Oleum Jecoris Aselli

Aselli.

Oleum morrhuae, cod-liver oil.

The oil obtained from the liver of various species of fish, mostly of the genus Gadus, especially from the species Gadus morrhua , L. (the Newfoundland cod); order of fishes , Telostei.

Provings made with De Jongh's Norwegian oil.

Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 22 , Neidhard's provings, U. S. Med. and Surg.

Journal, 8, p. 1). 1 , C. Neidhard, effects of a teaspoonful; 2 , same, effects of a dessertspoonful after dinner; 3 , Mrs. ---, a middle-aged woman, took a tablespoonful at a dose for three days, then omitted a few days and resumed for three days; 4 , M. A., effects of four tablespoonfuls; 5 , Dr. H.

N. Guernsey, effects of a tablespoonful on a scrofulous patient; 6 , effect of two tablespoonfuls in a consumptive patient; 7 , Mrs. E., effects of taking oil daily for several months; 8 , Mrs. L.

S., effects of teaspoonful doses taken as a preventive of lung trouble; 9 , C. W. B., effects of half a teaspoonful (person inclined to lung disease, but without any marked disease); 10 , Miss H. B., took ten drops of oil several times (consumptive family and now has tubercles in lungs); 11 , Mrs. ---, a healthy middle-aged woman, took a dessertspoonful for several nights; 12 , Miss B.

T., aged thirty, healthy, effects of a spoonful; 13 , Miss B. T., effects of four tablespoonfuls; 14 , effects of five drops in a patient; 15 , effects in a patient; 16 , Mr. J. L., healthy, took a teaspoonful daily for nineteen days; 17 , Mrs.

B., effects of large doses continued for two months; 18 , Dr. ---, effects; 19 , effects of dilutions, prepared by digesting pure oil with alcohol, Neidhard, from Raue's Record, 1874, p. 43; 20 , effects in a girl, aged seventeen, Neidhard, in Hempel's M. M., vol. 2, 596; 21 , same, effects in another individual, ibid.; 22 , Dr. Kissell, Manual of Phys. M.

M., p. 550, general effects; 23 , Dr. Madden, from Dr. Bennett, On Ol. Jec., 1841, symptoms produced in healthy persons, Brit.

Journ. of Hom., 6, p. 446; 24 , Dr. Spear, Dublin Med. Press, Jan. 1850 (Am. Journ. of Med.

Sciences, 1850, p. 486), effects of large doses two or three times a day (no other cause could be assigned for death by pneumonia); 25 , same, effects observed in other persons.

Giddiness in the head, [3] , [2] .

Headache in the forehead all the time, [6] . Dull aching pain in the forehead , [19] .

Steady aching sensation from left to right temple, [19] .

Eye.

Eyes swelled, [16] . Heaviness over the eyes, with dry and parched hands, [12] . [10.]

During the second week of the action of the oil, flow of tears when walking in the open air, the left eye more than the right; this symptom occurred whenever he had taken a dose the preceding evening, [18] .

Eyelids so heavy that she can hardly raise them, [12] . During chill blindness before the eyes, [19] .

Everything turns black, [19] .

The face becomes red, [4] . Redness of countenance, [13] .

(During the action of the Oleum jecoris aselli she looked fatter and healthier in the face than she had done for a long time), [3] . A growth of short, thin hair on the chin and upper lip, where she had never had any previously, [17] .

(The putrid smell from a decayed tooth, the nerve of which had been destroyed by arsenic, ceased during the action of the cod-liver oil), [1] .

Yellow coating on the tongue, [19] . [20.]

Soreness in the throat after hawking up phlegm, [2] .

Tickling in the throat; weakness in breast, [19] .

The voracious appetite often observed in rachitic children was diminished (curative), [23] . Loss of appetite for dinner and supper, [19] .

Sensation of nausea, [19] . Nausea, [23] .

Vomiting, [23] .

Weight in pit of stomach, after omitting the oil for six days, [16] .

Beating pain in the spleen, [15] . Aching pain in the left side (region of spleen) on breathing and coughing, with corresponding pain at the apex of the shoulder-blade, at the expiration of the chill, [6] .

Occasional jerking-drawing pain in region of spleen (after third dose), [2] .

(Relieved the flatulence to which he was subject), [9] .

Diarrhoea once in the night, and again early in the morning (after half a spoonful), [9] . [50.]

Purging with the chill (after two days), [3] .

Urinary And Sexual Organs. Soreness in the region of the kidneys, after the soreness and heaviness in region of liver, [1] .

Discharge of mucus from the urethra, with burning, every morning, during an evacuation from the bowels, [21] .

Acceleration of the urinary secretions, [23] . Urine with bricky sediment, [23] .

(Cure of incontinence of urine), [23] .

Urine reddish, with pink sediment, [16] . [60.]

It acts as an emmenagogue, [22] .

Increase of the menstrual evacuation so strong as to render a suspension of the oil necessary, [23] . In one case, re-establishment of the menses (curative), [23] .

Respiratory Organs.

Swelling of the thyroid gland, [19] .

Cough all night, [19] . Hard coughing spells, in the morning, [19] .

Hacking cough, [12] .

Tickling cough in the middle of the upper part of the chest, with palpitation of the heart (after taking the oil three times), [11] .

(With the appearance of the fever the cough got better), [6] .

Constant expectoration of somewhat tough, thin mucus, in the morning, a very unusual occurrence with him, with soreness in the throat, after hawking up the phlegm, [2] . [70.]

