Penthorum Sedoides – Pathogénésies de l’an 1900 – Robert Séror

Pathogénésies de l’an 1900

New, Old And Forgotten Remedies

By Edward
Pollock Anshutz

Presented
by Dr Robert Séror

Penthorum Sedoides

(Dr. Morrow and Dr. Scudder)

Natural Order

:
Crassulaceae.

Common Name

:
Ditch Stone Crop.

Preparation

: The
whole fresh plant with the root is macerated in two parts by weight of
alcohol.

The Medical Advance for June, 1887, contains a paper by Dr. D.
B.

Morrow, from which the following is
taken :

The object of this paper is to call attention to the fact that the
only proving of

Penthorum was made on scientific principles, as these
verifications demonstrate.

If the pathogenesy is carefully studied, it will be seen to meet all
the conditions of “common colds,” or acute catarrhs, so
prevalent in all sections of

North America, from the symptoms of chill, malaise, headache,
soreness, cough, coryza, dry and flowing, with their secondary
consequences of disturbed digestion, constipation, debility, etc., and
it will probably cure any or all of these conditions when indicated by
correspondence to the pathogenesy.

A medicine having such a catarrhal range is probably a remedy for
female troubles equal to

Pulsatilla or Calcarea, and is worthy of a careful proving by women. It
cures where antipsoric medicines have failed, and possibly may possess
antipsoric qualities.

Authorities :

1. Dr. D. B.

Morrow,
U. S. Med. Inves., N. S.^, 3^, p. 565 (Eclectic
Med. Jour., 1875) : effects of tincture, doses of io drops, and
after one hour 20 drops ; on second day 4o drops ; third day, 60 drops
at g A.M., and so drops at I P.M. ; I A.M. same, effects of 100 drops.

2. Dr.

Scudder took 20 drops (“a young man took same dose and had
similar effects”).

Mind

During both provings the mind was dull and exceedingly depressed and
desponding ; everything wrong but dinner ; reading interfered with
because of mental dullness (second day).

Mind became so dull I gave up reading and lay upon the lounge (third
day).

Head

On closing my eyes felt like I was floating ; vertigo (third day),

Headache continued, could not read ; went to hear Boutwell, followed
his argument with difficulty, was much annoyed by the little noises made
by the audience (second day), Headache came on again (third day),

When commencing the proving, had a dull, heavy headache, with heat
and soreness in the sacrum ; this was cured (third day),

An unpleasant heavy pain in the forehead, about the edge of the hair
(after four hours), Catarrhal aching in the forehead,

The fullness in the sinciput became an ache, as though a weight were
pressed down upon it (second day),

Itching of the hairy scalp (second day).

Eye and Ear

The inner superior tarsal border of both palpebra itched and burned
(third day),

A full sensation in supra-orbital region (a hearty supper) (first
day),

Ringing and singing in both ears.

Nose

Discharges from nares thick, pus-like, streaked with blood, and an
odor as from an open sore (third day),

A peculiar wet feeling in my nares as though a violent coryza would
set in, which did not ; the secretion from the nose became thickened and
pus-like, but not increased.

Wet feeling in trachea and bronchia, passing from above downward, as
if a coryza would set in, followed by a slight feeling of constriction,
which passed from above downward through the chest (first day),

Catarrhal feeling repeated itself (third day),

Nose felt stuffed, as if swollen (second day),

Sense of fullness of the nose and ears (after four hours),

A secondary symptom, a drawing or contractile feeling of the muscles
of the side of the nose affected with catarrh,

Itching in the nares.

Mouth

Prickling burning sensation on the tongue, as if scalded (first day),

Increased flow of saliva (first day),

The bloody sputa continues.

Throat

The posterior nares fell raw, as if denuded of epithelium,

Stomach

Appetite increased (third day),

Eructations and defections of little collections of odorless flatus
expelled with force (second day),

An unpleasant sensation of disgust and nausea, lasting for three
hours, but not interfering with the following meal, which was eaten with
greater relish,

Soreness in epigastrium ; this symptom appeared at first, not
recorded because thought idiopathic.

