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PREFACE.
FOR the meagreness of the following "Addi-
tions," or references to medicines not yet included
in the Homœopathic Materia Medica, the com-
piler offers his apology, and regrets not having
been able to present a more comprehensive work
on this important subject.
The difficulty lies in the very small sale any
purely professional work on Homœopathy can
command in this country.
Whether this fragment of fragments is to
perform its uses as a reference, and die, or be
extended to its legitimate limits, as a supplemen-
tary Materia Medica, rests upon the support that
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PREFACE.
may be given to it by the Homœopathists of
America.
The following explanations may not be out of
place here.
As a rule, with few exceptions, references are
given only to medicines not included in Jahr's
Symptomen Codex.
Many very interesting and instructive cases
are dispersed through the various Homœopathic
periodicals relating to medicines already in Jahr.
These, most probably, will be included by Dr.
Hull in his new edition of Jahr's Materia Medica.
Dr. Sharp's Essay on Tar Water will then have
its place with the proving of Kreasote.
The majority of the medicines here referred
to are from the British Journal of Homœopathy,
Monthly Homœopathic Review, Homœopathic
PREFACE.
▼
Times, Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy,
North American Journal of Homoeopathy and
its supplements, known as the New Materia
Medica, and Dr. Metcalf's Materia Medica.
-Mure's Materia Medica and Teste's Materia
Medica have also been referred to.
Out of the ninety-nine plants mentioned by
Dr. Goding in his "Contributions to Homœo-
pathy from the Flora of Barbadoes," only six,
whose effects are best defined, are included in
these references. For the remainder see Phila-
delphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, pages
605 and 703, and vol. 4, pages 26 and 91.
Several hints and notes respecting the remedies
here enumerated are gleaned from other than the
above sources; in each instance the authority is
given.
With pleasure I take this opportunity of
tendering my thanks to Dr. Pulte, of Cincinnati,
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PREFACE.
for his valuable clinical notes respecting some of
the medicines in this little work.
"Let us have one observation, and hope for
more; if more follow, the first may be estab-
lished; and by thus ascertaining one thing after
another, we shall, in time, render all complete.'
""
CHESTER, 1858.
Dr. C. Hering.
H. T.
ADDITIONS
TO THE
HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA.
ACACIA.
ACACIA GUMMI, GUM ARABIC.
Medica, page 5.
See New Materia
Recommended for its mucilaginous uses in coughs,
and phthisis, instead of cod liver oil; in ardor urinæ,
and calculous affections; hemorrhage, diarrhoea,
gastritis and colitis; in burns and scalds, and for
sore nipples.
ACALYPHA
INDIAN ACALYPHA.
INDICA.
Natural Order, Euphorbiaceæ.
•
This plant, which possesses leaves not unlike the
nettle, was discovered first in Vera Cruz, where it
inhabits marshy places. It grows to the height of
three feet, and flowers in July. In the East Indies it
is found upon dunghills; and is used by the natives
B
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ACALYPHA INDICA.
of Malabar as a remedy in gout and syphilis.
The only provings published respecting it are those
instituted by Dr. Tonnère, of Calcutta, who says:-
"Tincture of the acalypha indica, prepared and
administered in the sixth decimal dilution, is specific
in hemorrhage from the lungs. In three cases in
which I have employed it, the persons were affected
with phthisis. In one case there was a tuberculous
affection of the upper portion of the left lung, of some
two years' standing. Hæmoptysis had been going on
for three months; the expectoration had been in the
morning pure blood; in the evening dark lumps of
clotted blood, and the fits of coughing were very vio-
lent at night. In this case all homœopathic remedies
had been tried unsuccessfully, when I accidentally
discovered the virtues of the acalypha indica, that
remedy having been given me by a native for jaun-
dice. I prepared the mother tincture upon the
homoeopathic principle, and took 10 drops, which
brought on a severe fit of dry cough, followed by
spitting of blood. Having noted all the symptoms
experienced by myself, and finding that they were
nearly all similar to those of my patients, I gave
six drops 6th [decimal] dilution in half a tumbler of
water, a spoonful to be taken every half hour, begin-
ning immediately (9 a.m.) At 6, p.m., the blood
stopped. I continued this for eight days, and the
ACALYPHA INDICA.
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blood has never re-appeared (now three months since.)
The patient is improving, and ausculation proves the
disease has decreased, and I am in hopes to affect a
cure. In the other two cases, though the lungs are
in such a diseased condition that it is impossible to
effect a cure, yet one month since I have been giving
them the medicine they have not spit any blood,
although previously one of them never passed a day
without spitting a great quantity. Calcarea carb. is
an antidote to the acalypha.'
"I
Another transatlantic medical friend writes:-
hope you obtained some of the Acalypha indica while
you were here. I have found it perfectly successful
in arresting hæmoptysis in three cases of consumption
in the last stage; I could not perceive any other
effect from its use, but the cessation of the hemor-
rhagic sputa was, I think, a great advantage."
Its use in my hands has been very satisfactory, but
I have only tried it in similar cases to those already
cited. The first instance of my using it-in a hope-
less case of phthisis-a continued and wearisome
hæmoptysis succumbed to its exhibition, and quiet
sleep succeeded its use-the patient eventually died
of pulmonary paralysis.
In a case of passive hemorrhage from the lungs,
after arnica was used with little benefit, acalypha bene-
fitted, and then failed; after which the use of arnica
:
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ACIDUM ACETICUM.
entirely stayed the hemorrhagic flow. (Perhaps
hamamelis would have at once cured, but it was not
at hand.)*
K., a phthisical patient, had hæmoptysis to a con-
siderable extent; in a short time his voice failed him ;
he took half-drop doses of 7th [decimal] dilution of
acalypha in water every half hour, and in a few hours
the blood spitting left him entirely.
WOOD OIL.
ACEITE DE PALO.
The product of a tree indigenous to New Granada.
See North American Journal of Homœopathy, Vol. 3,
p. 98.
It has been used as a cure for freckles and super-
ficial stains on the skin. It acts as a blister when
used endermically.
ACIDUM ACETICUM.
ACETIC ACID. Vinegar. See New Materia Medica,
page 6, for pathogenesis and clinical cases; and
Mr. Cattell, in British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 11, page 338, for pathogenesis which is not
included in the New Materia Medica.
Homœopathic Review, vol. 1, p. 256.
ACIDUM FORMICUM.
ACIDUM BENZOICUM.
BENZOIC ACID.
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See New Materia Medica, page 11,
which consists of pathogenesis and clinical cases,
including the articles in North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 3, and Jeanes's American
Provings.
ACIDUM BORACICUM.
BORACIC ACID. Authority Mr. Cattell, in British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, p. 337.
Pathogenesis from experiments made upon a rabbit.
ACIDUM BROMICUM.
BROMIC ACID. See Philadelphia Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 74, for croup treated by this
agent.
ACIDUM FLUORICUM.
FLUORIC ACID. New Materia Medica, page 17, patho-
genesis, clinical, and other remarks.
ACIDUM FORMICUM.
FORMIC ACID. Mr. Cattell in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 338, pathogenetic.
I have used Formica Rufa in spermatorrhea with
considerable, though not permanent, benefit.
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ACTÆA RACEMOSA.
ACIDUM GALLICUM.
GALLIC ACID. New Materia Medica, page 24. A
schema composed of clinical uses.
ACTEA RACEMOSA.
SYNOMYMES. Macroty's racemosa. Cimicifuga race-
mosa. Black snake root.. Authorities New
Materia Medica, p. 136, and North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 5, p. 27, and vol.
6, p. 551.
"The most prominent symptoms are Restlessness,
early in the morning, continuing for a week.
Disposition to perspire at night, continuing for
three weeks; these perspirations were irregular,
usually occurring three or four times a week, about
three a.m., commencing while asleep and disappearing
a few minutes after waking; never profuse. During
the first week, the surface was cold with the perspira-
tion, but during the last ten days, the perspiration
was attended by heat rather than coldness.
Pain in the eye-balls, was one of the most constant
symptoms; it was an aching pain situated in the
centre of both eye balls, rarely in one alone; it con-
tinued about three weeks after leaving off the drug.
Another well marked symptom was anorexia,
lasting for two weeks; a sensation of faintness in the
ACTEA RACEMOSA.
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epigastrium was also an important symptom, usually
experienced in the morning, before eating; it did not
entirely prevent eating, which was followed by a
sense of repletion, as if too much food had been
taken.
Bowels regular at first, followed by alternate con-
stipation and tendency to diarrhoea.
Symptoms of catarrhal fever are supposed to be
among the most common effects of the remedy, viz.,
pain in the head, coryza, sore throat, dry, short and
hacking cough, night and day for two weeks.
Wood and Bache think that it stimulates the secre-
tions of the skin, kidneys and pulmonary mucous
membrane; from Dr. Paine's experiments it would
seem to cause perspiration, and eruptions upon the
skin; also frequent urination, and increased flow of
pale urine; finally, it excites secretion from the
nasal and bronchial mucous membranes.
It is supposed by some eminent physicians to be a
good substitute for ergot in parturition, although it
acts in quite a different way, viz., by relaxing the
parts, thereby rendering labour short and easy.
Its action in rheumatism is said closely to resemble
that of Colchicum."
Seven cases of chorea are mentioned as cured by
• Actæa Racemosa. It is said to cure chorea when it
"arises from a rheumatic irritation of the motor
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ACTEA RACEMOSA.
nerves and muscles, or of the anterior column of the
spinal marrow." It produces a
It produces a "decided impression
on the brain, evinced by a distressing pain in the
head and giddiness, with increased force and fulness
of the pulse and flushed face." It proves curative in
bilious and rheumatic headaches. It seems homœo-
pathic to rheumatic and catarrhal ophthalmia; it
may prove useful in sclerotitis and iritis. In rheu-
matism or neuralgia affecting the structures of the
eye, it is a remedy of considerable value. Its action,
in these cases, resembles that of Bryonia." It is
homoeopathic to catarrhal affections. "It has cured
chorea when attended with almost complete loss of
the power of swallowing." "It is an excellent
remedy against dryness of the throat, or a dry spot in
the throat causing cough; also, in dry coughs pro-
ceeding from irritation and tickling at the lower
part of the larynx." The Actæa Racemosa has been
used with great benefit in cases of severe and pro-
tracted cough, in bronchitis senilis, and in phthisis
florida, also in rheumatic inflammation of the lungs,
and in that form of consumption which arises without
any especial hereditary tendency, from carelessness,
and exposure to cold wet. "In one case of pericar-
ditis following an attack of inflammatory rheumatism,
we observed excellent effects from the use of the 3rd
dilution of Actæa Racemosa. It has often proved
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serviceable in pleurodynia of long standing." In
rheumatism this remedy is especially noted for its
curative effects, and has been used by practitioners of
all schools of medicine, and in all doses from the
decoctions of the root to the highest dilutions. "It
is most serviceable in articular rheumatism of the in-
ferior extremities, with much swelling, and heat in
the affected joints, and pain on moving the parts.
Like Bryonia it exercises a special control over in-
flammations of the serous membranes; but its range
of action, and consequently its applicability in rheu-
matic affections, are decidedly inferior to this drug."
"It is homoeopathic in rheumatism affecting the
dorsal muscles, and in some cases of chronic nephritis."
ADANSONIA DIGITATA.
BAOBAB. Authority Pereira's Materia Medica, quoted
in vol. 4, page 550, North American Journal of
Homœopathy.
The leaves are used, by the natives, as a pro-
phylactic in fevers, and with a view to their diapho-
retic property. In fever and ague the use of the
bark has been very successful.
ADEPS PORCI.
HOGS' LARD. New Materia Medica, page 148, clinical
results in skin diseases, and in phthisis and
scrofula.
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AGAVE AMERICANA.
AGARICUS
BULBOUS TELAMONIA.
BULBOSUS.
Mr. Cattell in British Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 167, pathogenesis.
AGARICUS CAMPANULATUS.
BELL AGARIC. Mr. Cattell in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, 167, pathogenesis.
AGARICUS
CAMPESTRIS.
MUSHROOM. Authority, Mr. Cattell, in British Jour-
nal of Homœopathy, vol. 11., page 166, patho-
genesis, and pathogenesis in cattle.
AGARICUS PANTHERIMUS.
WARTED AGARIC. Mr. Cattell in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 167, pathogenesis.
AGARICUS PROCERUS.
GIGANTIC AGARIC. Mr. Cattell in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 167, pathogenesis.
AGAVE AMERICANA.
AMERICAN ALOE. See North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 499.
A most useful tree, the juice of which has been
used in medicine as an antisyphilitic, diueretic, and
antiscorbutic. The juice for use as a diet drink
AILANTUS GLANDULOSA.
