by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Strongly indicated for all complaints of left ovary.
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Vespa crabro appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Vespa crabo, Hornet; (F.), Guepe-frelon. Vespa vulgaris, Wasp. Order , Hymenoptera. , Vespidæ. Preparation , Tincture. Authorities. ( 1 to 5 , wasp stings, from Hering, Amer. Arz.) Vespa crabo; 7 , Jas. Mease, M.D. (letter from Dr. Wiley), Amer. Journ. Med. Sci., 1836 (2), p. 266, a man was stung in the throat by a…”
“Live Wasp Skin and female symptoms marked. Indurated feeling. Vasomotor symptoms of skin and mucous membranes. Dizzy, better lying on back. Fainting. Numbness and blindness. Nausea and vomiting, followed by creeping chills from feet upward. Cramping pain in bowels. Axillary glands swollen with soreness of upper arms…”
“VULGARIS, the Wasp; VESPA CRABRO, the European Hornet; and VESPA MACULATA, "Yellow-jacket," the American Hornet. N. O. Hymenoptera (Sub-order Vespidæ). Tincture of the living insects. Abscesses, multiple / Alopecia / Chemosis / Enuresis / Fainting / Flushing / Glottis, spasm of / Indigestion; with flushing / Œdema /…”
“The Wasp, including Hornet and Yellow Jacket. Introduced by Hering, Amerikanische Arzneiprüfungen (see Bienengifte). There are no provings with the exception of those by Berridge of Vespa crabro, the hornet, 30th dilution, Med. Inv., vol. 1, New Ser., 1875, p. 100. The symptoms quoted are mainly the results of the…”
Kent's Repertory lists Vespa crabro in 181 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (31), FACE (19), EYE (16), FEMALE GENITALIA (11), THROAT (11).
