Rhus Toxicodendron

Poison Oak or Ivy. Anacardiaceas.

Provings by Hahnemann and his provers, R. A. M. L., vol. 2, p, 357 ; Helbig, Heraclides, vol. 1, p. 53 ; Eobinson, Br. J. of Horn., vol. 25, p. 330; Joslin, Am. Horn. Rev., vol. 1, p. 553 ; Berridge, N. A. J. of Horn., N. S., vol. 3, p. 501 ; and mumerous involuntary provings from coming in contact with the plant, or being «xposed to its exhalations, see Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 8, p. 330.

Ci-iNiCAi, Authorities Melancholia, Sorge, A. H. Z., vol. 93, p. 109;

Mental disorder, Hartlaub, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol.1, p. 44; Fear of being j)oisoned, Dn\ac, Horn.

CI., vol. 3, p. 75; Vertigo, Goullon, A. H. Z., vol. 88, p. 132;

Headache, Stens, A. H. Z., vol. 91, p. 188; Migraine, Hs., A.

H. Z., vol. 109, p. 207 ; Menin- gitis, Sturm, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 1, p. 128 ; Eruption on head and Ozcena, Pulte, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol 1, p. 398;

Iriclo-choroiditis, Norton, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 80, from N. Y. J. H., March, 1873, p. 30 ;

Opacity of cornea, Stens, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 58, from A. H. Z., vol. 89, p. 156 ; Ophthalmia: rheumatic, catarrhal, scrofulous, ■exanthematous-scrofulous, erysipelatous, Kammerer, Schelling, Gross, Nehrer, Thorer, Lichtenfels, Lobethal, Mschk., B.

J.H., vol. 6, pp. 517-23, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, >p. 239 ; Conjunctivitis, B., Med.

Inv., vol. 6, p. 204 ; Ptosis, Le Beau, N. A. J.

H,, vol. 19, p. 572 ; Swelling under eyes, Munroe, Mass. Trans., vol. 4, p. 374 ; Affection ,.of eye, Martin, Horn.

CL, vol. 4, p. 149; Buchner, B. J. H., vol. 2, p. 209 ;

Epis- 4axis, Gross, Ng., Riick. Ki. Erf., vol. 1, p. 414 ; Facial neuralgia, Schron, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 189; B. J.

H., vol. 11, p. 299-301 ; Diphtheria of lips, Nichol, T. H. M.

S. Pa., 1887, p. 279; Parotitis, Fielitz, Hirsch, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 4, p. 374; Rheumatism of lower jaiv, Von Tagen, Horn. CL, vol. 3, p. 142 ; Toothache, Hartman, Schelling, Riicl^:.

Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 474; Sore throat, Baylies, Hom. CL, vol. 1, p. 219;

Oesophagitis, Griesselich, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 540; Pain in r. .hypochondrium, Kirkpatrick, Hah.

Mo., vol. 10, p. 167 ; Pain in abdomen, Berridge, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 554; Colic, Hegewald, A.

H. Z., vol. 113, p. 31 ; Physconia peritonealis (3 cases), Gauwerky, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 1, p. 728 ; Enteritis, Kirsch, .Schelling, Riick. KL Erf., vol. 5, p. 356 ; Intestinal catorA, Molin, B.

J. H., vol.32, p. 696 ; Hernia, Schelling, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 5, p. 384 ; Diarrhoea, Martin, Hom. ■CL, vol. 1, p. 137 ; Mann, Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 482;

Chronic diarrhoea. Madden, B. J. H., vol. 28, p. 717 ;

Dysentery, Bowie, T. H. M. S.

Pa., 1886, p. 154 ; Smith, ;U. S. M. and S.

Jour., Oct., 1870, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 145; Proll, A. H. Z., vol. 113, p. 186 ;

Fissure of anus, Macfarlan, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 73 ; Bright's disease (2 cases), Biirkner, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 5, p. 524 ; Weakness of bladder, Jacobi, B. J. H., vol. 33, p. 548 ;

Incontinence of iwiftp, Sonnenberg, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, ip. 45 ; Urinary difficulty, Diez, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 386 ; Metastasis of mumps .to testicle, Fisher, Bib. Hom., vol. 8, p. 140 ;

GEdema of scrotum and penis. Gross, iRiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 62 ;

Ovarian tumor, Chauvet, A. J. H. M.