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in scurvy is prepared by cutting off the leaves close to
the root, placing them in hot ashes until thoroughly
cooked, when the juice is expressed, strained and
sweetened for use, or used without sweetening. It is
given in doses of two to three ounces, three times
daily, and is not disagreeable, nor is it known to pro-
duce any derangement of the general health taken in
such doses. Several interesting cases are related in
the North American Journal of its use in scurvy,
in which the agave, cured after comparative failure of
the lemon juice.
The use of the leaf in this way, will ward off
most effectually incipient scorbutus.
AILANTUS GLANDULOSA.
CHINESE AILANTUS.
Authority, Dr. J. J. De Wolf,
Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2.
p. 576.
This tree, a native of China or Japan, rises with a
straight trunk to forty or fifty feet. The bark is
grey slightly furrowed, and has white marks on it;
the young twigs are covered with a fine velvet down;
the flowers are numerous, and exhale a disagreeable
odor. If the bark be wounded a resinous juice flows
out, which hardens in a few days. It is used as a
shade and ornamental tree in New England, and
blooms in Rhode Island in July, and for a fortnight
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ALETRIS FARINOSA.
sends out upon every breeze the most sickening and
disgusting odor imaginable.
"The symptoms produced by the inhalation of this
aroma are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, spasmodic ab-
dominal pains; these symptoms, of course, exist in
different degrees, and are generally more marked in
those females who are susceptible to its influence.
The active medicinal principle, whatever it may
be, expends its influence upon the stomach and entire
alimentary canal, and the group of symptoms consti-
tute, in fact, a case of cholera morbus.”
ALCOHOL.
New Materia Medica, pages 176 to 199 inclusive,
contain records of the effects of alcohol on man
and animals.
ALCOHOL SULPHURIS.
LIQUOR LAMPADII, CARBURET OF SULPHUR. Metcalf's
Provings, page 167, contains history and prepa-
ration, prior knowledge of its effects, and digest
of symptoms, translated from Dr. Roth's Materia
Medica. The New Materia Medica, page 200,
contains the same, with additional information
and provings.
ALETRIS FARINOSA.
STAR GRASS. New Materia Medica, page 350; the
article is chiefly speculative as to its uses.
ALLIUM SATIVUM.
ALLIUM CEPA.
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THE ONION. Authorities, New Materia Medica, page
200 contains a proving and remarks, including
ths same by Dr. Hering in North American
Homœopathic Journal, vol. 3, page 298; Mr.
Cattell in vol. 11, page 340, British Journal of
Homœopathy, pathogenetic and clinical not
included in the New Materia Medica.
·
Pliny mentions the Romans as using poultices of
onions and barley meal for watery eyes. He con-
sidered the sight was cleared by the lachrymation
produced by the onion; and adds, that onions were
used to cure the stings of serpents and other reptiles.
An onion cut in two, and applied to a wasp, hornet,
or bee sting, is very efficacious in removing pain and
swelling.
ALLIUM SATIVUM.
GARLIC. Authorities, New Materia Medica, page 206,
proving and remarks, including same from
Teste's Materia Medica, page 396; Mr. Cat-
tell, in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11,
page 340, pathogenetic and clinical not included
in New Materia Medica.
Coles relates that an old man, who, lying in the
cold during the winter season, lost the natural warmth
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ALNUS SERRATULA.
of his stomach, and whose appetite was nearly gone,
was cured by the use of garlic after many hot medi-
cines had been used in vain.
ALNUS GLUTINOSA.
THE ALDER. Mention is made of the use of Alder
bark, by Dr. Ransford, in the 3rd volume of the
Homœopathic Times, page 649.
He mentions an "anomalous affection of the skin"
having been cured by a decoction of the Alnus bark,
"which is of long standing, and sometimes but by no
means constantly, presenting appearances of purpara
hæmorrhagia; there is generally an excited state of
the system, which readily yields to Belladonna, this
however, does not cure the disease."
Dr. Ransford mentions also the external use of
Alnus to sore nipples, adding "I should not have re-
course to it now in similiar circumstances."
Also,
The Alder has been used for inflammation of the
throat, and to soften and resolve tumours.
taken internally as a vulnerary. Alder leaves put
into the shoes of travellers are said to mitigate pain
and lassitude.
ALNUS SERRATULA.
TAG ALDEr. Authority, Eclectic Dispensatory,
quoted in North American Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 6, page 546.
ALUMEN.
Properties. Alterative and tonic.
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Used in strumous and cutaneous affections, syphilis,
and in all cases attended with debility and vitiation
of the blood and fluids.
ALUMEN.
SULPHATE OF ALUMINA AND POTASH. ALUM. Autho-
rity, New Materia Medica, page 219.
No fair proving of this medicine has been made.
It has been used beneficially in lead colics, and in
intermittent typhus and typhoid fever, with ichorous
offensive blood-mixed stools, in hemorrhages, ophthal-
mia neonatorum, otorrhæa, affections of the throat,
catarrhal affections of the stomach, and in chronic
diarrheas; infantile cholera; urinary incontinence;
gonnorrhea; leucorrhea; diphtheria; chronic stage
of hooping cough; acute and chronic bronchitis;
nervous asthma; to diminish expectoration in phthisis;
ingrowing nails; rupia; nævi; chilblains.
The symptoms noticed as accidents from its use,
are:-
"NERVES OF MOTION.-Slight convulsive move-
ments.
HEAD, MIND, ETC.-Great agitation, anxiety, and
restlessness.
MOUTH.-Very severe pain in the mouth; burning
sensation in the mouth; dryness of the mouth.
Uor M
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ALUMEN.
THROAT. Very severe pains in the pharynx;
burning in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach.
STOMACH.-Burning heat, and tearing pains in the
stomach; nausea and vomiting; distension of the
stomach; intense thirst.
BOWELS.-Distension of the bowels; burning pains
in the small intestines; copious solid stools.
RECTUM.-Smarting and burning at the rectum,
after a solid stool; hemorrhoidal tumors after a hard
stool.
WINDPIPE.-Sense of constriction in the windpipe;
heat and burning in the throat and larynx.
CHEST.-Oppression of the chest; tightness across
the upper part of the chest; sense of heat and burn-
ing in the chest.
SKIN.-Creeping and coldness of the skin soon after
large doses, followed by heat and tingling of the
same parts.
FEVER.-Fever accompanied with intense thirst,
continued nausea and vomiting, sleeplessness, agita-
tion, animated expression of the face, pain and disten-
sion of the epigastric region, frequent pulse, and
burning pains in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach.
PATHOLOGY.-When confined in the stomach, alum
causes inflammation of the entire mucous membrane,
worse near the great cul-de-sac, where it is of a deep
brown colour. The walls of the stomach are much
AMMONIA SPIRITUS AROMATIcus.
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thickened at the pyloric extremity, and hardened as if
tanned. The walls of the small intestines are slightly
thickened, and lined with a light yellowish substance.
(Traces of alum may be found in the stomach long
after it has been taken.)"
AMBRA SUCCINUM.
AMBER. See New Materia Medica, page 251.
AMMONIUM
SPIRITUS MINDERERI.
ACETICUM.
ACETATE OF AMMONIA. New
Materia Medica, page 252, schema composed
of clinical remarks, supposed action of the
remedy, and cases of cure added.
AMMONIUM CITRICUM.
CITRATE OF AMMONIA.
308.
clinical."
New Materia Medica, page
"The experience with it is mainly
AMMONIUM PHOSPHORICUM.
PHOSPHATE OF AMMONIA. New Materia Medica,
page 309.
An article compiled from Dun-
glison's New Remedies, and Braithwaite's Re-
trospect.
AMMONIA SPIRITUS AROMATICUS.
AROMATIC SPIRITS
OF AMMONIA. New Materia
Medica, page 315. A brief account of its uses.
C
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ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS.
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA.
American Ivy. VIRGINIAN CREEPER, ETC. Authority
Eclectic Dispensatory, quoted in vol. 6, North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, page 546.
AMPHISBENA VERMICULARIS.
See Mure's Materia Medica, page 155.
AMYGDALÆ DULCIS.
SWEET ALMOND. New Materia Medica, page 336.
An article consisting of clinical remarks.
ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS.
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, SHEPHERD'S WEATHER GLASS,
ETC.
Metcalf's Provings, page 181, which is
introduced with further information in the New
Materia Medica, page 350.
AMYRIS GILIADENSIS.
BALM OF GILEAD. See Homoeopathic Review, vol. 2,
page 270, for suggestive article by Dr. Tuthill
Massey.
ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS.
BUGLOSSE BORAGE. See general remarks respecting
this plant, in the New Materia Medica, page
352.
:
ANTHEMIS NOBILIS.
ANDROMEDA ARBOREA.
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SORRELL TREE. New Materia Medica, page 352.
"General remarks."
ANETHUM FŒNICULUM.
FENNEL. New Materia Medica, page 353. "General
remarks."
ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS.
DILL SEEDS.
"General remarks," in New Materia
Medica, page 353.
ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA.
GARDEN ANGELICA. "General remarks," in New
Materia Medica, page 354.
ANISUM STELLATUM.
ANISEED. See New Materia Medica, page 375.
ANTHEMIS COTULA.
STINKING CHAMOMILE. New Materia Medica, page
377. "General remarks."
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ANTHEMIS NOBILIS.
ROMAN CHAMOMILE. New Materia Medica, page 378.
Clinical uses. This remedy has lately been
successfully used by some of the French practi-
tioners to prevent suppuration.
pathic Review, vol. 2, page 382.
See Homœo-
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·APIUM VIRUM.
ANTHEMIS PYRETHRUM.
PELLITORY OF Spain.
"General remarks," in New
Materia Medica, page 380.
ANTHRISCUS CEREFOLIUM.
CHIERVIL. General remarks in New Materia Medica,
page 380.
ANTIMONIUM CHLORIDUM.
CHLORIDE OF ANTIMONY.
Pathogenesis by Mr.
Cattell, in vol. 11, pages 524 and 525 British
Journal of Homœopathy.
APIOL.
PARSLEY OIL.
"Empirical opinions" in New
Materia Medica, page 441.
APIUM VIRUM.
APIS MELLIFICA. POISON OF THE HONEY BEE.
Phila-
delphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 86,
three cases of cure by Apis; page 94 of the
same volume, notice of a pamphlet on Apis.
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
2, page 297, "On the employment of Apis mel.
in post-scarlatinal dropsy, and in some forms of
erysipelas;" same vol. page 409, “Effects of a
bee sting;" same vol. page 424, "Comparison.
APOCYNUM ANDROSÆMIFOLIUM.
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between apis and kali carb." British Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 392, "The poison
of the bee, its effects, pathogenetic and thera-
peutic." British Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
12, page 394, "On some of the therapeutic
effects of apis mellifica." Homœopathic Review,
vol. 2, page 285, "Fatal effects from a bee
sting.." Metcalf's provings, page 184, "A com-
plete proving, with clinical cures."
Most but not all the above, with additional infor-
mation, are re-printed and re-arranged in the New
Materia Medica, page 441. It may not be out of
place here to remind the reader that Ledum, in 15th
dilution, as proposed by Teste, does antidote bee-
stings. I have used both a solution of globules of the
15th, and a strong solution of the mother tincture of
Ledum externally with equal success.
APOCYNUM ANDROSÆMIFOLIUM.
WANDERING MILK WEED, DOG'S BANE, ETC. Phila-
delphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page
368, contains description and provings, which is
included in the article page 465 New Materia
Medica; vol. 6 of the North American Journal
of Homœopathy, page 546, contains uses of this
plant by the "Eclectic School" of America.
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AQUILEGIA VULGARIS.
APOCYNUM CANNABINUM.
AMERICAN INDIAN HEMP. North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 35, mention of the
apocyn. cannab. by Dr. Peters in "Bright's
Disease of the Kidneys;" same volume, page
519, a general article with clinical results;
same vol. page 529, "fragmentary proving of
Apocynum Cannabinum." North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 5, page 540.
"Apocyn. cannab. in Menorrhagia, and some
other forms of uterine hæmorrhage."
Mr. Clifton, of Northampton, in a letter mentions
having beneficially used Apocynum Cannabinum; I
trust he will publish his experience with this article.
For further particulars of this remedy, see Hull's
Jahr, and the New Materia Medica, page 479.
AQUA PETRA.
ROCK OIL from the mineral springs of Chase and
Brittingham, in America. Philadelphia
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 615, con-
tains proving of this water. North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 525, has
reference to the above.
AQUILEGIA VULGARIS.
COLUMBINE. General remarks and Homœopathic ap-
ARCTIUM LAPPA.
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plications, (the latter quoted from Dr. Peter's
Diseases of Females, page 85), in New Materia
Medica, page 490.
ARALIA HISPIDA.
Brittle Stem, ETC.
“Empirical opinions" in New
Materia Medica, page 490.
ARALIA NUDICAULIS.
