Calcarea carbonica

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Calcarea carbonica. Carbonate of lime, Ca C03.

L Provings, — Hahnemann, Chronic Diseases^ Part 2 of original, voL

of translation. Contains 1361 symptoms from self and 4 others ;

obtained from soft white substance found between external and internal

hard layers of oyster-shell (C oitrearum^ Hg.).

1. A young man took 5 gr. of i, trit. of same n* and m* for 4 d, In 3 d. after he had finished med., violent irritation about chest, neck, back, shoulders, and calves ; over chest and neck a reddish rash was fully developed ; great constipation ^ so that he had to take castor oil* [On another occasion, a similar pruritus and eruption followed 30th diK, and here also there was extreme constipation.] (Robinson, Brit. jQurn, of Horn,, xxv, 322.)

2. A young woman took 3 gr. of 3X trit. 3 times a d. for 7 d. After this shooting pains in both sides of head, with nausea, unable toi>nng up anything ; same pains under 1. shoulder \ unaccountably feverish, first hot and then cold. [Prover 2 had, after 30th, a feverish attack, with shooting pains through limbs, and swollen finger-joints.] {Ibid,)

3. Koch proved preparation made by adding pure powdered chalk to dilute hydrochloric acid till effervescence ceases and the solution is neutral. To this solution carb. sodse is added, and the precipitate well washed and dried. This is triturated with equal parts of milk sugar until the powder, when rubbed in the pestle with the fingers, feels as though it were moist. 20 parts of the powder to 1 00 parts alcohol make the undiluted tincture,

a. A — , act. 31, a man of rather corpulent build and short stature, subject to haemorrhoids which cause smarting and itching and mucous discharge. Stool generally zytvy 2 d., with shooting pains as though a pointed body were passing. Is very sensitive to chills, which cause colic followed by profuse watery diarrhoea. He smokes and snuffs, drinks coffee and beer, — June 8th, 2^ h. after early dinner took 3 dr. of tinct. on sugar. After 45 m. tight feeling and shooting pain in regtnii of r. 5th and 6th ribs ; slight formication like ants crawling up 1. temple ; tickling in throat as if a small object lay there causing cough j lascivious

dreams at nighty slight and incomplete emission of semen ; peculiar jerking and drawing awry of the extremities at n., waking him. — 9th. Pricking in I. eye as if a foreign body were in it ; burning of eyes and lachrymation ; fine tickling pricks through urethra ; after dinner great pulsation of the vessels, especially in chest ; pulse quick ; lasciviousness at night. — loth. On waking m., eves partially agglutinated, great watering of r. eye with burning ; all cl. dislocative pain in 1. hip-joint. — nth. Great feeling of weariness in feet, especially ankle-joints, lasting 3 h. — 1 2th. Slight shooting tearing pain in arms. — 1 3th. dhooting-tearing pain in tibia, calf, and wrists ; urine after standing a short while gets cloudy and deposits a whitish loose sediment, a fatty skin on its suii&ce ; the urine smells greasy. — 14th. Weary pain in knees ; dull drawing shooting pain in patella ; watering of r. eye. On back of hand there appear groups of small vesicles filled with clear fluid, without areola, which itch violently ; if left alone their apices become dark, eradusJly dry, and the epidermis scales off. If they are scratched they mcrease and look like nettlerash. Cold diminishes the itching. (He is liable to this eruption in summer.) Shooting in various parts of chest with tightness; shooting pain in 1. finger-joints. — 15th. On exertion shooting pains in joints. — i6th, 6 a.m., 6 dr. In forenoon shooting in back ; cramps in feet, especially when standing ; sensation in throat as if something rose up in it and stuck there (also e. ) ; fine needle-like pricks above I. inguinal region, as though in peritoneum ; pulsation in pelvis in course of rectum ; warm feeling in stomach ; flying shoots in both knees ; violent shooting pain in 1. metacarpus ; violent shooting wandering pains in all joints ; pressure in stomach ; stitches in region of I. 5th and 6th ribs 5 great weariness of feet ; penetrating shooting pain in last phalanx of r. middle finger ; tension in both calves ; shooting pain in coccyx ; loss of appetite ; eructation of wind; nose dry all d. — 17th. Eyes partially agglutinated^ m. P'orenoon, burning in stomach as from an acrid fluid ; black specks hover before 1. eve; slight shooting pains in joints. Afternoon, shooting pain in r. elbow-joint; penetrating shooting pain in 1st phalanx of r. forefinger; shooting pain when walking inl. side of sacrum ; shooting wandering pains in several places, joints, muscular parts. — i8th. Violent shooting in abdomen ; shooting pain in 1. side of sacrum when walking ; burning, sharp pain in stomach. Noon, shooting pain in knee when driving. Next 4 d. no symptoms. — 22nd, 8.30 a.m., i dr. The dose repeated every h. Immediately pressive pain in parietal region, apparently in bone ; tensive pressure above nasal bones as though they would swell ; trembling of body ; sunlight hurts eyes and causes headache ; slight pain and rumbling in small intestines, with sacral pains, and forcing towards rectum as though stool were coming ; eructation of air ; shooting pains in r. eye as though a foreign body were between lid and ball ; feeling as if something were moving in the r. eye ; spasmodic trembling of lower lid ; tensive pressure in occipital bone ; rheumatic pain in 1. foot ; shooting pain in 1. shoulder-joint and 1. ear ; eructarion of an acrid bitter fluid ; 1. lower lid spasmodically twitched towards inner canthus. — 2nd dose. Spasm in eyelid ; tearing in 1st 1. upper molar; pain in sacrum; fine shooting pain all round

