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 METHOD OF MEMORIZING

THE

MATERIA MEDIC A.

A. L. 3r<)XK0E.
nv M.D.
&BADt*lT£ OF THE HAHNEMANN MEDICA). COLLEGE OP PHILADELPHIA,
MEMEEI. OP THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OP HOMOEOPATHY, ETC.

LOUISVILLE:

PRINTED BY JOHN P. MORTON AND COMPANY.

1882
 DEDICATION.

Dr. W. L. Breyfogle, of
TO once a preceptor, always a
Louisville, Ky.,
counselor and
friend, this little work is affectionately dedicated,
the author being actuated by the same apprecia-
tion of distinguished services and ability which
has led the medical profession to accord to him
its highest honors no less than by an exalted per-

sonal regard derived from a continued intimacy

with and knowledge of his private life and char-
acter.
(iii)
 INTRODUCTORY.

AX observer would find little pleasure in

contemplating' the shapeless mass
upon which the sculptor begins — the un-
cultivated eye failing to understand the
possibilities lying dormant in the rude block
of marble until the skillful strokes of the
artisan begin to transform its crude propor-
tions into a something with a semblance of
light and shade. Then attention would be
invited, and as curves and outlines became
more delicate and more gracefully rounded,
all else would be forgot in the contempla-

tion of gradually awakening beauty.

So a study possessing the capabilities of
becoming the most interesting in science
seems at first a huge and uninviting mass
indeed, until the nucleus around which the
science is to assume form and symmetry is
established, continues a veritable "pons asi-
norum." 'T is toward the lightening of this

first load, as well as the consequent hasten-

(v)
vi INTRODUCTORY.

ing of the denouement, that this little work

is directed, its object, as it were, being
to furnish mental leverage with which to

pry into placeponderous foundation-

the
stones of an imposing structure; or, if you
and to flavor the dry husks of
will, to soften

Materia Medica, producing a sort of pap

both palatable to and easily assimilated by
the tender and unformed faculties.
The "Key-Notes" now in vogue appear
to have been by their very condensation
divested of all handles of which Memory
may lay hold. My Rules have been,
1. To give ten to thirty key-notes of
each drug, treating preferably the "emer-
gency " remedies and those with complicated
pathogeneses.
To acrosticize.
2.

To rhyme.
3.

4. To place the most important word of

each line either at its acrostic or rhyming

end.
Never has practicality or terseness been
made secondary to any of the elements
mentioned (a fact made patent by the too
evident lack of all save phonetic aspect to
many of the rhymes, no less than by the
 INTRODUCTORY. vii

absence of scanning properties noticeable in

some of the verses, all laws of poetry being
sacrificed to the production of jingle).
I believe the six hundred or more char-
acteristics herein contained will be acquired
in one fourth the usual time. Then, when
the subject-matter is well in hand, reason
will easily step in and dethrone the rude
rhymes which will have served their pur-
pose.*
The work will stand or fall upon its mer-
its, as all things must. Meantime let him
who would laugh recall to mind how often
he has been assisted by the little verse,

Thirty days hath September,

April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Save February alone,
Which hath twenty-eight in fine,
Till leap-year gives it twenty-nine.

*No less illustrious precedents than Dr. Franklin and

Prof. B. L. Gildersleeve can be referred to in similar
works. Dr. F., in Poor Richard's Almanac, and Prof.
Gildersleeve (now of Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more), author of the present standard Latin Grammar,
wherein the rules are frequently converted into rhyme.
 REMEDIES.
1 Aconitum Napellus. 22 Graphites.
2 Aloe Soccatrina. 23 Hepar. Sulph. Calcarea.
3 Antimonium Tartaricurn. 24 Ipecacuhana.
(Tartar emetic.) 25 Kali Bichromicum.
4 Antimonium Crudum. 20 Lachesis.
5 Apis Mellifica. 27 Lycopodium.
6 Arnica Montana. 28 Mercurius Vivus (sol.).

7 Arsenicum Album. 29 Natrum Muriaticum.

8 Aurum. 30 Nitric Acid.
9 Baptisia Tinctoria. 31 Nux Vomica.
10 Atropa. Belladonna. 32 Opium.
11 Bryonia Alba. 33 Phosphorus.
12 Calcarea Carbonicum 34 Phosphoric Acid.
(Ostrearum). 35 Platina.
13 Camphora. 36 Podophyllum Peltatum.
14 Cantharides. 37 Pulsatilla Pratcnsis.
15 Carbo. Vegetabilis. 38 Rhus Toxicodendron.
16 Causticum. 39 Secale Cornutum.
17 Cbamomilla. 40 Sepise Succus.
18 China. (Cinchona.) 41 Silica.
19 Digitalis. 42 Spongia Tosta.
20 Ferrum Metallicum. 43 Sulphur.
21 Gelseminum Sempervir. 44 Veratrum Album.

