The Encyclopedia Of Pure Materia Medica By Timothy F Allen A M M D

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PURE MATERIA MEDICA

By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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Niccolum.

The metal (Nickel), or the Carbonate.

Preparation , Triturations.

Authority. Nenning, Hartlaub and Trinks, Annalen, 3, p. 353.

Emotional. Very angry and quarrelsome mood; she was inclined to quarrel with and contradict every one, in the evening (second day), [1] .

Apprehensive, despondent; she does not even know herself what is the matter, in the afternoon (second day), [1] .

Apprehensive and despondent, as if some misfortune were impending (second day), [1] .

Lachrymose and apprehensive (second day), [1] .

She was very apprehensive and lachrymose in the forenoon (first day); on the second and third days she was very fretful, and was better only on the fifth day, [1] .

Confusion and Vertigo.

Dull and confused in the head, as after intoxication, in the morning (sixth day), [1] . Vertigo all day, especially after rising from stooping (eleventh day), [1] .

Vertigo in the morning on rising from bed; she staggered to and fro (third day), [1] . Vertigo in the morning on rising; he stumbled from side to side (eighth day), [1] .

General Head. [20.] Headache, especially in the house, after walking in the open air (fourth day), [1] .

Headache in the morning after rising, constantly increasing till towards noon, with pressure on the vertex and dulness in the head (third day), [1] .

Sensation as if the brain were loose and fell from side to side (sixth day), [1] .

Fulness of the head, and not at all good humor, in the forenoon (first day), [1] .

Feeling of fulness and heaviness in the head, with a sensation as if cut to pieces, on stooping; and in the occiput a sensation as if beaten and sore, and a stupefied feeling in the head generally, lasting three hours (twenty-fourth day), [1] . Head thick and dull, as from loss of sleep, in the morning (third day), [1] .

Heaviness in the head, as from of sleep, in the morning after waking (third day), [1] .

Heaviness in the head in the morning in bed, disappearing after rising (twelfth day), [1] . Feeling of heaviness and dizziness in the forehead, in the morning in bed, and also after rising till 10 o'clock, relieved in the open air, [1] . Heat of the head, so that he could not remain in the house, but was obliged to go into the open air, with thirst, lasting two hours; it seemed as though sweat would break out, which was not the case, at 3 P.M. (eighth day), [1] . [30.] An unusual agreeable warmth in the whole head, especially in the house, in the afternoon (third day), [1] .

A beating in the whole head, as with a small hammer, on motion, in the forenoon (first day), [1] . Tearing in the whole head, that often becomes intolerable (eighth day), [1] .

Tearing in the head and in the left eye, frequently intermitting and returning (second day), [1] . At first, sticking in the upper part of the head, with great sensitiveness and a bruised sensation, so that she could not bear to have the hair combed, lasting an hour, in the forenoon, recurring more violently in the afternoon; the pain frequently extended to both sides of the head and to the forehead, with a feeling as if the frontal bone would burst out, only gradually disappearing, with great fretfulness (first day), [1] .

Headache; a fine sticking and a sensation of shuddering in the head (fourth day), [1] . Fine stitches in the upper part of the head, rather externally, also drawing pains in both ears, extending into the head, lasting longer in the ears (seventh day), [1] .

Stitches here and there in the head, especially on stooping, in the forenoon (first day), [1] . In the morning the head feels screwed in and pressed; afterwards slight stitches, as with needles, in the right side of the forehead (third day), [1] .

The whole head is painful, as if beaten, especially in the occiput, all day (tenth day), [1] . Forehead. [40.]

A whirling in the forehead, as if she would be sick, lasting half an hour, [1] .

Feeling of heaviness and dizziness in the forehead while standing, from forenoon till afternoon, with slight interruption (first day), [1] .

Sensation of heat in the forehead, with heaviness, in the afternoon till evening (fifth day), [1] . Pain like a twisting and boring into the sinciput, in a small spot in the forehead (fourteenth day), [1] .

Sensation in the forehead after stooping, as if the brain would fall out, in the morning (seventh day), [1] .

Pecking, as with a small pointed hammer, on the right side of the forehead, in the forenoon (first day), [1] .

Vertex. Pressure on the vertex, as with the hand, lasting two hours, in the forenoon (second day), [1] .

Pain in the top of the head, as if a nail were sticking in it (seventeenth day), [1] . Parietals. [50.]

Headache in both sides, as if it would burst, all day (eleventh day), [1] .

Heaviness in the occiput (second day), [1] .

Painful boring and gnawing in the occiput, worse on the left side, in the afternoon (third day), [1] .

Eye.

Objective. Violent twitching of the left eye, that nearly prevented vision (twelfth day), [1] . [60.]

