Cannabis Sativa

American or European Hemp. Cannahinece.

^ Mind. ■ Seems to be in a dream, as if things were not real ; feels as if she did not know where she was ; objects seem strange; feels at times as if she were somebody else ; memory bad ; forgets when speaking what she is going to say, or what she is going to do, unless she makes a note of it; cannot follow what persons say to her ; when writing repeats or omits words. ^Post partum hemorrhage. .

1 Makes mistakes in writing.

I Says one thing for another when speaking.

I Time seems prolonged. ^Post partum hemorrhage.

I Voices including her own seem to come from a distance ; her

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own voice seems strange, as if it were somebody else speak- ing. ^Post partura hemorrhage.

■ Thoughts seem to stand still.

I Feeling as if she would lose her senses. ^Post partum hemor- rhage. Hasty manner, with chill, i Sadness and melancholy.

■ Despondent in forenoon, lively in afternoon. Lectrophobia.

■ Anxious and apprehensive feeling at pit of stomach, with op-

pression of breath and palpitation ; rising of something warm into throat, with arrest of breathing; soon something became lodged in trachea, with flushes of heat. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo : when standing, with swimming of head ; when walking, with tendency to fall sideways.

■ Giddiness, when walking, with fear of falling. ^Post partum

hemorrhage.

■ Head feels as if it would fall in all directions. ^Post partum

hemorrhage. ^ Inner Head. Rush of blood to head, causing heat and flushes. Violent throbbing, with heat of head, and fever. Forehead feels compressed, from margins of orbits to temples ;

not relieved by bending forwards. Pressure below frontal eminences, extending deep through brain

to occiput. Pressure in temples.

■ Pain in r. temple and vertex, as if opening and shutting; be-

gins on waking, lasts all day ; < from noise. ^Post par- tum hemorrhage. ^ Outer Head. Sensation as if drops of cold water were falling on head.

Crawling in scalp. ' Sight and Eyes. ■ After looking long, mistiness before eyes. ^Post partum hemorrhage.

Weakness of eyes and diminished vision.

Alternating dilatation and contraction of pupils in same light.

Sensation of spasmodic drawing in eyes.

Pressure from back of eyes forwards.

Sensation as if sand were in eyes.

Keratitis parenchymatosa (not pannus), in which whole thick- ness of cornea is red and vascular.

Cornea becomes obscured (film before eyes).

Leukoma.

Cornea becomes opaque and a pellicle appears on it.

■ Opacity of cornea after a bee-sting.

■ Maculae and ulcers on cornea.

■ ■Scrofulous eye troubles.

■ Cataract.

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^ Hearing and Ears. Ringing in ears, and throbbing. ^ Smell and Nose. Dryness in nose, and sensation of stoppage. Stupefying pressure, like from a blunt point, on root of nose. Bleeding of nose, sometimes to fainting. Large pimples on nose, surrounded by red swelling. Sensation as if nose was enlarging and obstructing vision. Swelling and copper redness of nose. ^ Upper Face. Tace pale.

Left cheek red, not hot; right one pale; pain in a right tooth. Slight pulsations in various portions of face, particularly in 1. buccinator. ^ Lower Face, Eruption on Vermillion border of lips.

Numbing compressing pain in 1. side of chin, affects teeth of same side. ^^ Teeth and Gums. Pain in hollow teeth.

^^ Taste and Tongue. BNasty taste in mouth, on washing, re- turns after meals. ^Post partum hemorrhage. Loss of taste.

Difficult speech, at times stuttering. ^^ Inner Mouth. Dryness of mouth, throat and lips. ^^ Throat. Burning dryness of palate, mornings.

Dryness of throat. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. "Does not like meat, of which she used to be fond. ^Post partum hem- orrhage. ^® Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Eructations

of air ; of bitter, acrid fluid. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Cramp in stomach.

Uninterrupted dull stitches near pit of stomach, just below ribs, momentarily > by bending trunk backward and for- ward. ^^ Hypochondria. Dull stitching in 1. side, just below ribs, when

breathing and when not. ^^ Abdomen. Intestines feel bruised.

Painful jerks in abdomen, moving from place to place, as if something living were in it, accompanied by drawing from L hip-bone across to r. and thence into knee ; still, however, the pain remained in hip, where it seemed like a tearing, pushing pain. Pain and pressing outwards in abdominal ring, as if parts

would suppurate. Feeling as if intestines would drop. Outward pressure in abdominal ring. ■ Ascites after abuse of quinine. ^^ Stool and Rectum. During and after stool burning in anus. Pressure in rectum and sacral region, as if intestines were sink- ing down and would be pressed out, while sitting. Constrictive pain in aniis, together with a sensation as if

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thighs were drawn together, so that she was obliged to

close them. Sensation like trickling of cold water in anus. Constriction of anus.

I Constipation. /^Urinary troubles. ^Phyniosis.

"^ Urinary Organs. Ulcerative pain in region of kidneys. Nephritic colic of horses.