EXERCISES.
1 Aconite (Sthenic 3 Calcarea Carbonicum.
Fever of!. 4 Chamomilla.
2 Antimonium Crudum 5 China (Loss of Fluids).
(Crude Antimony). 6 Pulsatilla Pratensis.

(viii)
 REMEDIES.
j^nxiety, Anguish, of a crowd greatest
Fear;
r*an name day of death, and thinks it is
near.
Qf Fever Inflammatory above is a part.

^["ight Aggravation, tumultuous heart.

Jn beginning of Fevers the "sine qua non."

jingling pains ; Taste is bitter, save water

alone
TTse, if skin 's dry and hot while covered
parts sweat.
'Afuscvlar Hypertrophy, "don't you forget;"

^euralgia, after cold, west winds;

^menorrhea from Fright;

pulse frequent, full, both tense and hard;

J^ach subject sanguineous quite.

J^ook out when Croups to choke begin,

T ikewise for Hemorrhage red.

TJse also for Congestions in

Single parts, as head.

° (1)
2 REMEDIES.

Analogous to Sulphur,

J^ike congestions 't will cause

Qf Portal Vein and Womb,

J^spec'ly at Menopause;

gfoofe jellied, of varied color,

Qft with flatus loudly resounding,

Qaused by acids, or hot, rainy weather,

Qome just after eating or standing;

^Alsobetter"—which
Piles, "cold water makes

^he same under Sulphur 't will aggravate—

J^ectum heavy, with itching and burning.

Jn children there 's hunger insatiate;

pearly all pains are boring and shooting,

Augmenting intensely when pressing.

 REMEDIES. 3

^orpor, weak pulse, and trembling within,

j^pathy, hot head, and cool, sweaty skin,

J^espiratory tracts Catarrhs rudely smite,

rpongue red in streaks on a base of pale

white,
j^uscultating the chest, with but half an
ear
J^attling is heard over whole lung area;

J^xpectoration is absent, however,

^£ucus remaining despite all endeavor,

Innervation grows greater, the cough dis-

appears,
rphe face gets quite blue, which increases
our fears;
Jn children a touch, or a look, will enrage,
parried they must be, despite size or age.
4 REMEDIES.

j^fter Acids, bathing, or heat,

^"ausea both lasting and great,

^ongue coated with fur milky white;

Jf a child, it is cross and will fight;

J^oonshine sentiment, jealousy, folly

Qr perhaps there may be melancholy;

^"ext, cutaneous malformation

Jn any and every location,

TJnusually prone to nodosities,

J^Jay be, also, to corns or callosities.

Qaressing the child provokes wrath;

J>efuses to get in the bath.

"£Jsed in summer with heat atmospheric,

T)isorders are Gastro-enteric

"JJsed also where flesh becomes more in

lyjen aged, as well as old wo-men.

 REMEDIES. 5

j^ssociate with Lachesis in diseases low

pains are like a bee-sting, they burn and

you know
sting,
Jnflammations serious in serous membranes
rest,
CJequelse scarlatinoe, Eruptions, when sup-
pressed,

jy/Teningitis, grinding teeth, as child in tor-

por lies,

Jgyes squint, and head the pillow bores with

encephalic cries,
J^ids are swollen and turned out, when the
eyes inflame,
T ight is quite unbearable, and bandages
the same,
Jnflammations superficial, Erysipelas

X^urnishing exception with its ugly purple

mass;
Tn Dropsies Avithout thirst, and skin of
waxen hue
r^an't sleep, with urine scanty, mayhap
high-colored too;
A fter Rhus, or just before it, no good will
Apis do.
6 REMEDIES.