FALSE SARSAPARILLA. General remarks in New
Materia Medica, page 491.
ARALIA RACEMOSA.
AMERICAN SPIKENARD, mention of, in New Materia
Medica, page 491.
ARALIA SPINOSA.
ANGELICA TREE BARK, general remarks respecting,
in page 491, New Materia Medica.
ARANEE SCINENCIA.
GREY SPIDER OF KENTUCKY, provings of, in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 7,
page 64.
ARCTIUM LAPPA.
BURDOCK. Homœopathic Times, vol. 4, page 177.
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ARISTOLOCHIA MILHOMENS.
Cure of dropsy of long standing by burdock, men-
tioned, and the following statements by Culpepper
and Hooper. "The juice of the leaves being drunk
with honey,* provoketh urine and remedieth the
pains of the bladder. The seed is much commended
to breck the stone and cause it to be expelled by the
urine."-Culpepper. "The seeds are very efficacious
diuretics."— Hooper's Medical Dict. See New
Materia Medica, page 492, for general remarks.
ARGEMONE MEXICANA.
PRICKLY POPPY. General remarks in New Materia
Medica, page 493.
ARGENTUM CHLORATUM.
CHLORIDE OF SILVER. General uses in New Materia
Medica, page 493.
ARGENTUM CYANURETUM.
CYANURET OF SILVER. "General remarks" in New
Materia Medica, page 495.
ARISTOLOCHIA
MILHOMENS.
SNAKE ROOT. Mure's Materia Medica, page 157,
reprinted in Metcalf's provings, page 203.
* See article MEL, further on in this pamphlet.
ASPERULA ODORATA.
ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA.
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SERPENTARIA, OR VIRGINIAN SNAKE ROOT. New
Materia Medica, page 591, general uses.
ARSENICUM METALLICUM.
METALLIC ARSENIC. Metcalf's provings, page 208.
Provings, etc., and remarks by Dr. Hering, from
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 301.
ARSENIURETTED
HYDROGEN.
Use in cholera see British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 7, page 559.
ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA.
BASTARD IPECACUANHA. Philadelphia Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 707, general uses of
this plant.
ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA.
WHITE HEMP. North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 6, page 128, its use in amenorrhoea;
same volume, page 522, case illustrative of trial
of its use in amenorrhoea, with doubtful effect.
ASPERULA ODORATA.
Woodruffe. North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 184, mentioned as a renal
remedy.
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ATROPINE:
ASTACUS FLUVIATILIS.
CRAWFISH, proving of, by Dr. Roth, translated in the
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 478.
ASTERIAS RUBENS.
STARFISH. Proving by Dr. Petroz, translated in
Metcalf's provings, page 223. Pathogenesis
also, in Teste's Materia Medica, page 175.
ATROPINE.
1
ALKALOID FOUND IN BELLADONNA. North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 337,
"Case of poisoning by atropine." North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 265,
on the dilation of the pupil by 129800 of a drop of
sulphate of atropine; same volume, page 457,
"observations on the use of atropine, by Dr.
Casper, translated from the Austrian Homoeo-
pathic Journal.” In the British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 15, page 238, are recorded
"provings of sulphate of atropine, and cases in
which it has been employed as a remedy."
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, page
577, Atropinum Sulphas in diseases of the
pancreas.
BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.
AURANTIA AMARA.
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BITTER ORANGES. British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 13, page 489. "The physiological action
of the essential oil of bitter oranges."
BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.
Balsam of Peru. Cure of itch by Dr. Bosch, quoted
in Homœopathic Times, vol. 1, page 409.
He uses the black balsam of Peru (balsamum Peru-
vianum nigrum) internally and externally. "I ordered
to be taken, night and morning, two drops of the first
dilution; and at the same time, I caused all the parts
affected with the itch to be rubbed with this balsam.
In eight or fifteen days at most the patient was cured.
I prevailed on my colleagues to have recourse to this
remedy; I was happy to learn their experience con-
firmed my own. Up to the present time I have
cured upwards of fifty cases without a single relapse."
As Dr. Bosch did not state the exact preparation
used by him, the editor of the Homœopathic Times
wrote, but apparently, without receiving any reply.
For treatment of itch, see "BENZINE," further on in
this pamphlet. Balsamum Peruvianum, "proves
serviceable in some old asthmatic cases, chronic pul-
monary catarrh, winter coughs, etc. It seems to be
principally adapted to old standing chronic affections
į.
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BAPTISIA TINCTORIA.
of the mucous membranes (especially the bronchial
mucous membrane), particularly in persons of a cold
and torpid habit. Its stimulant influence is cal-
culated only to aggravate acute cases.
As a topical remedy, balsam of Peru is occasionally
employed either alone or in the form of ointment, to
indolent ill-conditioned ulcers; it cleanses them, pro-
motes healthy granulation, and assists cicatrization.
I have used it in some obstinate ulcerations about the
nose. Dr. Ainslie speaks very highly of its powers of
arresting the progress of sphacelous and phagedenic
affections, so common and destructive in India. He
recommends lint, soaked in the balsam, to be applied
night and morning."—Pereira.
BALLOTA LANATA.
WOOLLY STINKING HOREHOUND, mentioned by Dr.
Reil in his article on renal remedies, translated
in the North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 2, page 184.
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA.
WILD INDIGO.
North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 5, page 547, a proving of Baptisia.
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
6, page 226, cure of four cases of typhus by
Baptisia; same volume, page 546, uses of Bap-
BAROSMA CRENATA.
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tisia by the American "Eclectic" school. North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 7, page
70, suggestion for the use of this remedy in
pseudo-scarlatinous fever.
BAROSMA CRENATA.
BUCHU. Recommended as a renal remedy, in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 2, page
186.
"In this country buchu has been principally em-
ployed in chronic maladies of the urino-genital organs.
Dr. Reece first drew the attention of practitioners and
the public in this country to it in these cases; and
in 1823, Dr. M'Dowell gave a most favourable account
of its good effects. It has since been employed by a
considerable number of practitioners, and its remedial
powers fairly tried. It seems to be principally
adapted to chronic cases attended with copious secre-
tion. In chronic inflammation of the mucous mem-
brane of the bladder, attended with a copious dis-
charge of mucus, it frequently checks the secretion,
and diminishes the irritable condition of the bladder,
thereby enabling the patient to retain his urine for a
longer period; but I have several times seen it fail
to give the least relief, and in some cases it appeared
rather to add to the patient's sufferings. In irritable
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BELLIS PERENNIS.
conditions of the urethra, as spasmodic stricture, and
in gleet, it has occasionally proved serviceable. In
lithiasis, attended with increased secretion of uric
acid, it has been given with considerable benefit by
Dr. Carter, and others, and has appeared to check the
formation of this acid. For the most part it should
be given in these cases in combination with alkalies
(as liquor potassæ). In prostatic affections, in rheu-
matism, and even in skin diseases, it has been em-
ployed; and, it is said, with good effect. In dyspepsia
Dr. Hulton has found it serviceable."-Pereira.
BEEBERU CORTEX.
GREENHEART TREE BArk. British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 104, notice of the
bark. Sulphate of Beeberine in menorrhagia,
vol. 15, British Journal of Homœopathy, page
167.
THE DAISY.
BELLIS PERENNIS.
Bellis perennis or daisy, formerly called consolida,
on account of its vulnerary properties; the roots and
leaves were used in wound drinks, and were con-
sidered efficacious in removing extravasated blood
from bruises, etc. It is said to be refused by cattle
BELLIS PERENNIS.
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on account of its peculiar taste. Lightfoot, in his
Flora Scotica, says, "In a scarcity of garden-stuff,
they (daisies) have in some countries, been substituted
as pot herbs." My first trial with this plant as a
curative agent, was in the autumn of 1856. While
on a visit in the neighbourhood of Bangor, a country-
man understanding that I was a "doctor," wished
me to prescribe for his foot, which he had sprained
very badly. Not having either Arnica or Rhus with
me, I determined to try the effects of the daisy; so
directed him to procure a handful of the leaves and
flowers of the plant, chop them up small, boil them
for a quarter of an hour in half a pint of water, and
apply them in linen as a poultice round the ancle at
night. The application was not made until the next
morning, but in half an hour's time, the ancle ad-
mitted of very fair motion. A piece of calico wetted
and wrung out of the daisy water, was then wrapped
round the ancle, and the man put his shoe on and
limped about all day, walking not less than five miles.
He repeated the poultice at night, and found his ancle
so much restored in the morning, that he was able
to walk four miles to his work without experiencing
any difficulty. The success, in this instance, so far
exceeded the previous use of Arnica and Rhus,
especially in the time gained, that I had a tincture
from the whole plant made for such uses, and have
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BELLIS PERENNIS,
used it in sprained ancle from a fall-the ancle was
well the second day. A sprain of the wrist which
had been a week ailing, yielded to the daisy in three
days. I have also successfully used it in several
severe whitlows; in every case the pure tincture was
used externally. The only provings I have made
with this remedy have been with the pure tincture in
ten or twenty drop doses at a time. After taking the
medicine for fourteen days without any symptoms, I
suspended the use of it-in two weeks after leaving
it off, for the first time in my life I had a large
boil on the back of my neck (right side), commencing
with a dull aching pain; some difficulty and a bruised
pain in keeping the head erect; slight nausea, want
of appetite, and a little giddiness in the head at
times. Pain in middle finger of the left hand as of
a gathering, for a short time only; and at the same
time, pain in inner side of left forearm, as of a boil
developing; two nights before, similar pains in cor-
responding parts of the right arm-query, are these
effects of Bellis (this was written December 11th,
1856). The boil on the neck came December 7th,
1856; began as a slight pimple with burning pain
in the skin, increasing until in six days' time it was
very large, of a dark fiery purple colour, and very
sore burning and aching pain in it, accompanied with
headache, extending from occiput to sinciput, of a cold
BELLIS PERENNIS.
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aching character; brain as though contracted in
frontal region, dizziness, etc. (as before stated.) I
now set to work to cure myself, which by use of hot
fomentations and lint dipped in tincture of Bella-
donna externally, taking at the same time 3rd dil.
Belladonna internally, was soon accomplished. Three
days after this was cured, another made its appearance,
which speedily succumbed to the same remedies. As I
had never previously had a boil, and had not made any
change in my diet, I suspected Bellis tincture to be
the cause of the trouble. On the 12th of January,
1857, feeling my left foot somewhat strained after
running, I applied Bellis to the strain, which for
several days aggravated the feeling; and in five
hours after the application, I had another small boil
(three weeks after disappearance of the last), which
yielded to same treatment as the others, by January
19th, 1857. On March 7th, 1857, I chewed some
daisy flowers. On the 11th, a small boil appeared at
the angle of the inferior maxilla, right side; Bella-
donna externally, cured it. The last trial I made
with the third centesimal dilution of Bellis, taking
three drops on Tuesday, 2nd March, 1858, on the
following Friday a small pimple appeared a little
behind the angle of left inferior maxilla; it increased
very much in size and pain by Saturday, when I
treated it with Belladonna externally, to which it
D
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BENZINE OR BENZOL.
soon yielded. As at no other time in my life have I
suffered from boils, I am inclined to think, these are
due to the use of the daisy.
BENZINE OR BENZOL.
"At a recent meeting of the French Academy, M.
Bonnet, of Espinal, read a paper in which he an-
nounced that benzine is a specific for the itch. The
author states that if benzine be rubbed on the parts
affected, and also very slightly on the other parts of
the body, a cure will be effected in the course of five
minutes, after which the patient may take a warm
bath for half an hour. In cases, however, where the
itch is accompanied by a secondary eruption, the
latter will require a separate treatment.”
“Benzine is one of the products of the destructive
distillation of coal, and occurs in large proportion in
coal-tar naphtha."-Record of Pharmacy and Thera-
peutics.
Benzine will almost instantly kill carnivorous
beetles, if they be but touched with it. Vegetable-
feeding beetles are not so easily affected by it, and to
many Benzine is harmless. Bees are but slightly
affected, but they, as well as the carnivorous beetles,
after being poisoned with it, protrude the genital
organs. The effect of this substance upon man is not
BRAYERA ANTHELMINTICA.
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known, but it seems probable that its effects will ap-
proximate to those of Kreasote or Petroleum.
In vol. 6, North American Journal of Homoeopathy
page 264, Benzine is recommended for the destruction
of animal parasites.
BLATTA AMERICANA.
AMERICAN COCKROACH, proving of, in Mure's Materia
Medica, page 151.
BRAYERA ANTHELMINTICA.
HAGENIA OR Kousso. A small proving of it by Mr.
Cattell appears in vol. 11, of the British Journal
of Homœopathy, page 340. The North American
Journal of Homopathy quotes (vol. 1, page 116)
Pereira, and (vol. 1, page 134) cases treated
by Dr. Budd, extracted from the Lancet.
