Camphora

Spir. nitr. dulc— Coffee and alcohol increase the effects of Camphor

Camphor is said to increase the action of Nitrum

Camphor is antidotic to a number of vegetable drugs, especially such as have a drastic effect and cause vomiting and diarrhoea, paleness of countenance, cold- ness of the extremities and loss of consciousness.

Vanishing of the senses (in a few minutes.) Loss of consciousness.

Throbbing headache.

Throbbing ache in the forehead, with stinging, continuing during the night, with gen- eral dry heat without any thirst, — 5.

Violent, single stitches in the right hemisphere of the brain, (a. 4 h.) Tearing head- ache.

Headache, as if the brain were sore and felt bruised.

Constrictive pain at the base of the brain, especially in the occiput and above the root of the nose, continuing without inter- mission, the head leaning to one or the other side ; the pain is very much increased by deep stooping, lying down, or external pressure, hands and feet being cold, with hot forehead and coma vigil.

Headache, as if the brain were constricted. — 10.

Dull headache over the os frontis, with inclination to vomit.

Congestion of blood to the head.

(a. 6 h.) Spasmodic drawing of the head sideways towards the shoulder (in a few minutes) caused by a large dose given to a child, with loss of senses, and all the parts of the body becoming deadly pale.

When walk- ing, he staggers to and fro, and is obliged to hold on to some- thing, in order to stand firmly.

He rubs his forehead, chest, and other parts, knows not how to describe his feelings ; he leans against something, his senses vanish, he glides and falls down, the limbs being rigid and extended, the shoulders drawn backwards, the arms being a little curbed in the beginning of the paroxysm, the hands being bent towards the extensor sur- face of the arm, and the fingers being somewhat clenched and set apart from one another ; afterwards all the parts of the body being stretched and stiff, with the head bent sideways, the lower jaw being rigid and wide open, the lips drawn inwards, the teeth clenched, eyes closed, with unceasing distortions of the muscles of the face, cold over and over and breathless, for a quarter of an hour.

(a. 2 h.) — 15.

Vertigo, heaviness of the head ; the head inclines backwards, (a. ten minutes.) Intoxication.

When walking he staggers as if he were intoxicated.

Vertigo recurring at different periods.

Ver- tiginous heaviness of the head.

(a. -J- h.) — 20.

Frequent and short attacks of vertigo.

Obtusion of the head, with full con- sciousness.

Want of memory.

The tetanic fit, with loss of consciousness and vomiting, is followed by a complete ina- bility to recollect, as if he had no memory.

Vanishing of the senses. — 25.

Heaviness of the head.

Headache.

Violent headache.

Sensation of pressure in the head.

Pressure in the occiput. — 30.

Aching pain over the left eye, in the evening, (a. 9 h.) Throbbing pressure in the temples.

Quickly pass- ing headache, as if the brain were being compressed from all sides ; the pain is felt only when he does not pay especial

* Pale countenance.

Very red countenance.

Coun- tenance first pale, with eyes closed in the first instance, but „ afterwards staring and open, the balls of the eyes being directed upwards, (a. 2 h.) Spasmodic contortion of the facial mus- cles, with foam at the mouth, (caused by several grains of Cam- phor injected into the median vein.)

50.

Contraction of the pupils.

Sensation as if all the objects were too bright and shining, (a. 5 h.) He can- not bear the light, (a. \ h.) Biting sensation in the external canthus.

Dilatation of the pupils. — 55.

Ophthalmia, (a. 10 h.) The balls of the eyes are turned upwards.

Staring, wild looks.

Staring, inflamed eyes.

He looks at every body with staring and astonished eyes, without any consciousness, (a. 2 h.) — 00.

Sensation of tension in the eyes.

(a. f h.) Frequent twitchings in the external canthus.

(a. 28. h.) Visible twitch- ings and winking of the upper eyelid, (a. 36 h.) Biting itch- ing of the eyelids.

Biting and stinging of the eyelids, (a. 5 h.) — 65.

The eyelids are covered with many red spots, (a. 24 h.) Lachrymation in the open air.

A few red, painless places in the white of the right eye.

(a. 24 h.) Pain in the right eyeball pressing from within outwards, when moving it.

(a. 2 h.) Sensation in the left eyeball, as if it were pressed and pushed upon from behind, (a. 2£ h.) — 70.

Distortion of the eyes.

Excessive contraction of the pupils, (a. 35 minutes.) Obscuration of sight.

Strange figures are hovering before his eyes.

A kind of tearing in the left. ear.

(a. 1 h.) — 75.

