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Indian Turnip. Aracece.
Introduced by C.Hg., in 1856 {News, No. 9, page 66), after it had been ap- plied, according to the reports of a lay-practitioner, John Minz, Canton, 0. (published by Daniel Shiel, see News), in desperate cases of scarlatina. It was characterized in a masterly way by Lippe, in 1852, in Am. Review, Vol. 3, page 28. All his characteristics have been corroborated in many cases ever since, now twenty-seven years.
It had been proved by Dr. Jeanes, in 1844, long before it came into use, and in 1867, one of the best theses was handed to the Homoeopathic College of Pennsylvania, by G. E. Graram, which was partly printed in the Hahne- mannian Monthly.
For two years Dr. Gramm had made provings on himself and a woman; besides confirming the formerly known effects of the drug, he very much widened its range of usefulness.
The chemical caution regarding the volatility of a so-called acrid princi- ple is useless to us.
The first time, the Arum triphyllum was given by an old woman, in a valley of Pennsylvania, when it cured one of the worst forms of scarlet fever it was given in the form of powder from the dried bulb. Dr. C.Hg. applied, in his first cases of malignant scarlatina, in a damp cellar, in Cherry street, the alcoholic tincture made from the dried bulb, and Dr. Lippe, who has given us all the characteristics, used only potencies in al- cohol, mostly the higher.
^ Mind. I Unconscious of what he is doing or what is said to hirn.
Forgetful.
Absence of mind ; giddy.
1 1 Great delirium. ^Scarlatina. ^Typhus.
■ During delirium, boring in the nose; picking at one spot, or at the dry lips, d Typhoid.
Wakeful, restless, screaming ; delirium part of the time.
I Mania.
Apathy. See 40.
Irritable disposition. ^ Sensorium.' I Complains of dizziness on being raised, d Scarla- tina.
I 1 Giddiness.
I Dizziness and fullness, with absence of mind.
Light headed, sleepy.
I I Dull, heavy head, morning. ^ Inner Head, l Violent headache.
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I I Dull headache, upper part feels cold as if open and without
covering. Headache, I I pressing on right or both sides ; worse from hot
coffee; >■ after dinner, and after breakfast. Tearing in right forehead, I I temple and ear, down to maxillary
bone. Stitches over left eye.
Sudden shooting over left eye and occiput ; repeating. Tearing, darting, or stitches in temples. Boring in r. side, morning on getting awake.
* Outer Head. Twitching on the middle of forehead.
Twitching and fluttering of the muscular fibres.
Pain and soreness of scalp to touch on the crown of the head.
iHead burning hot. 6 Scarlatina.
I Tinea capitis.
* Sight and Eyes. I Aversion to light.
Dimness of sight, as if a veil were drawn before the eyes, with- out pain or giddiness, spectacles do not assist vision. Upper eyelids heavy, with headache. Eyes feel as after shedding many tears. I I Eyes heavy ; sleepy.
I I Smarting of eyes.
Tension in lower lids as if swollen.
I I Quivering of left upper lid.
Water in the eyes all day, most at outer canthi, edges of lids
swollen. I Catarrh of the lachrymal sac, with desire to bore into the side
of the nose. Stitches over left eye.
On turning eyes upward, shooting in occiput, mornings. ^ Ears. Burning and tearing in left ear.
I Left parotid gland sore to the touch. 6 Scarlatina. 'Smell and Nose. llNose stopped up, < left side, must
breathe through the mouth, ■< mornings.
I I Sneezing; < at night.
I Nose moist, but obstructed.
Discharge in the morning streaked with blood ; during the day
yellow thick mucus. IB Fluent coryza, acrid.
■ Corrosive yellow nasal discharge, nostrils raw. ^Diphtheria. M Acrid ichorous discharge, excoriating inside of nose, the alse
and upper lips, d Scarlatina.
I I Drink passes up through the nose.
10 Nose feels stopped up in spite of the watery discharge. d Scarlatina.
1 1 He can only breathe with mouth open. ^Scarlatina.
1 1 Nose stopped, with or without profuse yellow discharge.