chest, about 4th and Sth ribs. — 3rd dose. Shooting pain in r joint and dull shooting in I. hip-joint, both increased by mo^ after dinner shooting in r. shoulder ; shooting in r. humerus by trembling of arm with twitching of some of its muscles ; lamed state of muscles of upper arm ; watering of r. eye. (Tl tion mentioned above extends.) — 4th dose, 2 p.m* Aching ness in scrob. cordis ; pressive drawing tearing pain between — 5th dose, 3 p.m. Shooting pain in ist joint of L index ; si throbbing pain in r. frontal protuberance ; shooting pains in na[ in middle of forehead. After supper difficulty of swallowii tongue behind were swollen ; pains In nape with stilfness ^ trating shoots in left metacarpus i stitches through chcst,| sternum, from before backwards ; burning shooting pain in back ' scapulae ; shooting pain in 1. temple up the deep temporal m restless, dreamful, imperfect erections. — 23rd. On waking of body and spasmodic jerkings of some muscular parts in t] arm ; shooting in region of 1. 7th and Sth ribs ; sacral pains i su^ weakness of legs as if they could not bear the body and thi would knuckle under him ; trembling of body ; shooting in K stitches up L temple ; at n. several erections ; running diagonal!; under surface of penis a long-shaped, excoriated- loo king son burns violently, with much sweat on scrotum and perineum. Violent shoots in L wrist j after a warm bath great weakness ii and ankles; tearing shoots in several joints. — 25th. Pains in joi so severe i eruption in hand extending. — 26th, ayth^ and 28th symptoms. {Hygia^ v, 318.)

1. a. Mrs. M — , set. 26, I child \ year old j nervous an< able, disposed to toothache in changeable weather. — May 26th, 5. took 4 dr. of tinct. 6.30 p.m., nausea, as though she woul for 2 h. ; flow of tasteless water in mouth.— 27th. Violent disl pain on moving 1. arm ; slight nausea. — 28th, All d. nausea, pains in lumbar region and ossa ilii as if menses were comin 29th. Same symptoms, but slighter. From 30th no symptoms. 15th, Took m. 3 dr. 7 p.m*, very painful pressure in forchea* nose \ bruised feeling and weariness in all limbs \ nausea till si to bed.— i6th. Such weariness she could not walk j nausea, No symptoms. — ^i8th. Took 4 drops in m. 7 p.m., great w< and weariness in extremities, especially lower, lasting til! she bed, — 19th, No symptoms. — 20ih, m., 6 dr. From 2 p.m. u\ extraordinary soreness in all limbs j 7 p^m.^nausea* — aist. H — ^22nd. No symptoms.

b. July tab, m., took 2 dr. of ist dil. At 11 a.m. nausea till afternoon ; violent pressive headache in forehead \ wearmcss stitches in chest on breathing. ^ — I2th. Symptoms milder j gone.

c. July 22nd, m., took 6 dr. of 2nd dil. At 7 p.m, some f. orbital stitches. — ^23rd. No symptoms.