A condition of veins, when well under-

stood,
J^ecalls it whenever its use will do good

"gamely, "stasis" and "extravasation" of

^ blood.
Tt thus may be used after Trauma or
Strain,
(Convulsions, Contusions, or Cough with
sore pain,
A nd Typhus' bad breath and petechial
stain.
 REMEDIES. 7

j^nxiety, Asthma, Asthenia, All

Restlessness great, fears Death's cruel call;

Qmall draughts, oft repeated, the thirst

will assuage,
J^ach symptom at night doth more pow-
erful rage.
^["euralgias with pains that unceasingly
burn,
Jntermittents which, quinia suppressed,
still return
old food or bad meat Gastralgia will
(""J
cause
TJp comes food ingested with scarcely a
pause
jy/Juch burning complained of in all parts
involved,
^nd often by warmth are the pains all
dissolved.
J^ong-standing diseases with tissue-destruc-
tion,
Jgrittle, scaly, and dry, is cutaneous erup-
tion.
"£Jsed in Diarrhea, with burning tenesmus,

J^/Jany nervous diseases, Dropsies, Ulcers,

Marasmus.
 8 REMEDIES.

^ilments, with thoughts suicidal in mind,

"JJlcers from Merc'ry or Syph'lis combined,

p>enal, Hepatic, and other affections

"^Jsually marked by decided congestions;

jyjost always enlargement of Heart we

will find,
Rental symptoms in frequency no ways
behind
Jfjffecting the Bones, it is suited to Caries,

H^he bones most impressed being those of

the Nares.
 REMEDIES. 9

Jgesotted and stupid expression of face,

As in Fever Typhoidal (a typical case),

preceded will oft by Gelseminum be,

fjme difference in symptoms being those

of degree
Jn regard to excretions their odor is bad,

gurface of tongue dark-brownish and red,

Jllusions of sense — imagines he 's double,

to unite his "halves" will tumble

and trouble.

2
10 REMEDIES.

J^t three p. m. and 'leven at night

HThe pains are apt to reach their height;

J^heumatism, Gout, Congestion great

Qf Head, or Chest, or Womb, with weight,

phlegmasia Alba Dolens too,

^nd all Inflammations of deep scarlet

hue

grain and Meninges with blood are filled,

'en ending in inflammation;

J]
gaping from bed in Delirium wild,
'J

J^ooks 'round him in consternation,

J^wakes in fright, the glass to bite,

Hated Pupils, o'er hot the head,

Q'er cold the feet, can 't sleep at night,

J^erves twitching, with eruptions red,

Jyj"euralgias and Hemorrhages by orgasms

fed,
^nd plethoric women with menses ahead.
 REMEDIES. 11

gilious troubles, and others that hot weath-

er sends,
J>heumatism , that conies when warm or
when cool,

Y e U° w tongue that is dry, which symp-

tom extends
("Wer mouth, down the throat, e'en in-
cluding the stool;
|^ow the stool is beside quite large and
quite hard,
Jmitating the pulse in the latter regard,

^conite-like in frequence and fullness and

tension,
found in the Fevers of every dimen-
sion.
J^ook out, when the pains serous mem-
branes invest;
J^eneficial Eruptions, when being sup-
pressed,
/^fter motion, much worse while great —
^ thirst prevents rest.
 12 REMEDIES.

Qhild fat and fair and large as to head,

^bdomen too is as round as a bowl,

"Jyke an inverted saucer," as authors

have said,
Qalcareous skin, light eyes, hair, and
stool,
^nd sour sweat on head during sleep we
will find,
J^emembering that fontanelles too are un-
closed,
j^yes, Ears, or Lymphatics affected may
be,
4 nd during Dentition 't is frequently used

Qn women its action is prominent quite,

Suppressing the menses of fleshy young

girls,
graced to wet feet, with whites that are
white,
J^ush of blood to the head, which in ver-
tigo whirls
JjMther that or the menses too frequent
will be,
Absorbing the strength in the blood that
departs
Resulting discharge being so very, free

"JJntil Leucocythsemia new terrors imparts,

leaking sad work till Calcarea's influence

starts.
 REMEDIES. 18

/^holera, Collapse, Cutaneous Coldness,

Cramps,
A suppression of secretion this fell con-
dition stamps;
jyjay complain of burning pain, with blue
and shriveled skin,
prostration sudden and complete, with
trembling within,
JJoarse and husky is the voice, the breath
is very hot,

/^btuseness of the senses, with Diarrhea

or not.
"Detrocessed eruptions have occasioned this
sad state;
A lso spasmodic troubles may produce it
soon or late.
14 REMEDIES.

