2).

Pain in right frontal sinus ;

13th.
day. (2).

Ache from right eye to over top of head and down back of neck
and shoulder, ending in a sore spot, two inches to right of spine
;

22nd.
day. (10).

95

— Pain over right
eye gradually extending to over left, where it was more severe ;
also extends slightly to vertex, at bedtime 11
P. M. ; 4th.
day. (2).,
at 1
P. M. ; 5th.
day. (2).

Severe dull ache over right eye from

6
P. M. till bedtime, with a slight pain over left eye at 9
P. M. ; 15th.
day. (2).

Sharp pain over right eye at

9
P. M. in open, damp air ; also for 10
minutes after retiring ; 11th.
day. (2).

Pain high in right frontal region, extending to middle of head
in front, after sup-per ;

4th.
day. (2).

Sharp throb over root of nose thence to over right eye and
backward around right side of head to neck, then drawing ache in
same region for

4
days < motion and looking around ; in 24 hours. (1).

100

— Pain over right
eye at 5
P. M., then aching in right cervical muscles, then pain at angle
of left scapula ; 4th.
day. (2).

Throbbing in forehead over eyes and left thyroid every day at
the noon hour, < in sun, > after a short nap ; up to

5
months. (17)
; also a headache deep behind nose as if in middle of head,< motion, bending forward or leaning backward, had to sit erect ; next day palate began to vibrate, then burning about size of a dollar in stomach, then a pustule came on anterior soft palate and travelled backward to uvula ; it was sensitive to touch, but bet-ter from eating apples ; this recurred twice in six months. (17).

TEMPLES

: — Continuous,
very sharp pain in bone two inches back of right eye ; it was very
sore to touch. (5).

Pain in left temple ;

3rd.
day. (16).

Pain in left temple at

8
P. M. ; 3rd.
day. (2).

105

— Very sore spot in
left temple ; 30th.
day. (10).

Pressive pain in left at

6
P. M. ; 1st.
day. (2).

SIDES

: — Aching, front
to back in left ; 6th.
day ; returned on 13th.
day, more severely, gradually getting worse, with nausea, belching
gas and several mouthfuls of slightly acid foam, with much
exhaustion and weakness ; much > sleep. (7).

Heaviness in left at

8
P. M. ; 5th.
day. (2).

OCCIPUT

: — Tender spot
in right, sore to touch ; 3rd.
day. (2).

110

— As if it would
ache in morning. (12).

Deep soreness in protuberances and cervical vertebrae, < night ;

9th.
day. (1).

Deep, sharp pain in left mastoid, for half an hour ;

2nd.
day. (18).

VERTEX

: — On waking at
6
A. M. terrible down pressure on vertex, with pressure over eyes
until after breakfast, along with a terrible scared feeling ; next
day vertex pain until 1
:30
P. M. with nausea Slight stitches in left ;

2nd.
day. (7).

115 – EYES

: — Pain in
left eye on awaking in A. M. ; 20th.
day. (16).

Sharp pain in and around left eye. (

5).

Eyes tired all day as after too much reading. (

12).

Eyes tired and burned as if had been out in wind, < moving them ;

11th.
day. (12).

Eyes felt tired with reddened conjunctiva ;

3rd.
and 4th.
day. (18).

120

— Eyeballs feel
like bursting ; 9th.
day. (1).

Tenseness in, with tendency to stare ;

1st.
day. (12).

Staring eyes in afternoon ; felt better keeping them wide open
;

2nd.
to 3rd.
day. (18).

Red spot on left side of right eyeball. Eyes bloodshot, smart
and burn ; feel as if had been riding in wind ;

2nd.
and 3rd.
day. (4).

Left eye bloodshot. (

12).

Eyes itch, burn and are very bloodshot, especially the right ;

10th.
day ; next day burn and feel tired and strained. (4).

125

— Left eye swelled
shut, then 2
days of sticky, grainy discharge ; 5th.
month. (17).

Smarted in evening. (

12).

Whites of eyes yellow ;

27th.
day. (10).

Burning oval spot on right upper eyelid, along with persistent
aching of joint of right little finger. (

17).

VISION

: — Farsight ; 9th.
day. (1).

130


Hemiopia,Miscalculates distance, in going thro’ a door she bumps into
side of it ; feels as if doorway is not wide enough ;

7th.
day. (4).
(Stram.).

EARS

: — Burning heat
of external. (1).

Stinging, with fluttering like a bee’s wing in ears. (

17).

Quick, sharp shooting above and forward from left ear, in
afternoon and every third day. (

12).

135

— Sore and tender
in scalp behind right mastoid, then left less so ; 39th.
day. (2).

Watery, burning discharge. (

17).

Acrid secretion back of right ear,

3-5
A. M., then pain, then numbness of external ear. (17).

NOSE

: — Crawling in
right nostril, until falling to sleep ; 3rd.
day. (2).

Excessive dryness in both nostrils, as tho’ breathing dust, at

11
A. M. ; frequent sneezing ; > in open air ; 2nd.
and 3rd.
day. (7).

140

— Sneezing ; 3rd.
day. (2)
; twice before rising in A. M., recurred in two days. (12).

Discharge ; watery with slight sore-throat ;

2nd.
day. (10)
; a watery mucus. (5)
; thick, white and bland, night and morning : 4th.,
5th.
and 14th.
day. (2)
; thin mucus streaked with blood ; 14th.
day. (12).

Slight bleeding from nose ;

14th.
day. (16).

Fresh air smelled and tasted good ;

2nd.
day. (12).

Nose tighter in open air ;

7th.
day. (12).

145

— Post nasal
dripping of clear mucus ; 3rd.
day. (2).

Small sore spot in left nostril ;

14th.
day. (12).

Aphthae in left angle of ;

6th.
day. (18).

Weak feeling in naso-pharynx ;

6th.
day. (2).

150

– Recurrent nose
colds, cured. (14).

Acute coryza aborted. (

14).

SMELL

: — Smelled the
onion omelet eaten for lunch, after supper, (12)
; smelled salad eaten long before, at supper ; 4th.
day. (12).

Sense of smell almost gone ;

6th.
day. (12).

FACE

: — Bad look about
eyes ; 27th.
day. (10).

Very red, with a hot flash ;

4th.,
12th.
and 26th.
day, or hot and dry, with a hot flash ; 4th.
day ; and head feels too warm ; 18th.
day. (4
and 10).

155

— Pain in left
cheek bone ; 5th.
day. (16).

Large drops of greasy sweat fall from forehead. (

18).

Cheeks as white as chalk ; she felt draggy all day. (

5).

Puffy under right (bloodshot) eye in morning ;

9th.
and 26th.
day. (10).

Dull ache in left frontal sinus at

1
P. M. while reading ; also at 6
P. M. ; 4th.
and 9th.
day. (2).

160

— Complexion is
getting lighter and clearer ; 22nd.
day. (4).