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I Sneezing as from taking cold, with repeated chills over the
whole body, beginning in vertex ; afternoon.
I I Nostrils sore, worse left; nose, lips and face chapped, as from a cold wind.
1 1 Constant picking at the nose until it bleeds.
I Desire to bore into the side of the nose, d Catarrh of lachry- mal sac.
Much sneezing at night with constriction of throat.
Great heat in the face and head afternoons, with fluent coryza.
Discharge tough, yellowish, with swelling of soft palate and pressure.
I Could hardly talk on account of the phlegm in back part of
nose ; hawking diflScult. ® Face. Face swollen and red.
i I Heat in the face, afternoons ; with coryza.
I I Swollen, bloated face. ^Scarlatina.
BLeffc face feels chapped, as if he had walked in the cold wind. ^ Lower Part of Face. iPain in joint of left inferior maxilla, as if sprained, when swallowing. II Lips as if scalded, mornings.
I Lips chapped, as after exposure to cold wind.
I I Lips burning, swollen, cracked and bleeding.
1 1 Picks lips until they bleed, corners of mouth sore, cracked
and bleeding, d Scarlatina. 1 1 Children will often pick and bore into the raw surfaces,
though doing so gives great pain, and they scream with it,
but keep up the boring, d Scarlatina.
I Lips very sore and swollen, skin peeling off. ^Diphtheria.
I I Appearance of raw, bloody surfaces, on lips, buccal cavity, nose, etc., with great itching, d Scarlatina.
1 1 Swelling of the sub-maxillary and parotid glands, left worst.
6 Scarlatina. ^^ Teeth. Toothache in hollow teeth ; left side, lower jaw ; toward
evening. ^^ Taste, Speech, Tongue. I Tongue sore, red, papillae swollen
and elevated. 6 Scarlatina. I Tongue cracked, burning, painful. I Pain on left margin of tongue. I I Root of tongue and palate feel raw. Round spots on tongue as if scalded. Tip of tongue sore, with round sore spots. Smarting on the tongue and fauces, li Tongue cracked and bleeding. Dryness and stiffness across the tongue immediately anterior to
and on a line with anterior arch of the palate, with astringent
feeling as strong as after eating persimmons. Tongue red, papillae rough, dry in centre. (Strawberry tongue.
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^^ Inner Mouth. Putrid odor from the mouth. 6 Diphtheritis.
I Mouth felt so sore inside that he was unwilling to drink.
6 Scarlatina.
I I Excessive salivation; saliva acrid. ^Scarlatina.
IB The mouth burns and is sore that they refuse to drink, and cry when anything is offered, d Scarlatina, d Diph- theria.
1 1 Buccal cavity raw and bleeding..
I I Scanty but constant discharge of tough mucus from the mouth with burning in the throat.
Mouth very dry, lips chapped.
I I Mouth dry, feels as if it would crack, has to get up at night to drink.
I I Mouth, lips and soft palate sore and burning, in the morning.
I I Great sore feeling in mouth, d Scarlatina.
I i Cavity of mouth covered with diphtheritic deposit and ulcers. d Kphtheritis. ^^ Palate and Throat. (Sensation of swelling on the soft palate, when swallowing; with discharge of nasal mucus, in the morning.
■ Soreness, burning, and pains in palate ; worse when eating or
drinking. Tonsils much swollen.
Sore throat with much phlegm from nose through choanse. The swelling in throat extends towards the nose.
■ Fauces and nares ulcerated with a corroding acrid secretion. I As if tied together in throat, as if too narrow.
I I Constriction in throat (with sneezing).
Cannot chew nor swallow.
IB Refuses food and drink on account of soreness of throat.
6 Scarlatina. The sore throat (after 7th day) returns ; 12th day taken with a
stifi" neck. I I Constant scratching and burning in throat, with desire to
swallow. I I Desire to swallow with stitching in throat, which is painful
to pressure. I I Difficult deglutition. B Stinging burning sensation in throat. Great burning and rawness in throat. Burning in pharynx and glottis with soreness in chest. A sensation of something hot in throat, more particularly dur- ing inspiration. 1 I Burning pain in throat and in root of tongue, with dryness. B Burning in the throat, in the morning while in bed, > after
rising. iBurning and dryness in the throat, before midnight; after
midnight and toward morning, much mucus in the throat.