Q onstant desire to urinate;

^fter act much burning and stinging;

^"eck of Bladder and Bladder 'twill irri-

tate,
tenesmus and strangury bringing;

JJis slumbers by Chordee are often dis-

turbed,
^fter Gonorrhea's unwelcome call,

J^estless and anxious, distressed and per-

turbed
Jnflamed Renal tracts —one or all

J^ysentery quite bloody, like scrapings of

meat,
J^ruptions Cutaneous that vesiculate,

gexual desire 't will often inspire.

 REMEDIES. 15

Qhronic affections where weakness is great,

j^fter Acute ones debilitate;

J^emember in Ague inveterate made

lengthened possession or Allopath's aid.

Jgy
f\ld Peoples' diseases, cold breath and cold
^ feet,

"Y"enous stases; Secretions with smell of

bad meat,
J^xcretions themselves have cadaverous
odor
/gastric troubles, with belching both ran-
cid and sour;
JVen food that is proper occasions dis-
tress,
1
hough taken with caution in quantities
'J
less.
j^sks to be fanned, his Lungs craving air

gut Bowels and Stomach have "enough

and to spare."
Jn Diarrhea stools like carrion smell;
T vmphatics that burn and oftentimes
swell.

Jn Ulcers where sanious Pus meets the

sight,
Q ymptoms from four until six reach their
° height,
16 REMEDIES.

r^onstipation and Cough with Catarrhal

affection
j^ppetite uncertain, imperfect digestion;

TJnable to get up the phlegm which they

swallow
Ckool voided with straining by patient so
sallow ;

rjHniid at Twilight, is Tearful, and Trem-

bles.
Jncompatible with Phos., whichit nearly
resembles —
—
/^hild as to Lung, Throat, and Kidneys
affected.
TTrine spurts out when 't is most unex-
pected;
J^£orning Aggravation, worse Mental Ex-
ertion.
 REMEDIES. 17

/Children while teething will fret or will

cry,
JJave Colic severe and a night* Cough
quite dry,
j^re nervous and restless, in sleep start
and toss,
jy/£ost intolerant of pain, incomparably
cross
Qpium perhaps this condition producing.

jy/Jotion, when passive, all symptoms re-

ducing ;

Jn Diarrhea too, where actions are seen

T ike "chopped eggs" with maybe a mix-

ture of green,
J^ike eggs that are rotten they smell it is

said,
/^nd one cheek is pale Avhile the other is

red.

-Coughs in sieep without awaking.

18 REMEDIES.

Qonditions where much vital fluid is lost,

Jntermittents when Tertian or Quartan in

kind;
^"ow Chill comes too late, or anon is too
fast,
(Congestions and thirst during heat we will
^ find;
'hemorrhage too is long-lasting and great

Qf dark-cbtted blood, quite passive in flow

^ervous, anemic, all foods aggravate,

J^s well as the night and the breezes that

blow.
 REMEDIES. 19

J^ebility, Dropsy, Dilatation,

Jntermitting, uncertain heart-beat,

general affections of varied description,

Jf the Heart is the cause or the seat;

fjphus Seminal Weakness may follow,

j^lso Stomach Disease or Choleric;

J^oose, ashen the stools, skin is yellow,

Js worse from all warmth atmospheric,

Qlow and Strong Pulse, else rapid and mel-

° low.
20 REMEDIES.

JjMery red Face False Plethora shows,

Jgarthen again when Excitement all goes;

J^ed and Pale alternately the features are

seen,
J^eserving Chlorosis, when color is green

"^Jndigested the actions which follow the

food
potion, if slow, is productive of good.

J^Jenses frequent and lasting, profuse, and

reducing,
Jj]rethism, Exhaustion, and Drops}' pro-
ducing,
rphrobbing Headache with Dizziness also
inducing.
 REMEDIES.

(^J-irls with Amenia

]^nd with Hysteria.

J^abor pains inefficient;

gpring-time Intermittent

JfJ'en Paralysis producing;

jy^otion lost, sensation lying

Jntact in parts affected,

^"ervous one or child selected.

JJsed where Congestive Condition

jyjakes trouble at time of Dentition;

gevere Neuralgias indicate;

Jj]yes blurred and Face dark red

Y
"jVT nea d ^ee ^ s n ke a hundred weight,"
patients oft have said

J^arly in case is often given ;

Remittents of little Children,

"yertigo complicates some diseases

Jnvoluntary loss with seminal weak-knees,

Rheumatism and cold in head,

J^spec'ly in warm, wet weather,

^"ear to Baptisia on Typhoid's bed

gymptomatically joined together.