Hot feeling in the lobules.

Hot, red lobules.

Tingling of the ears.

Dark-red ulcer in the left external meatus auditorius externus, larger than a pea ; when touching it, he felt a stinging pain (a. 12 h.) ; suppuration after thirty-six hours.

Jaws and Teeth : — 80.

Painful vacillation of the teeth, (a. 10 h.) Feeling as if the teeth were too long, with aching, which appear to originate in a swelling of the submaxillary glands.

Lock-jaw.

Toothache : shooting, cutting thrusts dart through the gums near the roots of the incisores and cuspidati (brought on by smelling.) (a. \ h.)

Foam at the mouth (in a few minutes.) — 85.

Early in the morning, fetid smell from the mouth, which he perceives himself, (a. 20 h.) Single, long stitches in the velum pendu- lum palati.

Dry feeling of the posterior part of the tongue, sensation as of scraping, with much saliva.

Continual accu- mulation of saliva in the mouth, (a. \ h.) Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, which is sometimes slimy and tenacious, (a. \\ h.) — 90.

Dry, scraping sensation of the palate.

A cold feeling rises up into the mouth and towards the palate, (a. 4 to 6 h.) Disagreeable warmth in the mouth.

Violent burning of the palate, down the pharynx, causing a desire for drink, but remaining in spite of drinking, (by smelling) (immediately.) Sensation of heat in the mouth and stomach.

Gastric Symptoms and Appetite : Likes to drink, with- out being thirsty.

Food has a strong taste ; broth has a very strong taste, (a. 2 h.) Aversion to tobacco (although he is used to tobacco ;) tobacco does not taste badly to him ; never- theless it is soon repulsive to him, unto vomiting.

Regurgita- tion of the ingesta. — 100.

Frequent and almost continual empty eructations after dinner, (a. 3 h. and afterwards.) Absence of thirst the first twenty -four hours.

Absence of thirst the first thirty-six hours.

The taste in the mouth is natural, but every thing he eats tastes bitter ; even tobacco, which he is in the habit of smoking, tastes bitter, (a. 13 h.) Tobacco tastes bitter to him.

(a. 2\ h.) — 105.

Food tastes bitter, meat still more than bread (with eructations during and after a meal ;) it tastes of Camphor, (a. 4 h.) Frequent discharge of watery saliva.

Nausea.

Nausea, with ptyalism. * Nausea and incli- nation to vomit, going off after an eructation, (a. -J-h.) — 110. * Short attacks of vertigo, after several attacks of inclination to vomit.

Cold sweat, especially in the face, at the commence- ment of vomiting.

Bilious vomiting, streaked with blood.

Pain in the stomach. * Aching in the pit of the stomach or the anterior portion of the liver. — 115.

Sensa- tion in the pit of the stomach, as if it had been strained by distention, and bruised by blows, with fulness in the abdomen, (a. 25 h.) Pain in the region of the stomach.

Cooling sensa- tion, especially in the pit of the stomach.

Cold feeling in the epigastrium and hypogas- trium.

(a. f h.) Violently burning heat in the epigastrium and hypogastrium.

(a. 4 h.) — 120.

Burning heat in the hypo- gastrium.

Burning in the stomach.

The digestion becomes disturbed.

Sensation of hardness and heaviness in the abdo- men over the umbilicus.

In the whole right side of the abdo- men, as far as the region of the liver and chest, a drawing pain as from bruises, more internal than external, especially during an inspiration, (a. 3-£ h.) — 125.

Pinching pain in the hypo- gastrium, especially in the umbilical region, (a. 7\ h.) In the right side of the abdomen, a stitching-drawing heaviness, which is yet more distinctly felt when pressing upon the- part.

Hard pressure in the left iliac region, (a. 1 h.) Drawing in the left iliac region, with a sensation as of tension and being bruised, (a. 12 h.) Burning stinging in a place of the size of a hand, under the anterior crest of the ilium towards the uterus. — 130.

Con- tractive pain below the short ribs, extending to the lumbar ver- tebrae.

Aching in the hypochondria, (a. 1 h.) Frequent emission of flatulence ; in a few hours pressure in the abdo- men, early in the morning, as if distended by flatulence.

Constipation.

Difficult expulsion of the faeces ; they do not pass without putting the abdominal muscles on the stretch, as if the peristaltic motion of the intestines had been diminished, and as if the rectum had become narrower, (a. 24 h.) — 140.

The rectum feels as if it had become narrower, swollen, and is painful when flatulence is being emitted.