Sensation of soreness, and inflammation of kidneys and bladder. B Penis swollen ; thick purulent discharge; difficulty in making

water, not from burning, but from stoppage at intervals, as

if from spasm; child, get. 6. ^Urethritis. Drawing pain from region of kidneys to inguinal glands, with

anxious, nauseous sensation in pit of stomach. Burning smarting in urethra, from meatus backwards ; posteri- orly stitching while urinating. Urethra feels inflamed and sore to touch, along its whole

length ; during erections tensive pain ; feels drawn up into

knots. Burning while urinating, but especially just after. Burning along urethra, at commencement and end of urinating. When not urinating, burning pain in forepart of urethra,"with

pressure to urinate almost constantly. Stitches along urethra, when not urinating. Jerking stitches in posterior portion of urethra, when standing. Long standing dysuria.

I I Pain extending from orifice of urethra backward, burning- biting, posteriorly more sticking, while urinating.

I Tearing as if in fibres of urethra, in the form of a zigzag.

I Urging to urinate, with pressive pain.

Stream of urine forked.

Urine : white, turbid, or, red and turbid ; full of fibres.

Enuresis ; paralysis of bladder, particularly in old people.

I Pain in neck of bladder and both kidneys; urging to urinate every 15 or 20 minutes ; urine yellowish-white and the last mixed with blood, scalding when passed, but < after ; at close of urination very painful spasmodic closing of sphincter and, at same time, very severe stricture and drawing up of anus ; constant urging to stool, with inability. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. I Priapism, with free mucoid discharge. ^Gonorrhoea.

Increased sexual desire.

-Nocturnal emission mixed with blood. / Frequent erections, followed by stitches in urethra.

Prepuce dark- red, greatly swollen, sensitive to touch.

Penis swollen, without marked erections.

Penis painful, as if sore or burnt, when walking.

Pressive dragging sensation in testicles, when standing.

Great swelling of prepuce, approaching to phymosis.

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Dark redness of glans and prepuce.

Light red, lentil-sized spots on glans.

iPhymosis, accompanied by constipation.

1 1 Inflammatory stage of gonorrhoea. See 21.

Discharge of watery mucus from urethra ; painless discharge of a clear transparent mucus from urethra, without erection ; closing of orifice by mucus.

Swelling of glans penis; a sort of erection without sensation ;• coldness of genital organs, Avith warmth of rest of body; prepuce dark-red, hot and inflamed (see Sulphur).

Smarting, as from excoriation of margin and inner side of pre- puce; continual burning of prepuce and glans for four days; bathing it in cold water, brought on a pain as from excoria- tion ; skin of prepuce is covered with bright red spots size of a pea ; when walking, penis feels sore and burnt. ^' Female Sexual Organs. Increased sexual desire ; nympho- mania ; sterility.

Too profuse menses, with dysuria.

■ Infantile leucorrhoea.

Gonorrhoea : cutting between labia during micturition, swelling ♦ of vagina, orifice of urethra closed with muco-pus, urine voided in a spray. 2* Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation. Threatened abor- tion in gonorrhoeic patients. iPost partum hemorrhage. ^* Voice and Larynx.

Trachea and Bronchia. Voice weak, often inaudible. In morning, tough mucus in lower portion of trachea, cannot be dislodged by coughing and hawking ; after hawking and coughing, trachea feels raw and sore ; finally mucus loosens of itself, and he must hawk it up frequently. Things go down "the wrong way" in swallowing. ^® Respiration.

Oppression of breathing, from tensive, pressive pains in middle of sternum, which is also sore to touch ; sleepiness. Obliged to breathe deeply ; chest oppressed ; sensation of ap- prehension in throat.

■ Dyspnoea and extreme agitation; must sit most of the time.

^Humid asthma.

■ Wheezing and mucous rales. ^Bronchitis.

■ Has to stand by open window, leaning forward. ^Asthma.

^"^ Cough. Hacking-cough, arises from pit of throat, with a cool, salty fluid deep in throat, posteriorly. Cough, with a green, viscid expectoration. Cough, with burning in chest.

■ Cough, with bloodspitting and stitches in r. side. ^Pleurisy. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Sore feeling under upper part of

sternum.

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I A digging beneath upper part of sternura, without oppression of breath.

■ Stitches in r. side. ^Pleurisy.

B Spasmodic affections of chest and abdomen, accompanied by

urinary troubles. ^" Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Throbbing in scrobiculum. I Visible palpitation. ^Pneumonia of horses. Violent beating of heart, on moving body and on stooping, with

warm sensation about heart. Pulse very weak, slow, frequently almost imperceptible. ^^ Neck and Back. Drawing in neck, extending upwards. Pain in small of back. Pain in middle of back, as if some one were pinching it with

pincers ; pain extending gradually toward abdomen. (Pressure as if with a sharp point in coccyx. ^^ Upper Limbs. Rending pressure on shoulder, in attacks. Coldness and cold feeling of hands. Formication and numb feeling in tips of fingers. Sudden lameness of hand ; trembling of hand, when attempting

to clasp anything. Palms of hands hot and dry, with kidney trouble. *

■ Contraction of fingers after a sprain.