M., vol. 3, ip. 65; Prolapsus uteri, South wick, T. A. I.

H., 1888, p. 411 ; Polypus of uterus, 'Cuntz, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 169, from I. H. Pr., 2, p. 60 ;

Metrorrhagia, Kershaw, 'Org., vol. 3, p. 368 ; Amenorrhoea, Thorer, Riick. KL Erf., vol. 2, p. 252; Use in

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dysmenorrhoia, Gorton, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 513 ; Influenza, Hooper, A. J.

H. M. M., vol. 9, p. 128; Payne, N.

E. M. G., vol. 4, p. 232; Euck.

Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 48 ; Cough, Miller, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 403 ;

Pain in chest, Gregg, Griggs 111. Rep. (E. radicans), p. 96 ; Hcemoplysis, Diez, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 224; Pneumonia, Gross, Diez, Eiick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 3, p. 330 ; Sherbino, Horn. Phys., vol. 7, p. 120 ; Use in phthisis, Payne, N.

E. M. G., vol. 6, p. 167 ; Cardiac neurosis, Pellicer, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 130, from El.

Grit. Med., June, 1874 ; Affection of heart, Cochran, Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 397 ;

Swelling of glands of neck, Guernsey, M. I., vol. 3, p. 281 ; Spincd irritation. Miller, T.

H. M. S., Pa., 1885, p. 181 ; Dittrich, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 189, from A.

H. Z., 85, 78 ; Lumbago, Drysdale, B. J.

H., vol. 1, p, 36; Brewster, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 14; Greenleaf, A.

H. O., vol. 10, p. 258 ; Glover, Horn. Phys., vol. 8, p. 618 ;

Affection of back, Wesselhoeft, Horn. CI., vol. 3, p. 61 ; Martin, Horn. CI., vol. 4, p. 149 ;

Strain of shoulder, Stens, A. H. Z., p. 85, vol. 189 ; Burning in hand and arm, Hesse, A.

H. Z., vol. 112, p. 68 ; Pain in ivrist, Smith, Hom. CI., vol. 1, p. 125 ;

Strain of wrist, strain of thumb, Gallupe, M. I., vol. 6, p. 442 ; B. J.

H., vol. 24, p. 309 ; Warts on hands, Gross, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 311 ;

Injury of hip, Gallupe, B. J. H., vol, 24, p. 308 ; M.

I., vol. 6, p. 442 ; Inflammation of hip joint, Hiller, N. A. J.

H., vol. 26, p. 375 ; Ooxalgia, Weber, A. H. Z., vol. 89, p. 123 ;

Sciatica, Villers, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 146 ; from Hom. Viertel- jahrsch., vol. 2, p. 425 ;

Biirkner, A.H.Z., vol. Ill, p. 109 ; Gordon, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 29 ;

Pratt, M. I., vol. 4, p. 132; Seip, T.H.M.S. Pa., vol. 2, p. 269 ;

Martin, Hom. Eec, vol. 3, p. 69 ; Carter, Hom Eec, vol. 3, p. 165 ; Peck, Org., vol. 3, p. 376 ;

Ischias, Hendrichs, A. H. Z., vol. 109, p. 126 ; Eoberts, A.

O., vol. 4, p. 237 ; Rheumatic sciatica, Hughes, B. J. H., vol. 22, p. 238 ;

Hydrarthros genu, Sulzer, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 256, from A. H. Z., vol. 87, p. 84 ; Oonagra, Hartmann, B.

J. H., vol. 12, p. 294; Swelling of knee joints, Klauber, A. H.

Z., vol. 112, p. 140 ; Swelling in pop- liteal space. Miller, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 163 ;

White sivelling oj knee, Thomas, A. H. Z., vol. 106, p. 46; Suppuration of knee, Miiller, Eiick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 289 ; Pains in legs, Goodno, Hom. CL, vol 3, p. 140;

Ulcer on leg, Brewster, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 267 ; Sprain of ankle, Helmuth, N. Y.

J. H., vol. 2, p. 272 ; Swell- ing of foot, E. E.

S., Hom. CI., vol. 1, p. 198 ; Fetid foot sweat, Gorton, U. S.