22 REMEDIES.

Q.rieving, Anxiety, Sadness, and Woe,

"Dush of blood to the Head with much

vertigo,
j^nemia, with bodily heat very low

"Dale Menses are late and are scanty in

* flow;
JJas profuse Leucorrhea, which is watery
quite,
Js passing Climact'ric, Complexion is
white
rphe Bowels are torpid, Piles itch and are
dry,
T^ar, Skin, and Gland diseased, so is the
.
E ye i
gticky discharge all Eruptions surcharge.
 REMEDIES. 23

JJastens Suppuration, Hasty diction,

Hasty action,
JMse giving it Early in higher dilution

J>reventeth the changes which cause Sup-

puration,
As when threatening the mamma or ton-
sils' destruction;

J^ipe Colds, or a Croup after winds cold

and dry
Cays "a fish-bone there seems in my
*
Larynx to lie;"
"JJncovering aggravates pains we will find

J^oose stools, which are sour, to be white

are inclined;
post-scarlatinal affections 'twill heal;

is better just after ingesting a meal.

JJe
"jQlcers are sensitive, smell like "old cheese."

J^emember, "All metals it antidotes,"

Please
 24 REMEDIES.

Tntermittents, with gastric complaints in

each stage,
T>ost-quinial, with chill coming oft'nest at
night;
"J^ndless Nausea," which nothing will serve
to assuage;
/Cholera Infantum with tongue coated
white
j^fter food that is crude and hard to digest

Qomes Diarrhea frothy, with Colic, as if

"^Jmbilical region strong claws did invest;

XJas Pertusses, is pale, but with cough,

blue and stiff;
j^nd Headaches and Spasms 't will aid it
is said,
^"ext Hemorrhage with panting, and color
bright red,
j^nd when phlegm fills the Lungs, often
exhibited.
 REMEDIES. 25

TTyte* troubles with nausea and vomit em-

phatic,
alternating perhaps with diseases Rheu-
matic.
Jyght hair and eyes, with some adiposity,

Js subject to Colds that tend to chronicity,

J^lindness preceding the Headache intense,

Tritis,with lymph between that and the

Lens,
/Catarrhs with Tenacious and Ropy Dis-
charge —
JJoarseness when chronic in Clergy or
charge
X>ound Ulcer, which always the Stomach
selects
Qphthalmia or other Syphilitic effects;

jyjembranous Croup of the typical kind,

Tf discharge is like that which above is de-

fined ;

/Croupous Diphtheria or Diphtheritic

Croup.
TT leers look punched, as from finger-nail
scoop.
May by Flux be attacked —Tongue dry,
smooth and cracked.
-See Dunglison.

3
26 REMEDIES.

TjOW grades of Inflammation,

J^s well as Suppuration,

Qutaneous hyperesthesia seizes,

JJarassing the subjects of diseases;

grysipelas, Diphtheria too;

gcarlatina, all purple in hue.

Jn Fevers running an asthenic course,

gleeping, he wakes with symptoms much worse,

'pongue black, and trembling, Delirious Brain,

J^aves of his death and his funeral train,

Jmagines his nurses to poison him seek,

glands, swollen and pulse intermittent and weak;

Qn the left side the troubles are often begun,

^"ext over to right side their course they will run.

J^ftev Fall cinchonizing the Ague, suppressed,

Qomes back in the Spring with augmented zest;

Jjjvening will find him with symptoms all worse;

pneumonia or Asthma existence may curse.

JJemorrhage is black and does not congeal,

j^poplexy for cause will to whisky appeal.

J^ikewise in Gangrene with moist or dry rot;

"JTlcers, when either in aged or sot;

gpasmus Glottidis, Hysterical or not.

 REMEDIES. 27

Jjimg and Intestinal affections.

Y U° w
e > wrinkled skin with Melancholia,

Qhronic Cases with Constipation,

Qr Acute Affections with Adynamia,
paralyzed Lungs in Pneumonia threatens,

Qr Paralyzed Brain in Typhoid dread;

propping of jaw, while eye looks fishy,

Jn low delirium slides down the bed.

from the table he quickly rises,

"JJ"p

appetite is good," he says;

"jMT
"£Jome, Doctor, this my mind surprises,

"J^ittle fills me up so full these days."

"j^h, 'tis the gas your stomach filling,

"^ast in proportion as you see,

"j^nd worse from four to eight of evening;

"fjlhis will with other symptoms be."