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which goes deeper and deeper down by swallowing, and is perceived no more in the morning after rising.
I I Tenacious mucus, with tickling cough. M Putrid sore throat.
I I Throat and tongue very sore, burning pains, putrid ulcers in throat, d Scarlatina.
I Throat livid, studded with deep angry looking ulcers having
a fetid discharge. 6 Scarlatina. Aphthous sore throat.
I I Swelling of glands on throat and neck.
I Sore throat goes from right to left; neck stiff; left parotid
sore. I I Considerable swelling of submaxillary glands left side. "Appetite. Thirst. Il Children lose their appetite, don't want to play, lose flesh, have headache and scanty urine. No appetite.
Desire to drink a little at a time. ^^ Eating and Drinking. Palate sore. See 13.
Worse drinking coffee, headache (see 3). "Worse drinking or
eating, (see 13). Headache better after breakfast or dinner. Eructations of ingesta after dinner. ^^ Nausea. Nausea ; qualmish ; giddy. ^^ Stomach. Cramps in stomach.
^^ Hypochondria. Pain in region of liver, first anteriorly then posteriorly. Pain under the left short ribs. ^® Abdomen. Rolling in abdomen with frequent painful urging to stool, mornings. Rumbling in the bowels ; flatulency. Slight cutting pains, worse about noon.
■ Between abdomen and legs sore, moist places; same on os
coccygis. d Scarlatina. ^^ Rectum and Stool. Painful urging, with rumbling, compelling to rise from bed ; tenesmus towards evening.
Stool
I I watery, dark brown, with eructation of food ; soft and painless, thin, yellow, in the morning ; soft, with tenes- mus ; at night, during sleep,; each succeeding discharge more watery. 1 1 Diarrhoea till noon, like mustard.
■ Diarrhoea dark-yellow, fluid. ^ Typhoid fever.
See 40.
Watery brown stool at noon.
From 3 to 8 a.m., watery brown discharge, often with tenes- mus, sometimes with belching of food.
■ Burning in the anus.
I I Great soreness between abdomen, genitals and thighs, on and below OS coccygis.
■ Between the abdomen and legs sore moist places.
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^^ Urinary Organs.
I l Frequent discharge of pale urine.
I Urine very abundant and pale, d Scarlatina.
■ Urine scanty or suppressed.
■ Very scanty secretion of urine, sometimes passing none for a
whole day.* d Scarlatina.
Itching at the mouth of the urethra. ^^ Male Sexual Organs.
Tearing pain in right testicle, some- times extending to abdomen, from noon till evening, repeat- edly ; comes suddenly and disappears suddenly.
Smarting at end of penis. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. ' ' Cutting pain in either ovary.
Menstrual blood darker.
Menses checked for two months, returned. ^* Pregnancy and Parturition.
Soreness and pain as if bruised . in the left mamma.
Lumps deep in left mamma, with aching pains.
Convulsions during dentition ; right side lame ; with quivering of left upper eyelid. 2^ Larynx to Bronchia. ■ Voice hoarse. 6 Scarlatina.
I I Great hoarseness, d Scarlatina.
To talk is an exertion.
■ ■Voice hoarse ; also from over exertion of the voice in speak-
ing or singing.
■ B Voice uncertain, uncontrollable, changing continually; now
deep, hollow, then scarcely audible, and again high, shrieking.
■ ■ Clergymen's sore throat ; hoarseness, worse from talking. Voice hoarse, deep, or weak.
■ Loss of voice : after exposure to N.W. wind. I I Burning of glottis, or pharynx.
Must hawk, in the morning : hoarseness more before talking, better afterwards.
■ Constant pain in larynx. 6 Scarlatina.
I 1 In the region of larynx considerable internal swelling of
Throat
Internal swelling of trachea, first right then left side.
■ ■Accumulation of mucus in trachea. Mucus in trachea when coughing.