The only known use of this remedy is as an
anthelmintic. It seems entirely to destroy both the
Tania solium and Bothriocephalus latus but does
not always purge the patient. The treatment recom-
mended is that the kousso be taken in the morning
fasting. The only preparation necessary is, that the
last meal of the previous evening should be slight.
The evacuation of the bowels by a mild purgative or
lavement is also desirable. The mode of administer-
.
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BRAYERA ANTHELMIN TICA.
ing the remedy is as follows:-"The powdered flowers
are to be mixed with luke-warm water (for an adult
about ten ounces of water), and allowed to infuse for
a quarter of an hour, a little lemon juice is then to be
swallowed, and, the infusion being stirred up, the
whole is taken, liquid and powder at two or three
draughts, at short intervals; being washed down by
cold water and lemon juice.
tion, tea (without sugar or milk) may be taken. In
three or four hours, if the remedy has not operated, a
dose of castor oil or a saline purgative should be
administered."
To promote the opera-
This remedy does not radically cure tha Abys-
sinians since they resort to it monthly (!!!) No ill
effects are known to have followed its use in England,
but Mr. Johnston in his "Travels in Southern
Abyssinia" says it produced "prostration of strength
in his servants, and that it occasions frequent mis-
carriages, often fatal to the mother, and even men
have been known, after a large dose, to have died the
same day from its consequences."
"The doses recommended are-
Adult
Children 7 to 12 yrs.
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"-Pereira.
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19
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not ex.
CALOTROPIS PROCERA.
BUFO SAHYTIENSIS.
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SOUTH AMERICAN TOAD. See Mure's Materia Medica,
page 195.
CAHINCA RADIX.
CAINCA ROOT BARK. British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 2, appendix, contains provings which
are reprinted in North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 51.
CALCAREA ARSENIOSA.
ARSENITE OF LIME. British Journal of Homœopathy
vol. 7, page 564, directions by Dr. Hering, for
use in Epilepsy.
CALCII CHLORIDUM.
CHLORIDE OF Lime. Pathogeny by Mr. Cattell,
British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 168.
CALTHA PALUSTRIS.
MARSH MARIGOLD. Pathogeny by Mr. Cattell, page
169, vol. 11, British Journal of Homœopathy.
CALOTROPIS PROCERA.
BELL-FLOWERED CALOTROPIS, statements respecting,
see British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11,
page 523.
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CAPSICUM BACCATUM.
CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA.
ASCLEPIAS-GIGANTEA-AURICULAR TREE. Statements
respecting its use in Philadelphia Journal of
Homoeopathy, vol. 3, page 709.
CALAMUS AROMATICA.
SWEET FLAG. Mention of its uses may be found in
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
4, page 549.
CANEDILLO.
Used in suake bites. See Dr. Metcalf's hints for
new provings, in North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 98.
CANCHALAGUA.
GENTIANA DE PERU. CHILI GENTIAN. Proving etc.
of, in North American Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 3, page 532. Case of cure by, vol. 5,
North American Journal of Homœopathy,
page 264.
CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA.
GLAUCOUS INDIAN SHOT. See Mure's Materia Medica,
page 209.
CAPSICUM BACCATUM.
BIRD PEPPER. Uses described in Philadelphia Jour-
nal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 705.
CEDRON.
CARDUUS MARIANUS.
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ST. MARY'S THISTLE, Dr. Reil's proving of, translated
in North American Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 3, page 379.
PAPAW TRee.
CARICA PAPAYA.
Uses and effects, in Philadelphia
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 96.
CARYA ALBA.
HICKORY NUT, poisoning by, see North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 473.
CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES.
BLUE COHOSH, ETC. 66
Therapeutical indications for
its use with illustrative cases," North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 372; in
the same volume, page 547, is given its uses
by the American Eclectics.
CEDRON.
SIMARUBA CEDRON. A SOUTH AMERICAN Cedar.
North American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol.
1, page 272, is an account of Cedron curing
bites of venemous serpents, intermittent fever,
and hydrophobia. North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 99, Cedron alluded
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CHELONE GLABRA.
to by Dr. Metcalf. North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 5, page 179, Cedron in inter-
mittent fevers. Teste's Materia Medica, page
575, an account of this curative agent. Homoeo-
pathic Times, vol. 2, page 376, reference to sup-
posed and real use of Cedron.
Dr. Pulte, of Cincinnati, writes me that he has
"found it a most excellent remedy for marsh-inter-
mittents, almost a specific."
CERASUS VIRGINICA.
CHOKE CHERRY. Uses by Eclectic School of
America, quoted in North American Journal of
Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 547.
CERVUS BRAZILICUS.
BRAZILIAN STAG. See Mure's Materia Medica,
page 51.
CETONIA AURATA.
ROSE BEETLE. Recommended as a cure in hydro-
phobia, see British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol.
15, page 688.
CHELONE GLABRA.
SNAKEHEAD, ETC. Used by American Eclectic School,
see North American Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 6, page 547.
CHLOROFORM.
CHENOPODIUM ANTHELMINTICUM.
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WORM SEED, GOOSE FOOT. Notice of its anthel-
mintic properties in Philadelphia Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 710.
CHLORINATED HYDROCHLORIC ETHER.
See North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 1,
page 512, for facts connected with the anaesthetic
effects of this agent.
CHLOROFORM.
For an account of its uses, in relation to parturition
and in its medico-legal aspect, see Philadelphia
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 1. An
account of chloroform antidoting strychnia, in
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 124. Prompt relief to violent pains in
various diseases by the topical application of
chloroform vapor, see North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 265. Mention of
the failure of chloroform to cure tetanus, in Dr.
Henderson's address to Homœopathic Congress,
see British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 12,
page 572.
Failure of chloroform to reduce
strangulated hernia, by M. Malgaigne, men-
tioned in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
14, page 665.
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COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS.
Dr. Pearce, of Northampton, related to me a case
of mania from intoxication, after resisting several
homoeopathic remedies, cured by olfaction of chloro-
form; his reason for using chloroform was having
seen patients under its use similarly affected to his
then patient. Dr. Watson, of Chester, informs me
he has successfully used chloroform in convulsions;
and in typhus fever, with tetanic spasms.
3
CICHORIUM INTYBUS.
CHICORY. See pathogenetic fragment, by Mr. Cat-
tell, British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 521.
CINNABARIS.
CINNABAR. VERMILLION. See Metcalf's provings,
page 229, for pathogenesis, and British Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 528.
COBALTUM.
COBALT. See Philadelphia Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 2, page 449.
COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS.
STONE ROOT, ETC. Constipation, hoemorrhoids, vari-
cocele, and dysmennorrhoea curable by Collin-
sonia, see North American Journal of Homoeo-
CORNUS CIRCINNATA.
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pathy, vol. 5, page 545. Cases of cure by
Collinsonia, see North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 80.
"The leaves in domestic practice, are applied to
wounds and bruises."-Dunglison.
It has the reputation of being an excellent remedy
against pains in the limbs from cold, if the affected
parts are rubbed with the plant. A decoction is said
to have cured the bite of a rattle snake.
COMMOCLADIA DENTATA.
GUAO, proving of, by Dr. Houard, in Philadelphia
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 73.
CONOIN.
ALKALOID OF CONIUM MAculatum. See British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, page 165, for
synopsis of provings.
CONVOLVOLUS DUARTINUS.
MORNING GLORY.
See Mure's Materia Medica
page 192.
CORNUS CIRCINNATA.
ROUND LEAVED DOGWOOD. Proving by Dr. Marcy,
vol. 3, North American Journal of Homœopathy
page 277.
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COUMARIN.
CORNUS FLORIDA.
Floridan DogWOOD. Uses by American Eclectics.
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 547.
CORYDALIS FORMOSA.
TURKEY CORN.
Uses by Eclectic School. See
North American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol.
6, page 548.
COTYLEDON UMBILICUS.
NAVEL WORT, ETC. North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 393, mentions cures
of Epilepsy by Cotyledon. British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 598, proving of, by
Dr. Craig.
Hill, in his Herbal, says "the leaves are cooling and
good against pains when externally applied; they are
used outwardly in hemorrhoids with success, the
juice taken inwardly operates by urine, and is ex-
cellent for stranguries and the gravel."
COUMARIN.
Recommended in hay fever, with cure of same, by
Dr. Tuthill Massy, in Monthly Homoeopathic
Review, vol. 2, page 19.
CYTISUS LABURNUM.
CROTALUS CASCAVELLA.
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Brazilian RATTLESNAKE. See Mure's Materia Medica,
page 5.
CURARA.
WOURALI POISON, Dr. C. Bernard's experiments with,
see British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16,
page 112.
CYPRIPEDUM PUBESCANS.
LADIES' SLipper. Uses by Eclectics, see North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page
518.
CYNARA SCOLYMUS.
ARTICHOKE. Mentioned by Dr. Reil, in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page
185.
CYTISUS LABURNUM.
LABURNUM. Case of poisoning mentioned in British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 110. In
the Homœopathic Times, vol. 2, page 206,
cases of poisoning are recorded, from which I
quote the following-
"1. W. D., aged nine, had eaten but one seed,
which had produced vomiting and purging; was now
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CYTISUS LABURNUM.
pale and nauseated, with pulse scarcely perceptible at
the wrist; drowsiness, and sluggish pupils.
"2. M. E., aged nine, ate one seed; no vomiting
or purging; pulse weak; drowsiness and great dila-
tation of pupils.
"3. T. B., aged nine, pulse weak and rapid; pupils
sluggish. This boy had eaten four seeds.
"4. W. B., aged eight, had eaten four seeds, which
had occasioned vomiting and purging; was now very
pale, and had weak pulse.
"5. T. G., aged six, had eaten five seeds; was
pale and nauseated, with a weak and rapid pulse.
"6. R. T., aged nine, ate one seed; had pain of
stomach and a weak pulse.
“7. J. M., aged nine, ate five seeds, which purged
him considerably. Now feels well.
"8. J. E., aged eight, ate one seed, which made
him vomit, and is now well.
"9. E. L., aged seven, ate one seed, and looks
pale and heavy, but makes no complaint.
"10. T. P., aged eight, ate one seed, and has had
no symptoms.
"11. J. P., aged seven, ate one seed, without any
ill effect.
"Though it will be observed that only three of
these cases presented any cerebral symptoms, it can be
hardly be doubted that the action of the seeds was
ELAPS CORALLINUS.
47
truly narcotic; for in one of the worst cases (that of
M. E., No. 2), the drowsiness and dilatation of
pupils were very distinctly marked, notwithstanding
that neither vomiting nor purging had preceded, so as
to have occasioned such head symptoms by inducing
exhaustion."
DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS.
AMAZON-DOLPHIN.
page 153.
See Mure's Materia Medica,
DIGITALINE.
ALKALOID OF DIGITALIS. Notice of in British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 13, page 525. Its
use in dropsy mentioned in North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 266.
DOLICHOS PRURIENS.
COWHAGE. Fragmentary proving, etc., North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 209.
CENANTHE CROCATA.
[SEE APPENDIX.]
ELAPS CORALLINUS.
CORAL VIPER. Mure's Materia Medica, page 22.
This remedy has proved serviceable in some forms
of deafness. See pathogenesis.
J
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ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM.
ELATER NOCTILUCUS.
BRAZILIAN FIRE-FLY.
This remedy has been successfully used in desperate
splenic affections; more especially in enlargement of
that organ, accompanied with anasarca, dysentery, or
loose stools, and bleeding at the nose.*
ELEIS GUINEENSIS.
OIL PALM TREE. See Mure's Materia Medica, page 45.
EPHEDRA OCCIDENTALIS.
POPILOTE. Its use in gonorrhoea mentioned in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page
129.
ERIGERON CANADENSIS.
CANADIAN FLEA BANE. Uses mentioned in North
American Journal, vol. 5, 282.
ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM.
BUTTON SNAke Weed.
"For spermatorrhoea properly so called, or emission
of semen without erections, there is no remedy which
* The Elater, with the above information in MSS. was supplied
me by Messrs. Mathew and Houard, Homœopathic Chemists,
Philadelphia.
ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM.
49
has yet received the sanction of experience."-Re-
pertory.
“We have one, however, to propose for trial-it is
the Eryngium Aquaticum, which has two remarkable
cures, reported by Dr. Parks (Pharmaceutist, Cin.), to
recommend it.
"CASE I.-A married man injured his testicles by
jumping upon a horse; this was followed by a dis-
charge of what was considered semen for fifteen years,
during which time he was treated allopathically and
homoeopathically. Dr. Parks exhibited a number of
the usual remedies without permanent benefit. He
then gave a half-grain dose three times a day, of the
third decimal trituration of the 'Eryngium Aquati-
cum.' In five days the emissions were entirely sup-
pressed, and have not returned to this time (over two
years ago). The emissions were without erections
day or night, and followed by great lassitude.
