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Pathogénésies
de l’an 1900
New, Old And
Forgotten Remedies
By Edward
Pollock Anshutz
Presented by Dr Robert
SérorAnagalis Arvensis
Natural Order
: Primulaceae.Common Names
: Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man’s Weather-Glass.Preparation
: The fresh plant, of the scarlet-flowered
variety, gathered before the development of the flowers, is pounded to a
pulp and subjected to pressure. The expressed juice is mingled with an
equal part by weight of alcohol.(This paper was
arranged from the provings by Dr. W. H. A. Fitz
for the Organon and Materia Medica Society of Philadelphia and published
in the Medical Advance, 1891)We think of this remedy
for the following clinical indications :Hypochondriasis, mania,
epilepsy.Amblyopia, cataract,
spots on the cornea.Syphilis, hepatitis, and
indurated liver, visceral obstruction, inflammation of rectum (horses),
hemorrhoids, inflammation of kidneys. gleet, copious urination (horses),
gravel.Syphilis with deranged
mind, nosebleed, pain in small of back, gonorrhea, amenorrhea, cancer of
mammae, sterility (cows), consumption, lumbago itching, gout, bloody
sweat (murrain of calves), dropsy, ill-conditioned ulcers, snake bites
and hydrophobia, promotes the expulsion of splinters, inflammation of
stomach (horses).It is characterized by
great tickling and itching.We find tickling and
pricking in the urethra , in left ear, on tip of nose ; at soft palate
as from something cold ; in symphysis pubis ; as from a brush against
epiglottis (with hoarseness) ; pain in right leg and at os illium
itching on vertex and occiput ; of eyelids ; in left ear ; on cheek
bones itching and tickling stitches on left corner of mouth and upper
lip ; in rectum ; at anus after evacuation of bowels ; on left side of
chest, principally on nipple ; on neck and scapula ; on inside of upper
arm, just above elbow joint ; on back of right band ; tetter on hands
and fingers.In fact, great itching
all over the skin.Headache
just over supra-orbital
ridges, with eructations and rumbling in bowels ; spasmodic lancination
in temples, extending to eyes ; pressive aching in forehead and occiput
from a current of air blowing on him ; intense headache and nausea, with
pains throughout the body.Occiput : dull or tearing
pains and inclination to vomit ; violent headache, with bard knotty
stools , knocking pains in left side ; di-ill pain all night.Teeth pain as from cold.
Stitches
In scalp, over left ear
and on occiput ; in eye balls ; in temples ; in left corner of month ;
in right car ; in left side, region of fourth and fifth ribs : in left
tibia, when sitting, when moving leg or foot ; disturb sleep.Neuralgic Pains
In right cheek bones.
Rheumatic, gouty pains.
Tearing Pains
In occiput ; in right
cheek bone in upper molars in spermatic cords ; in muscles of left leg ;
disturb sleep.Drawing Pains
In right testicle and
cord ; tensive drawing in left shoulder to neck, returns when lifting or
stretching arms ; in muscles of tipper arm ; especially when moving
hands or arm in writing; in right carpal and metacarpal bones (sometimes
left), returning at regular intervals ; also tearing in muscles of left
leg.Pressing Pains
In forehead and occiput ;
with stitching in eyeballs ; in eyes ; on lungs ; in sacrum.Dull Pain
In occiput ; in hollow
tooth, with trembling, of heart; in upper molars ; in gums, accompanied
by bard stools.Cramps
In right thenar ; ceasing
there as it goes to the left.Violent Pain
As if caused by external
pressure on occiput, behind the left ear, in sacrum when lifting, they
take her breath ; in muscles of forearm, inside near elbow joint ; in
carpal and metacarpal bones, extending to shoulder; in palm of right
hand, extending between thumb and fore-finger, as if a pin were thrust
through.Sensation
In lungs as if struck by
a cushion full of pins ; anxiety in chest ; skin of forehead feels too
tight ; tension in bend of left knee, as if swollen or sore.Cold or chilly sensation
on right frontal protuberance ; in teeth, as if something cold were
placed on tongue ; at soft palate, as from touch of something cold ;
chilly, trembling ; scratching in throat after eating ; when reading
aloud.Soreness on chest.