;rHawked up a good deal, of mucus, d Scarlatina.
: Croup.
Inflammation of larynx and pharynx. ^® Respiration, i Asthma.
Asthmatic breathing, with chronic catarrh. ^^ Cough, Head and breast feel obstructed, full of mucus, with- out spitting.
Frequent coughing, with much mucus and much spitting.
* As soon as urine increases after it is given in scarlatina, the patient gets better
Dr.
L.
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Burning pain in lungs when coughing.
Tickling cough from mucus in trachea ; at night after lying
down, with inability to sleep and hoarseness.
I 1 Distressing, hacking cough, I after getting awake.
I I Expectoration of much mucus.
I Whooping cough. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs, i ' Burning in lungs when coughing,
extending to pit of stomach. Raw feeling in chest.
I I Lungs feel sore.
Soreness in left lung and upper arm, with pressing in forehead.
Stitches in right lung and under r. shoulder-blade.
Head and breast feel obstructed by mucus.
Sensation of fullness in thorax and soreness in left lung and
upper arm. Pain in right side of chest near axilla, below and anteriorly.
I I Pain through the left lung, about the base of the heart. • Consumption.
^^ Pulse, Pulse more frequent.
I Pulse 140, hard and full, d Scarlatina. ^^ Outer Chest.
Pain in 1. side of chest below left nipple. ^^ Neck and Back.
I l Stiff neck ; l with intolerable pressing headache.
Pain in region of atlas and dentoid vertebra, extending to r.
side.
I Sore, moist places on the os coccygis. ■ Glands of neck and throat swollen, d Scarlatina. ^^ Upper Limbs.
Pressing in r. shoulder and between the blades.
Hands stiff and swollen. ^* Lower Limbs.
Pain in right hip under the trochanter.
Heaviness mostly in lower limbs ; pain over the hips.
Cramps in right leg on getting awake mornings.
Stinging, pricking or bruised pain in soles.
Pain in middle of left tibia, (where there has been a discolored
spot on the skin for years).
In 1. foot painful sensation of dislocation, can hardly walk, most under the ball of big toe ; later same pain above the knee ; in front of thigh.
Tickling itching in the centre of right sole.
Feet hurt her so that she cannot stand ; pain even when draw- ing on the stockings ; hurts her so that it makes her sick at the stomach. ^* Limbs in General.
Heaviness in all the limbs, most in lower. ^^ Rest.
Position.
Motion.
On falling asleep : starts smothering.
Standing: feet worse.
Lying down : cough worse.
On being raised : dizziness.
After rising from bed : burning in throat > .
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^® Nerves, l Very great restlessness, child crying and throwing it- self into all sorts of positions. 0 Diphtheritis.
Lassitude and low spirits.
Right side lame during dentition.
Very nervous.
■ Greatest weakness or exhaustion. ^Typhus.
I Spasms of arms and hands ; thumbs drawn in. ^^ Sleep. Drowsiness immediately after sun-down.
I Child drowsy and stupid ; dark, livid eruption, d Scarlatina.
I I Yawning in afternoon, I with stretching and sleepiness. See
40. Sleepy, yawning and sneezing at 11 A.M.; headache worse, eyes
heavy. Fell asleep sitting in a chair soon after supper.
I I Sleeplessness from soreness of mouth and throat, or from itching of the skin.
Nervous at night, cannot sleep.
Restless at night, with heavy head, lassitude; low spirits. Nightmare.
I On falling asleep feels as if she would smother, starts as if frightened.
I Bad night; very delirious 5th day of scarlet fever.
■ Restless tossing about in bed, desire to escape.
Before midnight burning in throat ; after midnight mucus in throat and loose bowels.
At night : head < ; sneezing ; pain in throat ; cold running over back ; flushes of heat.
When getting awake : burning on r. side of head ;
< coughing. ^^ Time.
Morning: 3 to 8 a.m., diarrhoea; head dull; boring in head ; nose stopped ; discharge from nose ; lips feel scalded ; mouth sore and burning ; mucus from posterior nares ; throat > ; urging to stool ; hawking ; 'cramp in leg ; burn- ing side of head.