De- sire for stool, the stool being of the ordinary kind, little stool, however, being passed ; this is again followed by an urgent desire, and a still lesser discharge of faeces, (a. 1 h.) Urgent desire for stool, (a. 4 h.) On the first day, two stools with some pinching in the abdomen, no stool on the second day ; on the third day the stool is pretty hard and difficult.

Obstinate constipation. — 145.

Sensation of erosion in the rectum.

Urine yellow-green, turbid, having a musty smell, (a. 10 h.) He emits turbid urine, becoming quite turbid and thick after standing a while, of white-greenish color, without any sediment.

Red urine.

In the first hours, he emits less urine, without any pain ; in a few hours longer he feels a biting pain, during micturition, in the posterior por- tion of the urethra, lasting for several days ; the pain is followed by pressure in the region of the bladder, resembling a new de- sire to urinate. — 150.

Thin stream, as if the urethra were con- tracted, (a. 2 2 L h.) Retention of urine during the first twelve hours, with constant pressure in the bladder and desire to uri- nate, no urine however being passed ; in twenty-four hours, however, he frequently emits an ordinary quantity of urine ; in forty-eight hours, the emission is still more abundant.

No urine for the first ten hours.

Strangury, almost immediately.

Diminished power of the bladder ; the urine came out of the bladder very slowly, without there being any mechanical obsta- cle in the way.

(a. 20 h.) — 155.

Strangury, with desire to urinate, and tenesmus of the neck of the bladder.

Involun- tary micturition, after a violent pressure upon the bladder.

Almost involuntary micturition, and pain in the urethra after emission of the urine, resembling a contraction from before back- wards.

Painful micturition.

Burning urine during emis- sion.

Red urine.

of semen.

Stinging itching of the internal surface of the pre- puce.

Sensation of contraction in the testes.

Weakness of the genital organs, and want of sexual desire the first two days.

Relaxation of the scrotum, want of erections end sexual instinct the first two days ; in forty-eight hours the erections are much more violent than ordinarily.

(Want of sexual desire, erec- tions and emissions of semen are primary effects of Camphor ; it acts as a palliative, if one uses it to remove excessive sexual desires, erections and frequent pollutions which had existed already for a long time past ; the evil is afterwards increased by the reaction of the organism against the drug.) — 165.

In- crease of the sexual desire.

Amorous ecstasy.

Impotence in the male.

A sort of violent labor-pains (in a widow.)

Cold, Catarrh : Expulsion of a thin nasal mucus with- out sneezing or true coryza, early in the morning, when rising, and in the evening, when going to bed.

(a. 18 h.) — 170.

Co- ryza.

(a. 10 h.) Dry coryza. * Mucus in the trachea, making the voice rough ; it cannot be hawked up.

Pain in the tra- chea and the bronchial tubes, mostly when coughing, even when clearing the throat.

Deep and slow breathing. — 175.

The breathing is almost stopped. 'Oppression of the chest, resembling a suffo- cative catarrh, as if it originated in a pressure in the pit of the stomach, (a. 1 h.) Fine stitches in the nipples, (a. 2 h.) Pressure on the top of the sternum, as from a load.

Oppressed, anxious, panting breathing. — 180.

Difficult, sluggish respira- tion, (a. 1 h.) Pressure on the sternum, when standing, (a. 27 h.) Soft pressure internally, upon the chest, under the ster- num, with difficult breathing and a cooling sensation, rising from the chest into the mouth, (a. 29 h.) His breath is almost totally arrested.

Complains of a constrictive sensation in the throat, as if produced by the vapor of sulphur. — 185.

He is threatened with suffocation and constriction of the throat.

Stitches in the left chest, when walking, (a.

J, h.) Painful, stitch-like sensation in the chest.

Stitches in the chest, and short and hacking cough, as if brought on by a cutting sensa- tion, accompanied with coolness, deep in the trachea, (a. 2 h.) The stitches in and on the chest increase from day to day. — 190.

After a meal he feels and hears his heart beating against the ribs.

(a. 4 h.) A fine, tearing pain on the right side of the nipple towards the pelvis, (a. 4 h.)

(a. 24 h.) When walking in the open air, painful drawing and sensation of stiffness in the side of the neck and down the nape of the neck.

(a. 5 h.) — 195.

Tensive pain in the muscles of the nape of the neck, increasing in violence at every motion and turn of the neck.

(a. 15 h.) Stitches in the nape of the neck, near the right shoulder, when moving the parts, (a. 1 h.) Several times a painless drawing in the cervical vertebrae during motion.

Tearing pain in the nape of the neck, when stooping with the head.