Itching off and on, here and there on face > scratching ;

19th.
day. (2).

Terrible looking, large, hard, very sore pimples on chin,
growing less but dont leave for one week ;

19th.
day. (10).

Moist herpes below left angle of mouth, first a large spot
followed by two smaller ones lower down ;

2nd.
to 4th.
day. (2).

LIPS

: — Full, swelled
and dry ; she wants to moisten them all the time ; 15th.
day. (4).

165

— Light brown,
gummy, semi gelatinous crusts on both lips, on waking in A. M. ; 6th.
to 13th.
day ; recurred on 15th.
day. (2).

MOUTH

: — Mouth, lips
and gums feel rough to tongue ; 15th.
day. (4).

Rawness of uvula, anterior pillars of fauces and a spot in
posterior floor on right side, all afternoon ;

23rd.
day. (2).

Very dry, but no thirst ; with heat all over at

1
:30
P. M. (5)
; at night in bed ; 9th.
day. (2).

Profuse saliva runs on pillow at night ;

6th.
to 9th.
day. (2).

170

— Offensive breath
; 5th.
day. (2).

TEETH

: — Sensitive to
biting and to open air ; 13th.
day ; to cold and sour things ; 18th.
to 32nd.
day. (2).

GUMS

: — Sore to touch
in A. M. behind last right molar, lasting six days ; 1st.
day. (2).

Pus from left lower, with swelled sub-maxillary gland. (

17).

TONGUE

: — Feels like a
lot of pins sticking in it, in evening ; 6th.
day. (9).

175

— Throbbed and a
little blister formed on tip. (5).

Rawness of left side of, in afternoon ;

26th.
day. (2).

Sore mucous membrane spreading to right front edge of tongue
and adjacent surfaces ;

7th.
day. (2).

Thick yellow coat ;

5th.
day. (2).

TASTE

: — Bad on waking
in A. M. ; 9th.
day. (12).

180

— Gummy and rotten,
with foul breath ; 9th.
day. (1).

Peculiar metallic taste in roof of mouth and on lips ;

15th.
day. (4).

Taste and appetite gone ;

5th.
day. (8).

Taste too sweet, to strawberry icecream ; could taste it all
evening and could smell it on belching ;

12th.
day. (12).

THROAT

: — Feels full
and swelled ; 6th.
day. (9).

185

.
— Choked, as if food were stuck at base of throat, all evening.
(14).

Pressure in throat and stomach after a meal ; this symptom
recurred. (

12).

As of something hanging in it ;

2nd.
and 6th.
day. (2).

As of a kernel in left tonsil, with a dry feeling, must cough,

4
P. M. ; 23rd.
day. (2).

Sore,

10th.
day and on waking, 11th.
day, with weakness, a cold and a feeling like an electric shock
for 5
minutes in left arm and hand, then it was almost useless for rest
of day, with a feeling of needles sticking over hand. (9).

190

— Splinter
sensation and soreness of left tonsil < empty swallowing and eating ; 6th. to 9th. day. (7).

Sharp pain in tonsils < left, on swallowing < at night and on waking in A. M. ;

17th.
day. (13).

Soreness ; slight of right side, > cold drinks ;

4th.
day. (2)
; with watery nasal discharge ; 2nd.
day. (10).

Sore and as tho’ coated with a thick, sticky mucus, hard to get
out, in evening, preceded by headache during day ;

4th.
day. (12).

Back of, is full of mucus ; tends to hawk out much white, lumpy
mucus ;

4th.
and 5th.
day. (2).

195

— Aches
continuously on left side. (5).

Burning ;

5th.
day. (10).

Peppery feeling in entire throat ;

23rd.
day. (2).

Water gives a lovely feeling as it descends. (

5).

Sense of a liquid passing down throat, was a pleasant relief to
nausea ;

12th.
day. (12).

200

— A little scratchy
feeling. (5).

Scraping in back of, from five P. M. all evening ;

17th.
day. (2)
; in evening while drinking ; 5th.
day. (2).

Left lobe of thyroid enlarges lengthwise ; throbbing in it. (

17).
(see 97).

THIRST

: — After
supper. (12).
Seventh day. (10).

205

— APPETITE
: — Never hungry, for two weeks ; 19th.
day. (10).

No desire for food. (

4).

No hunger for supper. (

5).

Ate without relish, could hardly get last half down. (

12).

Woke up hungry and empty at stomach ;

2nd.
day. (12).

No appetite or hunger for breakfast. (

12).

Revolted at sight of a poorly cooked lunch ;

12th.
day. (12).

210

— Excessive craving
for cocoanut. (12).

Sharp hunger pains

11/2
hours before sup-per ; at 5
P. M. mixed with a sense of everything being out of joint,
mentally and physically, and felt discouraged ; 11th.
day. (12).

All gone and empty before lunch ;

4th.
day. (12).

NAUSEA

: — Woke at 4
A. M. terribly nauseated, with pain under right shoulder, lasting
all morning ; it returned at 7
P. M., lasted until retiring ; 2nd.
day. (9).

Nauseated in morning, could not eat breakfast ;

19th.
to 24th.
day. (10).

215

— After rising in
A. M. > breakfast ; 7th.
day. (16).

Nausea, ached all over ; fever

99-2
at 2
P. M. ; evening 101-2,
lasted until 1
: 30
at night ; tired and hurt, bones pained, burning pains in elbows
and knees ; 2nd.
week. (20).

Waves of violent nausea and pressure in stomach, drinking water
> the gagging ;

12th.
day. (12).

Nausea about supper time > forcing my-self to eat ;

3rd.
day. (12).

AVERSIONS

: — To fat
meat ; to smoking tobacco ; increased from 3rd.
to 70th.
day ; (is a smoker) ; to sour things ; 6th.
day. (2).

220 — EATING AND DRINKING

: — Empty on awaking in A. M., without desire for food ; before
lunch, but appetite lagged ; 2nd.
day ; at 6
: 30
A. M. then acute hunger ; 12th.
day. (12).

Very empty and tired as tho’ to drop from hunger, but no
particular appetite for breakfast ;

12th.
day. (12).

No hunger before meals, but comfortable and satisfied
afterward. (

12).

Very thirsty in late evening ;

3rd.
day. (12).

ERUCTATIONS

: — Of gas
; foamy ; acid ; 13th.
day. (7).

225

— Belched while
eating supper ; before retiring. (12).

EPIGASTRIUM

: —
Pulsating pain in, lasting a few minutes ; 5th.
day. (2).

Sharp pain at,

2
hours after breakfast ; 12th.
day. (4).

Felt sore at end of sternum or center of stomach, as if a dull
point or something sharp were being turned about in an old sore ;
it was a steady, dull pain and the outward pressure felt as if the
ribs were being stove out ; one hour and a half after supper, then
sleepy and thirsty. (

12).