Abdomen

Borborygmus (second day),

Parietes of abdomen felt thickened (second night),

A clawing, uneasy sensation about the umbilicus, which gradually
passed to lower bowel (second day),

Twitching of the muscles in the abdomen (second day).

Rectum and Anus

A crawling sensation in lower rectum, as though a worm tried to
escape (second day),

Burning in rectum at stool, continuing through afternoon,

Itching of anus ; hemorrhoids with aching in sacrum and in
sacro-iliac symphysis (some weeks after proving).

Stool

Semi-fluid evacuation of the bowels next morning, having been
somewhat constipated,

Some weeks after proving suffered from constipation, an atonic
condition of bowels and rectum,

Was costive when commencing proving; had two natural stools from
yesterday’s medicine (third day).

Urinary Organs

A dull aching in kidneys (third day),

The bladder becomes sore to pressure (third day),

Urine still increased in flow, with burning along the urethra when
micturating (third day),

Urine clear, passed more frequently (second day),

Urine actively acid, as shown by litmus ; no cloud on boiling ; threw
down a sediment with Sulphuric
acid, Ammonia,
and Argentum nitrum
and Nitric acid.,
when boiled ; the next day after the dose it was alkaline, as shown
by litmus, and only precipitated with Argentum nitricum ; slightly cloudy, with
caloric ; unloaded, but increased in quantity.

Sexual Organs

Sexual orgasm (second night),

Erythismus of the sexual system, almost a satyriasis ; a slight
varicocele of long standing was apparently cured (some weeks after
proving) ; this condition was succeeded by a corresponding depression of
sexual function, approaching impotency, after months of time returning
to the normal condition.

Respiratory Organs

In the morning a cough seemed to come from deep in the chest, with
soreness throughout the chest (third day).

Chest

Slight feeling of constriction, which passed from above down through
the chest, followed the wet feeling in trachea and bronchia (first day).

Pulse

Pulse regular at 58 (first day).

Neck and Back

Aching through basilar region, from back to front,

The aching in sacral region reappeared, but subsided as the medicine
was eliminated,

Aching in sacrum and in sacro-iliac symphysis, with the itching of
anus, hemorrhoids,

(When commencing the proving, had heat and soreness in the sacrum,
with a dull, heavy headache ; this was cured (third day).

Extremities

Arm went to sleep (numb),

Hand felt swollen (second night),

A trembling feeling of legs for several days, with soreness of knees,

While on the lounge the muscles of the leg were suddenly contracted,
jerking up the foot as in stepping ; in a moment the right one performed
the same maneuver (third day).

Skin

A long-cured impetiginous eczema reappeared on both legs,

A few hot prickings in the skin (second and third days),

Itching of the face and forehead,

The itchings repeated themselves (third day).

Sleep and Fever

Fantastic dreams (second night),

Voluptuous dreams and increased sexual desire, sympathetic with
urinary excitement,

A few cold chills rushed up the spinal column (first day),

(In addition to the foregoing we quote the following from same
authority :

Prover cured a severe acute flowing coryza, headache, vertigo and
cough, with sticking pains throughout the chest, heaviness and trembling
of the lower limbs ; pulse, 110, Penthorum 3x quickly cured.

Miss P., a blonde of 17, had a severe cough of several weeks duration
; worse from talking or singing.

Frothy greenish sputa.

Pulsatilla

and afterwards Phosphorus were given without benefit.

Penthorum

soon cured.

In the prover it produced a general malaise, headache, weakness of
limbs, and inability to attend to business, a feeling as though he must
give up and be sick.

I have promptly relieved several patients having these symptoms with

Penthorum.

It produces a soreness throughout the chest, with a severe dry cough,
“as though I would cough my insides out,” worse in the
morning.

Have speedily cured several such coughs with it.

Numérisation, vérification, illustrations,
restructuration et mise en page par le Dr. R. S.