Superior Extremities : Convulsive rotation of the arms — 200, Pain, as from a sprain, in the phalanx of the thumb, when moving it.

(a. 20 h.) Pressure on the shoulder, (a. 2 h.) Tearing, with pressure, in the middle and behind the right upper arm.

Shooting, fine tearing from the middle of the internal surface of the left upper arm, to the middle of the fore arm.

(a. f h.) Painful pressure in the right elbow- joint, more violent when leaning it upon the table ; in this case the pain extends to the hands, (a. 1| h.) — 205.

Stitches in the forearm, (a.

If h.) Tearing, with pressure, a little above the left wrist-joint, (a. 7 h.) Painful pressure on the internal surface of the left forearm, (a. l^h.) Tearing, with pressure, on the internal surface of the left fore arm.

Stitch- ing pain, and continually increasing itching in the dorsum of the hand and the knuckles of the fingers, going off by scratching, (a. 4^- h.) Itching of the knuckles of the fingers, and between them.

(a. 25 h.) — 210.

Itching in the palm of the hand.

(a. 5 h.)

Inferior Extremities : Difficult motion and weariness of the lower limbs.

When sitting, or when bending the knee, the leg goes to sleep, with sensation of cold.

(a. 21 h.) Early in the morning, when walking or setting down the foot, pain in the tarsal joint, as if this part had been sprained, (a. 18 h.) Cracking of the hip, knee, and tarsal joints.

Tremor of the feet. — 215.

Tremulousness and want of firmness of the feet.

Drawing in the gluteus maximus, where it is inserted in the crest of the ilium, as if the limb would become paralyzed.

Drawing pain, as from bruises, in the thighs, after walking.

(a. 5 h.) Drawing pain, as from bruises, in the right thigh, and on the inner side near and below the patella ; he fears lest the knee should suddenly bend forwards, (a. 4i h.) Tearing in the thighs, (a. 28 h.) — 220.

The thighs are pain- ful behind, above the bends of the knees, as after a long jour- ney on foot.

Stitches in the anterior surface of the right patella, when sitting, (a. 1 h.) Tearing on the knees, below the pa- tellar, mostly when walking, (a. 6h.) Vacillation, weariness

and heaviness of the lower limbs, (a. 1 h.) He feels as if his knees would suddenly bend, and as if they were bruised, (a 26 h.) — 225.

Pressive drawing below the patella, on the inter nal surface of the knee.

(a. 30 h.) Feeling of great weariness in the feet, when walking ; the legs feel bruised and tense.

The legs feel heavy, as if draM^n down by a weight attached in the bend of the knee.

Pressure in the middle of the internal surface of the left leg.

Pressure on the internal surface of the leg, above the ankle, rather posteriorly — 230.

Drawing, aching pain, when standing, under the right ankle, between the ankle and the tendo Achillis ; when moving the foot, the pain becomes tear- ing, (a. 4^- h.) Drawing cramp-pain in the dorsum of the foot, especially during motion.

Tearing, with pressure, in the dorsum of the light leg.

Tearing cramp-pain in the dor- sum of the foot, along the external calf as high as the thighs.

(a. 13 h.) Tearing in the tips of the toes of the left foot, and under the nails when walking, (a. 10 h.) — 235.

Sore pain in the knuckles of the toes and corns, (a. 26 h.)

General Symptoms: Camphor excites most of its pains during motion.

Inexpressible uncomfortableness in the whole body.

(a. £■ h.) On the first day most of the symptoms ex- isted only, when only partially thinking of one's self— the tear- ing in different parts of the body was felt when dropping to sleep, and disappeared, especially the headache, as soon as he thought of his pain ; next day, on the contrary, he was able to bring on pain by his imagination ; or rather, he only felt it when thinking of himself with great attention ; he felt best, when not thinking of himself at all.

Violent itching, (from applying camphor externally.)— 240.

Erysipelas, (from external application.) Stupefaction of the senses, resembling a swoon.

Insensibility.

He strikes his breast and faints, (a. i h.)* Loss of consciousness, tetanic spasm for a quarter of an hour, followed by sinking of the whole body, so that he can be scarcely kept upright, for a quarter of an hour ; after vomiting, consciousness returns, (a. 2\ h.) Dry feeling in and about the body, especially about the head and in the bron- chial tubes, (a. 2 h.)— 245.

Rheumatic, stitching pain in all the muscles, especially between the scapulas.

Pain of the periosteum of all the bones.

Erysipelatous inflammation, (from camphor externally applied.) Difficult motion of the limbs.