Faint as from hunger, two hours after usual breakfast, with a
sharp pain at epigastrium, then a hot flash and blood rushed to
head, as if it would burst ;

12th.
day. (4).

230 — STOMACH

: —
Feels stuffed, after both lunch and supper ; 10th.
day. (12).

Hard cramp in, at

2
P. M. ; 1st.
day.

As if had swallowed a ball of cold iron or lead or heavy, hard
lumps of some metal. (

12).

As of a lump of varying size pressing outward after supper. (

12).

As of a heavy load in, with a dejected feeling ;

4th.
day. (3).

235

— Sense of
pressure, intermittently, after mid-afternoon ; 13th.
day. (12).

Sense of pressure in, after supper only, for over an hour. (

12).

Sense of pressure after lunch ;

6th.
day. (12)
; after eating ; 12th.
day. (12).

Sensation of having been kicked in stomach and unduly
depressed. Bruised sensation in a line straight across, after
supper. (

12).

Acute sense of pressure, very uncomfortable in stomach and base
of throat all evening ; at times was so strong that I felt that I
would gag and vomit, with-out nausea ;

6th.
day. (12).

240

— Pressure in
stomach, throat and through-out chest after supper ; 5th.
day. (12).

Less acidity. (

6).

HYPOCHONDRIAE

: —
Horizontal pain near diaphragm, like a fine electric wire, first
anteriorly, then posteriorly ; 5th.
month. (17).

Constant sore pains and swelling about waist line, < on right side, going almost to back ; > pressure and holding
herself. (

5).

Much swollen about right upper belly ; considerable swelling
around liver. (

5).

245

— Gall bladder
region so swollen it pushed the clothes out. (5).

Disagreeable feeling as tho’ ribs on either side were being
pushed or pried out, in afternoon and evening. (

12).

Considerable pain all around and beyond gall bladder, it is
very sore to touch, can hardly stand weight of clothes and it
hurts to carry things in right hand be-cause of the pain ; also
same in smaller corresponding area in left hypochondrium. (

5).

Soreness under short ribs on both sides. (

5).

In early A. M. catching pain in right, on turning over in bed
< inspiration>lying on right side ;

8th.
day. (2).

250

— Short sharp pain,
then stiffness like a board in right ; 14th.
day. (2).

Painful twisting in left, after retiring, then moved to right
side ;

6th.
day. (2).

Sharp pain in left, at

4
P. M. while reading ; 1st.
day. (2).

Nervous tension in floating ribs. (

12).

Very tired around waist and in middle of back. (

12).

255

— Aching back of
waist. (10).

ABDOMEN

: — As of an
electric shock in, then same feeling in occiput ; at night in bed
; 3rd.
day. (2).

A series of sharp sudden, interrupted, short cramps in center
of, in evening, then passed flatus ; it frightened her. (

12).

Cramp in lower right, near hip bone, after supper. (

12).

Soreness in region of solar plexus ;

12th.
day. (10).

In right lower, in morning, (seat of a former pain), during
stool ;

4th.
day. (12).

260

— Soreness in
lower, in evening. (12).

Soreness in abdomen, back and sides, with exhaustion at

3
: 30
P. M. ; 13th.
day, woke up stiff and sore as before with more cold ; next day
soreness worse, along with much hard coughing. (9).

Like a piece of red hot coal flying about in abdomen ;

2nd.
day. (16).

Discomfort :

5th.
day. (12).

Sudden soreness thro’ different parts of bowels as if they had
moved and moved, and could not stop straining ; < center and lower right side ;

3rd.
day. (12).

265

— Slight sense of
distension on 3rd.
day. (12).

Jerking in abdomen for

24
hours ; 2nd.
week. (20).

Bowels uneasy, want to move but don’t. (

5).

Slight soreness of entire abdomen to touch and pressure, < just below navel at bedtime ;

3rd.
day. (12).

Stabbing in appendix at once, < any emotion. (

17).

270

— FLATULENCE
: — Much rumbling of gas in bowels ; 1st.
and 2nd.
day. (12).

Much flatus in late afternoon, then with much effort passed a
small stool of very bad odor ;

4th.
day. (12).

Much gas in afternoon and early evening ;

2nd.
day. (12).

Much wind in bowels before retiring. (

5).

Dispersed flatulence and developed more energy than for a long
time. (

6).

275

— RECTUM
: — Slight bleeding from rectum ; 14th.
day. (16).

Itches, after each movement ;

5th.
day. (4).

Sharp cramps after stool. (

12).

Bearing down feeling about anus, with loose stool, in

36
hours. (18).

Continued bearing down pulling in bowels and anus ;

2nd.
day. (18).

280

— Small dull pains
coming and going in rectum ; 3rd.
day. (12).

Felt as if bowels would move in late afternoon, then it
suddenly vanished ;

3rd.
day. (12).

STOOL

: — Soft, large
and very dark brown ; constipated (first in many years) ; 4th.
to 11th.
day. (2).

Hard, large, greenish brown pieces, an. hour after
breakfast ; dark brown. (

12).

Large greenish stool, then very great and unusual sense of
relief ;

2nd.
day. (12).

285

— Larger and looser than normal ; 2nd.
day. (18).

Large, light colored lumps, easing pain in right shoulder. (

5).

Of stringy, pencil-like pieces, with an in-sufficient feeling ;
grayish, then sharp cramps in pelvic region and rectum. (

12).

Stool gray and loose. (

18).

Costive and lumpy, with vertigo. (

5).

290

— Ineffectual
urging to. (12).

Loose stool continued for

8
days. (18).

Loose about midnight ; runny, then considerable relief ;

5th.
day. (12).

Painless, watery diarrhoea, preceded by bearing down in
hypogastrium, at

3
A. M. ; in six hours. (18).

Unusually regular ; unusual ; in evening. (

12).

295

— Good, but leaving
a sense of some left behind ; 5th.
day. (12).

Loose ; with sore rectum ;

7th.
day ; and her rectum itched ; 10th.
day. (4),
in a male ; 7th.
day. (11).

Loose, of a bad odor, just after rising in A. M., during menses
;

2nd.
and 4th.
day. (12).

FLATUS

: — Smelling
like putrid animal matter ; like horse’s flatus. (12).

URINARY ORGANS

: — Pain
in kidney on rising at 7
A. M. ; 4th.
day. (16).

300

— Intermittent pain
in region of right kidney in A. M. ; 6th.
day. (2).

Pain in both kidneys, slowly moving all over body ;

20th.
day. (16).

Stabbing forward from right kidney < lying, followed by a general, unbearable, foul, dripping sweat ; foulness and excoriation on right little toe, lasted

2
days and nights ; with aversion to touch and covers. (17).