M. and S. J., vol. 9, p. 13 ; Chronic inflammation of joints, Sircar, Calcutta Jour., vol. 2, p. 220; Eruption on limbs, 'Norton, Hah.

Mo., 1875, Times Eet., 1875, p. 135; Hysteria, Schron, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 288 ;

Chorea, Wesselhoeft, Mass. Trans., vol. 4, p. 363; Epilepsy, Sircar, Calcutta Jour., vol. 1, p. 458 ; Restlessness of legs, Rushmore, Org., vol. 3, p. 356 ;

Loss of co-ordination in legs, Searle, Hom. CI., vol. 1, p. 101 ; Paraplegia, Smith, N. Y.

St. Tr., 1869, p. 519, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 192; Paralysis, Eau, Payr, Aegidi, Valenti, Schelling, Eiick. Kl.

Erf., , vol. 4, p. 476 ; Paresis, Sorge, Fischer, Schoff, B. J. H., vol. 33, p. 548 ;

Peters, N. A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 349 ;

Rheumatic lameness, Bolle, B. J. H., vol. 25, p. 661 ; Rheumatic paralysis, Hughes, B.

J. H., vol. 28, p. 793 ; Paralysis agitans, Payr, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 4, p. 479 ; Ague, Miiller, Gross, Battmann, Mschk, B. in D., Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 979 ;

A. H. Z., vol. 107, p. 148, Elb., A. H.

Z., vol. 110, p. 11 ; Skeels, Hah. Mo., vol. 2, p. 493; Mann, Hom.

Rev., vol. 16, p. 483 ; Pearson, M. I., vol. 5, p. 433 ; Hills, Med.

Inv., vol. 7, p. 583 ; Miller, Org., vol. 1, p. 324 ; Martin, Org., vol. 2, p. 108; Ayres, Org., vol. 2, p. 117;

Sarchet, Org., vol. 2, p. 135; Catarrhal fever, Mann, Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 482; Rheumatic fevers, Kunkel, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 251, from J.

Pr., 1873, p. 237 ; Typhoid fever, Dun- ham, Hom. Rev., vol. 15, p. 148 ; (5 cases), Wurmb & Caspar, B.

J. H., vol. 12, pp. 13-23 ; Rheumatism, Dixon, B. J.

H., vol. 28, p. 383 ; Sorge, B. J. H., vol. 33,

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p. 549; H. H., Horn. CI., vol. 1, p. 13;

Hall, Horn. Rev., vol. 16, p. 485; Hup- field, T. A.

I. H., 1880, p. 224 ; Smith, Med. Inv., vol. 4, p. 277 ;

Inflammatory rhsumalism, Baxter, Proc. H. M. S., Ohio, 1874, p. 110;

Anasarca, Weber, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 354; Newton, Horn, Rev., vol. 14, p. 340 ;

Searle, A. H. O., vol. 6, p. 225 ; Dropsy, Hesse, Horn.

Phys., vol. 7, p. 25 ; Boils, Mooers, Am. Horn., vol. 1, p. 215; Boils and abscesses, Chamberlain, N.

E. M. G., vol. 12, p. 107; Carbuncle, Gross, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 194 ; Induration of glands, Hartmann, Riick. Kl., Erf., vol. 4, p. 410 ;

Syphilitic nodes, Peters, N. A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 535 ;

Secondary syphilis, Berridge, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 78; ^rystpe/as, Holeczek, Gross, Bethmann, GouUon, Kapper, Schwarze, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 147 ;

Berridge, Hah. Mo., vol. 9, p. 344; Brewster, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 14;

W. J. B., A. J.

H. M. M., vols. 2, p. 265 ; Payne, N.

E. M. G., vol. 4, p. 235 ; Erysipelatous inflamma- tion.

Walker, Med. Inv., vol. 5, p. 323 ; Erysipelas bullosum, Goullon, N. A.

J. H., vol.4, p. 547; Herpes zoster (2 cases), Burnett, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 291, from H. W., vol. 8, p. 37 ;

Blake, B. J. H., vol. 30, p. 119 ; Zona, Russell, B.

J. H., vol. 30, p. 119 ; Hawley, Hom. Phys., vol.5, p. 168 ;

Erythema nodosum, Newton, Hom. Rev., vol. 15, p. 212; Urticaria, Kent, Hom. Phys., vol. 4, p. 262 ;

Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 200; Eczema, Blake, B.