"CASE II.—A married man, not conscious of hav-
ing sustained any injury, was troubled for eight or ten
years with emissions at night-with erections. The
semen also passed by day with the urine. The loss
of semen was followed by great lassitude and depres-
sion, continuing from twelve to forty-eight hours.
There was also partial impotence. Had been treated
allopathically. Dr. Parks gave him Phos. Acid for
two weeks, without material benefit. He then exhi-
E
生
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EUPATOREUM PURPUREUM.
bited the Eryngium Aquaticum, as above, with like
excellent and prompt result."*
I used this remedy with a patient who was quite
broken down from spermatorrhoea; the emissions left
him, but he suffered from vertigo and dim-sightedness
whenever he took a dose of the medicine. He is now
well through the use other medicines. Our English
Eryngo-the E. maritimum, is noted as an aphrodis-
iac, and is very similar in appearance to the Eryn-
gium Aquaticum.
COCA.
ERYTHROXYLON COCA.
Provings, etc. in British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 15, page 529.
ESERE.
CALABAR ORDEAL BEAN. Dr. Christison's experi-
menrs with Esere mentioned in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 266.
EUONYMUS AMERICANUS.
BURNING BUSH. "Eclectic " uses in North American
Journal, vol. 6, page 549.
EUPATOREUM PURPUREUM.
GRAVEL ROOT. North American Journal, vol. 6,
page 548.
"Eclectic" uses.
* Drs. Hill and Hunt Homœopathic Surgery.
EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS.
EUPHORBIA COROLLATA.
51
BLOOMING SPURGE. North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 548. "Eclectic"
uses.
EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA.
WART-WORT.
Two cases of poisoning mentioned
in British Poisonous Plants, page 38.
"In both instances the mouth, throat, and stomach,
were found to be in a highly inflamed and corroded
condition."
EUPHORBIA PEPLUS.
PETTY SPURge.
66 'Vomiting, diarrhea, spasms, inability to swallow,
and other distressing and painful symptoms, followed
by death." From poisoning of a child, aged 6, men-
tioned in British Poisonous Plants.
EUPHORBIA SPLENDENS.
SPLENDID SPURGE. Natural Order, Euphorbiaceæ.
The information respecting this Euphorbia (which
is a native of Madagascar) was given to me by Mr.
Turner. The proving was made by his friend, an
amateur homœopathist.
52
FARCINE.
"In 1844 I made an experiment upon myself, and
took one drop of the milky juice, which produced
an uneasiness in the throat. In an hour I took another
drop. In twenty minutes afterwards I felt a shiver-
ing sensation, a little fulness in the stomach, and a
rumbling in the bowels. I next felt a dryness in the
mouth and throat; sickness and retching; cold
shivering greatly increased, and the face was said to
be pale and deathly. My wife became alarmed when
I told her what I had taken, so to quieten her I took
thirty-one grains of Lobelia, which made me vomit
freely; afterwards I felt a little better; but for three
days I felt shivering, with occasional flushes of heat.
"In 1853 I tried the same experiment, but the
symptoms were more alarming. In twenty minutes
great thirst, with very bad taste in the mouth; the
throat appeared swollen; a little griping, with great
distension of the stomach. I now took a quart of
warm water, and vomited freely a greenish matter,
slight relief followed; but a very cold shivering, with
slight intermissions of heat, and the dryness in the
mouth and throat continued for three days.
FARCINE.
See British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 12, page
250, and vol. 15, page 624, and North American
Journal, vol. 6, page 268.
FULIGO COMMUNIS.
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ASH.
FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR.
Ash-leaves in gout. See North American
'Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 268.
FERRUM PERCHLORIDUM.
Perchloride of IRON. As a preventive of syphilis.
See North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 4, page 123.
FERRUM SULPHURETUM.
SULPHURET OF IRON. Remarks on the persulphuret
of iron in chronic lead poisoning. North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 5, page 264.
FERRUM SULPHURICUM.
SULPHATE OF IRON. In erysipelas. See North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page
265,
FULIGO COMMUNIS.
SOOT. Suggested for use in cancer, etc. Homœo-
pathic Review, vol. 2, page 213. Used in old
practice in dyspepsia, ulcers, hysteria, tinea, and
several other cutaneous diseases. Griffith's Uni-
versal Formulary, pp. 215, 216.
54
GERANIUM MACULATUM.
FUNGI CYNOSBATI.
Tincture of, in plethora venosa. See North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 342.
GALVANISM.
"Effects of galvanism in organic diseases of the eye,"
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 68.
"Clonic spasm of the muscles of the face cured
by galvano-puncture," British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 6, page 281. "Symptoms produced
by a galvanic shock," North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 7, page 67. Dr. Roth, in
Homœopathic Times, vol. 1, page 693, calls the
attention of the profession to the use of galvanism
in diseases of the eye, etc., etc.
GELSEMINUM SEMPERVIRENS.
YELLOW JESSAMINE.
Use in gonorrhoea, British
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 16, page 348.
Cures of bilious fever by, see North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 3, page 99.
"Eclectic" uses, North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 549.
GERANIUM MACULATUM.
SPOTTED CRANESBILL. "Eclectic" uses in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page
550.
GLONINE.
GEUM URBANUM.
55
AVENS. In eclampsia puerperalis. See North Ame-
rican Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 232.
GLANDERINE.
See British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 12, 250,
and vol. 15, page 624; also, North American.
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 268.
Cases of glanders in the human subject detailed
in Homœopathic Times, vol. 1, page 652.
GLONOINE.
NITRO-GLYCERINE. "Glonoine in coup-de-soleil,"
- Philadelphia Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 3,
page 356. In headaches after profuse uterine
hemorrhage, North American Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 5, page 439. Pathogenesis of, British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 7, page 412. "On
the pathogenetic and therapeutic action of glo-
noine,” British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11,
page 268.
"Headaches cured by glonoine,'
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 13, page
139. Vrij on glonoine, British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 14, page 171. "On the
toxical and medicinal properties of nitrate of
oxyde of glycyl," British Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 16, page 332.
""
Letters on glonoine,
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GYMNOCLADUS CANADENSIS.
from Medical Times and Gazette, British Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 16, page 507.
GLYCERINE.
See British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 15, pages
104 and 330.
GLYCEROLE OF ALOES
In skin diseases. See British Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 16, page 348.
GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM.
COTTON PLANT.
Use of seeds in intermittent fevers
mentioned in North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 1, page 273.
GUANO AUSTRALIS.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 54.
GUILANDINA BONDUCELLA.
CHICKSTONE. See Philadelphia Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 3, page 719.
GYMNOCLADUS CANADENSIS.
KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE. Proving of, in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 1, page
156.
HELONIAS DIOICA.
HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA.
VIRGINIAN WYCH HAZEL. [See Appendix.]
HARICOT BEAN.
57
Mention of scurvy following its use. See British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 352.
HEDEOMA PULEGIOIDES.
OIL PENNY ROYAL. Proving of, in Philadelphia
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 655.
HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM.
BRAZILIAN BURDOCK. See Mure's Materia Medica,
page 210.
HELIANTHUS ANNUS.
SUNFLOWER. Remarks on, by Dr. Dunsford, in British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 169. In-
voluntary provings of the seeds, North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 1, page 379, which
seem included in Mr. Cattell's pathogenesis,
vol. 11, British Journal of Homœopathy, page
352.
HELONIAS DIOICA.
DROOPING STAR-WORT. "Eclectic" uses in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page
550.
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HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS.
HELVELLA ESCULENTA.
RED MUSHROOM. Pathogenesis in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 168.
HEPATICA TRILOBA.
HERB TRINITY. Fragmentary proving of, in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page
526.
HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA.
MANCHINEEL TREE. Proving of, in Mure's Materia
Medica, page 57. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page
169.
Dr. Pulte writes me that he has found Mancinella
very useful in "ulcerations of the throat, etc., after
or during scarlatina." And that he "considers it to
rank between Belladonna and Mercurius.”
HURA BRAZILIENSIS.
ASSACU. See Mure's Materia Medica, page 65.
HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS.
YELLOW PUCCOON. "Eclectic "uses, in North Ame-
rican Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 550.
Recommended by Dr. J. J. G. Wilkinson, in hepatic
derangements, and bilious fever.
IRIS FLORENTINA.
HYDROPHOBIN.
59
See North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2,
page 536, Hydrophin, as "Aquaphobin," used
in metritris and uterine diseases. Proving of,
in Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
3, page 262.
HYDROCOTYLE
ASIATICA.
Provings of in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
16, page 461 and 580.
HYPOPHYLLUM SANGUINEUM.
Pathogenesis in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
11, page 168.
ILLICIUM ANISATUM.
ANISEED. See anisum stellatum, page 19 of this
pamphlet, and Mure's Materia Medica, page
217.
INDIGO SULPHATUM.
SULPHATE OF INDIGO. Pathogenesis in British Jour-
nal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 169.
IRIS FLORENTINA.
FLORENTINE IRIS, general remarks respecting, in
Homœopathic Times, vol. 3, page 402. Patho-
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KALI ACETICUM.
genesis, by Mr. Cattell, British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 343.
IRIS VERSICOLOR.
PARTICOLORED IRIS, proving of, in Philadelphia
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 1, page 3. Cures
by Iris Vers. of vomiting, cholera morbus, diar-
rhoea, dysentery, sick headache, colic, neuralgia,
and typhoid fever, with remarks by Dr. Kitchen,
see North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 1, page 461. "Eclectic" uses in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page
550.
JACARANDA CAROBA.
Provings in Mure's Materia Medica, page 199.
JANIPHA MANIHOT.
Provings in Mure's Materia Medica, page 182.
BUTTERNUT.
JUGLANS CINEREA.-
"Eclectic" uses in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 550.
KALI ACETICUM.
Acetate of POTASH. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11,
page 349.
!
KALI SULPHIDUM.
KALI ARSENIATUM.
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Arseniate of POTASH. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 350.
KALI BINOXALATUM.
BINOXALATE OF POTASH. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 520.
KALI CYANIDUM.
CYANIDE OF POTASH. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 348.
KALI CHROMICUM.
CHROMATE OF POTASH, mention of, in Homœopathic
Review, vol. 2, page 256.
KALI FERROCYANIDUM.
FERROCYANIDE OF POTASH, Symptoms from, by Mr.
Cattell, in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
11, page 344.
KALI SULPHIDUM.
SULPHIDE OF POTASH. Mention of its curing "itch
eruption in children." See British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 352.
+
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LEVISTICUM.
KALI SUPERCITRATUM.
CITRATE OF POTASH. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cat-
tell, in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11,
page 338.
KALI TARTRATUM.
Tartrate of POTASH. Pathogenesis, by Mr. Cattell,
in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page
521.
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LATHYRUS SATIVUS.
Paralysis from eating the grains of Lathyrus Sativus.
See British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 3,
page 257.
LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE.
MASTRUCO. Mure's Materia Medica, page 101.
LEPTANDRA VIRGINICA.
CULVER'S PHYSIC. "Eclectic" uses in North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 551.
LEVISTICUM.
LIGUSTICUM. LOVAGE. Mentioned as a renal remedy
by Dr. Reil, in North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 186.
MEDUSÆ CAPILLATA.
LICHEN CANINUS RUFESCENS,
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Article on, by Dr. Dunsford, in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 169.
LINUM CATHARTICUM.
PURGING FLAX. Provings of, by Mr. Gelston, in
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, pages
147 and 319.
LIQUOR POTASSÆ.
See North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4,
page 534, and British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 16, page 167.
LYCOPUS VIRGINICA.
BUGLEWEED.
See account of, in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 4, page 114.
MANGIFERA INDICA.
MANGO. See Homoeopathic Review, vol. 2, page 653.
SCOUTHER.
MEDUSE CAPILLATA.
The Medusa might be used in skin diseases of a
burning character, such as erysipelas, etc. The only
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MEDUSÆ CAPILLATA.
proving of this animal is the following involuntary one,
which is extracted from a work entitled the "Seaside
and Aquarium:"—
"The Medusæ attain a very large size in Scotland,
where they are known as scouthers. They are not
unfrequently encountered by bathers, and under such
circumstances an embrace from one is neither safe nor
pleasant. The following is the experience of an un-
happy swimmer in the Frith of Forth :-' In a moment
it (the Medusa) enwrapped me, so that every part of
my body was stung, and I could only disengage my-
self by tearing the animal piecemeal from me, at the
peril of my hands, which became just as if I had
poured vitrol on them. With great difficulty I swam
back towards the shore; but when I reached the
machine I had not strength enough to dress, and was
afterwards led home by two persons. A medical
friend ordered an application of oil and vinegar. In-
tense agony, as if stung by thousands of wasps, con-
tinued for about eight hours; and if it had not then
terminated I must have sunk beneath the torture. I
felt an internal soreness, and was unable to eat for
two days. The inflammation of the throat continued
for a fortnight.' This would, I imagine, have been
the common scouther, which is very abundant on the
Scottish coast."