TTrine deposits "brick dust," like all se-

cretions, sour;
TV/Talnutrition with orgasms, and Ague
with chill at four.
28 REMEDIES.

IV/fost prominently acts upon Glands you

1VJ-
will find,
J^xplaining most symptoms of body and
mind
J>einember, in glandular hypersecretion,

galled for as well in their inflammation,

leers of Glands and their suppuration,

JJ
J^esults of a Scrofulous Constitution;

Jn Syphilis too with its myriad phases,

leers ,
skin,- bone,- and gland-diseases;

gymptoms hepatic with some patients seen,

Otools color of sulphur, bloody mucus or

green,
f\n tongue that is yellow the tooth -prints
remain,
pasting tenesmus, which to ease, stool is
vain,

JJ
sua % much sweat will the bed-linen stain,

Jgut is utterly futile to lighten the pain;

Jn damp, rainy weather a marked aggra-

vation,
J^ikewise in the night or from overexertion.

Jn Coryza acute or in Toothache severe,

go also in Gleet or acute Gonorrhea.

 REMEDIES. 29

j^"ext to Quinine in fame Chills and Fever

to quell,
j^fter Quinine's abuse often serves us quite
well
r£he chill will appear at eleven each day,

J^aging thirst being present that naught

can allay;
TJrticaria and headache together will rage,

jyjade better at last by a long sweating

stage

^/Jenses late and quite scanty, or fail to

appear,
"^Jterus so heavy prolapsus they fear,

J^elief oft obtained from this trying condi-

tion
Jn pressure on back and reclining position

"^version to bread, of which she once ate,"

rpongue "mapped," throbbing headache,

all well indicate;
Jn Cholera Infantum with neck very thin

Qhlorosis accomp'nied by dead, dirty skin;

TTrethral pains "cut" after each urina-

tion ;

IVTuch effort, stool crumbles, is "worse

consolation."
30 REMEDIES.

A systems are soaked by Mercurius

fter
through,
^jombined with the poison of Syphilis too,

Jrregular outlines to Ulcers are seen,

jQischarges are always offensive and green.

TJlcers and Piles produce "sharp, pricking

pains ;"
J^aybe patient of "splinters in rectum"
complains.

j^"ext in Hemorrhage its service is fre-

quent indeed
Jts Ulcers and Piles quite frequently
bleed
JTPyphoid Fever ivhen Hemorrhages crim-
son deplete,
J^ed being their color wherever their seat

Tn Chronic Gonorrhea and Secondary

Syphilis,
Qhronic Hepatitis and also Sycosis,

TJ"rine a "horse-urine" odor will bear.

"A/Tost subjects are spare, with dark eyes

and hair.
 REMEDIES. 31

^"erves on an edge from mental strain,

/"jjnder Coffee, Tobacco, or Alcohol's rule,

?^£ceeding Constipations pain,

~y"ast urging but no stool.

f\ft wakes with Headache and Lassitude

great
IVTuch pain in the sensitive Hemorrhoids
1VA
too
and Dissipate,
Js Depressed, Dyspeptic,
patches cold from dry wind, has Hernia
^ too,
A ggravated by food — or drug strong and
crude.
32 REMEDIES.

f^bstinate Constipation from O'er-purging

^ in the Old,
"Derhaps from Plumbic Poisoning, or Par-
alysis, 't is told
Jnjuries to head, Avith body rather cold,

TTnconscious lies in sopor, the pupils un-

controlled ;

jy^ost symptoms that arise from Fright in

young or old.
 REMEDIES. 33

patient tall and slim and weedy,

JJe does not hear the human voice;

Q'er quick of sense, the nerves unsteady,

j^tools like a Dog's, or, very loose,

J>owr forth in green or bloody stream,

JJoarse, tickling, dry, his cough would

seem,
Oppressive tightness through the Chest,

J>espiration quick oppressed.

"^Jsed also too where Bronchials -fine

geem most to show Pneumonia! s sign.