Desire to urinate ; frequently,

a
drink seems to go right thro’ her in a few minutes

; 9th.
day. (4)
; with burning urine < motion > evening. (1).

Frequent urination all day, until mid-afternoon. (

12).

305

— Frequent
urination, but feels as if had not passed enough ; 10th.
day. (4).

Preceded by pain and fulness in bladder and lower organs. (

5).

He was unable to control urine, output dribbled ;

4th.
day. (11).

Frequent, profuse urine. (

15).

Passed a quart of urine in two passings. (

5).

Urine had a penetrating, tangy odor ;

2nd.
day. (12).

310

— Had to urinate at
1
A. M. ; 7th.
day. (4).

Must get up at night to urinate — very unusual — when other
symptoms are present. (

17).

Urinated once during night ; this occur-red formerly, but was
then stopped by Agaricus ;

3rd.
day. (16).

MALE ORGANS

: — Pain in
posterior part of testes (deep) ; 5th.
day. (16).

Itching in meatus urinarius ;

5th.
day. (16).

315

— Indifference
sexually at first, then very much increased urge ; 18th.
day. (2).

Sexual excitement in afternoon and evening ;

5th.
day. (18).

Seminal emission

with
voluptuous dreams during sleep (is married) ; 11th.
day. (2).

Profuse seminal emission

; 18
hours. (14).

320

— FEMALE
ORGANS : — Fulness in. (5).

Strong sexual feeling. (

12).

Sharp cramps in pelvic region after stool. (

12).

Ovarian region very sore to touch of clothes or bed ;

3rd.
day. (12).

Ovaries quite sensitive < lying. (

5).
Watery, burning leucorrhoea. (17).

325

— Leucorrhoea has
almost disappeared. (6).

Passed a large membraneous clot, with menses ;

6th.
day. (12).

Passes a large lump of leucorrhoea after rising. (

12).

Mrs. K. — aet 62.–Pounding heart beat, even up into head,
< after breakfast ; then spasms.


Sore bladder < eating tomatoes.

Must urinate at once on drinking.

Nightly emissions

, then must urinate.

Easy bleeding ; nosebleed as a girl ; menorrhagia at
climacteric.

Blood poisoning after a miscarriage.

Paraplegia as a girl. Rx Samarskite 200 one dose. 1935-3-1.

1935-3-14 entire relief after a slight aggravation on 2nd. day.

Remains well 5-13-1935. (Clinical).

MENSES

: — Came without
backache or cramps (unusual), but scantier ; 17th.
to 19th.
day. (4).

330

— Came without
usual preliminaries ; 3rd.
day. (12).

Came on very profuse at

10
:30
A. M. ; 6th.
day. (9).

Profuse ; none of usual clots ;

4th.
day. (12).

Menses very profuse, < night, for first two days ;

35th.
day. (10).

Menses unpleasant odor ;

3rd.
day. (12).

335

— During menses
backache, dull and droopy and felt terrible ; 10th.
day. (10).

LARYNX

: — Rawness,
spreading up and down and ending in a hoarse cold, with coryza,
with flowing nose and eyes ; 3rd.
to 4th.
day. (8).

Irritation of Larynx at night. (

16).

VOICE

: — Husky, as if
head were stopped up ; 1st.
day. (12).

RESPIRATION

: — Hard
and short. (8).

340

— Wheezing, with
expectoration of colorless mucus. (3).

COUGH

: — Short day c.,
7
to 8
P. M. ; 6th.
day. (2).

Expectoration

;
thick, green in A.M., with a few lumps ; later yellow and thick ; 6th.
day. (2).

CHEST

: — As of a cold
on her chest, < left side, with a sharp pain off and on ; pressure, and a desire to cough. (5).

Burning spot

11/2
inches above each nipple ; 2nd.
day. (16).

345

— Small pain in
left chest (side), between 5th.
and 6th.
rib < pressure ; 2nd. day. (18).

Soreness within sides of chest and abdomen ;

4th.
day. (8).

Tightness and wheezing were relieved.

(6).

Pain from sternum thro’ to back ;

2nd.
week. (20).

Painless egg sized swellings below both clavicles, discharging
blood and pus for two weeks, after

2
days. (17).

350

— HEART
: — Dull ache in cardiac area ; > in bed ; 4th.
day ; with pulsative pain, in morning, on change of temperature ; 7th.
day ; 11
A. M. to 1
P. M. ; 9th.
day. (2).

Hard pain like a knife around heart, could not draw a breath
during pain, lasted

2
minutes, 1
P. M. ; 2nd.
day. (9).

Thumping heartbeat

,
as if startled, on awaking ; 5th.
day. (8).

Heart jumps and begins to beat very rapidly and hard, while
relaxed or on drop-ping to sleep ;

40th.
to 43rd.
day. (10).

Sore pain that outlines the heart, with the other symptoms. (

17).

355

— Pain in heart and
left shoulder, it contracted the third left finger ; 3rd.
day. (16).

Pain in heart ;

20th.
day. (16).

Fluttering at heart > sitting down. (

5).

Circulation better and blood filled hands. (

6).

360

— NECK
: — Pulsation in left side of ; 5th.
day. (2).

Throbbing in left thyroid and over eyes, < in sun ;

5th.
month. (17).

Crawling upward below left ear ;

19th.
day. (2).

Pain in left cervical region, right lumbar region and spleen ;

20th.
day. (16).

Sense of constriction during headache, had to loosen collar for
relief. (

7).

365

— Pain in neck
drawing head to left side, with headache ; 3rd.
week. (20).

Aching soreness in both sides of back of neck, spreading toward
shoulders ;

12th.
to 13th.
day ; left side of ; 16th.
day. (10).

Aching right cervical muscles at

5
P. M. ; 4th
day. (2).

Aching ; dull, in muscles of right nape and right upper
shoulder, after coition ;

49th.
day ; recurring on rising in A. M., eased up by day, but returned
in worse form at night and extended into right nape and occiput,
then into left ; 60th.
day. (2).

Slightly stiff in, and in shoulders in A. M., it wore off
gradually. (

12).

370

— Neck is broken
out with a bright red rash ; 5th.
month. (17).

BACK

: — Aching, dull,
droopy and feel terrible during menses ; 10th.
day ; preventing sleep ; 11th.
day ; back of waist, also in legs all night, it made her very
restless ; 17th.
day. (10).

Aching in muscles over scapulae and shoulders, < right, in A. M., after rising ;

59th.
day. (2).

Aching in waist. (

10
and 12).

Aching in back, sides and between shoulders, toward evening ;

16th.
day. (9).

375

— Achy and sore all
thro’ sides and back with tiredness < afternoon ; 17, 18, 19 and 20th. days. (9).

Sharp pain under right shoulder < coughing, > stool. (

5).

