by Richard Hughes & Jabez P. Dake — A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy
CALCIUM.
Calcarsa aCOtica. (Impure) acetate of limcj Ca(C2H30jj)5* L Prayings. — I* Hahnemann, v^/^r/, Af?^. Pwr^, vol. v of original, voh i of translation. Contains 270 symptoms from self and four others.
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Calcarea acetica 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.
“Calcium acetate, CaC2H3O2. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Disinclined to talk without being morose (after six and a half hours), 3. He is lively and desirous to be with people and to talk with those about him (after ten hours), 3. Sadness, almost to weeping, with solicitous care for the present and future, 4.”
“Acetate of Lime Has had brilliant clinical results in inflammation of mucous membranes characterized by a membranous exudation ; otherwise its action and application is like the carbonate. Cancer pains. Vertigo in open air. Senses obscure while reading. Megrim , with great coldness in head and sour taste. Membranous…”
“Impure Calcium Acetate. Ca (C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 . Tincture. Anus, itching of / Bronchitis membranosa / Cancer, pains of / Dysmenorrhœa membranosa / Headache / Vertigo The symptoms of Calc. acet. (the first of the lime preparations proved by Hahnemann) are in the main identical with those of Calc. carb. (both being…”
“(Acetate of Lime) From vol. v, 2nd edit., 1826. Experience, and experience alone, but not baseless conjecture, can and dare pronounce respecting the power of drugs to effect alterations in the health of human beings. From the earliest times it has been firmly accepted as a maxim in ordinary medicine, that calcareous…”
Kent's Repertory lists Calcarea acetica in 30 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (21), ABDOMEN (2), EYE (2), FACE (2), EAR (1).