J. H., vol. 30, p. 118; Elb, A. H.

Z., vol. Ill, p. 164 ; Hedges, U. S.

M. and S. J., vol. 8, p. 441 ; Eczema rubrum, Eczema im- petiginoides, Arcidarius, N. A.

J. H., vol. 20, p. 145-6; Crusta lactea, Hooper, A. J.

H. M. M., vol. 9, p. 128 ; Psoriasis, Preston, Org., vol. 3, p. 373 ;

Purpura, Miiller, H. in F., Ruckert, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 206 ; Chronic eruptions, Stapf, Jahr, Trinks, Lindner, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 256 ; Itching eruption, Stowe, Org., vol. 2, p. 220 ; Scarlet fever, Muller, Riick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 63 ; Farrington, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 378 ;

Measles, Goullon, B. J. H., vol. 30, p. 587, from \. H.

Z., Jan., 1872; Smallpox, Mayrhofer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 114;

Rhus poisoning, Miller, T. H. M. S.

Pa., 1886, p. 152.

^ Mind. I Absence of mind ; forgetfulness ; difficult compre- hension, cannot remember recent events ; recalls with difficulty things and names.

■ Languor of the mind, is unable to hold an idea.

I Stupefaction, with tingling in head and pains in limbs,

> in motion. Illusions of the fancy ; visions. iLow, mild delirium, thinks he is roaming over fields, or

hard at work. II Incoherent talking; answers hastily or reluctantly,

thought seems difficult ; answers correctly but slowly.

■ Anxiety, timidity; < at twilight; restless change of

place ; w^ants to go from bed to bed.

■ Apprehensive, anxious and tremulous. Inexpressible anxiety, with pressure at heart and tearing

at small of back.

■ ■Great apprehension at night; cannot remain in bed.

■ Anxiety : while sitting was obliged to take hold of some-

thing because she did not think she could keep up on account of the beating and drawing pains in limbs ; and apprehension as if he wished to take his own life ; with loss of strength as if he would die.

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Fear and despair on account of sad thoughts, which she

could not get rid of. I Fear : that he will die ; with anxiousness and sighing ; of

being poisoned.

■ Fretful; general unhappiness of temper. Ill-humored, depressed ; easily moved to tears. Impatient and vexed at every trifle ; she does not endure

being talked to.

■ Great despondency, with prostration; inclination to

weep, especially in evening, with desire for solitude.

■ Disgust for life: thoughts of suicide; wants to drown

himself; with fear of death ; with desire to die, without

sadness. Depression and discouragement and dissatisfaction with

the world, in the evening. I Sad, begins to weep without knowing why.

■ Melancholy, ill-humor and anxiety, as if a misfortune

would happen, or as if she were alone and all about her were dead and still, or as if she had been forsaken by a near friend ; < in house, > walking in open air.

I I Melancholia after suppression pf menses by fright and sorrow ; great restlessness and anguish as if she had committed a crime, or as if she thought some terrible calamity impended ; these feelings drove her from one place to another ; could not rest quietly at night in bed ; was robbed of sleep and all desire to live ; slight pain in temples; a little vertigo ; head cool ; much de- pressed in mind ; spoke but little.

1 'Restlessness and anxiety about heart as if she had com- mitted a crime or as if some great misfortune was in store for her, is driven from one place to another; deprived of sleep and all desire to live ; always de- pressed, speaks little, no appetite, sometimes belching which relieves ; slight vertigo and pain in temples. ^Amenorrhoea from fright.

I I After fright heavy feeling in forehead ; a week later she told her mother not to look at her; seemed to be dis- trustful and did not wish to see any one; she came running in from the street and said people were look- ing at her ; sat quietly alone ; her eyes dim, shunned the light; since this time the symptoms have returned three times, lasting six weeks each time ; this time eight weeks, symptoms as before but without the com- plaint of the eyes ; cries without cause, imagines people are finding fault with her because she is earning nothing, acts in a childish manner ; heaviness of head when head is in a low position; beating in temple on which she is lying; after taking cold, diarrhoea; for

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past week coughed when lying down, with stitches in pit of stomach ; chilly hands and feet ; frequent motion in bowels. ' Sensorium. i Vertigo: and dulness of head ; as if intoxi- cated when rising from bed ; with chilliness, and pressure behind eyes ; in the aged, < when rising from lying, turning or stooping ; when standing or walking ; while lying down.