^. July 24th, 10 a.m., 3 dr. of 3rd. At noon, pressive headache. Next d. same, but slighter. After that nothing more. 6. a. E, B — .^ servant girl, act, 17, strong, suffers from per

sick headache. For 6 oiontha has had every ai« a cramp pain in K upper arm* First menstruation 3 months ago, since then only once more. — May 26th, 5.30 a.m., 3 dr. of tinct. No symptoms. — June 15th, m,, 10 dr. No symptoms. 18th, m., 2odr» 4 p*m., feeling in throat as if a worm were gnawing there, lasted till she went to bed. 7 p.m.^ great weariness In legs, felt as though they would give way, till she went to bed. — 19th. No symptoms.— 20th, m., 25 dr. No symptoms,

h, July iith, m,, 6 dr, of 1st dil. No symptoms. — 14th, m., 12 dr. 10 a.m., head felt as if intoxicated, went ofF after dinner* No more symptoms. — 17th, 2 p.m,, 20 dr. No symptoms. — i8th^ 11 am, 4 stitches on L side of forehead ; all d, constant chilhness — ^lythi m,, stitches behind 1. ear, sore-throat on swallowing.

c. Later, took 3 and 20 drops of 2nd diL, without effect, save some stitches in L scapula* [Ibid.)

7* a, HiLLER, schoolmaster, set. 40, always healthy, snuffs and smokes and drinks beer. June 15th, 5*30 a.m., 3 dr. of tinct. Forenoon, shooting in scrob, cordis when breathing ; tearing between scapulae and in nape \ pressure in stomach ; confused head j tearing in I. forearm, in ist joint of 1. thumb, in r, thigh, in sacrum, in r. forearm, in 1. malar bone, in 1st joint of I. little finger, in ist joint of L ring finger, in 1. frontal protuberance, in r. foot, in ist joint of 1. index, in r. knee, in r, calf. Afternoon, tearing in r. calf, in sacrum, in r. thigh. — l6th. Forenoon, tension in both sides of ribs over scrob. cordis ; tearing in sacrum, in L wrist, between scapula, in 1. hand, In lower jaw, in nape, in both thighs, under r, arm i bitter taste. Afternoon, tearing in ist joint of 1. little finger, in sacrum, between scapulae, in r, upper arm. — 17th, Forenoon, tearing in 1. metacarpus. — i8th, 6 a.m., 2 dr. Forenoon, tearing in 1. hand,L thigh, i. calf, L forearm, 1. lower jaw, between i^capulae, in r. upper arm, in 2nd joint of 1. index ; itching in r, thigh. Afternoon, tearing betwixt scapulae, in I, thigh. — igch. Forenoon, tearing in 2nd joint of 1. little finger, sacrum, between scapulae, in 1. wrist. Afternoon, sacral pains, tearing in 1st joint of r, little finger, in r. knee, between scapulae. — 20th, Forenoon, tearing in 1, knee, in r. knee, in r. upper arm. Afternoon, tearing in r. elbow-joint, in r. knee-joint, in coccyx, in 1. thigh, I and r. shoulder. — 21st, 5.30 a.m., 6 dr. Immediately pain in stomach. Forenoon, tearing in sacrum, K shoulder-joint, I. calf, 1. upper arm, 1, big toe, 2nd joint of L thumb, r. hand, under r. arm, in L hand. Afternoon, tearing in front of 1. foot, in 1. hand, in and joint of 1. index, in r. tibia, r. knee, I. hand, under r. arm, betwixt scapul^,^ — 22nd. Forenoon, tearing in 1. knee, 1. hand, L tibia, J. thigh, r. wrist. Afternoon, tearing in r, ankle, in I arm. •^23rd. Forenoon, tearing in 1. calf, both wrists, 2nd joint of 1, ring linger, sacrum, betwixt scapulas. Afternoon, tearing in sacrum, L thumb, 1. foot, betwixt scapulae;. — a4th. Forenoon, tearing in 1. thigh, L calf, 1. foot anteriorly. Afternoon, tearing in first joint of I, thumb. During the proving there appeared hemorrhoidal lumps, the size of nuts, with violent itching in anus and constipation often for 2 or 3 d. Violent itching, smarting eruption on face, which bled on being scratched, and changed into nettlerash-like eruption. — 25lh and 26th. Slight tearing pains in extremities.