Burning in urethra.
Heat rising to head.
Dryness in throat.
Things seem to float to
and fro ; he cannot write.Pain
In right ear, as if
meatus auditorius were obstructed in facial muscles, in lungs, in the
front and the back up to the scapulae, in right side of back, followed
by violent sneezing ; in upper arm, outside, near the shoulder ; pain
and twitching in the left thumb ; in bend of left knee ; in upper part
of metatarsus of right foot ; in great and little toe of left foot in
morning ; in sole of left foot.Hence we find under :
Locality And Direction
Below upwards,
Pains in upper limbs.
Right
Chilly sensation in
frontal protuberance ; pain in the eyeball ; in palm of band ; in about
knee and tibia in foot ; pain and stitches in ear ; tickling pains in
legs and os ilii ; drawing in testes and cords ; pressure on lungs ;
itching on scapula ; weak, lame feeling in leg.Left
Knocking inside of
occiput; pain in knee and posterior muscles of leg ; in tibia ; in foot
; glittering before eye ; stitches over ear ; in corner of mouth (and
itching) ; tensive drawing from shoulder drawing in muscles of leg ;
itching in car ; on side of chest tight feeling in bend of knee.Motion
In bed : trembling of
heart with toothache chilliness.Position
Sitting with legs crossed
; pain in and about right knee stretching arm ; tensive drawing from
left shoulder up to neck ; lifting tensive drawing in left shoulder ;
pain in sacrum.Rest
Walking: pressure on
right lung ; motion: of leg or foot < stitches in and left tibia.Time
Night : dull pain in
occiput, neuralgia in cheek ; tickling at palate ; erections.Morning : burning in
urethra when urinating ; pain in feet.Towards evening : spells
of chilliness.Evening : glittering
before left eye ; trembling, anxious feeling in chest ; toothache.Aggravations
Pain in right eyeball
< from touching lids ; burning in urethra when urinating, mostly in
mornings ; violent pain in sacrum when lifting a slight load ; tensive
drawing, ascending from, left shoulder to nape of neck ; < raising
and extending arm ; pain in right eyeball < from touch.Ameliorations
Coffee relieves
headache ; burning in urethra before and during erection, ceases
during coition.Causes
Mental work causes
great prostration (Picric acid)
; when cutting with shears, cramps in ball of thumb ; pressure on right
lung after eating, or when walking ; pressing in eyes after headache ;
obstruction and pain in right ear after pressure in eyes.Mental State
Exhilarated, mind very
active ; everything gives pleasure.Nose
Nosebleed, violent
sneezing, expelling lumps of yellow phlegm ; running of water from nose
; copious secretion of yellow phlegm.Mouth
Viscid saliva in mouth,
raised by coughing ; water in mouth with tearing pains in molars.Abdomen
Distended with wind ;
weak feeling in abdomen.Stools
Piles ; passes offensive
flatus ; stools soft and pappy ; watery diarrhea ; stools hard, like
stone, knotty.Urine
Dark, straw-colored ;
orifice seems agglutinated ; presses to urinate ; urine escapes in
divided stream.Skin
Rough, dry ; dry,
bran-like tetter in rings ; groups of small vesicles, smarting and
itching, oozing a yellowish-brown lymph, which soon turns into a scurf,
new vesicles appearing beneath.Ulcers
and swelling on joints ;
promotes expulsion of splinters (Hepar).Relationship
Collateral relation. Cyclamen.
Similar to Coffea
(joyous, excited) ; Picric
acid (prostration
after mental exertion) ; Cyclamen
(sneezing) ; Lithia carb.
(rough skin, ringworm) ; Sepia,
Tellur. (ringworm)
; Pulsatilla
(chilliness, catarrhs) ; smelling of Rhus,
and an hour later, taking Col.,
relieved sacral pains. Rhus
relieved swollen gums.Collected,
arranged and edited by Edward Pollock Anshutz : New, Old And
Forgotten Remedies.
Papers by many writers. Philadelphia, january 2, 1900.