Weakness of head ; whenever she turned the head she quite lost consciousness ; on stooping it seemed as if she could never rise again.

■ Head confused and dull.

Dulness of head : pressure in r. temple, and just above and behind r. orbit a pressing downward as from a weight; disinclination for literary work; and an in- toxicated feeling, in morning ; as if intoxicated while sitting, on rising such dizziness that it seemed as if she were going to fall forward and backward.

Heaviness and dulness of head on turning eyes ; even the eyeball hurts.

Head so heavy that she was obliged to hold it upright in order to relieve the weight pressing forward into fore- head. ^ Inner Head Burning in forehead when walking.

I Feeling as of a board strapped across forehead.

I I Pain in 1. temple and orbital region, appearing daily

for three months, and lasting until evening ; caused by getting wet ; > from rapid motion.

I I Brain feels loose when stepping or shaking head.

I A sensation of swashing and jarring in brain ; each step concusses brain.

I Pain as if brain were torn, < when moving eyes.

I Headache : stupefying, with buzzing ; < when sitting or lying, in cold, in morning, from beer ; > from warmth and motion ; must lie down ; returns from least chagrin ; immediately after a meal.

I Stitches in head extending to ears, root of nose and malar bones, with toothache.

I Feeling as if parts were screwed together in muscles of back part of head.

I I Dull pain beginning in occiput extending to vertex and thence to forehead, there attaining an intolerable degree of severity ; at times vomiting of bile which re- lieves the pain but exhausts the patient ; pain begins in morning, lasts until 5 p.m., and is particularly severe after 3 o'clock, > by walking rapidly in open air ; par- oxsyms every week. ^Migraine.

I I Periodical attacks of headache ; pain particularly in

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back part of head, so severe that she cannot speak and must go to bed for 24 hours, during which time she neither speaks, eats nor drinks ; the slightest vexation or least exercise in open air, particularly if she amused herself at same time, brought on an attack next day. ^Hysteria.

■ Occipital headache; muscles sore, > from moving and

warmth ; caused by draught, dampness, or by niternal causes, as in typhoid.

■ Headache in occiput, > by bending head backwa'rd. I Painful tingling in head, especially of occiput.

I Aching in occipital protuberances.

I Rush of blood to head, with humming, formication and

throbbing; face glistening and red; restless moving about.

I I Meningitis in exanthematous fevers, or after gettmg; wet ; tingling limbs ; high fever ; restlessness.

1 I For two days complete loss of consciousness ; r. upper and lower extremities paralyzed; pulse rapid, trem- bling, scarcely perceptible ; involuntary escape of urine ; respiration very gentle, with frequent moaning ; appear- ance cadaverous ; oedematous swelling of lids ; body cold to touch. ^Meningitis.

iCerebro-spinal meningitis; anxiety, restlessness, stupe- faction, vertigo ; fulness and bruised pain in head, ex- tending to ears ; bleeding of ears and nose ; dry cough, with perhaps bloody sputa ; pain in back as if sprained ; tearing tensive pains, with stiffness of muscles and joints ; vivid dreams ; various eruptions. * Outer Head. iHead painful to touch, sore as a boil.

I Scalp sensitive, < on side- not lain on, when growing warm in bed, from touch and combing hair.

■ Violent tearing and drawing pains in periosteum of

cranial bones; < at rest and in damp, stormy cold weather; > wrapping head up warmly and by dry heat and exercise.

■ Headache as if occipital tissues were screwed together.

■ Liability to take cold from having the head wetted.

■ Vesicular erysipelas of scalp, going from 1. to right. Biting itching on scalp, forehead, face and about mouth,

with eruption of pimples like nettlerash. I I Thick scurf over hairy whole scalp, from under which

a greenish pus discharges; severe itching at night

under the scurfs ; hair eaten away. I I Eruption on head, eating into surrounding parts, with

violent itching at night; discharge of greenish pus

from r. nostril ; 1. nostril excoriated, with discharge of

bloody mucus on blowing nose. ^