34 REMEDIES.

prostrated yet conscious, indifference great,

JJe answers, but straightway returns to

this state.
Qsseous troubles in children that grow up
too quick;
Qchool-girl Headache when patient is also
Homesick

J^fter fluids are lost or Emotion distresses,

f^hronic troubles appear or harassing Neu-

roses,
Jnvoluntary, whitish and painless Diarrhea,

JQebility less than from loss you would

fear.
 REMEDIES. 35

proud as a queen, yet greatest depression,

T arge things seem small, distrust and sus-

picion ;

Ahead as to menses, much dark clotted

^ blood,
rphus often for women Hysterical good;

Tndurated and
X
fallen the Womb we will
find,
"YTeuralgias with pains that are cramping in
±y
kind,
A nd " putty-like " stools serving bowels to
^ bind.
315 REMEDIES.

patient has Diarrhea, chronic in kind,

Qr acute Dysentery each morning,

J^iarrhea coming often with gushing and

wind;
Qf his fluids the patient seems draining;

prolapsus of Anus with cramping of limbs,

JJaving often a cause in hot weather

Y U°w e >
greenish, or
smelling stools,
bloody and sour-

J^ike jelly and mucus together,

J^ess often quite slimy or chalky in hue,

"^Jndigested, and quite unexpected too,

J^aking Cholera Morbus a remedy true.

 REMEDIES. 37

patient good-natured, sighs, cries, has styes,

Unusually sa d an d foreboding;

J^ight hair, skin fair, bright azure eyes

gtomach weak after much overloading,

J^s by fat food, by pastry, by pork, or ice-cream,

rpongue coated with fur that tastes bad,;

Jntermittents with gastric or bilious complaints;

J^eucorrhea the menses instead,

j^ate menses, blood scanty and thin, or quite

thick,
j^fter Iron or Quinine have poisoned the sick;

patient's moods and his symptoms quite'^change-

able are,
punning the "wind flower" through,

A^nd patient while "airing" is better by far;

^hirstless and chilliness too

gruptions repelled, and Eruptions themselves;

^"asal and other catarrhs;

;"
guits "Dysmen,-" "Amen,-" and many "'orrheas

Jf there 's a thick, yellow-greenish discharge,

gequelae of Measles, or Testes enlarge.

38 REMEDIES.

"Dheumatism chronic, or coming with

LX Fever,
JJaving for cause cool, damp, rainy-
weather,
"JJsually pains are aching and tearing,

Qleepless and anxious, his strength quickly

wearing
fjlyphoid too, with symptoms just said

f\n The Tip of The Tongue a Triangular

red,
'^citement of body,
' -
he can not keep still,"

Jnaction of mind, "he is stupid and dull;"

Qontinuous motion will lessen the pain,

Qn midnight's arrival it augments again.

J^uring rest and damp weather affections

are worse,
Jgxposure to rain may the troubles induce.

^"ext in vesicular Rashes, remember,

J^ermatic alone or combined with some

Fever
Restlessness great all patients besetting

Qrganic affections of Heart not forgetting,

^or yet inflammation —from overexertion.

 REMEDIES. 39

Qcrawnv Skin Shriveled, discolored and

k
dry;
"p^ggy Labor -pains strongly her weakness
imply,
/^hildbed-fever inflaming the deep-staring
eye,
^nte- and post-partum Hemorrhage too,

Liquid and passive, with dark, blackish

hue,
^xcretions offensive" in all subjects true.
40 REMEDIES.

gad and dejected, vehement withal,

TPruptions and spots mar the fine, yellow

skin
pregnant, Prolapsed, or Parturient the
womb
Jndifferent and feeble, Dyspeptic and thin,

^menorrhea or else Dysmenorrhea,

Jgarfo/, profuse, or else scanty and late;

Stomach and bowels feel weak, empty,

gone;
"^Jterus threat'ning to gravitate

grossing the nose is a saddle quite yellow.

Qhronic Catarrh, Hysteria, and Gleet;

~£Jrine is fetid, deposits light yellow

gtasis in veins of her troubles the seat.

 REMEDIES. 41

Suppuration in bone, in gland, joint, or

° skin;
Jnflanimations and Ills toward Scrofula
point.
J^yrnphatic the child. Who, despite being-
thin,

Js big as to Abdomen, Cranium, and Joint;

/Constipation with stools which when half

out slip in,
^bscesses and Ulcers are deep with pus
thin
<^weat acrid on feet and profuse on the
pate
Jn children whose fontanelles close very
late;
Jyght makes adult Headache increase we
will find;
Jmprovement from warmth, worse using
the mind.
Qaries, Necrosis, Impure Vaccination,

^Sections of Spine, Perverted Nutrition.

4
42 REMEDIES.