MERCURIUS SULPHURICUS.
65
MEL.
HONEY. See North Amerian Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 6, page 521, for its palliative use in stric-
ture of the urethra.
MELALEUCA CAJEPUT,
Symptoms from, by Mr. Cattell, in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 169.
MELASTOMA ACKERMANNI.
TAPIXIRICA. Mure's Materia Medica, page 185.
MELILOTUS CERULEA.
BLUE MELILOT. See synopsis of its uses in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page
339.
MELOE MAJALIS.
Mentioned as a renal remedy in North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 182. Case
of poisoning by Meloe maj. in British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 12, page 695. Meloe in
hydrophobia, see British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 15, page 686.
MERCURIUS SULPHURICUS.
TURPETHUM MINERALE. YELLOW SULPHAte of Mer-
CURY. See British Journal of Homoeopathy,
F
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MILLEFOLIUM.
vol. 11, page 528, for pathogenesis of this drug,
and Metcalf's provings, page 281.
MERCURIUS SULPHURETUS.
ETHIOP'S MINERAL. Use in typhus fever, by Dr.
Petroz. Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy
vol. 2, page 404.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM.
ICE PLANT. In Enuresis spastica see North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 343.
MIKANIA GUACO.
GUACO. Mentioned as an antidote to snake poison
in Homœopathic Times, vol. 4, page 222. Two
species of guaco have been brought under the
notice of homoeopathists. For particulars see
Homœopathic Review, vol. 1, page 352; or for
the snake poison antidote, see North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 1, page 274; and
for the mikania guaco in its cure of cholera
asiatica, see North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 16.
MILLEFOLIUM.
YARROW, Mure's Materia Medica, page 218.
MYRTUS COMMUNIS.
MIMOSA HUMILIS.
See Mure's Materia Medica, page 49.
MINERAL WATERS.
67
See British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 15, page
8, for pathogenesis, and account of the mineral
waters of Teplitz, Lippspringe, and Kreuznach.
MURURE LEITE.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 166.
MUSANNA.
Mention of its use in tania, in North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 219.
MYGALE AVICULARIA.
BIRD SPIDER OF TEXAS. In gonorrhoea. See British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, page 328.
MYLABRIS SEXMACULATA.
In hydrophobia. See British Journal of Homoco-
pathy, vol. 16, page 352.
MYRTLE.
MYRTUS COMMUNIS.
Fragmentary proving, with remarks, in
North American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol.
1, page 74.
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NARCISSUS PSEUDO NARCISSUS.
BAY-BERRY.
MYRICA CERIFFERA.
"Eclectic " uses, in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 552.
MYRISTICA SEBIFERA.
UCUUBA. Mure's Materia Medica, page 211.
NAJA TRIPUDIANS.
COBRA POISON. For Pathogenesis and use in disease
see British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 9, page
232; vol. 11, pages 72 and 591; vol. 12, pages
211, 372, and 549; vol. 13, page 310. Accounts
of deaths by Cobra venom in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 2, page 475;
Homœopathic Times, vol. 4, pages 189, 191,
221, 223, and 363.
NAPTHA.
Use in phthisis, etc., mentioned in North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 116.
NARCISSUS PSEUDO NARCISSUS.
DAFFODIL. Mentioned as a specific in hooping cough,
in North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 122.
"The flowers have a strong scent, pleasant to most
persons, but causing headache if indulged in for any
length of time."-British Poisonous Plants.
NUPHAR LUTEA.
NARCISSUS POETICUS.
69
NARCISSUS OF THE POETS, account of poisoning by, in
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 62.
This plant is "more poisonous than the daffodil,
being most powerfully emetic and irritant, especially
the bulbs, thirty or forty grains of which are suffi-
cient to occasion alarming symptoms. The scent of
the flower is very delicious; but, as in the preceding
species, this is deleterious, producing intense head-
ache, stupefaction, and vomiting, if indulged in to
excess. The Greek name of this plant was, doubtless,
derived from this circumstance; våpen signifying in-
sensibility.”—British Poisonous Plants.
TOBACCO ALKALOID.
NICOTINE.
See British Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 15, page 160, for account of its anti-
doting strychnia.
NITRIC ACID GAS.
See British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 15, page
249, for inhalation of nitric acid gas in pulmo-
nary diseases.
NUPHAR LUTEA.
YELLOW WATER LILY. See North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 250, for proving;
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ORIGANUM VULGARE.
and British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 16,
page 329, remarks as to its use in spermatorhoea.
Dr. Withering mentions a cure of a leprous eruption
on the arm by drinking, night and morning, a pint of
a decoction made by adding a pound of the fresh root
to a gallon of water.
OCIMUM CANUM.
ALFAVACA. Mure's Materia Medica, page 214.
OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI.
COD'S LIVER OIL. Cures of cough by small doses
of the oil, see Philadelphia Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 631. Dr. Madden's paper on
cod's liver oil, British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 6, page 433. Remarks on cod's liver oil in
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 7, page
283. Dr. Black's remarks on cod's liver oil.
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 8, page 174.
ORIGANUM VULGARE.
SWEET MARJORAM. Recommended to the Gallican
Society of Paris, by a correspondent at Nice as a
remedy in mental alienation and salacity. See
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
1, page 122.
PEPSIN.
PANACEA.
See Mure's Materia Medica, page 115.
PASTINICA SATIVA.
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SWEET PARSNIP. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell, in
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page
168.
PAULLINIA SORBILIS.
See article on its use in sick head-ache, in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page
125.
PAULLINIA PINNTA.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 144.
PEDICULUS CAPITIS.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 40.
PERSICA VULGARIS.
PEACH. For effects of the flowers, see British Jour-
nal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 521.
PETIVERIA TETRANDRA.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 170.
PEPSIN.
Active principle in the gastric juice. See British
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PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS.
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 13, page 380, and
vol. 15, pages 205 and 642.
Three cases of diabetes mellitus treated with pepsin
have come under my notice. In each instance the
treatment promised recovery, but in each case the
patient died suddenly.
MYRTUS PIMENTO.
PIMENTO.
JAMAICA PEPPER. See British
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11, page 324, for
its use in intermittents.
PISTACIE TEREBINTHINÆ.
VENICE TURPENTINE. For cure of lumbago and sci-
atica. See North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 6, page 526.
PLANTAGO MAJOR.
LARGE WILD PLANTAIN.
This plant has been proved to some extent, but I
cannot find any record of the provings. It produces,
among other symptoms, intolerable itching of the skin,
which is worse at night. The plant has long had a
reputation as a vulnerary, and appears to have been
used in agues with considerable success.
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 138.
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PSORINUM.
PRENANTHUS SERPENS.
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BATTLESNAKE'S MASTER. Proving of, in North Ame-
rican Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page 352.
Pursh, in his "Travels through Virginia," thus
mentions a cure of snake-bite with this herb :-" A
man living in Cove Mountains, near the Sweet
Springs, was bit in the foot by a mocassin snake, and
an inflammation and swelling of his whole leg took
place immediately; but by taking the juice of this
plant, boiled in milk, inwardly, and applying to the
wound the steeped leaves, which were frequently
changed, he was cured in a few days." The root is
used in popular practice as a cure for dysentery.
POPULUS TREMULOIDES.
QUAKING ASPEN.
"Eclectic" uses in North Ameri-
can Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 553.
PRUNUS VIRGINIANA.
VIRGINIAN CHERRY.
"Eclectic " uses in North Ame-
rican Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 553.
PSORINUM.
See North American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 2,
page 366.
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QUASSIA EXCELSIA.
PYRO CARBON.
FUMES OF WOOD-CHARCOAL. Provings in British
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11, page 152.
QUASSIA EXCELSIA.
GALL TREE. See Philadelphia Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 4, page 26.
Pereira quotes Kurtz as mentioning "complete
paralysis of the hinder extremities of a dog affected
with the mange, being induced by washing the ulcers
with decoction of quassia; in seven hours, however,
it disappeared."
Pereira further adds, "Some have noticed effects
which seem to favour the notion that quassia possesses
a specific influence over the cerebra-spinal system. In
females endowed with extreme susceptibility, I have
seen, says Barbier, involuntary movements of the
arms and legs, produced by the aqueous infusion of
quassia. Kraus says, that the continued use of
quassia brings on amblyopia (dimness of sight); and
Kurtz asserts that the long continued use of quassia
has brought on amaurosis.”*
It has been used in dyspepsia, anorexia, and in
intermittents.
Op. cit. pp. 1905 et 1906.
RICINUS COMMUNIS.
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QUINOIDINE.
SYNONYMES-QUINIDIN OR QUINOIDINE; CHINIDIN;
B QUININE; CINCHOTIN.
An alkaloid found in many of the Cinchona barks,
which has a similar power to Cinchoninum in the
cure of intermittents. I am not aware of any experi-
ments having been made upon the healthy with this
alkaloid; information respecting it may be found in
the 15th vol. British Journal of Homœopathy, page
156. I have used it once only, in ague, and its use
was very satisfactory, for it cured the disease.
RESINA ITU.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 162.
RHUS GLABRUM.
UPLAND SUMACH. "Eclectic," uses in, North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 6, p. 553.
RHUS LAURINA.
Proving, in North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 3, page 356.
RICINUS COMMUNIS.
BOFAREIRA. CASTOR OIL PLANT. Used to produce
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ROTTLERIA TINCTORIA.
flow of milk, &c., see North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 1, pages 278 and 384. For
its uses in headache, see North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 478; Hahnemann
and Castor Oil, see British Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 12, page 349.
Castor Oil has evidently a specific action upon the
bowels to excite purging. "Injected into the veins,
Castor Oil gripes and purges, and causes a nauseous
oily taste in the mouth." "Castor seeds possess con-
siderable acridity. Bergius states that a man masti-
cated a single seed at bed-time; the following
morning he was attacked with violent vomiting and
purging, which continued the whole day.
More recently a girl 18 years of age, was killed by
eating about twenty' seeds; the cause of death
was gastro-enteritis."-Pereira's Materia Medica.
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS.
ROSEMARY. See British Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 11. page 342.
ROTTLERIA TINCTORIA.
KAMALA. Used as a remedy in tænia and in skin
diseases; recommended in the Lancet, 15th and
29th May, 1858, and Dublin Hospital Gazette,
May 1, 1858.
SAPIUM AUCUPARIUM.
RUMEX CRISPUS.
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YELLOW DOCK. Coughs treated by Rumex cris., see
Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 1,
page 125; provings of in the same volume, page
289; further provings in vol. 2, page 705. Re-
marks on Rumex crispus, R. acetosa, R. aceto-
sella, and R. obtusifolius, in North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, pages 113 and
114. "Eclectic" uses of Rumex crispus in
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol.
6, page 553.
SAL MARINUM.
SEA SALT. On its internal use, see British Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 36.
SAMBUCUS EBULIS.
DWARF ELDER. Symptoms produced by, see British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 169.
SANDI.
See North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3,
page 98.
SAPIUM AUCUPARIUM.
SINGLE SPIKED SAPIUM. See British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 162.
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SCUTELLARIA LATERIFOLIA.
SCUTELLARIA
LATERIFOLIA.
BLUE SKULL-CAP. "Eclectic" uses, in North Ameri-
can Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, p. 553.
"This plant cured a 'Merchant at Boston, subject
to great nervous excitement, and severe tremors so
that he could not hold a pen to write; he made a tea
of the plant, and took about a pint every night.' It has
cured delirium tremens, and is also useful in Chorea
St. Viti, convulsions, locked jaw, tremors, ague and
fever, tic doloureux, all nervous affections; and effects
of teething in children.' 'Scull-cap,' says Rafinesque,
'has lately become famous in hydrophobia. This
property,' he continues, was discovered by Dr.
Vandesveer, about 1772, who used it with the utmost
success, and until 1815, when he died, he is said to
have prevented four hundred persons, and one thou-
sand cattle, from becoming hydrophobic, after they
were bitten by rabid animals. His son is stated to
have relieved or cured forty persons, in three years,
in the states of New York and New Jersey, by the
use of this medicine. What reliance is to be placed
in these statements, I am not prepared to say, but
from the well known effects of scull-cap on the ner-
vous system, I should be disposed to think favourably
of it as a remedy even in hydrophobia.'”—M.
Mattson's American Vegetable Practice.
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM.
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SEDINHA.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 187.
LIFE-ROOT.
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SENECIO GRACILIS.
"Eclectic" uses in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 553.
SEMPERVIVUM TECTORIUM.
HOUSE GREEN. In scirrhus and cancer of the tongue,
see North American Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 6, page 267.