b. July i6th, 5.30 a.m*, i dr. of ist dil Forenoon, tearing in nape, 1, thigh, betwixt scapuls, sacrum. Afternoon, tearing in r. mrddJe finger, betwixt scapulae. — 17th* Forenoon, tearing, in ], forearm, both ring fingers ; stitch-likc tearing in r, wrist. Afternoon, tearing in 2nd joint of L ring finger, in r* foot, nape, sacrum, ist joint of K thumb ; shortening betwixt scapulae. — 18th, Forenoon, tearing in 1. hand, L arm, r. foot, r. thigh, sacrum, under 1, ribs, in lendo Achillis, L wrist, 1. knee, 1. arm, L hand, 1. thigh, r. knee, and joint of J. little finger | tension in r. calf. Afternoon, tearing in abdomen near genitals, in nape, 1. hand, behind L ear upwards, in L hip-joint, both arms, nape ; stitch-like tearing in forehead.^ — 19th. Forenoon, violent tearing m K foot anteriorly \ tearing in 1. hand, betwixt scapulae, in both wrists^ sacrum, cervical muscles, 1. index, and joint of L thumb ; pains in r. ribs. Afternoon, tearing betwixt scapula?, in I. ring finger, I. foot, r, wrist, r. ankle, r. shoulder-joint, 1. knee, I. thigh, r, elbow, and joint of r. thumb, teeth ; sacral pains ; stitches in brain $ sritchlike tearing in L knee.^ — 20th* Forenoon, tearing in both feet, sacrum, under r, arm, below I. scapulae, in both thighs, in I. pelvic boncs,K foot, 1. ear, r» calf^ 1. hand, r. knee, K foot anteriorly, 1. thumb, 1. eye. Afternoon, tearing in sacrum, L hip-joint, r. foot, r. instep,^ — list. Forenoon, tearing in ist joint of K thumbs in r. arm, in neck, 1. wrist, r. tibia, between scapula:. Afternoon, tearing in r. knee, betwixt scapulae, in K ankle, 2nd joint of I. ring finger \ stitch-like tearing in I. tendo Achillis, — 22nd, Tearing in 1. hand, I, knee, 1. tendo Achillis, betwixt scapulae* Afternoon, tearing under r. arm, in sacrum ; tension in r, knee-joint. — 23rd, Forenoon, tearing in L hand, r. thigh. Afternoon, tearing in r, knee, in r. side of neck, in K arm. — 24th. Forenoon, shooting betwixt scapul;e \ tearing m r. thigh, and joint in r. thumb J stitch like tearing under r. arm. Afternoon, tearing under r. arm, r. hip-joint, and tension in r. knee. — 25th. Tearing under r, arm, in r. thigh. After this no more symptoms,

r. Aug* 3rd, 5 a.m., 2 dr. of 3rd dil. Forenoon, tearing in I. wrist, in 2nd joint of 1, thumb. Afternoon, tearing in I. wrist, — 4th. No symptoms.

d, Aug, 5th, 5.30 a.m., 3 dr. of 6th, Forenoon, tearing in and joint of 1. thumb, in r. instep, r. arm. Afternoon, tearing in L arm | sacral pains.^6th« No symptoms, {Ibid,)