Oleum Jecoris Aselli

Cod-liver Oil; Oleum Morrhum.

Obtained from the liver of Gadus Morrhua, and of other species of Gadus. The purest cod-liver oil is of a pale yellow color.

Provings with Jongh's Norwegian oil by Neidhard, U. S. Med. and Surg, Jour., vol. 8, p. 1.

Clinical Authorities. — Hoarseness, Neidhard, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 113; from U. S. M. and S. J., vol. 8, p. 146 ; Aching in joints and fluttering in sacrum, Neidhard, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 33, from U. S. M. and S. J., vol. 8, p. 4; Bheu- matism, Brefeld, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 438 ; Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Bennett, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 438 ; Scrofula, Madden, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 439.

^ Mind. Sensation as if out of her mind.

^ Inner Head, l iDull aching pain in forehead.

I I Aching pain about inner part of r. eyebrow, as if in periosteum.

I I Bursting hekdache after coughing, as if head would split open.

I iPain from occiput to forehead, with nausea. ^ Sight and Eyes, l l Aching pain in r. eye, when using it.

I I Trachoma; for chronic forms and constitutional troubles.

I i Scrofulous ophthalmia. ^ Hearing and Ears. 1 1 Marked deafness in 1. ear, and abscess in right.

I I Fetid discharge from ears. ^ Smell and Nose, l i Dry coryza, cough and sneezing.

Fluent coryza, hoarseness and rawness of chest.

I I Chronic catarrh and ozsena.

I I Bleeding of nose when stooping, with amenorrhoea. ^ Upper Face, i i Cachectic expression of countenance. ** Inner Mouth, i i Fetid breath.

^^ Throat. i l Choking and oppressed feeling when lying down.

I I Chronic sore throat, with expectoration of 3^ellow mucus.

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^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions, b Voracious appe- tite of rachitic children. ^^ Hypochondria, i i Region of liver sensitive to touch,

I I Stitch in r. side on motion, with cough on raising arm. I I Heavy pain in r. side, with numbness in r. arm as if it were dead. '^Abdomen, l Atrophia mesenterica.

iTabes mesenterica; child pale, cachectic, greatly emaci- ated, with large, tumid abdomen, enlarged liver and swollen mesenteric glands. ^" Stool and Rectum, l Chronic diarrhcea, supposed to have been caused by ulceration of mucous membrane. • Chronic diarrhoea in adults, with great emaciation, poor digestion and depressed nutrition. "'Urinary Organs, i i Incontinence of urine.

I I Addison's disease ; Bright's disease. "^Female Sexual Organs. 1 1 Soreness of both ovaries; dys- menorrhoea. I I Discharge of yellow matter from womb, with weak

I I Menstruation ; premature or copious ; obstructed, from

I Violent cough, with retching night and day. I I Laughing excites fits of coughing.

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I I Pain through lower part of chest, passing through to

I Haemoptysis: with hawking of phlegm in morning;

flying pains all across chest ; caused by a fall. I I Pneumonia of upper lobes of both lungs.

■ Phthisis pulmonalis: soreness in chest and stomach,

with hard coughing spells in morning; loss of appetite and strength; expectoration of yellow mucus or bloody sputa ; affection of glands, bones or cutaneous troubles ; when tubercles have not yet softened or even when they are in first stage of softening ; vomica with perfect pectoriloquy under r. clavicle; excavation in apex of r. lung ; scrofulous diathesis. -^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. ' i Palpitation of heart.

I I Pulse accelerated, soft and small. ^' Neck and Back, l l Soreness from back to chest.

I I Pain through back.

I I Sharp, heavy, aching pain in lower spine.

I I Spinal irritation; sore to touch.

I Sense of fluttering, like movements of a watch, com- mencing in region of sacrum and gradually rising to occiput.

I I Often placed her hand on sacrum, as if to support it, and complained of pain in neighborhood of sacro-iliac synchondrosis; her walk became gradually more and more difiicult.

I I Rheumatic pains in sacrum.

I Chronic lumbago of several years standing, with diffi- culty in walking; cachexia with oedema. ^^ Upper Limbs, l l Rheumatic pains in shoulder. ^^ Lower Limbs. iHip joint disease; more valuable M^hen disease originated in bone itself than in synovial membrane.

iSciatica, with atrophy of affected limb.

■ White swelling of knees ; scrofulous hip disease.