Sharp pain between shoulders at

7
P. M., lasting until went to sleep ; could not get a deep breath ;
4th.
day. (9).

Pain between shoulders and under right shoulder blade, while
walking fast, with shortness of breath ;

1st.
to 5th.
day. (9).

Pain at angle of left scapula, after pain over right eye at

5
P. M. ; 4th.
day. (2).

380

— Pain going like a
tight string clear around back to stomach, about three inches
below shoulders, lasting 45
minutes about 9
A. M. (9).

Severe, sharp pain going up back to between shoulders, in
evening, < bending forward ;

4th.
day. (9).

Sore back muscles, especially around shoulder blades. (

12).

Soreness over crest of right ilium and left shoulder, < motion. (

7).

Burning spots along spine, at

3rd.
cervical then most frequently opposite middle of scapulae, then
opposite umbilicus ; 2nd.
day. (16).

385

— Pressing above
right hip at 2
P. M. ; 1st.
and 2nd.
day. (9).

Two very painful spots, one on right and one on left side, into
body

11/2
inches from center between crest of ilium and head of femur ; 5th.
day. (16).

Pain in dorsal spine ;

5th.
day. (16).

Creeping along spine. (Clinical).

Aching, pulling down around hips, then nausea, at noon ; before
menses ;

4th.
day. (9).

390

— Ache in lower
part of, extending over both sides, in evening until went to bed ;
< kneeling down. (9).

Tired pain in back, limbs and side, with pain in neck and
between scapulae, drawing head to left side ;

3rd.
week. (20).

Pressing in lower, all day > sitting ;

1st.
day. (9).

Many strawberry red, oval elevations, large on back, surrounded
by smaller ones with itching and burning, violent, < touch, also on lobules and behind ears

at once by hard rubbing with cold bath towel. (

17).

Pressing in lower, < getting up > sitting and lying ;

3rd.
day. (9).

395

— Lumbar ache on
rising in A. M., is weak and tired all over ; then steady hard
pain ran up to between shoulders at 10
: 30
A. M., lasting the rest of day, but < at noon ; again in morning, it became sharp between shoulders, < deep breathing ; 8th. and 9th. day. (9).

Pulling lumbar ache every evening, until falling to sleep, < stooping ;

17th.
to 21st.
day. (9).

Tired in lower back at lunch time ;

3rd.
day. (12).

Tired and sore in small of back, as before menses ;

12th.
day. (12).

Sore, tender catching pain in region of both sacro-iliac
joints, on walking, < pressure ;

12th.
to 49th.
day. (10).

400

— Aching catchy
pain in right sacral region on rising from bed at 6
A. M. forced him to limp, > continued motion < rising from seat ; 12th. and 13th. day. (2).

Right sacro-iliac joint painful ;

23rd.
day. (10).

Pain under right half of sacrum, < exertion,

2nd.
day. (18).

Coccyx

: — Sore, as
if he had bumped him-self. (1).

Sore ;

8th.
to 23rd.
day. (10).

EXTREMITIES

: — Sort of
dull, numb, constant pain in both right arm and leg ; wanted to
rub them to aid circulation. (5).

Pain with stiffness in joints,

3rd.
day. (2).

Pain in both hips, left thigh and right ankle and in heart ;

20th.
day. (16).

Burning in elbows and knees ;

2nd.
week. (20).

ARMS

: — Woke up
several times with aching arms ; 7th.
day. (4).

410

— Dull ache in left
humerus, in evening, after retiring ; 53rd.
day. (2).

Bone pains in right forearm, thigh and tibia ;

20th.
day. (16).

Aching in right, above elbow ;

9th.
day. (10).

Awaked at

4
A. M. with pulsating pain above left elbow, with itching below
left ankle, internal surface, > scratching ; 2nd.
day ; throbbing extended to left elbow on 6th.
day at 10
P. M. (2).

Hard, paralyzing pain in right upper, from

3
to 4
:30
P. M. ; did not know where to put it ; 8th.
day. (9).

WRISTS

: — Hard pain
across anterior left

415

— wrist sharply
outlined 1/8
x 1
inch, later in right wrist like a slug or bar ; 3rd.
day. (16).

Pain in right wrist on waking ;

7th.
day. (16).

Weakness and fatigue in, < night ;

5th.
to 7th.
day. (8).

Pain in, and in knees toward evening ;

1st.
day. (2).

Left wrist broke out in burning eruption, then on neck with
acrid secretion back of right ear and pain in external ear, then
numbness of external ear,

3
to 7
A. M. (17).

420 — HANDS

: — Shaky
and difficult to control, while writing ; 4th.
day. (4).

Right hand numb, stiff and achy at

5
P. M. ; when I would pick anything up was not quite sure of
holding it, 8th.
to 15th.
day. (9).

Drops things with right hand or could not close it on small
things. (

17).

Cold and sweaty, with a hot flash ;

4th.
day. (4).

Itching of right hypothenar palm in bed in A. M., >
scratching ;

14th.
and 26th.
day. (2).

425 —

Burning palms at
night. (16).

Pain in joints of left hand, after a nap,

2
P. M. (16).

Sharp pain in left hand behind first knuckle ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Pain in tendon of fifth finger of right hand, covering an area
of about an inch in diameter, just below condyle, external to
ulna, in morning, becoming excruciating on pressure, more pressure
more pain ;

1st.
day ; second day it came in left hand over first phalanx of index
finger, at midday, < pressure. (3).

Rush of blood into hands on holding arms up, > letting arms
hang clown ;

8th.
to 10th.
day. (18).

430

— Aching in muscles
between right thumb and index finger, only when pushing something
with right hand or pushing fingers backward ; this lasted over 100
days ; later weakness there after taking 200th.
potency. (2).

FINGERS

: — Weakness of
right thumb after heavy lifting ; 42nd.
to 55th.
day. (2).

Pain in finger joints on flexing hands ;

2nd.
day. (2).

Tingling soreness of fingers < right hand < motion < after dinner. (

7).

Pain contracting

3rd.
left finger, with pain in left shoulder and pain in heart ; 3rd.
day. (16).

435

— Cramp in little
finger of right hand, during ache over eyes and in vertex ; 5th.
day. (9).

Itching in second joint of third right finger ;

5th.
day. (16).

HIPS

: — Right stiff in
A. M., in rainy weather, > continued motion ; 13th.
and 14th.
day. (2).

Twinges in ;

13th.
day. (10).
Left hip aches ; 16th.
day. (10).

440

— THIGH
: — Sore hip joint ; 24th.
day. (10).

Deep throb in outside of right < sitting > motion. (

1).

PATELLA

: — Aching
under left, as if bruised or knocked, while walking at 11
: 30
A. M. (5).

KNEES

: — Shake and she
feels trembly inside ; 2nd.
day. (10).

Pain in, on descending stairs ;

2nd.
day. (2).