II A.M. : sleepiness; sneezing; headache < ; eyes heavy. Noon : cutting pains worse ; watery stool. .
During day : eyes water ; thick mucus from nose.
Afternoon : sneezing and chills ; heat in face and head ;
coryza ; pain in testicle ; sleepiness. 4 to 9 A.M. : Flashes of heat; burning face.
Toward evening : toothache ; tenesmus.
After sundown : drowsiness.
Night : sneezing ; throat constricted ; thirst ; tenesmus ; cough -< ; nervous ; restless ; head < ; coldness ; flashes of heat.
Before midnight: dry throat burns.
After midnight : mucus in throat ; loose bowels. ^ Temperature and Weather.
Hot cofi"ee : headache worse. *** Chill.
Fever.
Sweat.
Repeated chills, spreading from ver- tex, with sneezing as after taking cold, afternoons.
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Chills running over the body after much yawning, the same
hour on two days.
Cold running over the body at night.
Dry, feverish heat of skin.
Flushes of heat, with burning face, 4 to 9 p.m.
Flushes at night.
I Fever heat very intense, d Scarlatina.
I I Typhoid forms of fever;
Ipicking ends of fingers and the dry lips till they bleed; 1 1 boring nose;
I restless tossing about the bed, wants to escape ;
I I unconscious of what he is doing or of what is said to him ;
I I urine suppressed ;
I I great weakness (last stages probably with uraemia)
I Child falls into a typhoid condition, with apathy. ^Scarla- tina. *^ Attacks. Pains come and go suddenly.
Much yawning, and cold running over the body, at the same hour as the day before. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : headache ; tearing in fore- head ; pain in testicle ; side lame ; stitches in lung; pain side of chest ; pressing in shoulder ; pain in hip ; cramps in leg ; itching on sole.
Right to left : sore throat; swelling of trachea.
Left : stitches over eye ; quivering of eyelid ; burning in ear ; parotid sore ; nostril stopped and sore ; pain in inferior max- illary joint; swelling submaxillary glands; toothache; pain margin of tongue ; pain under short ribs ; soreness and lumps in mamma ; pain and soreness in lung and arm ; pain above knee ; in tibia and in foot.
Above downward : tearing in forehead.
Below upward : swelling in throat.
Before backward : pain in liver. *^ Sensations. Upper part of head feels cold, as if open.
As if soft palate were swelling.
As if tied together in throat.
As if dislocated : in 1. foot ; above the knee.
Cutting in abdomen ; in ovaries.
Boring : in r. side of head.
Stitches : over 1. eye ; in temples ; in throat, in r. lung ; under r. shoulder-blade.
Stinging : in throat ; in soles.
Shooting : over 1. eye and in occiput.
Pricking : in soles.
Scalded feeling : in spots on tongue.
Burning : in ear ; lips ; of tongue ; in palate ; in throat ; in pharynx ; in glottis ; on root of tongue ; in anus ; in lungs ; in upper arm.
Smarting : on tongue ; in fauces ; at end of penis.
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Soreness : of scalp ; of tongue ; of mouth ; in palate ; in chest ; of 1. parotid; in 1. mamma; of lungs.
Rawness : in throat ; in chest.
Scratching : in throat.
Tearing : in r. forehead, temple and ear, to maxillary bone ; in temples ; in r. testicle.
Aching : in 1. mamma.
Pressing : on sides of head ; in forehead ; in r. shoulder and between blades.
Bruised pain : in 1, mamma ; in soles.
Sprained feeling : in 1. maxillary joint.
Cramp : in stomach ; in r. leg.
Constriction : of throat.
Tension : in eyelids.
Undefined pain: in palate; in region of liver ; under ribs; in larynx; in r. side of chest: through 1. lung; at base of heart; below 1. nipple; in region of atlas and den toid ver- tebra ; in r. hip ; over the hips ; in 1. tibia ; in feet.
Quivering: of 1. upper lid.
Fullness : in thorax.
Heaviness : in all the limbs.
Heat : in face and head ; in throat.
Dryness : in throat.