Expectoration of tough greenish-yellow phlegm, with saltish taste; by continuing the oil, the phlegm gradually became white, [8] .

Expectoration of thick white phlegm, [19] .

The phlegm became white, [14] .

Shortness of breath, with beating of heart, [12] .

Artificial asthma continually increasing in violence, [7] . (Cure of fetid breath), [23] .

Pneumonia of both the upper lobes of the lungs , [24] .

Soreness of the chest , [19] .

Soreness in chest on coughing, with expectoration of thick yellow phlegm, [19] .

Oppression and heat of chest, [16] . [80.]

Towards evening, a kind of rheumatic pain in the left chest, in the region of the heart, and also about the muscles of the chest, [2] .

Pain on the right side, above and below the shoulder-blade; the breathing on that spot is arrested by soreness; in addition, there is a sharp stitch in the left side, lasting for several minutes, [7] . Burning heat in left chest , [19] .

Sensation of excoriation on the left chest, worse in the upper and lower part of left chest, extending to the back, [16] .

Weakness in breast; tickling in the throat, [19] .

Heart And Back.

Palpitation of the heart , [19] .

Palpitation of the heart, with the cough, [11] .

Rush of blood to the heart, with a creeping sensation all over the body (second day), [3] . A sudden stitch in the heart, [2] .

Beating of heart, with shortness of breath, [12] . [90.] Anxiety and beating of the heart, with oppression, [8] . Oppression in the region of the heart, [23] .

Weakness and dull aching in sacral region, relieved by pressure, [16] .

Continued aching and sore pain in elbow and knee-joints, [5] .

Rheumatic pains in the knees and arms; pain in the knee, particularly around the patella, increased on pressure, and sensation of heat on touching the parts, [20] . Aching pain at the apex of the shoulder-blade, with the pain in the region of the spleen, [6] .

Hands dry and parched, with heaviness over the eyes, [12] . Pains in the bones of the left arm, [20] .

An abscess appeared on the gluteus muscle of the left side, near the seat; the abscess discharged three times; afterwards, another boil on the right side of the chest appeared, [3] .

Soreness of both feet, [19] .

[100.]

After using it a considerable time, emaciated persons increase in size and weight, [22] .

Acceleration of the pulse, and other indications of a seizure approaching inflammation, [25] . Atrophy, [23] .

General lassitude of the whole system, [16] . After taking a tablespoonful of the oil daily for some weeks, she feels miserable all over, with great nervous irritation, [12] . After taking a small dose, all the symptoms gradually disappeared, [10] .

(Whilst continuing the dessertspoonful of the De Jongh's oil every afternoon, he experienced a decided increase in his strength and general health), [2] .

Creeping sensation all over the body, with a rush of blood to the heart (second day), [3] . Soreness all around the body to the back, immediately, [8] . Sense of fluttering, like the movements of a watch, commencing in the region of the sacrum and gradually rising to the occiput; as the sensation ascends the back, it affects the abdomen and chest in such a way that she becomes, as it were, transfixed; she can move neither hand nor foot; these sensations occur whilst in a state of motion or rest; if in motion, she must at once cease all movements, [5] . [110.]

Stitch in the right side, on drawing a long breath, all day (second day); at a later period, on again taking one drop of the oil, the violent pain on the left side returned, with aching on the right side through to the back, [10] . Bearing-down pain in the side, [15] .

Quick, sharp stitch in the left side, [19] .

(The pain in the side continued; it was particularly aggravated by bending the side inward), [14] .

In moderate doses it promotes the secretion of the skin and kidneys, [22] .

Redness of the skin over the whole body, at night, in bed, with much itching, disappearing in the morning, [20] .

(The scrofulous ulcers with which the patient was affected discharged a large quantity of mucus), [20] .

[120.]

Less sleepy at night than usual, [14] .

Sleeplessness after 3 A.M., [19] .

Heat.

In half an hour flushes of heat; the face becomes red, the stomach hot; there is fever and heat all over, to the extreme ends of the toes; this effect lasts from eight to ten hours, [4] .

In half an hour flushes of heat, with redness of countenance, heat in the stomach, and fever all over, to the extreme ends of the toes; this effect lasts from eight to ten hours, [13] . [130.]

A regular tertian intermittent fever commenced on the 8th of February returning four times, receding two hours at each renewed attack; the first paroxysm occurred at 12 M., the second at 10, the third at 8, and the last at 6 A.M.; the chill lasted about two hours, passing down the back and around the abdomen; this chill was succeeded by a fever, with profuse perspiration, [6] . Fever for two hours, at night, followed by violent perspiration, particularly of the head, neck, and arms; another half teaspoonful produced less fever and less perspiration, [9] .

Fever during the day, [12] . Sweat.

Perspiration, preceded by heat over the whole body, [23] .

Perspiration, every night, for a week (which he had not had before), [14] .

In two cases the sweat had the odor of the oil, [23] . In one case the sweat was observed only on the inferior extremities, [23] . [140.]

Increased diaphoresis, [23] .

( Morning ), Diarrhoea; discharge of mucus from urethra; burning during an evacuation; cough; expectoration of mucus. ( Towards evening ), Rheumatic pain in chest and region of heart.

( Breathing ), Aching pain in left side. ( Drawing long breath ), Stitch in right side.

( Coughing ), Aching pain in left side; soreness in chest. ( Before chill ), Thirst.

( Morning ), Redness of body and itching. ( Pressure ), Weakness and aching in sacral region.