445

— Pain in r., at
midnight and after rising in A. M. ; 20th.
day. (2).

Dull ache below left

,
later in and around it ; 9th.
day. (2).

Dull ache and stiffness on inner side of l., after being out of
bed a while ;

9th.
day. (2).

Left, feels stiff and gets numb, if sits in one position more
than a few minutes ;

20th.
and 22nd.
day. (4).

Weakness back of left, while walking at night ;

9th.
day. (2).

450

— Shaky and legs
weak, with a hot flash ; 4th.
day. (4).

A little awkwardness, when walking, as if one leg won’t seem to
take steps as long as the other and I can’t seem to control it ;

21st,
and 22nd.
day. (4).

Awakes at

5
: 30
A. M. tired and heavy, also with pain in knees ; had a sleepless
night. (5).

Uncomfortable ache of right, on sitting still, > standing
and walking ;

6th.
day ; ache shifted to left on 8th.
day, then back to right again on 9th.
day ; on 10th.
day same, also in legs.

Knees felt wabbly ;

19th.
day ; right knee and leg hurt, disturbing sleep ; 21st.
day. (10).

LEGS

: — Numb, if rests
in one position for more than a few minutes ; 5th.
to 7th.
day. (4).

455

— Very sharp aching
drawing, in a throbbing rhythm, seemingly deep in bone of central
tibia ; 4th.
day. (3).

Severe dull ache in r. about

7
A. M. on waking, > getting out of bed ; 40th.
day ; in bone of r. lower leg, waked him at 6
A. M. > after rising ; 53rd.
day of 2nd.
proving. (2).

Trembly, with faintness ;

1st.
day. (9).
Tremble, < sitting down ; 8th. day. (9).

Right lower feels very uncomfortable ;

6th.
day. (10).

460

— Throbbing on
outside of left lower leg in evening, then pain in right frontal
sinus ; 13th.
day. (2).

Sudden sharp shootings down from left knee almost to ankle,
make her jump and almost scream ; half an hour apart ;

14th.
day. (10).

Ached at night and made her very restless ;

17th.
and 18th.
day. (10).

Right leg ached all day ;

17th.
to 19th.
day ; and half way up thigh ; can’t sit still, must move about ; 19th.
day. (10).

Tired legs feel better. (

6).

465

— Itching rash on
knees at night ; 6th.
day. (18).

ANKLES

: — Itching
outside of left malleolus after retiring, > scratching ; 18th.
day. (2).

Itching right, after removing socks scratching ;

11th.
day. (2).

Aching around and outlining bones of ankles. (

17).

Pain in left then right ankle,

3
to 5
A. M. (17).

470

— Pain in right
ankle extending to right outer foot ; soles burning ; 10
minutes after retiring at 11
P. M. ; in 3
hours. (16).

Pulsating pains in anterior right,

1
P. M. ; 22nd.
day. (2).

Swelled. (

17).

HEELS

: — Have stinging
ache, as if he had jumped too hard on them ; it came on slowly had
to move feet for relief ; < evening and night ; 1st. day. (1).

Strawberry red, sore spots on both heels < touch > hard
rubbing with a cold bath towel ; spots size of pennies ; later a
large hard lump of same color on right heel. (

17).

475

— Short sharp pains
in left heel ; 2nd.
day. (2).

FEET

: — Dull pain
thro’ middle of left, at 8
P. M. > continued motion ; 5th.
day. (2).

Sudden, burning stinging thro’ dorsae of both feet, before
rising in morning ; with a strawberry red band about ankle leaving
a numbness behind in r. foot < touch of hose > rubbing with
rough towel, after

7
days. (17).

Burning pain in a spot like a half dollar in right foot, back
of

3rd
and 4th.
toes, went thro’ foot, left soreness behind ; 5th.
month. (17).

Stumbles quite often over nothing ;

7th.
day. (4).

480

— Have a queer numb
feeling ; 15th.
day. (4).

Could not find his feet, must watch step on descending. (

11).

Soles of, feel as if pressed upon ice. (

12).

Balls of feet burn and hurt, altho’ has not stood more than
usual ;

16th.
day. (4).

Swelling of right foot, especially toes ;

6th.
day. (10).

485

— Cramp in top of
left foot at 7
: 20
P. M., with a return of pressure above right hip ; 1st.
day. (9).

TOES

: — Itching and
peeling between toes was aggravated. (6).

Itching on tip of right big toe ;

20th.
day. (16).

Athlete’s foot, especially removed the burning. (Clinical).

FEVER

:

PULSE

: — Pulse
changeable, sharp, intermittent ; 3rd.
week. (20).

CHILL

: — Ascended
back, the clothes felt

490

— damp ; with
thirst and desire to urinate a burning urine ;
evening ; in six hours ; then general aching like grippe with
burning heat of external ears and a deep throb in outside of right
thigh < sitting, > motion ; also soreness of coccyx, as if
he had bumped himself. (1).

Chilly toward evening ;

1st.
day. (12).

Chill along with cool sweat, then heat, < about head and shoulders, at night ;

4th.
day. (18).

Chilled by least draft. (

18).

Chilled by open air, with slight frontal headache ;

3rd.
day. (2).

495

— Chilled by open
air, but too hot indoors, with fronto-occipital ache ; 10th.
day. (12).

Chilly ; on stormy days ; in evening, with a storm in air. (

12).

Soles feel as if pressed upon ice. (

12).

As if had swallowed a ball of cold iron. (

12).

Chill, alternating with sweat ;

2nd.
day. (18).

HEAT

: — 500
Hot flash this morning ; blood seemed to rush to head until it
felt as tho’ it would burst and face got very red, with knees
shaky and legs weak and hands cold and sweaty ; 4th.
and 12th.
day. (4).

Burning pains here and there, usually in spots ;

5th.
month. (17).

Like hot sparks over body. (Clinical).

Hot all over with very dry mouth, but no thirst. (

5).

A flat spot of living fire shooting around over body ; truly
terrifying. (

16).

505

— Sense of heat,
day and night, altho’ weather was cold. (8).

Feeling of warmth all over body ; skin was moist and greasy,
with excessive perspiration on least exertion ;

3rd.
day. (18).

Temperature at

2
P. M. 99-2
; evening 101-2
lasting until 1
:30
night ; legs ached, bones pained and ached ; burning in el-bows
and knees, then sharp pressing throbbing ache over eyes, in vertex
and occiput, > sleep ; stomach burned for four hours ; no
appetite, then pain in sternum to back, severe constipation and
cold sweat, then jerking in abdomen for 24
hours, lost six pounds in two days ; 2nd.
week .(20).

Hot flash, blood rushed to head, it felt like bursting, with
red face ;

26th.
day. (10).

Had a hot flash and perspired all over after taking a bath at
night ;

2nd.
day. (12).