This plant is used with cream externally in burns
and other external inflammations, and with honey in
aphthæ. Boerhaave used it in dysenteries; and
others have used it in gonnorrhoea.
SINAPIS.
See British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11, page
524.
SOLANUM ARREBENTA.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 216.
SOLANUM OLERACEUM.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 142.
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 117.
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STRYCHNIE NITRAS.
SPIGGURUS MARTINI.
PORCUPINE QUILLS. Mure's Materia Medica, "page
188.
SPIREA ULMARIA.
MEADOW SWEET, in dropsy. See North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 100.
This is a vulnerary herb, and it has been benefici-
ally employed in ophthalmia.
STANNI MURIAS.
MURIATE OF TIN, in chorea. See British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 302.
STILLINGIA SYLVATICA.
QUEEN'S DELight. "Eclectic" uses in North Ame-
rican Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 554.
STRONTIÆ CHLORIDUM.
Chloride of StrONTIA. Symptoms from in British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 337.
STRYCHNIE NITRAS.
NITRATE OF STRYCHNIA. Symptoms from in British
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11, page 173.
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​TARTARUS BORAXATUS.
SYNANCHUM ERECTUM.
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In hydrophobia. See British Journal of Homœo
pathy, vol. 16, page 352.
SYRINGA VULGARIS.
LILAC. Mention of its febrifuge qualities in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page
341.
SUMBUL.
Mr. Cattell's proving in British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. 9, page 256. Dr. Altschull's prov-
ings in British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11,
page 678.
SULPHATIS CHLORIDUM.
CHLORIDE OF SULPHUR in the rapid treatment of itch.
See British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 15,
page 169.
SULPHATIS IODIDUS.
IODIDE OF SULPHUR. See Homœopathic Review,
vol. 2, page 154, for provings.
TARANTULA.
ARANEA TARANTULA. Mention of and probable use
see British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 12,
page 447.
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TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE.
TARTARUS BORAXATUS.
Mentioned as a renal remedy in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 2, page 173.
TAMARACK.
GUM TAMARACK. In dropsy, see North American
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 5, page 438.
TAMUS COMMUNIS.
BLACK BRYONY. ENGLISH SARSAPARILLA. Has been
used as an external application in chilblains.
TELLURIUM METALLICUM.
Provings of in North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 405.
THLASPI BURSA PASTORIS.
SHEPHERD'S PURSE. Use in metrorrhagia, see British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 63; and
as a renal remedy see North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 185.
TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA.
Mure's Materia Medica, page 165.
TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE.
COMMON CLOVER.
The blossoms boiled in water (gently), for about
TUSSILAGO PETASITES.
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an hour-strained—and the resulting liquid allowed to
simmer over a slow fire, until about the consistence of
tar, forms the cancer plaster of Dr. Thomson, and is
useful as an application to cancers and ill-conditioned
ulcers, burns, etc. The Boston Medical Journal says,
"We are assured by Dr. Corbett, that on ulcerated
surfaces, deep, ragged-edged, and otherwise badly
conditioned burns, there is nothing to be compared
with this practice. In connection with a peculiar
soothing property, which it imparts to an inflamed,
irritable sore, it proves an efficacious detergent and
promotes healthy granulation."-Mattson's American
Botanic Practice.
TRILLIUM PENDULUM.
BIRTH ROOT. Use in uterine hæmorrhage, etc. See
North American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 5,
page 438; and for uses by the "Eclectics,"
vol. 6, page 554.
TUSSILAGO PETASITES.
BUTTER BUR, cure of gonorrhoea by, see British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 125.
This plant is called petasites from its great leaves;
butter bur from their use to wrap butter in; pestilent
wort from its use in epidemic fevers. Hill says,
"The roots of this plant are an admirable medicine
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ULMUS FULVA.
in the worst kind of fevers, and taken early prevent
those bad effects which arise from the use of improper
medicines. I remember, that in a fever which raged
about twenty years ago, and proved very fatal; it
was usual for the physician to ask, at his first visit, if
the patient had been blooded; and, if he was answered
in the affirmative, told the relations or attendants
there was little hope of a recovery. Bleeding, indeed,
was too often productive of fatal consequences; and I
fear the medicines commonly given on the first attack
were little less so. The disease, which was of the
putrid kind, raged at the same time in Germany; and
while the inhabitants of Great Britain fell a sacrifice
to bleeding, and chemical medicines, they recovered
and lived, by making use of the butter bur."
SLIPPERY ELM.
ULMUS FULVA.
The inner bark forms a very nice smooth poul-
tice. By the "medical botanists" of America it
is used in diarrhoea, dysentery, coughs, pleurisy, sore
throat, inflammation of the stomach or bowels, and in
piles. Its smoothness renders it emollient, and on
account of this mechanical property it might be bene-
ficially brought into more frequent use in this country.
"The infusion of this bark is now extensively used.
It has been found valuable as a demulcent in cases of
URTICA URENS.
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strangury, irritable bladder, and in diarrhoea, and is
considered far preferable to barley-water. Dr.
M'Dowell, of Virginia, has recommended it for the
dilatation of strictures and fistulas. This bark also
serves as an emollient application in cases of external
inflammation.
"The infusion is made by macerating, for two hours,
one ounce of the bark in a pint of boiling water.
Taken as barley-water and other demulcents.".
Record of Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
URTICA CRENULATA,
Effects from, see North American Journal of Homœo-
pathy, vol. 2, page 341.
URTICA URENS.
LITTLE STINGING NETTLE. Urtication for badly
developed measle eruption, see Homoeopathic
Review, vol. 2, page 575.
I have used urtica urens latterly in two cases of
urticaria, which yielded to the medicine in from four
to six hours. 14 or 15 seeds of urtica urens ground
into powder, and taken daily, are said to cure
goitre. A little child fell down and cut his arm
very severely. His sister, who was with him,
rubbed some nettles together, and bound them upon
the arm, which had the effect of staying the bleeding
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VERONICA BECABUNGA..
in a very short time. Dr. Pulte writes me that he
has used teaspoonful doses of the pure tincture of
urtica urens, in all hæmorrhages, but particularly in
uterine hæmorrhage, with success.
VACCININE.
VACCINE VIRUS. Pathogenetic effects of, see British
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 12, page 172.
Fragmentary proving of, in Philadelphia Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 493. As a remedy
for variola, see North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 2, page 97.
VARIOLARIA AMARA.
In intermittent fevers. See British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 284.
SMALL POX VIRUS.
VARIOLINE.
"The curative action of vario-
line," British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 9,
"Clinical observations in the use of
page 470.
varioline in small-pox," Philadelphia Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 1, page 13.
BROOKLIME.
VERONICA BECABUNGA.
In nursing sore throat, aphthæ, and
stomach-ache. See North American Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 6, page 526.
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM.
VERATRUM VIRIDE.
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GREEN OR AMERICAN HELLEBORE. General article
on, in North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 4, page 117. "Eclectic " uses in North
American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page
554. "Its use in continued and inflammatory
fever," Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 1, page 182.
"On man, the action is probably similar to, though
more acrid than, white hellebore. The effects of
small and repeated doses have not been satisfactorily
ascertained. Large and poisonous doses cause burn-
ing and pain in the throat and stomach; nausea,
vomiting, purging, prostration of strength, convulsions,
delirium, and sometimes a cutaneous eruption. Even
the external application of the powder has caused dan-
gerous effects. Plenck tells us of a young man who
was rendered temporarily insane by the application of
powder of cebadilla to the head. Leutin says, an in-
fant, whose nurse had sprinkled
hair died in convulsions.
the powder in its
Dr. Turnbull has
given the extract with benefit in painful rheumatic
and neuralgic affections."-Pereira's Materia Medica.
VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM.
BLACK HAW. Recommended in cancer of the tongue,
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ZINCI CYANURETUM.
in North American Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 6, page 129.
VIBURNUM OXYCOCCUS.
HIGH CRANBERRY.
"Eclectic" uses in North Ame-
rican Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 554.
VIPER VIRUS.
Viper poison as a remedy in yellow fever, see British
Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 14, page 171.
Article on the venom of serpents, see Philadel-
phia Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 3, page 314.
XANTHOXYLUM FRAXINEUM.
PRICKLY ASH.
"Eclectic " uses in North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 6, page 555.
ZINCI CHLORIDUM.
CHLORIDE OF ZINC. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell, in
British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 11, page
173.
ZINCI CYANURETUM.
CYANURET OF ZINC, in dysmenorrhoea. See North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 2, page
100.
ZIZI IODIDUM.
ZINCI IODIDUM.
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IODIDE OF ZINC. Pathogenesis by Mr. Cattell in
British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 11, page
175.
ZINCI VALERIANAS.
VALERIANATE OF ZINC. See British Journal of
Homœopathy, vol. 11, page 175. In neuralgia,
see North American Journal of Homoeopathy,
vol. 4, page 429, and vol. 5, page 439.
ZIZIA AUREA.
MUSQUASH ROOT. Dr. Marcy's provings in North
American Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 4, page
52. Recommended by Dr. Gray in epilepsy
and puerperal convulsions, see North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 7, page 114 and
page 116.
APPENDIX.
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA. WYCH OR WITCH HAZEL OF
SNAPPING HAZEL NUT. WINTER
VIRGINIA.
BLOOM. References-North American Journal
of Homœopathy, vol. 3, page 461; vol. 4, pages
115 and 302; vol. 5, page 438; vol. 7, page
114. Philadelphia Journal of Homœopathy,
vol. 1, pages 460 and 536. Homœopathic
Review, vol. 1, pages 249, 315 and 525; vol.
2, page 205. British Journal of Homœopathy
vol. 15, page 168; vol. 16, page 173.
Camphor, Arnica, and China have proved antidotal
to ill effects produced by Hamamelis. Compare also
Carbo Animalis, and Carbo Veg., Creasote, Crocus,
Sabina, Secale, and Sepia.
The most general form in which Hamamelis is
used by Homœopathists, is the distilled extract
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HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
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known as "Pond's pain destroyer." Hamamelis
has been empirically used for burns and scalds,
wounds and bruises, ulcers, muscular weakness, in-
flamed eyes, quinsey, sprains, hæmorrhage, piles,
headache, rheumatism, etc., etc. It has also been
used more or less by practitioners of all schools, but
more particularly by the "Eclectics," "Thom-
sonians," Homœopathists, and by the laity of
America. The "Schema" here given is an ex-
tension of the one in the British Journal of Homœo-
pathy with additional particulars.
(The asterisk and other marks are used as in Jahr.)
RANGE OF ACTION.-Active or passive hæmorrhages
from all mucous membranes. Hæmorrhages with
asthenia or anemia. Diseases of the veins; inflam-
mations of the veins; varices; hæmorrhoids; cir-
cocele ; varicocele; as a palliative in hematoid
cancer externally; evil effects from loss of blood;
meloœmia? melæna; carbuncles, boils, abscesses,
and injuries resulting from falls. Dr. HERING con-
siders Hamamelis to act as 66 a union of Aconite and
Arnica."
a
EYES.-"Painful inflammations of the eyes; ex-
cessive congestion of the conjunctiva.
a I have lately used it, in the proportion of half an ounce of
Hamamelis to eight ounces of water, to relieve the severe pains
and bleeding in fungus hematodes with success.
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HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
NOSE.-*Bleeding at the nose. Bleeding of the
nose accompanied by a feeling of tightness of the
bridge of the nose, and a considerable crowding
pressure in the forehead between the eyes, with a
benumbed sensation over the whole forehead, from
one drop of 3rd dilution.
STOMACH, ETC.-Painful bloody vomitings; *hæma-
temesis. Vomiting and purging of dark blood with
hepatic congestion, weak rapid pulse, restlessness,
fulness and rumbling in the abdomen. Melæna.
ABDOMEN.-Varicose veins.
ANUS, ETC.-Loss of dark blood by stool in
typhoid fever. Bleeding and painful piles. Piles
characterised by burning, soreness, fulness, and at
times rawness of the seat; weakness or weariness in
the back, or feeling as though the back would "break
off." "Piles with profuse hæmorrhage. Piles after
childbirth, patient lying on her stomach and abdo-
men, unable to move without excruciating pain, and
with three large hæmorrhoidal tumors occupying the
anus; the tumors seemed about two inches in
diameter, as they were rolled up with convolutions
of the skin and cellular tissue, and were of a dark
livid hue full of distended and bleeding veins; the
whole mass looked nearly as large as the head of a
child, and was evidently strangulated by the con-
"
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
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traction of the sphnicter ani, the slightest touch
caused pain, the nates had to be kept asunder.ª
URINE.—Bloody
URINE.- Bloody urine. Recommended in smoky
appearance of the urine after Scarlatina, (by Dr.
Peters who considers this indicating blood in the
urine due to nephritic disease).