^' Lower Limbs. Cramp-like, jerking, digging pain in r. hip.

Drawing pains in feet.

I Violent pain with contraction in tendo achillis and 1. foot. ^* Limbs in General. Weariness of limbs.

Neuralgic pains in limbs.

Rheumatic drawing in periosteum of long bones, as if they had been bruised by blows; during motion.

Arthritic rheumatism, with dyspnoea. ^^ Kest. Position. Motion. Sitting : pressure in rectum and sacral region.

Standing : swimming of head ; pressive, dragging sensation in testicles.

Bending forward : forehead feels compressed, not relieved.

Motion : rheumatic drawing in long bones.

Walking: fear of falling; giddiness; penis feels sore and burnt. 3^ Nerves. Tetanic spasms of upper limbs and trunk.

Hysteria.

! Faint feeling, sometimes faints right off. ^Post partum hem- orrhage. ^^ Sleep. Sleepiness, but fear of bed.

Uneasy sleep at night.

Dreams disagreeable and frightful ; disappointed in everything and is filled with anxiety.

Awoke at night from slumber, with frightful dreams, not know- ing where he was.

Vivid, lascivious dreams after midnight.

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^^Time. Night: sweat wanting, or, only on forehead; burning heat. Morning: dryness of mouth. Day : pain in r. temple and vertex. 3^ Temperature and Weather. Uncovering : > unendurable fine stitching over whole body, like from a thousand needle- points, at night, when sweating from warm covering. *" Fever. Chill, with thirst and shaking. Shivering over whole body.

External coldness of Avhole body, with exception of face. Heat only in face, and slight. Nightly burning heat.

Sweat wanting, or, only on forehead and neck, at night. « Locality and Direction. Right : temple and vertex pain ; side of chest, stitches; digging pain in hip. Left: side of chin, numbing compressing pain; dull stitching just below ribs ; drawing from hip bone across to right. "Sensations. iFeels as if hot water were poured over him.

I Sensation as if drops of cold water were falling: on head;

from the anus; from the heart. As if opening and shutting, temples and vertex ; as if sand were in eyes; as if nose was enlarging and obstructing vision; as if something living were in abdomen; as if intestines would drop; as if thighs were drawn together; as if cold water trickled in anus; urethra feels as if drawn up into knots; penis, as if sore or burnt, as if excoriated; long bones, as if bruised. Sensation as if parts had enlarged.

lUnendurable fine stitching over the whole body, like from a thousand needle-points, at night, when sweating from warm covering, better when uncovering. Jerks: painful, in abdomen; in urethra; lower limbs. Stitches: near pit of stomach; while urinating; along urethra;

in r. side of chest ; fine, unendurable over whole body. Sticking: in urethra while urinating. Cutting: between labia.

Tearing : pain in hip ; as if in fibres of urethra. Rending: pressure on shoulder. Digging: of back; pain in r. hip.

Drawing: in eyes; pain from region of kidneys to inguinal glands ; up of anus ; in neck ; pains in feet ; rheumatic, in periosteum of long bones. Spasmodic : drawing in eyes. Dragging: in testicles. Pushing: pain in hip.

Burning: dryness of palate; in anus; smarting in urethra; while urinating; along urethra; of prepuce; in chest; heat at night.

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Smarting : of prepuce ; in urethra.

Pressure: below frontal eminences; in temples; from back of

eyes forwards;, in abdominal ring; as if to urinate; as if

with a sharp point in coccyx. Pressive dragging in testicles.

Soreness: in kidneys and bladder; under upper sternum. Bruised: intestines feel. Ulcerative pain in region of kidneys.

Pain : in hollow tooth ; in abdominal ring ; in small of back. Beating: of heart violent. Throbbing: violent, with heat of head and fever; and ringing

in ears ; in scrobiculum. Compressed : forehead ; pain in chin. Cramp: in stomach. Cramp-like: jerking in lower limbs. Constrictive : pain in anus. Contraction : of fingers after a sprain ; in tendo achillis ; in

1. foot. Formication : and numb feeling in tips of fingers. Numbing : pain in chin. Crawling : in scalp. Dryness: of mouth, throat and lips. *^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Touch: sensitiveness

to, prepuce ; middle of sternum sore to touch. ■*' Skin. Unendurable fine stitching over whole body, like from a

thousand needlepoints, at night, when sweating from warm

covering ; > when uncovering. Itching pimples. Vesicles on head and chest, filled with serum and surrounded

by red areola ; burn when touched. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution, b Child, set. 6. ^Urethritis. ** Relations. Antidotes: of large doses, lemon juice, Strychnia,

and faradization of respiratory muscles to maintain respira- tion; of small doses, Cam-pJior.^ Mercur. Compatible : iBellad., iHyosc, II Lyco-p., iNuxvom., Opium,

iiPulsat., Rhus tox , I Veratr.

Cann. ind., the drugs mentioned above, as well as

Act. rac, Arnic, Bryon., iCanthar., Petrol., Petros.,

Stannum, iStramon., Sulphur.

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