510 — SWEAT

: — No
sweat at any time (always perspires freely) ; 3rd.
day. (2).

General oily sweat, < on right upper lip, has lasted since, now

60
days. (17).

Constant greasy sweat all over body < nervous strain, deep thinking or least exertion ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Increased sweat at loose stool ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Perspiration about body ;

4th.
day. (4).

515

— Suddenly
perspired all over, late in evening, just as was ready for bed ; 3rd.
day. (12).

Excessive in axillae, with cold hands and feet in afternoon and
evening ; in

24
hrs. ; recurred 7th.
to 9th.
day. (10).

Hot sticky sweat ;

5th.
day. (13).

Greasy sweat or heat on least exertion ;

3
to 4
P. M. ; 2nd.
day general, but worse on forehead, in large drops. (18).

SKIN

: — Itching spots
on various parts, after midnight, in bed, especially on dorsum of
left foot ; > scratching ; 3rd.
and 32nd.
day. (2).

520

— Spells of itching
in various parts of body ; 3rd.
day. (2).

Itched and large, very itchy hives came out on both inner
thighs and knees on re-tiring ; disappeared thro’ night ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Sudden stinging itchings in various places scratching ;

60
th. day. (2).

Hive like eruption all over body, except face, chest and back ;
lumps pink straw-berry color, with great burning and itching ;
each lump soon becomes a raw surface, discharging an acrid, clear,
sticky fluid, lasting

2
weeks, then chest and back broken out, lasting a week ; 4th.
week. (20).

Little pinkish, itching, stinging hives across abdomen, >
uncovering. (

5).

525

— The skin of right
foot burned and itched ; on rubbing sandy particles came from

part and left a hole about the size of a large grain of popcorn
;

12
hours later the spot was discharging a watery, sticky fluid ; 5th.
month. (17).

Terribly dry, red and rough, lately, especially on legs, arms
and face ;

19th.
to 45th.
day. (10).

The clothes feel damp. (

1).

SLEEP

: — Sleepless,
and tossed about all night ; 2nd.
day. (9).

Sleepless,

4
to 6
A. M. ; 3rd.
day. (16).

530

— Sleepless from
gas pains on first retiring ; 10th.
day ; from headache and pains in sides ; 11th.
day. (10).

A feeling of dying woke him, he saw a spectre of death that
made him nervous ;

2nd.
and 3rd.
day. (1).

Slept heavily until late, awoke dreaming about my death
(disagreeable) ; sluggish on getting up. (

12).

Awoke unrefreshed, then malaise in morning hours ;

3rd.
day. (2).

Awoke tired and groggy ;

9th.
day ; lazy ; 10th.
day. (12).

535

— Overslept ; 10th.
day. (12).

Awakes all worn out in A. M., lasted

2
hours. (9).

Woke and fell asleep again repeatedly (unusual) ;

2nd.
and 6th.
day. (2).

Woke

10
minutes after 1
A. M. terribly scared, jumped clear out of bed ; could not sleep
well rest of night ; in morning woke with a sick scary feeling,
was nervous and could not control myself all day, with a sick
nervous fluttering feeling ; 5th.
day. (9).

Woke up tired and unstrung on

8th.
day ; got nervous inside as if must vomit and legs trembled, < on sitting down, same on 9th. day. (9).

540

— Woke suddenly
from first sleep, turned on back and fell asleep again ; this is
un-usual to sleep on back ; 2nd.
and 14th.
day. (2).

Wakens at

2
A. M., every morning after a restful sleep, with burning pains
here and there, usually in spots, horizontal pains near diaphragm,
like a fine electric wire ; pain last night like a half dollar in
right foot, back of 3rd.
and 4th.
toes, with burning pain that went thro’ foot, lasted an hour and
left soreness behind ; the skin itched and burned, and on rubbing
sandy particles came from spot and left a hole about the size of a
large grain of popcorn ; 12
hours later the spot was discharging a watery, sticky fluid and
was red and in-flamed, about the size of a dime. (17).

Rolled and tossed about

3
hours before getting to sleep ; 4th.
day. (4).

On closing eyes for sleep, a clicking vibrating thro’ whole
body keeps her awake. (

17).

Felt very tired on going to bed ;

3rd.
day. (18).

545

— Falls to sleep
quickly on retiring ; 7th.
day. (4).

Sleep heavy ;

1st.
day. (12).

Restless, broken sleep ;

10th.
day. (4).

After a sound night’s sleep felt just as tired as last night ;

13th.
day. (4).

Overslept two hours, a heavy sleep, then lazy and unambitious ;

5th.
day. (12).

550

— Arose tired and
worn out, as tho’ had slept too hard ; 14th.
day. (4).

Very drowsy on waking and thro’ morning ;

3rd.
and 4th.
day. (18).

Tired and not rested by sleep ;

3rd.
and 4th.
day. (18).

Could not get to sleep for some nights, for mental activity,
past events kept rushing thro mind ;

14th.
day. (1).

Hard to get to sleep, tosses about ;

17th.
day. (10).

555

— Could not shake
off sleepiness all day, felt as if could sleep anywhere, < after lunch and after supper ; 3rd. day. (12).

Sleepy but can’t sleep ;

18th.
day. (10).

Sleepy and thirsty after supper. (

12).

Sleepy and languid in late afternoon ;

4th.
day. (12).

Sleep unrefreshing ;

18th.
day. (1).

560

— Sleepless and
tired out from loss of sleep ; 19th.
day. (10).

Gets to sleep only late, then sleeps like a log ;

20th.
day. (10).

Sleeps much better ; falls asleep on retiring and don’t wake
until called ;

22nd.
day. (4).

Sleepless and restless, can’t get settled comfortably ;

24th.
day. (10).

Sleeplessness before midnight has disappeared. (

6).

565

— Can’t get to
sleep for thinking about trifles ; 25th.
day. (10).

Sleeps more quietly and longer. (

6).

Sleeplessness recurs after an absence of

2
weeks ; is waked by every little noise. (10).

Awake at

5
:30
tired and heavy. (5).

Retired tired at

6
P. M., awoke groggy and feeling queer at 7
: 30
P. M. ; slept a heavy, groggy sleep ; awoke in A. M. very relaxed,
lazy and sleepy. (12).

570

— DREAMS
: — Many, pleasant, vivid ; never had before ; 18th.
day ; of being hung
; 26th.
day ; of nightly escapades (unusual) 27th.
day. (2).

Of having, red, macular, burning stinging eruption on palms ;
of being conspired against, by three men. (

16).

Fantastic dreams, of persecution ;

3rd.
day. (16).

Of past events ;

2nd.
day. (18).

GENERALITIES

: — Very
sharp, shifting pains over circumscribed areas ; 1st.
day. (3).