Painful twitching in both eyes, with a feeling as if they would turn around (eighth day), [1] .

Twitching in the right eye frequently recurring (third day), [1] .

Burning in the eyes, in the afternoon, so that she could read with difficulty, during the menses, [1] .

Frequent burning in the eyes, especially towards evening , [1] .

Burning in the eyes by the light, in the evening (ninth day), [1] .

Burning in both eyes with profuse lachrymation and swelling of the meibomian glands, in the evening, [1] .

Burning in both eyes and the margins of the lids seem swollen; the eyes are watery, in the evening (first day), [1] . [70.]

Burning in the left eye and tearing in the left inner canthus, extending down along the side of the nose (fourth day), [1] . The eyes seem very weak, especially in the evening ; the give out on any exertion and burn; for many days (after fifteenth day), [1] .

Violent twitching in the left upper lid (fourth day), [1] .

Twitching in the left external canthus, so violent that it caused lachrymation (seventh day), [1] . Violent biting in the inner canthus, that disappears after rubbing a long time but returns (eleventh day), [1] .

Agglutination of the inner canthi, usually in the morning (after five days), [1] .

Vision. The eyes are very watery and dim, in the morning, and objects are seen as through a fog (third day), [1] .

On looking at a distant stone statue it seems larger than natural, in the morning (twenty-sixth day), [1] .

Fog before the eyes, preventing vision, in the morning (seventh day), [1] .

Dimness of vision; eyes red and sensitive for three days; somewhat relieved after washing with cold water (after twenty-four hours), [1] .

Ear.

Subjective. Tearing and sticking jerking in the right ear (third and fourth days), [1] .

Intolerable tearing in the right ear, together with toothache, [1] .

Some sharp stitches in the left ear, to which she was very sensitive (fifth day), [1] . [90.]

Dull stitches in the right ear, from within outward (ninth day), [1] .

Violent bleeding of the nose for over an hour (first day), [1] .

Frequent violent sneezing for several days, in the forenoon, [1] .

Sneezing about 5 A.M., daily, and also frequently in the forenoon, [1] .

Frequent sneezing without coryza, several mornings in succession, through the first part of the proving, [1] .

Violent sneezing, in the evening after lying down (seventh day), [1] .

Dryness of the nose, without stoppage of it (sixth and seventh days), [1] . [100.]

Stoppage of the nose at night (second day), [1] . Stopped coryza (second and third days), [1] .

Nose at one time stopped, at another open, though without sensation of coryza (third day), [1] .

Stoppage of the nose at night; she could get no air through it (after ten days), [1] . Although some mucus was constantly secreted yet there was a stopped sensation in the nose (first day), [1] .

The anterior portion of the nose is red and swollen, with burning and tearing in it (sixth day), [1] .

Sensation as if the face were swollen; it seems heavy, with some lachrymation (ninth day), [1] . [110.]

Swelling of the right side of the face, during the sore throat, [1] .

Pain in the swollen cheek constantly woke him at night, and was relieved by cold; night restless, [1] . Twitching in the right side of the upper lip, like a shuddering, for a long time but intermittent (first day), [1] .

Sour offensive water exudes from all the molars on sucking them (first day), [1] . [120.]

Feeling of looseness of a left upper back tooth (thirteenth day), [1] .

Painful boring and gnawing in a right lower molar, disappearing and reappearing at intervals (seventh day), [1] .

Toothache in the right lower side for several evenings, at first rather slight, lasting a quarter of an hour, then becoming violent till 10 o'clock; relieved in bed; a painful gnawing as if the tooth were too large and elongated (twelfth day), [1] .

Gnawing sensation in a right lower molar, from which a sourish offensive water exuded on sucking the teeth, in the evening (sixteenth day), [1] .

A left lower molar was painful only when touched and on biting upon it, in the afternoon (third day), [1] .

Pain in the first left lower molar, only in the house, at 6 P.M., and at night on falling asleep, [1] .

Painful tearing in the left lower teeth (after half an hour), [1] .

Confined to the bed on account of the feverish condition; the swelling of the gum that continued about the left lower anterior molar extended over the anterior gum, and towards the right side (fifth day), [1] . [130.]

Swelling of the gum (fourth day), [1] .

Constant dryness of the mouth, [1] .

Offensive odor from the mouth which he himself did not notice (first day), [1] .

Disgusting taste and odor in the mouth (second day), [1] .

Disagreeable taste like meal in the mouth, in the morning on waking, lasting an hour (fourth day), [1] .

Taste of burnt meal in the mouth during eructations (twelfth day), [1] .

Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning on waking, disappearing after rising (fourth day), [1] . [140.]

Bitter taste in the mouth with bitter eructations (first day), [1] .

Painfulness of the palate anteriorly behind the gum (after a few days), [1] .