MALE SEXUAL ORGANS.-Circocele with drawing
pains in the left spermatic cord, and swelling, heat,
redness and pain in the cord, and in the left testis,
which was swollen to four or five times its normal
size. Varicocele.
red blood from the uterus.
FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS.-*Hæmorrhage of bright
"Milk leg, with swelling
of the left labium, groin and thigh, difficulty of
moving the leg, painful but benumbed sensation of
the limb, the swelling white and opaque, extending
downwards, and in three days occupied the whole of
the left leg. "Milk leg, with swelling commencing
in the ankle, with difficult motion of the limb from
stiffness and pain in the left hip. Leucorrhoea.
* Active uterine hæmorrhage; *passive uterine
hæmorrhage. • Effects of a blow upon the left
a Dr. Preston believes "Hamamelis will, in most instances,
prove a cure for varicosis of the hæmorrhoidal veins, unless it be
in that stage where coagulation of the venous blood has obliterated
the canals of the vessels, and rendered them solid cords.”
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HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
ovarian region, characterised by violent pains, at
times concentrating themselves in the seat of the
original injury, and again producing a diffused and
agonising soreness over the whole abdomen; the
touch aggravated these sufferings intensely, the left
ovarian region was swollen, flat on percussion, the
menses were irregular, very painful with exacerbation
of all the sufferings at the catamenial epoch.
Examination per vaginam, disclosed tenderness of the
canal, a swollen and tumid os uteri, which was ex-
tremely sensitive; passing the finger by the side of
the neck of the womb and pressing upwards towards
the left ovarian region, likewise caused extreme
suffering. This patient was frequently affected with
retention of urine.
LARYNX AND TRACHEA.-Cough and hæmoptysis
from base of left lung, with aching pain there and in
the forehead, and with taste as of sulphur in the
mouth, and dull frontal headache. Tickling cough,
with taste as of blood in the mouth on awaking.
*Hæmoptysis.
CHEST.-Return of inflammation of the diaphragm,
with the following symptoms: labored respiration,
oppressive tightness of the lower part of the thorax,
inability to make a deep and full inspiration when
attempting to assume the recumbent posture, breath-
ing impossible, a crowding fulness in the neck and
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
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head, and sensation of suffocation so as to prevent
him lying down, unable to make a deep inspiration
when standing up. Incipient phthisis. Chronic
cough in incipient phthisis. "Severe pleuritic stitches
supervening on tuberculous phthisis. Pricking pains
about the heart, and along the course of the super-
ficial veins of both arms.
UPPER EXTREMITIES.-Pricking pain along the
course of the superficial veins, from the wrist to the
shoulder.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.-Varicose ulcers; varicose
veins; Milk leg. Inflammation of the femoral vein,
(from vaccination), with erysipelatous spot near the
groin and over the vein, spreading over nearly one
half of the thigh with inability to straighten the
flexed leg; swelling of the entire leg and foot with
tension; heat and pale appearance of the limb, and
scanty urine stiffening the linen; tympanitis and
oedema of the whole body, limbs and face. Inflam-
mations of the veins of the lower extremities.
SKIN.- Purpura hæmorrhagica with epistaxis and
congestion of the conjunctiva occuring in typhoid
variola. Carbuncles and boils.
PARTICULAR INDICATIONS.-The pains are often
unbearable, with great sensitiveness to the touch, and
fear on the part of the sufferer of moving to any
person or thing.
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HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA.
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS OF HAMAMELIS.-May be
made any strength according to the judgment of the
practitioner in the particular case
the particular case under cure.
Several of the cases mentioned in this "Schema"
were treated with the undiluted "Pond's Extract"
externally. In a recent case of passive uterine
hæmorrhage I have used ten drop Hamamelis
diluted with half a pint of water, to bathe the
abdomen, nates and back, with prompt relief to the
soreness existing in those parts.
IN VARICOSE VEINS ON THE LEG.-The limb is to
be bandaged tightly from the arch of the foot to a
little above the knee, or to the hips if the varices are
above the knee, (the best bandage is an elastic silk
stocking,) under this compresses of linen are laid over
the dilated veins, and kept wet with a lotion of
Hamamelis.
HÆMORRHOIDS.-Where it becomes necessary to
use external treatment, a piece of linen may be
saturated with a lotion of Hamamelis applied to the
anus-and kept there by means of any light bandage.
CIRCOCELE AND VARICOCELE.-May be treated in
the same manner as directed in the external treat-
ment for hæmorrhoids.
NERVENA CAMPESTRIS.
BERBENA or VERBENA, for the cure of black vomit and
yellow fever. See Homœopathic Times, vol. 4,
pages 505 and 729.
(ENANTHE CROCATA.
CENANTHE CROCATA.
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ENANTHE CICUTE FACIE LOBELII; ENAnthe Ter-
TIA; FILIPENDULA CICUTE FACIE; HEMLOCK
DROPWORT; YELLOW WATER DROPWORT; DEAD
TONGUE; WATER LOVAGE; FIVE-FINGERED
ROOT.
The earliest authentic account is that of Lobel,
whose name is yet coupled with the name of this
plant by some authors.
Parkinson, in his Theatre of Plants, writes that
"Lobel onely brandeth his Oenanthe cicuta facie to
be virulent and venemous, from the relations of the
North Country people, wherers he saith it chiefely
groweth, and contesteth against Matthiolus that ap-
proved it beneficial in Histericall, Epilepticall, Ana-
lepticall, and Cephalicall diseases, as also the Stran-
gury, or hard making of water."
Christison, in his fourth edition of "Poisons,"
speaks of the inertness of several specimens of Enan-
the in Scotland, and mentions having eaten "a whole
tuber, weighing an ounce," without observing any
physiological effects from it.
The poisonous principle appears to be contained in
a resinous extract which is in the root.
"Twenty-four grains, obtained from eight ounces of
roots, in the middle of December, when introduced in
the form of emulsion between the skin and muscles of
H
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a rabbit, caused in half an hour depression, uneasiness,
and hurried breathing,-then twitches of the ears,
neck, and fore-legs,-next combined spasm and con-
vulsive starting of the head and limbs,-then, after a
quiet interval, a more violent fit of the same kind,
affecting the whole body with a singular combination
of tetanus and convulsive starting,-finally, after
several such fits, a paroxysm more violent than before,
ending in immovable tetanic rigidity, which speedily
proved fatal, 78 minutes after the application of the
poison. No morbid appearance could be detected in
the body. The heart contracted vigorously for some
time after death. These 'phenomena correspond in
the main with what has been recorded of the symp-
toms caused by the roots in man.-Dr. Pereira in-
forms me he has found the juice both of the root and
leaves to act as a poison, either when introduced into
the peritoneum, or when injected into the veins;
and in the latter way it was so energetic as to prove
fatal in one minute.'
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The effects upon a dog from sixteen ounces of the
root in the stomach were-
"Efforts to vomit, followed by several fits of violent
convulsions and spasm of the voluntary muscles, a
paralytic state of the forelegs, and a constant tendency
to fall backwards; but the animal recovered."
a Christison on "Poisons." Fourth edition.
"'a
CENANTHE CROCATA.
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The following is an arrangement of the various
poisonings recorded by the works quoted in the foot
notes:-
"The particular effects have been variable. Most
generally the first symptoms have been giddiness and
staggering, as if from ordinary intoxication, occasion-
ally headache, and often extreme feebleness of the
limbs. Stupor has then generally succeeded, some-
times with the intervention of efforts to vomit, some-
times, too, with an interval of delirium. Convulsions
have also commonly made their appearance in the
next place; and ere long a state of insensibility has
ensued, attended in every instance with occasional
violent convulsive fits like epilepsy, and with perma-
nent locked jaw; which symptoms have continued till
near death. In one or two cases the individual has
suddenly, without any premonitory symptoms, fallen
down convulsed, and died almost immediately. In
one or two instances again, the effects have rather
been those of irritant poisoning, namely inflammation
of the mouth and throat, spasms of the muscles of the
throat, vomiting, and excessive weakness and faint-
ness, without any convulsions or insensibility."a
Lightfoot, in his Flora Scotia, mentions a botanic
painter who, while drawing this plant, was overcome
by its effluvia, which "rendered him so giddy that he
& Christison on Poisons. Fourth edition.
or M
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was several times obliged to quit the room, and walk
out in the fresh air, to recover himself."
CLINICAL USES.-The uses of this plant, by Mat-
thiolus, (as contested by Lobel) are the most im-
portant and noteworthy. The only physiological
effects recorded, are obtained from violent provings,
or poisonings; a careful and elaborate proving would
be most desirable.
Enanthe crocata has been successfully employed in
cutaneous diseases, especially in Lepra and Ichthyosis.
It has been used also in phthisis, and as an
emenagogue.
Sensorium,—Of a sudden they fall down back-
ward, and lie sprawling on the ground; their faces
soon turn ghastly; they foam at the mouth; (effects
in five hours after eating the roots,) and die before
morning. He becomes mad, but recovers his senses
next day (four to five hours after eating the root.)
The three are seized with convulsions and die (a short
time after eating the roots). Convulsions and death.
(in numerous instances). Giddiness, afterwards coma,
and violent convulsions.d
"The man was in a
b
a Christison imagines this effect to be "the work of imagination"!
b Lowthorp's Philosophical Transactions, abridged, vol. 7, p. 641.
e Duval's Dissertation Inaugurale.
d Christison on Poisons. Third edition.
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state of almost immovable rigidity, insensible, moaning
and breathing stertorously; contenance livid; eyes
fixed, pupils dilated; sanguineous foam issuing from
the mouth; intense action of the dorsal and lumbar
muscles, or opisthotonos; the pulse very feeble, and
the heart's action even scarcely perceptible; lower
jaws firmly locked, the tongue much injured and
slightly protruding. In five of the cases, including
the man who died, the spasmodic accessions were
severe and successive; in one the more prominent
symptom was extreme restlessness, approaching to
mania; in almost all there was semi-delirium and jac-
titation, if not convulsion; and in one or two pros-
tration. In two of the cases the men had said nothing,
when they suddenly fell down in convulsive fits."a
Giddiness followed by convulsions and death.b
In several cases of poisoning the convulsions as-
sumed the form of opisthotonos."b
SKIN. He loses his hair and nails (only effect
noted in one case of poisoning from eating the root).e
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-(In a whole family who had
a Cases quoted in British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16,
pages 330 and 331.
b British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, page 331.
• Lowthorp's Philosophical Transactions, abridged, vol. 7, page
641.
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eaten the roots) momentary sensations of an acrid
heat, determining to the head; a pungent burning
in the epigastric region, and small rose-colored spots,
of an irregular shape extending successively. These
spots, which did not exceed the level of the skin, first
made their appearence on the face, then on the breast
and on the arms; the father alone had the belly
swelled out like a balloon.&
Soon after eating the roots (in two persons) they
were troubled with violent heats in the throat and
stomach, and purging; one of them bled at the nose,
the other was violently convulsed; one died in two
hours, another in three.b
In at least eight cases of poisoning with Enanthe,
the patients complained of constant and continued
eructations strongly flavoured by the plant, tendency
to cramps in lower extremities; pain along the course
of the crural and sciatic nerves, commencing in the
spinal column, more especially the lumbar region;
vertigo, griping, or severe tormina; debility and total
loss of appetite for food.
Morbid appearances (of three men who experienced
"general uneasiness, nausea, vertigoes, and vomit-
ings." To these symptoms succeeded convulsions,
& Annales Chimiques de Montpellier, No. 134.
b Duval's Dissertation Inaugurale.
e British Journal of Homœopathy, vol. 16, pages 331 and 332.
!
CENANTHE CROCATA.
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and with such rapidity that they sank under them in
less than half an hour.)
66
'Nothing remarkable on the exterior surface of
the body. One of these bodies was preserved for four
days, and at the end of that time no sign of putrefac-
tion was observed: the brain and its membranes were
sound, the lungs distended; their vessels full of black
and dissolved blood. In the bronchiæ, trachea, and
mouth, was found a frothy and whitish fluid. The
lungs in one of these bodies presented on their ex-
ternal surface some petechiæ;-the cavities of the
two circulatory systems empty; the heart sound.
The stomach contracted and inflamed at its extremity
(pyloric ?) and lesser curvature; its coats thickened;
the intestines puffed up, and their vessels injected;
the venous and arterial systems distended with a fluid
of the same nature, dissolved and blackish: the
derangements were precisely the same in all three."
Post mortem examination of body of the patient
whose symptoms are recorded as under head-
ing "Sensorium."
"The surface was slightly livid; the stomach
empty,―tough, viscid, tenacious mucus adhering to its
mucous lining, which was highly congested. In the
ileum small portions of the root were found.
a Duval's Dissertation Inaugurale.
On
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opening the abdomen, and previous to examining
the stomach, an over-powering and pungent odour
of the plant at once became diffused, resembling
that of celery seed."
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