Itching : at mouth of urethra ; in centre of r. sole ; eruptions. *'' Touch.
Passive Motion.
Injuries.
Touch : scalp sore ; parotid sore.
Pressure : throat painful.
Picking : nose, lips and fingers bleed.
Swallowing : pain in inferior maxilla ■< ; sensation of swelling on soft palate.
Drinking : mouth burns << ; pains in palate worse.
Eating : pains in palate worse.
Overexertion of voice : hoarseness.
Talking : hoarseness << ; hoarseness better.
Coughing : burning in lungs ; burning in head.
Drawing on stockings : feet pain. ^® Skin. Hitching with desquamation, following a scarlet rash.
BBEruption all over the body, with much itching and restless- ness. 6 Scarlatina.
■ Exanthema like scarlet rash ; skin peels off afterwards.
BB Desquamation a second or third time, in large flakes, in
scarlatina. I I Little round, red, hard pimples all over the body, legs, arms and face.
B Eruption more in patches than uniform, d Scarlatina.
B B Scarlatina, when the characteristic symptoms of nose, mouth and throat (see 7, 12, 13) are present; fever very intense; I in one case rawness down the inner side of either thigh.
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I Appearance of petechige. ^Scarlatina. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. 1 1 Clergymen, orators, singers, actors, auctioneers ; even the highest potencies, one drop, have restored the voice in a few hours.
Boy, get. 6. ^Scarlatina; after Bellad., Ant; tart., Sulphur and Lyeop. were of little use. ^^ Relationship.
This remedy should not be given low or re- peated often, as bad eflFects often follow
Dr.
L.
Antidotes : buttermilk ;
Lac. ac;
Acet. ac;
Puhat.
Family relations: Arum dr aeon.;
Arum mac;
Calad.
Compare
Ailant.
(in scarlatina, depressing, stupid, drowsy sleep ;
Amm. carh.
(acrid discharge from nose, in scarlatina, but right parotid more decidedly affected, and drowsiness is marked) ;
Amm. mur.
(in scarlatina, discharge from nose thicker, making the nose sore inside, nose being stuifed up only at night or only on one side) ;
Argent, nitr.
(tongue in scarlatina has erect, prominent papillse ; feels sore, tip red and very painful ; painful and red blotches on left side of tongue) ;
Arsen.
(excoriating discharge from nose, blueness of rash, restless after midnight) ;
Canthar.;
Oapsic.
(throat) ;
Castor, (discharge from nose in scarlatina is watery and acrid, but associated with a violent, tearing pain at the root of nose) ;
Caustic, (hoarseness) ;
Cepa (nasal discharge) ;
Crocus (elevated papillae, but tongue white) ;
Hepar (hoarse- ness) ;
Ilydr. ac; lodium ;
Kali hydr.
(discharge from nose in scarlatina very similar, but the soreness of mouth differs in that tongue and mouth are ulcerated, with soreness but no salivation ; food and drink are refused on account of the great pain caused by the ulcerated condition ; after abuse of ■Mereur., frequently recurring attacks of fluent coryza, with burning in nose and sensation of a ligature, preventing the passage of air) ;
Laches.;
Lycop.
(similar discharge from nose in scarlatina ; concomitant symptoms are headache, with much thirst at night, burning blisters on tip of tongue, breathing injured by stuffed nose discharging burning ichor, child cross on awaking) ;
Mercur.
(exces- sive salivation ;
Mezer.
(discharge from nose in scar- latina, slightly streaked or tinged with blood;
Mur. ac, Nitr. ac (similar discharge from nose in scarlatina ; sting- ing, pricking ulcers in throat, almost always accompan- ied by cough, with hoarseness) ;
Phytol., Sanguin., Silic (discharge from nose in scarlatina similar, but nose bleeds readily from soreness) ;
Sulphur.
Useful after ; Hepar and Nitr. ac in hoarse, dry, croupy cough, and in scarlatina, etc.; after Caustic, and Hepar in hoarse- ness in morning, and deafness ; after Seneg.- in soreness and redness of throat.
Incompatible: Calad., which is too similar.
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