CJequel is to Aconite in some diseases

0 found,
particularly when the Croup is on its an-
nual round,
(\r Heart Disease Organic added
^ life's ills,
is to

"Alight after night awakened by Suffoca-

tive spells;
/goitre too has found it a foe of greatest
^ might,
Jn which the patient gaspeth with said
smothering-spells at night;
^s for the Croup alluded to, its drug rela-
tion shows
rjmat it is "quite the caper" after cold,
dry zephyr blows;
Qn coughing sound emitted like the bark-
ing of a dog,
Qounds in the throat when breathing like
the sawing of a log.
'puberculosis remember too, Orchitis do n't
forget
^fflicted ones are very fair and rather lax
and fat.
 REMEDIES. 43

gtoops, looks old, has wrinkled face,

"JJnusual red the nose,

JJkes his beer —and bumps deface

philosophy jocose

JJappiness over little things,

"JJnusul merry, waking sings,

peligious fear the conscience stings.

glumbers by Diarrhea cut off,

Urging, won't brook delay;

J^egs, calves, and soles with cramps are stiff,

piles Plethora Portal display,

JJumid Tetters and varied affections of Skin

Uproots disease the glands within,

pouts Scabies and Psora and all things akin.

gtanding by far most unpleasant position;

°f * ne head hot and

U"PP er P ap t full;

J^ong-lasting disease 'spite of drug exhibition

patient is "flushed" or is cool,

JJunger and goneness and weakness at eleven,

Unbearable Headache one day in each seven;

pefuses ablutions —has acrid excretions.

44 REMEDIES.

"U"ery cold sweat on the forehead we find

J?xhausting diseases, spasmodic in kind,

JJigors and Cramps, cold surface, cold

breath,
^siatic Cholera, Collapse as of Death;

rjlonic Spasms, especially of Puerp'ral state;

J^est helping, while motion and drink ag-

gravate ;

IJneven, tumultuous, irregular beat

]yjay show when the Heart is of trouble

the seat.
 EXERCISES.

ACONITE FEVER.
Skin Dry,
0 (

S 1 Skin Hot,
( Sleeplessness,
hirst,

Hard Pulse,
H |
( High Temperature,
JjVethism

^"ervous Irritation;

Jnjuries (after).

{ Continuous
f\
^ \ Covered Parts Sweat,
( Full Pulse,
Jb I Forcible Pulse,
(Fear of Death;
Jgvening and night aggravation;

"yiolence of Symptoms;

J^ven frenzy,

J^estlessness.
 EXERCISES.

Qrude Antimony,

Qauses

Qutaneous Affections, as

Qorns and

Qallosities.

Qhild has

^jatarrhis Ventriculi ;
Tongue

Qoated white; Is

Qross

Qan't bear bathing;

Qries if

^Jaressed.

Qause of

^jondition,

Qaloric, or

Q ramming Stomach,

Qorpulence.
 EXERCISES. 3

£Jalcarea.

^atamenia

Comes too soon ; After

Contact with water, Accompa-

nied by
Chilliness,

Qo\d feet,

Champs, as seen in

Corpulent Young Girls,

Consuming Strength,

Patient afraid Qrazy. If a

she will go
Qhild, It is

Qhalky, has an Unhealthy

Quticle, a Big

Qranium; is

Constipated, with

Clay-

£Jolored Stools, or has

Qhronic Diarrhea,

Copious and Watery.

4 EXERCISES.

Qliamomilla.

Qhild is

Qutting teeth;

Has Qolic,

Has Qough,

Has Qoryza,

Is Qross; Wants to be

Qarried ; Has Diarrhea, like

Q hopped eggs;

Qries out in Sleep;

One Qheek red —other pale.

 EXERCISES. 5

CHINA.

T eucorrhea,

Qr Diarrhea,

gweat,

gemen,

Qr Blood;

Jproin Acute Disease,

Jprom Indigestion,

Jactation,

"^Jterine Hemorrhage,

Jntestinal Hemorrhage,

J^ischarges of any kind (if ex-

hausting),
gleep (loss of).
6 EXERCISES.

"Pulsatilla.

patient
phlegmatic,
peevish
Improved by pure Air.

peregrinations

Aggravated by pork and

pastry
pregnant,
puerperal,

prolapsed,

Or bas painful Menstruation.

With palpitation and

pressure in the Back (as of stone |,

Also, poisoned by Quinine or Iron.

Associate piatina.

In the pregnant,
puerperal,

prolapsed,

Here also pressure on

"Perineum.
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