■ Chronic arthritis of ankle joint. I I Rheumatic pain in 1. foot.

■ Fistulse and abscesses around joints.

^* Limbs in General. ■Continued aching and sore pain in elbow and knee joints.

Stooping : bleeding of nose.

Motion : stitch in r. side; sore pain in chest.

Raising arm : coughing.

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I I Dreams of seeing objects iu room during sleep. 28 Time. Morning : haemoptysis, with hawking of phlegm ; hard coughing spells.

All day : cough loose ; cold perspiration.

Evening : slight hoarseness.

Day and night: violent cough, with retching.

Night : cough < ; fever ; exacerbations destroyed all repose. ^^Temperature and Weather. Draft of air: cough <.

Exposure to cold : cough <.

Damp weather: cough <. ^"^ Fever. l l Constantly chilly, feeling as if she was con- tinually taking cold.

I I Chills from occiput down to back.

BHeat in palms of hands every night.

1 Hectic fever, with nocturnal aggravations.

I I Cold perspiration all day.

B Night sweats. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Every night : heat in palms.

For six months : amenorrhoea. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : pain about inner eye- brow ; aching pain in eye ; abscess in ear ; stitch in side ; heavy pain in side ; numbness in arm ; soreness in shoulder ; vomica, with perfect pectoriloquy under clavicle ; excavation in apex of lung.

Left: marked deafness; weakness < in side of back; burning heat in chest; rheumatic pain in foot. *^ Sensations. As if out of her mind ; as if head would split open ; as if r. arm were dead; as if she were continually taking cold.

Pain : from occiput to forehead ; in upper part of chest ; through lower part of chest to back ; through back ; in neighborhood of sacro-iliac synchondrosis.

Bursting pain : in head.

Flying pains : all across chest.

Stitch : in r. side.

Aching pain : in forehead ; about inner part of r. eye- brow ; in r. eye ; between shoulders ; sharp ; heavy, in lower spine ; in elbow and knee joints.

Rheumatic pains : in sacrum; in shoulders; in 1. foot.

Sore dull pain: in chest; in elbow and knee joint.

Erratic pains : in joints.

Heavy pain : in r. side.

Soreness: of both ovaries; all over chest; in centre of

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chest; in chest through shoulders; in stomach; from

nutrition, especially in children. B Nervous affections, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, in

emaciated, pale, ansemic persons, with deficiency of

animal heat.

■ Atrophy of infants; emaciation, with hot hands and

head; constant tendency to catarrhs; bones affected ; rachitis; fever at night, with sweat, mostly on head, neck and hands ; cannot take milk ; vivid dreams, rest- less and feverish at night.

I I Contraction of muscles ; musculo-fibrous rheumatism.

I I Rheumatism, produced by protracted residence in damp and cold localities ; affection confined to joints ; gradual exhaustion of strength and impairment of nutrition.

I I Rheumatism of long standing; patient confined to bed or room, and only in warm summer months experienced a slight alleviation of her sufferings; nearly whole body was attacked, but principally inferior extremities, sacrum, back and shoulders ; walking was entirely pre- vented by the insupportable pains, stiffness and swell- ing of joints; a kind of hectic fever and constant nightly exacerbations destroyed all repose ; patient was wasted, of a bleachy whiteness, of a cachetic appearance and habit, and had lost all hope of relief.

I I Chronic gout and rheumatism of elderly persons, with rigidity of muscles and tendons, joint nearly inflexible.

I I Erratic pains in joints, with oedema.

iScrofulosis : diseases of joints; in pale, thin, cachectic subjects.

■ Rachitis; malacosteon, affecting female pelvis; caries

and strumous osteitis. I I Caries: especially attacking epiphises of long bones; in which there is a fistulous ulcer with raised edges, bleeding and discharging a flocculent pus of a nauseat- ing smell.

■ Softening of bones in adults.

■Scrofulous abscesses and ulceration of glands, or when

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indolent ulcer with excoriated edges remains, or one

Skin red all over; eruption of small red spots.

Herpes ; scald head.

Scrofulous ulcers discharging a large quantity of pus ;

lean figure; thin, transparent skin; frequent pulse;

great excitability of nervous system ; urine of high

Mrs. M., set. 30, formerly of strong robust constitution ;

lod. in ravenous appetite of rachitic children; lod.,

Phosphor, and Spongia in lung diseases.