Paralytic, relaxation of the muscles. — 250.

In the evening when in bed, an itching in various places of the body.

(a. 6 h.)

Weakness, Fits : * Excessive weakness.

Uncomforta- bleness in the whole body.

(a. 3 h.) Uncommon failing of strength, with yawning and stretching.

Relaxation and

heaviness of the whole body.

(a. 25 m.) — 255. 'Spasms. * Convulsions.

Violent convulsions.

Trembling.

Frequent yawning — 260.

Yawning and drowsi- ness.

Sopor and delirium.

Insomnia.

Emissions of semen, for several nights, (a. 60 h.) Dreams about his plans.

Headache, several days in succession, after rising.

(The in- spirations are shorter than the expirations, during sleep.) — 265.

During his sleep, he mutters and sighs.

The whole night, he talks with a low voice, while asleep.

Snoring, while asleep, both during the inspirations and expirations.

When closing the eyes, during his slumber, he sees objects which at times seem to him too thick, at times too thin ; this apparent differ- ence alternates with the pulse, (a. 2h.)

Small, hard pulse, becoming more and more slow. — 270.

He is too sensitive to cold air. *He catches cold easily ; he is then attacked with chills, or with cutting in the abdomen, with discharge of black-brown, or black fgeces, of the consistence and appearance of coffee-sediment.

Chilliness (a. 10 o'clock.) Shuddering with goose-flesh ; the skin all over the body is painful, even when touched but slightly.

The body is cold all over. — 275.

Cold sweat.

(Fever: violent chil- liness with chattering of teeth and much thirst ; after the chil- liness he drops to sleep immediately ; the sleep is frequently interrupted, there is almost no subsequent heat.) Heat in the head, with sensation as if sweat would break out, with shud- dering over the limbs and the abdomen, (a. 3 h.) Redness of the cheeks and lobules.

Heat about the head, on the hands and feet, without thirst. — 280.

Full, quick pulse.

Sopor and clawing (contractive) headache, great heat of the whole body, with distended veins, very quick breathing and pain, as from bruises, of the back, but without thirst and pure taste.

Warm sweat on the forehead and the palms of the hands.

Warm sweat over the whole body.

The pulse is slower by three beats. — 285.

The pulse is slower by ten beats. * Weak, small pulse.

The pulse gradually increases in quickness.

By con- tinuing to take strong doses of Camphor, the pulse became from ten to fifteen beats quieker, and hard.

After leaving off taking the strong doses of Camphor, the pulse became faster, for sev- eral days (very near ten,) without increase of animal heat. — 290.

Pulse accelerated by twenty-three beats.

(Quicker pulse.

Full, irritated pulse.

A disposition for inflammations is brought on.

Shuddering, chilliness and goose-skin over the whole body, for one hour (immediately.) — 295.

Frequent chilliness in the back.

Slight shuddering, with paleness of face.

Chilliness of the cheeks and back.

Chilli-

ness over the whole body.

(a. \ h.) Chills, and chattering of teeth. — 300. * Coldness of the body, with paleness.

Cold- ness and drawing after a meal, with cold arms, hands and feet, (a. 4 2 h.) Coldness, for one hour, with deadly paleness of the face (from sixty grains.) Copious, cold sweat. * Feeling of great coldness over the whole body, and headache as if the brain were contracted, with pressure over the root of the nose.

(a. 12 h.J — 305.

Chilliness over the whole body, (a. 2 2 h. ;) one and a half hour after this, the warmth of the body increases.

Chilliness in the back, mingled with warmth, as if sweat would break out.

Feeling of heat in the face, with cold hands, (a. 1 8 h.) Increased warmth of the whole body, with redness of the face.

(a. f h.) Agreeable warmth through the whole body.

(a. 3 h.) — 310.

Heat over the whole body, increasing to the highest pitch, when walking, (a. 5 h.) Heat, with trembling.

Sweat (smelling of Camphor.) Very dry skin, even when in bed, with good appetite.

Trembling motion of the heart.

Moral Symptoms : — 31:5.

Very great anguish.

She tosses about in her bed anxiously, with constant weeping.

Confu- sion of ideas ; delirium.

Delirium; he proposes absurd things.

Rage, with foam at the mouth. — 320.

Palpitation of the heart.

All the external objects are repulsive to him, and excite his ill- humor ; he feels as if he would like to push them out of his way.

The boy hides himself in a corner, and howls and screams ; he imagines that every thing which is said to him, is said imperiously ; he feels insulted.

Desire to dispute.

Ma- nia to dispute.

He acts and talks too hastily.