575

Burning,
stinging, wandering pains
in spots, the size of a pea ; here, there and everywhere ; 1st.
day. (16).

Feels trembly inside, the knees shake ;

2nd.
day. (10).

First attacked the bones, < joints and right tibia ;

1st.
day ; 2nd.
day same pain < on moving after waking, < joints of r. hand, then left and left femur (just pains), lasting from a few seconds to several minutes ; next attacked glands, especially of left side, deep inguinal, then deep axillary, then small glands, pin points, difficult to locate but seems to correspond to Cowper's gland ; then head-ache, then burning in spine in order named. (16).

Tremulous and shaky all over, < evening. (

5).

Very nervous and clumsy, everything dropped from her hands. (

5).

580

— Nervousness. (6)
.

Restless all day, could not relax. (

5).

Momentary cramping pains in spots, on awaking at

6
A. M., while lying in bed and after rising ; in right wrist and
elbow, insertion of right deltoid ; left axilla, left popliteal
space, left forehead and right tibia ; 5th.
day. (16).

Restless in body and mind. (

1)
; from leg aches ; 19th.
day : (10)

Bones and muscles ache ; 1st.
week. (20).

585

— Jerking inside ; 2nd.
week. (20).

Deep pains.

Impulse to move about, restlessly, cant sit down and relax. (

1).

Irritated feeling all over body, with staring eyes ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Very restless ; weather is stormy ;

4th.
day. (4).

590

— In interval
between headaches, there were outlining pains, as if pains
travelled on a fine electric wire, starting in left side (heart)
and returning again to left side, leaving suddenly ; after the
pain outlining the heart the next started on left side, tube,
ovary, etc., around right side and again returning to left side ;
next time around lungs, commencing in left side, all around to
right side then back to left side ; next time same course in
bowels, first left then right then back to left again ; first dose
of Arsenicum relieved but it did not hold.

Touch is unbearable but very hard pressure relieves ;

4th.
to 5th.
month. (17).

Sensation of being pulled backward at

4
P. M. ; 2nd.
day. (2).

Quick, short shifting pains in muscles of whole body,
especially extremities ;

3rd.
day. (2).

Wandering pains, that come and go suddenly. (

16).

Achy, tired and sore ; < afternoon ;

17th.
to 20th.
day. (9).

595

— Tired, as tho’
could not hold herself up. (12).

Very tired ;

4th.
day. (18)
; 1st
week. (19)
; 2nd.
week. (20).

Tired all day ; as tho’ muscles could not get hold of frame and
hold it up (lax), turned ankles badly a couple of times ;

10th.
day. (12).

General aching like grippe ; recurrence on

19th.
day. (1).

Stiff all over body on rising from a seat, continued motion ;

1st.
and 2nd.
day. (2).

600

— Feels good and
bad by turns, > if in motion ; 9th.
day. (1).

Formerly recurrent appendicitis, has not recurred since. (

17).

Lassitude, then ache over right eye ;

9th.
day. (2).

All gone, very exhausted feeling all day, during menses ;

5th.
day. (12).

Listless all day ;

60th.
day. (2).

605

— Lazy and dragged
all morning ; 11th.
day. (12).

Groggy in A. M., but

0.
K. when once get started ; 1st.
day. (12).

Lazy on arising ;

3rd.
day. (12).

Felt weak, rotten and tired during menses ;

6th.
day ; weak and tired all over with backache ; 8th.
day. (9).

Weakness, lost

6
lbs. in ten days ; 2nd.
week. (20).

610

— Felt draggy all
day with white cheeks. (5).

Great weakness and easy fatigue < wrists ; at night ;

6th.
to 7th.
day. (9).

Tired and weak, especially toward evening ;

8th.
day ; all day ; 12th.
day. (4).

Weak as from lack of food when walking to supper ;

6th.
day. (12).

Tired, weak and shaky, most of the time ;

19th.
and 20th.
day. (10).

615

— Awful tired
feeling. (6).

Generalized dropsy removed. (11). (Clinical.)

Jerking inside, with vertigo ; 2nd.
week. (20).

Her symptoms recur after an absence of two weeks, ie the
sleeplessness and knee pains. (10).

Prover 2 showed a quicker
response from the 12th. than
from the 6th. potency.

His symptoms recurred after an absence of 6
days.

CONDITIONS :

620

— AGG.
— Toward evening and night ; 4th.
day. (2).

Touch is unbearable but hard pressure relieves any pain ;

4th.
to 5th.
month. (17).

Minded the stuffy air and tobacco smoke of her workroom, also
the penetrating chill when a window was opened or she went
outdoors. (

12).

Rainy weather ;

13th.
day. (2).

Chilly damp air seemed to go right thro’ me. (

12).

625

— Pains come and go
quickly. (16).

Descending ; (

11-12-17).

Stormy days ; (

4-12).

Intolerant of heat and cold, < drafts. (

18).

Lying in bed, especially after waking in A. M. (

16).

630

— Morning in bed
between 4
and 5
A. M. (2-5-9).

Lying on back was very uncomfortable ;

2nd.
day. (18).

Noon hour. (

9-17).

AMEL

: — She notes
improvement in open air. (5).

635

— Fresh air is
unusually pleasant. (12).

In clear crisp weather. (

12).

Change of occupation. (

17).

Sitting up. (

17).

Sleep > headache and exhaustion. (

7).

Letting arm hang down. (

18).

640

— Continued motion
; 12th.
and 13th.
day. (2).

RELATIONSHIP

: —
Antidoted by Arsenicum and Nux vomica.

Antidotes Rhus tox.

Compare : — Ferrum.

Seems to activate other drug potencies.

Reacted for the first time to Fluor-ac., after a dose of
Samarskite.

645

— Recalls old,
seemingly cured symptoms.


Sincères remerciements à la

DEUTSCHE
HOMÖOPATHIE UNION (www.Dhu.de),
qui m’a gracieusement envoyé la photocopie de ce document
concernant le dernier proving de Boger.

Remerciements à Monsieur Julian

Winston,
de Nouvelle Zélande, qui nous a communiqué cette adresse.

Les chiffres en

début de
phrase se rapportent au
numéro du symptôme ; les chiffres entre parenthèses,
permettent d’identifier le prover ou le jour.

Vers la fin du proving, nombreuses erreurs de numération de
symptômes, que j’ai corrigé.

â Vous trouverez des détails
chimiques sur la Samarskite, dans les encyclopédies d’ Encarta

2005,
Larousse, Hachette, Universalis version 10
et surtout sur l’ Encyclopédie Larousse du 19
ème siècle, celle qui existait au moment du proving du Dr Cyrus
Maxwell Boger (numérisée par les Éditions Redon).

Ce remède a une grande valeur thérapeutique dans la maladie
de Ménière, et le syndrome vertigineux.

Copyright
© Robert Séror 2006.

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